Oreads can be slow to reveal their true selves, or perhaps more accurately, have enough depth and mystery inherent to their beings that they can reveal new and unexpected facets of themselves every day. They usually feel that they personify certain aspects of earth, stone, or other sediments or minerals, such as a cliff's tenacious resilience against erosion, the generosity and nourishment of fertile soil, or the versatile utility of metal and stone.
Oreads born with a special connection to a specific subset of elemental earth, such as crystal, dust, or mud, might have an oread lineage. A lineage can be inherited along a family bloodline, or it can manifest spontaneously in oread children. They can be caused by where an oread's ancestors lived, frequently seen in dustsoul oreads, many of whom are born in a desert or to a family that has farmed for generations. Lineages can also be the result of specific planar heritages. Gemsoul oreads often have a crystal dragon in their lineage, and miresoul oreads descend from the more sodden creatures of elemental earth.
Physical Description
Oreads have the same diversity in height, body type, and physical characteristics as any other member of their mortal ancestries, alongside a handful of other traits that distinguish them as geniekin. Their skin is often gray or brown, but can also resemble metals and precious stones, with copper and iron veining or crystals that grow out of their skin. Instead of hair, oreads often have crystals or rocks that grow from their heads; regardless, most oreads sculpt, decorate, or otherwise maintain the appearance of their hair, whatever form it takes. Almost all oreads have shimmering gemstone eyes, beautiful and multifaceted.
Oreads usually dress in sturdy clothes that can withstand physical labor and exposure to the elements, like wool and leather. Many choose clothing that will expose their unique characteristics, tailored to show off any crystals embedded in their rocky skin.
Oread Versatile Heritage
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An earth elemental ancestor has influenced your bloodline, and your features highlight this elemental planar connection. You might have a crystalline or metallic sheen to your skin or hair, rough and stony flesh, or glittering gemstone eyes. You gain the oread trait, in addition to the traits from your ancestry. You also gain low-light vision, or you gain darkvision if your ancestry already has low-light vision. You can choose from oread feats and feats from your ancestry whenever you gain an ancestry feat.
1st Level Oread Feats
Dustsoul (Feat 1)
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Oread
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Lineage
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Your earth elemental ancestor's influence manifests in you as dust and dirt, like the soil of a field or the hot desert sands. You gain the trained proficiency rank in Survival. If you would automatically become trained in Survival (from your background or class, for example), you instead become trained in a skill of your choice. You can sustain yourself on dirt and ash instead of normal food and water.
Elemental Assault [A] (Feat 1)
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Oread
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Arcane
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Concentrate
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Evocation
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Frequency once per day
You shroud your arms and held weapons in elemental magic. Until the end of your next turn, your Strikes deal an additional 1d6 bludgeoning damage and have the earth trait.
Elemental Embellish (Feat 1)
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Oread
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You can summon a harmless but impressive elemental display. You become trained in Intimidation. If you would automatically become trained in Intimidation (from your background or class, for example), you instead become trained in a skill of your choice. When you Demoralize a foe, if you choose to Demoralize via an elemental display, Demoralize loses the auditory trait and gains the visual trait, and you don't take a penalty when you attempt to Demoralize a creature that doesn't understand your language.
Elemental Eyes (Feat 1)
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Oread
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You can see in the darkness as easily as an elemental. You gain darkvision.
Special You can't retrain into or out of this feat.
Elemental Tide (Feat 1)
Oread |
You have a strong connection with stone and metal. You gain the trained proficiency rank in Crafting. If you would automatically become trained in Crafting (from your background or class, for example), you instead become trained in a skill of your choice. You gain the Specialty Crafting skill feat for both Stonemasonry and Blacksmithing.
Gemsoul (Feat 1)
Oread | Lineage |
The earth inside you asserts itself as crystallized gemstones or metals, like a cluster of quartz or veins of iron and gold. This shimmering presence inside your being inspires you to flashy and flamboyant performances. You gain the trained proficiency rank in Performance. If you would automatically become trained in Performance (from your background or class, for example), you instead become trained in a skill of your choice. You gain the Impressive Performance skill feat.
Miresoul (Feat 1)
Oread | Lineage |
You have a connection to the muddier denizens of the Plane of Earth from its border with the Plane of Water, and your elemental lineage manifests as clay or mud, reflecting that bond. Your body's mudlike quality makes it easy for you to absorb the force from falls. You gain the trained proficiency rank in Acrobatics. If you would automatically become trained in Acrobatics (from your background or class, for example), you instead become trained in a skill of your choice. You gain the Cat Fall skill feat.
Steady on Side (Feat 1)
Oread |
Your connection to the earth makes natural uneven surfaces less of a hindrance for you. You can ignore difficult terrain caused by rubble and uneven ground made of stone and earth. In addition, when you use the Acrobatics skill to Balance on narrow surfaces or uneven ground made of stone and earth, you aren't flat-footed, and when you roll a success at one of these Acrobatics checks, you get a critical success instead.
5th Level Oread Feats
Fortify Shield [A] (Feat 5)
Oread |
Frequency once per day
You reinforce your shield with a rocky outgrowth of metal and stone. You Raise your Shield. If you use the Shield Block reaction before your next turn, add your character level to your shield's Hardness when determining how much damage is blocked.
Treacherous Earth [A] (Feat 5)
Oread |
Frequency once every 10 minutes
You have the power to shatter the earth into a shape of your devising. You crack the ground beneath you, creating difficult terrain in a 5-foot burst centered on one corner of your space.
9th Level Oread Feats
Earthsense (Feat 9)
Oread |
Your connection to earth and stone allows you to feel the slightest displacement that disturbs them, down to the shift of a pebble. You gain tremorsense as an imprecise sense with a range of 30 feet.
Shaitan Magic (Feat 9)
Oread |
The magic of shaitans runs through your blood. You can cast glitterdust and resist energy once per day each as 2nd-level arcane innate spells.
13th Level Oread Feats
Continuous Assault (Feat 13)
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Oread
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Prerequisite Elemental Assault
You can use Elemental Assault once per hour instead of once per day.
Metal-Veined Strikes (Feat 13)
Oread |
Metallic veins grow throughout your body, giving your unarmed attacks a metallic sheen. Choose either cold iron or silver. Your unarmed attacks are treated as the chosen type of metal.
One with Earth (Feat 13)
Oread |
You've learned to harness your connection to the earth to travel through it. You gain a burrow Speed of 15 feet.
Shaitan Skin (Feat 13)
Oread |
When in danger, you can harden the stone in your skin into armor, much like a shaitan. You can cast stoneskin on yourself only, 3 times per day as a 4th-level arcane innate spell.
Summon Earth Elemental (Feat 13)
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Oread
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Frequency once per day
You can summon an elemental ally. Once per day, you can cast summon elemental as a 5th-level primal innate spell, but the elemental summoned must be an earth elemental.
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