Hello, everyone! I'm back with a new conversion... and now, I'm going to tackle a whole new type of creatures.
As I was browsing mimir.net (and if you like the Planescape setting, I really suggest you do as well), I came across this new kind of celestials inspired by Gnosticism. I was instantly smitten with them, and I couldn't wait to convert them to PF1e... and after some work, I was able to get it done!
Still, I think my conversion lacks something unique. I'm quite satisfied with it, technically speaking... but I feel like my uthras lack some unique ability that would make them really stand out. As a result, I am open to suggestions. If you guys have some suggestions, feel free to tell me!
Meanwhile, enjoy the uthras and their first representative - the anana, the "runt" of the litter. XD
Towering figures of incredible scale, uthras are among the rarest and most unsettling celestials ever recorded. At a distance they appear vaguely humanoid, yet closer inspection reveals proportions that defy mortal anatomy: limbs elongated beyond necessity, surfaces that gleam like polished metal one moment and resemble living flesh the next, and faces that seem only half-finished, as though sculpted by a mind that only imperfectly recalls what a mortal should look like.
Uthras claim origin in a realm they call the World of Light, a plane unknown to even the most exhaustive cosmological treatises. While sages debate whether this place exists beyond the Great Beyond or predates it entirely, the uthras themselves speak of it as a perfected reality, one untainted by the flaws inherent in the current multiverse. Some theologians whisper that the World of Light belongs to a prior creation, a multiverse erased or overwritten, with the uthras as its surviving custodians.
Though their actions consistently align with lawful good principles, uthras do not bow to the authority of Heaven, nor do they appear to serve any empyreal lord or recognized divine power. Instead, they venerate an ineffable force they describe only through metaphor and abstraction. No angelic census records their existence, and no planar herald claims them as kin. This absence has led to fierce debate among scholars as to whether uthras are celestials at all, or something older wearing the shape of virtue.
The ultimate purpose of the uthras is nothing less than universal ascension. According to fragmented religious texts attributed to their rare mortal cults, uthras believe all beings are capable of redemption and eventual transcendence into the World of Light. This process, however, is neither gentle nor swift. It demands rigorous purification of body and soul, followed by a rapturous transformation that mortal minds struggle to comprehend. Whether this ascension preserves individuality or dissolves it into something greater remains unknown.
No uthra corpse has ever been recovered. When injured, their substance appears to behave like living matter forged from light-infused metal, impossibly resilient yet alien in composition. Any fragment severed from an uthra rapidly sublimates into radiant mist, leaving no sample for study. This phenomenon has frustrated anatomists and fueled theories that uthras are less physical beings and more stable manifestations of planar energy.
Uthras appear to be sexless and immortal, with no observable reproductive cycle. The prevailing hypothesis suggests that new uthras are formed through a process of emanation, wherein multiple individuals combine their energies to give rise to another of their kind. Such events are purely speculative, as no mortal has witnessed one.
Encounters with uthras are vanishingly rare. Most dwell within obscure extradimensional realms, emerging only sporadically. When they do appear, it is often upon the Lower Planes, where they wage silent, merciless war against the qlippoth. These ancient horrors are exterminated without hesitation, for uthras insist that qlippoth are not true inhabitants of the current multiverse and thus fall outside the bounds of redemption. They are also known to confront kaiju, viewing these catastrophic beings as existential threats to the orderly progression of creation.
Despite their benevolence, uthras are profoundly unsociable. They possess flawless telepathy, capable of communicating with any sentient being, yet rarely choose to speak. When they do, it is typically with beings of great authority โ archdevils, demon lords, empyreal paragons, or the most exalted mortal champions. Lesser creatures are aided silently, if at all.
Uthras deliberately avoid the Material Plane. Their adherents claim the Prime is โimperfectly formedโ and spiritually unclean, a flawed echo of what reality was meant to be. This belief may explain the uthrasโ fixation on guiding mortals toward ascension, rather than perfecting the world mortals already inhabit. To the uthras, salvation does not lie in mending the multiverse, but in leaving it behind.
Uthra are a race of imposing lawful good outsider from beyond the planes as mortals know them. They have the following traits.
Immunity to negative levels, negative levels and sonic damage. Each individual uthra subrace is immune to one additional energy type.
Resistance to cold, electricity and fire 10
Spell resistance equal to 11 + the uthraโs Challenge Rating
Vulnerable to poison: all uthras except the ziwa take a -2 racial penalty to all saving throws against poison effects
Alien Cognition (Ex): An uthra's mind does not process reality in a linear or mortal fashion. All uthras are immune to confusion and insanity effects and cannot be flanked. Any creature attempting telepathic contact with an uthra must succeed at a Will save (DC = 10 + 1/2 HD + the uthra's Cha modifier) or become dazed for 1 round, overwhelmed by alien thought patterns. Further, all uthras have a +4 racial bonus to Sense Motive checks.
Partial Presence (Su): An uthra is not fully anchored to the current multiverse. Effects that would banish, trap, or anchor extraplanar creatures require a caster level check (DC = 11 + uthraโs CR) to function
Except where otherwise noted, uthras speak Abyssal, Aklo and Celestial
Image taken from mimir.net, copyright the original author
This giant-sized creature has a single unblinking eye dominating its face, and a slender body that seems to consist of solidified steam.
LG Huge Outsider (aquatic, extraplanar, good, law, uthra)
Init +5; Senses darkvision 120 ft., mistsight, true seeing; Perception +19
AC 23, touch 13, flat-footed 18 (+5 Dex, +10 natural, -2 size)
Fort +8, Ref +12, Will +13; -2 vs. poison
Damage Reduction 10 / evil; Immune cold, confusion and insanity effects, negative energy, negative levels, sonic; Resist electricity 10, fire 10
Weakness vulnerable to poison
Speed 40 ft., swim 30 ft; water walk
Melee 2 claws +16 (2d6+8 plus grab), 2 slams +16 (1d8+8)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Special Attacks cleansing mist (8d6 cold and holy, Reflex DC 20 half)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 10th, concentration +13)
ย ย ย ย Constant โ true seeing, water walk
ย ย ย ย At will โ aid, detect alignment, detect poison, greater teleport
(self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), obscuring mist, water
ย ย ย ย 3 / day โ calm emotions (DC 15), freezing fog
ย ย ย ย 1 / day โ control weather, heal (DC 19)
Str 27, Dex 20, Con 21, Int 14, Wis 22, Cha 17
Base Atk +10; CMB +20 (+24 grapple); CMD 35
Feats Combat Casting, Mounted Combat, Power Attack, Ride-By Attack, Trick Riding
Skills Acrobatics +12, Diplomacy +16, Knowledge (arcana) +12, Knowledge (planes) +12, Knowledge (religion) +14, Perception +19, Ride +15, Sense Motive +22, Spellcraft +10, Stealth +8 (+28 when latching), Swim +25; Racial Modifiers +20 Stealth when latching
Languages Abyssal, Aklo, Celestial, telepathy 120 ft.
Special Qualities alien cognition (DC 18), amphibious, latching assistance, partial presence
Organization solitary or couple (1 anana plus 1 nakta, gufna or ziwa)
Cleansing Mist (Su) Once every 1d4 rounds, an anana can breathe a blast of icy mists in a 60-foot cone. All evil-aligned creatures in the area take 8d6 points of damage and are dazed for one round. A DC 20 Reflex save halves the damage and negates the dazed effect. Half of this damage is cold damage, but the other half results directly from holy power and is therefore not subject to being reduced by resistance to cold-based attacks. Neutral-aligned creatures only take half damage from this attack and are not dazed. Good-aligned creatures in the area take no damage and instead are treated as though receiving a cleanse spell (CL 10th). Each good-aligned creature can only benefit from the cleanse effect only once a day. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Latching Assistance (Su) As a move action that provokes an attack of opportunity, an anana can latch upon a willing adjacent uthra that is at least one size category larger than it. The anana occupies every square of its mountโs space for the purpose of making attacks. While the anana is latched, it may use the aid another action on its host as a free action every round, and the host benefits from the ananaโs true seeing and mistsight abilities, and gains fast healing 5 (in addition to any fast healing it may already have). An anana attached to an host may not use its cleansing mist ability, but is otherwise treated as though it was mounted for the purpose of combat. While mounted, an anana also gains a +20 circumstance bonus on Stealth checks, as its body blurs into the larger ananaโs frame. An anana can stop latching as a move action, and if it does, it reappears in a space adjacent to its host.ย
Mistsight (Ex) Fog and mist, both natural and magically created, do not impair an ananaโs vision. An anana ignores any concealed condition from fog and mist.
The ananas, sometimes called cloud uthras, are the smallest and most commonly attested of their inscrutable kind. Ananas most often accompany greater uthras, clinging to them during travel like living mantles of cloud and steam. In battle, they drift close to their companions, weaving restorative energies through the air and mending wounds with exhalations of sanctified mist. This intimate bond has earned them the name cloud-wives among mortal scholars, though the term is misleading. Like all uthras, ananas are entirely genderless, and the title reflects mortal attempts to impose familiar structures upon utterly alien beings.
Obscure passages in uthric scripture hint that ananas play a role in the creation of new uthras, possibly serving as conduits or stabilizers during the emanation of combined energies. No credible witness has observed such a process, and the ananas themselves refuse to address the subject, responding only with silence or a surge of obscuring vapor.
Beyond their role as companions, ananas fulfill vital functions within uthric domains. They generate the vast cloud banks that shroud the obscure realms of the World of Light, concealing them from unwanted intrusion. More importantly, they serve as agents of purification. The cold fog produced by an anana is reputed to heal grievous wounds, cleanse poison, and scour disease from flesh and soul alike. To followers of the uthras, passage through this mist is a sacred rite, symbolizing the first step toward ascension.
Though diminutive by uthra standards, an anana still stands nearly 20 feet tall.
