Topic: The corrected, (Probably First of Many) Ultimate Paizo-finder Ancestry

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

The bulk update request #10857 is pending approval.

create implication kitsune_(paizo) (16) -> fox_spirit (2844)
create implication kitsune_(paizo) (16) -> pathfinder (552)
create implication kholo (15) -> hyena (48971)
create implication kholo (15) -> pathfinder (552)
create implication tengu_(paizo) (5) -> raven (2723)
create implication tengu_(paizo) (5) -> pathfinder (552)
create implication goblin_(paizo) (14) -> goblin (12947) # duplicate of implication #67099
create implication goblin_(paizo) (14) -> pathfinder (552)
create implication cambion_(paizo) (2) -> nephilim_(paizo) (2)
create implication nephilim_(paizo) (2) -> pathfinder (552)
create alias kobold_(pf2e) (14) -> kobold_(paizo) (0)
create implication kobold_(paizo) (0) -> kobold (28339)
create implication kobold_(paizo) (0) -> pathfinder (552)
create implication catfolk_(paizo) (1) -> felid (736741)
create implication catfolk_(paizo) (1) -> pathfinder (552)
create alias ratfolk_(paizo) (0) -> ysoki (14)
create alias ratfolk_(pathfinder) (0) -> ysoki (14)
create implication ysoki (14) -> paizo (571)
create implication ysoki (14) -> rat (34121)
create implication aiuvarin (3) -> pathfinder (552)

Reason: Updated non-anthro impying version of bulk update request #10840. Also Aiuvarin are included now

Reason: Just a bunch of Implications for Paizo-finder ancestries. to save space and avoid the 25 update limit, this does not include implications that are already implied by another implication and assumes that implications #67097 and #67098 will be accepted (The ones that set Pathfinder and Starfinder to Imply Paizo) (also some of these may be duplicates of other things I did, in which case, oops...)
Here's an explanation for any oddities I want to point out;
Kitsune: Kitsune in pathfinder are both anthropomorphic fox people, and also the traditional japanese fox spirit, they are both; at the moment all Pathfinder Kitsune art is of the Anthro forms of the Kitsune, but Pathfinder Kitsune can disguise themselves as Humans; so Fox is not implied to avoid disguised Kitsune from appearing in the Fox searches.
Ysoki: Ysoki imply neither starfinder nor pathfinder as by being within both settings as fairly common ancestries, it makes more sense to have to user input which system said rat is from; this is prolly going to be the most or second most controversial thing here.
Nephilim: Cambion [previously known as Tiefling] is a type of Nephilim, it's the only one on this list since it's the only one I found on this site (the others being Ganzi, Aphorite, and Empyrean [previously known as Aasimar]).

Okay
Now to jump the gun before anyone asks, "why <ancestry>_(paizo) and not <ancestry>_(pathfinder)", simple; Ysoki (and to a lesser extent androids and goblins); Pathfinder and Starfinder are set in the same unnamed universe many years apart, if there was a mechanical difference between these games I would be more willing to differentiate these two, but not only is there not, they are so compatible that I would not be surprised if suddenly a bunch of spacefaring kitsune start showing up on this website as SF2 drops. To simplify, I made all ancestries imply the game in which the book with their statblock was written for, since Goblins' playable stats are in Pathfinder Player Core 1, Goblin_(paizo) implies Pathfinder (This is a bad example given Space Goblins will likely appear in Starfinder's Monster Core equivalent but I'll save that for future me); because of this I was left with 2 options for Ysoki (Since i'm not handling Androids today); Either Ysoki imply both Pathfinder (Pathfinder: Player Core 2) AND Starfinder (Starfinder: Player Core), or they directly Imply Paizo, I went with the latter until we can sort out the issue caused by there being no name for the shared universe (Like how VtM has The World of Darkness).

For the time being I have not Aliased any "<ancestry>_(pathfinder)" to any "<ancestry>_(paizo)" to hear thoughts on this from others, as I may instead do the inverse, the exception is "ratfolk_(pathfinder)" since those also have Ysoki which completely avoids this problem, and I like avoiding problems.

I would've had aiuvarin imply half-elf but given one of the reasons paizo gave them a more distinct name was because there were some slight racist connotations with the term "half-elf", I decided I'd let someone else deal with that hornet's nest. (Especially since I'm a bee and Hornets and Bees don't mix well...) There's also an argument to have Aiuvarin imply Human, but Aiuvarin is technically a versatile heritage and while it hasn't happened in lore yet an Aiuvarin with Dwarf or Gnome or even Kholo as their background is technically possible.