Animist
Whether new to the spirits of the land or a longtime ally, becoming an animist reveals to you the greater mysteries in communing with these entities and profiting from them. The spirits awaken all around as you travel through the wild places, causing stones to shift, plants to sway, and natural creatures to welcome you with playfulness and cheerful greetings.
Level 7 Animist
Attributes: Increase three attributes by 1 each.
Health: +6
Languages: Any one
Traditions: Animism, Spells: One master
Aid of the Nature Spirits (Magical): Spirits aid you constantly. Your reach becomes 5 and when you cast a spell that would originate from you, you can have the spell originate from any point you can reach. You gain the Strider trait, and you can pass through ordinary and magical plants unimpeded. You leave tracks only when you choose and can alter your tracks and those of other creatures to resemble those of different creatures. Neither animals nor plants harm you unless you harm them first.
Level 8 Animist
Health: +6
Spells: One master
Wild Elemental (Magical): You can use an action to invite a nature spirit into a plant, rock, or some other natural feature within 10 yards. The spirit animates the thing it inhabits until the end of your turn, at which point the spirit departs. Target up to five creatures or objects inside a Size 5 space centered on the natural feature you chose. For each target, make a Will roll with 1 boon against its Agility. On a success, the target takes 4d6 damage, falls prone, is moved up to 5 yards across the ground in a direction you choose, and becomes vulnerable until the end of your next turn. Once you use this talent, you lose access to it for 1 minute.
Level 10 Animist
Health: +6
Spells: One master
Nature Merge (Magical): You can use an action to merge your soul with those of the nature spirits that follow you. For 1 hour, you have the following benefits and drawbacks:
- Senses: Awareness 10
- Nature Attacks! You can use an action to cause nature spirits to attack. Target one creature or object within 20 yards. Make a Will roll against the target’s Agility. On a success, the target takes 10d6 damage. On a critical success, the target also becomes held (luck ends).
- Quicken Growth: The ground inside a Size 5 space centered on you becomes covered with challenging terrain created by plants, rocks, and the like. The space moves with you when you move.
- Tear Down the Walls: You can use an action to collapse a structure. Target one Size 10 space. Any structure or portion of a structure in that space loses all Health. Challenging terrain covers the ground in the space formerly occupied by the structure until cleared away. Once you use this talent, you lose access to it until after you rest.