Shaman
Hit die D8
While some heroes speak to gods or consort with otherworldly muses, shamans commune with the spirits of the world and the energies that exist in every living thing. These divine adventurers draw upon their power to shape the world and expand the influence of their spiritual patrons. Shamans have strong ties to natural spirits. They form powerful bonds with particular spirits, and as their power grows they learn to call upon other spirits in times of need.
Progression
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Archetypes
Possessed Shaman
For a possessed shaman, merely communing with the spirit world is insufficient. Instead, she invites the spirits to share her body, granting them the chance to experience corporeal existence. In return, they grant her their skills and protect her from otherworldly influence.
- Level 1
- Level 2
- GainsLoses
Spirit Hunter
Most shamans seek spirits to learn from them. Spirit hunters pursue them to eliminate. Some of these loners are on a quest to rid the world of evil spirits and restless ghosts, others fight spirits to gain more power, and some join the wars spirits wage among themselves, no matter how mysterious and inscrutable for a mortal's mind these could be. Spirit hunters learn to enchant their weapons, so it could harm the incorporeal enemies as easily as mortal flesh.
- Level 1
- Loses
- Level 4
- Loses
- Level 5
- Level 9
- Level 13
- Level 17
Spirit Warden
Not all spirits deserve reverence and respect. Some are twisted and despicable. It's a spirit warden's duty to end these spirits' existence.
- Level 1
- Level 2
- GainsLoses
- Level 10
- GainsLoses
Unsworn Shaman
An unsworn shaman never binds herself to one specific spirit, always making new deals as she deems necessary for the circumstances that she finds herself in. While this weakens the powers she can access from any one spirit, it gives her access to a broader overall range of abilities.
- Level 1
- Loses
- Level 2
- GainsLoses
- Level 4
- Loses
- Level 6
- Gains
- Level 8
- Loses
- Level 10
- Loses
- Level 12
- Loses
- Level 16
- Loses
- Level 18
- Loses
- Level 20
- Loses
Witch Doctor
The witch doctor is a healer who specializes in afflictions of the soul. Often misunderstood, she protects her tribe with healing powers, powerful defensive magic, and her own divine "witchcraft."
- Level 4
- GainsLoses
- Level 8
- GainsLoses
- Level 12
- Loses
Wildland Shaman
The half-orcs living in the wasteland have long learned a harsh lesson — the fittest survives and the fittest rules. Their shamans do not communicate with spirits. They prefer to forcefully subjugate animals and battle spirits — the only kind of spirits they approve, for those who do not fight and do not serve the strongest are destined to die. Such is the law of the wasteland.
- Level 1
- Loses
- Level 4
- Loses
Shadow Shaman
The best friends of some shamans are shadows, which they use to conceal their actions and find the best opportunities to attack their foes.
- Level 1
- Gains
- Level 3
- Gains
- Level 4
- GainsLoses
- Level 6
- Gains
- Level 9
- Gains
- Level 12
- Gains
- Level 15
- Gains
- Level 18
- Gains
Prophet of Pestilence
A shaman who has made a deal with the Horseman of Pestilence, a powerful entity from Abaddon, voluntarily binds herself to the source of all disease.
- Level 1
- GainsLoses
- Level 2
- Loses
- Level 4
- GainsLoses
- Level 6
- Gains
- Level 10
- GainsLoses
- Level 12
- Gains
- Level 14
- Gains
- Level 18
- GainsLoses
- Level 20
- Gains
