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I'm trying to get a better feel for the medium class, and how it fits in with Golarion society. It's an odd class, and I'm thinking of building one for my next PC in Pathfinder Society. I'm trying to figure out how the back story on something like that would work.
Is channeling spirits the type of thing that someone could accidentally stumble upon, or is it something that requires study to learn to do? How would someone get into it? Where would they go for training? And here's an interesting thought I had - is there any connection between mediums and samsaran, given that they both deal with the spirits of people who previously died?
I'm thinking that maybe my PC accidentally channeled spirits at first, and went to samsaran for help in dealing with it and learning control. This could work for a Tien themed character.
Charisma based casting argues that at least a part of it is force of will, which you might accidentally stumble upon. On the other hand there seems to be an element of ritual involved in the seances. Your backstory sounds good to me at least.
I'm trying to get a better feel for the medium class, and how it fits in with Golarion society.Occult Origins seems like it would address that.
Yeah, there's 3/4 of a page on it. Some of it is generic (in lands with psychic traditions..., in lands without such traditions...) but it also talks about places they are persecuted (Geb) and honored (Nex, Varisian and Ulfen lands).