It's elemental, my dear Pathfinders! :)

Hi all!

For the longest time, I wanted to craft an elementalist in Pathfinder. An Earth Elementalist, to be precise. A Geomancer. Something akin to the Earthbenders from Avatar The Last Airbender or Kwame from Captain Planet.

Now, with the inclusion of the leshies, I might have a perfect ancestry to go along with the concept. But what about the class? I need people much better versed in character creation to give me a few pointers, if at all possible. What class or a combination of classes would produce the most versatile and at the same time, most specialized earth elementalist with the best access to the spells of the earth domain?

Is cleric of the Earth Domain my best bet? A druid? A sorcerer of some sort? Is there an archetype dealing solely with earth, soil, sand and stone? Has anybody tried to make an earth elementalist in PF2 yet? Or any other kind, for that matter? I presume the creation path would be relatively similar for all the elementally inclined characters, but I might be wrong. In any case, I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts and experiences in this regard.
Thanks in advance!

I would go with an Earth Elemental Sorcerer.

Behold the list of reskinned spells I posted for someone else who asked a similar question.

I would go with an Earth Elemental Sorcerer.

Behold the list of reskinned spells I posted for someone else who asked a similar question.

Thanks!

The kineticist is the best way to do it but that's just PF1 right now.

Legendary Games is about to release a Pf2 Kineticist, which would be worth checking out

Legendary Games is about to release a Pf2 Kineticist, which would be worth checking out

Wow, this opens up a whole new avenue of character craft when it comes to Elementalists. I always thought Kineticists were more like monks, I had no idea that they were this steeped in elemental flavor.

Would Legendary Games release be legal and official when it comes to Paizo and PFS? Is this like a subsidiary of Paizo or what's the relationship here? And also, is a relaese date of the PF2 Kineticist content already known?

Elorebaen wrote:

Legendary Games is about to release a Pf2 Kineticist, which would be worth checking out

Wow, this opens up a whole new avenue of character craft when it comes to Elementalists. I always thought Kineticists were more like monks, I had no idea that they were this steeped in elemental flavor.

Would Legendary Games release be legal and official when it comes to Paizo and PFS? Is this like a subsidiary of Paizo or what's the relationship here? And also, is a relaese date of the PF2 Kineticist content already known?

No it will not be legal for PFS

There is no known release date for the PF2 one. The absolute earliest would be Summer 2021. We might get an idea at Gen Con

It seems like a “fan favourite” class at least within the online community . How that translates into “actual” popularity and whether that is even relevant for the next suite of classes is also not known

Aw, that's too bad.
Kineticist would be just what the dedicated party healer ordered. :)
But still, all of this gives me a better idea just what an Earth Elementalist class could / would entail. And Summer 2021 is not that far away. :) Perhaps by then something like the Kineticist will be official and all the Elemental aficionados will have a field day. Time is on our side. :D

Here's a high level earth sorcerer I made.

At first I thought there wouldn't be enough each themed spells, but as I made the character, I quickly realized that there were too many to choose.

Perhaps it will help inform you on some of your own decisions?

Here's a high level earth sorcerer I made.

At first I thought there wouldn't be enough each themed spells, but as I made the character, I quickly realized that there were too many to choose.

Perhaps it will help inform you on some of your own decisions?

Amazing stuff!

Ravingdork wrote:

Here's a high level earth sorcerer I made.

At first I thought there wouldn't be enough each themed spells, but as I made the character, I quickly realized that there were too many to choose.

Perhaps it will help inform you on some of your own decisions?

Amazing stuff!

And wonderfully laid out!
Thanks a million, this is definitely a fountain of inspiration!

I'm glad you like it! If you ever need more inspiration, I have plenty of other characters over in my

Am I the only one who came here expecting an Investigator question?

Am I the only one who came here expecting an Investigator question?

I was expecting a geniekin investigator, yes.