Ovate

Ovates are practitioners of an ancient art, one as old as the forests of Icewall and the earliest caretakers of the Shalonesti Vallenwood. It is the art of seed-singing, a practice mastered not only by the elves in their sacred woods, but also the northern humans who fled the destruction of Serpantol and took refuge in the Highlands, bringing the knowledge from the old world with them to a new land.

Seed-singers are a primarily casting-oriented bardic reclass, one that draws parallels to druids, but exists separate from them. They are not as robust as skalds or brewmasters, nor as physically flexible as jongleurs, but they command the forces of nature to act on their behalf, shaping their environment and utilizing the world as their weapon against their foes.

Ovates do not "sing" their unique spells like other bardics do, but instead use a new command to utilize their power: Grow. They "rehearse" their seedsongs as a normal bard otherwise would.

Armor

Ovates can wear cloth and leather armor, and can use shields.

Experience by Race

How much experience a ovate of each race needs per level compared to normal (100%); higher means slower leveling. Which races may actually become a ovate is listed under Becoming a Ovate below.

Skills & Spells

Free at Creation

Every ovate starts with these, at no creation point cost.

Ovate Default Package (40 creation points)

Taking the default package at creation gives you all of the following:

Song & spell groups: Protective, Enhancement, Seedsinging (see Spell Groups below)

Skills

Skills a ovate can learn individually. Cost is in creation points at creation; after creation, skills are gained from your guildmaster for twice that many trains.

Song & Spell Groups

Ovates cannot buy songs or spells one at a time; they come in groups. Each group lists the level at which a ovate can use each one. Bardic songs must be learned with rehearse.

Racial Skills

Only ovates of the listed race receive these.

Becoming an Ovate

Base class: Bard only.

Requirements:

• Race: any race that can be a bard

A character may reclass only once, starting at level 10 (level 51 gives the most benefit). See help reclass in the game for full details.

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