Wysp, Earth
| TRAITS: | Earth | Elemental |
| PLANE / LAYER: | Elemental Earth |
| ACTIVITY CYCLE: | Any |
| DIET: | Elemental resonance |
| INTELLIGENCE: | Average |
| ALIGNMENT: | Neutral |
| SIZE: | Tiny |
| CHALLENGE RATING: | CR 2; Creature 0 |
DESCRIPTION: Wysps (or wisps) are tiny and curious musical elemental spirits, who are able to empower other creatures of the same element. Earth wisps are shy, guarded and slow to trust, but become fiercely loyal, and will often sacrifice themselves to save those with whom they resonate.
PREFERRED HABITAT: Wyps prefer the environment of their native elemental plane, although free wysps can be encountered on neighbouring planes, the Ethereal and the Prime.
PHILOSOPHY / SOCIETY: Wysps are said to have been made by archomentals right after the Dawn War as useful companions. The uncommon free-roaming wysps live in tight-knit communities. A small group of fewer than ten wysps is called a cloud, while a larger group is called a symphony. Most wysps, unfortunately, remain in slavery under the cults of Elemental Evil, who take advantage of their resonant auras.
ECOLOGY: Wyps are naturally drawn to not just other wysps of their own element, but also wysps of other elements. Unusually for creatures of the elemental planes, there seems to be no animosity between the different kinds of wysp, and mixed symphonies can be encountered with particularly strange songs and and powerful resonant auras.
COMBAT: Wysps are able to attack with elemental tendrils which can shoot out to a short range. However, they are more useful as supportive allies, and they are natural servitors. Wysps are able to create auras of resonance, within which allies of the same elemental type become empowered. They may also sacrifice themselves to heal creatures who are benefitting from their resonant aura, although this kills the wysp. For valued allies, however, a wysp will willingly lay down their lives.
VARIANTS: When a symphony forms, a single wysp is chosen to be a Wysp Conductor, and the resonant aura from the symphony is manifested in the conductor being able to cast occult spells. Powerful spellcasters are able to summon a wysp to serve as an advanced familiar.
Sources
Full Statistics For: [ Pathfinder 1e | Pathfinder 2e ]
Canonical Sources: Bestiary 5 [PF1e] p ; Bestiary 3 [PF2e] p90
Source: Margarita and Jon Winter-Holt