But seriously… back in my review of Alien Archive 2 , I asked for otters as a playable race, and Paizo delivered. Back to the review. The first Alien Archive was the bootstrap for the game system… there were certain monsters that kinda HAD to be there. Staples of sci-fi, carryovers from Pathfinder, playable races that filled holes in the world-building. The second book had a couple of broad themes that tied the book together — it was heavy on sci-fi versions of common beasts and it also put a lot of pages into fleshing out pun intended the world of undead creatures.
This collection of creatures feels a little more improvisational and… weird. As someone who rarely GMs, playable races tend to draw my eye first. Also, you know tardigrades, right? Those little microscopic critters that have been around since the dawn of time? Well, AA3 gives us the Giant Space Tardigrade, which a is exactly what it sounds like and b can be used as a spaceship.
Believe it or not, it gets weirder. Someone decided to create the concept of the Weaponized Toy. Think Transformers. As with previous volumes, the creature descriptions also intermingle general world-building, and also provide items, feats, spells, and other player-relevant features. The Yithians are a good example on both fronts — in one of the more dark-but-cool pieces of world-building, the Yithians escaped their dying homeworld by mindswapping with other creatures in the galaxy, leaving random strangers trapped in their former bodies on their about-to-be-dead planet.
The Yithians also come with a spell-block for a spell called Mind Swap, which lets you… well… swap minds with a target for an hour per caster level. For this volume, Paizo is introducing companion creatures to the Starfinder system. So Alien Archive 3 has an appendix which sets up a rules framework and gives some sample pets you can add to your games. ISBN Starfinder Roleplaying Game. Starship Operations Manual. Galaxy Exploration Manual.
Artwork from Alien Archive 4. Aliens Among Us Aliens are everywhere in the universe of the Starfinder Roleplaying Game, their intent ranging from peaceful to pernicious.
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