Casoh (Cah-sow)
Born from the unions of mortals and being of chaos, Casohs are energetic and lively.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Like all of the cosmic races, each casoh is unique in its physicality. Most casoh take on a majority of the traits of its mortal parent, generally gaining one or two otherworldly aspects. Sometimes, an casoh chaotic power is purely mental, and it might appear as a normal member of its mortal parent species until its power is utilized.
Genetics and Reproduction
Any humanoid creature may give birth to a casoh, but it is much more common for them to spring from humans.
Growth Rate & Stages
Casoh are slow growers, often reaching adulthood five years after the normal age for their mortal race.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Axions often share the dietary needs with their mortal parent, but often will get bored of eating regular foods and will go out of their way to try new tastes.
Biological Cycle
Most casoh share any biological needs with their mortal parents, but are often less affected by things such as temperature or seasonal change.
Additional Information
Facial characteristics
A casohs' facial characteristics vary depending on the mixing of their mortal and outsider parents. Sometimes they appear as a normal member of a mortal race, but sometimes having more otherworldly and alien features.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Being one of the more rarer cosmic races, Casohs have no specific regional locations in the world, but tend to born more often in remote villages or more rural areas.
Average Intelligence
Casohs are crafty and full of passion, able to quickly learn new projects and adapt to new situations. While they seem to have boundless energy, they lack the patience for most long term projects and will often try new ways to speed up their results.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
All casoh have darkvision, regardless of the race they are born into.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Casoh usually share the naming traditions of their mothers species.
Major Organizations
Casohs are very independent, and often struggle when trying to work in an organization.
Beauty Ideals
Many casohs have strange or mismatched features, and often find beauty in messy things or things others might view as unattractive.
Gender Ideals
While casohs often share the same gender roles as their mortal parent, their rebellious nature and desire for freedom often leads them to reject the ideals of their society.
Courtship Ideals
Most casoh share the courtship ideals as their mortal parent, and casohs will often fall head over heels for a potential partner and push their courting efforts to the extreme.
Relationship Ideals
Most casohs are outgoing and extroverted, making easy friends early. They will often always attempt to help their friends or family, even when asked not to, but have trouble commiting to their long term plans.
Average Technological Level
Casohs often craft both items and items in haste, rapidly going through ideas almost as fast as they come up with them. Rarely do these ideas ever work out, but this never stops the casoh from trying something new.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
All casoh have an innate understanding of Celestial, regardless of their formal education. The usually can speak the normal languages of their mortal parents, and often learn new languages Some axions can even speak more exotic languages or even speak telepathically.
Common Etiquette Rules
If casoh has a more prominent and outstanding physical feature, it is often considered rude to comment on it.
Common Dress Code
While they often share the same dress code as their mortal parent, many casoh find themselves drawn to loose fitting garbs, such as vests and capes, and will often constantly change around their wardrobe.
Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals
Casohs often follow the same traditions of their mortal parent, but will struggle in strict societies, bulking at customs that impose on their agency. In more free-spirited societies, casohs will often find themselves in the few positions of authority such systems have.
Common Taboos
Many casoh hate being told what to do and dislike things that infringe on the freedoms of others. Thus, most casoh will never follow laws they view as unjust, and for a casoh to turn over one of its friends to the law would be a betrayal of its very nature. Despite this some casoh turn against their nature, and become brutal enforcers of the law, utilizing their boundless energy to fuel their crusades.
Common Myths and Legends
Few casohs join any organized religion, often preferring to worship personally or not at all. Most casohs venerate Protos, the Primal Chaos, but often also worship a chaotic Celestial Paragon or Fiendish Lord, such as Vohmanah or Thom.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Casohs are one of the rarer cosmic races, and most wouldn’t even recognize them. They might think they are an Aasimar or a Tiefling, but may also simply believe that they are an overly energetic member of their parent race. Most casoh are very outgoing, and often can overwhelm others with their enthusiasm. In the societies of chaotic and tribal races, casohs often find themselves in positions of power, although most of those races don’t recognize a casoh for what they are, and simply believe that they have received some blessing.
Racial Table - Casoh: Hit Dice: D10; Class Skills: Craft, Diplomacy, Escape Artist, Knowledge (Planes), Perception; Skill Ranks Per Level: 6 + Intelligence modifier; Weapon Proficiency: Martial; Armor Proficiency: Medium;
Level | BAB | Fort | Reflex | Will | Abilities |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | +1 | +2 | +2 | +0 | Chaotic Lineage, Chaotic Resistances, Otherworldly Trait |
2nd | +2 | +3 | +3 | +0 | Mortal Trait |
3rd | +3 | +3 | +3 | +1 | Otherworldly Trait |
4th | +4 | +4 | +4 | +1 | Mortal Trait, +1 Intelligence, +1 Charisma |
5th | +5 | +4 | +4 | +1 | Increased Resistance, Otherworldly Trait |
Random Starting Ages
Adulthood | Intuitive1 | Self-Taught2 | Trained3 |
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Same as mortal parent +5 | As mortal parent | As mortal parent | As mortal parent |
Random Height and Weight
Gender | Base Height | Height Modifier | Base Weight | Weight Modifier |
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Male | Same as mortal parent4 | Same as mortal parent4 | Same as mortal parent4 | Same as mortal parent4 |
Female | Same as mortal parent4 | Same as mortal parent4 | Same as mortal parent4 | Same as mortal parent4 |
Casoh Aging Table
Middle Age (-1 to Str, Dex, and Con, +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha) | Old (-2 to Str, Dex, and Con, +2 to Int, Wis, and Cha) | Venerable (-3 to Str, Dex, and Con, +3 to Int, Wis and Cha) | Maximum Age (GM secretly chooses maximum age) |
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As mortal parent x1.5 | As mortal parent x2 | As mortal parent x3 | Same as mortal parent, but with 6 dice instead of the normal amount. |
Random Casoh Homelands
% Rolled | Homeland | Trait Gained |
---|---|---|
01-50 | Mortal Homeland | (Roll on table for Mortal Parent Race) |
51-70 | Celestial/Infernal Homeland | Scholar of the Great Beyond |
71-00 | Unusual Homeland | (Roll on Unusual Homeland Table) |
Random Casoh Families
% Rolled | Parental Status |
---|---|
01-50 | Both of your parents are alive |
51-70 | Only Father is alive |
71-90 | Only Mother is alive |
91-00 | Both your parents are dead |
% Rolled | # of Siblings |
---|---|
01-50 | No siblings |
51-00 | 1d2 siblings |
Lifespan
Casohs live much longer than their mortal parent; often living up to six times the normal races lifespan.
Average Height
Casohs usually share the same height ratios as their mortal parent, but are sometime born either unusually large or unusually small.
Average Weight
Casohs usually share the same weight ratios as their mortal parent, but are sometimes born unusually limber or heavy set.
Average Physique
The casoh vary wildly in their physique, but due lean towards leaner builds due to their high activity levels.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
A casohs coloration varies depending on the mixing of their mortal and outsider parents. Sometimes their skin color matches either one of their parents, but one of the most common manifestations of the cosmic races is a unique skin coloration.
Casoh
Type
Outsider (Native)
Ability Score Modifier
+2 Intelligence, +2 Charisma, -2 Wisdom. Casoh are wily and boastfully, but lack restraint.
Size
medium
Speed
Speed: Casoh have a base speed of 30 feet.
Language
A Casoh begins play speaking Celestial and the racial language of their base race. A Casoh with a high intelligence score can pick from any of the bonus languages from their parent race.
- Materil: Casoh can be tied to any Materil, but tend towards the Materils of their mortal parent.
- Darkvision: Casohs can see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet.
- Chaotic Lineage: Each casoh is descended from a chaotic creature and gains abilities based on their lineage. Select one lineage at character creation based on the following table:
Lineage | Typical Alignment | Skill Training (+2) | Spell-like Ability |
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Angel | CG | Heal, Knowledge (Planes) | alter self |
Azata | CG | Diplomacy, Perform | glitterdust |
Chaos Beast | CN | Acrobatics, Escape Artist | beast shape I |
Demodand | CE | Intimidate, Knowledge (Religion) | bear's endurance |
Demon | CE | Disable Device, Perception | shatter |
Einherji | CN | Intimidate, Perception | rage |
Garuda | CG | Fly, Perception | protection from arrows |
Protean | CN | Bluff, Disguise | alter self |
Qlippoth | CE | Escape Artist, Survival | blur |
Valkyrie | CN | Fly, Ride | deathwatch |
- Chaotic Resistances: A casoh gains acid resistance 5, electricity resistance 5, and sonic resistance 5. At 5th racial level, these resistances increase to 10.
- Otherworldly Traits: Each casoh have extra abilities and traits unique to them. At character creation, roll on the casoh abilities and features tables, gaining the abilities and cosmetic features listed. These traits are intrinsic to each specific casoh and cannot be changed. At 3rd and 5th racial level, the casoh gains additional otherworldy traits.
- Mortal Traits: At 2nd and 4th racial level, a casoh gains abilities based on its mortal parent race. Pick any ability from their mortal parents racial level table of a level equal to or lower than the casohs racial level and you gain that ability.
Alternate Racial Traits
- Anarchic Resistances (Ex): Some casoh are particularly resistant to the effects of law magic. They gain spell resistance equal to 5 + their character level against spells and spell-like abilities with the law descriptor, as well as spells or spell-like abilities from lawful outsiders. This trait replaces the Celestial Resistance trait.
- Freedom's Champion: Some casoh are innately skilled at destroying the rules of lawful beings. They gain a +1 insight bonus to attack rolls and to AC against chaotic outsiders, and gain a +2 racial bonus on Knowledge (Planes) and Spellcraft checks to identify the weakness of lawful outsiders and effects or items created by lawful outsiders, and may make such checks untrained. These bonus increases by 1 for every five hit dice beyond the 1st the casoh possesses. This trait replaces the the Chaotic Resistances trait.
- Mortal Heritage: Some casoh are more connected to their mortal lineage. These casoh gain the starting ability score modifiers of their mortal parent race. This trait replaces the spell-like ability of the Chaotic Lineage trait and alters the casohs starting ability scores.
- Runes (Sp): Some casoh gain the ability to manifest chaotic runes on their body that gives off light like a torch. A casoh with this trait can do this as an at-will spell-like ability. When using the runes, they gain a +2 circumstance bonus on Intimidate checks against lawful creatures and on saving throws against becoming blinded or dazzled. These bonus increase by 1 for every five hit dice beyond the 1st the casoh possesses. This trait replaces the Darkvision trait.
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