Cat
Cats are a family of predatory animals that range from small housepets and familiars to powerful beasts who thrive in the wild.1 They were the sacred animal of Bastet, a goddess of the Osirian pantheon,23 and of the empyreal lord Falayna.4
Catlike creatures
In addition to small domestic cats, numerous varieties of feline creatures exist. Small, spotted margays live in the treetops of tropical forests, and like domestic cats, are sometimes taken as familiars.5 Certain magical beasts physically resemble cats, such as cat siths, which appear as stocky housecats but are somewhat larger and capable of walking bipedally,6 and the slender, eight-legged porachas of the Forest of Spirits.7
Numerous feline species grow much larger and are powerful predators, such as leopards, panthers, cougars, lions, tigers, smilodons,1 cheetahs,[citation needed]8 hoarpanthers,9 the alien pards,10[citation needed] and the club-tailed digmauls.11[citation needed]
Other catlike creatures include the kamadan,12[citation needed] the dweomercats of the First World,13 and the aquatic sea cat;14 nekomatas are large, two-tailed felines reputed to be created from cats who live beyond their natural lifespans, though in many cases these are mixed up with the smaller bakenekos.15 The diminutive agathions known as silvanshees strongly resemble housecats,16 as do the fey elananxes.17
A humanoid feline ancestry known as catfolk are widespread in Murraseth, a nation of southern Garund, as well as in parts of Osirion and Holomog, and the Valashmai Jungle of Tian Xia.181920
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 . “Monsters A-Z” in Bestiary, 52–53. Paizo Inc., 2019
- ↑ . “Gods of Ancient Osirion” in Empty Graves, 67. Paizo Inc., 2014
- ↑ The deities Ra, Horus, Anubis, Osiris, Ma'at, Isis, and Thoth stopped answering prayers in 4724 AR after events described in War of Immortals. The ramifications of this change in this context might not yet be defined in a canon source. See Meta:Osirian pantheon.
- ↑ . “Lords of the Empyrean” in Chronicle of the Righteous, 12. Paizo Inc., 2013
- ↑ . “Chapter 5: Companions and Familiars” in Ultimate Wilderness, 193. Paizo Inc., 2017
- ↑ . “New Improved Familiars” in Familiar Folio, 28. Paizo Inc., 2015
- ↑ . “Monsters A-Z” in Bestiary, 265. Paizo Inc., 2019
- ↑ . “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary, 40. Paizo Inc., 2009
- ↑ . “The Dvezda Marches” in Maiden, Mother, Crone, 70. Paizo Inc., 2013
- ↑ . “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary 4, 211. Paizo Inc., 2013
- ↑ . “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary 5, 82. Paizo Inc., 2015
- ↑ . “Monsters A to Z” in Bestiary 3, 158. Paizo Inc., 2011
- ↑ . “Bestiary” in Sound of a Thousand Screams, 83. Paizo Inc., 2010
- ↑ . “Bestiary” in Raiders of the Fever Sea, 86. Paizo Inc., 2012
- ↑ . “Adventure Toolbox” in Let the Leaves Fall, 82. Paizo Inc., 2023
- ↑ . “Monsters A-Z” in Bestiary 3, 10. Paizo Inc., 2021
- ↑ . “Monsters A-Z” in Bestiary, 143. Paizo Inc., 2019
- ↑ . “Introduction” in Blood of the Beast, 2. Paizo Inc., 2016
- ↑ . “Anuli” in Distant Shores, 19. Paizo Inc., 2015
- ↑ . “Regions of the Dragon Empires” in Dragon Empires Gazetteer, 40. Paizo Inc., 2011
External links
- Cat (real-world animal) on Wikipedia