Spirit of the Beast
You bring out the spirit of another animal that lives within your companion. Its body morphs slightly to take on an aspect of the animal you choose to have it emulate—for example, it might grow a pair of horns if the spirit is a bull or a tail if the spirit is a monkey. When you Cast this Spell, select from one of the following aspects.
Spell Effect: Spirit of the Beast
- •Aspect of Might: Your companion gains a +1 status bonus to Athletics checks, Intimidation checks to Demoralize, and Fortitude saves.
- •Aspect of Swiftness: Your companion gains a +1 status bonus to Acrobatics checks, Stealth checks to Hide or Sneak, and Reflex saves.
- •Aspect of Insight: Your companion gains a +1 status bonus to Perception checks to Seek, Survival checks to Sense Direction or Track, and Will saves.
Heightened (5th) The status bonuses increase to +2.
Heightened (8th) The status bonuses increase to +3.
Traits
An action with this trait requires a degree of mental concentration and discipline.
Focus spells are a special type of spell attained directly from a branch of study, from a deity, or from another specific source. You can learn focus spells only through special class features or feats, rather than choosing them from a spell list. Furthermore, you cast focus spells using a special pool of Focus Points—you can't prepare a focus spell in a spell slot or use your spell slots to cast focus spells; similarly, you can't spend your Focus Points to cast spells that aren't focus spells.
Effects that slightly alter a creature's form have the morph trait. Any Strikes specifically granted by a morph effect are magical. You can be affected by multiple morph spells at once, but if you morph the same body part more than once, the second morph effect attempts to counteract the first (in the same manner as two polymorph effects, described in that trait). Your morph effects might also end if you are polymorphed and the polymorph effect invalidates or overrides your morph effect. The GM determines which morph effects can be used together and which can't.