Circle of the Elementalist (current)

Standing on the battlefield clutching his Elemental Focus, wreathed in flame and ice, a halfling manages to block the incoming blow from her enemy by calling forth the elements to shield herself.

Flying high above the landscape, an aarakocra elementalist uses the wind to guide their wings, seeing an incoming rock slide, she manages to not only save her party, but manipulate the elements to guide the rocks to a safe location.

As the mage throws a lightning bolt at her ally, a human whose skin looks like stone causes the earth to erupt around him, blocking the incoming attack.

Whether you are the first in your family or you come from a long line of elementalists, there is something about your genetic makeup that allows you to be a conduit for the elements. Your strength of mind and fortitude of body makes you the ideal candidate to tame the uncontrollable, working with the elements instead of just controlling them. There is much to learn, but you are more than capable of achieving this task. You are destined for great things, either working for the good of all or using the power for the elements for personal gain. 

The Power of Elements

In order to become a conduit for the elements, you must have the mental and physical fortitude to control the power of the elements. One of the ways an elementalist does this is using the pool of elemental power within themselves. They can draw on this pool to augment their spells, change their physical and mental characteristics, and even aid their allies in unique ways.

Learning to Channel

An Elementalist must spend time in tune with the elements to learn their spells each day. While they hold the power within themselves to bend the elements to their will, they must memorize the movements and correct words to channel them properly. To do this, they must keep a journal of instructions showing the way they must move and the exact wording of each incantation, taking time each morning to review and memorize the precise instructions.

Creating an Elementalist

When making an elementalist, consider how your character wants to wield the elements. Maybe your character has seen how fire can destroy or how water can heal. Maybe your character was touched by the elements through a ritual of their clan or a natural disaster. How the elements have affected your character's life and how that influence has shaped their opinion of them is what will determine how your character wants to channel the elements. 

Why are you adventuring? Have you always been in one place, protecting a portal to one of the elemental planes but now the portal is inert? Are you nomadic, traveling from place to place, gathering knowledge and restoring balance? Do you believe that someone with such great power has the great responsibility to assume leadership or, what's more, deserves to be in charge? Whatever the impetus, the elements are the motivation.

Elemental Wild Shape

When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you gain the ability to use Wild Shape on your turn as a bonus action, rather than as an action.

Additionally, as your affinity is tied to the elements rather then beasts of the land, you are limited to the "Elemental Wild Shape" list and cannot wild shape to any other Beasts.

Bonus Cantrip

When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you learn one additional druid cantrip of your choice. This cantrip doesn’t count against the number of druid cantrips you know.

Elemental Heritage

Gain the ability to use Primordial Healing & Primordial Protection.

Elementalist Spells

Your mystical connection to the land infuses you with the ability to cast certain spells. At 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th level you gain access to circle spells connected to the elementals you control.

One with the Elements

Moving through nonmagical difficult terrain costs you no extra movement. You can also pass through nonmagical elements (ice, water, earthen walls) without being slowed and without taking damage. You have advantage on saving throws against being restrained. Moving through non-magical earth requires an action

Elemental Scion

You can the ability to summon the true form of any element on occasions of great need. When you deal damage of any type, you can bypass a creatures resistance to that damage type. You must spend one use PER CREATURE you wish to deal full damage to. This applies to ANY damage type you cast.

You have a number of uses of this equal to your proficiency bonus.

One with the Elements

You gain resistance to all elemental damage types.