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Ascendant

 Bonus: Max focus is increased by 5. Reaching Max focus grants "Ascended" effect temporarily, increasing power level and reducing power focus cost to 0. Soul Whip does not turn off while Ascended and provides more bonus damage during Ascended.

 Penalty: While not Ascended, receive a penalty to Cipher's Power Level (-1). While not Ascended Soul Whip does much less damage, but generate more Focus. When Ascended fades, reduce focus to 0.

Beguiler

 Bonus: All Deception cipher spells have +20% range. +6 Focus on scoring Hits with Deception against Flanked, Body Affiliation, Mind Affiliation targets.

 Penalty: Soul Whip provides less bonus damage and reduced Focus against targets that are not vulnerable to Sneak Attack.

Soul Blade

 Bonus: Gains "Soul Annihilation" ability: a soul-enhanced melee strike that consumes the cipher's remaining power pool to converts it into Raw damage on the target. Shred Cipher spells cost less focus (-5). 
Downing an enemy with a Melee Weapon temporarily grants Concentration (Prevents Interrupts) and raises Max Focus by +10 for 30.0 seconds.

 Penalty: Max Focus is reduced by -5. (Combat starting amount as well begins at 2/25 vs 7/30 for Cipher)

Fury

 Bonus: Instead of an animal form, Furies spiritshift into a storm blight. Elemental druid spells gain +20% range and +1 Penetration. Killing an enemy while spiritshifted extends the duration of the shift. Automatically learns following spells: Dancing Bolts, Burst of Summer Flame, Returning Storm, Hail Storm, Relentless Storm, Sunlance, Weather the Storm, Avenging Storm, Great Maelstrom

 Penalty: Cannot cast Rejuvenation spells.

Lifegiver

 Bonus: Druid Rejuvenation spells cast with +2 Power Level. While spiritshifted, the druid's power level bonus to Rejuvenation spells is increased to +5. Automatically learn the following druid spells at new power levels: Nature's Vigor, The Moon's Light, Nature's Balm, Moonwell, Cleansing Wind, Garden of Life, Nature's Bounty, Regenerate, Pollen Patch

 Penalty: Cannot cast creature summon spells. After spiritshift, the druid receives a significant penalty to the power level of their Rejuvenation spells, until combat ends.

Shifter

 Bonus: Druid can switch to any of the Spiritshifting animals, once each, per combat. Spiritshift has a longer duration. After a spiritshift ends, the druid is healed a portion of their health. Automatically learns following spells: Nature's Mark, Insect Swarm, Infestation of Maggots, Form of the Delemgan, Nature's Terror, Garden of Life, Rusted Armor, Entropy, Pollen Patch

 Penalty: Cannot cast spells while in animal form.

Animist

 Bonus: Automatically learn the following druid spells at new power levels: Sunbeam, The Moon's Light, Returning Storm, Conjure Blight, Plague of Insects, Sunlace, Lashing Vine, Regenerate, Tornado.

 Penalty: --