Crimson Worlds

Petitioner (Ethereal Plane)

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columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Bestiary 2"
name: "Petitioner (Ethereal Plane)"
level: "Creature 1"
 
alignment: ""
size: "Medium"
trait_01: [[ethereal]]
trait_02: [[petitioner]]
modifier: 7
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+7; Darkvision"
languages: "any one spoken in life (such as common)"
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Athletics: +7, Planar Lore: +7"
abilityMods: [2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2]
speed: 25 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Bestiary 2_"
ac: 15
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "15; __Fort__ +7, __Ref__ +7, __Will__ +7"
hp: 22
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "22; __Immunities__  bleed,  death effects"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""
 
abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
attacks:
  - name: ""
 
  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Fist"
    desc: "+7 ()\n__Damage__  1d8 + 2 bludgeoning"
 
  - name: "Planar Incarnation - Ethereal Plane"
    desc: "  All petitioners are formed from and personify the nature of the plane on which they manifest, and their statistics are adjusted as summarized below. They also gain any trait associated with creatures from their plane.\n\n**Ethereal Plane** The terrorized appear as sickly, haunted-looking versions of their mortal selves\n\n*   **Alignment** any;\n*   **Language** any one spoken in life (such as Common);\n*   **Additional Ability** immune to bleed and death effects;\n*   **Melee** fist +7, **Damage** 1d8+2 bludgeoning"
 
name: Petitioner (Ethereal Plane)
creatures:
  - 1: Petitioner (Ethereal Plane)

When a mortal dies, their soul travels to the Boneyard in the Outer Planes where they are judged by Pharasma, the goddess of the dead. Once they have been judged, their soul is sent on to their final reward or punishment in the afterlife, and in the process is transformed into a creature known as a petitioner. This process grants the soul a new body, one whose shape is the result of the prevailing philosophical forces of the plane to which it is sent. The petitioner’s memories from their life are typically wiped nearly clean, allowing them to retain only a few hazy fragments akin to half-remembered dreams. Regardless of the petitioner’s size, power, or nature in life, they’re a Medium creature in their afterlife.

Existence as a petitioner can last for eons, but this state is not necessarily eternal. Deities, powerful denizens of the Great Beyond, or even the outer planes themselves can further change the petitioner’s nature by transforming them into raw quintessence, spiritual essence that is then used to expand a plane’s physical manifestation, or by transforming the petitioner into a new form of supernatural life such as a celestial, monitor, or fiend. Should a petitioner die, their body breaks down in a process akin to decay, their nature reverting back to the quintessence or elements that make up their plane. This represents the true end of a soul’s journey: their associated life essence travels back to the heart of the Great Beyond to be recycled into the Positive Energy plane, fueling the creation of entirely new souls.

The terrorized appear as sickly, haunted-looking versions of their mortal selves

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