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|author_name=the bluez in the dungeon
|date_created=28/07/2021
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{{3.5e Alternate Class Feature
|name=Paleodruid
|summary=A druid which reveres ancient and extinct creatures, a primitive caster and archeologist. Often wears primitive looking garments or armor made out of fossils.
|prereq=You may not take levels in the base druid class.
|class=Druid
|level=1st
|replaces=Animal Companion, Spontaneous Casting, Woodland Stride, Resist Nature's Lure, Wild Shape, Venom Immunity, A Thousand Faces.
|benefit=You gain the following benefits:

*'''Archaic Companion''' (Ex): Instead of an animal companion you gain an Archaic Companion, which works the same way as Animal Companion, but must be a dinosaur (such as a troodon<sup>[[Publication:Dragon (magazine)/Dragon 318|DM318]]</sup>) or a prehistoric animal (or a [[Yoshisaurus (3.5e Monster)|yoshisaurus]]). It still counts as Animal Companion for any purpose.

*'''Spontaneous Casting''': Your Spontaneous Casting feature changes, allowing you to cast [[Summon Fossil (3.5e Spell)|''summon fossil'']] instead of [[SRD:Summon Nature's Ally I|''summon nature's ally'']]. It works the same for any purpose.

*'''Locate Fossil''' (Sp): At 2nd level, instead of Woodland Stride, you get Locate Fossil, which works as [[SRD:Locate Object|''locate object'']] but only for mundane fossils and it's not blocked by earth, rocks, liquids and unrefined metal. You may use it 3 times per day as a spell-like ability.

*'''Primeval Tongue''' (Ex): At 4th level you gain Primeval Tongue which allows you to act as if under the constant effect of [[SRD:Speak with Animals|''speak with animals'']] but only for the purpose of communicating with dinosaurs and preistoric animals. It substitutes Repel Nature's Lure.

*'''Fossil Shape''' (Su): By level 5th you gain Fossil Shape, which works as Wild Shape (and substitutes it), allowing you to transform in [[Fossil (3.5e Template)|fossil creatures]] instead of normal animals. The duration is limited to 1 minute per paleodruid level. It still counts as Wild Shape for any purpose, but you don't get the plant and elemental form.

*'''Paleoskin''' (Ex): Whether it's thick skin and fur or hard scales, at 9th level, instead of Venom Immunity, you gain a natural armor bonus equal to your Wisdom modifier (up to +5).

*'''Fossil Restoration''' (Su): At level 13th you gain Fossil Restoration which allows you to use fossils as material components in [[Summon Fossil (3.5e Spell)|''summon fossil'']] spells. For each 500 gp you spend, increase the HD of the [[Fossil (3.5e Template)|fossil creature]] summoned by one, up to a maximum of double the creature's original HDs. If you summon multiple creature you may split the HD increase. The fossil components are expended. This substitutes A Thousand Faces.
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Author	the bluez in the dungeon +
Class	Druid +
Identifier	3.5e Alternate Class Feature +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Summary	A druid which reveres ancient and extinct creatures, a primitive caster and archeologist. Often wears primitive looking garments or armor made out of fossils. +
Title	Paleodruid +