Jotunblut example of its kind, or transforming a human
being into a battle-ready berserk. In addition to the
Purview
by Brent-not-Broken
PDF by Telgar
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These Boons allow the Aesir to embrace the Jotun
heritage that has mingled with their own for genera-
tions, taking on the personal might and stature of
giants as well as converting mortal humans and ani-
mals to their service in the fashion of the Jotun etir.
Mighty Lineage (Jotunblut • )
Dice pool: None.
Cost: None.
The blood of the Aesir is the blood of the giants. Bred
from such powerful stock, Aesir Scions are naturally
resilient and sturdy, examples of peak physical
form. Upon taking this boon, the Scion gains one
additional -0 health level. Often, Scions who gain this
boon find that they’ve grown physically as a result,
becoming slightly taller, broader, or more muscled as
their giant heritage is brought to the fore.
Power in the Blood (Jotunblut • • )
Dice Pool: None.
Cost: 1L, plus one level of lethal damage.
A true Scion of the Aesir is more than merely
empowered by the blood of the Jotuns that flows
within his veins-- he can also use a portion of his
blood to empower mortal humans and animals who
drink of his blood. When the Scion sheds blood by
inflicting a level of unsoakable lethal damage upon
himself and spending a point of Legend, that blood
becomes a potent draught: enough for one person
or one animal. Drinking this empowered blood
results in an automatic and permanent Fatebinding.
Beings with their own Legend experience no
additional effects-- their innate Legend resists the
Jotunblut’s transformative effects.
When consumed by a drinker without a Legend
score, the blood imposes its full effect, transforming
an animal into a notably large, lean, powerful
automatic Fatebinding, the blood also grants the
drinker one extra -0 health level, one permanent
dot of Loyalty, and one permanent dot of Courage.
Also, the drinker gains one permanent dot of either
Strength or Stamina for every dot of Jotunblut the
Aesir Scion has. (After the Scion has gained more
dots of Jotunblut, he can reuse this Boon on his
already-created Jotunblut minions, increasing their
bonus Strength and Stamina dots to reflect the new
total.)
Additionally, animals and mortals become
supernaturally loyal to the Scion who uses this
Boon to empower them. This compulsion is only
temporary, lasting one month per dot of Jotunblut
the Scion has. During this period, the empowered
animal or berserk is loyal only to the Scion, and
becomes dour and gruff around others. The Scion
can renew this period of loyalty with another
application of this Boon. Unless the duration expires,
this loyalty can only be broken if the berserk is fed
the blood of another Aesir Scion (with at least as
many dots of Jotunblut as his current master), or the
purer, more concentrated etir of any giant.
Using Jotunblut Boons multiple times on the same
person does not keep granting more permanent
bonuses with each use. However, multiple uses will
strengthen Fatebindings, renew the duration of any
temporary effects, and replace weaker permanent
bonuses with stronger ones (from Scions with higher
Jotunblut values).
Jotun’s Challenge (Jotunblut • • • )
Dice Pool: Courage.
Cost: 1W + 1 or more L.
Sighting a worthy foe, the Aesir Scion spends a point
of Willpower and makes a Courage roll, vowing to be
victorious against that opponent. If the roll succeeds,
the Scion rouses the Jotun battle fury that is his
birthright, and spends at least one Legend (up to a
maximum amount of Legend equal to his Jotunblut
value). While consumed by this battle fury, the Aesir
Scion gains one bonus die per point of Legend spent
in this boon’s activation. These bonus dice apply to
all rolls directly related to overcoming the chosen
opponent (including attack rolls), and to all rolls
made to resist effects that might dissuade the Aesir
Scion from pursuing this goal. Whether it succeeds
or not, the Scion can attempt to activate this boon
only once per scene. This fury lasts either until the
named foe is defeated, or until it becomes clear that
the Scion has lost (in which case the Scion loses all of
his unspent temporary Willpower).
The Jotun’s Challenge is a powerful aid to the Aesir
in battle, but the tales of the Aesir are also filled with
other contests of prowess. When striving against
the illusions of Utgard-Loki, Loki used this power in
his eating contest against fire disguised as a giant,
and Thor used it in his attempt to lift the colossal
Midgard Serpent disguised as a cat.
Larger Than Life (Jotunblut • • • • )
Dice Pool: None.
Cost: None.
As the Aesir Scion grows in power, his Jotun heritage
asserts itself more forcefully. Ignorant mortals are
likely to overlook the Scion’s exceptional proportions
just as they overlook actual giants, seeing him an
especially tall human. To those in the know, however,
it’s much more apparent that he has the blood of
giants in his veins.
Now that he is a demigod, the Scion’s Jotunblut
Boons grant him a total of three bonus -0 health
levels (one from Mighty Lineage, and two more from
this Boon). Additionally, all his (Stamina + Fortitude)
and (Strength + Athletics) dice pools now also add
his Jotunblut value. This bonus applies to (Stamina
+ Fortitude) and (Strength + Athletics) dice rolls, as
well as to calculated values based on those totals
(such as the amount of time the Scion can work non-
stop without tiring, and the maximum distance he
can jump).
Sanguine Might (Jotunblut • • • • • )
Dice Pool: None.
Cost: 1L per dose, plus one level of lethal damage.
As the Aesir Scion’s might and Legend grow, so too
does the power of his Jotun heritage, expressed
through his blood. Due to the increased potency
of his ichor, he can supply enough Jotunblut for
large numbers of followers at once, if he chooses
to. Suffering one lethal health level now provides
enough empowered blood for up to one drinker per
dot of Jotunblut, but the Scion must spend 1 Legend
point per drinker. This Boon is a much stronger
version of Power In the Blood; its effects are identical
to Power In the Blood, but with the following
increases.
When exposed to demigod-potency Jotunblut,
drinkers gain a Legend score of 1. They gain three
extra -0 health levels, a number of permanent Virtue
dots equal to the Scion’s Jotunblut score (to be
divided between Courage and Loyalty, with at least
one dot in each), and one dot each of Epic Strength
and Epic Stamina (with knacks, as usual). They also
gain the same permanent Strength and Stamina
benefits of Power In the Blood (one dot per point of
Jotunblut, to be divided between both attributes),
but the maximum values of these attributes are
increased to 10.
As with all Jotunblut endowments, any given
recipient gains the benefits of only the most
powerful Boon. A berserk who has tasted the Power
In the Blood and the Sanguine Might Boons gains
only the benefits of Sanguine Might; they overwrite
the previous boon’s weaker effects.
Even though this Boon grants its drinkers a Legend
score, they can still be affected by this Boon and
other Jotunblut boons that normally affect only
mortals without Legend. (That is, an Aesir Demigod
can still reapply this boon to his minions to improve
them after his own Legend increases.)
Still Standing (Jotunblut • • • • • • )
Dice Pool: None.
Cost: 1W+1L per use (see text).
When their bodies are broken by the enemy’s
onslaught, even the mightiest heroes are forced
to crumble. Not so for the Aesir, who are quite
literally made of sterner stuff. By drawing upon
raw, stubborn willpower and the Jotun blood in his
veins, an Aesir Scion with this Boon can stave off
unconsciousness or even death, buying a few crucial
moments. Used well, this Boon can grab enough
time for the Scion to seek live-saving healing, or
even better, to ensure that he takes his killer with
him to Helheim.
When the Scion suffers enough damage to fill his
Incapacitated health level, he can spend 1 Willpower
and 1 Legend to postpone the inevitable, remaining
upright, conscious, and active (though he labors
under a -4 wound penalty regardless of his actual
Epic Stamina level). Even though his filled health
levels indicate that he should be unconscious,
dying, or completely dead, he can continue fighting
back. The damage the Demigod has suffered
(and may continue to suffer) is real, and so are the
consequences-- this Boon grants the Demigod
no special control over whether he suffers those
consequences, only when.
This reprieve lasts for one minute, or until the
Demigod is hit by another attack (even if his Soak
absorbs all the damage). At the end of this effect,
he can spend another 1 Willpower and 1 Legend,
buying another minute or another hit. As long as he
can continue spending Willpower and Legend, he
can remain standing. As soon as he’s either unwilling
or unable to continue paying this cost (or at the
end of the scene, regardless), the full force of all his
injuries comes crashing back at once, and the Scion
must suffer the consequences just like anybody else-
- which may result in immediate death.
Blood Oath (Jotunblut • • • • • • •)
Dice Pool: None.
Cost: 1W+1L.
The renowned honor of the Aesir, combined with the
remarkable power of their Jotun-infused ichor, can
consecrate an oath so solemn that the swearers’ very
blood cries out against violating it. To swear such
an oath, the Aesir Demigod mingles his blood with
that of the other oath-swearers-- a simple handshake
between slashed palms will do. Additionally, each
participant in the oath must spend a point of
Willpower, and the Scion himself must also spend
a point of Legend. The oath itself may be a simple
truce, a promise of mutual assistance in times of
need, or any other agreement-- as long as all parties
swear to uphold it.
While the oath is kept, anyone bound by it may
add their Loyalty Virtue as bonus dice to any roll
made to uphold the oath; these bonus dice do not
count against the normal Virtue channeling limits.
Additionally, while the existence of such an oath
may not genuinely foster friendship between those
who have sworn it, it does encourage trust (though
perhaps a grudging trust). Oath participants also
gain their Loyalty scores as extra dice on all on
Charisma rolls made to deal with each other, as long
as the oath is kept.
However, the true power of an Aesir’s blood oath
is its value as a deterrant to oathbreakers. Anyone
who swears such an oath and then violates it--
intentionally or accidentally-- loses all his Willpower
and cannot regain it. To be free of this terrible
retribution, the oathbreaker must seek out the
aggrieved party and ask for the chance to make
amends, usually by means of a labor performed at
the wronged person’s request. If the oathbreaker
cannot or will not secure release from his broken
oath in this way, he must do without Willpower for
one full year per dot of the wronged party’s Legend
(or a minimum of one year).
Myth Made Flesh (Jotunblut • • • • • • • • )
Dice Pool: None.
Cost: 1L per manifestation.
To a God among the Aesir, with the ability to
construct his physical form from divine ichor and
raw will, the limits of the flesh are no longer an
impediment to the full, awe-inspiring power of his
Jotun blood. When he manifests a physical body, he
may spend an additional 1 Legend to create a body
with Jotun features so obvious that even the most
skeptical of mortals can no longer rationalize them
away. Such a body can be taller than the Aesir God’s
“real” height, up to a maximum height of one foot
per dot of Legend. The God’s width, weight, and
other dimensions are increased in proportion to this
new, greater height.
While in a body enhanced by this boon, the Aesir
gains two additional -0 health levels, bringing
his total (combined with the effects of the Larger
Than Life boon) to five additional -0 health levels.
Additionally, while in a giant-sized body, the Scion
also adds his Jotunblut value to your Bashing and
Lethal Soak, and add the same number of bonus
dice to all Strength-based damage rolls.
Jotun Apotheosis (Jotunblut • • • • • • • • •)
Dice Pool: None.
Cost: 10L, plus one level of lethal damage.
The blood of all Aesir carries great transformative
power, but no lesser feat of Jotunblut compares to
the breathtaking changes that wrack the bodies of
those who drink a true Aesir God’s blood. Suffering
one unsoakable level of lethal damage and spending
10 Legend produces only one dose of this distilled
ichor. Drinking this concentrated draught has potent
effects, but only upon a person or animal who has
no Legend score already, or who only has a Legend
score because of the Sanguine Might Boon.
An animal who drinks this blood grows to an
enormous size, becoming a Nemean creature with
a Legend score of the Aesir God’s choice, with a
minimum value of 2 and a maximum value of 5. It
has all the usual Nemean characteristics: doubled
physical attributes, doubled health levels, a number
of Epic Attributes equal to its Legend plus two,
and a supernaturally resilient armored hide which
increases Soak values by +4A/+8L/+8B. In addition
to these standard Nemean traits, the creature gains
a number of dots of Virtues equal to the Aesir God’s
(Jotunblut + Fortitude) value, to be distributed
between Loyalty, Courage, and Endurance (with a
minimum of one dot in each).
A mortal human or berserk who drinks his blood
becomes a true giant with a Legend score of the
Aesir God’s choice, with a minimum value of 2 and
a maximum value of 5. They gain Epic Stamina and
Epic Strength each equal to Legend minus one,
with an appropriate number of knacks, and the
following health levels: five -0 levels, five -1 levels,
three -2 levels, one -4 level, and one Incapacitated
level. (Epic Stamina mitigates these wound penalties
as normal.) The new giant gains a number of dots
equal to the Aesir God’s (Jotunblut + Fortitude)
value, to be distributed among Loyalty, Courage,
and Endurance (with a minimum of one dot in each),
and an equal number of additional dots to add to
physical attributes, which may now be increased to a
maximum value of 12.
As with other Jotunblut boons, a given individual
can benefit from no more than one endowment.
If used on a person or animal who has already
benefited from Power In the Blood or Sanguine
Might, Jotun Apotheosis replaces the effect of the
previous Boon, rather than adding to them.
Unlike previous Jotunblut boons, the supernatural
loyalty imposed by this boon does not expire. It is
permanent unless overwritten by another Aesir’s
more powerful Jotunblut boon or a giant’s etir, or
undone by The Wyrd or comparable power.
nuanced, complex, mysterious... and above all,
potent.
With this boon, an Aesir God’s blood trumps even
the etir of giants. Thralls of the Jotuns are no longer
immune to the God’s Jotunblut endowments; a
God who manages to feed a thrall a portion of his
Legend-infused blood can choose either to override
the thrall’s previous loyalty with a new supernatural
allegiance, or free the thrall of all supernatural
bindings of obedience, leaving it a free agent.
The Aesir God may also choose to wipe out any
of the drinker’s Dark Virtues, applying new Virtues
(according to whatever Jotunblut Boon he’s using)
on top of a clean Virtue slate.
Furthermore, an Aesir God who knows at least one
Fire boon with an eight dot rating or higher has the
option to use Jotun Apotheosis to create a fire giant,
if he wishes to. Similarly, a God with at least one
eight-dot Frost boon can create frost giants.
Finally, while in a body enhanced by Myth Made
Flesh, an Aesir God with this boon is a paragon
of might, able to display truly terrifying physical
force. His Jotunblut value adds to the damage of
his Strength-based attacks as automatic successes,
instead of as bonus dice. He can also spend five
points of Legend to add the same value to his
Aggravated Soak against a single attack.

Blood Will Tell (Jotunblut • • • • • • • • • • )

Dice Pool: None.
Cost: See text.

When a God of the Aesir inherits the fullness of his

power, he also develops the full potential of his
unique blood: mixed Jotun blood and divine ichor,
seasoned by age and by deeds of Legend-- rendered