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SHAMAN
Mi stoodst het entandwi spsdanc eont hec ei
li
ngas
awi zenedor cr aisesonehandf rom t hebodyi nfront
ofhi m, callingonhi sanc est orst ol endhi mt heir
strengt handhealt hewoundeds olider.
As mal ls pec tralfoxdas hesaheadoft hey ounge l
f,
pranc ingandj umpi ngaroundai nc ons picuouspat ch
ofs nowont hepat h, warni ngherj usti nt i
meoft he
trapi nt her oad.
Whenac reat uredi es,i
ti snotal wa yst hec asethat
theirs piri
tsar eabl et omov eon, ins t
eadt heyl i
nger .
somet rackdownt hos ewhoc anper ceivet hem s ot hat
theymi ghtndpeac ethr
ought hem, othersdos of or
mor eobs cur eormal evol
entr easons . Shamansar e
indiv idualsei therbl essedorc urs edt obec apableof
per cei vi
ngt hes eent iti
esandhar nes singt heirpower .
Thi sper cept ionmos toft
enc omesi nt hef orm of
visions , dreamsandwhi sper sfrom t heent i
ties.
Of tenl ivi
ngbyt hems el
v esort ribes ,shamansof ten
separ atethems elvesf rom ther atr ac eofc ivil
isati
on,
pref err i
ngt hec ompanyoft hewi ldandhers piri
ts.

SPIRITUAL POWER
Shamansgai nt heirmagi calprowes sdirectl
yf rom t he
spiri
tsar oundt hem. Askingforaid,s pir
itsareus ual ly
mor et hanhappyt oobli
ge.
Oftenha v ingadeepunder s
tandingt othenat ur al
wa yoft hewor ld,mos tshamanst ypicall
yv i
e wt heir
poweraspar tofadut ytohe l
pt hespirit
sar oundt hem
andgui det hem i ntotheaf t
erli
fe.
Manys hamansus etheirpowert ohe lpthelivingt oo,
providingr emedi esandheal i
ngt othes ickaswe llas
oer i
ngboonsandgui danc etothewor t
hy.
Shamanst y picall
ylearnt ocontroltheirpower sby
learningf rom ament or,orsomet i
mese venbei ng
taughtbyt hes piri
tsofshamansbef or ethem. Ther eis
howe ver ,
nogr eaterteacherthane xper i
ence, ands o
manys hamanwi llsetoutonas pir
itualjourne yto
discovert hei rfullpotential
.

GHOSTLY COMPANION
Manys hamansar eac companiedbyas piri
tanimal.
A
spiri
twhosees senceas hamanbi ndstot hei
rowni n
ordertoxt hem totheshaman spl
ane. Theform
takenbythes pi
ritanimalisoftenareec ti
onofthe
shamansinners el
f.Onlyspi
rit
swi t
hthemot i
vati
onto
helpother
sc anbec omes pir
itanimals
; andalthough
theyareboundandi ncapabl
eofr ef
usingas haman,
theyareoftenmor ethanhappyt oserve.
 CLASS FEATURES
Asas
haman,
yougai
nthef
oll
owi
ngc
las
sfeat
ures
.

HITPOINTS
HitDice:1d8pershamanl evel
HitPointsat1stLevel:8+y ourConsti
tut
ionmodier
HitPointsatHigherLev el
s:1d8(or5)+y our
Cons t
it
uti
onmodi erpershamanl e
velafter1s
t

PROFICIENCIES
Armor :Lightarmor,medium armor,
shi
elds
CREATING A SHAMAN Weapons :Clubs,dagger
s,ja
ve l
ins
,quar
ters
tas
,
Asy oubui ldy ours haman, thinkaboutwhenandwhy spear
s
yourc harac terac qui redt hei rc onnec tionwi ththe Tools
:Her bali
stkit
spirits .Didt erribledr eamspl aguey ouasac hil
dandi t
SavingThrows :Wisdom,Charisma
was n tuntily ouhadmat ur edt haty our eal
isedthe
Skil
ls:Choos
et woskill
sfrom Animalhandl
ing,
truthofy ourabi li
ties?Wer ey our ais edi nac hur ch
Ins
ight,Medi
cine,Nature,
Percepti
on,Reli
gionand
andhadt hes eabi liti
esbes towedony ous othaty ou
Surviv
al.
mi ghtbet terhe lplos ts oulsc ros sov er?Ma ybey ou
wer ec ursedwi tht hes epower sbyademon, forcedto
EQUIPMENT
endur ev i
sionsofami llionpos s i
bleapoc alypsese ver
y
Youstar
twi
ththefol
lowi
ngequipment,i
naddi
ti
ont
o
night ?
theequi
pmentgr
antedbyyourbackgr
ound:
Cons i
derhowy ourc harac terper cei vestheir
abilities.Doy ouv iewt hem asac ur sef rom thegods ? a)anysimpleweaponorb)awoodenshie
ld
Puni s hmentf ors omec rimec ommi ttedl ongago ? a)herbal
istki
torb)anysi
mpleweapon
Ma ybey ouv iewi tasadut yt ot hes oul saroundy ou,an l eat
herarmor,anexpl
orer
spack,
andadr ui
dicf
ocus
endl es staskt olendai dt ot hes piri
tsandhe lpthem
intot heaf terlife?Per hapsy ouv i
ewi tasat oolto SPIRIT SENSE
adv anc ey ourpl an, c
hoos ingt oe xploi tthes piri
tsyou Att he1s tleve lyoulearntoopent heirmi ndand
seer athert hanhe lpt hem. sens est odet ectthepresenceofli
nger ings pir
it
s .
Asan
action, untilt heendofy ourne xtt
urny ouar eawar eof
QUICK BUILD thec reat uret ypeandl ocati
onofanyundeadand
Youc anmakeas hamanqui c
klybyfol
lowi ngt hese element alswi t
hin60f eetofyouthati snotbe hindtotal
suggesti
ons. Fi
rst,makeWi sdom shouldbey our cover .Youc anal sodetermineifac reaturehasdi edin
highestabil
ityscore,f
oll
owedbyCons ti
tution. Second, thisar eawi thinthelast24hour s.
choosetheHer mi tbackground.Thir
dt heDr ui dcr
aft, Youc anus et hisfeat
ureanumberoft imesequalt o1+
andPr esti
digat
ion, al
ongwi t
hthefoll
owi ng1s tl
evel yourWi s dom modi er.Wheny ouni shal ongr estyou
spell
s:DissonantWhi spers,andHealingWor d. regainal lexpendedus es.
SPIRIT GUIDE
Beginningat2ndl ev el
,theShamangai nstheabili
tyto
casttheFindFami l
iarr i
tual, butinsteadof
summoni ngaf ami l
iarthe ys ummonaSpi ritAnimal.
Choos efr
om oneoft hef ol
lowi ngformswheny ou
summont heSpir i
tGui de; Bear ,Wol f
,Coyote,Eagl
e,
Owl ,Snakeoranot heri fagr eedt obyt heDM. The
spiri
tusesthepr ocienc ybonus( ifrequi
red)ofthe
Shaman.
Yourspir
itanimalss tatsar eaec t
edbyt heformit
t
akes .Theseeec t
sar easf ollows:
Ill
us ives piri
t .Oppor tuni tyattacksmadeagai nst
Bear.+1AC, +1HPperl evel,proc ientinAthleti
cs yours piritanimalasi tisl ea vi
ngac r eat uresr eachar e
(Strength).addi t
ionall
y, bec omesaMedi um Fey. takenwi thdisadv ant age.
Wol f
/Coyot e.+2AC, pr oc i
enti nPer cepti
on Ins ight fulspi rit.Wheny oumakeac heckus inga
(Wi sdom)andSur vi
val( Wi sdom) .addi ti
onally
, Char isma, Intelligenc eorWi sdom s killi nwhi chy oure
bec omesaMedi um Fe y. proc ient ,yours pir i
tc anoeri t
sas s istanc e;all
owi ng
Eagle/Owl .+1AC, gai nsi ghts peedof60f t, theShamant oadddoubl et heirpr oc ienc ybonust o
adv antageonPer ception( Wi sdom)c hec ksrel
yingon ther oll.Ifthe yal readyaddeddoubl et hei rpr oc i
enc y
sight.additi
onal l
y,becomesaSmal lCe lesti
al. bonus ,ther eisnoeec t
. Thi scanbeus edanumberof
Snake.+5t oiniti
ati
v e, gainspr oc ienc yt
oSt eal
th timesperda yequalt ot heShaman sWi sdom modi er.
(De xteri
ty)andhasadv ant aget oSt ealth( Dext
erity
) Nar ratives pir it.Onc epers hor tres ty ours pi
r i
t
chec k.additi
onal l
y,bec omesaSmal lFe y. animalc anc ast Speakwi thAni mal s OR Ani mal
Friends hip
.
SPIRIT BOON Pr ot ectives pi rit.Asanac ti
ony ours pir
itanimalc an
At2ndl
eve
l;whensummoningaspi
ri
tani
mal
,se
lec
t grantt empor aryhi tpoi ntsequalt ot heShaman s
t
woofthefol
lowi
ngboonst
oprov
ideit
. Wi sdom modi ert oawi llingc reatur ewi thin5f eetof
it.Thes etempor ar yhi tpoi ntslas t5mi nutes .
Awakeneds pirit.Thes piritanimalgai nslimited Stal ki ngs pirit.Yours pi ri
tani malhasadv antageon
telepat hytoc onv eys impl eideas ,emotionsandi mages Sur vival( Wi s)ski llchec ksmadeonc hec ksf ortrack-
telepat hicall
yt oac reatur ewi thi
n100f eetofitthat ingandl ocatings he l
t erorf ood.
canunder standal anguage. Wat chf ulspir it.Thes pir i
tgai ns120f tdar kvi
s i
on
Cur iouss pi rit.Asl ongasy our
ebot hont hes ame andc ans eethr oughmagi caldar knes s.
plane, youc anc hoos etos eet hroughy ours pir
it
ani mal
se yesaswe llass ens ewhati tsens es.thereis SHAMAN ARCHETYPE
nor angeont hisabi lity
. At3r dlevelt
heShamans e l
ectsanarchetypet ofocus
Dur ables pirit.Yours pirithasadv antageons aving thenat ureandas pectoftheirpower.The ybec ome
throwsagai ns tmagi caleec t
s . Seersf orthespiri
ts,eit
herasaSeerofFor givenes
s,
Guar di
ans pi rit
.Yours pir i
tanimalc anus eit
s shamenwhof ocusont hehar monybet weenwor l
ds
reac ti
ont oi mpos edi sadv ant ageonanat tackr oll andt heai dt
he ycanbot hoereac hother;orasaSeer
madebyac reat urewi thin5f eetofitself. ofRe venge,shamenwhof ocusone xacti
ngv engeance
Hel pfuls pirit.Yours piritani malgainst heabi l
it
yto againstthosewhoha vewr ongedthes pir
its.Your
cas tthef oll
owi ngc antripsatwi ll
:Mendi ng,Lightand choicegr ant
sy oufeatureswheny ouc hoosei tat3rd
Danc ingLi ght s. lev
elandagai nat6t hand14t hlev
e l
.
ADDITIONALSPIRIT BOON c
hooseac reat
ureyoucanseewit
hin60feetof
Beginningat7thlevel,t
heShaman sconnec t
iont
othe y
ourse
lftobehealedforanamountequalt
othecas
ted
spi
rit
sbec omess opotentandpower f
ult hatwhenyou s
pel
lslev
e l
.
summony ourspir
itanimal,youma yselectan
addit
ionalSpiri
tBoon. Atthe15thlevelyour ECHOED WORDS
connectiongrowsstrongersti
ll
,al
lowingy outosel
ect Atthe14thle v
e l
,onceperlongresttheShamanc an
afourthboon. choosetous etheiracti
ontodis
mi ssthei
rspi
r i
t
animal,r
estori
nganumberofhi tpoint
sequaltothe
SPIRITUALDEFENSE spi
ritani
mal
shitpointmaximum t oanywil
li
ngc rea-
At10thlevel,t
hes pi
ri
tsar
oundt heShamanoerai d, tur
eswi t
hin60f eetoftheShaman. Thehealing
tr
yingtoprotectthem.Wheny ougainthisfeat
ure;
you amountc anbedi str
ibutedandspli
tastheShaman
haveadvantageons avi
ngthr
owsagai nstbeing wishes.
charmedorf eared.
SEER OF REVENGE
ONE W ITH THE SPIRITS Seer sofRe vengeseeknott hehar moniousc oexis
tance
At17thleve
l,whent heShamans ummonsas piri
t betweens pirit
sandt heliv
ing,butinsteadchoos eto
animal,
thei
rphy s
icalformc hangesandt he
ygaint he foll
owadar kerpath.Theses eersroam thewor ld
samebenetsprovidedbyt hec hosenanimalty
pet o wagi ngwaront hespiri
tsbehal f
,bel
ievi
ngt hatto
themsel
ves.Ift
heani malform prov i
desaproci
enc y guides pir
it
st otheothersidet heymus tapeasethem
thatt
heShamanal r
eadyhas ,insteadadddoublethe byc ommi ti
ngac tsofvengancei nthei
rname. These
proci
encybonustot hatskil
l. actsv aryf
rom punishingthos ewhodonotpa ytheirr
e-
spectstothes piri
ts,
thehunt i
ngdownandki ll
ings pi
r-
SPIRIT SIGHT it
smur derer.
At20thle
v e
l,yourconnec
tiontothespi
ri
tsiss
o
BONUSPROFICIENCIES
powerf
ul,t
haty oubegi
ntos eethi
ngsbeyonds
pir
its
.
Atthe3r
dle
vely
oubec
omepr
oc
ienti
nmar
ti
al
Youarealwaysundertheeec t
softhe'
TrueSeei
ng'
weapons
.
spel
l.
SPIRITUALRAGE
SHAMAN ARCHETYPES At3r
ofli
dl
nger
e
v
i
el
,
ngs
youl
pir
it
ear
sdur
nhowt
ingt
otapintot
heheatofbat
her
tl
ageandf
e.Wheny
ur
ou
y
Bec omi ngaShamani sof tennotac hoice,howe ver
hitanenemywi thame leeweaponat t
ack,youc an
whatas hamanc hoos est odowi t
ht heirpoweri s
expendoneShamans pe l
lslottodealpsychicdamage
entire
lyupt othem. As hamanc hoos esthepaththe y
tothetarget,inaddi t
iont ot heweapon '
sdamage. The
willtr
eadonc etheyr eac ht he3r dlevel,f
rom thenon
extradamagei s1d8f ora1s t-
levelspel
lsl
ot,plus1d8
theirfateisallbuts eal ed. SomeShamansi nsti
ncti
vely
foreachs pel
lleve lhi
ghert han1s t,
toamaxi mum of
knowt hepat hthatwi lloneda ytread,andac t
ively
5d8. Thi
sc annotbeus edi nc onjuncti
onwi t
hthe
seektof ul
ltheirfutur epur pose,otherssimply
Paladin'
sDi v
ineSmi tef eature.
choos et owaitands eewhatf ate,andt hespir
its,
choos eforthem.
SPIRITUALONSLAUGHT
Att
he6thl
eve
lyoucanat
tac
ktwice,
ins
teadofonc
e
SEER OF FORGIVNESS whene
very
outaket
heAtt
ackact
iononyourtur
n.
SeersofForgi
venessbeli
evethematerialwor l
dand
thespiri
tworl
dwer emeanttoliv
einhar mony .They SPIRITSHIELD
beli
eveyoushouldn
tbeafrai
dofspiri
ts,justasthey Atthe14t hleve
l,theShamanc anus eabonusac t
ion
shouldn
tbeafr
aidofyou.AsaSeerofFor giv
eness, ontheirturntodis mi sstheirspir
itanimal, al
lowi
ngi t
youaimt obri
ngthetwowor l
dsc l
osertogether,cl
os- toli
ngerandpr otec ttheShaman. For1mi nuteafter
ingthegapbetweenwor l
dsandbathingi nthee x- sacri
cingyours piritanimal ,
onc eperturnwheny ou
changeofknowledgeitbri
ngs. hitatargetyougai nt emporar yhitpointsequaltoy our
Wi s
dom modi er+Cons ti
tuti
onmodi er.Thesetem-
BONUSCANTRIP poraryhitpoint
sl astf or10mi nutes.
Atthe3rdle
vel
,theShamangainsoneaddi
ti
onal
cantr
ipsf
rom t
heShamanspellli
st. SPELLCASTING
Call
inganddr awingfrom t
hes pir
it
sofol d,youcan
SOOTHING VOICES pul
lforthenergyandmagi cfrom beyondt hi
splane,al
-
Atthe3r dlevelyouc anc ommands pi
rit
stobombar da
l
owingy outofuelthei
rs pe
lls
. Seechapter10oft he
t
argetwi t
hs oothingtonesandc hant s
.Asanac t
ion
Pla
yer
sHandbookf orthegeneralrulesof
youc antargetone c r
eat urewithin60f eet ,
thetarget
spel
lcasti
ng.
mus ttakeaWi s
dom s av i
ngt hr
oworbec omey our
choiceofchar medorf ear edforonehour .Ifac reature
succeedsont hes ave,theyar eimmunet ot hisabil
ity CANTRIPS
Atthers
tlevel
,youknow3c antri
psofy ourc hoic
e
f
or24hour s.Thisabi l
ityc anbeus edanumberof
f
rom theshamans pelll
ist
.Youlearnadditional
t
imesequalt oyourWi s dom modi erperl ongr est
.
shamancantri
psofy ourchoic
eathi gherlevel
s ,as
shownintheCantripsKnownc ol
umnoft heShaman
SACRIFICIALSPIRIT t
able.
Atthe6thl
eve
l,spi
ri
tsec
hoyourwordsandc
hant
s,
gi
vingyout
heirpower
.Whenevery
oucastas
pel
l,
SPELLSLOTS RITUALCASTING
TheShamant ables howshowmanys pel
ls l
otsy ou Youcanc astaShamanspe
llasari
tualift
hatspe
llhas
havetocastyours pe l
lsof1stl
evelandhi gher.Toc ast ther
itualtagandyouha
vethespe
llprepared.
oneofthesespe ll
s,youmus texpendas l
otofthe
spel
lslev
elorhi gher.Youregai
nal le
xpendeds pe ll SPELLCASTING FOCUS
sl
otswheny ouni shal ongrest
. Youcanus
eadr uidi
cfoc
us(f
oundinchapt
er5oft
he
Forexample, i
fyouknowt he1stlevelspellbur ni
ng Play
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llc
ast
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ocusfory
our
handsandha vea1s t-
leve
landa2nd- l
e velspel
ls lot Shamanspel
ls.
avai
labl
e,youc anc astbur nghandsus
ni i
ngei thers l
ot.

SPELLSKNOWN OF1STLEVELAND HIGHER SHAMAN SPELLS

Youknowf our1s t-
leve
ls pel
lsofy ourc hoic ef
rom the
Cant
rip
s(oL
eve
l) 4t
hLe
vel
Shamans pellli
s t
.
TheSpe l
lsKnownc olumns howswheny oulearn Danc i
ngl i
ghts Banishme nt
mor eShamans pell
sofy ourc hoice.Eac hofthese Guidanc e Conjurewoodl a
ndbeings
spe l
lsmus tbeofal evelforwhi c
hy ouha v
eas pell Li
ght Conjuremi norel
emental
s
slots,asshownont het abl
e. Forins t
anc e,wheny ou Ma geha nd Divi
na t
ion
reach3r dl evelinthisc l
ass,youc anl earnonene w Me nding Giantinsect
spe l
lof1s tors econdle vel
. Me ssage Graspingv i
ne
Additi
onallywheny ougai nal ev e
lint hiscl
ass,you Prest
idigit
ati
on Greaterinvi
sibi
li
ty
canc hoos eoneoft hes hamans pell
sy ouknowand Shi
llel
a gh
replaceitwi ththeanot hers pellfrom theShaman Shockinggrasp 5t
hLe
vel
spe l
llis
t,whi chal s
omus tbeofal evelforwhichy ou Thornwhi p Awa ken
ha vespellslots. Communewi t
hna t
ure
1s
tLe
vel Conjureelement
al
SPELLCASTING ABILITY Bane Greaterre
stor
ati
on
Wisdom isyourspel
lcastingabil
ityforyours haman Bless Insectpl
ague
spel
ls,
s i
ncethepowerofy ourmagicr eli
esony ou Curewounds Legendlore
channell
ingyourmagicthr oughthes piri
ts.Youuse De t
ectma gi
c Ma sscurewounds
yourWi s
dom whene v
eras pellr
eferstoy ourspel
lcas
t- Dissonantwhispe
rs Planarbi
nding
i
ngabilit
y.Inaddi
ti
on, y
ouus eyourWi s
dom modi er Entangle Raisedead
whens et
tingthesav
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ry Scryi
ng
youcastandwhenmaki nganat tackr ol
lwi t
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He al
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Spe
lls
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yourWi
sdom modi
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mals Forbiddance
Spe
lla
tta
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er Planarall
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OrcShaman
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