Hungerseed

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Hungerseed
Onispawn
Half-oni

(Creature)

2E1E

Uncommon

Hungerseed

Level

Varies

Source: Tian Xia Character Guide, pg(s). 36–37

In Pathfinder Second Edition, oni were fiends. This detail was retroactively removed in the Pathfinder Remaster.

Type

Outsider
(native)

CR

By class level

Environment

Any land

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Source: Blood of Fiends, pg(s). 22

In Pathfinder First Edition, hungerseeds were a type of tiefling with fiendish properties. These details were retroactively removed in the Pathfinder Remaster.

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Hungerseeds, also called onispawn or half-oni, are people descended from oni.

Appearance

Many hungerseeds are taller and bulkier than their parents, though some are instead lithe or shorter. They are often distinguished by having oni-like horns or a third eye, and their oni parentage might influence the nature of their feet, hair, horns, and skin. Their flesh seems to bulge as if straining against their skin, particularly during times of heightened emotion. Some hungerseeds also possess small tusks with which they delight in tearing into living flesh.

Personality

Hungerseeds are bullies by nature, and they exalt in using either violence or coercion to get what they want. If thwarted, they bide their time before enacting bloody revenge. Hungerseeds are driven, like their oni sires, by a constant and unending hunger for earthly pleasures of every sort.

Abilities

Hungerseeds can inherit several abilities reminiscent of oni, including primal magical abilities like transforming into a larger oni form, creating an illusory disguise (though incapable of hiding their horns), or firing a blast with the power of a storm from their third eye.

On Golarion

Hungerseeds are most common across the wilder reaches of the continent of Tian Xia, particularly the oni-ruled nation of Chu Ye. However, pockets of them can be found in both the Inner Sea nations of Cheliax and the Hold of Belkzen. These hungerseeds are usually the descendants of ogre mage mercenaries that both countries have historically employed.

References

Paizo detailed hungerseeds as a versatile heritage in Tian Xia Character Guide.

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