Starkin
The Starkin are those that are descended from those of the highest races, those of the earliest races who were banished to the outer planes by Dulgas Kaine and rescued by the ancient gods and returned to the world of the living to dwell again.
Are you fascinated by the dark? Do you enjoy being feared? Do you like having a tail? Play a Tiefling!
+1 to stat of choice
Move: 30ft.
Pick Two:
+5 Resistance to Cold, Electric, and Fire damage
+2 to bluff checks
+2 to stealth
+2 to knowledge planes
30 feet of movement
Darkvision 30 feet
Speak Common and either Abyssal or Infernal to start play
Do you serve the light in a world of darkness? Are your myths still true? Do you like halos? Play an Aasimar.
Move: 30
Vision: Normal
+1 Wisdom
+1 Cha
+2 to knowledge planes
Damage Resistance 5 against necromancy
Is fate your mistress? Do you want to live forever? Sick of men? Play a Dullahan!
(1d6)
Move: 30
Vision: Dark vision 60 ft.
+1 Wis
+1 Int
Dullahan gain a +2 to knowledge planes
Immune to disease
Automatically proficient with scythes
Gain a mount at 1st level to whom they have a planar psychic link
Basic Information
Genetics and Reproduction
Tieflings reproduce as humans do and at a similar rate. Aasimar reproduce as humans do, but at a much slower rate, an Aasimar can only be born under the proper conditions of the stars and these times are sore rare. Dullahan reproduce by means unknown to mortals, for they are all female, yet still they exist, if the fables are still true.
Growth Rate & Stages
Tielflings age at the same rate as humans. Aasimar seem to be creatures of eternal youth, they do not age as mortals do, living until they are slain, ready to bear and sire children from their first year to their last. Dullahan age in mind, but not in body. For all intents and purposes Dullahan live until something stronger than they claims their soul, be it death, a god, or a great sorcery.
Dietary Needs and Habits
Tielfings and Aasimar eat as humans do, but Dullahan are sustained by Arcane energy and do not need to eat. They can taste, but they are not sustained or affected by the intake of food or drink.
Additional Information
Social Structure
Tieflings: As the have lifespans similar to humans, generally move in human society and adopt the general social attitudes of the human culture they find themselves in. That being said Tieflings tend to be loners.
Aasimar: Aasimar are immortal and beautiful, they generally tend to integrate themselves into human society in order to bless it secretly, under the veil of humanity, they too and generally loners, outside of their immediate family.
Dullahan: Dullahan society, if it still exists, is a secretive one. Dullahan call one another sister and are instinctually linked to one another. This sisterhood is not necessarily a friendly one. Dullahan are agents of fate and as a result rarely spend time to relate and interact together, save in times of grim need. In grave need they may use a ritual spell to light several black candles and mentally travel to the meeting place of the sisterhood.
Facial characteristics
Tielfings tend to have thin, long faces. Aasimar tend to have features that one would describe as leonine. Dullahand have very regal faces, high cheek bones, refined.
Geographic Origin and Distribution
Depends
Average Intelligence
Generally slightly higher than average.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Special notes for Dullahan: A Dullahan's eyes can be seen through, even when their head is apart from their body, the head has normal vision, the body of the Dullahan has blindsense for this period, but only in a 5ft. radius.
Civilization and Culture
Naming Traditions
Tieflings: Tieflings generally always have a first name, given at birth, and a surname, passed on by the parents. Names often have an alien and otherworldly feel with strange combinations of syllables, often percussive.
Aasimar: Take names derived from angels and the celestial language, commonized for easier speech, but nevertheless from angels and therefore they also sound somewhat alien.
Dullahan: Being all female, names often overlap. Dullahan do not have surnames as they are all family, sisters, but they often use what would be considered relatively common first names from Mariel or Morogh.
Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals
Common Taboos
History
Starkin were very powerful in the ancient days, higher than humans, closer to the heavens, filled with strange powers and divine ancestry, but since the new age has come they are less powerful and less plentiful than they were before. They have scattered throughout the Inner Realms, in search of homes for their wandering. If Aasimar and Dullahan still live in the mortal world remains a mystery and none have been seen in many years, save in the wild places of the world, if wild-eyed rangers are to be believed.
Tieflings are the most human and most plentiful of the Starkin, even though they are still rare. Tieflings have settled most in the western reaches of the world, in Sabea and Stereos, and some in Jahlbar. Even though many humans distrust Tieflings, their power makes them valuable and preserved in human civilization. They generally accept human customs though still retain something of their tie to shadows. They often settle peaceably with humans and beastkin, even making families together. Tieflings have lost most of their ties to the underworld but still may be created by the union of a demon or devil and a human, but such pairings are unheard of in the new ages. Elves do not trust tieflings, but Dwarves generally see them as no different from humans.
Aasimar, if any walk the earth, take on the form of the society they are meant to be a part of so that they may operate freely in it. As they are hard to tell apart from humans by any visual means they disguise their nature and live as humans. Yet, if they are discovered, they are generally revered and held in high regard by all societies save by Dwarves who view them as ridiculous creations of the ridiculous gods who abandoned them.
Dullahan generally separate themselves entirely from human society, much preferring to only enter civilization to act on behalf of fate and their own alien motivations before moving on to the lonely places of the world where they most often lurk. Tales of Dullahan wedding men and having children are still told in places, but rarely. Dullahan are feared desperately by all races save for Lycans, because of their ties to fate and Tarja, and Tieflings, for they know of shadow intimately and Dullahan do not have shadow born into them. The shadow which dwells in them is arcane, not of ill divinity.
In such ways they have settled in this world and have become a part of it, despite slowly fading from it.
Historical Figures
Rionach the Black Lady: A Dullahan heroine canonized by the Church of Tarja her story is one of the greatest legends of this kind.
Common Myths and Legends
Lifespan
Tieflings: 60 years Aasimar: -- Dullahan: --
Average Height
Tieflings: 5'7" regardless of gender
Aasimar: 6'2" regardless of gender
Dullahan: 6'
Average Weight
Tiefling: 120 lbs
Aasimar: 190 lbs
Dullahan: 130 lbs
Average Physique
Tieflings tend to be small and slender, with humanoid bodies, long thin, pointed tails, pointed teeth, and horns which can be anywhere from small points to large and dramatic goat-like horns. Aasimar tend to be large, humanoids, beautiful, flawless to the naked eye, glimmering. When in total darkness a slight halo appears around their head. Dullahan appear as very tall women, slender and pale, with striking hair and features, however, Dullahan have no inner organs or blood. Inside them is a black arcane fog which keeps them living. This fog leaks out of them when injured rather than blood. This also means that their heads can be detached at any point and held in the hands.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Tieflings have a variety of colors from pale gray or almost human shaded to silver, black, red, or blue. Aasimar can share a human shade with any human. It seems though all Dullahan are intensely pale, but other shades may exist.
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