Monster/Racial Template: Asherati

Monster/Racial Template: Asherati

The asherati from Sandstorm are an interesting race, something like sand merfolk. They should be cheap enough to be a valid PC racial template. Also, I provide a statblock for the deity that they worship.

Asherati [Sandstorm, page 139]

39 points

Advantages: DR 1 (Tough Skin, -40%) [3]; Doesn’t Breathe (Environmental, Sand, -40%) [12]; Penetrating Vision 12 (Accessibility, Only when illumination is active, -10%; Specific, Sand, -60%) [36]; Permeation (Sand; Can Carry Objects, Light Encumbrance, +20%) [12]; Reduced Consumption 2 (Water Only, -50%) [2]; Temperature Tolerance 2 (Hot) [2].

Disadvantages: Weakness (Water Immersion; 1d per minute; Fatigue Only, -50%) [-30].

Perks: Illumination [1]; Limited Camouflage (Sand) [1].

Creature Type: Humanoid.

Typical Stats – Asherati Warrior

ST:	10	HP:	10	Speed:	5
DX:	10	Will:	10	Move:	5
IQ:	10	Per:	10
HT:	10	FP:	10	SM:	+0
Dodge:	8	Parry:	9	DR:	1* (tough skin)

    Sickle swing (12): swing 1d cutting, Reach 1.
    Sickle swing (12): swing 1d impaling, Reach 1. Unbalanced parry. May get stuck; see Picks (p. B405).

    Traits: Doesn’t Breathe (Environmental, Sand); Illumination; Limited Camouflage (Sand); Penetrating Vision 12 (Accessibility, Only when illumination is active; Specific, Sand); Permeation (Sand; Can Carry Objects, Light Encumbrance); Reduced Consumption 2 (Water Only); Temperature Tolerance 2 (Hot); Weakness (Water Immersion; 1d per minute; Fatigue Only).
    Skills: Axe/Mace-12; Stealth-12.
    Creature Type: Humanoid.

Solanil
Lesser deity
Alignment: Neutral Good
Symbol: a pool of water at the base of a date tree
Home plane: Elysium
Portfolio: oases, survival, travel
Domain (-10%): animal, healing, movement, water spells
Worshipers: druids, rangers, asherati, janni

Solanil is the deity responsible for the existence of oases. She protects those who survive the rigors of the wastes by journeying from oasis to oasis, and her worshipers propitiate her by burying the seeds of fruit-bearing plants and trees in her oases.

    When she shows herself to mortals, she appears as a beautiful woman of middle years with a warm smile and either a basket of fresh fruit or a jug of cool water. Her most devout worshipers make pilgrimages across the waste, ensuring that those who enjoy her hospitality are not squandering her gifts by taking more than they can use. Although they are generally a peaceful lot, clerics of Solanil have been known to stir up the people who rely on her oases to punish those who misuse such gifts.