Awakening

Awakening is the process through which primal or psionic powers can be obtained.

Causes
Primal awakenings can be caused by any of three things. Your life being endangered with a sufficiently high wisdom score, a primal spirit or powerful primal user forcibly awakening you, or an object of extraordinary primal power. There are some areas that may make primal awakening easier or more difficult.

Life Endangerment
When your life is in mortal peril, such as facing overwhelming odds or falling prey to the elements, there is a chance (d100 against your wisdom modifier) that you awaken primally. You gain a skill rank in the primal skill that would be most beneficial to you in your current situation. This could be fire if you were in danger of freezing, water so that you could heal a normally fatal wound, etc.

Primal Being
Primal spirits and powerful primal magic users possess the ability to forcibly awaken others. More details on this can be found under the spirit skill on the primal magic page.

Dangers
Primal awakenings are dangerous as the collateral damage causing nature of primal powers require calm and control to use safely. As a result, primal awakenings can change the landscape, and often injury or kill anyone nearby.