The Shaman

Shamans are inspiring and dangerous battle leaders. They command powerful spirit guides, and through them lead their allies. These nature spirits bolster their allies’ attacks and offer protection and healing when needed. In a rite of passage or initiation, you pledged yourself to the spirits, to be their voice and hands in the world. Through ancient song and sacred ceremony, you have called a powerful spirit companion to your side.

The primal spirits of nature affirm your will, guide the actions of your allies, and deal mighty attacks against your foes. You might be a venerable advisor to a tribal leader, a young traveler seeking to bring tales of a wider world back to your people, or a scholar devoted to the pursuit of nearly forgotten lore. The spirits and voices of nature guide your every step. Their power flows through you, calling you to lead, to fight, and to triumph.

Class Features

As a shaman, you gain the following class features.

Spiritual Boons

At 2nd level, you gain a spiritual boon of your choice. When you gain shaman levels, you gain additional boons of your choice, as shown in the Spiritual Boons column of the Shaman table.

Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the boons bestowed to you and replace it with another boon that you could gain at that level.

If a spiritual boon has prerequisites, you must meet them to gain it. You can gain the invocation at the same time that you meet its prerequisites. A level prerequisite refers to your level in this class.

Spiritual Journey

At 3rd level, you undertake a spiritual journey into the Ethereal Plane and attune yourself to the ancient spiritual energies of all those who have come before you. Your choice grants you features at 3rd level and again at 6th, 14th, and 20th levels.

You may undertake one of the following Journeys

• Journey of Cataclysm
• Journey of Discord
• Journey of the Grave
• Journey of Harmony

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 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature. Using the optional feats rule, you can forgo taking this feature to take a feat of your choice instead.

You can also replace one of your skill proficiencies with a skill proficiency offered by your class at 1st level (the proficiency you replace needn’t be from the class). This change represents one of your skills atrophying as you focus on a different skill.

Ritualmaster

Starting at 5th level, when you cast a spell as a ritual, the casting time is increased by 1 minute, rather than 10 minutes.

Vessel of the Spirits

Starting at 18th level, you are immune to exhaustion, you suffer none of the drawbacks from old age, and you can't be aged magically.

Elemental Spirit

Medium undead, true neutral

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• Armor Class 10 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points your shaman level x (d6 + 1)
• Speed 10 ft, fly 30ft

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STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
10 (0)	10 (0)	12 (+1)	8 (-1)	16 (+3)	8 (-1)

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• Languages Can understand you, but not speak

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Actions

Spit. Ranged Weapon Attack: your proficiency bonus + 3 to hit, 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 + your Wisdom modifier + 3 fire/cold/bludgeoning/lightning damage.

Spirit's Wrath. One ally within 25 feet of your companion spirit can add 1d6 fire/cold/bludgeoning/lightning to the first damage roll they make during each of their turns for 1 minute. Only one ally can benefit from this effect at any given time.

Armor of the Auspice

Starting at 6th level, you can use the bones of a creature to protect up to two creatures of your choice as an action. The targets gain a +1 bonus to their armor class until you finish a long rest, as a combination of spiritual energy and the bones themselves form an overlaying armor. Once you have used this feature, you can no longer use it until you finish a long rest.

Connect The Dead

Starting at 14th level, you can use your action to charm every undead creature of your choice within 60 feet of you. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC, or be charmed for 1 minute. While they are charmed, they will obey your commands, as long as they are not unreasonable and does not harm themselves. If you command them to do either, they will instead take the Dodge action until you give them a new command.

Creatures of a different type than undead of your choice must also make a Wisdom saving throw, becoming frightened for 1 minute on a failed saving throw instead.

Death's Diplomat

Starting at 20th level, as an action you can merge with your companion spirit. You gain temporary hit points equal to your companion spirit's remaining hit points and your companion spirit loses its action, bonus action and movement. Undead creatures must make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC to target you with hostile effects, otherwise they must change their target or lose the action. Other creatures have disadvantage on their attack rolls against you and you have advantage on any saving throws imposed against you. This effect ends after 1 minute or until your temporary hit points are reduced to 0, returning your companion spirit to an unoccupied space you can see within 5 feet of you if you had any remaining temporary hit points. Its hit points are equal to your remaining temporary hit points.

After using this feature, you cannot use it again until you have finished a long rest.

Journey of Harmony

Shamans that were surrounded by kind spirits end up taking a Journey of Harmony. They believe harmony and peace can be achieved through understanding and seek to share this knowledge.