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Decided to write out an alternative archetype to naga aspirants designed more to allow any race to pick it up and choose what creature the PC wants to be most often.
It can be found here.
Balance changes from the original:
Aspirant's Bond:
-Instead of a specific list of added spells, the Aspirant may now choose one subschool, and gain access to all arcane spells of that school.
Aspirant's Enlightenment:
-Generalized to affect all saves related to their chosen creature.
Naga Shape:
-Renamed to Alternate Form.
-Size bonuses and penalties now related to starting size of creature and final size. Compared to before: Medium to large gains +2 strength/+2 con (down from +4/+4), small to large loses 4 dexterity (up from 2).
-Now grants druid access to their chosen creature at level 4 (down from 6).
Augmented Form:
-Streamlined to improve uniqueness.
-Number of possible selections has increased from 3 to 5 (Before: 9th, 13th, 17th | After: 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th). These extra 2 selections can be used to negate the 2str/2con loss from Naga Shape's rebalance.
-Now costs Nature Sense along with previous costs.
I believe the alterations make it relatively balanced for a majority of possible selections, especially existing possible druid shapes. I am concerned it may take slightly too much power out of wild shape, but I digress.