Elemental Affinity, Minor (3.5e Grim Alteration)

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Minor Elemental Affinity [Special]

Gain Basic Bends of one element, minor elemental ability.

The warrior raised his hands and the earth rose with him, forming a thick wall between his comrades and the incoming arrows.

Prerequisite(s): Ability to speak either: Auran, Aquan, Ignan or Terran

Description: While transformed, you may crudely manipulate one of the four base elements (Air, Earth, Fire or Water). You gain a Bender level equal to your grim caster level, but only for the purposes of the Elemental Affinity alterations.

Choose one of the following:

• Air: While transformed, you gain the Minor Bends ability of the Bender of Air. While transformed, you also gain the Air Mastery of an Air elemental, causing airborne targets to suffer a -1 penalty on attack and damage rolls against you.

• Earth: While transformed, you gain the Minor Bends ability of the Bender of Earth. While transformed, you also gain the Earth Mastery of an Earth elemental, granting you a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls when you and your opponent are both touching the ground, but also causing you to suffer a -4 penalty on attack and damage rolls if your target is airborne or waterborne.

• Fire: While transformed, you gain the Minor Bends ability of the Bender of Fire. While transformed, you also gain the Burn ability of a Fire elemental, causing your unarmed attacks to deal an additional 1d4 Fire damage, and causing those who attack you in melee to also take this Fire damage.

• Water: While transformed, you gain the Minor Bends ability of the Bender of Water. While transformed, you also gain the Water Mastery of a Water elemental, granting you a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls when you and your opponent are both touching water, but also causing you to suffer a -4 penalty on attack and damage rolls if you and/or your target is touching land.

Special: This Alteration can be taken more than once. Each time, it applies to a new element, and thus can be taken a maximum of four times. When you gain this Alteration any time after the first, you cannot choose the opposing element of the element you previously chose - So if you chose Fire the first time, you could only choose Air or Earth the second time, not Water.

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