![[CC_Animist.png|center|200]] # Animist _You are the interlocutor between the seen and unseen, the voice that connects the mortal and the spiritual. You bond with spirits, manifesting their distinct magic and allowing their knowledge to flow through you. You may favor apparitions that grant you healing magic, others that grant you spells of destructive power, or pick and choose between different apparitions as your environment and circumstances demand. You may consider your powers part of a sacred trust or see your unique abilities as a sign that you've been chosen as a champion of two worlds. Whether you advocate for mortals in the planes beyond or whether you represent the spirits' interests, you provide the bridge between realms._ **Key Ability: Wisdom** At 1st level, your class gives you an ability boost to Wisdom. **Hit Points: 8 plus your Constitution modifier** You increase your maximum number of HP by this number at 1st level and every level thereafter. # Roleplaying the Animist ## During Combat Encounters... You channel the power of spiritual entities called apparitions to cast potent spells and manipulate the battlefield to your advantage. You mix divine magic and the spells granted to you by your attuned apparitions to cast down your enemies or sustain your allies. ## During Social Encounters... You watch and listen, letting the whispers of spirits and otherworldly beings guide you toward sound judgment. ## While Exploring... You use your patient attention to detail, alongside clues and special senses gifted to you by your spiritual allies, to detect threats before they can ambush your companions or to notice hidden treasures that others might pass by. ## In Downtime... You seek out areas close to otherworldly entities who bring you strength or comfort. You might tend to grave sites, tread primeval wildernesses, or ride the rivers and seas. Animists attuned to apparitions of wisdom and knowledge may spend their quiet hours in libraries or temples. ## You Might... * Talk to spiritual entities only you can perceive. - Prefer to speak in stories and descriptive anecdotes. - Look at the world from a broader or more metaphorical perspective than most mortal creatures. ## Others Probably... * Find you detached or absent-minded due to your focus on things beyond their awareness. - Value your wisdom as someone with access to vast troves of experience beyond what a single person could normally accumulate. - Mistake you for being cruel or lacking empathy because you give equal weight to the material and immaterial. # Initial Proficiencies At 1st level, you gain the listed proficiency ranks in the following statistics. You are untrained in anything not listed unless you gain a better proficiency rank in some other way. ## Perception Trained in Perception ## Saving Throws - Trained in Fortitude - Trained in Reflex - Expert in Will ## Skills - Trained in Religion and either Nature or Occultism. - Trained in a number of additional skills equal to 2 plus your Intelligence modifier ## Attacks - Trained in simple weapons. - Trained in unarmed attacks ## Defenses - Trained in light armor. - Trained in medium armor. - Trained in unarmored defense. ## Spells - Trained in spell attack modifier. - Trained in spell DC # Class Features You gain these features as a Druid. Abilities gained at higher levels list the levels at which you gain them next to the features' names. | Your Level | Class Features | | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 | Ancestry and background, attribute boosts, initial proficiencies, apparition attunement, animist & apparition spellcasting, animistic practice | | 2 | Animist feat, skill feat | | 3 | 2nd-rank spells, fortitude expertise, general feat, skill increase | | 4 | Animist feat, skill feat | | 5 | 3rd-rank spells, attribute boosts, ancestry feat, skill increase | | 6 | Animist feat, skill feat | | 7 | 4th-rank spells, expert spellcaster, general feat, skill increase, third apparition | | 8 | Animist feat, skill feat | | 9 | 5th-rank spells, ancestry feat, perception expertise, skill increase | | 10 | Attribute boosts, animist feat, skill feat | | 11 | 6th-rank spells, expert protections, general feat, simple weapon expertise, skill increase | | 12 | Animist feat, skill feat | | 13 | 7th-rank spells, ancestry feat, master of mind and spirit, skill increase, weapon specialization | | 14 | Animist feat, skill feat | | 15 | 8th-rank spells, attribute boosts, fourth apparition, general feat, master spellcaster, skill increase | | 16 | Animist feat, skill feat | | 17 | <br>9th-rank spells, ancestry feat, skill increase | | 18 | Animist feat, skill feat | | 19 | <br>General feat, legendary spellcaster, skill increase, supreme incarnation | | 20 | Attribute boosts, animist feat, skill feat | ## Ancestry and Background In addition to what you get from your class at 1st level, you have the benefits of your selected ancestry and background. ## Attribute Boosts In addition to what you get from your class at 1st level, you have four free boosts to different attribute modifiers. At 5th level and every 5 levels thereafter, you get four free boosts to different attribute modifiers. If an attribute modifier is already +4 or higher, it takes two boosts to increase it; you get a partial boost and must boost that attribute again at a later level to increase it by 1. ## Initial Proficiencies At 1st level, you gain a number of proficiencies that represent your basic training. These proficiencies are noted at the [start of this class](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#InitialProficiencies). ## Apparition Attunement Animists have a gift for divine magic that allows them to serve as conduits or bridges for otherworldly spiritual entities known collectively as apparitions; through them, these entities can commune and interact with the physical world in a process called attunement. Apparitions are myriad and diverse: they may be human spirits lingering on the border between becoming phantoms or ghosts, animal spirits with particularly strong connections to the physical world but lacking the malice that would spur a transition into true undeath, manifestations of natural locations that have grown thought and purpose over time, or they may be a different variation altogether. Some animists attune to one or more specific apparitions that accompany them in their travels, forming deep partnerships over time, while others adapt to their surroundings by befriending the local apparitions who dwell wherever the animist’s journey takes them. Each day during your daily preparations, choose two apparitions from the Animist Apparitions list to attune to. Of these, choose one to be your primary apparition. Your attuned apparitions each grant you knowledge in the form of Lore skills and a repertoire of additional spells you can cast using apparition spellcasting (see below), and your primary apparition grants you even further power in the form a unique vessel focus spell and, when you are higher level, a unique avatar form. When you Refocus, you can change which of your currently attuned apparitions is your primary apparition, selecting from any of the apparitions you attuned to during your daily preparations. All your apparitions typically remain attuned to you until your next daily preparations, but some animist abilities can temporarily disperse them, usually in exchange for a powerful boon. If an apparition is dispersed, you lose access to its gifts—you forget its apparition skills, its spells are removed from your apparition spell repertoire, and you can’t use its vessel spell or _avatar_ form—until you attune to it again. When you disperse your primary apparition, one of your remaining apparitions becomes your primary apparition, chosen by you at the time of dispersal. The following apparitions are in this book. [**Crafter in the Vault**](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#CrafterintheVault)**:** Crafters in the vault are found in dungeons, forges, or other places where creation and injury occur concurrently. [**Custodian of Groves and Gardens**](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#CustodianofGrovesandGardens)**:** Custodians of groves and gardens frequent tended greenery and farmlands cared for by loving stewards, and other places of reflection and restoration where green things grow. [**Echo of Lost Moments**](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#EchoofLostMoments)**:** Echoes of lost moments are apparitions born from memories that everyone has forgotten, often arising from fragmented pieces of magic and memory left behind by time-altering magic. [**Impostor in Hidden Places**](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#ImpostorinHiddenPlaces)**:** Impostors in hidden places whisper in quiet corners where mortal voices rarely resound, hoarding secrets and pondering unknowable truths. [**Lurker in Devouring Dark**](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#LurkerinDevouringDark)**:** Lurkers in devouring dark are most often near old shipwrecks, deadly icebergs, and other places where ice and deep water are most prevalent. [**Monarch of the Fey Courts**](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#MonarchoftheFeyCourts)**:** Monarchs of the fey courts make their homes near places with strong ties to the First World, or in places where nymphs once held sway. [**Reveler in Lost Glee**](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#RevelerinLostGlee)**:** Revelers in lost glee are twisted apparitions that arise in desolate and abandoned places where people once found great joy. [**Stalker in Darkened Boughs**](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#StalkerinDarkenedBoughs)**:** Stalkers in darkened boughs make their homes in ancient forests and jungles unfriendly to humanoids and others who would exert control or influence over nature’s designs. [**Steward of Stone and Fire**](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#StewardofStoneandFire)**:** Stewards of stone and fire linger near volcanoes and deep places near the heart of the earth, hot springs where the water is too scorchingly hot to allow casual enjoyment, and other places where the barrier between fire and earth is thin or nonexistent. [**Vanguard of Roaring Waters**](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#VanguardofRoaringWaters)**:** Vanguards of roaring waters are found where rivers carve their way through mountains, creating fearsome rapids. [**Witness to Ancient Battles**](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#WitnesstoAncientBattles)**:** Witnesses to ancient battles may be the lingering remnants of soldiers who never returned from their last deployment or the restless souls of warriors whose final contest left them unfulfilled. ##### Key Terms You’ll see the following new key terms in many animist class features. **Apparition:** Apparitions are spiritual entities who generally lack the power, cohesiveness, or attachments to enter or affect the physical world. Unlike a ghost or phantom, an apparition does not need to have ever been a living creature and could be the spiritual memory of a particularly meaningful location or event. Apparitions are reliant on animists to interact with other people and with things; they generally can’t be targeted or affected by spells and abilities other than those of the animist they are attuned to. Animist feats and abilities that affect spirits affect apparitions only if they specifically say so. Animist abilities with the apparition trait involve one or more of your apparitions acting alongside you. You must be attuned to at least one apparition to use an apparition ability, and some abilities might state in their Requirements more specifically which apparition you must be attuned to. Typically, you’re assumed to always attune to your apparitions during your daily preparations, but in some rare circumstances or as a result of certain animist abilities, your apparitions might be dispersed or separated from you for a time. You aren’t attuned to dispersed apparitions. **Wandering:** Wandering is a new trait that identifies animist feats attuned to particular types of apparitions. These feats may require you to be attuned to an apparition who matches their requirements when you select them and represent knowledge and ability pulled from that specific bond. When you make your daily preparations, you can retrain any wandering feat you know for any other wandering feat available at the level you took the exchanged feat (including lower-level wandering feats, as usual). You must meet all the new feat’s other prerequisites. In addition, the animist makes use of the stance trait, reprinted below for convenience: **Stance**: A stance is a general combat strategy that you enter by using an action with the stance trait, and you remain in for some time. A stance lasts until you get knocked out, until its requirements (if any) are violated, until the encounter ends, or until you use a stance action again, whichever comes first. After you take an action with the stance trait, you can’t take another one for 1 round. You can enter or be in a stance only in encounter mode. You can Dismiss a stance. ## Animist & Apparition Spellcasting Your role as a spiritual medium connecting the mortal Universe to the realms beyond lets you cast your magic in two distinct ways: you both learn and prepare spells from the divine tradition yourself, and you also channel the knowledge and power of your attuned apparitions, gaining spell slots and a repertoire of spells from them that you can cast spontaneously. Regardless of which source you’re drawing on, you are a spellcaster and can cast spells of the divine tradition using the Cast a Spell activity. As an animist, your incantations might take the form of reciting relevant snippets of legends—stories passed down orally—or they might see you calling nearby spirits to honor ancient vows. Your gestures could be elegant dances or full-body convulsions as generations of memories and otherworldly energies inherited from your spiritual allies surge through you. Some of your spells require you to attempt a spell attack to see how effective they are, or have your enemies roll against your spell DC (typically by attempting a saving throw). Since your key attribute is Wisdom, your spell attack modifiers and spell DC use your Wisdom modifier. The clearly delineated partnership between an animist and their apparitions means you can’t cast your animist spells using your apparition spell slots or vice versa—your magics remain complementary and harmonious, yet as distinct as the two worlds from which they come. ### Animist Spellcasting As a keeper of knowledge, you are constantly learning new techniques and spells. Each day, you can prepare one 1st-rank spell and 2 cantrips from among the common spells on the divine spell list or from other divine spells you’ve gained access to and learned via Learn a Spell. Prepared spells remain available to you until you cast them or until you prepare your spells again. The number of spells you can prepare is called your spell slots. As you increase in level as an animist, the number of spells you can prepare each day increases, as does the highest rank of spell you can cast, as shown in [Animist Spells per Day](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#AnimistSpellsperDay). You are a prepared spellcaster for the purposes of determining how you interact with staves and other items or effects that differentiate between prepared and spontaneous spellcasters. #### Apparition Spellcasting You can draw upon your attuned apparitions as a second source of magical knowledge and power. You gain additional spontaneous spell slots and a spell repertoire from your attuned apparitions. At first level, you can cast two apparition cantrips and one 1st-rank apparition spell per day. You must have the spell in your apparition spell repertoire to cast it; this is a collection of spells granted to you by all your attuned apparitions. You can cast any spell in your apparition spell repertoire by using an apparition spell slot of an appropriate spell rank. Any of these spells that aren’t normally on the divine list are still divine spells if you cast them this way. As you increase in level, you gain further apparition spell slots, and your apparitions grant you higher-rank apparition spells, as detailed in each apparition entry. #### Heightening Spells When you gain spell slots of 2nd rank and higher, you can fill those slots with stronger versions of lower-rank spells. This increases the spell’s rank, heightening it to match the spell slot. Many spells have specific improvements when they are heightened to certain ranks. All your apparition spells are signature spells. That means that you can heighten any apparition spell freely by casting it from a higher-rank apparition spell slot, up to the maximum rank of apparition spell you can cast. #### Cantrips Some of your spells are cantrips. A cantrip is a special type of spell that doesn’t use spell slots. You can cast a cantrip at will any number of times per day. A cantrip is automatically heightened to half your level rounded up—this is usually equal to the highest rank of animist spell slot you have. For example, as a 1st-level animist, your cantrips are 1st-rank spells, and as a 5th-level animist, your cantrips are 3rd-rank spells. #### Vessel Spells Your primary attuned apparition can use your body as a conduit, allowing you to cast a unique vessel spell. Vessel spells are a type of focus spell. Because vessel spells are a manifestation of a specific apparition, an animist can’t cast or Sustain a specific vessel spell in the same round they have already cast or Sustained it (for example, an animist who has cast *earth’s bile* during their turn can’t then cast or Sustain another instance of _earth’s bile_ during that same turn). It costs 1 Focus Point to cast a focus spell, and you start with a focus pool of 1 Focus Point. You refill your focus pool during your daily preparations, and you can regain 1 Focus Point by spending 10 minutes using the Refocus activity to treat with nearby spirits, meditate on resolving an issue pertaining to the balance of spirits and mortals, or tell a story. Focus spells are automatically heightened to half your level rounded up, much like cantrips. Focus spells don’t require spell slots, and you can’t cast them using spell slots. The maximum Focus Points your focus pool can hold is equal to the number of focus spells you have, though certain feats or abilities adjust this number, but it can never be more than 3 points. ## Animist Spells Per Day | Your Level | Cantrips | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | | ---------- | -------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- | | 1 | 2+2 | 1+1 | \- | \- | \- | \- | \- | \- | \- | \- | \- | | 2 | 2+2 | 2+1 | \- | \- | \- | \- | \- | \- | \- | \- | \- | | 3 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 1+1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 4 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 2+1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 5 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 2+1 | 1+1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 6 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 2+1 | 2+1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 7 | 2+3 | 2+1 | 2+1 | 2+1 | 1+1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 8 | 2+3 | 2+1 | 2+1 | 2+1 | 2+1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 9 | 2+3 | 2+1 | 2+1 | 2+1 | 2+1 | 1+1 | - | - | - | - | - | | 10 | 2+3 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 2+1 | - | - | - | - | - | | 11 | 2+3 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 1+1 | - | - | - | - | | 12 | 2+3 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 2+1 | - | - | - | - | | 13 | 2+3 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 1+1 | - | - | - | | 14 | 2+3 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 2+1 | - | - | - | | 15 | 2+4 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 1+1 | - | - | | 16 | 2+4 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 2+1 | - | - | | 17 | 2+4 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 1+1 | - | | 18 | 2+4 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 2+1 | - | | 19 | 2+4 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 0+1* | | 20 | 2+4 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+2 | 2+1 | 0+1* | > The number before a plus sign indicates your spell slots via animist spellcasting, and the number after it indicates your spell slots from apparition spellcasting. For instance, a 2nd-level animist has “2+1” 1st-rank spell slots, meaning they can prepare two 1st-rank spells via animist spellcasting, and they also have one spell slot to spontaneously spontaneously cast an apparition spell. > > *The [supreme apparition](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#SupremeIncarnation19th) class feature gives you a 10th-rank apparition slot that works a bit differently from other spells ## Animistic Practice At 1st level, you choose an animistic practice that influences the way your power grows and develops, and you gain its first invocation. At 9th level, you gain its second invocation, and at 17th, you gain its third. ### Liturgist You draw forth your apparitions through the power of song and dance, connecting the spiritual to the physical. These performances can be of your own creation or follow the specific rites of your religion. **Song of Invocation (1st):** You can sing out to the spirits to have them spin and twirl around you. You gain the Circle of Spirits feat. **Dancing Invocation (9th):** The movement of your body grants power to your magic. When you Leap, Step, or Tumble Through, you also Sustain an apparition spell or vessel spell. **Invocation of Praise (17th):** Your liturgies call to the spirits even in the heat of battle. When you roll initiative, you can use Circle of Spirits as a free action. If your first action on your first turn is to cast an apparition cantrip granted by your primary apparition, you reduce the number of actions it takes to cast it by 1 (minimum 1 action). ### Medium You are particularly good at acting as a conduit for spiritual energy and tend to associate more freely with a wide array of apparitions, though you tend not to form the deep bond with a single apparition that other animists often develop. **Invocation of Unity (1st):** The lines between your body and your apparition are blurry. You gain the Relinquish Control feat. **Dual Invocation (9th):** You can build powerful bonds with multiple apparitions. You can select two of your attuned apparitions to be your primary apparitions. If you have the [supreme incarnation](https://app.demiplane.com/nexus/pathfinder2e/classes/animist#SupremeIncarnation19th) class feature, you choose which apparition’s avatar form you manifest each time you cast the avatar spell. The number of Focus Points in your focus pool is equal to the number of focus spells you have or the number of primary apparitions you are attuned to, whichever is higher (maximum 3). **Invocation of Synchronization (17th):** The line between your intentions and those of the apparition possessing you blurs, leaving you better able to support each other in the throes of combat. While you have Relinquished Control to an apparition, you gain the following additional benefits: * Once per round, you can attempt a  Recall Knowledge check as a free action. * All Strikes you make with a weapon or unarmed attack deal an additional 2 points of spirit damage. - You gain resistance equal to half your level against all physical damage, but have weakness equal to your level to spirit damage. ### Seer You are particularly sensitive to the presence and influence of spirits and undead. You can detect lingering spirits, offering you some defense against them. **Invocation of Sight (1st):** You shift your eyes easily to the spirit world, intuiting the needs of apparitions and other spiritual entities based on how they appear to you. You gain the Apparition Sense feat. You also gain a +1 status bonus to saving throws and AC against the effects of haunts and the abilities of spirits and incorporeal undead. **Invocation of Protection (9th):** Your status as an intermediary across planar boundaries grants you further defenses against spiritual ailments. You gain spirit resistance and void resistance equal to half your level, and your status bonus to saving throws and AC against the effects of haunts and the abilities of spirits and incorporeal undead increases to +2. **Invocation of Resilience (17th):** You are a bulwark against the terrible spirits that lurk in the dark. Your apparition sight becomes a precise sense and your status bonus to saving throws and AC against the effects of haunts and the abilities of spirits and incorporeal undead increases to +3. ### Shaman You form close bonds with your apparitions that allow you to invest them with the rare ability to take on a material form and directly affect the physical world. **Invocation of Embodiment (1st):** You allow your apparition to inhabit a physical form. You gain the Spirit Familiar feat. At 2nd level, you gain the Enhanced Familiar feat. **Invocation of Growth (9th):** Your bond with the physical form of your chosen apparition grows stronger. You gain the Incredible Familiar feat. **Invocation of Otherworldliness (17th):** Your apparition familiar becomes ever more powerful, straddling the line between physical and spiritual. Your spirit familiar can take a single action that has the concentrate trait to become incorporeal for 1 minute. It gains the incorporeal trait, meaning it can move through physical creatures and such creatures can move through it. It can’t attempt Strength-based checks (such as Grapple) against corporeal creatures, and corporeal creatures can’t attempt such checks against it. It gains immunity to precision damage and resistance to physical damage (except damage from Strikes with the _ghost touch_ property rune) equal to half your level (double against non-magical damage) but weakness to force damage equal to half your level. However, when incorporeal, your spirit familiar can travel no more than 60 feet from you and must maintain line of effect to you; this typically prevents it from moving through walls. Your spirit familiar can Dismiss this effect. ## Animist Feats - Level 2 At 2nd level and every even-numbered level, you gain an animist class feat. ## Skill Feats - Level 2 At 2nd level and every 2 levels thereafter, you gain a skill feat. You must be trained or better in the corresponding skill to select a skill feat. ## Fortitude Expertise - Level 3 Spiritual energy reinforces your body, making you more resilient. Your proficiency rank for Fortitude saves increases to expert. ## General Feats - Level 3 At 3rd level and every 4 levels thereafter, you gain a general feat. ## Skill Increases - Level 3 At 3rd level and every 2 levels thereafter, you gain a skill increase. You can use this increase to either become trained in one skill you’re untrained in, or to become an expert in one skill in which you’re already trained. At 7th level, you can use skill increases to become a master in a skill in which you’re already an expert, and at 15th level, you can use them to become legendary in a skill in which you’re already a master. ## Ancestry Feats - Level 5 In addition to the ancestry feat you started with, you gain an ancestry feat at 5th level and every 4 levels thereafter. ## Expert Spellcaster - Level 7 The magic of the spirits flows freely through you. Your proficiency ranks for spell attack modifier and spell DC increase to expert. ## Third Apparition - Level 7 You’ve learned to shelter more spirits, gaining access to more magic. When you attune to apparitions during your daily preparations, you choose three apparitions to attune to, with one of them being your primary apparition. The number of Focus Points in your focus pool increases by 1 (maximum 3). ## Perception Expertise - Level 9 Your apparitions call attention to minute details you might otherwise overlook. Your proficiency rank for Perception increases to expert. ## Expert Protections - Level 11 The spiritual entities that protect you warn you of harm before it would occur, giving you more time to react, and help bear the burden of your armor when it is necessary. Your proficiency rank for light armor, medium armor, unarmored defense, and Reflex saves increases to expert. ## Simple Weapon Expertise - Level 11 Training and magical assistance from your spiritual companions have improved your weapon technique. Your proficiency rank for simple weapons and unarmed attacks increases to expert. ## Master of Mind and Spirit - Level 13 Your apparitions gird your mind against hostile intrusion and shield you from the effects of entities seeking to control your mind. Your proficiency rank for Will saves increases to master. When you roll a success at a Will save, you get a critical success instead. ## Weapon Specialization - Level 13 You’ve learned how to inflict greater injuries with the weapons you know best. You deal 2 additional damage with weapons and unarmed attacks in which you are an expert. This damage increases to 3 if you’re a master and 4 if you’re legendary. ## Fourth Apparition - Level 15 You’re truly loved by the spirits, with apparitions flocking to you from far and wide. When you attune to apparitions during your daily preparations, you choose four apparitions to attune to, with one of them being your primary apparition. The number of Focus Points in your focus pool increases by 1 (maximum 3). ## Master Spellcaster - Level 15 Your affinity with the apparitions you bond to has further enhanced the potency of your magic. Your proficiency ranks for spell attack modifier and spell DC increase to master. ## Legendary Spellcaster - Level 19 You are a near-perfect channel for the magical energies of the realms beyond. Your proficiency ranks for spell attack modifier and spell DC increase to legendary. ## Supreme Incarnation - Level 19 You become a nexus between the mortal and spiritual realms through which your apparition can embody its full might. You gain a 10th-rank apparition spell slot. In addition to heightened versions of your apparition spells, you can use this slot to cast avatar. When you cast _avatar_ in this way, you do not become an avatar of a deity; rather, your primary attuned apparition incarnates itself using your body, transforming you into the avatar described in your primary attuned apparition’s entry. # Animist Apparitions Choose your apparitions—spiritual beings you entreat with and attune to, sharing in their knowledge and power. ### Reading an Apparition Entry An apparition entry contains the following information. **Apparition Skills** Each apparition has amassed knowledge on a particular set of Lore skills that cover their areas of interest and expertise. When you are attuned to an apparition, you are trained in these Lore skills, channeling the apparition into your body to share its knowledge on the subject. At 8th level and beyond, you can draw upon even more of the apparition’s knowledge, gaining expert proficiency in their apparition skills; at 16th level and beyond, your harmony of mind and spirit grants you master proficiency in their apparition skills. **Apparition Spell Repertoire** Your attuned apparitions each contribute a number of spells to your apparition spell repertoire. You add the spells of all your attuned apparitions together to create a spell repertoire, which you cast with your apparition spellcasting. **Vessel Spell** Your primary apparition grants you the listed vessel spell at 1st level. **Avatar** When you cast avatar using the apparition slot granted by the supreme incarnation class feature, you temporarily fuse with one of your primary attuned apparitions into a powerful battle form of near-deific power, using the limited stats here instead of a deity’s.