Shaman

The shaman is the pure devotee of the ihimen, the spirits of nature and the elements. They call on elemental forces to create Manifest Zones to blast their foes and hamper them while aiding allies. Not particularly suited to front-line assault or direct blasting, they specialize in controlling and hampering enemies and secondarily in supporting allies through healing and other means.

Subclasses:

• Circle of the Elements is offensively-focused, wielding elements to hamper and damage enemies.
• Circle of Fiery Renewal is support-focused, healing and aiding elements. Aesthetic is that of the phoenix.
• Circle of the Spirit is more skill/utility oriented, but with heavy support elements.

Class Features

As a shaman, you gain the following class features.

Hit Points

Proficiencies

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) a wooden shield or (b) any proficient weapon
• (a) any proficient weapon
• Light armor, an explorer’s pack, and a shamanic focus

Class DC

Whenever an ability from this class forces someone to make a saving throw against a DC, that DC is given by

DC = 8 + your Wisdom modifier + your proficiency bonus

Spellcasting

Drawing on the primal essence of nature itself, you can cast spells to shape that essence to your will.

Cantrips

At 1st level, you know two cantrips of your choice from the shaman spell list. You learn additional shaman cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Shaman table.

Preparing and Casting Spells

The Shaman table shows how much aether (AET) you have to cast your spells and do other magical tasks. To cast a spell that requires aether, you must expend aether equal to its cost or greater. You regain all expended aether when you finish a long rest. It also shows your Aether Limit, which is the maximum aether you can expend on a single action.

You know a certain number of shaman spells, choosing from the shaman spell list. You can trade out any known spell for any other spell you can learn from that list when you finish a long rest. When you do so, choose a number of shaman spells equal to your Wisdom modifier + your shaman level (minimum of one spell). To prepare a spell you must be able to cast it without exceeding your Aether Limit.

Spellcasting Ability

Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your shaman spells. The power of your spells comes from your devotion to your deity. You use your Wisdom whenever a shaman spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a shaman spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Ritual Casting

You learn a Journeyman incantation (see Incantations) of your choice. When you reach 5th level, you learn an Adventurer incantation of your choice, and at 11th level you learn a Hero incantation of your choice. You can cast any incantation you learned from this feature without needing a Ritual Scroll in hand.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use a shamanic focus as a spellcasting focus for your shaman spells.

Armored Caster

You can cast your shaman spells while wearing light or medium armor. Shields still inhibit your spellcasting.

Manifest Zones

Shamans are ties between the planes. Their magic allows them to bring influences of the other planes into the Mortal, creating areas called Manifest Zones. Starting at level 2, you’ve learned to manifest the energy of one of the planes into your present one. As an action on your turn, you can manifest a zone you know at a point you can see within 60 ft. It persists for one minute or until you manifest another zone and affects an area of 10 ft in radius. Manifesting your zone requires spending 2 STA and 2 AET. Choose one of the following as your first known zone. You learn an additional zone at 5th, 9th and 15th level.

Manifest Zone: Air

For the duration of the zone, allies who start their turn in the zone gain +15 ft to their speed and do not provoke opportunity attacks by moving out of the reach of enemies. Both of these benefits last until the end of their turn. Enemies who make ranged attacks against allies in the zone have disadvantage on the attack.

Manifest Zone: Earth

For the duration of the zone, allies who start their turn in the zone gain temporary hit points equal to twice your proficiency bonus. In addition, the zone is difficult terrain for your enemies.

Manifest Zone: Fire

For the duration of the zone, enemies who enter the zone for the first time on a turn or start their turn in the zone must make a Dexterity saving throw against your Spellcasting DC. On a failed save, they take 2d6 fire damage, or half as much on a success. The damage increases by 1d6 at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level.

Manifest Zone: Spirit

For the duration of the zone, you can use your bonus action to heal one creature within the zone by 1d6 + your spellcasting modifier. The amount healed increases by 1d6 at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level.

Manifest Zone: Water

For the duration of the zone, enemies that start their turn in the zone or enter it for the first time on a turn must make a Strength saving throw against your Spellcasting DC as they are encased by a watery shell. On a failed save, their speed is reduced to zero until they spend an action to break themselves out. Enemies that succeed can only move at half speed within the zone unless they succeed on a Dexterity saving throw against the same DC. On a failed Dexterity saving throw, they fall prone.

Shaman Circle

At 3rd level, you choose to identify with a circle of shamans: the Circle of the Elements, the Circle of Fiery Renewal, or the Circle of the Spirit, all of which are detailed at the end of the class description. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 1, up to a maximum of +5.

You can also pick a Skill Trick but you must meet the prerequisites for skill tricks learned in this way. See Skill Tricks for that list. You can swap out a known skill trick for another you can learn when you gain another skill trick.

Detonate Manifest Zone

Starting at 5th level, you have learned to terminate the influence of a manifest zone in a burst of elemental energy. As a bonus action on your turn, you can end the duration of an existing manifest zone, causing an effect that depends on the type of zone active. Alternatively, if you manifest a new zone (either a different type of zone or change its location), you can cause the initial one to erupt before it disappears as part of that action.

Dual Zones

Starting at 7th level, you can have two zones active at the same time, but the affected areas cannot overlap.

Internalized Elements

Starting at 9th level, you can use an action and expend 3 STA to draw elemental energy from one of your known elemental zones into your own body without manifesting a zone. This counts as having a zone active, but affects only you based on which element you choose. You can only have one of these effects active at once and it lasts for 10 minutes.

Enhanced Zones

Starting at 11th level, your zones have become more powerful. Choose one of the following. Whenever you create a zone, it gains the benefit.

Primal Legend

At 13th level, you learn your choice of legendary effects and can use it once per long rest. The chosen effect must have either the Primal or the General tag as well as the Lesser tag. You learn an additional legendary effect of your choice with these same tags at 15th level.

Greater Primal Legend

At 17th level, you learn your choice of legendary effects and can use it once per long rest. The chosen effect must have either the Primal or the General tag, but can have either the Lesser or Greater tag. At this time you can also switch one other legendary effect you know for a different one you could learn with this feature.

Timeless Body

Starting at 18th level, the primal magic that you wield causes you to age more slowly. For every 10 years that pass, your body ages only 1 year.

Rebirth

At 20th level, the primal forces you channel act as a shield against death for you and your allies. When you or an ally you can see within 60 feet of you is reduced to 0 hit points or would be killed outright by damage or any other effect, you can choose to instead heal them to full hit points and any negative condition afflicting them ends. If you do so, you gain 2 levels of exhaustion immediately and cannot use this feature again until you have completed a long rest and no longer have any levels of exhaustion (from this or any other effect).

Shaman Circles

Circle of the Elements

Shamans who devote themselves to the elements tend to be the least connected to mortal-kind. They serve and channel the most primal parts of nature, which are also often the most destructive.

Circle Spells

Your mystical connection to the primal nature of the elements infuses you with the ability to cast certain spells. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to extra circle 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 shaman spell list, the spell is nonetheless a shaman spell for you.

Winds Whisper, Walls Have Ears

Starting at 6th level, the wind and earth bring you word of things going on elsewhere. If you meditate for 1 minute and expend 3 STA, you gain one of the following benefits depending on the terrain.

Elemental Resilience

Starting at 10th level, you can use your reaction to grant yourself a defensive benefit. Choose one of the following:

Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a long or short rest.

Elemental Summoning

At 14th level you learn the conjure elemental spell if you do not know it already, and it does not count against the number of spells you know. When you cast the spell, you get two elementals instead of one, both of the same type.

Circle of Fiery Renewal

The Circle of Fiery Renewal takes as its exemplar the great Phoenix spirit, patron of cleansing and rebirth via fire. Although they rank among the best healers of the shamans, their healing tends to be painful.

Bonus Cantrips

When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you learn the light cantrip and the produce flame cantrip.

Circle Spells

Your mystical connection to the phoenix infuses you with the ability to cast certain spells. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to extra circle 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 shaman spell list, the spell is nonetheless a shaman spell for you.

Phoenix Manifestation

Starting at 6th level, you have learned an alternate use of your Manifest Zone ability. You can use it to conjure a spirit in the form of a Small, incorporeal phoenix that shares your space or appears in an ally’s space you can see within 60 feet of you. For one minute, it takes one of the following actions of your choice on your turn, using your spell save DC and spell attack modifier as necessary. Once you summon the phoenix, you cannot do so again until you finish a long or short rest.

Spit Fire. The phoenix casts produce flame at a target within range.

Protective Flame. The phoenix grants a creature of your choice within 30 feet of it temporary hit points equal to your 1d8 + your Wisdom modifier.

If you are reduced to zero hit points while the spirit is active and are within 30 feet of it, it can sacrifice itself to return you to 1 hit point at the start of your next turn after being downed.

Enhanced Phoenix

Starting at 10th level, the phoenix summoned by your Phoenix Manifestation ability grows stronger. It gains the ability to cast fireball once during its duration and if it sacrifices itself to restore you to health, you regain 5d8 hit points instead of one.

Fiery Rebirth

At 14th level, your bond with the phoenix has progressed to the point that it transcends unconsciousness or death. When an ally is killed within 60 feet of you, you can expend 7 AET to cast revivify on them as a reaction, ignoring range and material component requirements.

Additionally, if you are reduced to zero hit points or killed outright, you can choose to transform into a Large phoenix yourself for one minute or until healed/revived. While a phoenix, you can cast any spell you know that deals fire damage or restores hit points, spending aether as normal, and have a flying speed of 60 feet. The phoenix form shares your AC and saving throw modifiers. It is immune to all damage and conditions, but any damage taken forces a concentration check; a failed check causes you to revert to your (damaged/dead) where the phoenix was. Once you use this feature once, you cannot do so again until 7 days have passed.

Circle of the Spirit

The Circle of the Spirit acts as a bridge between man and the spirits of nature, as well as the spirits of the departed. Most frequently, shamans of the Spirit Circle are found as tribal advisors, priests of nature focused communities, and the like.

Bonus Cantrip

When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you learn one additional shaman cantrip of your choice.

Natural Recovery

Starting at 3rd level, you can regain some of your magical energy by sitting in meditation and communing with nature. During a short rest, you can meditate and regain Aether points equal to your shaman level. Once you use this once, you can’t do so again until you complete a long rest.

Circle Spells

Your mystical connection to the spirits of nature and man infuses you with the ability to cast certain spells. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to extra circle 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 shaman spell list, the spell is nonetheless a shaman spell for you.

Spirit’s Advice

At 6th level, the spirits give you advice when you need it most. When you make an ability check and don’t like the result, you can spend 2 STA to roll the dice again and take either result.

Nature’s Ward

When you reach 10th level, you can’t be charmed or frightened by elementals or fey, and you are immune to poison and disease.

Natural Rebirth

Starting at 14th level, your connection to the spirits has given you a certain influence over death. This gives you the following benefits:

• You learn the resurrection incantation, and count as a priest of the Life domain when performing it.
• You can cast reincarnate without expending expensive material components and when you do, you can choose the outcome.
• When you are brought to zero hit points or killed outright, you can instead choose to be healed to half hit points. This costs half of your total STA and 5 AET.

Shaman Spell List

The Shaman Spell List table contains a short summary of the spells available to all Shamans, ordered by aether cost.