Professions
Cultivation Profession Paths
| Category | Profession | Core Domain | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic Paths | Alchemist | Potion, pill, and elixir refinement through qi fire and alchemical arrays | Transforms essences and materials into concentrated medicinal forms |
| Formation Scribe | Carved or inscribed runic arrays | Permanent structures: formations, weapons, artifacts, wards | |
| Fuluist | Written runes and talismans | Temporary or single-use effects via brush and spiritual ink | |
| Musician | Resonance, emotional and spiritual influence via sound | Bridges Dao through rhythm, harmony, and emotional resonance | |
| Painter | Visualization, manifestation, or sealing through art | Can capture spirits or shape qi through imagery | |
| Smith | Forging, refining, and artifact creation | Crafts spiritual weapons, tools, and relics that channel qi | |
| Mystic Paths | Diviner | Fate-reading, astrology, and cosmic insight | Includes Seers, Oracles, Astrologers, Starseers |
| Shaman | Spirit communion, dream-walking, and mental realm cultivation | Interacts with ancestral, spiritual, or dream domains | |
| Priest | Faith-based cultivation, prayer rituals, and divine channeling | Cultivates through devotion, blessings, curses, and sacred rites | |
| Sorcerer | External manipulation of qi and elemental forces | Channels cultivated power outward to alter the environment directly | |
| Monk | Internalized spiritual discipline and enlightened martial practice | Uses profound insight and inner balance to manifest minor miracles through body and will | |
| Martial Paths | Physique Cultivator | Tempering body with elemental essence | Focused on flesh, bone, bloodlines, and endurance |
| Style Path Cultivator | Tempering body and technique with beast essence | Learns from spiritual beasts to embody their power, instincts, and movement Dao | |
| Weapon Path Cultivator | Mastery of a weapon’s Dao | Sword, spear, fist, bow, etc.—each is its own minor Dao | |
| Scholarly and Support Paths | Herbalist | Growth, harvesting, and blending of spiritual herbs | Focused on living plants and direct-use remedies (teas, poultices, tinctures) |
| Beast Tamer | Domestication and spiritual bond with monsters | Uses qi contracts, beast cores, and symbiosis | |
| Healer | Restoration of body, spirit, and meridians | Includes herbal, spiritual, and qi-based healing methods | |
| Sage | Study, record, and transmission of Dao | Researcher, archivist, philosopher; cultivates through wisdom |
Total: 18 cultivator professions — 6 Artistic, 5 Mystic, 3 Martial, 4 Scholarly/Support — with each specific path having further specializations based on the elements that specific path teaches. Paths like these determine what techniques are available to learn from the sect, pavilion, or clan you are learning from.