You are at one with nature. Almost a cross between a cleric and a hunter, or even a mage and a hunter, your power comes from nature. You can tame any beast and conjure the natural forces to your aide.

A druid is akin to a priest who worships nature. Druids are similar to hunters in that they can befriend creature and use throwing or projectile weapons with ease. Druids are similar to mages in that they can use sorcery with ease and some of their abilities seem magical. Druids are also similar to clerics in their worship of nature. Druids are often regarded with curiosity by others, if not disdain for their natural way of life. Druids can harness the true power of nature and even learn to summon spirits or make true familiars.

Starting Bonuses and Penalties

• Immunity to natural poisons and food poisoning.
• Never lost in the wilderness
• Can start with either Creature Lore or Animal Talk.
• Knows instinctively when the weather is about to change for the worse.
• 10% less damage with swords, axes, or spears
• Self Control check required not to be enraged at any destruction of nature.

Effects on Weapon Usage

Druids are not warriors, but they can use many of the skills and weaponry that a hunter would use. They aren't proficient at all with weapons of true carnage, such as swords, axes, or spears.

 

Effects on Armor Usage

Druids are unable to wear heavy armor. They must stick with light armor. Druids can wear other armor types if they acquire the right armor skill, however, they will suffer double the initiative and evade penalties of any armor that isn't light.

Character Point Rate

Druids are worshipers of nature. Their skills all have to deal with nature and their communion with nature.

The Druid's character point rate is:

• Mental x 0.01; with an additional +0.2 for every level in Binding of the Natural Spirits past level 1 (total of +0.6 bonus possible). 
• A druid who gets all skills in the Druid's Companion skill chain at level 1 gets to roll a 1d% increased by Mental as a percentage for extra character points.
• A druid who gets all skills in the Druid's Companion skill chain at level 4 (or highest level) gets to roll  2d% increased by Mental as a percentage for extra character points.
• A druid who gets at least 1 level in every druid skill gets their End of Session Bonus as extra character points.
• A druid's End of Session Bonus rate is your character point rate increased by 1/2 Will. So if your character point rate is 1.5 and your Will is 60, you would take 1.5 x 30 to get 45 extra character points at the end of the session. The GM can of course reward extra character points based on role playing. 

Skills

Druids specialize in the abilities and powers of the natural world. Any of the skills that are listed below would have their costs cut in half.

Any skill not listed below is not a skill this profession is strong in.

Druid Skills Progression 

Druid Skills

Druid Growth

As you develop and master skills within your druid profession, you will become a more capable druid. Each set of skills mastered will increase your tier level in your profession, which in turn will provide you with more benefits.

Tier 1: Environmentalist

This is the tier level you start out as. The starting bonuses listed earlier apply here.

Tier 2: Advocate of Nature

To reach this tier, you must acquire all of the skills in the Druid's Companion skill chain at level 1. As an advocate of nature you benefit from the following bonuses:

• Creatures may forage for you for ingredients at your Luck Rate (a 40 luck means that rolling 40 or below means a creature will bring you some ingredient)
• Add 10% of Will to Will as a modifier
• +0.2 to Character Point rate

Tier 3: Priest of the Forest

To reach this tier, you must acquire all of the skills in the Druid's Companion skill chain at level 2. As a priest of the forest you benefit from the following bonuses:

• Creatures may enter the battle at your behalf based on luck roll if in nature.
• Add 10% of you Luck to Luck as a modifier
• Not slowed down by terrain.
• +0.2 to Character Point rate

Tier 4: Master Druid

To reach this tier, you must acquire all of the skills in the Druid's Companion skill chain at level 3. As a master druid you benefit from the following bonuses:

• +15 to Influence to influence creatures.
• No wildlife creature will attack you.
• Add 10% of Will to SA as a modifier.
• +0.2 to Character Point rate

Combo Professions

With some professions, once you reach a certain point in character development, you can open up a combo profession. This combo profession would allow you to to learn new skills and gain new bonuses along with your main profession. Druid can open into the following combo professions: Shaman.

• Shaman: Shaman is a combo profession of Druid and Cleric

Combo Professions is a new profession that grants you new skills and abilities. When you are able to go into a combo profession you continue to follow your main profession and the combo profession in regards to what skills are in profession and profession growth. The other professions that are apart of the combo profession offer no benefit.