Yeti
Yetis, also known as abominable snowmen, are mysterious and terrifying inhabitants of Golarion's highest elevations. These creatures live in small tribes, are naturally stealthy and immensely strong, and are largely believed to be mythological creatures.12 Yetis secretly guard portals to protect the Universe from otherworldly creatures that might try to enter.12 Tribes create beautiful carved stoneworks that serve as protective talismans.12
Abilities
Yetis are masters of stealth in their snowy biome, using their fast movements and camouflage to evade detection before staging terrifying ambushes.12
Yetis posses mental fortitude against fear and the manipulation of dreams, though extended exposure to nightmare-inducing eldritch portals can eventually crack them and drive them mad, bloodthirsty, or with some other horrific behavior, resulting in their exile from their clan. Such exiled yetis are often the first and only yetis that outsiders encounter, and they slowly grow stronger and more dangerous as they further embrace their corruption.12
On Golarion
Yetis live in numerous mountain ranges throughout Avistan. A monastery of reclusive yeti monks is located in the World's Edge Mountains, and in the Kodar Mountains of Irrisen a yeti tribe helps prisoners escape from the mine of Hope Lost. Yetis also reportedly live in the icy Crown of the World and Wall of Heaven mountains of Tian Xia.3 In the Impossible Kingdoms of Vudra, many yetis have been drawn to the psychic emanations of the meditating garuda monk Mahadev near the peak of Gyanpad in the Lohaparbat Mountains.4
Known yetis
On other worlds
In a region known as Siberia on the planet Earth, yeti-like creatures called zemlemers, which have darker fur than common yetis, live amongst the tall peaks of the Ural Mountains.6
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 . “Monsters A-Z” in Bestiary, 338. Paizo Inc., 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 . “Yeti” in Monster Core, 354. Paizo Inc., 2024
- ↑ . “Wendigo” in Mythical Monsters Revisited, 62–63. Paizo Inc., 2012
- ↑ . “Vudra, the Impossible Kingdoms” in Sixty Feet Under, 71. Paizo Inc., 2020
- ↑ . Karma Reclaimed. Paizo Inc., 2015
- ↑ . “Rasputin Must Die!” in Rasputin Must Die!, 38. Paizo Inc., 2013