Elemental
Elementals are humanoids that are deeply connected to the Everwilds, especially the domain of Chaos. While many sublineages of elemental exist, the four most common are air, earth, fire, and water. Elementals are actually indigenous to the Everwilds. As the Tear opened in the skies above, and Ancerra came into contact with the other planes of existence for the first time in living memory, some elementals were curious about the newly rediscovered solar system and ventured forth to explore it.
Elementals can reliably trace their lineage back to the Ashyidir Archfae. There are ten Ashyidir Archfae, but the four who represent the fundamental elements are listed here.
All of the ten Ashyidir can appear masculine, feminine, or androgynous, but their preferred state is listed.
Aeshir. Feminine-presenting; Exemplar of Fire. Hot-headed, eager to get things accomplished, and believes strongly that destruction makes way for new life and new creativity.
Aevis. Androgynous-presenting; Exemplar of Air. Easily persuaded by arguments from Aeshir and Sheryn; accommodating to other viewpoints and tries to make everyone happy.
Gaard. Masculine-presenting; Exemplar of Earth. Easily persuaded by arguments from Aeshir and Sheryn; accommodating to other viewpoints and tries to make everyone happy..
Sheryn. Feminine-presenting; Exemplar of Water. Strong-willed and unwilling to quickly or recklessly change her views on something, but also extremely emotional and prone to bouts of manic rage. Even so, she is also deeply passionate and caring about the other Ashyidir.
Elementals have varying opinions on the Ashyidir. Some view them as patriarchal figures, much like many humanoids view their grandparents. Others venerate them as gods, and still others do not have a strong opinion one way or the other provided that the Ashyidir leave the elementals alone to live their own lives.
Elemental Traits
Height: 5’0” - 6’4”
Weight: 100 - 400 lbs (Typically, earth is the heaviest and air is the lightest)
Size: Medium
Base Speed: 20 ft
Appearance: Elementals generally look like humans with inhuman-colored skin. Their digits, skin patterning, hair, and facial features reflect the element of their sublineage.
Lifespan: Elementals tend to reach maturity around age 30 and live for 200 to 300 years.
Elemental Features
Elemental Starting Features
At level 1, you gain the following feature as an elemental. You also gain additional features based on your sublineage choice.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Primal Ancestry | As a descendant of the Everwilds, you are innately bound to the Primal Source of magic. Learn two primal chants. Use your magic attribute for all magical abilities you learn from elemental lineage features. If you do not have a magic attribute, use END. |
Sublineage
There are many sublineages of elemental, reflecting the different types of elemental forces found throughout the Everwilds — and thus, the different elemental forces that can be found throughout Ancerra. Choose one of the following sublineages and gain bonus 1st level features based on your selection.
Air Elemental
As an air elemental, you gain the following base features.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Hover | Difficult Terrain never slows your movement. Additionally, when falling, you now only take 1d4 damage per every 30 ft fallen. |
| Mist | Learn the Mist primal chant. |
Earth Elemental
As an earth elemental, you gain the following base features.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Rock-Solid | When you are not wearing armor, gain +2 to your AR and FORT. |
| Gritty | Gain +3 max HP. |
Fire Elemental
As a fire elemental, you gain the following base features.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Spark | You can light nonmagical fires at will by touching flammable, nonsentient objects (such as a candle wick or kindling in a campfire). You cannot light objects that are being worn or carried, unless the creature carrying the object willingly lets you. |
| Flamehand | Learn the Beam of Fire cantrip. This cantrip counts as primal for you. |
Water Elemental
As a water elemental, you gain the following base features.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Amphibious | You can breathe air and water. |
| Salve | Gain the Salve ability.
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All Elemental Features
You gain an additional feature at the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, and 29th level. Choose from the features below.
| Feature | PreReq | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Burn | Flamehand, Character Level 10 | Gain a special attack.
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| Curse of Corrosion | Salve | Gain the Curseof Corrosion ability.
This counts as primal for you. If you do not know this spell, this is the only way you can cast it until you learn it. |
| Earth Glide | Earth Sublineage | You ignore Difficult Terrain if it is loose sand, gravel, or other mineral- based phenomena. Gain the Earth Punch ability.
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| Environmental Attunement | Repeatable. Gain Resist Elemental +1. Furthermore, gain +2 END checks against the effects of extreme weather. | |
| Fire Affinity | Spark | Gain the Fire Affinity ability.
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| Fire Affinity II | Fire Affinity, Character Level 15 | Fire Affinity becomes: Spend 2 AP to gain Immune Fire and deal +3 fire damage on your attacks for 1 minute. |
| Fly | Hover, Character Level 10 | Gain the Fly ability.
This counts as primal for you. If you do not know this spell, this is the only way you can cast it until you learn it. |
| Fly II | Fly | Fly becomes 1/Recoup. |
| Gift of Piscism | Amphibious | Gain the Gift of Piscism ability.
If you do not know this spell, this is the only way you can cast it until you learn it. |
| Grit | Gritty, Character Level 15 | Gain the Grit ability.
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| Meteorological Attunement | Gain the Meteorological Attunement ability.
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| Primal Magnificence | Repeatable. Learn two chants from the Primal Source of magic. | |
| Slowfall | Hover | While conscious, you cannot take damage from falling and can reduce the speed at which you fall to 60 ft per round. |
| Tempestuous Recovery | Gain +2 Tumbling. When you are Prone, on your turn you may stand from Prone for 0 AP. | |
| Vital Salve | Salve | When you Recoup, you may use your Salve ability on up to three creatures within 10 ft of you. |
*Updated to v1.2
| Core Lineages | Bhrunai • Dragonfolk • Dwarf • Elemental • Elf • Fiendblood • Golem • Halfling • Hondu • Human • Kettek • Kleppin • Raedeen • Remnant • Satyr • Trollkin • Undead • Urkou |
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| Additional Lineages | Harker's: Batfolk • Dhampir • Gretchling • Hellspawn |