Asagovola (ə-ˈsā-(ˌ)gō-vōl-ä)
What is decay, if not making room for new life?
Unknown to most of the world, the asagovola spend most of their lives hiding and disguising themselves from world, knowing their unworldly and profane form would ostracize them.
Physical Description: Somewhat visually similar to a mutant black fly, asagovola are flying insectoid with large compound eyes that make their home in skeletons in a manner similar to hermit crabs. With two sets of wings and 2 long lithe arms, they often make up for their lack of legs while not piloting a skeleton. Their eyes often come in a variety of vibrant colors such as red or green, while their soft carapace is often black or a dark grey. Their physical form often ends up affected by the skeleton they choose as a shell, gaining the original creature's attributes partly, allowing them to better mimic the creature they've acquired the skeleton of. They have small, soft shelless tendrils near their mouth to help them readjust while within their shell while their proboscis come out of the skull and is often hidden in the skeleton's jaw to properly eat and mimic eating like the original creature.
Asagovola excrete an gooey acid that they coat their skeleton in, this acts as both an adhesive and mimics ligaments between the bones and allows them to puppeteer the skeleton, to a point of unnatural movement, this excretion is commonly a light salmon pink but is not easily visibly from a distance.
Society: Asagovola lack any form of society due to their low numbers, however most asagovola cherish any moment they can interact with another of their kind, their infertility meaning even the death of one is harrowing to hear in the eyes of another.
Relations: Due to their secretive and reclusive nature, while most asagovola like the presence of others, they are often mistreated by others unless they have made a good reputation to withstand the hurt to their name if they were to be outed. In addition they are not within the the brigandine pact as they cannot properly enter, nor have any cohesive representation.
Alignment and Religion: Their infertility coming from a curse by the cosmos itself, many asagovola are incredibly repentant, seeking any chance of reprieve or freedom from their universal punishment placed upon them at the point of their creation. As such asagovola frequently worship any gods that share the same interests. Despite this repentance, asagovola have no particular leanings for their alignment as some asagovola also resort to profane means for a chance overcome their infertility.
Adventurers: As Asagovola fear being ostracized, they dislike standing out, and often choose to avoid being adventurers if possible, though those that do can enjoy not standing out as much compared to their peers. Their nature as corpse eaters make them naturally useful against undead, and they are naturally inclined towards dexterous vocations.
| Adulthood | Intuitive | Self-Taught | Trained |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 years | +4d6 years (9 – 29 years) | +6d6 years (11 – 41 years) | +8d6 years (13 – 53 years) |
| Gender | Base Length | Length Modifier | Base Weight | Weight Modifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 1 ft. 0 in. | +1d12 in. (1 ft. 1 in. – 2 ft. 0 in.) | 1 lbs. | +(1d6 lbs.) (2 – 7 lbs.) |
| Female | 1 ft. 0 in. | +1d12 in. (1 ft. 1 in. – 2 ft. 0 in.) | 1 lbs. | +(1d6 lbs.) (2 – 7 lbs.) |
Standard Racial Traits
- Ability Score Racial Traits: Asagovola are notably frail on their own and unnerving to look at visually. They gain -2 Charisma.
- Type: Asagovola are aberrations.
- Size: Asagovola are Tiny creatures and gain a +2 size bonus to their AC, a +2 size bonus on attack rolls, a –2 penalty to their CMB and CMD, and a +8 size bonus on Stealth checks.
- Base Speed: Asagovola have a base speed of 10 feet and a fly speed of 30 feet with good maneuverability.
- Languages: Asagovola begin play speaking Common and Aklo. Asagovola with high Intelligence scores can choose any languages they want (except secret languages, such as Druidic). See the Linguistics skill page for more information about these languages.
- Nimble Form: Asagovola have a preternaturally thin and agile body, giving them a +2 racial bonus on Acrobatics, Escape Artist, and Sleight of Hand skill checks.
- Quick Reactions: Asagovola receive Improved Initiative at level 1 as a bonus feat.
- Asago Acid: Asagovola gain a touch attack, on a successful touch attack against an undead opponent, your opponent takes 1d3 points of acid damage each round on their turn. This damage can be stopped by taking a standard action to remove the acid. This touch attack has no effect against living creatures.
- Negative Energy Resistance: Asagovola have channel resistance +2. This resistance only applies to channels that use negative energy.
- Sleep Immunity: Asagovola are immune to magic sleep effects.
- Darkvision: Asagovola have darkvision and so can see perfectly in the dark up to 60 feet.
- Skullshell: Asagovola make their home in the skeletons of deceased to make up for their own lack of strength and size, by hiding away in the skull they gain a powerful link that allows control of the skeleton they choose to make their home. While within a skeleton, their size changes to the size of the original creature that the skeleton belonged to, they lose their fly speed and their base land speed increases to 30 feet, and they gain a +2 bonus to Strength and Dexterity. An asagovola can normally only use a skeleton up to two sizes larger then it, up to GM discretion.
Aptitude
Xenology Expert
Related Skills
Knowledge (Dungeoneering)
Xenology Expert
Related Skills
Knowledge (Dungeoneering)
Feats
Boon of Bones (Asagovola) Slashing and piercing weapons easily slip harmlessly between your bones. Prerequisite(s): Character level 5th, Asagovola. Benefit(s): You gain 1 DR/Bludgeoning. This effect is only active while your skullshell racial trait is in use. Special: You can take this feat multiple times, increasing the DR/Bludgeoning gained by 1 each time.Corpsebane Touch (Combat, Asagovola) Your touch can infect and drain vitality from undead. Prerequisite(s): Asagovola. Benefit(s): Once per day, when you make a successful touch attack against an undead foe, you may regain 1d8 hit points, and the undead must make a Will saving throw (DC equal to 10 + your character level). If the target fails the saving throw, they flee as if panicked for 1d4 rounds.
Corpse Drain (Combat, Asagovola) You become better at using your deathbane, and can even channel it through your weaponry. Prerequisite(s): Corpsebane Touch, Asagovola. Benefit(s): You can use your corpsebane touch ability two additional times per day. In addition, as part of any melee attack that deals damage, you can choose to spend one use of your corpsebane touch ability as a free action to apply the effects of corpsebane touch in addition to any damage dealt.
Corpse Spawn (Asagovola) You are very resilient versus negative energy. Prerequisite(s): Asagovola. Benefit(s): Your channel resistance increases to +4. In addition, you gain a +4 bonus on saves against all death effects and spells with the death descriptor.
Plague Born (Asagovola) You are especially resistant to illness. Prerequisite(s): Asagovola. Benefit(s): You are immune to all non-magical disease.
Triple Jointed (Asagovola) Your ability to move your limbs in unnatural directions allows you to escape bonds and grapples more easily. Prerequisite(s): Asagovola. Benefit(s): You receive a +4 racial bonus to your Combat Maneuver Defense whenever an opponent tries to grapple you. In addition, you get a +2 bonus on Escape Artist checks. This effect is only active while your skullshell racial trait is in use.
Author's Notes
This race is primarily a a pass over of another homebrew race known as the Obitu that I wished to make my own version of, as I felt the original idea wasn't being used to it's full potential with what they provided as a descriptor. The trait array is meant to be similar but rewritten to make sense within my version of the lore and to be reworded properly.
