Groves

Groves is a skill available to those of the Druid and Sylvan classes. It allows practitioners to create a physical bond with the forest and, through that bond, exercise a variety of unique forestal abilities. This bond can be enhanced with the artefact known as the Lupine Plinth.

Abilities in Groves

Ability	Description
Perceive	Determine if a forest area is a Druidic grove.
Imprint	Choose a forest location as your Druidic grove.
Sever	Erase your imprint permanently from your grove.
Energy	Determine how much sunlight your grove has stored.
Who	Sense who is in the forest.
Status	Discover information on the status of your grove.
Look	See through the eyes of a forest into a distant location.
Shake	Send a tremor throughout your grove.
Elevate	Ascend into the treetops.
Watch	Command your grove to report certain activity within it.
Eject	Toss all but yourself out of your grove.
Return	Return instantly to your grove from anywhere in the forest.
Eyes	Locate everyone in the forest.
Forestwatch	Know all entry and exit from the forest.
Seal	Prevent night-time draining sunlight from your grove.
Tend	Lovingly caring for your grove.
Screen	Raise a screen against telepathy within your grove.
Roots	Secure yourself to the ground with tree roots.
Preservation	For one year, shield your grove from damage.
Smudge	Remove ground-based runes from your Grove.
Quarterstaff	Summon a Druidic quarterstaff from your grove.
Calling	Call your loyal creatures back to your grove.
Track	Constantly track the movement of anyone in the forest.
Portal	Open a portal to your grove for anyone in the forest.
Entangle	Command your grove to bind your enemies.
Summon	After a time, bring anyone in the forest to your grove.
Flow	Slip instantly from your grove to anyone in the forest.
Imbue	Infuse your quarterstaff with the power of sunlight.
Regrowth	Reform a sharpened quarterstaff.
Cure	Cure someone of an affliction.
Isolation	Transport yourself to the Grove of Isolation.
Channel	Transfer energy to another Druid's grove.
Vigour	Call on the invigorating warmth of sunlight.
Remedy	Heal another of maladies and ailments.
Rain	Conjuring a magical shower of rejuvenating rain.
Fertility	Speed herb growth throughout the forest.
Concealment	Hide all those within your grove from prying eyes.
Harvesting	The ability to harvest plants for Concoctions.
Sharing	Granting the use of your grove to your allies.
Flash	Send a flash of revealing light about your grove.
Gate	Open a gateway of light.
Hive	Create a hive of stinging bees to defend your Grove.
Overgrowth	Return a runic totem to the embrace Nature.
Rejuvenate	Restore an exterminated room to its natural state.
Snowstorm	Spread the white cloak of winter across the land.
Barrier	Tap into the earth magic to enable a magical defence.
Forestbinding	Prevent all entry and exit from the forest.
Resurrection	Restore yourself or a friend to life.
Guardian	Summon an earth golem to guard your grove.
Dampen	Destroy Magi vibrations and Bard harmonics in your grove.
Lightning	During a storm, strike at your foe from the heavens.
Panacea	Nature's touch can heal all ills.
Portability	The ultimate expression of the bond with your Grove.

In 503 AF, the following abilities were changed and/or removed from the skill and replaced:

Cage	Command the branches of your grove to seal it closed.
Vigour	Absorb energy from your grove directly into your body.
Thorns	Give life to the surrounding undergrowth to harm your foes.
Trap	Form a cage of branches around anyone in the forest.
Join	Lend support to another Druid in his grove.
Exorcise	Drive entities of Chaos from your Grove.
Displacement	Swap places with a target in the forest.
Hinder	Call upon the forest to impede the progress of a foe.
Hypercure	Constant healing of afflictions.