Shattered Kingdoms

It'd be neat if shamans could buy a custom "symbol" from some NPC. The symbol would be bone instead of energy, it'd be unenchantable, and it'd do absolutely nothing. But the shaman would get a conversation piece that fits his favorite ancestor or peculiar mysticism.

yes shamans should have symbols that are pets that are stationary and grant specific buffs to the shaman and can be targeted and killed.

where have i heard this before?

Maybe they should just let shaman wear Spirit dolls in the symbol slot instead of forcing them to hold the dolls in their hands.

I was going to mention the dolls. Now, yes dolls can be handy. They do have buff on them, and when I was playing a shaman just recently, I was planning to make FULL use of them until it was useless. However, having to suck up one slot that ISN'T a symbol slot (aka, your off hand) kind of sucks. I must agree with the idea of spiritual symbols. It doesn't have to be anything hugely beneficial. Perhaps just a slight bonus to something random for each symbol. I like the idea of perhaps making one silver, one gray and one onyx maybe, depicting one's dedication to a specific alignment of spirits.

I know dolls are nice and all, so combining it with a symbol might be a bit much, but I just think that symbols are pretty much the only thing that shamans are missing.

DOOOOO THIS!!!!!!!

This^^^

Plus shamanism should be a religion all of its own, and not a part of pantheism, with brewed spirit aura and the sacred suit only usable by those truly dedicated to the spirits. People not prepared to be so dedicated can continue to be pantheist as now.

And that!

I love these last ideas!

My character once found on the floor shaman symbols of almost all the animals that are written on the tablet. Yes mechanically speaking they are not symbols and not worn in the symbol slot but the shaman can choose one of them depending on the totem of his choice, enchant it and wear it on a neck slot. Not that bad. Actually I prefer wearing those than dolls. Dolls are not symbols, dolls are tools for the shamans.