Pathways to Adventure

Rules of Cool

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Author Jon Horry

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Credits

Author and Lead Designer: Jon Horry

Designer: TheTavernTeller

Editor and Graphic Designer: Trent N. Ford

Frequent Playtesters:

• Collin Thiel
• Damien Miller
• Heather Kemp
• Gundamo1
• Jade
• OrderedChaos
• Nikki

On The Author

Jon Horry is an avid gamer and designer who focuses on player agency and supporting Game Masters. He holds a master’s degree in Social Psychology and is in the process of completing a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health. He has over 3 years of experience as a professional Game Master, having facilitated over 300 in-person TTRPG sessions and over 100 online sessions, and brings over 6 years of TTRPG experience to the table with this ambitious project. His ultimate goal is for Pathways to Adventure to succeed in bringing a fun, approachable, and flexible experience to new players, seasoned adventures, and wise Game Masters alike.

Email: jonhorry@hotmail.com https://discord.gg/qGNredDH7N Discord: swifty2309

On The Designer

TheTavernTeller is a professional Game Master who has extensive experience in creating custom content for Dungeons & Dragons and other TTRPG systems. He is currently working on a new TTRPG system that is in early development and an expansion for D&D 5E2024 system.

Website: https://startplaying.games/gm/thetavernteller Discord: thetavernteller

On The Editor and Graphics Designer

Trent N. Ford is a multifaceted professional with a background in technology, coaching, and creative pursuits. He holds a master’s degree in Computer Science and has extensive experience as a software and web developer. Trent is an expert in personal knowledge management and freelances in creative fields, including writing, graphic design, and art. A tabletop gaming enthusiast, he has also published game supplements for D&D 5e. Trent’s diverse skills allow him to bring a wellrounded perspective to his work and courses, such as WISE RPG (available on Udemy).

Email: thetrentford@gmail.com Website: trentnford.com Discord: drfretnot

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The rules in this document are available for use under CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Adventurer, Cleric, Sorcerer, and Warrior art is copyright © John Latta, used with permission. All rights reserved. These art pieces are also used on the cover.

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Version 0.7.6

Pathways to Adventure

Rules of Cool

Version 0.7.6

Author Jon Horry

Editor Trent N. Ford

Dice, Success, Fail, and (Dis)Advantage

Dice

The magical dopamine-generating tools. We all love them and develop superstitions about how they both bless us with Success and curse us with Fails.

By default, all Rolls in Pathways to Adventure are made with a six-sided die called a d6.

Success

Success is when a Roll turns out in your favor, you Succeed a Roll.

• You slash the goblin with your sword, yay!
• You succeeded with your Baker Skill and absolutely nailed that pumpkin cheesecake, dope!
• You avoid the dragon’s fire breath, awe yea!

These are always happy outcomes for the player (or Game Master!), who made the Roll.

Fail

Fail is the opposite, it is when you Fail a Roll and the dice turn against you and you get a bad result.

• The goblin blocks your sword swing with its blade, crap!
• Your cheesecake turns out lumpy, sad.
• The dragon’s fire catches your upper torso on fire, run away!

Advantage and Disadvantage

When a Roll is Advantaged, you Roll two dice and take the higher roll.

When a Roll is Disadvantaged, you Roll two dice and take the lower roll.

A Roll can only be either Advantaged or Disadvantaged at a given time, as they cancel each other out if you have both.

Critical Success and Epic Fails

A Roll of 6 is considered a Critical Success, while a 1 is an Epic Fail.

Criticals are spectacularly grand Outcomes that differ based on whether it is a Success or Fail and what type of Roll it was!

Critical Success always Succeeds on a Roll.

• You slash the goblin with your sword, hitting a major artery, oh that’s got to hurt!
• You baked a cheesecake fit for the gods, you are amazing!
• You avoid the dragon’s massive flame breath, remaining completely unscathed, score!

Epic Fails always Fail on a Roll.

• You slash the goblin but you whiff the swing entirely, almost falling off-balance, oh crap!
• Your dog even turned its nose up at that cheesecake, such a waste!
• You are entirely engulfed by all-consuming dragon fire, hope you can survive at Death’s Door!

On a Critical Attack, you simply double the Damage value.

For Attack Spells and Attack Chants, Critical Failures do not expend Mana or Morale. These resources will be discussed in a later section.

Types of Rolls

Attack, Prevention, Challenge

Attack Rolls

Attacks are Damaging Abilities that attempt to harm creatures. To Succeed on an Attack, you roll your d6, add the Base Accuracy of the Attack Ability, and then add your Ability Accuracy. If this value meets or exceeds the creature’s Defense, the Attack Succeeds.

Defense is the combination of a creature’s Dodge Skill, Shield, and Armor.

If an Attack rolls lower than the defending creature’s Defense, the Attack is considered Prevented. Some abilities can even trigger a Reaction off of successfully Preventing an Attack, such as the Riposte Reaction Maneuver when you Prevent a Melee Attack or the Return Fire Reaction Maneuver when you Prevent a Ranged Attack.

Prevention Rolls

Prevention Rolls, the group term for Avoid, Resist, and Endure Rolls, are to prevent bad results. The goal is to Roll high enough to meet or exceed the Potency of the hostile Tactical Ability to either Avoid, Resist, or Endure the harmful result.

For these Rolls, you Avoid Tactical Maneuvers, Resist Tactical Spells, or Endure Tactical Chants based on their Ability’s Potency vs your Roll. The Potency of an Ability is based on the specific Attribute associated with the Ability type.

For example, your Tactical Spells gain higher Potency based on your Acuity Attribute, making them harder for your foes to Resist with their Resist Rolls.

As a general rule, the Game Master will request an Avoid, Resist, or Endure Roll against you when the situation calls for one.

Challenge Rolls

Challenge Rolls use your Skills against a Challenge Rating to determine if you Succeed or Fail, including if it is a Critical Success or Epic Fail. The Game Master can set the Challenge Rating if desired, but in general, a 5 is required for a Moderate challenge, a 10 for a Hard challenge, and a 15 for an Extreme challenge.

Critical Challenge Success cannot ensure the desired outcome for the player, but it should give you “the best result you could realistically hope to achieve ” given what you Attempt. The Game Master will often ask you to Roll a specific Skill for the Challenge, but players can suggest how they might use another Skill of their choice to Attempt the Challenge Roll.

Aspects and Attributes

Aspects are the core of a character’s identity, representing the prowess of their Body, the aptitude of their Mind, and the force of their Spirit.

Aspects provide the base Modifiers that determine a creature’s Attributes and Skills.

The allocation of Aspect Points drastically impacts a character’s overall capabilities and is the cornerstone of creating and developing a character over time as they progress on their adventure. Each Aspect governs three associated Attributes that serve to further refine your character’s potential.

Leveling Up

Leveling up happens when the GM determines that a significant achievement has occurred that serves as a Milestone for your adventure party. Generally, it is recommended that a standard pace campaign level at least once every two sessions.

You gain additional Aspect and Attribute points at specific levels:

Aspect Points: You gain an additional 2 Aspect Points at the 3rd Level and 1 additional point at the 6th and 9th Levels. An Aspect’s total points cannot exceed 5.

Attribute Points: You gain an additional 2 Attribute Points at the 2nd Level, and then 1 Attribute Point each Level after the 2nd. An Attribute total cannot exceed 10.

Body Aspect

The Body Aspect represents the overall capacity of a creature’s physical capabilities and ability to execute Maneuvers. Each point of Body increases the following three Attributes: Physique, Technique, and Endurance.

Physique

The representation of a creature’s physical fitness to endure using increasingly strenuous Maneuvers.

• You may learn Maneuvers up to a Power Tier equal to half your Physique.
• Attack Maneuvers gain additional Damage per point of Physique.

Technique

The representation of a creature’s precise control over their Body and accurate use of Weapons to Execute Attacks when taking the Execute Maneuvers Action.

• Each point of Technique increases a creature’s number of Known Maneuvers by 3, Maneuver Accuracy by 1, and Maneuver Tactical Potency by 1.
• Maneuver Accuracy determines the bonus you add to your Attack Maneuver Rolls.
• Maneuver Tactical Potency determines the difficulty chance for your Tactical Maneuvers.

Endurance

The representation of a creature’s capacity to repeatedly engage in physically demanding tasks. Each point of Endurance grants one additional Stamina.

• Each point of Endurance grants 1 Stamina, and creatures have a base of 1 Stamina.
• Stamina is Expended to with physical exertion and Execute Maneuvers.
• Creatures at 0 Endurance enter the Exhausted state.
• Stamina recovers by Half of the total (round down) at the start of a creature’s Round.
• You may also completely refill your total Stamina by taking the Recovery Action.

Mind Aspect

The Mind Aspect represents the overall capacity of a creature’s mental capabilities and strongly influences its ability to cast Spells. Each point of Mind increases the following three Attributes: Intellect, Acuity, and Resilience.

Intellect

The representation of the ability to learn challenging information to cast increasingly powerful Spells safely.

• You may learn Spells up to a Power Tier equal to half your Intellect.
• Attack Spells gain additional Damage per point of Intellect.

Acuity

The representation of a creature’s sharp wit and ability to rapidly recall and use information.

• Each point of Acuity increases a creature’s Known Spells by 3, Spell Accuracy by 1, and Spell Tactical Potency by 1.
• Spell Accuracy determines the bonus you add to your Attack Spell Rolls.
• Spell Tactical Potency determines the difficulty chance for your Tactical Spells.

Resilience

The representation of a creature’s capability to repeatedly engage in mentally demanding tasks.

• Each point of Resilience grants 1 Mana, and creatures have a base of 1 Mana.
• Mana is Expended when receiving mental damage and to Cast Spells.
• Creatures at 0 Mana enter the Dazed state.
• Mana recovers by 1 Mana per minute of uninterrupted light activity or Rest.
• The Recovery Actions Restores Half of your total Mana (round down).

Spirit Aspect

The Spirit Aspect represents the overall capacity of a creature’s spiritual capabilities and strongly influences its ability to recite Chants. Each point of Spirit increases following three Attributes: Willpower, Attunement, and Resolve.

Willpower

The representation of a creature’s raw force of will and ability to safely recite powerful Chants.

• You may learn Chants up to a Power Tier equal to half your Willpower.
• Chant Accuracy determines the bonus you add to your Attack Chant Rolls.
• Attack Chants gain additional Damage per point of Willpower.

Attunement

The representation of a creature’s skill in resonating with other Creatures and the natural world.

• Each point of Attunement increases a creature’s Known Chants by 3, Chant Accuracy by 1, and Chant Tactical Potency by 1.
• Chant Tactical Potency determines the difficulty chance for your Tactical Chants.

Resolve

The representation of a creature’s capability to engage in spiritually or emotionally demanding tasks.

• Each point of Resolve grants 1 Morale and creatures have a base of 1 Morale.
• Morale is Expended when receiving emotional damage and to Recite Chants.
• Creatures at 0 Morale enter the Demoralized state.
• Morale can be regained by 1 Morale per 10 minutes of uninterrupted Rest.
• Rarely, some Classes grant a Feature called Channeling which restores Morale after 2 Rounds.

Character Creation

Character creation in Pathways to Adventure is designed to attempt to be extremely simple as long as you can remember to mind your ABCs: Ancestry, Background, and Class. By choosing each in this order, you can realize almost any character concept you desire. Each has a separate book packed full of options for you to peruse at your leisure, or just dive in with what sounds fun at the surface level if you want to create a character quickly!

Ancestry - Where You Come From

The combination of your character’s physical traits and cultural heritage that define the early years of their life. In terms of character power, this is the least influential part of character creation.

Background - How You Got Here

The Aspects, Attributes, Profession, and Origin Story that make you who you are before your adventure. In terms of character power, this is the most influential part of character creation.

Class - Where You Will Go

The combination of Features and Skills that shape how you will interact with the world going forward. In terms of a character’s playstyle and party role, this is the most important part of character creation.

Ancestry

Many Creatures have an Ancestry, the combination of their unique physiology and cultural influences that help shape who they are and what paths they choose to walk in life from their birth to their experiences leading up to becoming an Adventurer.

Though a character’s Ancestry may be the starting point of their journey in life, it does not define who they are, their potential, or what they decide to strive towards achieving.

Ancestries may have benefits that make them well-suited for specific tasks or roles. Despite this, a Creature’s Ancestry does not affect its Aspects or Attributes.

The following 30 High Fantasy Ancestries are included in Pathways to Adventure!

(Additional Genre Specific Ancestries will be included in future Module releases: Sci-Fi and Modern!)

Player Tip

Ancestry choice is, mechanically speaking, the least influential portion of Character Creation. This is intentionally designed to allow for the freedom to choose any Ancestry that matches your character concept while minimizing concerns about “picking the right one.”

Ancestry Features

Background

Everyone has a story, a past of lived experiences that leaves an impact on who they are today. Your character’s Background determines their most character-defining and mechanically important Aspects.

To begin to form your Background, first decide on how you view your character’s core features, your Aspects, and determine a reason based on your past.

Then select a Profession, what you did to get by to put food on your table before joining the adventuring life.

Lastly, it is highly encouraged to make up a brief Origin Story!

Assign Starting Aspects

Choose between a Primary Aspect or a Generalist of all Three Aspects. This will determine the available Classes you will have access to. As such, you may wish to review the Class section first.

Aspects

Body Aspect

Consider what your Body has endured over the strenuous years of becoming an adventurer. Did you labor in the mines, grow frail in the study halls of arcane knowledge, or perhaps years of fleeing from monsters have left you with a wellspring of Endurance?

Mind Aspect

Consider what your Mind has explored over your formative years before becoming an adventurer. Did you receive a formal education, tutor under a Wizard of some renown, or let your mind wander you left thinking to the experts?

Spirit Aspect

Consider what your Spirit has endured over trials and tribulations before becoming an adventurer. Did you endure emotional damage, were you loved or abandoned as a child, or perhaps have you struggled to keep marching on through the dark times but persevered?

Profession

You had to make money somehow to survive. What was it through trade? Or were you a noble, a farmer, or a thief? Your profession provides Proficiencies and minor benefits for social, crafting, or gathering.

Origin Story

While not required, coming up with a cool, thematic origin story for your character helps to make them more memorable and interesting to introduce to your party. It also gives the Game Master some great plot hook opportunities!

Profession

A Profession is a non-combat trade from your Background. You had to make a living before becoming an adventurer, right?

Your Profession grants a Proficiency and can allow you to Craft Equipment, Harvest Resources, or Interact with special advantages as a Vocation.

Class

After completing your Background, you choose an adventuring Class from among those your character is eligible to adopt based on your Aspect choice. Each Class has a minimum Aspect requirement.

30 Classes can be found in full detail in the accompanying Class Compendium book.

Archetypes

There are four Archetypes of Classes: Core, Generalist, Hybrid, and Expert.

• Core Classes primarily use one resource and ability type, and also gain special class-specific Charges to fuel most of their Class Features.
• Generalist Classes - A combination of all three Aspects and utilize all Ability types and Resources.
• Hybrid Classes blend two resource and ability types to perform at their best.
• Expert Classes - Function similarly to Generalist Classes, but offer more complex play styles and features that may not be suited to every campaign setting. Consult with your GM if they can be chosen.

Class-Aspect Examples

Fighters are all martial Classes that use Body stats to primarily Execute Maneuvers with Stamina.

Crusaders would use a combination of the above in addition to using their Spirit to Recite Chants with Morale, as they are the Body + Spirit Hybrids.

Generalists and Experts can be built to favor any one of the three Aspects or an even combination of two or more to create a customized play style to fit you and your party’s needs.

Populous	Shorties	Planar	Scaly	Furry	Grotesque
Changeling	Dwarf	Celestial	Aquan	Beastmen	Gnoll
Elf	Gnome	Chaos	Draken	Felinid	Goblin
Half-Elf	Gremlin	Construct	Kobold	Kitsune	Ogre
Human	Halfling	Elemental	Lizarn	Lupinid	Troll
Morphling	Pixie	Fiend	Tort	Porxsie	Undead

Populous	Size	Type	Proficiencies	Features
Changling	Changes	Changes	Larceny, Perform	Perfectly Mimic other Ancestry Creatures, changing appearance, voice, and size
Elf	Medium	Elf	Perception, Precision	Dark Vision; Gain Arcana and Piety and 3 Abilities
Half-Elf	Medium	Humanoid-Elf	Athletics, Precision	Dark Vision; Gain 2 Proficiencies and 3 Abilities
Human	Medium	Humanoid	Athletics, Balance	Gain Additional Profession; Gain 3 Proficiencies and 3 Abilities
Morphling	Changes	Ooze	Grapple, Stealth	Morph into any Large or Smaller Ancestry creature or Object at will

Shorties	Size	Type	Proficiencies	Features
Dwarf	Medium	Humanoid	Athletics, Intimidation	Gain Smith Profession; +4 Armor
Gnome	Small	Fae	Investigation, Knowledge	Gain Tinkerer Profession; +2 Resist and +2 Endure
Gremlin	Tiny	Fae	Larceny, Stealth	Immune to Grabbed and Pinned States; Gain Hex and it cannot be Resisted
Halfling	Small	Humanoid	Empathy, Stealth	Always Chosen Last for Hostile Actions from Enemy Creatures
Pixie	Tiny	Fae	Perform, Persuasion	+3 Fly; Gain Willow-Wisp and it cannot be Endured

Planar	Size	Type	Proficiencies	Features
Celestial	Small / Medium	Celestial	Empathy, Piety	+2 Fly; Gain Heal-Harm, Revives Recently Dead Creatures, No Cost 3 times per Day
Chaos	Small / Medium	Random	Leadership, Survival	Randomize Appearance and creature type daily; Gain 3 Proficiencies and 3 Abilities
Construct	Small / Medium	Construct	Knowledge, Research	Double Carrying Capacity; Gain +4 Resist, Immune to Mental Effects
Elemental	Small / Medium	Elemental	Balance, Conjure	+1 Fly; Gain Elemental Immunity matching the Element you embody; Gain 3 Abilities
Fiend	Small / Medium	Demon / Devil	Deception, Persuasion	+2 Fly; Fire and Frightened Immune; Gain “Back Away, Now!” and it cannot be Endured

Scaly	Size	Type	Proficiencies	Features
Aquan	Medium	Humanoid	Swim Mastery	Able to provide Water Breathing and +3 Swim to allies for up to 1 hour at a time
Draken	Medium	Draconic	Conjure, Intimidate	+2 Fly; +4 Armor; Gain the Breath Weapon Feature from Dragoon Class at No Cost
Kobald	Small	Draconic	Intimidate, Stealth	+3 Fly; +2 Armor; Gain “Back Away, Now!” and it cannot be Endured
Lizarn	Medium	Reptilian	Intimidate, Swim	+4 Armor; Consume Raw Flesh as if using a HP Potion, rarity improves Heal, no action
Tort	Medium	Reptilian	Intimidate, Swim	+5 Armor, this Armor cannot be bypassed by Armor Ignoring Abilities

Furry	Size	Type	Proficiencies	Features
Beastmen	Medium	Humanoid- Beast	Athletics, Perception	Gain Bestial Communion and it cannot be Endured; Gain 2 Proficiencies and 3 Abilities
Felinid	Medium	Beast	Balance, Perception	Dark Vision, Gain Feather Fall and it has no Cost, Stealth Proficiency, and Hide and Seek
Kitsune	Medium	Beast	Control, Perception	Dark Vision, Gain Enthrall and it has No Cost and cannot be Resisted
Lupinid	Medium	Beast	Grapple, Perception	Gain Spirit of Wolf and it has No Cost; Grant Advantage to allies attacking Grappled foes
Porxsie	Medium	Beast	Empathy, Perception	Gain Gather Profession, Intuition, Knowledge, Persuasion, and 3 Abilities

Grotesque	Size	Type	Proficiencies	Features
Gnoll	Medium	Demon	Intimidation, Perception	Attacks with an Allied Creature near foe become Advantaged
Goblin	Small	Goblinoid	Larceny, Stealth	Dark Vision; Gain Hide and Sneak, Steal, Trick and they have Advantage on Rolls
Ogre	Large	Giant	Athletics, Intimidation	Double Carrying Capacity; Grant Mount Proficiency to allies Mounting you
Troll	Large	Goblinoid	Balance, Conjure	Regenerate 2 HP per Round while not at Death’s Door or Burning
Undead	Any	Undead / Any	Based on Other Ancestry Choice	Breathless; Hungerless; Poison Immune; Healing Harms you, Necrotic heals you

Harvester	Proficiency	Product	Identification
Apothecary	Medicine	Poisons & Potions	Alchemical Ingredients
Arcanist	Arcana	Foci & Relics	Foci & Relics
Bowyer	Precision	Bows/Crossbows & Arrows/Bolts	Bows/Crossbows & Arrows/Bolts
Jeweler	Perception	Jewelry	Gems & Jewelry
Leatherworker	Survival	Leather Equipment	Leather & Hide Quality
Munitioner	Precision	Guns, Grenades, & Ammo	Guns, Grenades, & Ammo
Rancher	Empathy	Raise & Train Non-Ancestry Creatures	Quality & Types of Creatures
Scribe	Research	Spells & Chant Scrolls	Spells & Chant Scrolls
Smith	Athletics	Metal Equipment	Metal Equipment and Ore Quality
Tailor	Precision	Cloth Equipment	Cloths & Fabric Quality
Tinkerer	Knowledge	Tools & Gadgets	Tools, Gadgets, & Constructs

Vocation	Proficiency	Product	Identification
Assassin	Stealth	Dead Ancestry Creatures	Identity of Ancestry Creatures
Bounty Hunter	Intimidation	Captured Ancestry Creatures	Identity of Ancestry Creatures
Forager	Survival	Wild Ingredients	Wild Ingredients
Hunter	Precision	Creature Parts	Creature Parts
Lumberjack	Athletics	Lumber	Trees & Lumber
Miner	Athletics	Ore & Stone	Quality of Ore & Stone
Thief	Larceny	Currency & Valuables	Value of Currency and Valuables
Trapper	Survival	Non-Ancestry Creatures	Quality of Non-Ancestry Creature

Crafter	Proficiency	Product	Identification
Commander	Leadership	Leadership Chants Cost 1 Less Morale	Enemy Tactics
Conservationist	Survival	Nature’s Companion allows for 2 Beasts	Beast Creatures
Dancer	Balance	Dance Maneuvers Cost 1 Less Stamina	Dance Moves
Diplomat	Empathy	Make a Friend Endure Roll is Disadvantaged	Treaties and Politics
Jester	Dodge	Barrel Roll has No Cost	Good & Bad Jokes
Magician	Arcana	Counterspell Resist Roll is Disadvantaged	Spells and Spell Casters
Priest	Piety	Gain Heal/Harm, Revives Recently Dead Creatures	Undead & Fiends
Royal	Persuasion	Considered Neutral or Friendly to Nobility	Pedigree of Ancestry
Singer	Perform	Song Chants Last Additional Round	Singing Quality
Therapist	Empathy	Therapeutic Conversation Has No Cost	Emotional States
Town Crier	Knowledge	Considered Neutral or Friendly to Commoners	Newsworthy Stories

Core Classes

Fighters

Berserker

Rage, Brutality, Ferocity

Required Aspects: 3 Body

A vicious fighter who can Rage to take less damage and obliterate foes with overwhelming furious assaults. While they can run out of Stamina, their explosive damage is unsurpassed.

Monk

Disciplined, Tranquil, Swift

Required Aspects: 3 Body

A precise fighter who is efficient with using its Stamina. They specialize in unarmed strikes to lethal effect, have fastest Run, and use Discipline to attack. Able to Chant Heal.

Rogue

Cunning, Quiet, Lethal

Required Aspects: 3 Body

A tricky fighter who is the the best at using Tools & deceiving foes. Their accuracy is unsurpassed while attacking from Hidden. Able to use Actions by expending Cunning.

Warrior

Surging, Stalwart, Commanding

Required Aspects: 3 Body

A unstoppable fighter who can withstand a tide of attacks and come out unscathed. Refuses to die at Death’s Door by expending Surge to Heal and recover Stamina.

Mages

Enchanter

Control, Enhancing, Charming

Required Aspects: 3 Mind

Unsurpassed at controlling the Mind and Actions of their foes and equally powerful at enhancing their allies’ capabilities. Expends Focus to enhance their Tactical Spells.

Necromancer

Grave, Undeath, Life Stealer

Required Aspects: 3 Mind

Builds & customizes an Abomination minion, transforms their Body into a Lich form, and can expend Grave charges to raise multiple undead: skeletons, zombies, or ghosts.

Sorcerer

Morphic, Adaptable, Unpredictable

Required Aspects: 3 Mind

Specializes in chosen spells which they can Morph to gain multiple new effects. Able to unleash chaotic bursts of spontaneous magic and use select Chants, such as Heal.

Wizard

Power, Knowledge, Mastery

Required Aspects: 3 Mind

Experts at learning a variety of useful Spells and some Chants. Powerful offensive casters. They can expend Power charges to double the damage of their Attack Spells and Chants.

Chanters

Cleric

Divine, Protective, Death’s Bane

Required Aspects: 3 Spirit

A highly durable chanter that is not afraid to fight on the front lines. Experts at using Heal/Harm, they are the best at inflicting harm to Undead and Fiends & reviving the dead.

Disciple

Discipline, Sun & Moon Forms, Peace

Required Aspects: 3 Spirit

A martial healer that mixes expending Stamina & Morale to soothe their allies & harm their foes by alternating between Attack Maneuvers & Attack Chants.

Druid

Creation, Devastation, Restoration

Required Aspects: 3 Spirit

Capable of transforming into customized Beast Forms. Attuned to nature, able to expend Creation charges to improve Heal or deliver devastating Elemental Attack Chants.

Shaman

Spiritual, Bolstering, Debilitating

Required Aspects: 3 Spirit

A martial combatant proficient with spears. Experts at bolstering with spiritual enhancements and debilitating foes with curses. Expends Spiritual charges to apply Barrier.

Generalist Classes

Adventurer

Worst, Class, Ever

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Mind/2 Spirit

The class that does it all, just not as well as others. Its a bit of a hot mess in here really, but if you enjoy customization, flexibility, & having more proficiencies than anyone else, you found your home.

Bard

Inspiration, Morale, Song

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Mind/2 Spirit

Experts at emboldening their allies with Songs & a versatile list of Abilities, including some Spells. Inspires allies to improve their Rolls or Instantly Chant Heal/Harm from afar.

Mimic

Copy, Create, Consume

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Mind/2 Spirit

A lover of all things amorphous, they are masters of mimicry, temporarily copying the abilities of their foes. They can Consume a Grabbed enemy to permanently learn their abilities.

Hybrid Classes

Crusaders

Beastlord

World Spirit, Wild, Warder

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Spirit

Masters of communing with the spirit of the world, they fight alongside their bestial attendants called Warders, which they customize as they progress on their spiritual journey.

Paladin

Oath-Sworn, Defender, Smite

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Spirit

Knight crusader that is quite durable and capable of Instantly Reciting Heal/Harm with a Lay on Hands. Bane against Fiends & Undead, with an Aura and Revive.

Ranger

Rugged, Roving, Survivalist

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Spirit

An expert of wilderness exploration, friend to beasts, and able to harrier foes with a Falcon. Additionally, they can Instantly Recite Heal/Harm and remove Afflictions.

Shadowknight

Oath-Sworn, Aggressive, Shadow Walker

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Spirit

Knight crusader that can Instantly Recite Heal/Harm to either enshroud themselves in a shadow shroud on inflict excruciating pain, & has a skeletal squire in service.

Channelers

Bloodmage

Power Hungry, Sanguine, Transfusion

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Mind

A grisly mage that uses the vitality of their Stamina & Health Points to empower their magics. Forms Blood Bonds between foes & allies to enhance their spells.

Dragoon

Dragons, Dragons, Dragons

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Mind

An armored, glave-wielding combatant who seeks to raise a dragon as their friend. Their Breath Weapon is devastating. Their capability to jump upon and mount foes is unsurpassed.

Spellblade

Swords, Sorcery, Slashing

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Mind

A dashing combatant that views slashing & casting as one and the same. Capable of alternating martial & magical attacks to gain White & Black Energy to enhance both.

Warden

Oath-Sworn, Antimagic, Telekinetic

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Mind

Knight who are masters of countering magic & turning spells back on their foes. They also excel at enhancing allied magic users & wield staffs to great effect.

Magi

Conjurer

Summoner, Elementals, Armaments

Required Aspects: 2 Mind/2 Spirit

A magi who has mastered the art of bringing forth objects and entities from the ether. They excel at commanding elemental and otherworldly beings as minions.

Elementalist

Fire, Air, Water, Earth

Required Aspects: 2 Mind/2 Spirit

A magi who embodies the elements they control. The Attune to a specific element at a time to gain benefits from their form & modify their attack magics to match their Attunement.

Occultist

Curses, Darkness, Animation

Required Aspects: 2 Mind/2 Spirit

A magi who excels at debilitating foes with long lasting curses, covering the battlefield in darkness, & animating objects to fight for them. Especially formidable atop their flying broom.

Ritualist

Reverence, Ancestors, Binding

Required Aspects: 2 Mind/2 Spirit

A magi who beckons forth spirits of the ancients to heed their call & cast their magics for them. By binding foes in spiritual chains, they can control the battlefield with their spirits.

Expert Classes

Chronomancer

Time, Marches, On

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Mind/2 Spirit

Manipulators of time & space, they focus on enhancing allies & debilitating foes, while remaining fairly competent combatants with their weaponry as well, using Barrier to great effect.

Inventor

Constructs, Explosions, Alchemy

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Mind/2 Spirit

A mechanical mastermind that creates their own customizable Construct, wields a mighty spanner to thwack foes, & has a penchant for explosive Tools and elixirs.

Sage

Evocation, Exaltation, Explooosion!

Required Aspects: 2 Body/2 Mind/2 Spirit

The ultimate masters of all magic, they have learned to harness High Magic to unleash the strongest magical abilities of all, Evocations. Highly vulnerable while channeling.

Health Points and Death’s Door

Creatures have a number of Health Points that represent the remaining harm they can endure before falling into a critically injured state called Death’s Door. Generally, Huge and larger creatures will have significantly more HP than smaller-sized creatures.

Calculating Health Points

For player characters, their starting health point total at 1st level is equal to a base of 8 + their Class Health Point Bonus. A character gains additional Health Points equal to their Class Health Point Bonus for each level beyond 1st. Please note that Aspect and Attribute points do not impact a creature’s Health Point total.

For example, the Warrior has a Class Health Point Bonus of 12. As such, a 1st level Warrior always has a total of 20 Health Points (8 base + 12 class).

For comparison, 1st level Wizard has a Class Health Point Bonus of 6, and as such only has a total of 14 Health Points (8 base + 6 class).

Death’s Door

While a Creature has 0 Health Points, they are in the Death’s Door state as they struggle to stave off their imminent demise. While in this state, the Creature must make a Death Prevention Roll at the end of their Round or each time they receive additional health point damage.

The dying Creature cannot take any Actions other than the Use Tools Action and has their Run reduced to 2 as they attempt to falteringly stagger to safety.

If a Creature fails its Death Prevention Roll, it immediately Dies.

At base, the required roll to succeed a Death Prevention Roll is a 2 or more on the d6. With each additional roll, the value needed to succeed increases by 1, so you would need to roll a 3 or more on your second Death Prevention Roll to stay alive.

Any source of health point recovery that brings the Creature to 1 health point or more immediately ends the Death’s Door state. Entering the Death’s Door state an additional time during the same combat maintains the Death Prevention Roll value discussed above.

Player Tip

While at Death’s Door, you can still Move a short distance and can Use Items on the Player Round! Having Healing Potions can literally be a lifesaver for deadly encounters and reduces the need for spending precious Morale on healing Chants!

Combat

Pathways to Adventure’s combat is brutal and swift, with each Round representing 10 seconds during combat. Players and Enemies alternate Rounds, with each creature acting simultaneously in their Round.

Initial Round

When Combat officially initiates, often at the Game Master’s discretion or when hostilities break out, each player rolls a 1d6 and adds their Initiative Bonus.

Creatures have an Initiative Bonus equal to the highest of among their Technique, Acuity, or Attunement Attributes.

The GM will roll for initiative and average the Initiative Bonus values of the enemies to determine what the players need to meet or exceed to get to join the Initial Round.

Round

A Round consists of all participating creatures’ actions, either Players (and allied NPC) or Enemies. Once all creatures have completed their actions, the next Round begins. This continues to alternate between the Player Round and the Enemy Round until combat has concluded.

Rarely, Rounds may also be used to handle time-sensitive, high-stakes moments, such as preparing for an assault or fleeing from a hazardous situation.

Actions & Reaction

Actions

Creatures Use a Single Action Per Round unless otherwise stated by a Feature, Boon, Affliction, or State. Below is the exhaustive list of all 6 Actions (+2 highly situational) in Pathways to Adventure:

Execute Maneuvers

Execute Up To Two Attack Maneuvers and Any Number of Tactical Maneuvers, such as Executing the Trip Tactical Maneuver and the Precise Strike and Flurry Attack Maneuvers.

Cast Spells

Cast a Single Spell, such as Casting the Arcane Bolt Spell, and it Takes Effect Immediately.

Recite Chants

Recite a Single Chant for 1 Round, such as Reciting the Heal/Harm Chant, and it Takes Effect Next Round.

Evoke Evocations

(Limited to Classes with the High Magic Feature)

Evoke a Single Evocation for 2 Rounds, such as Evoking the Reconstitute/Obliterate Evocation, and it Takes Effect After 2 Rounds.

Use Tools

Use Tools, such as Healing Potions, from your Backpack or the Environment.

Defend

Enter either the Dodging State or Blocking State to improve Defense and prevent receiving Critical Hit bonus damage.

Recovery

Recover for 1 Round to Recover All Stamina and Half Mana Upon Completion.

Channel

(Limited to Classes with the Channeler Feature)

Enter Channeling State 2 Rounds, Recover All Stamina, All Mana, All Morale Upon Completion

Reaction

Creatures May Use a Single Reaction Per Round, unless otherwise stated by a Feature, Boon, Affliction, or State.

Reaction Abilities are Used in response to Triggers, and cannot be Used as an Action, unless otherwise stated by a Feature, Boon, Affliction, or State.

A creature regains the use of its Reaction at the start of its Round.

Activation Methods of Abilities

Ability Activation Methods in Pathways To Adventure are categorized into three types of Actions: Execute, Cast, and Recite activation methods for Maneuvers, Spells, and Chants type Abilities.

Free Action Abilities and Reaction Abilities fall outside of the three previously mentioned Actions.

Execute Maneuvers

Executing Maneuvers to use physical Actions with your Body. You can Execute Attack Maneuvers against a Creature’s Defense to attempt to Damage a Creature with Martial Weapons, Execute Tactical Maneuvers against a Creature’s Avoid Roll to inflict a negative outcome, or use Skill Maneuvers to benefit yourself or others.

Cast Spells

Casting Spells to use magical Actions with your Mind. You can Cast Attack Spells against a Creature’s Defense to attempt to Damage a Creature with Focus Weapons, Cast Tactical Spells against a Creature’s Resist Roll to inflict a negative outcome, or use Skill Spells to Enhance Allied Creatures or produce effects on the battlefield.

Many powerful Spells require Concentration to maintain their effects. Incoming Attacks that Hit will require a Resist Concentration Roll of at least 5 to successfully continue Concentrating on the Spell.

Recite Chants

Recite Chants to use mystical Actions with your Spirit. You can Recite Attack Chants against a Creature’s Defense to attempt to Damage a Creature with Relic Weapons, Recite Tactical Chants against a Creature’s Endure Roll to inflict a negative outcome, or use Skill Chants to Enhance Allied Creatures.

Reciting a Chant requires an entire Round, and the Chant takes effect on the next Round. Incoming Attacks that Hit will require an Endure Concentration Roll of at least 5 to successfully continue Reciting the Chant.

Free Action Abilities

Free Action Abilities are used outside of the above three Action types, once per Round for each Ability.

Reaction Abilities

Reaction Abilities are used in response to Trigger events, often during the enemy’s Round, and as such are used outside of the above three Actions. You have one Reaction per Round.

Movement

Most Creatures can traverse the world by using their Run movement, which represents how far a Creature may move on its Round. By default, one Space represents 5 Feet if playing on a Grid.

A Creature with the standard baseline of 6 Run may horizontally traverse up to 6 Spaces (30 Feet) on its Round. All movement may be broken up in between any actions on a creature’s Round.

Creatures may restore all of their Run by using the Sprint Free

Special Movement

There are four special Modes of movement: Climb, Swim, Fly, and Burrow.

Climb

Creatures with Climb may use their Climb in any direction on vertical surfaces, including the Flank of Creatures.

Creatures may restore all of their Climb by using the Scramble Free Action, which may be used once per Round independent of any Action.

Creatures may not Climb without Climb Movement. Snared Creatures cannot Climb.

Swim

Creatures with Swim may use their Swim movement in any direction in liquids.

Creatures may restore all of their Swim by using the Swift Swim Free Action, which may be used once per Round independent of any Action.

Creatures may not Swim without Swim Movement. Snared Creatures cannot Swim.

Fly

Creatures with Fly may use their Fly to ascend in the air and Enter the Airborne State.

Creatures may restore all of their Fly by using the Gain Altitude Free Action, which may be used once per Round independent of any Action.

Creatures may not Fly without Fly Movement. Snared Creatures cannot Fly.

Airborne Creatures enter the Fall State if forced out of the Airborne State.

Burrow

Creatures with Burrow may use their Burrow in any direction in the Ground.

Creatures may restore all of their Burrow by using the Rushed Burrowing Free Action, which may be used once per Round independent of any Action.

Creatures may not Burrow without Burrow Movement. Snared Creatures cannot Burrow.

Creatures that end their Burrow Movement Underground enter the Full Cover State and as such cannot be affected by most Abilities.

Fall

Fall State forces a Creature to plummet toward the Surface below to receive Fall Damage.

Fall Damage equals 3 Bludgeoning Damage per 1 Square (5ft) of Distance.

Jump

Jump Height

Expend 1 Stamina to perform a High Jump to Vertically Move a Distance equal to your Jump Height.

Jump Height is calculated as:

(2 x Physique) / 5, rounded to the nearest 5.

You can perform Abilities at any point during your High Jump.

As such, a character with 2 Physique would have 1 Jump Height.

They can High Jump 1 Squares for 1 Stamina point.

Leap Distance

Expend 1 Stamina to perform a Leap to Horizontally Move a Distance equal to your Jump Distance. Performing a Leap requires a Creature to Run at least 1 Square (5 feet) before Leaping.

Leap Distance is calculated as:

(3 x Physique) / 5, rounded to the nearest 5.

You can perform Abilities at any point during your Leap.

As such, a character with 3 Physique has 2 Leap Distance.

They can Leap 2 Squares (10 Feet) for 1 Stamina point after running at least 1 Square.

Player Tip

To keep things extra simple, note your Leap Distance and Jump Height on your Character Sheet! You will only ever need to adjust this value if your Athletics Skill Increases.

Creature Size

Creatures have a Size category that determines the physical space they take up in the world and on a grid if using one. Depending on the Size, some Creatures may even be able to exist in the same Space: A creature two sizes smaller than another creature may exist within the same space.

Tiny

• Volume: 1 Foot by 1 Foot in volume or smaller, such as Gremlins, Pixies, or small beasts.
• Space: Can enter the Space of any Creature.

Small

• Volume: 3 Feet by 3 Feet in volume or smaller, such as the Shorties Ancestries.
• Space: One Square on a Grid.

Medium

• Volume: 9 Feet by 9 Feet in volume or smaller, such as the majority of Ancestries up to Horses.
• Space: One Square on a Grid. Only Tiny Creatures may exist in the same Square.

Large

• Volume: 10 Feet by 10 Feet in volume or greater, such as the Ogre or Troll Ancestries, a Gryphin, or a Young Dragon.
• Space: Two by Two Squares with a Two Square Height.

Huge

• Volume: 15 Feet by 15 Feet in volume or greater, such as the Giant or Adult Dragon.
• Space: Three by Three Squares with a Three Square Height.

Gargantuan

• Volume: 20 Feet by 20 Feet in volume or greater, such as truly massive Creatures like Ancient Dragons and Behemoths.
• Space: Four by Four Squares with a Four Square Height or larger.

Climb and Mount

Climbing on Creatures is possible, provided you have Climb movement. You simply spend 1 Climb Movement per Square (5ft) of their Height. You can Cling to the Flank of a Creature if you end your Climb Movement on their side.

Alternatively, you can position yourself on top of the Creature to enter the Mounting State. A Creature who has another Creature on top of them is considered in the Mounted State.

Mount Creatures

When Mounting a creature, you can use your Mount Proficiency abilities to attempt to control the creature’s Movement on your Round with the Lead Tactical Maneuver. For Friendly creatures, this Maneuver always succeeds, but for Hostile creatures, this Maneuver is Disadvantaged.

Alternatively, you can Cling to the side of a Creature if you wish to attack their Flank. This can be a very risky, but awesome, way of staying in melee range of Creatures that can Fly, like dragons and griffins, but be careful of Falling off!

Some Creatures have vulnerable Weak Spots on their body that can guarantee Critical Hits if successfully Attacked! Proficiency in Knowledge, Survival, or Perception can help identify Weak Points, and your Game Master will tell you about them.

Skills

Skills represent a measure of how awesome or mundane you are at performing a range of tasks. Each of the 30 Skills falls under one of the three Aspects.

Every Skill in Pathways to Adventure has at least one, if not multiple, dedicated Abilities that a player may use as they wish without having to rely on the Game Master’s discretion.

The full list of Abilities that use Skills is found in the Ability Anthology section.

Proficiency

Proficiency improves the Skill by Double its base value from its governing Aspect. You gain Proficiency in specific Skills by default based on a combination of your Ancestry, Profession, and Class choices.

Mastery

Gaining an additional Proficiency in a Skill you are already Proficient in improves the Skill to Mastery, which improves the Skill by Triple its base value of the Aspect.

Body	Mind	Spirit
Athletic	Arcana	Commune
Balance	Control	Conjure
Climb	Focus	Deception
Dodge	Knowledge	Empathy
Grapple	Medicine	Intimidation
Larceny	Intuition	Leadership
Precision	Investigate	Perform
Mount	Perceive	Persuasion
Stealth	Research	Piety
Swim	Summon	Survival

Ability Anthology

There are over 200 Abilities in Pathways to Adventure, sectioned into 20 Abilities per Category. An Ability can be categorized as an Attack, Skill, or Tactical Effect in the Maneuver, Spell, or Chant Activation Methods. Additionally, there are Free Action and Reaction Abilities in addition to the above.

For example, using one of the 20 Martial Attack Maneuvers would use a Melee Weapon to Execute a specific Attack against a foe’s Defense, Inflicting Weapon Damage on Success.

Proficiency and Learning Abilities

Proficiency in a Skill is required to be able to Know its associated Abilities. You may Know a number of abilities limited by your Technique for Maneuvers, Acuity for Spells, and Attunement for Chants.

All Free Actions and Reactions are always Known if you have the required Skill Proficiency and do not take up Known ability limits.

Power Tiers and Ability Cost

The Power Tier of an Ability is equal to its resource Cost. Your Physique, Intellect, or Willpower must equal Twice the Cost of the Ability to be able to Use the Ability. As such, investing in Physique, Intellect, and Willpower enables a creature to learn increasingly powerful and costly Abilities:

For example, a Creature with 3 Physique would only be able to Execute Tier 1 Power Maneuvers that Cost 1 Endurance.

Alternatively, a Creature with 4 Physique could Execute Tier 2 Power Maneuvers that Cost 2 Endurance.

Attacks and Accuracy

Attack abilities have a base Accuracy modifier of either +0, +5, or +10, with the majority of Attacks having +5 as the standard Accuracy value.

Ranged Attacks

The GM may adjudicate that a creature is hidden behind Cover. A creature in Full Cover cannot be hit by most Ranged Attacks, while a creature in Partial Cover gains +5 Defense against most Ranged Attacks.

Tactics and Potency

Potency is the difficulty of Preventing your Tactical Abilities. Enemies make a specific Prevention Roll and must meet or exceed your Potency value to successfully Prevent the negative Tactical Ability.

Potency equals a base of 3 + Technique for Maneuvers, Acuity for Spells, or Attunement for Chants.

Free Action Ability	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Gain Altitude	Athletics	Gain double Fly this Round	1 Stamina
Rushed Burrowing	Athletics	Gain double Burrow this Round	1 Stamina
Sprint	Athletics	Gain double Run this Round	1 Stamina
Kip-Up	Balance	Exit Prone State at no Cost	No Cost
Safe Fall	Balance	Prevent up to 4 Range of Falling Damage at no Cost	No Cost
Climb On	Climb	Climb the Flank of a Creature At Least One Size Larger	1 Stamina
Scramble	Climb	Gain double Climb this Round	1 Stamina
Disengage	Dodge	Prevent Triggering Punishing Strike Attack Reaction	1 Stamina
Shake Off	General	Attempt to exit Grabbed, Pinned, Mounted States and Burning, Immobilized, Snared Afflictions	2 Stamina
Locate Clues	Investigate	Attempt to Locate Clues with a Skill Challenge	No Cost
Identify Creature	Knowledge	Identify a creature to recall the creature’s HP, Defense, Weak Spots, Resistances, Vulnerabilities, and Movement types that you could have learned	1 Mana
Recall	Knowledge	Ask GM to remind you of knowledge you have previously learned or would likely know	No Cost
Pick Lock	Larceny	Attempt to Pick a Lock with a Skill Challenge	No Cost
Diagnose	Medicine	Attempt to Identify medical issues of a creature with a Skill Challenge	1 Mana
Triage	Medicine	Cures Poisoned and Hemorrhage Afflictions and Silence and Blind Afflictions caused by Maneuvers	1 Stamina
Lead Mount	Mount	Enter Leading State While In Mounted State On Creature	1 Stamina
Ride Mount	Mount	Force Mounted State on Creature At Least One Size Larger	1 Stamina
Search	Perception	Attempt to Locate hidden creatures or objects with a Skill Challenge	1 Mana
Disarm Trap	Precision	Attempt to Disarm a Trap with a Skill Challenge	2 Stamina
Engage	Precision	Prevent Triggering Intercepting Strike Attack Reaction	1 Stamina
Consult Notes	Research	Quickly consult notes taken during the campaign, with GM’s assistance	1 Mana
Identify Object	Research	Identify the properties of an object, but may take several uses for rare items	1 Mana
Study Creature	Survival	Observe and learn an unknown creature’s Health Points, Defense, Weak Spots, Resistances, Vulnerabilities, and Movement types after 1 Round	1 Morale
Hide and Sneak	Stealth	Enter Hidden State as a Challenge Roll (GM Will Set Challenge Rating)	1 Stamina
Swift Swim	Swim	Gain double Swim this Round	1 Stamina

Free Action Abilities

The following Abilities can be used each Once per Round independently from any Actions.

Martial Attack Maneuvers

Maneuver	Proficiency	Accuracy	Damage	Effect	Cost
Bash	Athletics	+5	Physique + 3	Defense of Shield as Damage, Force Concentration Prevention Roll	2 Stamina
Dragon Punch	Athletics	+0	2 x Physique + 15	Ignore Damage Resistance, Unarmed Strike	3 Stamina
Evasive Strike	Athletics	+5	Physique + 6	Leap Backwards Long Jump Distance	1 Stamina
Flurry	Athletics	+0	Physique + 3 Each	Execute 3 Attacks	2 Stamina
Flying Kick	Athletics	+5	2 x Physique + 15	Execute a Long Jump from 3 Range Force Prone, Unarmed Strike	3 Stamina
Helmsplitter	Athletics	+5	2 x Physique + 9	Ignores Armor, Requires 2-Hand Wielded Weapon	2 Stamina
Leap Strike	Athletics	+5	Physique + 9	Execute a Long Jump from 3 Range	1 Stamina
Overwhelm	Athletics	+0	2 x Physique + 15	Requires 2-Hand Wielded Weapon Ignores Damage Resistance	3 Stamina
Plunging Strike	Athletics	+5	2 x Physique + 12	Requires Falling 2 Range From Above Before Hitting	2 Stamina
Power Cleave	Athletics	+5	2 x Physique + 12	1 Range Adjacent 3 Squares Requires Two Hand or Dual Wield	3 Stamina
Bladedance	Balance	+5	Physique + 6	Hits 3 Creatures in 3 Range, Does Not Expend Movement	2 Stamina
Feint Attack	Deception	+10	Physique + 3	Enter Hidden State	1 Stamina
Backstab	Precision	+5	Physique + 6	Damage Doubled if Behind or Hidden Requires Piercing Weapon	2 Stamina
Bladestorm	Precision	+5	Physique + 9	Hit Creatures within 1 Radius of Self Requires Slashing Weapon	2 Stamina
Crushing Wave	Precision	+5	Physique + 6	Ignores Armor, Unarmed Strike	2 Stamina
Cutthroat	Precision	+5	Physique + 3	Hemorrhage & Silence Afflictions 6 Rounds, Removed if Healed	2 Stamina
Dualstrike	Precision	+5	2 x Physique + 9	Ignores Dodge, Requires Dual Wield Weapons	2 Stamina
Execute	Precision	+5	Physique + 6	Double Damage vs Bloodied, Lethal if foe enters Death’s Door	2 Stamina
Precise Strike	Precision	+10	Physique + 6	Ignores Benefits of Defend Action and Shield	1 Stamina
Sweeping Kick	Precision	+5	Physique + 6	1 Range Adjacent 3 Squares Force Prone State, Unarmed Strike	2 Stamina

Maneuver	Proficiency	Accuracy	Damage	Effect	Cost
Evasive Shot	Athletics	+5	Physique + 6	Leap Backwards Jump Distance 6 Range	1 Stamina
Fulldraw	Athletics	+0	2 x Physique +15	Requires Bow Weapon 20 Range	3 Stamina
Jump Shot	Athletics	+5	Physique + 6	Execute a High Jump Then Shoot 12 Range	1 Stamina
Leaping Shot	Athletics	+5	Physique +6	Execute a Long Jump Then Shoot 6 Range	1 Stamina
Swift Shot	Athletics	+5	Physique +6	Execute Dash Free Action	2 Stamina
Trueshot	Athletics	+5	Physique + 9	Ignores Armor, Requires 2 Hand Wielded Weapon, 12 Range	2 Stamina
Aimed Shot	Precision	+10	Physique + 6	Ignores Benefits of Defend Action and Shield, 12 Range	1 Stamina
Arching Shot	Precision	+5	Physique + 6	Ignores Cover if an arching line could reach the creature, 12 Range	1 Stamina
Barrage	Precision	+0	Physique + 3 Each	Execute 3 Attacks, 12 Range	2 Stamina
Disarming Shot	Precision	+5	Physique + 3	Disarm a Weapon Wielded by Creature, 12 Range	2 Stamina
Ensnaring Shot	Precision	+5	Physique + 3	Inflicts the Snare Affliction, 3 Rounds 12 Range	1 Stamina
Headshot	Precision	+0	2 x Physique +12	Lethal if foe enters Death’s Door, 12 Range	3 Stamina
Payload Shot	Precision	+5	Physique + 3	Knock Back 2 Range & Force Prone, 12 Range	2 Stamina
Puncture	Precision	+5	Physique + 3	Inflicts Hemorrhage Affliction, 3 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Stamina
Ricochet	Precision	+5	Physique +6	Hits 3 Creatures in 3 Range, 6 Range, Thrown Ricochet Weapons Only	2 Stamina
Snipe	Precision	+10	Physique + 9	Ignores Partial Cover, 20 Range	2 Stamina
Spread Shot	Precision	+0	Physique + 6	6 Range Cone, No Reload Weapons	2 Stamina
Vantage Shot	Precision	+5	2 x Physique +12	Requires 2 Range Above Foe, 20 Range	2 Stamina
Volley	Precision	+5	Physique + 6	3 Range Radius At Location, No Reload Weapons, 12 Range	2 Stamina
Whirlwind of Blades	Precision	+5	Physique + 6	Hit Creatures 3 Radius Around Self Only Thrown Weapons	2 Stamina

Projectile Attack Maneuvers

Maneuver	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Headbutt	Athletics	Forced Dazed State on user and creature, 1 Round	2 Stamina
Kick	Athletics	Force Prone State, Push 1 Range Away	1 Stamina
Push	Athletics	Push 2 Range Away	1 Stamina
Tackle	Athletics	Move 3 Range Then Force Pinned State and Force Concentration Prevention Roll	3 Stamina
Charming Courante	Balance	Enter Dancing State for 1 Round, Cause A Creature to Avoid or Be Charmed for 1 Round, 6 Range	4 Stamina
Disruptive Dance	Balance	Enter Dancing State for 1 Round, Cause Choice Creatures To Make Disadvantaged Concentration Prevention Roll, 6 Range	2 Stamina
Frightening Fandango	Balance	Enter Dancing State for 1 Round, Cause Choice Creatures to Avoid or Be Frightened for 1 Round, 6 Range	3 Stamina
Seductive Samba	Balance	Enter Dancing State for 1 Round, Force Unconscious on Choice Creatures Within 6 Range, Exit State If Damaged or After 1 Round	4 Stamina
War Dance	Balance	Enter Dancing State, Cause Choice Creatures Be Challenged, 6 Range, 1 Round	2 Stamina
Choke Out	Grapple	Force Unconscious State vs Pinned Creature	1 Stamina
Grab	Grapple	Force Grabbed State vs Creature	1 Stamina
Pin	Grapple	Force Pinned State vs Grabbed or Prone State Creature	1 Stamina
Throw	Grapple	Push a Grabbed State Creature 2 Range Away and Force Prone State	2 Stamina
Disarm	Larceny	Force Avoid Roll or Disarm a Weapon Wielded by Creature, 1 Range	2 Stamina
Steal	Larceny	Steal Tools of Creature	1 Stamina
Trick	Larceny	Force Facing State on Creatures to Location 1 Round, 3 Radius, 3 Range	1 Stamina
Gouge Eyes	Precision	Force Blind for 1 Round On A Creature Within 1 Range	1 Stamina
Slap	Precision	Force Concentration Prevention Roll, Disadvantaged	1 Stamina
Trip	Precision	Force Prone State, Avoid Roll Disadvantaged if Behind Creature	1 Stamina
Drown	Swim	Force Unconscious State vs Swimming Air Breathing Creature	2 Stamina

Tactical Maneuvers

Maneuver	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Bunker Down	Athletics	Enter Block State	2 Stamina
Commando Crawl	Athletics	Maintain Prone State While Moving With Run	1 Stamina
Deadlift	Athletics	Double Carrying Capacity, 1 Round	2 Stamina
Power Leap	Athletics	Triple Jump Height and Length, 1 Round	2 Stamina
Triathlon	Athletics	Double Run, Swim, Climb, Flight, and Burrow Movement, 1 Round	3 Stamina
Chanter's Cachucha	Balance	Enter Dancing State, Creatures of Choice Other than Self Within 6 Range Recover 1 Morale, 1 Round	4 Stamina
Dashing Dance	Balance	Enter Dancing State, Inspire All Creatures of Choice Within 6 Range To Receive The Charge Boon, 1 Round	2 Stamina
Distracting Dance	Balance	Enter Dancing State, 1 Round	1 Stamina
Fighter’s Fandango	Balance	Enter Dancing State for 1 Round, Creatures of Choice Other than Self Within 6 Range Recover 4 Stamina	2 Stamina
Lion’s Dance	Balance	Enter Dancing State for 1 Round, Grant Creatures of Choice Other than Self Within 6 Range the Empower Boon	3 Stamina
Mage’s Mamba	Balance	Enter Dancing State for 1 Round, Creatures of Choice Other than Self Within 6 Range Recover 1 Mana	3 Stamina
Turtle’s Dance	Balance	Enter Dancing State for 1 Round, Inspire All Creatures of Choice Within 6 Range To Take Defense Action and gain Bolstered Boon	3 Stamina
Parkour	Climb	Double Climb, Jump at no Cost, Climb at no Cost No Fall Damage for 4 Range	2 Stamina
Bob and Weave	Dodge	Enter Dodge State	2 Stamina
Evasion	Dodge	Incoming Attacks Disadvantaged, 1 Round	1 Stamina
Disguise	Larceny	Assist Willing Creature or Self Enter Disguised State	1 Stamina
Trap Dancer	Larceny	Avoid Surface Hazards and Traps for 1 Round	1 Stamina
Careful Aim	Precision	Gain Advantage on the next Attack this Round	1 Stamina
Deadly Aim	Precision	Score a Critical Hit on a roll of 5 or 6 on the next Attack	2 Stamina
Shadow Strike	Stealth	While Hidden, the next attack ignores Dodge	1 Stamina

Skill Maneuvers

Attack Spells

Spell	Proficiency	Accuracy	Damage	Effect	Cost
Arcane Barrage	Arcane	+10	Intellect + 6 Arcane Each	Cast Arcane Bolt 3 Times, 20 Range	1 Mana
Arcane Bolt	Arcane	+10	Intellect + 6 Arcane	20 Range	1 Stamina
Arcane Eruption	Arcane	+5	2 x Intellect + 24 Arcane	4 Radius Location, 20 Range	2 Mana
Arcane Beam	Arcane	+10	2 x Intellect + 24 Arcane	Self Location, 3 Wide by 20 Length Range Beam	2 Mana
Arcane Wave	Arcane	+10	2 x Intellect + 15 Arcane	Self Location, 3 Range Cone	1 Mana
Disintegrate	Arcane	+0	6 x Intellect + 36 Force	Lethal, Destroys Corpse, 12 Range	3 Mana
Manaburst	Arcane	+0	9 x Intellect +54 Irresistible	Additional 3 Stamina Cost Melee Range	4 Mana
Manastrike	Arcane	+5	3 x Intellect + 21 Irresistible	Additional 1 Stamina Cost Melee Range	1 Mana
Mind Blast	Control	+10	1 Mana Damage	Concentration Resist Disadvantage, 12 Range	1 Mana
Acid Rain	Summon	+10	Intellect + 12 Toxic / Round	Concentration: 4 Radius Location Relocate each Round, 12 Range	1 Mana
Armament Strike	Summon	+10	Intellect + 9 Physical	Create a Martial Weapon to Attack Melee Range	1 Stamina
Bone Storm	Summon	+10	Intellect + 15 Physical / Round	Concentration: 2 Radius Location, 12 Range	2 Mana
Crown of Stars	Summon	+10	Intellect + 6 Arcane	Concentration: Summon 7 Stars Consume Star, Cast Arcane Barrage	3 Mana
Daggerfall	Summon	+10	Intellect + 15 Piercing	3 Radius Location, 12 Range	1 Mana
Envenomate	Summon	+5	2 x Intellect + 12 Toxic / Round	Concentration, 12 Range	1 Mana
Flurry of Arms	Summon	+10	Intellect + 9 Physical Each	Cast Armament Strike 3 Times, Melee Range	1 Mana
Occult Barrage	Summon	+10	Intellect + 6 Occult Each	Cast Occult Bolt 3 Times, 20 Range	1 Mana
Occult Bolt	Summon	+10	Intellect + 6 Occult	20 Range	1 Stamina
Siphon Life	Summon	+10	2x Intellect +15	Recover HP Equal to Damage Dealt to a Creature in 12 Range, 12 Range	1 Mana
Storm of Blades	Summon	+10	3 x Intellect + 21 Slashing / Round	Concentration: 1 Radius Location, 12 Range	2 Mana

Spell	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Arcane Bindings	Arcana	Inflict Immobilize Affliction, breaks on damage, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Mana
Arcane Chains	Arcana	Inflict Snare Affliction, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	2 Mana
Dispel	Arcana	Destroy a Persistent Magical Effect or Dispel a Creature’s Boons, 1 Range	1 Mana
Hex	Arcana	Inflict Blind, Vulnerable, Silenced, or Weakened Afflictions, 3 Rounds, 12 Range	2 Mana
Polymorph	Arcana	Concentration: Curse Creature Into a Tiny Beast Form, Effect Fades If Damaged, 60 Rounds,12 Range	2 Mana
Temporal Stasis	Arcana	Concentration: Inflict Stop Affliction, Requires Channeling to maintain Concentration, Range 12	3 Mana
Time Dilation	Arcana	Concentration: Either Inflict Slow Affliction or Enchant Haste Boon on Creature, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	2 Mana
Charm	Control	Concentration: Force Controlled State, 60 Rounds, 12 Range	2 Mana
Compel	Control	Force Creature to Move Toward Location, 12 Range	1 Mana
Direct	Control	Force Creature to Immediately Use an Action of your Choice, 12 Range	1 Mana
Enthrall	Control	Force Unconscious & Facing States, Exits States Upon Receiving Damage or 6 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Mana
Sleep	Control	Force Sleep State on Single Creature, 60 Rounds, Cast Silently, 12 Range	1 Mana
Telekinesis	Control	Concentration: Use Action each Round to Push or Lift an Object 6 Range, 12 Range	2 Mana
Mind Invasion	Intuition	Concentration: Allows Creature to Locate Sentient Creatures & Read Thoughts, 6 Radius, 6 Rounds	1 Mana
Banish	Summon	Concentration: Teleport To Pocket Dimension, 60 Rounds, 12 Range	3 Mana
Illusionary Terror	Summon	Inflict Frightened Affliction From Illusion’s Location, 3 Hits Dispels Illusion, 3 Radius 6 Rounds, 12 Range	2 Mana
Illusionary Challenger	Summon	Force Challenged State Towards Illusion, 3 Hits Dispel Illusion, 3 Radius, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Mana
Illusionary Dragon	Summon	Inflict Frightened Affliction & Force Challenged State, 10 Hits Dispel Illusion,12 Radius, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	4 Mana
Illusionary Prison	Summon	Force Unconscious & Facing States, 5 Hits Dispels Illusion, 3 Radius, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	3 Mana
Spatial Translation	Summon	Teleport Creature to Location Within 12 Range, 12 Range	1 Mana

Tactical Spells

Skill Spells

Spell	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Gravity	Arcana	Concentration: Continually Inflicts Snare on Creatures in Area, 60 Rounds, 4 Radius, 12 Range	1 Mana
Invisibility	Arcana	Creature Enters Invisible State, 60 Rounds, 1 Range	1 Mana
Light & Darkness	Arcana	Concentration: Area becomes Bright Light or Total Darkness, up to 4 Radius, 60 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Mana
Rune of Accuracy	Arcana	Concentration: Enchant Creature with Advantage on Attacks, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	2 Mana
Rune of Power	Arcana	Concentration: Enchant Creature with Empower Boon, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	2 Mana
Rune of Shelter	Arcana	Concentration: Enchant Creature With Resistance to All Damage, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	2 Mana
Silence	Arcana	Concentration: Creatures Silenced & Sounds Muted In Area, up to 4 Radius, 60 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Mana
Levitate	Control	Concentration: Willing Creature or Object Enters Levitation State, 60 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Mana
Clarity of Thought	Intuition	Enchant Creature to Recover 1 Mana Per Round 6 Rounds, Range 12	3 Mana
Instinctive Prediction	Intuition	Concentration: Bestow Enchantment Causing Incoming Attacks Disadvantaged, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Mana
Mana Infusion	Intuition	Grant Creature 2 Mana, 12 Range	2 Mana
Mana Shell	Intuition	Concentration: Enchant Creature to Prevent Attacks by Expending 1 of Your Mana, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Mana
Telepathy	Intuition	Concentration: Creatures Gain Ability to Communicate Telepathically, 60 Rounds, 20 Range	1 Mana
Animated Weapons	Summon	Concentration: Animate a Non-Magical Weapon, 60 Rounds, Limit of 1, See GM for Statistics	1 Mana
Call of the Hero	Summon	Summon a Willing Creature to Your Location, But The Creature Must Be On The Same Plane of Existence	4 Mana
Force Construct	Summon	Concentration: Erect Wall up to 20 Units Long/10 Units High or Dome up to 4 Radius, 12 Range	2 Mana
Gate	Summon	Choice of Setting a Bind Point or Teleporting to an Existing Bind Point, Self Only	3 Mana
Illusionary Disguise	Summon	Change the appearance of a creature with the same number of limbs & same size, 60 Rounds, 1 Range	1 Mana
Phantasm	Summon	Concentration: Summon Phantasmal Archer, Berserker, or Mount, See GM for Statistics	2 Mana
Phantasmal Armor	Summon	Create Phantasmal Armor on Creature, increasing their Armor to 10 (max), 6 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Mana

Attack Chants

Chant	Proficiency	Accuracy	Damage	Effect	Cost
Calamitous Conduit	Conjure	+5	3 x Willpower + 36 Elemental	3 Rounds, 6 Radius, Self Range	3 Morale
Call Lightning	Conjure	+10	3 x Willpower +27 Lightning	Conjure a Storm Cloud, 6 Rounds, Recite Action to Strike	2 Morale
Elemental Barrage	Conjure	+10	Willpower + 9 Elemental	Recite Elemental Bolt 3 Times, 20 Range	1 Morale
Elemental Bolt	Conjure	+10	Willpower + 9 Elemental	20 Range	1 Stamina
Elemental Eruption	Conjure	+5	2 x Willpower + 36 Elemental	4 Radius, 20 Range	2 Morale
Elemental Rain	Conjure	+10	2 x Willpower + 30 Elemental/Round	3 Rounds, 4 Radius, 20 Range	3 Morale
Elemental Strike	Conjure	+10	Phys + Will +12 Elemental	Deal Damage to Creatures Within 1 Radius of Hit Creature	2 Stamina
“Admit Defeat!”	Intimidation	+10	1 Morale Damage	Recite Instantly, 12 Range	1 Morale
Clamorous Cacophony	Perform	+5	3 x Willpower + 36 Thunder	3 Rounds, 6 Radius, Breaks Concentration, Self Range	3 Morale
Sonic Boom	Perform	+5	2 x Willpower + 33 Thunder	4 Radius, Concentration Disadvantaged, 20 Range	2 Morale
Sonic Shriek	Perform	+10	Willpower + 9 Thunder	20 Range	1 Stamina
Sonic Sonnet	Perform	+10	Willpower + 9 Thunder Each	Recite Sonic Shriek 3 Times	1 Morale
Sonic Strike	Perform	+10	Phys + Will +12 Thunder	Concentration Disadvantaged Melee Range	2 Stamina
Forced Concession	Persuasion	+0	6 Morale Damage	1 Range	4 Morale
Divine Blast	Piety	+10	3 x Willpower +25 Divine	20 Range	1 Morale
Divine Expulsion	Piety	+5	2 x Willpower +36 Divine	4 Radius, 20 Range	2 Morale
Divine Rain of Fire	Piety	+10	2 x Willpower + 30 Divine/Round	3 Rounds, 4 Radius, 20 Range	3 Morale
Guiding Divine Strike	Piety	+10	Physique + Willpower +12 Divine	Next Attack On Creature Advantaged, Melee Range	2 Stamina
Heal-Harm	Piety	+10	3 x Willpower + 30 Divine or Heal HP	Choice of dealing Divine Damage or Magically Restoring HP	1 Morale
Healing Divine Strike	Piety	+10	Physique + Willpower +12 Divine	Heal Allies Within 2 Range of Hit For Damage Dealt, Melee Range	1 Morale

Tactical Chants

Chant	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Curse of Darkness	Commune	Inflict Blindness Affliction, 60 rounds, 12 Range	1 Morale
Curse of Enfeeblement	Commune	Inflict Weakness Affliction, 60 rounds, 12 Range	3 Morale
Curse of Malaise	Commune	Inflict Vulnerable Affliction & Poison Affliction, 60 rounds, 12 Range	2 Morale
Curse of Tongue-Bite	Commune	Inflict Silence Affliction, 60 rounds, 12 Range	2 Morale
Spirit Call	Commune	Request a Spirit to Follow You For 24 Hours, Limit of 1, See GM for Statistics	1 Morale
Plead for Mercy	Deception	Instant Recite, Force Creature To Attack All Other Creatures Before The User, 60 Rounds	1 Morale
Sow Chaos	Deception	Cause Two or More Creatures to Immediately Regard Each Other as Hostile, 1 Range	3 Morale
Sow Doubt	Deception	Cause Two or More Creatures to Lower Their Regard for Each other by One Stage, 1 Range	1 Morale
Natural Communion	Empathy	Regard of a Beast or Plant/Fungi Shifts to Neutral or Friendly, Enable Beast and Plant/Fungi Speech for 60 Rounds	1 Morale
Make A Friend	Empathy	Regard of an Ancestry Creature Shifts to Neutral or Friendly, Requires Shared Language	1 Morale
Weight of Guilt	Empathy	Creature takes 1 Morale Damage when they inflict damage, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	3 Morale
“Back Away, Now!”	Intimidation	Recite Instantly, Inflict Frightened Affliction & Snared Affliction, 3 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Morale
“Cease and Desist!”	Intimidation	Recite Instantly, Inflict Immobilized Affliction, 3 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Morale
“Coward!”	Intimidation	Recite Instantly, Force Creature to Enter Challenged State, 12 Range	1 Stamina
“On Your Knees!”	Intimidation	Recite Instantly, Force Creature to Enter Prone State, 1 Range	1 Stamina
Control Undead	Piety	Force an Undead to Follow You For 24 Hours, Limit of 1, See GM for Statistics	1 Morale
Mark of the Hunter’s Quarry	Survival	Incoming Attacks Advantaged, Physical Attacks Restore Half Damage As HP, 3 Rounds, 12 Range	3 Morale
Nature's Companion	Survival	Request a Beast or Plant/Fungi to Follow You For 24 Hours, Limit of 1, See GM for Statistics	1 Morale
Nature’s Entrapment	Survival	Choose Either: Inflict Snare Affliction & Hemorrhage Affliction or Inflict Immobilized Affliction, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Morale
Will-o'-wisp	Survival	Inflict Burning Affliction, 12 Range	1 Morale

Chant	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Spirit of Bear	Commune	Grant Empower (Martial Only) & Double Carry Capacity, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Morale
Spirit of Eagle	Commune	Grant Empower (Projectile Only) & Eagle-Eyed Boons, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Morale
Spirit of Monkey	Commune	Grant Empower (Spell Only) & 6 Climb Speed, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Morale
Spirit of Swine	Commune	Grant Empower (Chant Only) & Double Perception, 6 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Morale
Spirit of Wolf	Commune	Grant Swiftness Boon, 60 Rounds, 12 Range	1 Morale
Conjure Celestial-Fiend	Conjure	Conjure Forth a Celestial or Fiend Minion That Persists For 1 Hour, Limit of 1, See GM for Statistics	2 Morale
Conjure Construct-Chaos	Conjure	Conjure Forth a Construct or Chaos Minion That Persists For 1 Hour, Limit of 1, See GM for Statistics	2 Morale
Conjure Elemental	Conjure	Conjure Forth an Elemental Minion That Persists For 1 Hour, Limit of 1, See GM for Statistics	2 Morale
Courage	Empathy	Increase HP by 3 x Willpower + 15 for 60 Rounds, 1 Range, Revives Creatures Who Died in Last 6 Rounds	1 Morale
Therapeutic Conversation	Empathy	Instant Recite, Grant Willing Creature 1 Morale, 12 Range	1 Morale
Charge!	Leadership	Instant Recite, Inspire All Creatures of Choice Within 12 Range To Receive The Charge Boon	1 Morale
Hold The Line!	Leadership	Instant Recite, Inspire All Creatures of Choice Within 12 Range To Take The Defend Action	2 Morale
On My Command!	Leadership	Instant Recite, Immediately Choose An Action For A Willing Creature, 12 Range	1 Morale
Strike Now!	Leadership	Instant Recite, Inspire All Creatures of Choice Within 12 Range To Gain Alacrity Boon	3 Morale
Tactical Retreat!	Leadership	Instant Recite, Inspire All Creatures of Choice Within 12 Range To Move 3 Squares Safely	1 Morale
Chant of Clarity	Perform	Instant Recite, Restore 1 Mana To All Creatures of Choice Within 12 Range, Channeled for 3 Rounds	2 Morale
Song of Surging	Perform	Instant Recite, Restore 2 Stamina To All Creatures of Choice Within 12 Range, Maintained for 3 Rounds	1 Morale
Whistling Warsong	Perform	Instant Recite, Grant Empower Boon To All Creatures of Choice Within 12 Range, Channeled for 3 Rounds	3 Morale
Armor of The Faith	Piety	Grant +2 Armor That Can Exceed The 10 Armor Cap, 60 Rounds, 1 Range	1 Morale
Create Undead	Piety	Create a Ghost, Skeleton, or Zombie That Persists For 24 Hours, Limit of 1, See GM for Statistics	1 Morale

Skill Chants

Maneuver	Proficiency	Trigger	Effect	Cost
Counter Bash	Athletics	Preventing Attack In Block State	Execute the Bash Attack Maneuver Against the Triggering Creature	1 Stamina
Endure Pain	Athletics	Receive Incoming Damage	Gain Resistance to All Damage For Triggering Attack	1 Stamina
Punishing Strike	Athletics	Creature Moves Out of Melee Range	Execute a single target Athletics Martial Attack Maneuver Against the Triggering Creature	1 Stamina
Find Footing	Balance	Entering the Prone State	Prevent Prone State	1 Stamina
Cling	Climb	Creature Executes Shake Off	Avoid Rolls Vs. Shake Off Becomes Advantaged for 1 Round	1 Stamina
Barrel Roll	Dodge	Hit By Attack	Move 1 Space & Prevent Triggering Attack	2 Stamina
Counter Strike	Dodge	Preventing Attack In Dodge State	Execute a single target Martial Attack Maneuver Against Triggering Creature	1 Stamina
Return Fire	Dodge	Preventing Attack In Dodge State	Execute a single target Projectile Attack Maneuver Against the Triggering Creature	1 Stamina
Intercepting Strike	Precision	Creature Moves Into of Melee Range	Execute a single target Precision Martial Attack Maneuver Against Triggering Creature	1 Stamina
Riposte	Precision	Preventing Attack In Block State	Execute a single target Precision Martial Attack Maneuver Against Triggering Creature	1 Stamina

Chant	Proficiency	Trigger	Effect	Cost
Hide Amongst The Crowd	Deception	Hide & Sneak Executed With Two Creatures Nearby	Hide & Sneak Executed As If In Full Cover	1 Stamina
They Did It!	Deception	Attacked	Force the Attack to Affect Another Creature Within 1 Range	1 Morale
Steady Resolve	Empathy	Creature In 6 Range Losses Morale	Morale Attack Roll Becomes Disadvantaged	1 Morale

Reaction Abilities

Spell	Proficiency	Trigger	Effect	Cost
Counter Spell	Arcana	Spell Cast Within 12 Range	Force Resist Roll Vs. Spell’s Caster Or Spell Becomes Interrupted	1 Mana
Maintain Focus	Concentration	Failing Concentration	Concentration Resist Roll Becomes Advantaged	1 Mana
Feather Fall	Control	Creature within 12 Range Enters Falling State	Creature Instead Enters Levitation State	1 Mana
Counter Blast	Dodge	Preventing Attack In Dodge State	Execute a single target Attack Spell vs the Triggering Creature	1 Mana

Equipment

Equipment includes all items that may be Worn or Wielded by a creature. Equipment comes in four categories: Weapons, Shields, Armor, and Tools.

Weapons

Weapons are Equipment that are usually Wielded in one or two hands and are used to make Attacks as part of using your Action to either Execute a Maneuver, Cast a Spell, or Recite a Chant.

Shields

Shields are Equipment that are Wielded in usually one hand that passively improves your Defense. Importantly, their Defense increase is doubled when taking the Block Action to enter the Blocking state.

Armor

Armor is Equipment that is Worn on the Body that passively improves your Defense. Armor serves to protect a character’s Health Points from Attacks by increasing Defense.

Tools

Tools are Equipment that is carried on your person, usually in an accessible Backpack, Bandolier, or hidden in your Armor. You use tools by taking the Use Tool Action. Using a Tool requires at least one free hand.

They include using useful items such as Potions, tossing out Caltrops, or even using the dreaded Pocket Sand to Blind your foes!

Equipment Weight and Encumbered

A measure of the heaviness of all your Equipment on your character’s Body, and the Physique needed to effectively carry the Weight without becoming Encumbered.

Total Weight

Total Weight is a combination of your Armor, Shield, Weapons, and Tools combined.

Carrying Capacity

Carrying Capacity is the amount of Total Weight you can carry on your person before becoming Encumbered.

Carrying Capacity equals Double your Physique.

Encumbered

Encumbered State lowers your Movement, Accuracy, Prevention, and Potency. It is calculated by your Carrying Capacity minus your Total Weight.

Each point of Encumbrance reduces your character’s Effectiveness, which is their Movement, Accuracy, Prevention, and Potency by 1.

Weapons

Weapons are the implements of destruction, used to cause harm to your foes. They come in Five varieties and ensure every Class has something to have fun killing with!

Martial

Martial Weapons are Melee Weapons that usually deal Physical Outcome Damage and use the Body Aspect to determine their Attack Accuracy and Outcome Damage. While Wielding a Martial Weapon, you can Attack by Executing Melee Maneuvers with your Body.

Projectile

Projectile Weapons are Ranged Weapons that usually deal Physical Outcome Damage and use the Body Aspect to determine their Attack Accuracy and Outcome Damage. While Wielding a Projectile Weapon, you can Attack by Executing Ranged Maneuvers with your Body.

Some Projectile Weapons have unique properties that either limit the number of Attacks they can be used for in a given Execute Maneuver Action or denote some drawback for their use:

• Reload Weapons may only be fired once until Reloaded at the start of your next Round.
• Thrown Weapons are expended from your inventory until collected with the Use Tools Action.
• Return Weapons return to you at the end of the Execute Maneuver Action.
• Ammo Weapons use ammunition from your inventory, and may use Special Ammunition.
• Loud Weapons produce a significant amount of noise, making it easy to locate the wielder.

Focus

Focus Weapons are Melee and Ranged Weapons that Inflict Arcane or Occult Damage and use the Mind Aspect to determine their Attack Accuracy and Outcome Damage. While Wielding a Focus Weapon, you can Attack by Casting Spells with your Mind.

Relic

Relic Weapons are Melee and Ranged Weapons that Inflict Divine, Elemental, or Thunder Damage and use the Spirit Aspect to determine their Attack Accuracy and Outcome Damage. While Wielding a Relic Weapon, you can Attack by Reciting Chants with your Spirit.

Versatile

Versatile Weapons use a combination of the Body, Mind, and Spirit Aspects to determine their Accuracy and Damage bonuses. While wielding a Versatile Weapon, you can Attack by Executing Maneuvers with your Body, Casting Spells with your Mind, and Reciting Chants with your Spirit. As such, they are exceptionally practical when wielded by the Hybrid Classes.

Martial Weapons

Martial Weapons are used to Execute Melee Attack Maneuvers. (Sorted by Aspect Req.)

Weapon	Wield Style	Physique Requirement	Property	Weight
Greathammer	2 Hands	5	Maneuver Weapon Accuracy Ignores 10 Armor	5
Ultra Greatsword	2 Hands	5	2x Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage Overwhelm	5
Lance	2 Hands/1 Hand Mounted	5	2x Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage Leaping Strike	5
Greatsword	2 Hands	4	3x Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage vs Bloodied	4
Greataxe	2 Hands	4	Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage Flurry	4
Glaive	2 Hands	4	2x Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage vs Huge Creature	4
Warhammer	1 Hand	3	Attack Accuracy Ignores 6 Armor	3
Staff	2 Hand	3	Critical Hits Knocks Prone	2
Longsword	1 Hand / 2 Hand	3	Body as Maneuver Attack Accuracy if 2-Handed Wield	2
Scimitar	1 Hand	2	Recover 2 Stamina on Maneuver Weapon Critical Hit	2
Mace	1 Hand	2	Inflicts Weakness Affliction for 1 Round	2
Rapier	1 Hand	2	Riposte Advantaged, Wielded as a Buckler if free-handed	2
Spear (Trident)	1 Hand / Thrown	2	2x Body as Weapon Damage for Leap Strike	2
Shield	1 Hand / 2 Hand	2	Body as Damage for Bash	2
Flail	Dual Wield	2	Maneuver Weapon Attack Accuracy Ignore Shields	2
Short Sword	Dual Wield	1	Body as Maneuver Weapon Accuracy for Precise Strike	1
Hand Axe	Dual Wield / Thrown	1	Body as Accuracy for Flurry	1
Hammer	Dual Wield / Thrown	1	Maneuver Weapon Accuracy Ignores 4 Armor	1
Dagger	Dual Wield / Thrown	1	2x Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage vs Bloodied	1
Fist/Wristblade	Worn	1	Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage While Unarmed	0

Weapon	Wield Style	Technique Requirement	Property	Weight
War Boomerang *	2 Hand/Thrown	4	3x Body Damage, Thrown, Return	4
Heavy Crossbow	2 Hands	4	3x Body Damage, Reload, Ammo	4
Longbow	2 Hands	4	Double Base Attack Maneuver Range, Ammo	3
Rifle *	2 Hands	4	Triple Base Attack Maneuver Range, Reload, Ammo, Loud	3
Light Crossbow	2 Hand	3	2 x Body to Damage, Reload, Ammo	2
Heavy Shuriken	1 Hand / Thrown	3	2x Body as Damage, Thrown	2
Spear (Trident)	1 Hand / Thrown	3	2x Body as Damage, Thrown	2
Shortbow	2 Hand	3	Half Increased Attack Maneuver Range, Ammo	1
Pistol *	1 Hand	3	Double Base Attack Maneuver Range, Reload, Ammo, Loud	1
Atlatl	1 Hand/Thrown	3	2x Body as Damage, Thrown, Ammo	1
Javelin	1 Hand/Thrown	2	2x Body as Damage, Thrown	1
Hand Crossbow	1 Hand	2	2x Body to Damage, Reload, Ammo	1
Chakram	Dual Wield/Thrown	2	Body Damage, Thrown, Returns	1
Dagger	Dual Wield/Thrown	2	2x Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage vs Bloodied, Thrown	1
Hand Axe	Dual Wield/Thrown	2	2x Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage for Headshot	1
Boomerang	Dual Wield/Thrown	2	Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage, Returns	1
Sling	1 Hand	2	Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage, Ammo	0
Slingshot	2 Hand	1	Body as Maneuver Weapon Accuracy, Ammo	0
Shuriken	Worn/Thrown	1	Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage While Unarmed	0
Throwing Knife	Worn/Thrown	1	Body as Maneuver Weapon Accuracy While Unarmed	0
Rock	Worn/Thrown	1	Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage While Unarmed	0
Wrist Crossbow	Worn	1	Body as Maneuver Weapon Damage, Reload	0

* May Not be suited to all campaign settings!

Projectile Weapons

Projectile Weapons are used to Execute Ranged Attack Maneuvers. (Sorted by Aspect Req.)

Focus Weapons

Focus Weapons are used to Cast Attack Spells. (Sorted by Aspect Req.)

Weapon	Wield Style	Intellect Requirement	Property	Weight
Staff	2 Hand	4	Mind as Spell Damage	2
Longbow	2 Hand	4	Double Increased Spell Range	2
Rifle *	2 Hand	4	Triple Increased Spell Range, Loud	2
Astrolabe	2 Hand	3	3x Mind as Spell Damage on Critical Spell Hit	2
Orb	2 Hand	3	50% Increased Spell Base Area	2
Wand	1 Hand	3	Mind as Spell Weapon Accuracy	1
Tome	1 Hand	3	Know 6 Additional Spells	1
Glaive	2 Hands	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Cast Spell Action	4
Scimitar	1 Hand	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Cast Spell Action	2
Longsword	1 Hand	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Cast Spell Action	2
Mace	1 Hand	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Cast Spell Action	2
Shortbow	2 Hand	2	50% Increased Spell Range	1
Rapier	1 Hand	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Cast Spell Action	2
Spear (Trident)	1 Hand / Thrown	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Cast Spell Action	2
Scepter	1 Hand	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Cast Spell Action	1
Pistol *	1 Hand	2	Increase Spell Range by Half	1
Dagger	1 Hand	2	2x Mind vs Bloodied Creatures	1
Cards	1 Hand	2	Recover 2 Mana on a Critical Spell Hit	0
Shield	1 Hand	1	Mind as Defense	Varies
Short Sword	Dual Wield	1	Execute One Maneuver Per Cast Spell Action	1
Vambracers	Worn	1	Block Grants Mind as Defense	0
Worn Focus	Worn	1	Mind as Spell Damage While Unarmed	0

* May Not be suited to all campaign settings!

Relic Weapons

Relic Weapons are used to Recite Chants. (Sorted by Aspect Req.)

Weapon	Wield Style	Willpower Requirement	Property	Weight
Staff	2 Hand	4	2x Spirit as Weapon Damage	2
Longbow	2 Hand	4	Double Increased Chant Range	2
Rifle *	2 Hand	4	Triple Increased Chant Range, Loud	2
Astrolabe	2 Hand	3	3x Spirit on Critical Chant Hit	2
Instruments	2 Hand	3	Recover 1 Morale on Chant Critical Hit	2
Microphone*	2 Hand	3	Double Chant Base Area	2
Orb	2 Hand	3	Double Chant Base Area	1
Wand	1 Hand	3	Spirit as Chant Weapon Accuracy	1
Tome	1 Hand	3	Know 6 Additional Chants	1
Cards	1 Hand	3	Recover 1 Morale on Critical Chant Hit	1
Ultra Greatsword	2 Hands	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Recite Chant Action	5
Greathammer	2 Hand	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Recite Chant Action	5
Greatsword	2 Hand	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Recite Chant Action	3
Scimitar	1 Hand	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Recite Chant Action	2
Longsword	1 Hand	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Recite Chant Action	2
Mace	1 Hand	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Recite Chant Action	2
Rapier	1 Hand	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Recite Chant Action	2
Spear (Trident)	1 Hand / Thrown	2	Execute One Maneuver Per Recite Chant Action	2
Pistol *	1 Hand	2	Increase Chant Range by Half	1
Short Sword	Dual Wield	1	Execute One Maneuver Per Recite Chant Action	1
Dagger	1 Hand	1	2x Spirit vs Bloodied Creatures	1
Shield	1 Hand	1	Block Grants Spirit as Defense	Varies
Vambracers	Worn	1	Block Grants Spirit as Defense	0
Voice	Innate	1	Spirit as Weapon Damage While Unarmed	0

* May Not be suited to all campaign settings!

Shields

Shields provide extra protection in addition to Armor by providing additional Defense when actively being Wielded. Each Shield has a different Defense, Quality, and Weight. You can only benefit from the Defense bonus of one Wielded Shield at a time.

Blocking

The Blocking State is entered with the Block Action that Doubles the Defense bonus from your Shield and can trigger specific Abilities as a Reaction when you successfully Prevent an Attack and prevents the additional damage from Critical Hits against you.

Armor

Worn Armor serves to protect a character from Attacks by increasing Defense to cause attacks to be Prevented. Each Worn Armor has a different Armor, Attribute, and Weight.

Armor directly boosts your total Defense score due to the protective nature of the Armor.

(There are other ways to boost Defense besides Armor, but they are often the Dodge Skill, Class Features, or Abilities.)

Shield Types

Shield	Wield Style	Defense	Quality	Weight
Gargantuan	2 Hands	10	Blocking Provides Full Cover to self and an Ally Behind you.	8
Tower	1 Hand	8	Blocking Prevents Ranged Attacks, -1 All Movement	3
Kite	1 Hand	6	+6 Damage Bash Maneuver	2
Wooden Buckler	1 Hand	4	+3 Damage Bash Maneuver	1
Vambraces	Free Hands	2	Reflect Ranged Attacks when Defending, does not count as Wielding a Shield	0

Armor Types

Class	Equip Time	Armor	Attribute	Weight
Plate	6 Rounds to Wear	10	Incoming Lightning Attacks Advantaged; Cannot Wear Vambracers	4
Breastplate	2 Rounds to Wear	8	Incoming Lightning Attacks Advantaged	3
Chain	1 Round to Wear	6	Incoming Lightning Attacks Advantaged	2
Leather	Can Sleep In	4	Incoming Lightning Attacks Disadvantaged	1
Cloth	Can Sleep In	2	May Count As Formal or Work Attire	0

Tool	Effects	Weight
Trap	1 Range Area, Traps Trigger when Creatures Move onto their space, Effect Varies	3
Rope	50 Feet of Rope, able to restrain creatures, tie to anchor points, and several other uses.	2
Grapple Hook	Provides Climb Speed equal to Run Speed.	2
Manacles	Used to restrain the Actions of a creature that is Pinned or Unconscious.	1
Shovel	Enables 60 Rounds of Digging to burrow 1 space.	1
Triage Kit	Provides effect of Heal Chant after 6 Rounds, consuming the kit.	1
Lantern	Illuminate 20 Range, can be directed or general illumination.	0
Lock Pick	Pick Lock Free Maneuver becomes Advantaged.	0
Torch	Ignite Surface within 1 Range and Illuminates out to 10 Range.	0
Megaphone	Double Vocal Range.	0
Potion	Drink a Potion, effects vary.	0
Grenade	Throw a Grenade, effects vary.	0
Medicine Kit	Cure Poison and Hemorrhage Afflictions, 1 Range.	0
Poison	Coat Martial/Projectile Weapons in Poison, Effect Varies.	0
Pocket Sand	Blind Creature for 1 Round, 1 Range.	0
Dung	Throw at a creature to issue a Challenge for 1 Round, 6 Range.	0
Caltrops	Inflicts Snare on Creature for 1 Round, or apply to a Surface, 1 Range, 1 Range Area	0
Ball Bearings	Inflicts Prone on Creature for 1 Round, or apply to a Surface, 1 Range, 1 Range Area	0
Oil	Inflicts Oiled on Creature until removed, or apply to a Surface, 1 Range, 1 Range Area	0
Tar	Inflicts Immobilized on Creature for 1 Round, or apply to a Surface, 1 Range, 1 Range Area	0

Tools

Tools are Equipment that is carried on your person, usually in an accessible Backpack, Bandolier, or hidden in your Armor. You use tools by taking the Use Tool Action.

Below is a list of suggested tools and their uses, but consider making your own and allowing players to improvise.

Crafting

Basic, Proficient, Master

Crafting and Harvesting are Challenge Rolls that attempt to either Craft Equipment or Harvest Resources. To Succeed at these tasks, the Creature must Meet or Exceed the Challenge Difficulty, or the process Fails and the Resources are Destroyed.

Critical Success always Crafts the Equipment or Harvests the Resource.

Epic Fail always fails to Craft the Equipment or Harvest the Resource, Destroying the Resource.

For Harvesting, you may make multiple Challenge Roll attempts to successfully Harvest the Resource until you either Epic Fail, Succeed, or Critically Succeed. Critical Success results in Double Resources Harvested.

For Crafting, you may make multiple Challenge Roll attempts to successfully Craft the Equipment until you either Epic Fail, Succeed, or Critically Succeed. Critical Success results in Returning Half the Resources.

Basic Crafting and Harvesting

Basic Crafting has a 5 Challenge Difficulty.

Creating Mundane Equipment or Harvesting Mundane Materials requires Basic Crafting or Harvesting.

Proficient Crafting and Harvesting

Proficient Crafting and Harvesting has a 10 Challenge Difficulty.

Creating Magic Equipment or Harvesting Magic Materials requires Proficiency in Crafting or Harvesting.

Master Crafting and Harvesting

Master Crafting and Master Harvesting has a 15 Challenge Difficulty.

Creating Legendary Equipment or Harvesting Legendary Materials requires Mastery in Crafting or Harvesting.

States

States are particular conditions a Creature may find themselves in which have persistent effects.

Berserk

• Outgoing Melee/Thrown Weapon Attacks Advantaged
• Incoming Attacks Advantaged
• Expending 1 Mana Exits State

Challenged

• Must Move Towards Challenger
• Must Use Attacks At Challenger
• Enter Facing State Toward Challenger
• Successfully Hitting the Challenger Exits State

Controlled

• Controlled Creature Must Use Actions Of Controller’s Choice
• Creature Makes Resit Roll If using Attacks or Tactical Abilities against their Allied Creatures, Success Exits State

Dancing

• Expend All Run Within Current Space
• Incoming Attacks Disadvantaged
• Force Viewing Creatures to Enter Facing State Facing Dancer
• Limit of 1 Dance Per Round
• Exit State After 1 Round

Dazed

• Cannot Cast Spells, Recite Chants, Evoke Evocations
• -10 Outgoing Attack Accuracy
• +10 Incoming Attack Accuracy
• Enter State at 0 Mana, Otherwise Exit State

Death’s Door

• Can Take Use Item Action Only
• Lowered to 2 Run
• Death Prevention Roll at the end of Round.
• Enter State at 0 Health Points, Otherwise Exit State

Demoralized

• Only Execute Sprinting Dash, Disengage Maneuvers or Take Dodge Action
• Has Frightened Affliction
• Enter State at 0 Morale, Otherwise Exit State

Disguised

• Unrecognizable as Yourself
• Exited At Will or Upon Successful Inspect Skill Spell

Dodging

• Double Defense Gained from Dodge Skill
• Exit State after Duration or At Will

Exhausted

• Movement Halved
• No Stamina Recovery Per Round
• Enter State At 0 Stamina, Otherwise Exit State

Facing

• Face Fixed Direction
• Incoming Back Attacks gain +5 Accuracy
• No Vision Behind

Hidden

• Unseen, Unheard
• +5 Hide and Sneak Skill Maneuver
• +5 Outgoing Attack Accuracy for being Unseen
• -5 Accuracy Incoming Attacks
• Using Attack or Tactical Abilities Exit State
• Grappled

Immobilized

• Enter Facing State Toward Grappler
• Grappler Can Move Grappled Creature Using Half Run
• Shake Off Free Action Exits State

Invisible

• Unseen
• +5 Hide Maneuver
• +5 Accuracy Outgoing Attacks
• -5 Accuracy Incoming Attacks
• Attack Hits, Casting Spells, Reciting Chants, Evoking Evocations Exits State

Levitation

• Falls at a rate of 1 Range per Round
• Exited at Will or if Inflicted with Snare Affliction

Mounted

• Creature is Actively Mounted by another Creature
• Can be forced to move with Lead Tactical Maneuver
• Exited if Shake Off Skill Maneuver Succeeds

Mounting

• Creature is Actively Mounting another Creature
• +5 Outgoing Attack Accuracy
• -5 Incoming Attack Accuracy From Mounted Creature
• Exited if Shake Off Skill Maneuver Succeeds

Oiled

• Immune to Grappled State
• Burning Affliction deals Double Fire Damage per Round
• Exited by Executing Shake Off Skill Maneuver

Pinned

• Prone State
• Cannot Execute Attack Maneuvers or use Movement
• Successful Shake Off Skill Maneuver Exits State

Prone

• Movement Halved
• +5 Accuracy Incoming Attacks
• -5 Accuracy Outgoing Attacks
• Expend 1 Stamina on Round to Stand Up To Exit State

Retaliation

• Cannot Move
• Incoming Melee Attacks Trigger Attack Reactions, No Cost or Reaction expended.
• Exit State At Will

Sleep

• Enter Unconscious/Prone State
• Receiving Damage, Hearing Loud Noises, or being Awoken Exits State

Unconscious

• Cannot Take Actions, Reactions, Move
• Incoming Attacks Critical Hit
• If Not In Sleep State, Exit State After 1 Hour

Wet

• Empower incoming Lightning Damage

Afflictions and Boons

Afflictions and Boons are temporary Effects that persist for a duration and Debilitate or Enhance a Creature. Unlike States, Afflictions and Boons can be Cured or Dispelled.

Afflictions

Blinded

• No Vision
• -5 Accuracy on Outgoing Attacks
• +5 Accuracy on Incoming Attacks
• Cured by Eagle-Eyed Boon or Triage

Burning

• -6 Health Point Fire Damage on Creature’s Round
• -5 Accuracy on Outgoing Attacks
• Cannot Enter Invisibility State
• Cured by entering Wet State or Shake Off

Frightened

• -5 to Accuracy of Attacks
• Must move away from the source of Frighten if able
• Cured by Bold Boon or Shake Off

Hemorrhaging

• -3 Health Point Damage Per Round
• -3 Health Point Damage Per square of Run
• Healed 1 Health Point Cures
• Cured by Triage

Immobilized

• No Run Movement
• Fail Avoid Rolls
• Charge Boon
• Cured by Charge or Haste Boons or Shake Off

Poisoned

• -5 Accuracy on Outgoing Attacks
• -5 Skill Challenge Effectiveness
• Cured by Triage

Silenced

• Cannot Use Verbal Abilities
• Verbally Speechless
• Cured by Amplified Boon or Triage

Slowed

• Run Halved
• -5 Dodge Defense
• Execute Attack Maneuver Only Allows One Attack
• Casting Spells Resolves After 1 Round
• Reciting Chants Resolve After 2 Rounds
• Evoking Evocations Resolve After 3 Rounds
• Cured by Haste Boon

Snared

• Run Halved
• Prevents Climb, Swim, Flight, or Burrow Movement
• Cured by Charge or Haste Boons or Shake Off

Stop

• No Actions, Reactions, or Movement.
• Incoming Attacks Critically Hit
• Cured by Alacrity or Haste Boons

Vulnerable

• Preventions Rolls Disadvantaged

Weakened

• Halves Attack Outcome
• Halves Tactical Potency
• Cured by Empower Boon

Boons

Alacrity

• Immediately Take An Additional Action
• Removes Stop Affliction

Amplified

• Doubles Vocal Range
• Double Song Radius
• Immune to Silence

Bold

• Immune to Frightened Affliction
• Cures Frightened Affliction

Bolstered

• Prevention Rolls Advantaged

Charge

• Immediately regain full Run
• Removes Snared/Immobilized Afflictions

Eagle-Eyed

• Doubles Vision Range
• Enables Dark Vision
• Prevents Blinded Affliction
• Removes Blinded Affliction

Empowered

• Doubles Attack Outcome
• Weaken Affliction Dispels

Haste

• Doubles Run
• Execute Attack Maneuver Allows Additional Attack
• +5 Dodge Defense
• Recite Chants Instantly, Evocations Evoke in 1 Round
• Stop/Slow Affliction Dispels

Swiftness

• Doubles Run
• Cures Immobilize/Snared Afflictions
• Immobilize/Snared Afflictions Dispel

Standard Classes

The following four Classes are provided as part of the standard rules: Adventurer, Cleric, Sorcerer, and Warrior.

Adventurer

Mechanics

1st - An Abserd Adventure

• A Bit of Everything: Know 9 Maneuvers, 6 Spells, and 6 Chants, which have already been chosen for you.
• Ability Adaptability: You may opt to switch out known Abilities for other Abilities for which you have Proficiency.
• Sketchy Scrapper: Always Know Grab, Kick, Push, Slap, Steal, Trip.
• Trying to Avoid Trouble: Always Know Disguise, Evasion.
• Not A Real Doctor: Know Heal-Harm, but the HP for Healing and Damage is Halved.
• Rapid Recitations: You rapidly ramble off quick chants, allowing you to Instantly Recite 1 Morale or lower costing Chants.
• Adventure Stance! : When Wielding a One Hand Weapon with an open hand gain the benefit of wielding a Kite Shield (+6 Defense).
• Worst Class: You are consistently underestimated by your foes: you are immune to the Challenge state and foes must focus on you last.
• “I Have My Limits You Know.” : You cannot raise an Aspect above 4 nor raise a Skill to Mastery, except from Proficiency from Ancestry.
• Reluctant Hero: Gain Hero charges equal to your highest Attribute amount per day.
• ○ Rise to the Occasion: Once Per Round, expend a Hero charge to heal 1 Health Point and gain another Action.

2nd - Larcenist

• Skulk: Hide and Sneak Maneuver is Advantaged, Steal Maneuver imposes Disadvantage on foe while you are in the Hidden State.
• Magical Pickpocket: When Executing Steal Maneuver, Expend 1 Mana to increase its Range to 6.
• Desperate Decoy: Expend 2 Stamina to issue a Challenge to a creature within 6 Range.

3rd - Live Another Day

• “Nigerundayo!”: As an Action, or as a Reaction to receiving an Attack or Prevent a Tactic, you Expend all but 1 Stamina, 1 Mana and 1 Morale to execute the Dash, Disengage, and Evasion Maneuvers at no Stamina cost, Prevent the Ability, and Move.
• Easily Replaceable: When Healed by another creature if you have died within the last minute, you return to life, and the Cost of the Heal is refunded to the user.

4th - Always Prepared

• Double Up: When you take the Use Tool Action, you may use it a second time.
• “I Need It Now!”: Expend 2 Stamina to take the Use Tool Action as a Free Action.

5th - (Un)Lucky

• Happy Accident: When you Fail any Roll or if you are Hit with an Attack from an enemy, gain 1 Luck.
• “Try Again!”: Reaction: when you Fail a Challenge, Prevention Roll, or your Attack is Prevented, spend Luck to reroll with Advantage.
• “Nope, That Definitely Did Not Happen.” Reaction: if you are Hit with an Attack, spend Luck to force your GM to reroll with Disadvantage.

6th - Assistance, Please

• Beg For Help: Reaction Trigger: Failing a Challenge Roll: A willing creature adds their Skill Bonus to the Roll and it becomes Advantaged.
• “GET IT OFF ME!”: when Healed by another creature, you are cured of all Afflictions.

7th - Surprising Competency

• “That Worked?” : Reaction Trigger: Attack Maneuver Hits, you may Expend 3 Stamina to Empower (Double Damage) your Attack.
• “Maximum Magic!”: Reaction Trigger: Attack Spell Hits, you may Expend 2 Mana to Empower (Double Damage) your Attack.
• “Can You Hear ME?”: Reaction Trigger: Attack Chant Hits, you may Expend 1 Morale to Empower (Double Damage) your Attack.

8th - Celebration

• “Victory!” : Once Per Round, when an allied creature Rolls a Critical Success, kills a creature, or Demoralizes a creature, you let out a celebratory yell, granting yourself and creatures of your choice within 12 Range 4 Stamina, 2 Mana, and 1 Morale.

9th - Renown

• Recruiter: Word of your party’s deeds has spread across the realms. Most non-antagonistic Ancestry creatures regard you as Friendly, and Friendly creatures are generally willing to aid or join you on an adventure if requested: Make your choice of a Challenge Roll to invite them.
• “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fun”: If your new friends are reduced to 0 Morale, they immediately leave your party to return home.

10th - Lucky Break

• Infinite Success Works: Expend 5 Luck: For 6 Rounds, your trials and tribulations of the adventure finally grant you perfect luck for a fleeting moment: all of your Rolls are Critical Successes, you cannot be Hit, and creatures cannot Prevent your Abilities.
• “DID YOU SEE THAT?” : Your inexplicable luck inspires awe in your allies and despair in your foes, granting creatures within 12 Range of you your choice 5 Morale or dealing emotional damage to inflict 5 Morale damage.

HP

10

(+10 per level)

Body	2
Physique	2
Technique	3
Endurance	3

Stamina

4

Body Proficiency

• All

Maneuver

Power Tier	1
Accuracy	3
Potency	6
Avoid	3

Equipment

Weapons

• Longsword (2)
• Shortbow (1)

Armor

• Leather (1)

Shield

• None

Tools

• A bit of everything

1st Level Adventurer Chart

Defense	Bonus	Type
14	+4 Armor	(Leather)
	+6 Shield	(Stance)
	+4 Dodge

Mind	2
Intellect	2
Acuity	2
Resilience	3

Spell

Power Tier	1
Accuracy	2
Potency	5
Resist	3

Mana

4

Mind Proficiency

• All

Spirit	2
Willpower	2
Attunement	2
Resolve	3

Chant

Power Tier	1
Accuracy	2
Potency	5
Endure	3

Hero Charges

3

Morale

4

Spirit Proficiency

• All

Equipment Weight

4

Movement

6

Carry

4

Maneuvers	Proficiency	Accuracy	Damage	Effect	Cost
Evasive Shot	Athletics	+5	Physique + 6	Leap Backwards Jump Distance, 9 Range	1 Stamina
Ensnaring Shot	Precision	+5	Physique + 3	Inflicts the Snare Affliction, 3 Rounds, 18 Range	1 Stamina
Puncture	Precision	+5	Physique + 3	Inflicts Hemorrhage Affliction, 3 Rounds, 18 Range	1 Stamina
Snipe	Precision	+10	Physique + 9	Ignores Partial Cover, 30 Range	1 Stamina

Maneuvers	Proficiency	Accuracy	Damage	Effect	Cost
Evasive Strike	Athletics	+5	Physique + 6	Leap Backwards Long Jump Distance	1 Stamina
Leap Strike	Athletics	+5	Physique + 9	Execute a Long Jump from 3 Range	1 Stamina
Feint Attack	Deception	+10	Physique + 3	Enter Hidden State	1 Stamina
Precise Strike	Precision	+10	Physique + 6	Ignores Benefits of Defend Action	1 Stamina

Projectile Attack Maneuvers

Shortbow - Increases Range by 50% (Already Calculated)

Martial Attack Maneuvers

Longsword- Body as Maneuver Attack Accuracy if 2-Handed Wielded (+2 Accuracy)

Tactical Maneuvers

Maneuvers	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Kick	Athletics	Force Prone State, Push 1 Range Away	1 Stamina
Push	Athletics	Push 2 Range Away	1 Stamina
Grab	Grapple	Force Grabbed State vs Creature	1 Stamina
Steal	Larceny	Steal Tools of Creature	1 Stamina
Slap	Precision	Force Concentration Prevention Roll, Disadvantaged	1 Stamina
Trip	Precision	Force Prone State, Avoid Roll Disadvantaged if Behind Creature	1 Stamina

Skill Maneuvers

Maneuvers	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Evasion	Dodge	Incoming Attacks Disadvantaged, 1 Round	1 Stamina
Disguise	Larceny	Assist Willing Creature or Self Enter Disguised State	1 Stamina
Careful Aim	Precision	Gain Advantage on the next Attack this Turn	1 Stamina

Spells	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Arcane Bindings	Arcana	Inflict Immobilize Affliction, breaks on damage, 6 Rounds, 18 Range (if using Bow)	1 Mana

Skill Spells

Chants	Proficiency	Accuracy	Damage Calculation	Effect	Cost
Elemental Barrage	Conjure	+10	Willpower + 9 Elemental	Recite Elemental Bolt 3 Times, 30 Range (if using bow)	1 Morale
Elemental Bolt	Conjure	+10	Willpower + 9 Elemental	30 Range (if using bow)	1 Stamina
Heal-Harm	Piety	+10	3 x Willpower + 30 Divine or Heal HP (Halved)	Choice of dealing Divine Damage or Magically Restoring HP, 4 Range	1 Morale

Spells	Proficiency	Accuracy	Damage Calculation	Effect	Cost
Siphon Life	Summon	+10	2x Intellect +15 Necrotic	Recover HP Equal to Damage Dealt to a Creature in 18 Range, 18 Range (if using Bow)	1 Mana

Attack Spells

Longsword - Execute One Maneuver Per Cast Spell Action

Shortbow - Increases Range by 50% (Already Calculated)

Attack Chants

Longsword - Execute One Maneuver Per Recite Chant Action

Shortbow - Increases Range by 50% (Already Calculated)

Tactical Chants

Chants	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Courage	Empathy	Increase HP by 3 x Willpower + 15 and grants Bold Boon for 60 Rounds, 1 Range, Revives Creatures Who Died in Last 6 Rounds	1 Morale
Therapeutic Conversation	Empathy	Instant Recite, Grant Willing Creature 1 Morale, 12 Range	1 Morale

Tactical Spells

Spells	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Invisibility	Arcana	Creature Enters Invisible State, 60 Rounds, 1 Range	1 Mana

Chants	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Make A Friend	Empathy	Regard of an Ancestry Creature Shifts to Neutral or Friendly, Requires Shared Language	1 Morale

Skill Chants

Maneuver	Proficiency	Trigger	Effect	Cost
Counter Bash	Athletics	Preventing Attack In Block State	Execute the Bash Attack Maneuver Against Triggering Creature	1 Stamina
Endure Pain	Athletics	Receive Incoming Damage	Gain Resistance to All Damage For Triggering Attack	1 Stamina
Punishing Strike	Athletics	Creature Moves Out of Melee Range	Execute a single target Athletics Martial Attack Maneuver Against Triggering Creature	1 Stamina
Find Footing	Balance	Entering the Prone State	Prevent Prone State	1 Stamina
Cling	Climb	Creature Executes Shake Off	Avoid Rolls Vs. Shake Off Becomes Advantaged for 1 Round	1 Stamina
Barrel Roll	Dodge	Hit By Attack	Move 1 Space & Prevent Triggering Attack	2 Stamina
Counter Strike	Dodge	Preventing Attack In Dodge State	Execute a single target Martial Attack Maneuver Against Triggering Creature	1 Stamina
Return Fire	Dodge	Preventing Attack In Dodge State	Execute a single target Projectile Attack Maneuver Against Triggering Creature	1 Stamina
Intercepting Strike	Precision	Creature Moves Into of Melee Range	Execute a single target Precision Martial Attack Maneuver Against Triggering Creature	1 Stamina
Riposte	Precision	Preventing Attack In Block State	Execute a single target Precision Martial Attack Maneuver Against Triggering Creature	1 Stamina
Spells	Proficiency	Trigger	Effect	Cost
Counter Spell	Arcana	Spell Cast Within 12 Range	Force Resist Roll Vs. Spell’s Caster Or Spell Becomes Interrupted	1 Mana
Maintain Focus	Concentration	Failing Concentration	Concentration Resist Roll Becomes Advantaged	1 Mana
Feather Fall	Control	Creature within 12 Range Enters Falling State	Creature Instead Enters Levitation State	1 Mana
Counter Blast	Dodge	Preventing Attack In Dodge State	Execute the a single target Attack Spell Against Triggering Creature	1 Mana
Chants	Proficiency	Trigger	Effect	Cost
Hide Amongst The Crowd	Deception	Hide & Sneak Executed With Two Creatures Nearby	Hide & Sneak Executed As If In Full Cover	1 Stamina
They Did It!	Deception	Attacked	Force the Attack to Affect Another Creature Within 1 Range	1 Morale
Steady Resolve	Empathy	Creature In 6 Range Losses Morale	Morale Attack Roll Becomes Disadvantaged	1 Morale

Reactions

Free Action Ability	Proficiency	Effect	Cost
Gain Altitude	Athletics	Gain double Fly this Round	1 Stamina
Rushed Burrowing	Athletics	Gain double Burrow this Round	1 Stamina
Sprint	Athletics	Gain double Run this Round	1 Stamina
Kip-Up	Balance	Exit Prone State at no Cost	No Cost
Safe Fall	Balance	Prevent up to 4 Range of Falling Damage at no Cost	No Cost
Climb On	Climb	Climb the Flank of a Creature At Least One Size Larger	1 Stamina
Scramble	Climb	Gain double Climb this Round	1 Stamina
Disengage	Dodge	Prevent Triggering Punishing Strike Attack Reaction	1 Stamina
Shake Off	General	Attempt to exit Grabbed, Pinned, Mounted States and Burning, Immobilized, Snared Afflictions	2 Stamina
Locate Clues	Investigate	Attempt to Locate Clues with a Skill Challenge	No Cost
Identify Creature	Knowledge	Identify a creature to recall the creature’s HP, Defense, Weak Spots, Resistances, Vulnerabilities, and Movement types that you could have learned	1 Mana
Recall	Knowledge	Ask GM to remind you of knowledge you have previously learned or would likely know	No Cost
Pick Lock	Larceny	Attempt to Pick a Lock with a Skill Challenge	No Cost
Diagnose	Medicine	Attempt to Identify medical issues of a creature with a Skill Challenge	1 Mana
Triage	Medicine	Cures Poisoned and Hemorrhage Afflictions and Silence and Blind Afflictions caused by Maneuvers	1 Stamina
Lead Mount	Mount	Enter Leading State While In Mounted State On Creature	1 Stamina
Ride Mount	Mount	Force Mounted State on Creature At Least One Size Larger	1 Stamina
Search	Perception	Attempt to Locate hidden creatures or objects with a Skill Challenge	1 Mana
Disarm Trap	Precision	Attempt to Disarm a Trap with a Skill Challenge	2 Stamina
Engage	Precision	Prevent Triggering Intercepting Strike Attack Reaction	1 Stamina
Consult Notes	Research	Quickly consult notes taken during the campaign, with GM’s assistance	1 Mana
Identify Object	Research	Identify the properties of an object, but may take several uses for rare items	1 Mana
Study Creature	Survival	Observe and learn an unknown creature’s Health Points, Defense, Weak Spots, Resistances, Vulnerabilities, and Movement types after 1 Round	1 Morale
Hide and Sneak	Stealth	Enter Hidden State as a Challenge Roll (GM Will Set Challenge Rating)	1 Stamina
Swift Swim	Swim	Gain double Swim this Round	1 Stamina