4/10/2023 0 Comments Pathfinder skyseeker style![]() What do they all have in common? They’re humanoids with feline or canine features. Here’s a short list of humanoid races in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: adlets, catfolk, gnolls, kitsune, werewolves. Let’s talk about one of the big ones: foot design. But humanocentrism doesn’t necessarily restrict itself to mental design it can sneak its way into physical design as well. Our human brains corrupt our thoughts with human ideals and motivations that in reality, an inhuman creature may not be capable of understanding. ![]() It is difficult for any designer to “shed their humanity” when designing other races. In contrast, thinking about how an inhuman creature like a catfolk would react in a situation is a difficult mental exercise for designers because we aren’t catfolk. Humanocentric fantasy settings are the easiest to create because their designers are humans, meaning they understand how humans think and act. It should be no secret that the Pathfinder Campaign Setting is humanocentric, or has a heavy focus on humans, their cultures, and their politics. Now, this is all well and good, but what makes the best for a race? Humanocentricism
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