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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Technik4" data-source="post: 3364568" data-attributes="member: 7211">True ElementalistThis being embodies the four elements - earth, air, wind, and fire. They have researched the planes and found ways to tap into the elements from them. Their path is one of study, but paying attention to the prime material plane is important too. Whether they cast arcane or divine magic, true elementalists have something in common - their ability to tap into the power of the elements. In a sense they eventually become a living catalyst between their home plane and the four elemental planes.Normally sorcerers, wizards, and druids become true elementalists. However there are some clerics (particularly those devoted to gods with a strong elemental focus) who choose this path. Their research makes them reclusive by nature and they often travel alone or in adventuring parties. They do not gather in groups or societies - all achieve the same knowledge in time.Hit Die: d6RequriementsTo qualify to become a true elementalist, a character must fulfill the following criteria:-Knowledge (Planes) 9-Ability to cast at least 7 different spells with any of the following descriptors: [Fire], [Earth], [Water], and [Air] -Must be able to speak at least one of the following languages: Aquan, Auran, Ignan, and Terran.Class SkillsThe true elementalist's class skills (and the key ability for each) are: Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Knowledge (Arcana), Knowledge (Nature), Knowledge (Planes), Knowledge (Religion), Profession (Wis), Spellcraft (Int), Survival (Wis), Swim (Str).Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Intelligence modifier.Class FeaturesWeapon and Armor Proficiency: True Elementalists do not gain any weapon or armor proficiencies.Spells: When a character gains a level in true elementalist, he gains new spells per day as if he had also gained a level in the spellcasting class he belonged to before adding the prestige class. He does not, however, receive any other benefit a character of that class would have gained (bonus feats, class abilities, and so on). This essentially means that he adds the new true elementalist level to the level of his previous spellcasting class. A character with more than one spellcasting class before becoming a true elementalist must decide which class receives the increase from true elementalist.Elemental Attunement: At 1st level the true elementalist chooses one element to attune himself to. This involves a ritual that takes 12 hours and drains all the spells a character can cast until he rests again. This attunement can be changed, but each time a new element is attuned the ritual must be performed again. The true elementalist's stored spell energy can be harnassed to change a prepared spell into an elemental one. For example, a true elementalist who is attuned to air and has prepared a second level spell may lose that spell in order to cast Gust of Wind. A wizard who does not have Gust of Wind in his spellbook may still not prepare the spell (or apply metamagic feats to the spell).Spellcasters that learn spells instead of preparing them automatically learn each spell on the list as soon as they can cast spells of that level. Attunement also allows the true elementalist to speak in the tongue appropriate to the element (but only while they remain attuned to the element).AirSpontaneous Casting:1 Jump2 Gust of Wind3 Fly4 Freedom of Movement5 Overland Flight6 Control Weather7 Wind Walk8 Whirlwind9 FreedomAt 5th level a true elementalist attuned to air does not need to breathe air.EarthSpontaneous Casting:1 Magic Stone 2 Soften Earth and Stone3 Stone Shape4 Spike Stones5 Wall of Stone6 Move Earth7 Statue8 Earthquake9 ImprisonmentAt 5th level a true elementalist attuned to earth does not need to eat food.FireSpontaneous Casting:1 Produce Flame2 Flaming Sphere3 Pyrotechnics4 Wall of Fire5 Fire Shield6 Fire Seeds7 Fire Storm8 Incendiary Cloud9 Delayed Blast FireballAt 5th level a true elementalist attuned to fire gains Fire Resistance: 10.WaterSpontaneous Casting:1 Obscuring Mist2 Fog Cloud3 Water Breathing4 Control Water5 Wall of Ice6 Ice Storm7 Cone of Cold8 Acid Fog9 Horrid WiltingAt 5th level a true elementalist attuned to water does not need to drink water (or if they are aquatic, stay in water).Rebuke Opposing Elements: A true elementalist gains the power to rebuke creatures with an opposing element to one they are attuned to. Their rebuking level is the same as their character level, but if they have an elemental domain they get a +2 bonus on turning the appropriate creatures. A true elementalist can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + his Charisma modifier (a cleric that can turn undead retains that ability and may turn or rebuke elemental creatures, but does not gain additional turning attempts).For instance, a true elementalist attuned to Fire can rebuke water creatures, while a true elementalist attuned to Earth can rebuke air creatures. A true elementalist with the Fire domain attuned to Fire would get a +2 bonus on turn checks against water creatures, but would not get the bonus on turning air creatures if he were attuned to Earth.Planeshift: This ability can only be used to travel to the elemental planes, and only planes the true elementalist is attuned to. However the tuning fork is unnecessary, the true elementalist himself acts as a fork (this extends to a true elementalist casting the spell and not using this ability as well, but only for elemental planes to which he is attuned). The true elementalist cannot transport himself back to the material plane without the appropriate tuning fork. At 10th level the true elementalist can use this ability at will.True Attunement: At 10th level the true elementalist becomes attuned with the final element. They now have 4 options for each spell they prepare (or have learned a significant number of spells they would not have otherwise learned). Additionally, the true elementalist gains a +4 bonus on saving throws from an elemental source (this includes elemental creatures' spell-like abilities, spells with an elemental descriptor, and spells cast from other true elementalists) or energy source - so spells with descriptors like [Cold] or [Lightning] apply.BAB: As a ClericSaves: Good Fort and Will, bad Reflex1 Elemental Attunement, No Spellcasting2 Rebuke Opposing Elements, Spellcasting +13 Spellcasting +24 Second Elemental Attunement, Spellcasting +35 Additional Elemental abilities, Spellcasting +4, 6 Planeshift 1/day (only to an elemental plane), No Spellcasting7 Third Elemental Attunement, Specllasting +58 Spellcasting +69 Spellcasting +710 True Attunement, Planeshift at Will, Spellcasting +8[This is the second draft of this prestige class, largely for my own amusement. If you think it is unbalanced, balanced, broken, perfect, or otherwise, I'd love to hear your criticisms, suggestions, flames, and praise. If you like it enough to put it in your campaign, thats awesome and I'd like to hear how it goes. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />]</blockquote>

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