#totemist

[beingawizardisfunandeasy]

Rollercoaster Totemist

Beasts, dragons, hurricanes, black holes... is it any wonder mages would take an interest?

[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] Chain Lift – Once per round, you may activate Chain Lift to gain one Height, up to a maximum of your level of Chain Lift. You gain a bonus to your next roll equal to your current Height, and then lose one Height.

[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] Spirit Track – With a sweeping gesture, you can manifest a length of ethereal rollercoaster track around you. You can create up to 30 feet per level of Spirit Track at once, and can maintain up twice that length. Anything moving along the track doubles its speed and doesn't have to focus on their direction, but must put in massive effort if they wish to leave the track without reaching its conclusion, dropping their speed to a quarter that turn.

[ ] Galvanized Lift – Once per encounter, if you have not activated Chain Lift yet, you may spend your turn in intense concentration to immediately reach your maximum Height.

[ ][ | ][ | ] Drop Power – You can spend your Height in a rush to power a strong charging attack. For one turn, increase your movement speed by 10% per level of Drop Power for each Height spent, and deal 1 bonus force damage per level of Drop Power for each full 20 feet travelled in a charge before attacking. You also experience the sensation of falling while this effect is active.

[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] Helix Arts – The rolling, looping track is in your heart. You may spend Height to gain a d6 bonus to all acrobatics and physical dexterity-based rolls for each Height spent, lasting d6 rounds per level of Helix Arts.

[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] Bank Turn – Whenever you are thrown, launched, dropped, or otherwise propelled, you can move your arms together to alter your course slightly. You can change the direction of your flight by 15 degrees per level of Bank Turn.

[ | ][ | ] Rite of the Balanced Track – The track of your heart is designed perfectly, conserving momentum and using it only where it counts. Whenever you spend Height, regain half of the Height spent, rounded down. At second level, round up instead.

[ | | ] Phantom Coaster – With a strong overhand gesture, you can summon a rapidly-moving rollercoaster car anywhere within 10 feet of you. Once it has manifested, it will travel straight forward unless directed or halted by its environment, and will deal 3d6 force damage to anything it collides with at maximum speed, and will dematerialize after d6 rounds. It can seat 4 passengers but this is not recommended for health and safety reasons.

[fourtykane]

A quick commission I did for a friend, of his D&D 3.5 Totemist (from the Magic of Incarnum book). Before and after cheesy sepia filter #sorry #not sorry.

[weareincarnate]

What is Incarnum?

Incarnum is a source of power, like arcane or divine magic but distinct from all others. Incarnum is the energy and matter of souls, the souls of the dead, those living, and those not yet born. There are different ways of interacting with this power, but the most common is to shape it into other forms, selecting the souls to shape as you do, to create semi-permanent objects that grant a variety of effects. While members of any class can use incarnum with training, there are three classes which use it as the base of their powers. First, the Incarnate, unwavering champions of a single alignment, who shape the souls of extraplanar beings and great heroes into a myriad of forms. Each incarnate is vastly from the next, and incarnates of different alignments are so different as to be almost different classes. Second, the Soulborn, awesome combatants of the extreme alignments, who shape the souls of mortals into combat focused soulmelds. Their power changes their body, making them immune to certain effects depending on their cause. Finally, the Totemist, stalwart defenders of nature who shape the souls of powerful beasts into soulmelds to use the power of those creatures. They have access to a special bind that dramatically increases the power of a single soulmeld.

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[beingawizardisfunandeasy]

Aquiline Assassin

As the eagle descends swiftly to claim its target, you have only to think of the kingdom as life as the ground, and yourself as a traveller through the open sky.

[ ][ ][ ] Aquiline Talons – At will, you can project long spectral talons from the ends of your fingers, allowing you to deal lethal piercing damage with unarmed attacks. You deal 1 bonus piercing damage per level of Aquiline Talons.

[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] Eagle's Agility – You are empowered by mystic synchronicity with your totem bird to move swiftly and easily. You gain a d6 bonus per level of Eagle's Agility to rolls to climb, jump, vault, swing, and otherwise move quickly and effortlessly.

[ ][ ] Eagle Sight – At will, you can shift your vision into one of stark contrast, allowing everything irrelevant to your needs to essentially become dull, faded background and highlighting articles of interest. Dangers, foes, and targets will appear bright red, while other objects of interest will be various hues of gold. You also gain a d6 bonus to visual perception rolls while using Eagle Sight. At second level, you can “mark” objects of interest that you have already seen, allowing you to continue perceiving them through visual obstructions.

[ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ | ] Eyrie Dive – You can survive drops from great heights with only the slightest cushioning, such as a pile of hay, a pond, or an unsuspecting enemy. As long as you can see such a landing target and are physically capable of covering that much distance with the jump, you are guaranteed to successfully land on it as long as you have jumped intentionally. With this method, you are immune to fall damage from heights of 100 feet at first level, doubling with each subsequent level. At sixth level, you can accomplish this feat from any height.

[ ][ | ][ | | ] Talon Strike – When you make a melee attack that deals piercing damage double the amount of piercing damage dealt once per level of Talon Strike as long as two or more of the following conditions are met:

The target did not see or hear you approach

The target was not expecting to be attacked

The target is distracted by something else

[ | ] Assassin Void – Whenever you kill a person in melee range, you may temporarily transport yourself and your target to a featureless pocket dimension, in which your target will be helpless but conscious and able to speak. You can remain in the void for up to 2d6 rounds before you are returned to whence you came, the target now deceased.

[strange-stimuli]

[weareadventurers]

Another slew of adventurers have thrown in with us, perhaps the strangest and most exotic yet....

Magic had long been associated with weaving and creation, altering the nature of fate for those with skilled hands. In folklore, Rumpelstiltskin weaved straw into gold. The Moirai spun the threads of fate, their practiced hands spinning, dispensing, and cutting the strands that determined the fate of many. Our latest possesses the knowledge to tap into such power and artistry. I give you the Thread Mage.

Bards understand how that songs and stories have a power to rival any mage, making the power of tales a tangible force. But some tap into that power differently, by use of various instruments, from shadows and light, to an old doll given character and substance. The Puppet Master can summon these characters and have them assist them, either for performance or in battle.

The Druid may serve nature, and the Shaman the primal forces and old gods, but between them rests the Totemist, a adherent of the totemic guardians of their tribe. Calling upon them for aid, the totemist can embody their shape and power in battle.

Earth. Air. Fire. Water. The four classical elements answer to this branch of sorcery, their wielded forsaking much of arcane power in exchange for the control this discipline grants them. With the four primeval forces at their whim, the elementalist is a force to be reckoned with.

The dragon is the archetypal challenge for many adventurers. The power they command has often brought many to their knees, in defeat and supplication. The latter may become disciples of the dragon's will, and in return, their draconic masters have granted them a touch of their power.The blood of dragons burns on their veins. Whether this is due to the blessing of a dragon master or the trace of a distant ancestor is irrelevant. They are disciples of dragons, and they are not to be trifled with.

With great pleasure, we welcome @we-are-threadmage, @wearetotemist, @wearepuppetmaster, @weareelementalist, and @we-are-dragon-disciple