Shifter Unified Tradition for Champions/Legends of the Spheres

Shifters also don’t cast spells in vanilla Pathfinder, but they should in the Spheres system.

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Shifter

Similar to druids, shifters concentrate more on battle than magic, but their distinctive trait are their shapechanging abilities.

Magic Type: Divine
Casting Ability Modifier: Charisma

Bonus Combat Talents:

Equipment: Peasant Training

Guardian Sphere

Scout Sphere

Variable: A shifter gains a talent of her choice from the Equipment or Scout sphere.

Bonus Magic Talents: Alteration sphere, Animalistic Transformation

Drawbacks: Consciousness Linked; Animal Shaman (Mind), Lycanthropic (Alteration)
Boon: +1 spell point, +1 per 6 levels in casting classes.

Bonus Skill Talents:

Automatic Trade Talents: Athlete, Handler

Trade Talent Class Skills: Acrobatics, Climb, Fly, Handle Animal, Knowledge (nature), Ride, SurvivalR, Swim

Automatic Skill Sphere: Survivalism sphere (harvest package)

Adroit Trade Talents: Explorer, Scout

Trade Talent Class Skills: KnowledgeR (geography), Stealth

R Appraise and Heal in place of redundant Knowledge (geography) and Survival, * increased class skill bonus to Acrobatics, Climb, Survival, and Swim checks

Adroit Bonus Skill Talent: Body Control sphere, Navigation sphere, or the Survivalism sphere (Expanded Survivalism talent)