Greenmage

There is quiet power and joy to be found in all living things that are green and growing. Those who study and shepherd plants and trees can learn their slow secrets. The greenmage knows those secrets, and they are the foundation of his magic.

Some students of flora have a divine intuition for the nature and kinds of plants. Some scholars have earned their place through much hard work and study. And all greenmages know how to survive in the wild. Druids, rangers, and clerics with the Plant domain are natural greenmages. Sometimes wizards also study the arts of plant magic.

As NPCs, some greenmages look like most druids, but they favor green and brown clothing, and they may have green highlights -- green eyes, green hair. They are often herbalists and healers. Others make the best gardeners in the Wold. Some are protectors of forests and wild places. Greenmages can be noble sages or village elders; members of druidic circles or hermits -- but all share a love of growing things.

Hit die: d8

Requirements

• Base Will Save: +3
• Base Fortitude Save: +3
• Skill: Knowledge (nature) 8 ranks or druidic Nature Sense
• Skill: Profession (herbalist) 8 ranks or clerical Plant Domain
• Skill: Wilderness Lore 6 ranks
• Special: As a candidate, you must spend 24 continuous hours in the form of a tree

Table -- The Greenmage .1.....+0....+2.....+0.....+2.....Plant Communion, +1 spellcast lvl
.2.....+1....+3.....+0.....+3.....Herbal Healing, +1 spellcast lvl
.3.....+2....+3.....+1.....+3.....Craft Lifewood, +1 spellcast lvl
.4.....+3....+4.....+1.....+4.....Plant Awakening, +1 spellcast lvl
.5.....+3....+4.....+1.....+4.....Lesser Herbal Infusion, +1 spellcast lvl
.6.....+4....+5.....+2.....+5.....Craft Staffwood, +1 spellcast lvl
.7.....+5....+5.....+2.....+5.....Plant Control, +1 spellcast lvl
.8.....+6....+6.....+2.....+6.....Greater Herbal Infusion, +1 spellcast lvl
.9.....+6....+6.....+3.....+6.....Craft Spellwood, +1 spellcast lvl
10.....+7....+7.....+3.....+7.....Plant Command, +1 spellcast lvl

Class Skills

The greenmage's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Alchemy (Int), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Heal (Wis), Intuit Direction (Wis), Knowledge [nature] (Int), Knowledge [plants] (Int), Profession (Wis), Scry (Int), Spellcraft (Int), and Wilderness Lore (Wis).

Note: Knowledge [plants] is a class exclusive skill for druids, greenmages, shapeshifters, and clerics with the Plant Domain. And note that the greenmage can use natural herbal ingredients in using the Alchemy skill.

Skill Points per level: 4 + Int modifier

Class Features

• Weapon & Armor Proficiencies: Greenmages are proficient in light and medium armor and shields. They are proficient with all simple weapons. Druid greenmages, however, remain bound by their oaths to use only certain weapons and armor. All greenmages, of any race or class, gain proficiency with staff.

• Spells & Spell Progression: When a new greenmage level is gained, the character gains new spells per day as if she had also gained a level in a spellcasting class she belonged to before she added the prestige class. She does not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained (better wildshape, metamagic or item creation feats, and so on). This essentially means that she adds the level of greenmage to the level of some other spellcasting class the character has, then determines spells per day, spells known, and caster level accordingly. If a character had more than one spellcasting class before she became a greenmage, she must decide to which class she adds her greenmage levels for purposes of determining spells per day when she first adopts the PrC.

• Sect: Greenmages form a sect of scholars and naturalists who recognize in each other an abiding devotion to flora. Each year, they gather in rings (harkening to the rings formed in the trunks of trees). At these winter meetings, greenmages share research findings, discuss lore, and share news of the year gone by. Rings are ranked in a hierarchy, with the inner rings -- which include elder druids -- holding sway over the outer rings. Some rings have particular interests or agendas: preservation of old forest, fostering agriculture, sharing herbal lore, and so on. Sometimes unrelated rings will exchange members in order to gain from a new perspective, or move members from an inner ring to an outer, and vice versa -- greenmages who move from one ring to another are known as "grafts." Some greenmages, of course, are solitary, and join formally with no ring.

Special Abilities

• Plant Communion: This ability allows the greenmage to Speak With Plants (as the spell) at will. The greenmage also can rebuke or command plant creatures as an evil cleric rebukes or commands undead, for a total number of times per day equal to 3 + Chr modifier -- and this ability stacks with cleric levels if the greenmage has the Plant Domain. The greenmage can rebuke or command only creatures listed in the Monster Manual as part of the "Plant" type, such as Treants and Shambling Mounds, in addition to any similar new monsters as determined by the DM.

• Herbal Healing: The greenmage can create the following potions as teas, ointments, infusions, or berries: Cure Light Wounds, Delay Poison, Cure Moderate Wounds, Lesser Restoration, Remove Paralysis, Remove Blindness/Deafness, Remove Disease, Neutralize Poison, and Cure Serious Wounds. Unlike normal potion creation, this requires no expense in gold, only 1d4 hours of preparation time, and no trip to the Black Genie Center -- although the normal xp cost still must be paid. These herbals last indefinitely if stored in lifewood flasks, but otherwise they spoil within 24 hours.

• Craft Lifewood: The greenmage can cast Wood Shape at will, but only on living wood. Using this ability, the greenmage can remove pieces of wood from a tree, shape them as she desires, AND the wood remains alive for so long as the original tree remains alive. Unlike the spell, the wood can be finely and beautifully shaped with a successful Craft skill check. Items finely crafted of lifewood are masterwork items with double the hit points and hardness of usual wood items. However, if a lifewood item leaves the greenmage's possession for more than an hour per level, it dies. Note that lifewood can only be taken from normal trees, not treants, animated trees, awakened trees, etc. Lifewood objects tend to slowly and naturally sprout twigs and leaves. These generally do not interfere with the function of the item, and the greenmage can prune them as desired (or clip and use as a cutting to make a new tree).

• Plant Awakening: The greenmage can Awaken plant creatures as if casting the druidic Awaken spell. This requires no xp cost, but the greenmage cannot awaken more two hit dice of plants per level. Awakened plants are friendly NPCs as with the spell, but they get max hit points for the first hit die and they reroll ones. Awakened plants cannot be dismissed, but they can be replaced if slain. If the greenmage has druid levels, these stack with greenmage levels in determining maximum number of awakened plant hit dice -- but in this case, animal friends also count against the total. A wizard or sorcerer or wizard greenmage can choose an awakened plant as a familiar.

• Lesser Herbal Infusion: The greenmage can create ointments, teas, infusions, and berries that are just like magical potions. This ability is just like the Brew Potion feat, except that spells up to 4th level can be infused. Unlike normal potion creation, this requires no expense in gold, only 1d4 hours of preparation time, and no trip to the Black Genie Center -- although the normal xp cost still must be paid. These herbals last indefinitely if stored in lifewood flasks, but otherwise they spoil within 24 hours. The greenmage can also make use of the lesser effects of herbs (examples listed below).

• Craft Staffwood: The greenmage creates a lifewood staff, spending one week in its construction. With this staff, the greenmage gains the Ambidexterity and Two-Weapon Fighting feats. Moreover, the staff has a permanent Shillelagh effect and it stores one spell as with a Spellstaff spell. The greenmage can also enchant the staff (or help another enchant it) like any other magic weapon, using the Craft Magic Arms and Armor feat and/or the Craft Staff feat. However, if the lifewood staff leaves the greenmage's possession for more than an hour per level, it dies.

• Plant Control: The greenmage can cast the 4th level Control Plants spell once per hour.

• Greater Herbal Infusion: The greenmage can create ointments, teas, infusions, and berries that are just like magical potions. This ability is just like the Brew Potion feat, except that spells up to 8th level can be infused. Unlike normal potion creation, this requires no expense in gold, only 1d4 hours of preparation time, and no trip to the Black Genie Center -- although the normal xp cost still must be paid. These herbals last indefinitely if stored in lifewood flasks, but otherwise they spoil within 24 hours. The greenmage can also make use of the greater effects of herbs (examples listed below).

• Craft Spellwood: The greenmage gains the Craft Wand, Craft Rod, and Craft Staff feats, but these can only be used on items made of lifewood. Also, the greenmage can make lifewood items with the properties of Ironwood if the greenmage so desires. However, if a lifewood item leaves the greenmage's possession for more than an hour per level, it dies.

• Plant Control: The greenmage can cast the 8th level Command Plants spell once per hour.

Lesser And Greater Herbals

In addition to the usual potions, a Greenmage can use fresh plants and his own life energy to create unique herbal ointments, teas, and infusions with magical effects. First, find and harvest the fresh herbs you seek. Your DM will determine the chance of finding a plant based on rarity, use of divination magic, Wilderness Lore, etc. Note that any herbs magically kept fresh or rejuvenated by magic cannot be used in making herbals -- the magic of preservation ruins the herb's innate magical properties. Second, on the same day, spend 1d4 hours preparing the herbal. Third, devote 1 to 50 experience points (Lesser Herbal Infusion) or 51 to 200 experience points (Greater Herbal Infusion) to infuse power into the herbal -- you choose the amount. The DM will tell you the effect of the herbal when you use it or administer it to another -- no two herbal preparations are the same, and two herbals, similarly prepared, may produce subtle or significant differences from what you expect. These herbals last indefinitely if stored in lifewood flasks, but otherwise they spoil within 24 hours.

Sample Herbs (You can discover more in the game or research new ones in the BGC)

• Dove Flower (rare) This soft white flower is common in the Windhorn Hamlet area. Lesser effect: small aid to Chr and Dex. Greater effect: big aid to Chr and Dex.

• Yelder Tree Bark (very rare) This small, stunted tree is common only on dunes where salt winds blow in from the sea. Lesser effect: courage bonus. Greater effect: immune to fear.

• Jariola Berry (uncommon) This ruby red berry, if harvested with silver tools, helps in healing and is used in making healing potions. Lesser effect: small bonus on amount of healing. Greater effect: large bonus on amount of healing.

• Salmonberry Root (common) This bush grows near fast streams. Lesser effect: swim. Greater effect: breathe water.

• Nightdrop Root (very rare) A bitter, black root that has to be harvested in total darkness. Lesser effect: sleep. Greater effect: coma / feign death.