Shaman

Shamans gain their power through alliances with powers of the "spirit world" and act as intermediaries between them and the corporeal inhabitants of the visible world. Constantly aware of spirits that others cannot see, shamans fit unevenly into society, even compared with others who draw on similar powers such as druids.

Hit points: Shaman gains 1d8 hit points at each level.

Weapon Training: Shaman can use the following weapons. dagger, club, spear, axe, quarterstaff, dart, sling, and shortbow. They may only wear leather, studded leather, and hide armor.

Alignment:

Languages: Common.

Magic: A shaman can call upon the favor of the spirits around them. This form of magic is known as spirit magic. Its successful use allows a shaman to channel spiritual power as a magical spell. A shaman has access to the spells listed in the table below.

To cast a spell, a shaman makes a spell check (see page 106). The spell check is made like any other check: roll 1d20 + Personality modifier + caster level. If the shaman succeeds, the spirits attends to the request – not always predictably, but with generally positive results.

If the shaman fails they risk disapproval. The spirits are preoccupied, annoyed, or facing their own battle – or questions the shaman’s use of its power.

Shaman Brew

A shaman can create a number of brews per day equal to their level. For each brew they must make a spell check to find the quality of the brew. The spell check is made as any other: roll 1d20 + Personality modifier + caster level. Failure actually ends the creation process, I.E. if a 3rd lvl shaman fails their second brew, they can not attempt their third brew for the day. When the healing brew is consumed it acts similar to the cleric's lay on hands, It is always a number of dice, with the type of dice determined by the hit die of the creature to be healed. For example, a warrior uses a d12 hit die, so a warrior would be healed with d12 dice. If the result check and drinker's alignment create a 4 dice or more healing result, the brew also cures the drinker of poison and disease. A brew loses its strength each day. A 20-21 spell success is treated as a 14-19 the day after its created and so forth.

Spell Check	Same Failure	Adjacent Failure	Opposed Failure
1-11	Failure	Failure	Failure
12-13	2 dice	1 die	1 die
14-19	3 dice	2 dice	1 die
20-21	4 dice	3 dice	2 dice
22+	5 dice	4 dice	3 dice

Career

Career Progression

Level	Attack	Crit. Die/ Table	Action Die	Ref	Fort	Will	Shaman Ability	1	2	3	4	5
1	+0	1d8/III	1d20	+0	+1	+1	Shamanic Dance, Spirit Ward	3	-	-	-	-
2	+1	1d8/III	1d20	+0	+1	+1	Writhing Fog	4	-	-	-	-
3	+2	1d10/III	1d20	+1	+1	+2		4	2	-	-	-
4	+2	1d10/III	1d20	+1	+2	+2	Spiritual Clarity	5	4	-	-	-
5	+3	1d12/III	1d20	+1	+2	+3	Spirit Fire	5	4	2	-	-
6	+4	1d12/III	1d20+1d14	+2	+2	+4		6	5	3	-	-
7	+5	1d14/III	1d20+1d16	+2	+3	+4	Recall Spirit	6	5	3	1	-
8	+5	1d14/III	1d20+1d20	+2	+3	+5	Spiritual Lock	7	5	4	2	-
9	+6	1d16/III	1d20+1d20	+3	+3	+5		7	6	4	2	1
10	+7	1d16/III	1d20+1d20	+3	+4	+6	Ether Gate	8	6	4	3	2

Shaman Titles

Lvl	Law	Neutral	Chaos
1	Prophet	Spiritcaller	Outcast
2	Farseer	Earthmender	Betrayer
3	Seeker	Windwatcher	Hexxer
4	Elder	Mistwalker	Crazed
5	Highlord	Master of the Ways	Mystic

Other Benefits

Shamanic Dance by Mar Music Rec

Shamanic Dance

Shamans can summon spirit allies by performing a ritualistic dance. While dancing, the Shaman takes a -4 penalty to Armor Class and cannot move, attack, cast spells, use items and special abilities, or perform any other activity.

1-9	Failure
10-11	Each round while the Shaman dances, there is a 15% base chance plus 2% for each level of the Shaman that a Minor animal spirit (snake, fox, hound), will answer the call, up to a maximum of 35% at level 10. A Shaman can have up to 2 spirits at the same time. Any summoned spirits will disappear if the Shaman moves, stops dancing, or if the spirits leave visual range.
12-13	Each round while the Shaman dances, there is a 25% base chance plus 2% for each level of the Shaman that a Minor animal spirit (snake, fox, hound), will answer the call, up to a maximum of 45% at level 10. A Shaman can have up to 2 spirits at the same time. Any summoned spirits will disappear 1 round after the Shaman stops dancing or if the spirits leave visual range for more than 1 round.
14-17	Each round while the Shaman dances, there is a 35% base chance plus 4% for each level of the Shaman that a Major animal spirit (bear, panther, boar), will answer the call, up to a maximum of 75% at level 10. A Shaman can have up to 2 spirits at the same time. Any summoned spirits will disappear 2 rounds after the Shaman stops dancing or if the spirits leave visual range for more than 2 rounds.
18-19	Each round while the Shaman dances, there is a 45% base chance plus 4% for each level of the Shaman that a Major animal spirit (bear, panther, boar), will answer the call, up to a maximum of 85% at level 10. A Shaman can have up to 4 spirits at the same time. Any summoned spirits will disappear 4 rounds after the Shaman stops dancing or if the spirits leave visual range for more than 4 rounds.
20-23	Each round while the Shaman dances, there is a 45% base chance plus 4% for each level of the Shaman that a Minor nature spirit (lesser air spirit, lesser earth spirit, lesser fire spirit), will answer the call, up to a maximum of 85% at level 10. A Shaman can have up to 4 spirits at the same time. Any summoned spirits will disappear 8 rounds after the Shaman stops dancing or if the spirits leave visual range for more than 8 rounds.
24-27	Each round while the Shaman dances, there is a 55% base chance plus 4% for each level of the Shaman that a Minor nature spirit (lesser air spirit, lesser earth spirit, lesser fire spirit), will answer the call, up to a maximum of 95% at level 10. A Shaman can have up to 4 spirits at the same time. Any summoned spirits will disappear 1 turn after the Shaman stops dancing or if the spirits leave visual range for more than 1 turn.
28-31	Each round while the Shaman dances, there is a 45% base chance plus 4% for each level of the Shaman that a Major nature spirits (air spirit, earth spirit, fire spirit), will answer the call, up to a maximum of 85% at level 10. A Shaman can have up to 4 spirits at the same time. Any summoned spirits will disappear 2 turns after the Shaman stops dancing or if the spirits leave visual range for more than 2 turns.
32+	Each round while the Shaman dances, there is a 55% base chance plus 4% for each level of the Shaman that a Major nature spirits (air spirit, earth spirit, fire spirit), will answer the call, up to a maximum of 95% at level 10. A Shaman can have up to 4 spirits at the same time. Any summoned spirits will disappear 1 hour after the Shaman stops dancing or if the spirits leave visual range for more than 1 hour.

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Creature Statistics

All spirit allies have the following immunities: Critical hit, Backstab, Poison, Disease, Stun, Intelligence drain, Hold creature, Confusion, Paralyze, Feeblemindedness, Panic, Detect Alignment, Charm/Domination and Psionics.

All spirit allies also have 50% resistance to Slashing, Crushing, Piercing, and Missile damage, and 100% resistance to Poison damage.

The attacks of the spirit allies are also enchanted, meaning that they can bypass certain immunities.

Animal Spirits

Minor Animal Spirits

The minor animal spirits are the Fox, Snake and Hound. They all have 2 Hit Dice and Intelligence, Personality and Luck scores of 3. The Hound Spirit is anomalous and its mental attributes are instead 7.

Minor Animal Spirit	Basic Statistics	Combat	Defenses	Special
Fox Spirit	HP 16 STR 12 AGI 17 STA 12	Attack +1 Attack 1d3+1 Piercing	AC 14 Saving Throws Ref +3/Fort +1/Will +0	On critical hit: Confusion on target for 1 round
Snake Spirit	HP 16 STR 10 AGI 17 STA 12	Attack +1 Attack 1d2+1 Piercing	AC 14 Saving Throws Ref +3/Fort +1/Will +0	On critical hit: Poison on target 1HP/sec for 1 round
Hound Spirit	HP 16 STR 11 AGI 16 STA 12	Attack +1 Attack 1d3+1 Piercing	AC 15 Saving Throws Ref +3/Fort +1/Will +0	On critical hit: Panic on target for 1 round

Major Animal Spirits

The major animal spirits are the Bear, Panther and Boar. They all have 4 Hit Dice and Intelligence, Personality and Luck scores of 3.

Major Animal Spirit	Basic Statistics	Combat	Defenses	Special
Bear Spirit	HP 32 STR 18 AGI 10 STA 16	Attack +3 Attack 1d6+2 Slashing	AC 14 Saving Throws Ref +1/Fort +3/Will +0	On critical hit: Stun on target for 1 round
Panther Spirit	HP 32 STR 17 AGI 18 STA 16	Attack +3 Attack 1d4+2 Slashing	AC 14 Saving Throws Ref +4/Fort +3/Will +0	On critical hit: Slow on target for 1 round
Boar Spirit	HP 32 STR 18 AGI 16 STA 16	Attack +3 Attack 2d3+2 Piercing	AC 14 Saving Throws Ref +3/Fort +3/Will +0	On critical hit: 2d4 Piercing damage

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Nature Spirits

Minor Nature Spirits

The minor nature spirits are the Lesser Fire, Lesser Air and Lesser Earth. They all have 8 Hit Dice and Intelligence, Personality and Luck scores of 7. The Lesser Air Spirit is also under non-dispellable Improved Invisibility, which, amongst other things means that its saving throws are 4 points better than what is shown in the tables below.

Minor Nature Spirit	Basic Statistics	Combat	Defenses	Special
Lesser Fire Spirit	HP 64 STR 16 AGI 16 STA 16	Attack +7 Attack 1d2+3 Crushing +1d8 Fire	AC 16 Saving Throws Ref +6/Fort +6/Will +1 Extra resistances: Fire and Magic Fire 100% Cold and Magic Cold -50%	Fire shield effect:1d3 Fire
Lesser Air Spirit	HP 64 STR 17 AGI 19 STA 12	Attack +7 Attack 1d10+3 Slashing	AC 16 Saving Throws Ref +8/Fort +4/Will +1 Extra resistances: Electricity -50%	Improved Invisibility
Lesser Earth Spirit	HP 64 STR 19 AGI 10 STA 19	Attack +7 Attack 2d6+3 Crushing	AC 16 Saving Throws Ref +4/Fort +8/Will +1 Extra resistances: Acid -50%	On critical hit: Sleep on target for 1 round

Major Nature Spirits

The major nature spirits are the Fire, Air and Earth. They all have 12 Hit Dice and Intelligence, Personality and Luck scores of 7. The Air Spirit is also under non-dispellable Improved Invisibility, which, amongst other things means that its saving throws are 4 points better than what is shown in the tables below.

Major Nature Spirit	Basic Statistics	Combat	Defenses	Special
Fire Spirit	HP 96 STR 17 AGI 17 STA 17	Attack +11 Attack 1d3+4 Crushing +1d10 Fire	AC 18 Saving Throws Ref +8/Fort +8/Will +4 Extra resistances: Fire and Magic Fire 100% Cold and Magic Cold -50%	Fire shield effect:1d3 Fire
Air Spirit	HP 96 STR 18 AGI 21 STA 14	Attack +11 Attack 1d12+4 Slashing	AC 18 Saving Throws Ref +15/Fort +8/Will +4 Extra resistances: Electricity -50%	Improved Invisibility
Earth Spirit	HP 96 STR 21 AGI 10 STA 21	Attack +11 Attack 2d8+4 Crushing	AC 18 Saving Throws Ref +8/Fort +15/Will +4 Extra resistances: Acid -50%	On critical hit: Sleep on target for 1 round

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Shaman Spells

	1st lvl	2nd lvl	3rd lvl	4th lvl	5th lvl
1	Darkness	Binding	Exorcise	Sanctify/Desecrate	Weather Control
2	Detect Evil	Cure Paralysis	Remove Curse	Vermin Blight	Mind Purge
3	Detect Magic	Curse	Speak With The Dead	Control Fire
4	Paralysis	Neutralize Poison or Disease	Consult Spirit	Control Ice
5	Protection from Evil	Restore Vitality	Eldritch Hound
6	Resist Cold or Heat	Snake Charm	Gust of Wind
7	Second Sight	Scare	Make Potion
8	Comprehend Languages	Phantasm
9	Sleep	Locate Object
10	Spider Climb