Shifter Type

How it's obtained: Bought with 0 Aethyr points, or taken with a free pick that allows it.

Aethyrpoint Cost: 0
Level Requirement: 1
Technique Requirement: General
Source Reference: Heritage (Racial) Feature
Source Requirement: General
Activation Time: Bonus Action
Domain Requirement: General
Recharge Type: Long Rest
Concentration?: No

Description

The beast within shapes each shifter physically and mentally. The four major subraces of shifter include: beasthide, longtooth, swiftstride, wildhunt, and scalefin. Choose a subrace for your shifter.

Beasthide

Stoic and solid, a beasthide shifter draws strength and stability from the beast within. Beasthide shifters are typically tied to the bear or the boar, but this subrace could embody any creature known for its toughness.

Natural Athlete

You have advantage on Athletics checks.

Powerful Build

You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Shifting Feature

Whenever you shift, you gain 1d6 additional temporary hit points. While shifted, you have a +1 bonus to your Armor Class and advantage on Strength Checks.

Longtooth

Longtooth shifters are fierce and aggressive, but they form deep bonds with their friends. Many longtooth shifters have canine traits that become more pronounced as they shift, but they might instead draw on tigers, hyenas, or other predators.

Fierce

You have advantage on Intimidation checks and on Saving Throws against effects which would cause you to become frightened.

Shifting Feature

While shifted, you can use your elongated fangs to make an unarmed strike as a bonus action. If you hit with your fangs, you can deal piercing damage equal to 1d6 + your Strength or Dexterity modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike.

Additionally, you can leap and jump twice as far while shifted and you have advantage on melee attacks made against creatures when you move 20 feet in a straight line toward them before making the attack.

Swiftstride

Swiftstride shifters are graceful and quick. Typically feline in nature, swiftstride shifters are often aloof and difficult to pin down physically or socially.

Graceful

You have advantage on Acrobatics checks.

Fleeting Evasion

When you make a saving throw to take only half damage from a spell or ability with an area-of-effect and you are within 5 feet of a space unaffected by the spell or ability, you may use your reaction to dart from danger. You move 5 feet in any direction away from the effect and take no damage from the effect if you succeed on the saving throw. On a failure, you take only half damage.

Shifting Feature

While shifted, your walking speed increases by 10 feet and you have a climbing speed equal to your walking speed. Additionally, you can move up to 10 feet as a reaction when a creature ends its turn within 5 feet of you. This reactive movement doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks. Alternatively, when a creature provokes an attack of opportunity from you by beginning to leave your reach, you can use your reaction to move up to your speed to follow the creature and prevent them from leaving your reach.

Skyhunter

Skyhunt shifters tied to avian creatures and known to be sharp and insightful. Many are constantly alert, ever wary for possible threats. Others focus on their intuition, searching within. Skyhunt shifters are excellent hunters, and they also tend to become the spiritual leaders of shifter communities.

Keen Tracker

You have advantage on Survival checks and Perception checks that rely on sight.

Shifting Feature

While shifted, you have advantage on Wisdom checks, and no creature within 30 feet of you can make an attack roll with advantage against you, unless you’re incapacitated. Additionally, you have a have a flying speed equal to your walking speed and gain the Light as a Feather feature while shifted.

Scalefin

Scalefin shifters have a bond with aquatic creatures ranging from predatory sharks to wise octopuses or elegant seahorses.

Aquatic Adaptation

You can breathe underwater and have a swim speed of 30 feet.

Slick Skin

Your skin is more slippery than other shifters. When grappled, you can use your bonus action to attempt to escape with advantage.

Shifting Feature

When you shift, your legs and arms streamline, and webbing grows between your fingers and toes, enhancing your swimming ability. While shifted, your swim speed increases by 10 feet, and you gain advantage on Strength (Athletics) checks related to swimming.