Errata

Diomin Worldbook

Page 51: Insert the following betwen the first and second paragraphs: "If a spirit is willing to communicate, success for this Ability is automatic. It gets tricky when a shaman tries to convince an unfriendly or even hostile spirit to communicate. In these cases, the shaman will need to perform a ritual to appease or otherwise influence the spirit to communicate.

"To influence a spirit, the shaman must make a Perform (Ritual) check and compare the result to chart 5-4 on p.149 in the DMG. For success, the result must move the spirit to Indifferent status, or better. Unembodied spirits have the Initial Attitude of Indifferent, Deceased spirits go by their attitude towards shamans in life, or even in the afterlife, and spirits associated with a deity go by the deity's attitude towards shamans or the shaman in question. If the spirit is completely unwilling to deal with the shaman (which is extremely rare), or if the shaman fails his check, the shaman will have to control the spirit in order to gain information. Success for COMMUNICATE WITH SPIRIT is automatic when used on controlled spirits.

"Here are some sample DC's for communicating with spirits:

DC   Description 
1    Persuade an indifferent spirit to communicate 
15   Persuade an unfriendly spirit to communicate 
15   Persuade a spirit associated with a deity that is unfriendly towards shamans to communicate 
25   Persuade a hostile spirit to communicate 
25   Persuade a spirit associated with a deity that is hostile towards shamans to communicate "

Page 51: 1st paragraph under CONTROLLING SPIRITS, 3rd and 4th sentences: "This is accomplished by the spirit and the shaman each making a CHA ability check. Each rolls a d20 and adds their CHA bonus, with the highest total winning.", should read: "This is accomplished by the spirit and the shaman each making a check. The shaman makes a Perform (Ritual) check, and the spirit makes a CHA ability check, with the highest total winning."

Page 53: 2nd paragraph under SUMMONING SPIRITS, 3rd sentence: "At the end of the summoning ritual, the shaman makes a CHA check against a DC of 15, with a +1 to the roll for every 10 extra minutes he spends in petition.", should read: "At the end of the summoning ritual, the shaman makes a Perform (Ritual) skill check, with a +1 circumstance bonus for every 10 extra minutes he spends in petition."

Insert the following text at the end of the SUMMONING SPIRITS subheading:

"The DC for summoning different types of spirits varies by circumstance. To summon a spirit, the shaman must make a Perform (Ritual) check and compare the result to chart 5-4 on p.149 in the DMG. For success, the result must move the spirit to Friendly status, or better. Unembodied spirits have the Initial Attitude of Indifferent, Deceased spirits go by their attitude towards shamans in life, or even in the afterlife, and spirits associated with a deity go by the deity's attitude towards shamans or the shaman in question.

"Here are some sample DC's for summoning spirits:

DC     Circumstance 
5     Summon any spirit - shaman doesn't care what type or status 
10     Summon an unembodied spirit of a non-particular spell effect   
15     Summon an unembodied spirit of a particular spell effect 
25      Summon an unfriendly deceased spirit 
25     Summon any type of spirit associated with a deity unfriendly towards shamans 
35     Summon any type of spirit associated with a deity hostile towards shamans "