Elemental Savant (Archetype)

Due to either an innate connection to the elements, or years of careful, specialized study, you have become a master in a specific element of magic. You can learn additional magic to efficiently command your element, and learn special abilities that mimic the properties of your elemental connection to great effect.

Elemental Savant Dedication (Feat 2)
Prerequisites: Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma 14.

You are connected to one of the core elements of magic. First, Select Fire, Water, Ice, Earth, Lightning, or Wind. This is your connected element. Secondly, select Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma. This is your key spellcasting ability, and will be used to cast and use special abilities from your element. You gain Resistance 5 to your connected element, (Bludgeoning Resistance 3 if your element is Water, Earth, or Wind.)

Additionally, you gain the Cast a Spell activity. You gain a spell repertoire with two cantrips based on your connected element as detailed in the table below.

Special: You may take this dedication multiple times, selecting a different connected element for every dedication.''' '''

Basic Elemental Spellcasting (Feat 4)
Prerequisites Elemental Savant Dedication You gain the Basic Spellcasting Benefits. Each time you gain a spell slot of a new spell level from the Elemental Savant archetype, add the spells of that level from your connected element's spell list to your spell repertoire. The spell slots gained from this feature can only be used to cast the spells from your connected element's spell list. The elemental spell lists can be found here.


 * Fire Savant Spell List
 * Water Savant Spell List
 * Ice Savant Spell List
 * Earth Savant Spell List
 * Lightning Savant Spell List
 * Wind Savant Spell List

Special: You may take this feat multiple times, each time applying to a different connected element.

Wreathe Weapon (Feat 4)
Prerequisites Elemental Savant Dedication You gain the ability to empower your weapon strikes with energies from your connected element. You gain the Wreathe Weapon action.

Permeating Element (Feat 4)
Prerequisites Elemental Savant Dedication, Fire, Ice, or Lightning connected element.

Your elemental energies permeate through the resistance of of your foes. Allowing you to ignore up to 5 points of damage resistance that would resist your connected element's damage type when dealing that type of damage. (Fire, Cold, or Electric.) At level 8, you can ignore up to 10 points of damage resistance. This feat has no effect on targets who are immune to your element's damage type.

Special: You may take this feat multiple times, each time applying to a different connected element.

Elemental Aspect (Feat 6)
Prerequisites Elemental Savant Dedication

Your body has adapted to carry an aspect of your connected element with you at all times. You gain a passive benefit, depending on your element. You may suppress this benefit at any time as a free action for an indefinite amount of time.

Fire/Water: +2 Status Bonus to Reflex Saves due to your flowing style of movement.

Ice/Earth: +1 Status Bonus to Armor Class due to your sturdy and dense form.

Lightning/Wind: +5 Status Bonus to Movement due to your immense speed.

Special: You may take this feat multiple times, each time applying to a different connected element.

Elemental Breadth (Feat 8)
Prerequisites Elemental Savant Dedication, Basic Elemental Spellcasting

You can cast additional elemental spells each day. Increase the spell slots you gain from Basic Elemental Spellcasting and Expert Elemental Spellcasting by one for each spell level. This feat applies to future spell slots you gain as well.

Special: You may take this feat multiple times, each time applying to a different connected element.

Expert Elemental Spellcasting (Feat 12)
Prerequisites Elemental Savant Dedication, Basic Elemental Spellcasting

You gain the expert spellcasting benefits for your connected element.

Special: You may take this feat multiple times, each time applying to a different connected element.