Shifter Totemist racial sub [Archive] - Wizards Community

Shifter Totemist racial sub [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi
03-31-07, 10:18 AM Since MoI first came out, I've been trying to think up a good racial sub for a shifter totemist. It just seems so logical. Here's what I have:

Skills: Add balance, climb, and jump to class skills.
explanation: Shifters have a racial bonus to them. It's something they do. Also, I consider the nature of the totemist and ask if I keep overlooking these on the skill list.

Lv 1: Add in a footnote stating that if a soulmeld grants a natural attack you possess while shifting, damage increases by one size category when shifting.
explanation: A lot of totemist soulmelds can grant natural attacks. Shifters tend to already have a natural attack. Let's not punish redundancy.

Lv 3: Remove: Totem's Protection.
Add: Wild Bond - Add 1/2 the number of shifter feats you possess to the essentia invested in your totem chakra when determining the soulmeld's benefits. This does not allow you to exceed your essentia capacity.
explanation: Totem's Protection is one of the few things I felt comfortable removing. Most class features directly affect your meldshaping. Wild Bond encourages shifter feats. It also helps with the idea that a shifter's soul is naturally more in tune with the wilds, feeding off of it (much like the totem rager).

Lv 8:Remove: Rebind totem soulmeld 1/day. From now on, Rebind totem soulmeld is available one less time a day than normal.
Add: Enhanced Shifting, as the shifter ranger racial substitution level.
explanation: I just plain like Enhanced Shifting. Since this is an N/day class feature I removed, you don't permanently give it up. Access is just delayed. Maybe I should give up a later progression (such as 2/day), so you still get Rebind totem soulmeld at 8th level. But I wanted to keep with the low level tendencies of Eberron, making the substitution levels as low level as possible.

Does it look ok? Am I giving/taking too much power? Thanks for any thoughts.

Omni

P.S. I'm also looking into adapting the Totem Rager to apply to shifting rather than raging. Do you think it'd take much work?
Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi
04-05-07, 09:36 AM :bump: Thoughts anyone? A copper for your thoughts?
DragoonDarkfire
04-05-07, 10:22 AM I made a topic about this somewhere... let me find it.
DragoonDarkfire
04-05-07, 10:41 AM Here it is. (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=774737)
Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi
04-06-07, 11:19 AM Thanks. And you know what, I remember that topic. I especially liked what you did for kalashtar and warforged (especially the last kalashtar racial sub). Some of those soulmelds were also a good idea. Shifting Totem and Soul-Totem were also good ideas. Totem's Connection seemed a little . . . meh, but Totem's Protection never really caught my fancy either. Good work.

Any tips on my work?
Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi
04-17-07, 03:43 PM So . . . :bump:

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi 03-31-07, 10:18 AM	Since MoI first came out, I've been trying to think up a good racial sub for a shifter totemist. It just seems so logical. Here's what I have: Skills: Add balance, climb, and jump to class skills. explanation: Shifters have a racial bonus to them. It's something they do. Also, I consider the nature of the totemist and ask if I keep overlooking these on the skill list. Lv 1: Add in a footnote stating that if a soulmeld grants a natural attack you possess while shifting, damage increases by one size category when shifting. explanation: A lot of totemist soulmelds can grant natural attacks. Shifters tend to already have a natural attack. Let's not punish redundancy. Lv 3: Remove: Totem's Protection. Add: Wild Bond - Add 1/2 the number of shifter feats you possess to the essentia invested in your totem chakra when determining the soulmeld's benefits. This does not allow you to exceed your essentia capacity. explanation: Totem's Protection is one of the few things I felt comfortable removing. Most class features directly affect your meldshaping. Wild Bond encourages shifter feats. It also helps with the idea that a shifter's soul is naturally more in tune with the wilds, feeding off of it (much like the totem rager). Lv 8:Remove: Rebind totem soulmeld 1/day. From now on, Rebind totem soulmeld is available one less time a day than normal. Add: Enhanced Shifting, as the shifter ranger racial substitution level. explanation: I just plain like Enhanced Shifting. Since this is an N/day class feature I removed, you don't permanently give it up. Access is just delayed. Maybe I should give up a later progression (such as 2/day), so you still get Rebind totem soulmeld at 8th level. But I wanted to keep with the low level tendencies of Eberron, making the substitution levels as low level as possible. Does it look ok? Am I giving/taking too much power? Thanks for any thoughts. Omni P.S. I'm also looking into adapting the Totem Rager to apply to shifting rather than raging. Do you think it'd take much work?
Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi 04-05-07, 09:36 AM	:bump: Thoughts anyone? A copper for your thoughts?
DragoonDarkfire 04-05-07, 10:22 AM	I made a topic about this somewhere... let me find it.
DragoonDarkfire 04-05-07, 10:41 AM	Here it is. (http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=774737)
Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi 04-06-07, 11:19 AM	Thanks. And you know what, I remember that topic. I especially liked what you did for kalashtar and warforged (especially the last kalashtar racial sub). Some of those soulmelds were also a good idea. Shifting Totem and Soul-Totem were also good ideas. Totem's Connection seemed a little . . . meh, but Totem's Protection never really caught my fancy either. Good work. Any tips on my work?
Omnirahk, half-Rahkshi 04-17-07, 03:43 PM	So . . . :bump: