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| Topic | What skills and abilities should the class "Shaman" have? |
| Sahuagin 09/07/21 2:42:50 PM #8: | Lokarin posted... The first is all nature stuff, making them essentially the Geomancer... earthquakes, tornadoes/whirlwinds, lightning strikesisn't a geomancer specifically earth, not wind/lightning? I guess the answer is that they should have a "spiritual connection with nature", though that seems like a strange concept being simultaneously natural and super-natural. it should vary by setting, since it will depend on the rules of the universe they are in. also it must be made distinct with druids. as you say, shaman will generally have elemental powers, whereas druids will be more "leafy"/plant-based. both are related to animals, both summoning and maybe shapeshifting, though a shaman will do so spiritually and a druid more physically. a shaman would summon a spirit animal; a druid would actually draw a real animal from the forest. a shaman would transform into a spirit animal; a druid would actually shapeshift into a real physical merging of themselves and an animal. the distinction I guess is that druids are "one with nature" whereas shaman use spiritual means as a conduit to nature (or maybe, a super-natural realm of nature). --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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