Druid
Prime Attribute: Wisdom
Overview:
Beyond the confines of walls and city battlements, within the vast expanse of the wilderness areas of the world are many folk who live with contentment outside of civilization. Those who push aside material culture to live in harmony with nature often draw upon its forces for spiritual guidance and commune with its spirits. These are the druids, and they offer guidance and wisdom about the order of life and the world, the cycle of life and death, and acceptance thereof. Druids are feared by many, for they call upon powerful elemental and nature spirits, and they can gather great hosts of nature to fight for their causes.
Druids seek to protect the wilderness and its beasts from the encroachments of civilization, lest the order of the natural world be upset. They find the myriad artificial creations of civilized peoples abhorrent, for they believe that reliance upon the unnatural creates people who are weak and dependent upon a material culture. They are fiercely individualistic, and are often found among the barbarian peoples of the world.
Druids live in harmony with nature, revering its power and beauty. Although they are sometimes termed priests of nature, the druid is much more. They allow nature to determine the fate of its creatures, for good or ill. Some druids revere nature and its elements alone, some promote the beliefs of one or more nature deities, and some bind their animistic faith to a strict code of personal conduct. All are devoted to their life’s calling and possess specialized wilderness lore, including knowledge of the animal and plant kingdoms. Their divine dispensations are gifts from the spirits of the wood, rock, water and wind.
Storms rage across the plains, seas thunder against coasts, and the grasses of the wild steppe wave ceaselessly: none knows a motive. Druids must be able to relate to this balance and neutrality in nature. From this closeness to their surroundings, druids possess specialized knowledge of wilderness environments, particularly those in which the druid lives or was trained.
A druid may use weapons crafted from nature’s raw materials, such as wood, leather, stone and cold-forged metal. Traditionally forged weapons are antithetical to druidism. Some druids prefer to use a weapon identical to that wielded by the deity whom they worship. In war and combat, druids often wield cold-forged pure metal weapons fashioned of beaten iron or copper, but not of beaten steel or bronze.
Likewise, a druid prefers armor crafted from items found in nature, such as leather and wood. They view armors forged by advanced metal-smithing techniques as tainted and impure. These impure items make one dependent upon them and, in consequence, weak. Should a druid cease to revere nature, or ignores their code, the wrath and fury of the spirits of the wild descend upon the errant druid in vengeance. ABILITIES
BONUS LANGUAGES:
Druids have a secret language used for communicating with one another. They are forbidden from teaching this language to any but their brethren.
Additionally, if a druid has a high enough intelligence to learn an additional language, the following languages are available to them: aquan, auran, elf, fey, giant, gnome, sylvan and terrain. The druid must have lived in or near a community of those whose language they seek to learn.
NATURE LORE (WISDOM):
Druids are connected to the forces of nature. They mystically coexist with their environment, gradually becoming a larger part of it. This relationship imparts to them a specialized knowledge of the wilds. A druid can identify plants and animals with perfect accuracy in the type of environment where the druid was trained or currently lives. In unfamiliar environments, the druid must succeed at a wisdom check to successfully use this ability.
This identification ability allows the druid to determine the species of a plant or animal and the special qualities or abilities of the species. The druid can also determine whether water is safe or dangerous to drink. Additionally, druids can find shelter and forage for food. A druid always succeeds in finding basic shelter and enough food for individual daily sustenance. If the druid wishes to support additional people, they must spend 6 hours hunting and gathering to produce enough food and water to feed 2-8 people for a day. If the druid wishes to feed or shelter a larger group of people than the die indicate, a successful wisdom check is necessary. If successful, the druid must spend an additional 6 hours gathering food to feed and water an additional 2-8 people. A third attempt to gather food can be made. A wisdom check at -4 is made but if successful, another 6 hours of searching can feed an additional 1-4 people. This additional effort allows the druid to gather food and water for up to 5-20 creatures total. The druid can only hunt and forage for food three times per day.
SPELLS:
A druid casts divine spells. The spells available are listed on the druid spell list. Each druid can cast a limited number of spells from each spell level per day. The Cleric and Druid Spells Per Day Table shows the number of spells per day a druid may cast for each spell level. Druids prepare and cast spells by praying for them. This process is covered in greater detail in the Magic section.
BONUS SPELLS:
High wisdom indicates a greater divine or spiritual connection to their deities, so druids with high wisdom gain bonus spells. If the character has a wisdom between 13-15 or higher, they receive an extra 1st level spell. If the wisdom score is 16-17 or higher, they receive an extra 2nd level spell and if 18-19 or higher, they receive an extra 3rd level spell. Bonus spells can only be acquired if the druid is at a high enough level to cast them. Bonus spells are cumulative.
For example, a 4th level druid with an 18 wisdom receives four 0 level spells, four 1st level spells and three 2nd level spells. No bonus 3rd level spell is acquired until the druid reaches 5th level.
RESIST ELEMENTS:
At 2nd level, druids gain a +2 bonus to saving throws against fire, water, earth, air, cold and lightning attacks.
WOODLAND STRIDE:
At 3rd level, druids gain the ability to move through natural thorns, briars, overgrown areas and similar terrain at normal speed and without suffering damage or other impairment. When doing so, druids leave no trail in the natural surroundings and cannot be tracked. However, thorns, briars and overgrown areas that are enchanted or magically manipulated to impede motion still affect druids.
TOTEM SHAPE:
At 6th level, druids gain the spell-like ability to change into a small or medium-size animal and back again once per day. This ability operates like the spell polymorph self. Upon attaining this ability, a druid must choose a totem shape. The selection is permanent, and cannot be changed. Each time a druid uses this ability, the character regains 1d4 hit points.
At 7th and 8th levels, the druid gains a new totem shape. Each shape can be assumed once per day. At 12th level, the druid gains the ability to take the shape of a large version of one of the previously chosen totem forms. This large form can be assumed once per day, and the druid can decide between the three forms each time this ability is used. When assuming the large version of a totem form, the druid heals 5d8 hit points. At 15th level, the druid can take a totem shape twice per day and at 18th level, three times per day.
PRIME ATTRIBUTE: Wisdom
HIT DICE: d8
ALIGNMENT: Neutral (any)
WEAPONS: Bows, club, dagger, dart, hand axe, hammers, scythe, sling, sickle, spears, sword (any), staff
ARMOR: Cuir bouille, laminar leather, padded, leather, leather coat, hide
SPECIAL: Bonus languages, nature lore, resist elements, woodland stride, totem shape, spells
Lvl HD BtH EPP
1 d8 +0 0
2 d8 +1 2,001
3 d8 +1 4,251
4 d8 +2 8,501
5 d8 +2 17,001
6 d8 +3 35,001
7 d8 +3 70,001
8 d8 +4 180,001
9 d8 +4 275,001
10 d8 +5 400,001
11 +3 HP +5 525,001
12 +3 HP +6 650,001
13+ 175,000 per level
CLERIC AND DRUID SPELLS PER DAY
Lvl 0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1 3 1
2 4 2
3 4 2 1
4 4 3 2
5 4 3 2 1
6 5 3 3 2
7 5 4 3 2 1
8 5 4 3 3 2
9 5 4 4 3 2 1
10 5 4 4 3 3 2
11 6 5 4 4 3 2 1
12 6 5 4 4 3 3 2
13 6 5 5 4 4 3 2 1
14 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2
15 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 1
16 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2
17 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 1
18 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2
19 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 2
20 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3
Overview:
Beyond the confines of walls and city battlements, within the vast expanse of the wilderness areas of the world are many folk who live with contentment outside of civilization. Those who push aside material culture to live in harmony with nature often draw upon its forces for spiritual guidance and commune with its spirits. These are the druids, and they offer guidance and wisdom about the order of life and the world, the cycle of life and death, and acceptance thereof. Druids are feared by many, for they call upon powerful elemental and nature spirits, and they can gather great hosts of nature to fight for their causes.
Druids seek to protect the wilderness and its beasts from the encroachments of civilization, lest the order of the natural world be upset. They find the myriad artificial creations of civilized peoples abhorrent, for they believe that reliance upon the unnatural creates people who are weak and dependent upon a material culture. They are fiercely individualistic, and are often found among the barbarian peoples of the world.
Druids live in harmony with nature, revering its power and beauty. Although they are sometimes termed priests of nature, the druid is much more. They allow nature to determine the fate of its creatures, for good or ill. Some druids revere nature and its elements alone, some promote the beliefs of one or more nature deities, and some bind their animistic faith to a strict code of personal conduct. All are devoted to their life’s calling and possess specialized wilderness lore, including knowledge of the animal and plant kingdoms. Their divine dispensations are gifts from the spirits of the wood, rock, water and wind.
Storms rage across the plains, seas thunder against coasts, and the grasses of the wild steppe wave ceaselessly: none knows a motive. Druids must be able to relate to this balance and neutrality in nature. From this closeness to their surroundings, druids possess specialized knowledge of wilderness environments, particularly those in which the druid lives or was trained.
A druid may use weapons crafted from nature’s raw materials, such as wood, leather, stone and cold-forged metal. Traditionally forged weapons are antithetical to druidism. Some druids prefer to use a weapon identical to that wielded by the deity whom they worship. In war and combat, druids often wield cold-forged pure metal weapons fashioned of beaten iron or copper, but not of beaten steel or bronze.
Likewise, a druid prefers armor crafted from items found in nature, such as leather and wood. They view armors forged by advanced metal-smithing techniques as tainted and impure. These impure items make one dependent upon them and, in consequence, weak. Should a druid cease to revere nature, or ignores their code, the wrath and fury of the spirits of the wild descend upon the errant druid in vengeance. ABILITIES
BONUS LANGUAGES:
Druids have a secret language used for communicating with one another. They are forbidden from teaching this language to any but their brethren.
Additionally, if a druid has a high enough intelligence to learn an additional language, the following languages are available to them: aquan, auran, elf, fey, giant, gnome, sylvan and terrain. The druid must have lived in or near a community of those whose language they seek to learn.
NATURE LORE (WISDOM):
Druids are connected to the forces of nature. They mystically coexist with their environment, gradually becoming a larger part of it. This relationship imparts to them a specialized knowledge of the wilds. A druid can identify plants and animals with perfect accuracy in the type of environment where the druid was trained or currently lives. In unfamiliar environments, the druid must succeed at a wisdom check to successfully use this ability.
This identification ability allows the druid to determine the species of a plant or animal and the special qualities or abilities of the species. The druid can also determine whether water is safe or dangerous to drink. Additionally, druids can find shelter and forage for food. A druid always succeeds in finding basic shelter and enough food for individual daily sustenance. If the druid wishes to support additional people, they must spend 6 hours hunting and gathering to produce enough food and water to feed 2-8 people for a day. If the druid wishes to feed or shelter a larger group of people than the die indicate, a successful wisdom check is necessary. If successful, the druid must spend an additional 6 hours gathering food to feed and water an additional 2-8 people. A third attempt to gather food can be made. A wisdom check at -4 is made but if successful, another 6 hours of searching can feed an additional 1-4 people. This additional effort allows the druid to gather food and water for up to 5-20 creatures total. The druid can only hunt and forage for food three times per day.
SPELLS:
A druid casts divine spells. The spells available are listed on the druid spell list. Each druid can cast a limited number of spells from each spell level per day. The Cleric and Druid Spells Per Day Table shows the number of spells per day a druid may cast for each spell level. Druids prepare and cast spells by praying for them. This process is covered in greater detail in the Magic section.
BONUS SPELLS:
High wisdom indicates a greater divine or spiritual connection to their deities, so druids with high wisdom gain bonus spells. If the character has a wisdom between 13-15 or higher, they receive an extra 1st level spell. If the wisdom score is 16-17 or higher, they receive an extra 2nd level spell and if 18-19 or higher, they receive an extra 3rd level spell. Bonus spells can only be acquired if the druid is at a high enough level to cast them. Bonus spells are cumulative.
For example, a 4th level druid with an 18 wisdom receives four 0 level spells, four 1st level spells and three 2nd level spells. No bonus 3rd level spell is acquired until the druid reaches 5th level.
RESIST ELEMENTS:
At 2nd level, druids gain a +2 bonus to saving throws against fire, water, earth, air, cold and lightning attacks.
WOODLAND STRIDE:
At 3rd level, druids gain the ability to move through natural thorns, briars, overgrown areas and similar terrain at normal speed and without suffering damage or other impairment. When doing so, druids leave no trail in the natural surroundings and cannot be tracked. However, thorns, briars and overgrown areas that are enchanted or magically manipulated to impede motion still affect druids.
TOTEM SHAPE:
At 6th level, druids gain the spell-like ability to change into a small or medium-size animal and back again once per day. This ability operates like the spell polymorph self. Upon attaining this ability, a druid must choose a totem shape. The selection is permanent, and cannot be changed. Each time a druid uses this ability, the character regains 1d4 hit points.
At 7th and 8th levels, the druid gains a new totem shape. Each shape can be assumed once per day. At 12th level, the druid gains the ability to take the shape of a large version of one of the previously chosen totem forms. This large form can be assumed once per day, and the druid can decide between the three forms each time this ability is used. When assuming the large version of a totem form, the druid heals 5d8 hit points. At 15th level, the druid can take a totem shape twice per day and at 18th level, three times per day.
PRIME ATTRIBUTE: Wisdom
HIT DICE: d8
ALIGNMENT: Neutral (any)
WEAPONS: Bows, club, dagger, dart, hand axe, hammers, scythe, sling, sickle, spears, sword (any), staff
ARMOR: Cuir bouille, laminar leather, padded, leather, leather coat, hide
SPECIAL: Bonus languages, nature lore, resist elements, woodland stride, totem shape, spells
Lvl HD BtH EPP
1 d8 +0 0
2 d8 +1 2,001
3 d8 +1 4,251
4 d8 +2 8,501
5 d8 +2 17,001
6 d8 +3 35,001
7 d8 +3 70,001
8 d8 +4 180,001
9 d8 +4 275,001
10 d8 +5 400,001
11 +3 HP +5 525,001
12 +3 HP +6 650,001
13+ 175,000 per level
CLERIC AND DRUID SPELLS PER DAY
Lvl 0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1 3 1
2 4 2
3 4 2 1
4 4 3 2
5 4 3 2 1
6 5 3 3 2
7 5 4 3 2 1
8 5 4 3 3 2
9 5 4 4 3 2 1
10 5 4 4 3 3 2
11 6 5 4 4 3 2 1
12 6 5 4 4 3 3 2
13 6 5 5 4 4 3 2 1
14 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2
15 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 1
16 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2
17 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 1
18 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2
19 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 2
20 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3