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サーペントフォーク Serpentfolk

出典 Bestiary 2 236ページ
Before their ancient clash with humanity devastated their civilization, serpentfolk were masters of a sprawling underground empire. Few serpentfolk survive today; their power is shattered, their god Ydersius decapitated (although not quite slain). The cunning, intelligence, and magical abilities of serpentfolk have diminished from their ancient heights, and most are born without these boons. Those serpentfolk who retain their ancestry’s legacy of intelligence and magic are known as zyss, and they look down upon their more numerous kindred with a mix of disdain and shame. They see these offshoots as a curse on their kind, resulting from their god’s decapitation and the pandemonium during the fall of their underground empire, and have dubbed them aapoph, meaning “chaos made flesh.”

Today, the central realm of the Darklands retains the old name of the serpentfolk empire that once dominated this region—Sekamina. This name is also the source of the serpentfolk’s Aklo title, sekmin, which they are often called in ancient texts. Sekamina itself retains very little of the serpentfolk’s legacy, its mantle of rule having passed on to others like drow, ghouls, gugs, and deep gnomes . Yet in remote reaches of this dangerous realm, the ruins of serpentfolk cities still stand. Within, a great many serpentfolk sleep in torpor in secluded vaults, with only a few cells awake to enact their schemes. In addition, a small number of serpentfolk settlements dot Golarion’s surface, most of them in humid, remote jungles, far-flung islands, or caverns close to the surface. It’s rare for such a settlement to number more than a few dozen serpentfolk. They rely primarily on slaves to build their power bases, to defend them, and to perform essentially all the practical functions of their society. This includes providing food, crafting goods, and tending to the serpentfolk’s every need.

Zyss serpentfolk are megalomaniacal geniuses with dreams of returning to their place of dominance, though modern serpentfolk have few means of accomplishing this goal. Many of their plans hinge on resurrecting Ydersius, their decapitated god. His headless body still thrashes about, mindless, in the Darklands, waiting to be reunited with his lost skull. Serpentfolk numbers are so small that reclaiming their dominance seems a distant dream, especially since their reproduction is slow. Though a parent can birth a dozen young at once, the gestation period lasts up to a decade, and the likelihood that even one will be zyss is low. There’s no telling whether a child will be zyss or aapoph, regardless of parentage. A coveted zyss child is just as likely to arise from aapoph parents as from two zyss, and every serpentfolk colony has someone in charge of sorting the young, identifying the earliest signs of intelligence in them.

Though the number of zyss is small in serpentfolk colonies, bringing in more zyss isn’t necessarily desirable. A serpentfolk conclave with just a few zyss is functional, but one with a large number becomes fractious. Cults and societies form, all pursuing their own passions and politics, with scheming and backstabbing running rampant. A powerful priest may be able to bring other zyss to heel, but many zyss question why a priest should be in charge if their god is dead. Zyss thrive on selfish desires for hedonistic pleasure and adulation. They feel no love for others, even their offspring. Thriving on decadence, they crave receiving expensive gifts, gorging themselves on massive meals, and pursing arts such as music, poetry, or sculpture. Even more academic hobbies, like the study of magic or warfare, take an artistic bent, like carefully designing colorful illusions or memorizing epic poems about renowned wars. Each zyss believes themself to have more refined tastes than their peers.

追加の知識：Evolving Times Evolving Times

Granitescales are only one type of aapoph variant to arise in surface colonies, but all display intelligence somewhat greater than ordinary aapophs. Zyss serpentfolk are secretly concerned that their grip on their dull-witted aapoph brethren might slip. A cultural shift has begun to emerge in some colonies where the ruling zyss now assure aapophs they're valuable workers with a purpose to fill, rather than subservient chattel.

生息場所：Magaambyan Victims Magaambyan Victims

Zyss serpentfolk of the Mwangi Expanse have recently taken a keen interest in the activities of the Magaambya and its members throughout the region. Some Magaambyans far from the school have gone missing, often after uncharacteristically absconding with magical lore. While they may have been impersonated by serpentfolk, even more worrying is the possibility that the serpentfolk have discovered an arcane means of regaining their former dominance.

助言とルール：Serpentfolk Magic Serpentfolk Magic

Some serpentfolk might have entirely different innate spells. These alternative spells are typically illusions, enchantments, or divinationslike dream message, enthrall, glibness, invisibility, mindlink, mind probe, mind reading, mislead, phantom pain, or zealous conviction. Aapoph serpentfolk lack innate spells.

追加の知識：the Headless King the Headless King

Ydersius was defeated by an Azlanti heroine named Savith in the era before Earthfall, and now the so-called Headless King's body prowls aimlessly in the Darklands. That the decapitated god's clerics still gain power from worship points to Ydersius's tenacity and continued existence, after a fashion. Those who seek to recover his skull and return it to his body hope that doing so will restore both him and the sekmin civilization to their full power.

追加の知識：What Falls Will Rise What Falls Will Rise

The war between the humans of ancient Azlant and the serpentfolk of Sekamina waged on for years. The serpentfolk's defeat threw their society into chaos and undermined their conviction that they would continue to rule simply because they had done so for eons. For millennia, serpentfolk have remained in hiding in their underground fortresses, but many feel it is time to rise again!

アーポップ・サーペントフォーク Aapoph Serpentfolk

Aapophs possess greater strength and stronger venom than their zyss kin, but they lack zyss' intelligence and innate magic. Unlike their selfish superiors, aapophs are communal and group together to hunt, wrestle, and sleep curled together in pits. Though they're looked down upon and insulted by zyss, most aapophs lack the higher brain functions to recognize when they're being insulted, much less plan or execute a rebellion. Aapophs often have unusual physical mutations—horns, vestigial tails, or spines protruding from their scales—yet these variations have little impact on their overall combat prowess— and combat prowess is the measure by which zyss judge them.
“知識の想起”――人型生物（〈社会〉） : DC 20
一般的な知識 : DC 18
専門知識 : DC 15

アーポップ・サーペントフォーク Aapoph Serpentfolk クリーチャー3

アンコモン CE 中型 サーペントフォーク 人型生物 変異

出典 Bestiary 2 238ページ
知覚＋8；暗視、鋭敏嗅覚（不明瞭）30フィート
言語 アクロ語、地下共通語；テレパシー100フィート
技能 〈威圧〉＋6、〈運動〉＋11、〈軽業〉＋7
【筋】＋4、【敏】＋2、【耐】＋3、【知】－3、【判】＋1、【魅】－1
アイテム シミター

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AC 18；頑健＋10、反応＋7、意志＋6（精神に対して＋2の状態ボーナス）
HP 60；抵抗 ［毒］5
機会攻撃 [reaction]

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移動速度 25フィート
近接 [one-action] シミター ＋11［＋6／＋1］（加圧、薙ぎ）、ダメージ 1d6＋6［斬撃］
近接 [one-action] 牙 ＋11［＋6／＋1］、ダメージ 1d8＋6［刺突］、加えてserpentfolk venom
近接 [one-action] 尾 ＋11［＋7／＋3］（機敏）、ダメージ 1d6＋6［殴打］、加えて打ち倒し
Serpentfolk Venom／Serpentfolk Venom (毒) セーヴィング・スロー DC 20 頑健；最大持続時間 6ラウンド；第1段階 1d4 poison damage and enfeebled 1 (1 round) 第2段階 2d4 poison damage and enfeebled 1 (1 round)
Slithering Attack／Slithering Attack [one-action] The aapoph serpentfolk makes one scimitar or fangs Strike and one tail Strike, each targeting a different creature. These attacks both count toward the aapoph's multiple attack penalty, but the penalty doesn't increase until after the aapoph makes both attacks.

追加の知識：Aapoph Mutations Aapoph Mutations

1-45	No mutation
46-56	Dual tail
57-66	Additional fangs
67-74	Additional, vestigial arm
75-84	Hooded neck
85-91	Horns
92-96	Additional, vestigial head
97-100	Spiny scales

ジス・サーペントフォーク Zyss Serpentfolk

Even the least among zyss serpentfolk consider themselves greater than any mammal. Their magical abilities, most notably their telepathy, are all the reason they need to hold this view. And it's true enough that the instinctual skill and magic of any zyss is enough to best the average human.
“知識の想起”――人型生物（〈社会〉） : DC 18
一般的な知識 : DC 16
専門知識 : DC 13

ジス・サーペントフォーク Zyss Serpentfolk クリーチャー2

アンコモン NE 中型 サーペントフォーク 人型生物

出典 Bestiary 2 237ページ
知覚＋8；暗視、鋭敏嗅覚（不明瞭）30フィート
言語 アクロ語、共通語、地下共通語；テレパシー100フィート
技能 〈軽業〉＋8、〈社会〉＋8、〈伝承学〉＋8、〈秘術〉＋8、〈ペテン〉＋9
【筋】－1、【敏】＋4、【耐】＋2、【知】＋4、【判】＋2、【魅】＋3
アイテム ダガー、ショートボウ（アロー30本）

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AC 18；頑健＋6、反応＋8、意志＋8（精神に対して＋4の状態ボーナス）；魔法に対する全てのセーヴに＋1の状態ボーナス
HP 25；抵抗 ［毒］5

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移動速度 25フィート
近接 [one-action] 牙 ＋10［＋5／＋0］（巧技）、ダメージ 1d6＋1［刺突］、加えてserpentfolk venom
近接 [one-action] ダガー ＋10［＋6／＋2］（機敏、巧技、多用途：［斬撃］）、ダメージ 1d4＋1［刺突］、加えてserpentfolk venom
遠隔 [one-action] ショートボウ ＋10［＋5／＋0］（致命的：1d10、射程単位60フィート）、ダメージ 1d6＋2［刺突］、加えてserpentfolk venom
伝承生得呪文 DC 18；4レベル サジェスチョン；2レベル ミラー・イメージ（回数無制限）；1レベル イリューソリイ・ディスガイズ（回数無制限）、ヴェントリロキズム（回数無制限）
Serpentfolk Venom／Serpentfolk Venom (毒) セーヴィング・スロー DC 16 頑健；最大持続時間 6ラウンド；第1段階 1d4 poison damage and enfeebled 1 (1 round) 第2段階 2d4 poison damage and enfeebled 1 (1 round)

とぐろの密偵 Coil Spy

Some serpentfolk undergo intense ritual training and practice to improve their innate ability to disguise themselves. These serpentfolk often identify as members of a sinister society known as the Coils of Ydersius , and the most devoted of their number seek out methods of reincarnating into new forms to even more efficiently infiltrate enemy societies. But before such agents take this extreme step, they must prove themselves as Coil spies. These serpentfolk train in methods of infiltrating other societies to such an extent that they might be capable of infiltrating a mammalian civilization for years. Though they're expected to work entirely toward the eventual triumph of their people, most Coil spies also find personal pursuits to keep them occupied in the shorter term. When Coil spies get caught, it's rarely due to a lack of pure skill, but rather to their arrogance or recklessness as they pursue their hedonistic desires.
“知識の想起”――人型生物（〈社会〉） : DC 21
一般的な知識 : DC 19
専門知識 : DC 16

とぐろの密偵 Coil Spy クリーチャー4

アンコモン NE 中型 サーペントフォーク 人型生物

出典 Bestiary 2 238ページ
知覚＋10；暗視、鋭敏嗅覚（不明瞭）30フィート
言語 アクロ語、共通語、ドワーフ語、ノーム語、地下共通語；テレパシー100フィート
技能 〈威圧〉＋11、〈隠密〉＋12、〈軽業〉＋10、〈交渉〉＋11、〈社会〉＋10、〈伝承学〉＋10、〈盗賊〉＋12、〈ペテン〉＋13
【筋】＋2、【敏】＋4、【耐】＋1、【知】＋4、【判】＋2、【魅】＋5
アイテム ハンド・クロスボウ（ボルト20本）、ハンティング・スパイダーの毒（2）、ショートソード、盗賊道具

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AC 22；頑健＋9、反応＋12、意志＋10（精神に対して＋4の状態ボーナス）；魔法に対する全てのセーヴに＋1の状態ボーナス
HP 48；抵抗 ［毒］5

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移動速度 25フィート
近接 [one-action] ショートソード ＋14［＋10／＋6］（機敏、巧技、多用途：［斬撃］）、ダメージ 1d6＋5［刺突］、加えてserpentfolk venom
近接 [one-action] 牙 ＋14［＋9／＋4］（巧技）、ダメージ 1d6＋5［刺突］、加えてserpentfolk venom
遠隔 [one-action] ハンド・クロスボウ ＋10［＋5／＋0］（射程単位60フィート、装填：1）、ダメージ 1d6＋3［刺突］、加えてserpentfolk venom or hunting spider venom
伝承生得呪文 DC 21；4レベル サジェスチョン；3レベル イリューソリイ・ディスガイズ（回数無制限）；2レベル ミラー・イメージ（回数無制限）；1レベル ヴェントリロキズム（回数無制限）
Deceptive Reposition／Deceptive Reposition [one-action] The Coil spy Strides up to half their Speed and attempts a Feint , in either order.
Maintain Disguise／Maintain Disguise A Coil spy can maintain an ongoing illusory disguise as long as they are conscious without having to re-cast the spell; they need only Cast the Spell again to reassume their illusory disguise if they wish to change their appearance or if the active spell is dispelled. Coil spies typically seek privacy when they need to sleep, as an ongoing illusory disguise ends an hour after they fall unconscious .
Serpentfolk Venom／Serpentfolk Venom (毒) セーヴィング・スロー DC 19 頑健；最大持続時間 6ラウンド；第1段階 1d4 poison damage and enfeebled 1 (1 round) 第2段階 2d4 poison damage and enfeebled 1 (1 round)
急所攻撃 The Coil spy's Strikes deal an extra 2d6 precision damage to flat-footed creatures.

骨預言師 Bone Prophet

The speakers for the dead known as bone prophets hold an esteemed place as voices for their decapitated god. Burial rites, necromantic rituals, and the delivery of cryptic utterances supposedly whispered to them by Ydersius all fall under the dominion of these priests. Bone prophets often raise fallen aapophs as skeletons.
“知識の想起”――人型生物（〈社会〉） : DC 26
一般的な知識 : DC 24
専門知識 : DC 21

骨預言師 Bone Prophet クリーチャー8

アンコモン NE 中型 サーペントフォーク 人型生物

出典 Bestiary 2 239ページ
知覚＋15；暗視、鋭敏嗅覚（不明瞭）30フィート
言語 アクロ語、共通語、死霊語、地下共通語；テレパシー100フィート
技能 〈威圧〉＋16、〈隠密〉＋13、〈社会〉＋15、〈宗教〉＋19、〈伝承学〉＋17、〈秘術〉＋15、〈ペテン〉＋18
【筋】＋3、【敏】＋3、【耐】＋2、【知】＋5、【判】＋5、【魅】＋6
アイテム ＋1ストライキング・スタッフ、イデルシウスの宗教印、インヴィジビリティ・ポーション

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AC 27；頑健＋14、反応＋15、意志＋19（精神に対して＋4の状態ボーナス）；魔法に対する全てのセーヴに＋1の状態ボーナス
HP 115；抵抗 ［毒］10

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移動速度 25フィート
近接 [one-action] スタッフ ＋18［＋13／＋8］（魔法、両手兼用：d8）、ダメージ 2d4＋9［殴打］
近接 [one-action] 牙 ＋17［＋12／＋7］（巧技）、ダメージ 2d6＋9［刺突］、加えてserpentfolk venom
進行任意発動呪文 DC 28、攻撃＋20；4レベル エア・ウォーク、トーキング・コープス（3スロット）ハーム、リード・オーメンズ、；3レベル ヴァンピリック・タッチ（4スロット）、チリング・ダークネス、バインド・アンデッド、ブラインドネス；2レベル シー・インヴィジビリティ（4スロット）、ダークネス、デス・ネル、レジスト・エナジー；1レベル ヴェントリロキズム（4スロット）、コマンド、フィアー、ベイン；キャントリップ （4レベル） ガイダンス、チル・タッチ、ディテクト・マジック、ライト、リード・オーラ伝承生得呪文 DC 28；6レベル ドミネイト；5レベル イリューソリイ・シーン、サジェスチョン；3レベル イリューソリイ・ディスガイズ（回数無制限）；2レベル ミラー・イメージ（回数無制限）；1レベル ヴェントリロキズム（回数無制限）
儀式 DC 28；2レベル クリエイト・アンデッド
Raise Serpent／Raise Serpent [three-actions] (信仰、死霊術) 頻度 1日に1回; 効果 The bone prophet animates corpses of snakes, serpentfolk, or similar serpentine creatures within a 30-foot emanation. Any flesh on the bodies sloughs off, and they rise as skeletons. The bone prophet can raise one Large creature as a skeletal giantor up to three Medium creatures as skeletal champions; the equipment and attacks might be different depending on the corpses' possessions. These skeletons have the miniontrait and are under the bone prophet's control; the bone prophet can give all these minions the same command with a single action that has the concentrate trait. Any skeletal minions that still remain after 10 minutes crumble to dust.
Serpentfolk Venom／Serpentfolk Venom (毒) セーヴィング・スロー DC 26 頑健；最大持続時間 6ラウンド；第1段階 1d4 poison damage and enfeebled 1 (1 round) 第2段階 2d4 poison damage and enfeebled 1 (1 round)