Elementalist

Alignment

Any non-lawful.

Hit Dice

d4.

Class Skills

The elementalist's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Knowledge (all skills, taken individually) (Int), Profession (Wis), and Spellcraft (Int). See Chapter 4: Skills for skill descriptions.

Skill Points at 1st Level

(2 + Int modifier) ×4.

Skill Points at Each Additional Level

2 + Int modifier

Table: The Elementalist
Level Base
Attack Bonus
Fort
Save
Ref
Save
Will
Save
Special Spells per Day
0 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1st +0 +0 +0 +2 Summon Familiar 4 2 - - - - - - - -
2nd +1 +0 +0 +3 5 3 - - - - - - - -
3rd +1 +1 +1 +3 5 3 1 - - - - - - -
4th +2 +1 +1 +4 5 5 2 - - - - - - -
5th +2 +1 +1 +4 Bonus feat 5 5 3 1 - - - - - -
6th +3 +2 +2 +5 5 5 4 2 - - - - - -
7th +3 +2 +2 +5 5 5 5 3 1 - - - - -
8th +4 +2 +2 +6 5 5 5 4 2 - - - - -
9th +4 +3 +3 +6 5 5 5 5 2 1 - - - -
10th +5 +3 +3 +7 Bonus feat 5 5 5 5 4 2 - - - -
11th +5 +3 +3 +7 5 5 5 5 5 3 1 - - -
12th +6/+1 +4 +4 +8 5 5 5 5 5 4 2 - - -
13th +6/+1 +4 +4 +8 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 1 - -
14th +7/+2 +4 +4 +9 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 2 - -
15th +7/+2 +5 +5 +9 Bonus feat 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 1 -
16th +8/+3 +5 +5 +10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 2 -
17th +8/+3 +5 +5 +10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 1
18th +9/+4 +6 +6 +11 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 2
19th +9/+4 +6 +6 +11 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3
20th +10/+5 +6 +6 +12 Bonus feat 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the elementalist.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Elementalists are proficient with the club, dagger, light crossbow, and quarterstaff. They are proficient with shields (except tower shields). Armor of any type interferes with an elementalist's movements, which can cause her spells with somatic components to fail.

Spells

An elementalist can cast arcane spells drawn from both the sorcerer/wizard list and from the elementalist spell list. Spells drawn from the sorcerer/wizard list must be prepared ahead of time like a wizard, while innate elementalist spells are cast much like a sorcerer's magic.

To learn, prepare, or cast a spell, the elementalist much have an Intelligence score of at least 10 + the spell level, and a Wisdom score of at least 5 + the spell level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against an Elementalist's spell is 7 + the spell level + the elementalist's Intelligence modifier + the elementalist's Wisdom modifier.

Like other spellcasters, a elementalist can cast only a certain number of spells of each spell level per day. Her base daily spell allotment is given on Table: The Elementalist. In addition, she receives bonus spells per day if she has a high Intelligence score.

An elementalist may know any number of spells from the Sorcerer/Wizard list, provided she inscribes them in her spellbook. She may prepare these arcane spells by getting a good night's rest and spending 1 hour studying her spellbook. While studying, she decides which spells to prepare for the day. She has no need to prepare any of the spells she knows from the Elementalist spell list.

Bonus Languages

An elementalist may substitute Draconic for one of the bonus languages available to the character because of her race.

Familiar

An elementalist can obtain a familiar in exactly the same manner as a wizard or sorcerer.

Bonus Feats

At 5th, 10th, 15th, and 20th level, an elementalist gains a bonus feat. At each such opportunity, she can choose a metamagic feat, an item creation feat (if 10th level or higher), or Spell Mastery. The elementalist must still meet all prerequisites for a bonus feat, including caster level minimums.

These bonus feats are in addition to the feat that a character of any class gets from advancing levels. The elementalist is not limited to the above listed feats.

Spellbooks

While the elementalist does not begin play with a spellbook, she may purchase one at any time. She may add spells to her spellbook like a wizard if she succeeds on a DC 35 spellcraft roll. In all other respects an elementalist's spellbook functions like a wizard's spellbook. She must study her spellbook each day to prepare spells that are stored in it. She does not need to prepare Read Magic, however.

The elementalist may cast a maximum of 2 spells from each spell level per day from the sorcerer/wizard list. All other spells cast must be from the Elementalist list, which do not require preparation.