Deepening Elemental Bond: Earth

Your elemental companion grows stronger, and the bond you have formed deepens, enhancing your physical strength and mastery of stone.

• You automatically pass any Strength (athletics) checks to climb stone surfaces as your elemental spirit paves a path of hand and footholds as you climb. You decide if the surface remains altered, allowing other creatures to climb after you, or if it returns to its former texture as you pass.
• Strength of the Earth: You may use a bonus action to give yourself advantage on all Strength checks and saving throws for one minute. Once, before the effect ends, you may give yourself advantage on one Strength attack roll. Doing so ends the effect early. You may use this ability once, regaining the use when you complete a long rest.

• Expanded Innate Spellcasting: You learn one of the following spells and may cast it once as a 2nd level spell for free, regaining the use when you complete a long rest: earth tremor, jump, longstrider, earthbind, find steed, Maximilian's earthen grasp, spike growth. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for this spell. You may swap this spell for a different one from this list when you gain a level.

If you select the spell jump or longstrider, it counts as having a targeting range of self when cast using this feature.
If you select the spell spike growth, the spikes appear as jagged rocks or shards of tile jutting from the earth, and the spell fails if you attempt to cast it on a surface not made of earth or stone.
If you select the spell find steed, the summoned creature is considered to be an earth elemental, and appears to be made of rock, sand, crystal, or similar material. Otherwise its statistics remain the same.