Animal Sphere
Animal Sphere
Your deity favors natural woodland creatures, and with its blessing you share this connection, gaining the ability to communicate and command beasts in service to your god. At the highest level, you can even gain some of their traits to better protect the interests of the world's natural residents.
Mastered Prayers: You master Prayer of Animal and Summon Animal.
Prayer of Animal
Magic Resistance: No
Basic Divine Prayer
Standard Action [REC 4]
Potency: [1d4 + Divine Rank]
Cost: 1 Resolve Burn
Effect: To better understand the creatures your deity favors, you grant a natural animal the ability to speak (in a language of your choice) for 1 phase. Depth of the communication is limited by the animal's intelligence.
Shells
First Shell
Prerequisite: Divine Rank 4
Effect: Your connection to your god causes Natural Animals to regard you as one of their own. They will generally not attack you unless commanded to do so. They will either flee or ignore you. If you willingly attack a natural animal, you lose this protection for 1 day.
Second Shell
Prerequisite: Divine Rank 6
Effect: Your voice echoing with a primal resonance, you can issue a command to a Natural Animal, as per the Command prayer, even if you do not meet the prerequisites to utilize the prayer.
Third Shell
Prerequisite: Divine Rank 8
Effect: Your connection to the sphere of Animals at its peak, you have learned to channel the aspects of many different beasts upon your own body. As a free action, you may manifest a natural weapon such as teeth or claws. You may use this natural weapon as any other melee weapon. Regardless of its form, this natural weapon has the same properties as a Cutlass. It also counts as magical.