Something of uncommon rarity requires special training or comes from a particular culture or part of the world. Some character choices give access to uncommon options, and the GM can choose to allow access for anyone. Less is known about uncommon creatures than common creatures. They typically can't be summoned. The DC of [Recall Knowledge](/Actions.aspx?ID=26) checks related to these creature is increased by 2.
Concentrate
An action with this trait requires a degree of mental concentration and discipline.
Druid
This indicates abilities from the druid class.
Focus
A spell you can cast by spending a Focus Point, and that is automatically heightened to half your level rounded up.
Manipulate
You must physically manipulate an item or make gestures to use an action with this trait. Creatures without a suitable appendage can’t perform actions with this trait. Manipulate actions often trigger reactions.
Polymorph
These effects transform the target into a new form. A target can't be under the effect of more than one polymorph effect at a time. If it comes under the effect of a second polymorph effect, the second polymorph effect attempts to [counteract](/Rules.aspx?ID=371) the first. If it succeeds, it takes effect, and if it fails, the spell has no effect on that target. Any Strikes specifically granted by a polymorph effect are [magical](/Traits.aspx?ID=103). Unless otherwise stated, polymorph spells don't allow the target to take on the appearance of a specific individual creature, but rather just a generic creature of a general type or ancestry.
If you take on a battle form with a polymorph spell, the special statistics can be adjusted only by circumstance bonuses, status bonuses, and penalties. Unless otherwise noted, the battle form prevents you from casting spells, speaking, and using most [manipulate](/Traits.aspx?ID=104) actions that require hands. (If there's doubt about whether you can use an action, the GM decides.) Your gear is absorbed into you; the constant abilities of your gear still function, but you can't activate any items.
legacy_name: Wild Shape
source: Player Core pg. 382
spell_type: Focus
type: Spell
You reach within for a different part of yourself, and you set it free, transforming your body into another form. You polymorph into any form listed in pest form, which lasts 10 minutes. All other untamed form shapes last 1 minute. You can add more shapes to your untamed form list with druid feats; your feat might grant you some or all of the shapes from a given polymorph spell. When you transform into a shape granted by a spell, you gain all the effects of the shape you chose from a version of the spell heightened to _untamed form’_s rank. Untamed form allows you to use your own shapeshifting training more easily than most polymorph spells. When you choose to use your own attack modifier while polymorphed instead of the form’s default attack modifier, you gain a +2 status bonus to your attack rolls.
Heightened (2nd) You can transform into shapes listed in animal form.
