Nature's Warrior

Nature's Warrior

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(PRESTIGE CLASS: This class is not available at character creation and must be unlocked by meeting special requirements, listed below.)

Nature's warriors are defenders of the wild, protectors of the natural world... and often druids who have spent "too much time" in wild shape form. Members of this prestige class share a bond that transcends race and outside appearance.

When a character gains the ability to naturally shift into the form of a "lower animal", she sometimes gains a perspective on life that makes her envy this adopted form over her own. She may simply feel a stronger tie to nature while in animal (or elemental) form, or perhaps she longs for the power such forms give her. Certainly she begins to develop her abilities while in wild forms at the expense of the shape she was born in.

Many people consider nature's warriors to be loners or fanatics, even less a part of the world then the most solitary druid or ranger. Nature's warriors, however, tend to be very communal. They often communicate with each other - sometimes through animal messengers, or even face to face, when they can bring themselves to leave their territories - and they keep a careful watch on "civilization". Nature's warriors develop their own animalistic instincts more strongly than the behavior associated with societal learning, and do have a tendency to come off as gruff or impatient with those who are not as "in tune" with nature as themselves. It is not uncommon for a nature's warrior to spend days or even weeks in a single animal or elemental form, or to shift form to form regularly, without returning to whatever humanoid form she started with.

Requirements:
To qualify to become a nature's warrior, a character must fulfill all the following criteria.

Alignment: Any neutral.
Base Attack Bonus: +6
Skills: Survival 8 ranks, Knowledge: Nature 10 ranks, Knowledge: The Planes 3 ranks.
Feats: Track, Guardian Of The Grove, Weapon Focus (Unarmed Strike)
Special: Wild Shape Class feature

Class Skills:
The class skills of the nature's warrior are:
Diplomacy, Intimidate, Jump, Knowledge: Nature, Listen, Swim, and Survival.

Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier.

• This class has a maximum of 5 levels
  

Class Features:
Hit Dice: d10
BAB: High
High Saves: Fort
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The nature's warrior gains no proficiency with any armor or weapon.
Spells per Day: At every even-numbered level gained in the nature's warrior class, the character gains new spells per day as if she had also gained a level in a divine spellcasting class she belonged to before adding the prestige class.

Nature's Armament: Upon attaining an odd-numbered level in the prestige class, a nature's warrior may choose one of the following abilities.

Armor of the crocodile: The nature's warriors inherent natural armor bonus is improved by +1 per class level.

Blaze of Power: While in fire elemental form, the nature's warrior is covered in a blaze of power, which functions as a warm fire shield at a caster level equal to her druid level plus her nature's warrior level.
Claws of the Grizzly: The nature's warrior gains a +3 bonus on damage when using her natural weapons.

Earth's Resilience: The nature's warrior gains damage reduction 3/adamantine.

Nature's Weapon: The nature's warrior gains a +1 bonus to her attack bonus when using her natural weapons.

Robe of Clouds: While in air elemental form, the nature's warrior is wreathed in mist and clouds providing a 50% concealment bonus.

Wild Growth: The nature's warrior gains fast healing 1.

Wings of the Hurricane: If the nature's warrior assumes a form capable of flight, her base speed is increased by 50%

Wilding: Nature's warrior class levels stack with druid class levels (as well as other prestige classes that allow these abilities to stack) to determine wild shape abilities.