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Changeling ExileCreature 3


CNMediumChangelingHumanHumanoid
Source Pathfinder Bestiary
Perception +11 (darkvision)
Languages Common, Druidic
Skills Deception +9, Medicine +9, Nature +11, Stealth +8, Survival +9
Str +4, Dex +1, Con +0, Int +0, Wis +4, Cha +2

AC 19; Fort +7; Reflex +8; Will +11; +2 circumstance to all saves vs. dream and sleep
HP 45
Speed 25 feet

Claws One Action +11 (+7, +3) to hit (agile) 1d4+4 Slashing
Staff One Action +11 (+6, +1) to hit (two hand d8) 1d4+4 Bludgeoning

Darkvision

A monster with darkvision can see perfectly well in areas of darkness and dim light, though such vision is in black and white only. Some forms of magical darkness, such as a 4th-level Darkness spell, block normal darkvision. A monster with Greater Darkvision, however, can see through even these forms of magical darkness.

+2 Circumstance to All Saves vs. Dream and Sleep
Primal Prepared Spells (DC 21, +11 to hit)

Cantrips (2nd Level): Dancing Lights, Produce Flame, Read Aura, Tanglefoot
1st Level: Burning Hands, Shillelagh, Ventriloquism
2nd Level: Darkness, Humanoid Form

Druid Order Spells (DC 21, +13 to hit)

1st Level: Wild Morph, Wild Shape


This changeling exile is the child of a night hag or dreamthief hag.


Children of hags, destined to become hags themselves, changelings face a life of conflict. Born of supernatural creatures who kill and consume the child's father, changelings are deposited into their father's society to be raised. These offspring appear to be members of their paternal ancestry, and changelings have been found among dwarves, gnomes, orcs, goblins, and numerous others, but human-ancestry changelings are by far the most common. Within the normal range for their ancestry, changelings tend toward slighter builds, darker hair, and pale complexions, though their most common feature is a nearly universal heterochromia, leading to widespread superstition about individuals with differently colored eyes.

As changelings come of age, they sometimes manifest abilities granted by their hag heritage. Some gain the ability to see in the dark, some grow fingernails long and hard enough to serve as claws, and others gain even stranger abilities specific to their hag mother. For instance, dream mays, the children of night hags or their cousins the dreamthief hags, can gain an enhanced ability to resist the magic of dreams and sleep. Other types of changelings include slag mays, the children of annis hags; callow mays, the children of green hags; brine mays, the children of sea hags; and others for each type of hag. As beings infused with supernatural power, changelings find themselves able to command various traditions of magic, with many drawn to either the occult magic common among hags or primal magic.

At roughly the same time in their lives, many changelings-women in particular-begin to hear the Call, a psychic urging from their hag mother luring them away from the communities that raised them. If followed, the Call eventually leads the changeling to the hag's coven, where they are subjected to terrible rituals that twist them into hags themselves. Some changelings, especially those who have strong social bonds or embrace druidic traditions, are able to resist this Call and continue on with their mortal lives. The fact that the Call disproportionately targets female changelings has led to a widespread misunderstanding that all changelings are female, while in fact male changelings are simply assumed to be members of their paternal ancestry.


Traits

Common

Anything that doesn't list another rarity trait (uncommon, rare, or unique) automatically has the common trait. This rarity indicates that an ability, item, or spell is available to all players who meet the prerequisites for it. A creature of this rarity is generally known and can be summoned with the appropriate summon spell.

Changeling

A creature with this trait is a member of the changeling ancestry.

Human

A creature with this trait is a member of the human ancestry. Humans are a diverse array of people known for their adaptability. An ability with this trait can be used or selected only by humans.

Humanoid

Humanoid creatures reason and act much like humans. They typically stand upright and have two arms and two legs.