Circle of the Elements

Some say that the first wizards were in truth elemental druids, while others believe they were simply druids who sought the most ancient aspects of the world, before even the plants began to grow or the animals started to swim in the seas. For an elemental druid, the raw forces of the elemental planes are everything, the living and growing aspects of the world are simply extensions of those elemental forces. Other circles see elemental druids as being closer to wizards or sorcerers than to those who embrace the living world. But to an elementalist, natural life is simply an evolution of what they call the raw world.

Circle of the Elements Features

Druid Level

Feature

2nd

Bonus Proficiencies, Bonus Cantrips, Circle Spells

6th

Elemental Resistance

10th

Elemental Wild Shape

14th

Elemental Protection

Bonus Proficiencies

When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you are no longer prohibited from using metal armor or shields. In addition, you gain proficiency with short and long swords. Finally, you learn to use alchemist's tools.

Bonus Cantrips

When you join this circle, you may choose one cantrip that allows you to:

control air or cause lightning damage

control earth or cause thunder damage

control fire or cause fire damage

control water or cause cold damage

You may choose a second type at 5th level, a third type at 8th level, and the last type at 12th level. Even if the cantrip is not on the druid spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.

Circle Spells

Also as an elementalist, you gain additional spells. Once you gain access to a circle spell, you always have it prepared, and it doesn't count against the number of spells you can prepare each day. If you gain access to a spell that doesn't appear on the druid spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.

Circle Spells

Druid Level

Circle Spells

3rd

flaming sphere, shatter

5th

fireball, lightning bolt

7th

ice storm, stone shape

9th

conjure elemental, wall of stone

Elemental Resistance

Starting at 6th level, you become resistant to certain types of elemental damage. You may choose one damage type from the following list: cold, fire, lightning, or thunder. You gain resistance to this damage type. You may choose which type of damage you gain resistance from directly following a long rest.

You may choose two of the following damage types at 10th level, three at 14th level, and gain resistance to all the listed damage types at 17th level.

Elemental Wild Shape

At 10th level, you may expend one use of your wild shape to transform into an air elemental, an earth elemental, a fire elemental, or a water elemental. When you transform into an elemental form, the CR for this form can be no higher than your druid level divided by three, rounded down.

You may choose to transform into any sort of elemental by expending both uses of your wild shape, so long as the CR is no higher than one third of your druid level, rounded down.

Elemental Protection

Starting at 14th level, you may gain a number or temporary hit points whenever your Elemental Resistance protects you from damage. The number of temporary hit points you gain is equal to half the damage your Elemental Resistance protected you from. You may choose to gain these temporary hit points yourself, or you may use a bonus action to give them to a creature you can see within 30 feet of you. This feature may be used a number of times per day equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum of once). You regain all uses of this feature once you finish a long rest.