![]() The reaosn i ask, is there a spirit in everything, and almost everywhere. However, the Shaman can act as a medium and speak with spirits and such. He'll ask a lot of his horse or animal companion, just as he would any comrade, human or otherwise.Ī Druid might be able to speak with plants and animals whereas the Shaman will be more conventional in that manner. A druid won't harm or really use animals "against their will" whereas the Shaman will ask things of nature. They both would be able to read omens and such, but the Druid will look at the stars and the leaves while the Shaman would listen to the wind (wind voices are common in Native American lore) and perhaps cut open a goat and look at his entrails. ![]() Shamans ask, "What does nature suggest I do with my life?" The answer might be to go on a quest of self-understanding, be a medicine man or a good warrior, things like that.īoth would have standard animal handling skills, Herb Lore, naturalist, esoteric medicine-skills like that. Animals are treated well and the Shaman will be a "natural" at training and understanding them, but not necessarily to supernatural levels like the Druid. Animals and plants should be respected, but used as part of the cycle of life (e.g., A Shaman might kill a buffalo and use it's hide, whereas a Druid might skin a carcass, but not kill for it). They are more into the dead and the beyond. Shaman's skills and powers are often animal-themed, but they are more heavily spirit-oriented. Won't use animals "against their will." Animals behave as if the druid was a "friend" rather than a "master."ĭruids ask, "How can I be of service to nature?" The answer might be to cultivate gardens, heal sick or wounded animals, protect the forest, etc. Just some ideas off the top of my head for stereotypical fantasy Druids and Shamans.ĭruids have strong plant and animal skills/powers/spells. Why go to a Druid over a Shaman for X, or vice-versa? Is one more powerful in Nature then the other? And wayģ.Essentially the differences and statuses of the “classes” and how they differ and how they are similar in the world, and what they both mean to the world and its people. They can become very attuned to nature, weather, animals, elementals, and the spirit world itself.ġ.Ways druids and shamans interact and treat with each other.Ģ.And yes the ways are different, but the overall "feel" is very similar to each other, correct? So what makes them different in the worlds eye since they appear in many ways the same. Later they could “acquire” more favors from each “animal spirit” to take on more forms later on, but they only have one Totem. Many take on a single Totem animal and they gain minor abilities in human form from this totem, and then the ability to alter into that totem if they wish to. They may call on a local spirit of fire to light a camp fire, or a regional spirit of Conflict and war to crumble a wall, or a kind spirit of nature to heal a wound. Essentially, they “serve” and make deal with the spirits of the world and in exchange they acquire various powers as they gain more and more "respect" and service and deals. Also, I stole heavily from the spirit concepts of the WW game Werewolf the forsaken, I love the way their spirits/spirit worlds are and the overall concept of them. Basically pulling heavily on suede-native American ideas and mythos, as well as one of my favorite comic characters, Marvel's "Shaman". Basically your fantasy druid.īut now i have introduced a Shaman as well. They also communed with nature and the elements, as well as greater abilities like weather control and shape shifting. They transported via standing stone circles, Protected the "Old Ways" and "old faith" and protected the "Wyld" from others invading it and overusing it, as well as other things. In the past games my druids claimed these realms and I mostly played them like your D&D druid meets Arthurian/Celtic druids. The game had been dominated by the concept that a Druid is the king of the elements, animals, and nature realms. Recently I introduced a PC shaman into my fantasy world.
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