Table: Geomancer Archetypes
Archetype | | Description |
Elemental Shaper | — | There’s a group of geomancers that eschew geomancy to change their shape into elementals, called the Elemental Shapers. |
Hydromancer | — | A hydromancer’s affinities are tied to the elemental (water) and its healing properties. |
Kaiser | — | A kaiser is a geomancer who has crafted powerful bonds of trust and friendship with one ally from each of the four primary elemental planes. |
Planes Keeper | — | A planes keeper is a rare type of geomancer. An individual that has connected their soul to multiple planes of existence, funneling the aspects of those existences into a new kind of power. |
Skyseer | Aegyl | Some geomancers develop ties not to a particular landscape, but instead to the endless blue expanse of the skies. Such are the skyseers, who are more at home soaring through air than standing on the ground. |
Stormlord | — | A stormlord is a geomancer who has harnessed the power of lightning to suit her needs. |
Swarm Shifter | Gnath | Gnaths learn to channel the essence of the basest and most overlooked animals, vermin. |
Verdant Striker | Mandragora | Verdant strikers are the enemies of creatures that would despoil the natural world, and they seek to maintain balance with civilization and industry to ensure the sanctity of wild spaces. |
Wave Warden | Sahagin | The wave warden patrols beneath the sea, preserving the safety and secrets of Sahagin communities. Though he fares best beneath the water, dry land is no haven to his quarry. |
Non-FF Archetypes
The following archetypes are based off of pop-culture references outside of Final Fantasy and may not fit within the theming of your campaign. Consult your DM before using them.
Table: Non-FF Geomancer Archetypes
Archetype | Prerequisites | Description | Reference |
Jewel Knight | Quadav | Among the quadav, in worlds where the land’s energies were a chaotic flux and leylines were disrupted, throwing the energies of nature into chaos, Geomancers were slowly dying out, their natural means of drawing their strengths disrupted and weakened. However, one quadav found a means of drawing elemental energies through the use of jewels, and from it, she founded the Order of the Jewel Knights, an armored and martial branch of the Quadav Geomancers who draws their powers and talents from the very minerals that come from the land itself. Available only to quadav geomancers. | Kamen Rider Wizard |