Embrace the Storm вЂ“ 60вЂ™ вЂ“ Imbues target with the ability to store or reflect a single spell used against them when they succeed on the saving throw for the spell on spells with saves for half-damage, target still takes half-damage but retains or reflects the spell. Dance Like the Wind вЂ“ 60вЂ™ вЂ“ Buffeting breezes harry enemies in range who fail their save vs paralysis and invigorate allies in range, causing impacted foes to lose their next action in combat and allies to gain a second melee attack (martial classes) or a +1AC (caster classes) on their next action or action against them respectively.ДҐ. Drums of the Earth Mother вЂ“ 60вЂ™ вЂ“ Become as the stony earth itself, granting +2AC to all allies within range lasts 1 minute per Shaman level of the caster.Д¤. Chant of Ancient Wisdom вЂ“ 60вЂ™ вЂ“ Grant all allies within range +2 on saves vs spell, wand and breath lasts 10 minutes per Shaman level of the caster.ДЈ. Speak From Beyond вЂ“ Communicate with a known, specific ally (one way only) while concentration is maintained, across any distance.Дў. If you are of the Saami or other peoples whose cultural practices include shamanism, hopefully this doesnвЂ™t offend you.ДЎ. Bits of all kinds of esoteric sorcery find their way into this character class somehow. This is the Shaman, an utterly confusing mix of utterly inaccurate nonsense with no claim toward legitimacy to any form of shamanism or religious practice now or in the distant past.

What a good idea, I thought, immediately launching Microsoft Word. In the same thread, a gamer by the name of Saker Tarsos suggested that a complete class based around ritual body modification should exist. This is pretty wild to start with, and immediately belongs in my game world. Recently, in a post by FM Geist on G+, I was educated about a shamanic practice from the old ways of northeastern Europe, in which medicine men of the Saami and other tribes would feed psychotropic mushrooms to reindeer and then distill a tea from their urine in order to get righteously high as all hell and see some weird stuff.

Dungeon world class shaman