Cleric Sphere - Animal
The Animal sphere governs divine magic tied to the instincts, vitality, and spiritual essence of the natural beast. It reflects the belief that animals are not merely resources or obstacles, but living expressions of the world’s primal order. Through this sphere, Clerics commune with creatures of fur, scale, and feather, influencing their behavior, enhancing their natural abilities, or sharing in their heightened senses. Spells of the Animal sphere often blur the boundary between the civilized and the wild, allowing mortals to borrow the clarity of a hawk’s sight, the endurance of a wolf’s hunt, or the fearsome wrath of a cornered predator.
Unlike spheres rooted in abstract concepts, the Animal sphere is immediate and visceral. Its magic speaks in growls and heartbeat rhythms rather than doctrine and scripture. Clerics who wield it do not command animals as one would a tool; instead, they negotiate with the underlying instincts that drive all living creatures. Even hostile beasts may be calmed, redirected, or understood rather than destroyed. In many traditions, mastery of this sphere marks a Clericas a bridge between the sentient races and the older, wordless powers of the wilderness.
Among faiths devoted to nature, fertility, hunting, or survival, the Animal sphere is often considered sacred and even central. Yet it also appears in unexpected places—war-gods who honor predatory strength, trickster spirits who borrow animal guises, and death cults that revere scavengers and carrion-eaters. Regardless of philosophy, the Animal sphere reminds all who draw upon it that beneath armor, law, and civilization, every creature still answers to the same ancient pulse of life. Animal Sphere
Unlike spheres rooted in abstract concepts, the Animal sphere is immediate and visceral. Its magic speaks in growls and heartbeat rhythms rather than doctrine and scripture. Clerics who wield it do not command animals as one would a tool; instead, they negotiate with the underlying instincts that drive all living creatures. Even hostile beasts may be calmed, redirected, or understood rather than destroyed. In many traditions, mastery of this sphere marks a Clericas a bridge between the sentient races and the older, wordless powers of the wilderness.
Among faiths devoted to nature, fertility, hunting, or survival, the Animal sphere is often considered sacred and even central. Yet it also appears in unexpected places—war-gods who honor predatory strength, trickster spirits who borrow animal guises, and death cults that revere scavengers and carrion-eaters. Regardless of philosophy, the Animal sphere reminds all who draw upon it that beneath armor, law, and civilization, every creature still answers to the same ancient pulse of life. Animal Sphere
| Animal Friendship (1) | Bat Sense (2) | Enhance Water Creature (4) |
| Detect Snares and Pits (1) | Druidsight (2) | Hunger (4) |
| Invisibility to Animals (1) | Protection from Animals (2) | Bear Hug (4) |
| Locate Animals / Plants (1) | Wild Deer Speed (2) | Decompose (4) |
| Call Animals (1) | Hold Animal (3) | Animal Growth (5) |
| Beastmask (1) | Summon Insects (3) | Animal Summoning II (5) |
| Animal Sanctuary (1) | Control Animal (3) | Commune with Nature (5) |
| Call Animal or Bird (1) | Converse with Sea Creature (3) | Insect Plague (5) |
| Hibernate (1) | Druid's Decay (3) | Viper's Bite (5) |
| Minor Curse (3) | Insect Ward (3) | Animal Summoning III (6) |
| Charm Person or Mammal (2) | Invisibility to Animals 10' Radius | Anti-Animal Shell (6) |
| Messenger (2) | Oxen Strength (3) | Control Lycanthropes (6) |
| Snake Charm (2) | Protection from Insects (3) | Creeping Doom (7) |
| Speak with Animals (2) | Animal Summoning I (4) | Reincarnate (7) |
| Animal Speech (2) | Call Woodland Beings (4) | Finger of Death (7) |
| Animal Spy (2) | Giant Insect (4) | Call Hunt (7) |
| Beastspite (2) | Repel Insects (4) | |
| Gift of Speech (2) | Detect Animal Attacker (4) |
“Of the Animal Sphere I can muster only a begrudging respect, for it traffics in the ill-mannered urgencies of tooth, heat, and dung, yet even I must concede that the gods speak through beasts with a candor they rarely extend to thinking folk.”
Deities Granting Major Access
Deities Granting Minor Access
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