The crunch of bone, the twist of sinew, the gnashing of teeth, and smell of fresh blood. Such is the life of a Shifter a being infused with the power of the animal world and forever bound to it. Shifters gain their powers from varies sources, it could be a curse or a gift from some god or other being, it could be grandma shagged a lycanthrope, or it could be a union of the individual and natural spirit.
Mechanically the Shifter is a martial class with the extra attacks and ASI's that come with that. Their core feature is shifting and taking on animalistic traits associated with their subclass. At later levels you also pick an animalistic behaviour, kind of a second subclass like the warlocks pacts. You also gain better darkvision, the ability to captalize on weakened prey, and fight like mad whenever your health gets low.
The shifter has five subclasses based around different types of animals. You have Aquatic, Avian, Insectoid, Mammalian, and Reptilian.
- from the publisher's blurb