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Base Class Statistics:

• Ability Requirements: Willpower 9, Intuition 12, Leadership 15
• Alignments: True Neutral
• Experience Chart: Specialty Priest
• Hit Dice: d8
  • Maximum Hit Dice: 9d8
  • Additional Hit Points: +2 per level beyond 9th
• Attack: Priest
• Saves:
  • Paralyzation/Poison/Death: as Priest
  • Rods/Staves/Wands: as Priest
  • Petrification/Polymorph: as Priest
  • Breath Weapon: as Priest
  • Spell: as Priest
• Proficiencies:
  • Weapons, Initial: 2
  • Weapons, Advancement: +1 per 4 levels
  • Non-Weapon, Initial: 4
  • Weapons, Advancement: +1 per 3 levels
  • Bonus Proficiencies: Heat Protection, Night Vision, Survival (desert), Water Finding
• Allowed Weapons: Club (any), Dagger (any), Fang, Great Scimitar, Jambiya, Khopesh, Knife (any), Razor, Scimitar, Shortbow, Sling (any)
• Allowed Armor: Non-metal armor, Wooden shields

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Class Features:

Desert Druids have major access to the following spheres: All, Air, Animal, Earth, Guardian, Protection, Sun, and Water. They have minor access to the Creation, Fire, Healing, and Travelers spheres. Desert Druids have access to the religion-specific spells of Lathander, the god of the sun, so long as they fall within their allowed spheres.

A Desert Druid makes most saving throws as a priest, but he gains a bonus of +2 to all saving throws vs. fire or electrical attacks.

A Desert Druid goes without water for one day per level without suffering thirst. Regaining use of this power requires the druid to have resumed a normal intake of water for a time equal to the days of deprivation.

A Desert Druid learns the languages of desert-dwelling intelligent creatures (brass dragons, dragonnes, lamias, thri-kreen, etc.), gaining one extra proficiency slot for this purpose every three levels (at 3rd, 6th, etc.).

A Desert Druid infallibly identifies desert plants and animals and pure water at 3rd level.

A Desert Druid sees through nonmagical mirages at 3rd level and gains a +4 on any roll to save against illusions cast within a desert.

A Desert Druid crosses sands and dunes on foot without leaving a trail and at full movement rate at 3rd level.

A Desert Druid senses the distance, direction, and size of the nearest natural water source (well, spring, oasis, sea, etc.) if one lies within 1 mile per level. This power, gained at 3rd level, is usable once per day.

A Desert Druid shapechanges up to three times per day at 7th level, once each into a normal mammal, reptile, and bird. The druid can shapechange only into animals whose natural habitat is the desert. Common desert-dwelling animals include camels, eagles, hawks, lizards, mice, rats, snakes, and vultures. This otherwise functions as the standard Druid ability.

Desert Druids use as their holy symbol a vial of water from a sacred oasis, filled under a full moon.

See Druids for details on the druidic hierarchy and advancement.