Array of Champions

Core Rules & Player’s

Handbook

Copyright © 2022 Legendary Games Studios

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Author’s Preface
Hello! I want to begin by thanking you for
reading this book. Array of Champions has been
a work of love. Words cannot express how
deeply moving it is to have it out in the world
and in the (virtual) hands of people.
Conceptualized in January 2022, the creation
process that led to the current form of ‘Array of
Champions’ was an adventure in of itself. The
core rules were rewritten a dozen times over,
alongside the first two paths of the game. D6
dice pools, dice-based proficiency and the
traditional D20 were among the many ideas
entertained. Finally, settling on the D100 system
before you.
It’s unlikely that Array of Champions is your first
tabletop roleplaying game. However, it is with
great hope that what AoC has to offer, will set it
apart from the other games you’ve played.
Holding as special of a place in your heart as it
has had in mine.
Cheers to your upcoming legendary adventures,
fantastic champions, and the stories you’ll make
together.
Setting Introduction
Ten thousand years ago the sentient races of the
material planes; banded together for the third
and final time in recorded history. Collectively
known as the Santerrans. They presented a
unified force and defeated the bane of existence,
the Atlasians.
While many fought bravely, victory would not
have been possible if it were not for the
Champions. Individuals who had awoken their
inner heroic spirit. A traumatising event. The
strength of the heroic spirit sears the mind and
soul of their host, extinguishing all skills that the
heroic spirit deemed unnecessary. In exchange,
the heroic spirit grants the Champion great
power. If cultivated, this power can surpass that
of any other being on the material plane.
Time is oft the death of wisdom, and even the
long lived and immortal races grow arrogant.
Content that should the Atlasians return in force
they will be repelled for a fourth time.
The web of intrigue between nations grows, wars
are more common and sightings of Atlasians
grow. To combat the growing chaos, the world
will need more than a mere hero. It will need an
Array of Champions.
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Table of Contents
Author’s Preface ............................................................ 2
Setting Introduction .................................................... 2
Table of Contents ......................................................... 3
Chapter One - Introduction ...................................... 5
Why Play Array of Champions? ........................... 5
How to Play? ............................................................... 5
What is a Champion? ............................................... 5
Chapter Two – Character Creation ........................ 6
Key Terms and Concepts ........................................... 6
Character Choices ..................................................... 6
Offensive Statistics ....................................................7
Defensive Statistics ....................................................7
Non-Combat Statistics .............................................7
Basic Statistics ............................................................ 8
Class Vs. Path ................................................................. 8
Levelling Up ................................................................... 8
Create Your Champion ............................................... 9
Step 1 Choose your Basic Class ............................. 9
Step 2: Choose a Path .............................................. 9
Step 3: Choose a Race .............................................. 9
Step 4: Select Equipment........................................ 9
Step 5: Alignment, Personality and Backstory . 9
Chapter Three - Combat ........................................... 11
Combat Terms ............................................................. 11
Opposition Tests ...................................................... 11
Combat Round ......................................................... 11
Modular Rules.......................................................... 13
Death .......................................................................... 13
Resurrection ..............................................................14
Narrative Vs. Mechanical.......................................15
Chapter Four – Basic Classes .................................. 16
Inspirational Hero ...................................................... 16
Inspirational Hero Abilities: ................................ 16
Cunning Hero .............................................................. 18
Cunning Hero Abilities: .........................................18
Valorous Hero ............................................................ 20
Valorous Hero Abilities: ....................................... 20
Inexplicable Hero ....................................................... 21
Inexplicable Hero Abilities: ................................. 21
Chapter Five- Paths ................................................... 23
Inspirational Paths ..................................................... 23
Bard ............................................................................. 23
Priest ........................................................................... 27
Pain Cultist ................................................................ 31
Cunning Paths: ............................................................ 34
Swashbuckler ........................................................... 34
Assassin ...................................................................... 38
Poisoner ..................................................................... 42
Valorous Paths ............................................................. 46
Chaos Knight ............................................................ 46
Eldritch Archer ........................................................ 50
Void Knight .............................................................. 53
Inexplicable Paths: ..................................................... 56
Wizard ........................................................................ 56
Time Weaver .......................................................... 60
Juxtapositionist ........................................................ 64
Chapter Six - Races .................................................... 69
Angels ......................................................................... 69
Centaurs ...................................................................... 71
Chapter Seven - Equipment ................................... 73
Weapons ........................................................................ 73
One Handed Weapons .......................................... 73
Two Handed Weapons ......................................... 74
Ranged Weapons .................................................... 74
Weapon Ability List ............................................... 75
Armor: .............................................................................81
Light Armor: .............................................................81
Medium Armor: .......................................................81
Heavy Armor: ...........................................................81
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 Shields: ....................................................................... 82
Chapter Eight - Actions ............................................ 83
Chapter Nine - Conditions ...................................... 87
Chapter Ten – Misc. Tips ........................................ 88

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 Chapter One - Introduction
Why Play Array of Champions?
Array of Champions is a high fantasy RPG with
three goals that are missing in today's RPG
landscape.
I. Engaging tactical combat.
A 6-phase combat round, unlike any other
roleplaying game. Enabling a variety of unique,
flavorful, and interesting actions for players to
perform. The initiative system minimizes
downtime. Players perform their actions at the
same time each phase, in an epic back and forth
with their enemies!
II. The sensation of being heroic.
This is not a game based around low fantasy or
low magic. Champions are larger than life -
slashing through mountains, stopping time, and
being in all places at once - but the villains have
access to the same tricks, and are as vile as the
champions are heroic...
III. A high fantasy setting
Facilitating adventure unlike any other. Your
vampire neighbor needs protection from the
scary monsters? The local tavern proprietor is a
banshee (make sure you pay off your tab). Be
warned though! The Atlasians are a tangible
threat to this peaceful coexistence!
And don't worry about the setting. The setting
does provide a form of grounding, but Array of
Champions is flexible. Adaptable to your favorite
setting, or even making your own!
How to Play?
All Champions need to play is the book you have
before you, your character sheet and a variety of
different types of dice, namely the D4, D6, D8,
D10, D12 and D100 (a combination of 2D10’s
where one indicates the tens column and the
other the 1’s column). The system is a D100 one
with all actions being resolved by the D100.
Damage dice and effects though can vary even
with a basic ‘martial’ character, hence the need
for D4’s, D6’s, D8’s, D10’s and D12’s. It’s also
recommended that you fill out a reference sheet,
either one you’ve made from scratch or a copy
of the one within this book
What is a Champion?
Champions are not only the avatars of player
characters and how they interact with the world.
Champions are walking legends through virtue
of awakening their heroic spirit! Every
individual in the world has the ability to awaken
their heroic spirit. However, the odds of
awakening are low, the conditions and timing of
awakening are wildly inconsistent.
Furthermore, awakening is a traumatizing event.
The heroic spirit destroys your previous skills
and abilities, replacing them with the ones that it
values most. Allowing for an in-game
explanation as to why the wise powerful Wizard
who fought in three wars is so "weak".
However, the peak power of a character with a
heroic spirit far exceeds the peak of one without
a heroic spirit. So, while there may be an NPC
with ten levels of Ninja, they are not the same as
a Cunning Hero on the path of the Ninja.
Lastly, levelling up is simply deepening your
awakening to your heroic spirit. Therefore, the
GM can be modular with level progression.
Perhaps it’ll take many sessions and in game
years before the party advances one level.
Perhaps the in-game time will be a mere six
months before the party goes from first level
heroes to demigods. The pacing is in the hands
of the GM and the GMs playgroup to what they
think is fun. You have the full support of the
rulebook and the setting of Santerra to
determine your own fun.
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 Chapter Two – Character Creation
Key Terms and Concepts
Character Choices
Character Name
Part of the fun of a roleplaying game is to be
someone else. An evocative name different from
your own helps with immersion. For more than
a few people this is certainly the hardest part of
character creation!
Basic Class
Array of Champions has 4 basic classes to choose
from. The Inspirational Hero, the Cunning Hero,
the Valorous Hero and the Inexplicable Hero.
Each Basic Class specializes in one of the games
6 phases of combat. Your Basic Class also
determines your starting statistics.
Path
Each ‘Basic Class’ splinters off into one of thirty
paths, for a total of 120 paths. These paths each
have their own abilities that distinguish them
from one another. Providing a strong gameplay
and narrative difference between characters of
the same Basic Class.
Race
Your character's physical appearance, genetic
makeup and life span are all determined by your
race. Races have their own level progression
separate from your Basic Class and Path. Making
your choice of race a gameplay one as much as it
is a narrative one. The character-building section
as well as ‘Race’ chapter will further elaborate on
this.
Alignment
A simple two-word description of the morality
of your character. The foundational star in the
construction of your character's personality.
However, don’t let your character's alignment
stifle your creativity and nuance. Alignment in
Array of Champions is the inner moral struggle
between Good vs. Evil and Lawful vs. Chaotic.
A ‘Good’ Champion is one who in any given
situation will typically seek the most just
solution, even if this comes at their own expense.
In other words, a ‘Good’ Champion has a
predisposition towards selflessness. ‘Evil’
Champion will seek solutions that benefit them
most, even at the expense of others. A
predisposition towards selfishness characterizes
a ‘Evil’ Champion. Those who do not lean
strongly in one direction of this paradigm are
‘Neutral’. A rare breed of Champion, equally
prone to selfishness as they are to selflessness.
‘Lawful’ Champions are those who follow the
rule and spirit of the law. Believing the law to be
the best path to accomplishing their goals. They
work within the system of the nations they
reside in to create a tomorrow that aligns with
their beliefs. ‘Chaotic’ Champions have no faith
in any form of system, believing that their values
are the only laws that matter. ‘Chaotic
Champions’ will only work within the system
when it benefits them.
‘Neutral’ Champions hold no particularly strong
beliefs about the Law. They are easily swept into
the dynamics of the company they keep.
Champions who are neutral in both moral
paradigms are referred to as ‘True Neutral.’
Personality
A section to record the way your character
thinks, their mannerisms and the way that they
present themself. More effort in this section
translates into a stronger understanding of who
your character is as a person. As a result roleplay
will be easier, more fun and more impactful on
your fellow players. Your champions Race, Basic
Class and Path can be used as foundational tools.
Enhancing the understanding of your character's
personality. However, beware of an inability to
describe who your character is without
mentioning their race or class. This indicates a
lack of perspective and a need for deeper
thought on who your Champion is.
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Backstory
While effort in the personality section will
translate into you better embodying your
character, effort into the backstory section will
translate into your GM making the world around
your character livelier. Creating ‘plot hooks’ for
the GM to use to engage you into the story in a
meaningful way. Don’t be offended if the GM
isn’t utilizing your backstory. If you feel strong
enough about it, then have an open discussion
with them about how it could be fun for the
whole table!
Offensive Statistics
Weapon Attack
A measure of one’s skill with their weapons. One
of the three offensive statistics. Many actions use
Weapon Attack to determine if they hit. The
most common use is during ‘Strike’ conflict
action attack rolls.
Supernatural Attack
A measure of one's ability to leverage the
Supernatural. ‘Inexplicable Hero’ paths are
characterized by their variety of Supernatural
Attack Conflict actions.
Unexpected Attack
A measure of one's ability to fight dirty. For
example, backstabbing or tripping. The ‘Cunning
Hero’ path action ‘Sneak Attack’ is the most
common use of Unexpected Attack.
Defensive Statistics
Physical Defence
Governs a character’s ability to deflect direct
blows. Protecting yourself from the ‘Strike’
action is the most common use of Physical
Defence.
AOE Defence
Governs a character's ability to avoid attacks that
govern a large area such as a fireball as well as
one’s ability to avoid the unexpected, like a trip
attempt.
Constitution Defence
Governs a character’s ability to resist toxins,
poisons and the most foul attacks an enemy can
throw at you.
Mental Defence:
Governs a character’s ability to enforce their will
to stop the effects of the supernatural from
manipulating them.
Non-Combat Statistics
Trickery
Governs stealth, lock picking and disarming
traps.
Knowledge
Governs the information a character can access
about the foes they face. Knowledge also governs
the character's ability to identify and dispel
magic.
Nature
Governs treating diseases, poisons, wounds,
foraging and tracking.
Perception
Spot subtle details about the environment and
people.
Size
Determines the number of 5ft x 5ft squares a
creature occupies. Medium and small creatures
occupy one square. Tiny creatures are within
one square but do not ‘occupy’ it. Tiny creatures
can move into squares with other creatures.
Likewise, other creatures can move into the
squares that they’re in. Large creatures occupy
2x2 5ft squares. Huge creatures occupy 3x3 5ft
squares. Immense creatures occupy 4x4 5 ft
squares and Titanic creatures 5x5 5ft squares.
Your size determines which Size Abilities you
have.
Reach
Melee ‘Strike’ actions among other conflict
actions can only be performed within reach
range. Tiny characters do not have any reach
and must be within the same square as the
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creature they wish to hit. Small and medium
characters have 5 ft of reach. Reach increases as
Class Vs. Path
character size increases.
There are four basic classes in Array of
Threat: 5ft squares within reach are considered
Champions. Each branches off into thirty
threatened. Any who move through a threatened
different paths. Every odd level from 1st to 19th
area may be subject to Threat Attacks.
provides you with abilities based on your chosen
Critical Hits class and path. Your class determines your
Conflict actions in which a natural 1 is rolled starting statistics. Your path will determine how
inflict maximum damage. your statistics grow at each level (including first).
Keep reading for a specific breakdown!
Basic Statistics
Fate Points Levelling Up
A metaphysical representation of the life of your
character. Damage suffered from foes can cause Your character starts at first level and gains power
characters to enter different states. ‘Injured’ as the game progresses. Game Masters choose the
implies the beginning of actual damage method of level up. For example, narrative
milestones or wealth by level, in order to pace the
appearing on the character. A drop of blood
campaign in a way that they desire. A deeper
running down the cheek, bruising and other light
discussion on the options present for levelling up
forms of damage characterize the appearance of
can be found in the GM and Magic Items Guide. If
a character in the ‘Injured’ state. ‘Bloodied’
you have a preference, do speak to your GM about
characters have large visible wounds. Sheer it; but be forgiving if your GM decides against this
determination, a hearty constitution, or any preference.
number of factors make these wounds
insufficient in hindering the character. ‘Broken’
characters have suffered severe damage,
fractures, and broken bones. Their wounds are
too severe to ignore. A character in the ‘Broken’
condition has all of their statistics reduced by
20%. To reach zero fate points is to open your
character up to death or unconsciousness. They
are submitting to the damage they have suffered.

Movement
How far a character can move in a single combat
round. Potential movement values that players
have access to are their Ground movement
speed. Representing the use of their body to
traverse terrain. Flight speed is their ability to
traverse the sky via either biological or magical
means. Burrow speed, which is their ability to
dig through the ground itself and create new
paths. Movement speeds stack with each other.
For example, if you have a 60ft fly speed from
one ability and a 40ft fly speed from another
then your total flight movement speed is 100ft.

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Create Your Champion
Step 1: Choose your Basic Class
It’s recommended to discuss beforehand which
player will play what basic class. AoC can be
played with an imbalanced party. However, the
game is meant for a 4-player party with each
player playing as a different basic class. That
said, this is just a book, if your group is going to
have more fun playing all Maids, then who is the
book to stop you? Be patient with your GM
adjusting to imbalance. Record your basic class,
starting statistics and max ‘Fate Points’ on your
character sheet. Then record your first-level
ability on your reference sheet. Every odd level
up (3, 5, 7, 9 etc.) you gain your basic classes' next
ability as well as more max ‘Fate Points’.
The ‘Inspirational Hero’
Dominates the premovement phase. Buffing
allies and saving them from certain doom.
The ‘Cunning Hero’
Flanks foes, wreaking havoc in conjunction with
the party front liners.
The ‘Valorous Hero’
Overwhelms the enemy with their abundance of
Maneuvers.
The ‘Inexplicable Hero’
Clears the way with a variety of conflict actions.
Annihilating mobs of lesser foes and utilizing
their reactions to great effect.
Step 2: Choose a Path
Each ‘Basic Class’ has 30 ‘Paths’ to choose from.
Allowing for great diversity within the same
basic class! After selecting your ‘Path’, change the
statistics on your character sheet. These
"growths" are outlined in your path. Then record
your paths ‘Signature Ability’ and ‘First Level
Abilities’ on your reference sheets. Odd level ups
(3, 5, 7, 9, etc.) use your path for statistic
progression and unlock more path abilities.
Step 3: Choose a Race
There are 24 races to pick from in the base rule
set. These races have their own statistic
progression. Even level-ups (2, 4, 6, 8 etc.) will
have your character use the statistic progression
from their race. Even level-ups will also provide
additional abilities. After picking Race, record
your races signature ability and size abilities on
your reference sheet.
To Metaphorically reveal what’s behind the
curtain. A racial and path statistic growth of 70
per two levels will keep pace with the base
‘Strong’ defensive and offensive statistics of
enemies. A racial and path statistic growth of 60
per two levels will keep pace with the base
‘normal’ defensive and offensive statistics of
enemies. Lastly, a racial and path statistic growth
of 50 per two levels will keep pace with the base
‘weak’ defensive and offensive statistics of
enemies.
Step 4: Select Equipment
Choose a weapon to begin play with as well as a
set of armor that matches the proficiency of
your basic class. Your character starts with
enough rations to have two weeks of meals,
camping supplies, a set of clothing and 50 gold
pieces. The core rules of Array of Champions are
not meant to be a survival simulator. It may feel
limiting that for the most part currency will be
spent on magic items, food and lodging.
However, a tacked-on survival system would be
a disservice both to the game and to you. I hope
you will look forward to when an expansion
tackles survival in a fun and meaningful way. In
the meantime, I hope you enjoy the heroic,
adventurous and focused system before you.
Step 5: Alignment, Personality
and Backstory
The narrative details that flesh out your
character. Transform your character from a set
of numbers into a real living and breathing
person. For more details refer to the earlier
discussion of these concepts in the ‘Key Terms
and Concepts’ section.
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Congratulations! Your Champion is ready to
roleplay and engage in combat! Make friends,
enemies and most importantly, memories!

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 Chapter Three - Combat
Combat Terms
Opposition Tests
The vast majority of interaction can be defined
as an opposed test. Two statistics, the player
characters and an enemies or objects are being
compared. For example, a 1st level Barbarian
Champion may be performing a ‘Strike’ action
against a bear. A first level human barbarian has
115 Weapon Attack. The bears Physical Defence
is 50. The barbarian rolls a D100 with a
Opposition Value (OV) of 65 (115 weapon attack -
50 Physical Defence). On a 65 or lower the
‘Strike’ succeeds and the Barbarian may roll
weapon damage on a 66 or higher the ‘Strike’
fails. To reiterate, all actions in the game are a
test with which the players are rolling against the
OV. A Bear performing a ‘Strike’ against that
same Barbarian would prompt a Physical
Defence Opposition Test. This test would have
an OV of 37 (90 Physical Defence - 53 Weapon
Attack). The Barbarian needs to roll a 37 or less
to avoid the ‘Strike’. If the OV is 100 or more,
actions automatically succeed if the OV is under
1, they fail.
Rounding and Targeting
Unless the ability states which direction to
round, assume that rounding is in favor of the
ability user. Abilities that target ‘allies’ may be
used on yourself.
Wording
Pay close attention to the wording of each
ability; ex. ‘may target each enemy once per
combat’ vs. “may target an enemy once per
combat’’! Furthermore, abilities that reference
level are referring to path or racial level, not
character level. The exception is when an ability
explicitly states the character's level.
Combat Round
The combat round consists of 7 phases. They are
in order:
Initiative
The turn order, at the start of each combat
round, all players roll a D6. If the player's
combined roll total is 14 or higher, then the
players decide if they would like to go first in
every phase or second in every phase. If they roll
under a 14 the GM decides if the enemy
combatants will go first or second in each.
Everyone must have a turn in a phase (even just
passing) before moving on to the next phase.
Premovement
This phase of combat is characterized by buffing
actions, healing and preparation. Premovement
actions may be used in this phase.
Buffs
These increase the statistics, damage or available
abilities of a character. Buffs with different
names stack with one another. Buffs with the
same name do not stack with themselves unless
explicitly stated to do so.
Movement
Characters may move a distance equal to their
movement value. This can include upwards and
downwards if they have flight or burrow speeds.
Maneuver
This phase is comprised of actions that modify
conflict actions. A Champion may declare the
preparation of their Maneuvers and expend
them in the conflict phase. To modify multiple
conflict actions with the same Maneuver, then
prepare multiple instances of the same
Maneuver.
Conflict
This phase is comprised of actions that deal
damage. Before rolling to hit, conflict actions
may be modified by any number of uniquely
named Maneuver actions. This expends the
preparation of that Maneuver. Conflict actions
crit on a natural 1, dealing maximum damage.
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Reaction
This phase is all about actions that have specific
triggers from earlier phases. The most common
one is the use of a specific conflict action. For
example, lighting a foe aflame who was hit by a
conflict action that dealt fire damage. Damage
from the Conflict phase resolves at the end of
Reaction.

Gambit
This phase is characterised primarily by debuffs
as well as the majority of actions that last more
than a single combat round.

Debuffs
These abilities reduce the statistics, damage or
capabilities of Champions and NPCs. Debuffs
with different names that do the same thing
stack with one another. However, debuffs with
the same name do not stack with themselves
unless explicitly stated to do so.

Gameplay Note:
All abilities fall under one of the
aforementioned phases and within combat
may only be used during these phases. Do not
move to the next phase until all participants,
both allied and enemy end their turn. Abilities
may be freely used out of combat, though their
use may initiate combat.

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Modular Rules
Different gaming groups will have different ways
of interacting with their game. Array of
Champions reflects the diverse groups of people
that play tabletop roleplaying games by making
certain aspects of the game customizable. One of
the first tasks before playing should be a group
discussion on the way you want to play Array of
Champions.
Death
Status Description
Merciful When reduced to zero fate
points you are knocked
unconscious, you can only be
slain if the party is defeated.
The GM does not necessarily
need to kill and could have
other consequences.
Forgiving When reduced to zero fate
points you’re knocked
unconscious and at the start of
each combat round must roll
a D100. On a 50 or lower you
stabilize and will no longer be
at risk of death.
Each combat round, allies
within 5ft may sacrifice their
premovement phase to
stabilize you. After four failed
attempts you’re slain.
Unforgiving As forgiving, except each
following combat round the
stabilise check becomes more
difficult, requiring a 40 or
lower, followed by 30, then a
20. After failing the 20 OV,
the character is slain.
Not all groups will reach a consensus in how they
wish to utilise the rules. Compromise and
negotiation are the best tools to reaching a result
that will leave everyone at some level of
satisfaction with the result. Lastly, if there are
certain aspects that the group has agreed to, but
you have reservations on, take it as an
opportunity to exit your comfort zone!
Pros and Cons
Pros: Eliminates the chances of unexpected character
death derailing the plot. Easier to get emotionally
attached to your character.
Cons: The decreased danger can result in reckless
actions that derail the game. The improbability of
death can bore players.
Pros: Most of the benefits of ‘Merciful’, with a low
chance of being slain when you get knocked out (6.25%
chance) and as long as there’s one nearby ally alive, an
easy way to mitigate that risk.
Cons: This option is most likely to be picked by those
who love story but want a hint of danger and
therefore are the group most prone to
disappointment when a character dies.
Pros: Each combat has a more tangible threat of death,
and the increased stakes can make combat feel more
meaningful
Cons: Can be too much pressure for some players
looking for something more lighthearted.
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Status Description Pros and Cons
Hostile Upon reaching zero fate Pros: Overcoming overwhelming odds can feel really
points your champion is slain. gratifying. Each combat can become a real adrenaline
rush!

Cons: Character death can be so common that

roleplaying suffers. Your ability to connect with the
characters you make and see them as more than a stat
block suffers. A string of bad luck feels worse in
Hostile. Narratives can be difficult to keep together.

Resurrection
Common Everywhere that's home to any form of Pros: Character death can be mitigated
civilization has a practitioner of easily without breaking the flow of the
resurrection. campaign

Resurrection can be performed on
anyone with even a scrap of their body
remaining; as long as they didn’t die of
natural causes.
Uncommon Major bastions of civilization such as
cities and fortresses have a practitioner
of resurrection. Resurrection has a
material cost, between the cost and
service fee costing the party 1000 gold
per level of the slain character.
Common limitations still apply.
Rare Practitioners of resurrection are few
and far between.
You’re more likely to find a rare
resurrection item than a practitioner.
Cost of resurrection is greatly
increased.
Extraordinary Resurrection is reserved for powerful
artefacts and one time use rituals; if it’s
even an option at all.
Cons: Can feel like you’re robbing the
purpose of even having character death be
present in your campaign.
Pros: Death is still mitigated fairly easily,
but now has a consequence attached to it.
Cons: Same as common. Additionally, it
can feel bad being broke from too many
deaths.
Pros: Death can still be overcome but is
now a real challenge to the party.
Cons: You may have to prematurely say
goodbye to characters you love and adore.
Pros: Death is meaningful and matters.
Cons: Death is meaningful and matters.

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Narrative Vs. Mechanical
Full Every action the players and
Narrative monsters make can have an added
bit of fluff. For example, “I aim
my Strike and try to pierce the
Cyclops eye”.
The GM rules how the Champions
and Monsters narrative actions
translate into mechanical
advantage. Remember to tie your
roleplay directly to a mechanical
action.
Partial Once per combat round each
Narrative player and the GM may narrate
one of their actions as in ‘Full
Narrative’ with the GM ruling on
the result of the players narration.
Mostly Once per combat each player and
Mechanical the GM may narrate one of their
actions as in ‘Full Narrative’ with
the GM ruling on the result of the
players narration.
Full Roleplaying in combat is strictly
Mechanical flavor and does not translate into
any meaningful mechanical
advantage.
Pros: Roleplay takes center stage and each combat
can feel like a story rather than just a set of dice
rolls.
Cons: Combat can be greatly slowed down by the
sheer amount of roleplaying, this may grind some
peoples gears. Inconsistent rulings are expected,
and some may not appreciate that.
Pros: Get an element of the feel of ‘Full Narrative’
without committing to it. Less creative burden on
the players and especially the GM.
Cons: Same as full narrative, but with faster
combat. Creative players will be pining for Full
Narrative.
Pros: Playing mostly by the rules puts everyone on
an even playing field that doesn’t rely on
creativity.
Cons: The Narrative aspect of combat and the
mechanical aspect of it become further separated.
Creativity isn’t rewarded as often and it's possible
for combat to lose roleplay.
Pros: The most balanced version of the game, the
playing field is perfectly even. Combat is at its
fastest.
Cons: It becomes easy for the narrative to become
fully divorced from combat. Combat may be less
engaging if the players abandon roleplay. Creative
players may feel unrewarded for their efforts.
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 Chapter Four – Basic Classes
Inspirational Hero has a bonus conflict action
Inspirational Hero during the conflict phase

The Inspirational Hero’s base statistics are Level 4: Divided they Fall (Maneuver)
An Inspirational Hero may modify their melee
Weapon Attack 50
weapons ‘Strike’ action to forcibly move a target
Supernatural Attack 50 fifteen feet upon a success or modify their
Unexpected Attack 50 ranged weapons ‘Strike’ action to move a target
Non-attack Physical 50 five feet upon success.
Physical Defence 50
AOE Defence: 50
Level 5: Beloved Reward (Passive)
An Inspirational Hero will always receive a small
Constitution Defence 50
non-material bonus reward from a completed
Mental Defence 50
quest.
Trickery 50
Knowledge 50 Level 6: Sympathy for the Dead (Reaction,
Nature 50 Passive)
Perception 50 If an enemy within 30ft is slain during the
Fate points 8 per level conflict phase An Inspirational Hero may gain or
give to an ally within 30ft fate points equal to the
An Inspirational Hero may wear light armor. Inspirational Hero’s level. An Inspirational Hero
has a bonus conflict action during the conflict
phase

Inspirational Hero Abilities: Level 7: Attuned to Allies (Gambit)

Level 1: Inspiration (Premovement)
An Inspirational Hero may declare target ally
within five feet their target of inspiration. An
Inspirational Hero may add five times their class
level times as a bonus to any one statistic of that
ally until the end of the combat round.
Level 2: Compassionate Thought (Passive)
An Inspirational Hero may make a number of
unique Premovement actions equal to their
Inspirational Hero level per combat round.
Level 3: Fates Reward (Premovement,
Passive)
Fate wants to see your compassionate ambitions
reach fruition. Restore fate points of target ally
within 60ft by an amount equal to the
Inspirational Hero’s nature or knowledge statistic
divided by ten. An ally may only benefit from
‘Fate’s Reward’ once per combat. An
Once per combat An Inspirational Hero may
embolden their allies providing each ally within
60ft their choice of an additional Gambit,
Premovement, Maneuver or Reaction action in
the following combat round.
Level 8: Attuned to Others (Passive)
An Inspirational Hero always wins a perception
check against living beings.
Level 9: Favored Hero (Passive)
An Inspirational Hero has a bonus action during
the conflict phase. In addition, the Inspirational
Hero always finds the time to help people, much
to their gratitude. Every 24 hours An
Inspirational Hero generates a favor in target
area; even if it would seem impossible for them
to have done so. An Inspirational Hero may call
in their favors in ways the GM agrees to.

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Level 10: Legendary Tears (Passive)
The Empathy of An Inspirational Hero and their
remarkable character is so strong it forces itself
into the core personality of their foes. Anyone of
questionable or good morality will seek an
agreeable end to conflict with An Inspirational
Hero and those who lack morality or possess a
conviction that leaves no possible path to peace
with An Inspirational Hero must make a Mental
Defence save against An Inspirational Hero’s
supernatural or Unexpected Attack, on failure
they miss their first turn.

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 Level 3: Create Opportunity (Gambit,
Cunning Hero Passive)
The Cunning Hero may declare an enemy
The Cunning Hero’s base statistics are
within 60ft there target of opportunity. Roll
Weapon Attack 50 trickery and record the result. Whenever target
Supernatural Attack 35 attacks you, you may expend your opportunity
Unexpected Attack 65 to reduce the result by your recorded roll. This
reduction can be done after you roll your result.
Non-attack Physical 60
You may only have one opportunity created per
Physical Defence 50
enemy. If the enemy survives combat, the
AOE Defence: 65 Cunning Hero may make a new opportunity
Constitution Defence 35 against them twenty-four hours later.
Mental Defence 50 Additionally, the Cunning Hero has a bonus
Trickery 65 conflict action during the conflict phase
Knowledge 50
Level 4: Twist the Blade (Reaction)
Nature 35
If a Cunning Hero successfully attacked an
Perception 65
enemy with a melee weapon in the conflict
Fate points 10 per level
phase, then as a Reaction they may roll a damage
A Cunning Hero may wear medium armor. die per character level three sizes lower (min
1d2) than their current weapon and reduce the
enemies fate points by the amount rolled.

Cunning Hero Abilities: Level 5: Perfectly Aware (Passive)

Level 1: I Know You (Gambit)
The Cunning Hero may target an enemy that
they have attacked in the round's conflict phase
and roll ‘Recall Knowledge’. If they succeed, then
they learn everything they want to know about
the monster instead of one piece of information.
Level 2: I Know Myself (Passive)
The Cunning Hero may perform a number of
unique Gambits per turn equal to their cunning
hero level.
A Cunning Hero will always recognize an
ambush is about to occur at least thirty seconds
before it does. This does not avoid ambush
rounds but does give prep time.
Level 6: Aimed Strike (Maneuver, Passive)
The Cunning Hero may take an extra action
during their conflict phase.
Additionally, Aimed Strike may modify a ‘Strike’
action to be aiming for a particular part of the
body. Aimed strikes that target different parts of
the body stack with itself.

Target On a successful hit, reduce the enemy…

Head Mental Defence by 5 per cunning hero
level until the end of combat.

Torso Constitution Defence by 5 per cunning

hero level until the end of combat.
Physical Defence by 5 per cunning
Arms
hero level until the end of combat.
AOE Defence by 5 per cunning hero
Legs
level until the end of combat.

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Level 7: Legendary Reflexes (Passive)
The Cunning Hero is attuned to their own senses
and may reroll any one die per combat round.

Level 8: Create Weakness (Premovement)

The Cunning Hero may target an enemy within
thirty feet. Declare one damage type. All damage
dice of that type are boosted by one size (D3>
D4> D6> D8 > D10 > D12) when targeting that foe
until end of combat round.

Level 9: Counter Ambusher (Passive)

A Cunning Hero may take an extra action during
their conflict phase. Additionally, a cunning hero
always ambushes anyone attempting to ambush
them, no matter how improbable. Therefore, the
Cunning hero goes first during the ambush
round.

Level 10: Impossible Plans (Passive)

A Cunning Hero always planned ahead of time,
regardless of how surprising the situation. Every
enemy in combat begins combat with an aimed
strike penalty. Legendary reflexes now applies
an auto success rather than a reroll. Every enemy
begins combat with a created weakness and
cunning heroes may now do Gambits in the
movement phase – in exchange for moving in
the Gambit phase.

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 Level 4: Taunt (Gambit)
Valorous Hero The Valorous Hero can roll the attack statistic of
their choice against an enemies Mental Defence.
The Valorous Hero’s base statistics are
Upon success, in the following combat round
Weapon Attack 65 during the conflict phase, the enemy is forced to
target them, or suffer a damage die size penalty
Supernatural Attack 35
on all attack actions for the remainder of the
Unexpected Attack 50
combat round.
Non-attack Physical 65
Physical Defence 65 Level 5: Rise to Greatness (Passive)
AOE Defence: 50 The Valorous Hero will now be known and
Constitution Defence 50 treated with trust and respect in any settlement.
Mental Defence 35
Level 6: Cleaving Kill (Reaction, Passive)
Trickery 50
If the Valorous Hero killed an enemy during the
Knowledge 35 conflict phase, they may perform a ‘Strike’
Nature 65 against an enemy within their threat range.
Perception 65 ‘Cleaving Kill’ may only be performed once per
Fate points 12 per level Reaction phase. Additionally, The Valorous Hero
has an additional action in the conflict phase.
A Valorous Hero may wear heavy armor.
Level 7: Legendary Body (Passive,
Premovement)
Valorous Hero Abilities: ‘Jump’ results are now multiplied by ten.
Additionally, the Valorous Hero may make an
Level 1: Shatter Defenses (Maneuver)
additional move during the Premovement phase
A Valorous Hero may manipulate the defense
at the cost of a Premovement action.
statistic that their ‘Strike’ actions target. Doing so
robs the ‘Strike’ of some its bite, reducing the Level 8: Prestige (Passive)
damage the ‘Strike’ deals by 50% (rounded up). The Valorous Hero now has an overwhelming
presence and should now be treated as a force of
Level 2: Maneuver Master (Passive)
nature by anyone they meet, even if they haven’t
A Valorous Hero may perform a number of
heard of them.
unique Maneuver actions per turn equal to their
Valorous Hero level. Level 9: Never alone (Passive)
The Valorous Hero has enough devoted
Level 3: My Body is My Shield (Passive)
followers to start their own hamlet with a
Once per combat round, a Valorous Hero can
population of two hundred. Even if the Valorous
use the defensive statistic of their choice against
Hero does not wish to be involved in this hamlet
one conflict action per enemy in combat. The
it will still honor them, welcome them and never
Valorous hero must have a Reaction available to
charge the Valorous Hero for a good or service it
activate ‘My Body is My Shield’. Using this
can provide. Additionally, The Valorous Hero
ability reduces the Valorous Hero’s number of
has an additional action in the conflict phase.
available Reactions by 1 for this combat round.
Additionally, The Valorous Hero has an Level 10: Living Legend (Passive)
additional action in the conflict phase. Once per year if a Valorous Hero would be
brought to zero fate points instead the Valorous
Hero recovers 75% of their maximum fate points.

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 expended to maintain it. Inexplicable heroes
Inexplicable Hero have an additional conflict action.

The Inexplicable Hero’s base statistics are Level 4: Unconventional travel

(Premovement).
Weapon Attack 35
An Inexplicable hero may tap into their powers
Supernatural Attack 65
to allow them to move in a way that their
Unexpected Attack 50
opponents struggle to react to. Target ally within
Non-attack Physical 35 30ft may only move at half of their maximum
Physical Defence 35 speed and in exchange will not trigger threat
AOE Defence: 50 attacks.
Constitution Defence 50
Level 5: Learn reality (Passive)
Mental Defence 65
An Inexplicable hero learns the nature of
Trickery 50
everything and everyone’s existence in more
Knowledge 65 intimate detail. When thinking about a particular
Nature 65 subject, an Inexplicable hero should be supplied
Perception 35 some details about it. The exception to this, is if
Fate points 6 per level the information being so readily available
actively harms the session the GM has prepared.
The Inexplicable Hero may not wear armor.
In which case the GM is encouraged to throw
some sort of hint instead.

Level 6: Overtuned Body (Gambit, Passive).

Inexplicable Hero Abilities:
Level 1: Inexplicable Momentum
(Reaction)
If an Inexplicable Hero landed a Supernatural
Attack in the conflict phase, then the
Inexplicable hero may add 1 to all future
Supernatural Attack rolls. This bonus lasts until
the Inexplicable Hero fails to land any attacks in
a conflict phase or combat ends. Inexplicable
Momentum stacks with itself.
Level 2: Unnatural Reactions (Passive)
An Inexplicable hero may make as many unique
Reactions per combat round as their Inexplicable
Hero level.
Level 3: Despair (Reaction, Passive).
If an enemy is killed by an Inexplicable l hero,
then as a Reaction an Inexplicable Hero may
lower all enemy statistics within thirty feet of the
killed target by 1. This stacks with itself but,
cannot be applied by multiple Inexplicable
Heroes. Despair wears off at the start of the
following combat round if a Reaction is not
An Inexplicable Hero may take an additional
conflict action this combat; but loses two conflict
actions in the following combat round.
Inexplicable heroes have an additional conflict
action.
Level 7: Legendary Existence (Passive).
You’re an expert in the supernatural, as well as
unlocking the supernatural talents of others. A
supernatural circle, school, cult or pact of at least
a dozen individuals is formed in your name.
Even should you choose to not engage with your
followers, they will aid you in procuring any
artifact or tome of knowledge.
Level 8: Imbue Weapon (Maneuver)
An Inexplicable hero may modify one ‘Strike’
action to use their Supernatural Attack instead of
their Weapon Attack. ‘Imbue Weapon’ may only
be used once per combat round.
Level 9: Open Book Reality (Passive)
Inexplicable heroes gain an additional conflict
action. Additionally, they understand their
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intimate detail that there are few things that the Level 10: Unleashed Blessings (Passive)
hero can’t offer insight on if they think about it. An Inexplicable Hero’s power has become
When thinking about a particular subject, the irresistible, all enemies lose and cannot gain
supernatural hero should be supplied with all resistance to conflict actions from an
information about it, in great detail. The Inexplicable hero.
exception to this, is if the information being so
readily available actively harms the session the
GM has prepared. In which case the GM is
encouraged to provide two hints instead.

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 Chapter Five- Paths
enemy takes 1d6 sonic damage per Bard level.
Inspirational Paths Roll a second Supernatural Attack roll if the first
succeeded. On success the targets ears suffer
Bard immense pain, lowering Physical Defence by 1
per two Bard levels (min 1) until the end of
Signature Ability – Performance combat. Ear Piercing Scream stacks with itself.
When a Bard uses ‘Inspiration’ the range
increases by 5 feet per Bard level, for every 2 Quip and Conflict (Maneuver)
Bard levels ‘Inspiration’ may affect one A Bard may say a joke or a barb. If the Bard says
additional statistic of the target and for every 3 a joke, the Bard may modify a ‘Strike’ action to
Bard levels a Bard possesses, one extra ally may have an additional 3 Weapon Attack per Bard
be targeted. level. If the Bard says a barb, then the Bard may
modify a ‘Strike’ action to on hit afflict the
Statistic Growths enemy with a debuff reducing their Physical
Weapon Attack 35 per level Defence by 3 Physical Defence per Bard level
Supernatural Attack 25 per level until the end of the following combat round. At
Unexpected Attack 15 per level fifth level the Bard may do a joke and a barb at
the same time, allowing one ‘Strike’ to be
Non-attack Physical 15 per level
modified by both actions.
Physical Defence 15 per level
AOE Defence: 35 per level Second Level Abilities:
Constitution Defence 25 per level Charm Person (Premovement)
Mental Defence 25 per level A Bard may attempt to take control of target
Trickery 35 per level humanoid of equal character level or lower. Roll
Knowledge 35 per level Supernatural Attack against the Mental Defence
Nature 15 per level of an enemy within 60ft. On success you may
Perception play your targets turn, however after each action
25 per level
you take with the target roll an additional
First Level Abilities: Supernatural Attack roll against the targets
Mental Defence, on a failure the target breaks
Auditory Hallucination (Gambit, Out of
free. If no actions are taken in a combat phase,
Combat)
you must still reapply ‘Charm Person’ with a
Roll Supernatural Attack against the Mental
successful Supernatural Attack. Enemies may
Defence of target within 30ft. On success the
only be charmed once per day.
target is distracted by an imagined sound; when
performed in combat ‘Auditory Hallucination’ is Comprehend Languages (Passive)
a Gambit action, on success the target loses half The Bard speaks all languages.
of their Premovement actions in the following
combat round. Out of combat, the target is left Cure Light Wounds (Premovement)
momentarily unaware and vulnerable to A Bard may target an ally within five feet and
ambush, further action such as investigating the restore fate points equal to 1d4 per character
noise is left to GM discretion. level. Each ally may only benefit from ‘Cure
Light Wounds’ once per combat round. ‘Cure
Ear Piercing Scream (Conflict) Light Wounds’ provokes threat attacks.
Roll Supernatural Attack against Mental Defence
of target enemy within 30ft. On success the

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Third Level Abilities:
Failing Upwards (Reaction)
If the Bard failed any roll in the preceding
conflict phase, then the Bard may as a Reaction
turn it into an embarrassing blunder, provoking
threat attacks. Anyone who makes a threat attack
then feels compelled to embarrass themselves in
the same way, provoking threat attacks.
Fumbletongue (Premovement)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the Mental
Defence of target enemy within 60ft. On success
for the next hour per Bard level target loses the
ability to speak intelligibly, no matter how hard
they try.
Distracting Cacophony (Premovement)
The Bards may initiate a Distracting Cacophony
as a Premovement action to modify their
‘Inspiration’ ability. Until the end of the combat
round, the Bard’s antics make it difficult for any
enemy within ‘Inspiration’ range to cast. When
enemies affected by Distracting Cacophony
make a conflict action that uses Supernatural
Attack the Bard may roll a d10 and on a 10 the
action does not resolve. If the action is an attack
that uses Weapon Attack or Unexpected Attack,
then the Bard may roll a d100 and on a 100 the
action does not resolve. However, the Bard's
performance loses the ability to positively affect
anyone except the Bard with ‘Inspiration’ for as
long as distracting cacophony is active.
Distracting Cacophony may only be used if the
Bard has not yet performed an ‘Inspiration’
action this combat round.
Fourth Level Abilities:
Enshroud Thoughts and Read Surface
Thoughts (Passive)
The Bards thoughts may no longer be read by
enemies of the same character level as the Bard
or lower. Additionally, a Bard may read surface
level thoughts of targets within 60ft, ‘hearing’
their immediate thoughts, such as “This
performance is entertaining.” or “I hope this
ends quickly so I can go home.”.
Cure Moderate Wounds (Passive)
‘Cure Light Wounds’ now heals for 1D6 per
character level. Additionally, the range increases
to 10ft.
Invisibility (Premovement)
The Bard is invisible until the end of the
following combat round until the Bard performs
any action other than movement. ‘Invisibility’
may only be used once per combat.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Charm Monster (Premovement):
The Bard may attempt to take control of a target
non-humanoid equal to the Bards character level
or lower. Roll Supernatural Attack against the
Mental Defence of an enemy within 60ft. On
success you may play your targets turn, however
after each action you take with the target, roll an
additional Supernatural Attack roll or the target
breaks free. Targets may only be charmed once
per day.
Lullaby (Premovement):
The Bard may attempt to lure target enemy to
slumber. Roll Supernatural Attack against the
Mental Defence of an enemy within 60ft. On
success the target falls asleep for 1d6 rounds and
may make no actions unless woken by an action
that deals damage.
Detect Anxieties (Passive)
The Bard is able to detect everything that makes
target anxious.
Sixth Level Abilities:
Eagle's Splendor (Gambit)
Target ally within 100ft, for a number of rounds
equal to the Bards level the target gains a fly
speed of 30ft.
Crushing Despair (Premovement)
Roll Supernatural Attack against target enemy
within 60 feets Mental Defence. On success all of
target’s statistics are lowered by ten (cannot be
reduced below 1).
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Spare a Coin? (Passive)
A Bard always gets paid a little extra for
everything they do. Additionally, the favors they
generate at Inspirational Hero level 9 may
always be cashed in for money.
Seventh Level Abilities:
Cure Serious Wounds (Passive)
‘Cure Light Wounds’ now heals for 1D8 per
character level. Additionally, the range increases
to 15ft.
Discordant Blast (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Defence of targets within a fifteen feet cone.
Successful rolls deal 10d8 damage. Discordant
blast may only be used once per combat round.
Echolocation (Premovement)
Target ally within 5ft can see up to 40ft away
regardless of any negative vision status effects.
Additionally, the ally can see invisible foes.
Eighth Level Abilities:
Enchanting Smile (Passive)
Once dominated, ‘Charm Monster’ and ‘Charm
Person’ forced actions from a Bard may only be
resisted once per combat round instead of every
action and at the end of every combat round.
Dirge of Destruction (Conflict)
A Bard may use Dirge of Destruction once per
combat. Target all enemies within sixty feet of
the Bard. Roll Supernatural Attack against the
Mental Defence of each enemy (roll once and
compare to the enemies’ Mental Defence). Upon
success enemy ears are ruptured taking 30 sonic
damage and immediately shattering their minds.
At the start of each conflict phase the dirge will
repeat in their head and another Supernatural
Attack roll may be made, which if it succeeds will
deal 30 sonic damage. This process will continue
each start of conflict phase until the attack roll
fails.
Compelling Rant (Passive)
Everything a Bard says sounds at worst
somewhat believable and for most people
sounds perfectly right - as long as the Bard is still
talking.
Ninth Level Abilities:
Irresistible Dance (Premovement)
Target enemy within 60ft may not make any
Maneuver actions or Reactions for one combat
round, at the end of the combat round the Bard
may roll Supernatural Attack against Mental
Defence to prevent further Maneuvers or
Reactions for the next combat round. Each
enemy may only be targeted by irresistible
dance once per day.
Touch of Slumber (Passive)
A target who is not hostile to the Bard may be
put to sleep for eight hours by your touch. They
are then immune to ‘Touch of Slumber’ for one
week.
Charming Legend (Passive)
A Bard's Charm actions may always be
attempted, even against those who are immune
to charm spells. However, if done against an
enemy who is immune to charm spells then the
charm actions will not benefit from ‘Enchanting
Smile’.
Tenth Level Abilities:
Fail Together (Passive)
When a Bard uses ‘Failing Upwards’, everyone,
friend or foe, within performance range gains an
infinite number of Reactions on top of their base
Reactions. These Reactions may only be used for
threat attacks. When a Bard fails upwards, every
enemy who can make a threat attack must and
then be subject to failing upwards, provoking
threat attacks that must be taken. Causing all who
made threat attacks to fail upwards. This cycle
repeats until the Bard chooses for it to end, the
Bard is knocked out or there are no more
enemies able to threat attack the Bard.
Song of Victory (Passive)
Every ally under the effect of the Bards
‘Inspiration’ may auto pass two rolls of their
choice in that combat round.
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Song of Defeat (Passive)
The Bard may now target enemies with their
‘Inspiration’ but instead of adding, subtracts
from all statistics by an amount equal to the
Bard’s level times two.

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Priest Help Through Faith (Out of Combat)
A Priest may invoke a prayer to help with a
Signature ability: Prayer problem unrelated to the Priest. This problem is
When a Priest uses ‘Inspiration’ the target then affected by a 1d6 roll. The player should
recovers d2 fate points per Priest level, for every work with the GM for something that sounds
2 Priest levels the range of ‘Inspiration’ increases reasonable considering the level of ability.
by 5 feet and for every 3 Priest levels a Priest
Examples include:
possesses, the recovery of fate points from
● A Priest of a god related to fertility prays
Prayer has an increased die size (D4, D8, D12).
for a couple unable to conceive. The
couple will now be able to after 1d6 days.
Statistic Growths:
● A Priest of a god of harvest increases crop
Weapon Attack 25 per level
yield by 1d6%.
Supernatural Attack 35 per level
Unexpected Attack 15 per level The idea is that the Priest can in little ways, help
Non-attack Physical 15 per level others with their faith. Be reasonable with your
Physical Defence 25 per level GM and your GM should be reasonable with
you!
AOE Defence: 15 per level
Constitution Defence 25 per level Second Level Abilities:
Mental Defence 35 per level Channel Positive Energy (Out of Combat,
Trickery 15 per level Premovement)
Knowledge 35 per level The Priest may heal all allies within 30 ft +
Nature 35 per level 5ft/Priest level for 1d6 per Priest level. This
Perception 25 per level ability may only be used once per combat.

Divine Smite (Conflict)

First Level Abilities
Cure Light Wounds (Premovement)
A Priest may target an ally within five feet and
restore fate points equal to 1d4 per character
level. A Priest may not cast cure light wounds
multiple times on the same ally per combat
round. Cure light wounds provokes threat
attacks.
A Priest may target an enemy within 30 feet and
make a Supernatural Attack roll channeling the
energy of their god into attacking their
opponent’s soul. On success the target takes 1d8
damage per Priest level. Regardless of success or
failure this will also lower the target's
supernatural defence by 2 per Priest level against
further smites from the same Priest.

Divine Guidance (Maneuver) Shield of Faith (Premovement)

The Priest may invoke a swift prayer that their The Priest may target an ally and increase the
blow will ring true granting +5 to Weapon Attack target's Mental or Physical Defence by 5 per
per Priest level on the Priests first Weapon Priest levels.
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Third Level Abilities:
Divine Retribution (Reaction)
A Priest’s foes are foolish to risk the wrath of a
god. If a Priest was struck by an enemy during
the conflict phase, then as a Reaction the Priest
may inflict a ‘retribution’ onto that enemy. This
‘retribution’ will persist until the enemy is struck
by a follower of the same faith as the Priest, or
the Priest themself, making the wound worse
than it would have been and inflicting an
additional 1d6 irresistible damage per 3 Priest
levels (min 1d6). Retribution stacks with itself.
Establish Shrine to God (Out of Combat)
If the Priest creates a place of worship, he may
spend 24 hours to consecrate it. Anyone who
prays at a shrine the Priest has consecrated
benefits from help through faith as if the Priest
were there listening to them and offering a
prayer with help through faith.
Cure Moderate Wounds (Passive)
‘Cure Light Wounds’ now heals for 1D6 per
Character level. Additionally, the range increases
to 10ft.
Fourth Level Abilities:
Seek a Sign (Out of Combat)
A Priests faith has moved their deity and when
they pray looking for help, the deity will send a
sign to help them on their quest.
Motivational Faith (Premovement)
For the rest of the combat round target party
member within five feet receives +4 to damage
per 4 Priest levels (Min 4).
Channel Negative Energy (Premovement)
The Priest channels all the negative aspects of
their deity into an oppressive aura of energy. If
anyone attempts to perform an action that
would directly hinder or harm the Priest in any
way the Priest may roll a d100 and on a 5 or
lower prevent the action from occurring. This
lasts for two combat rounds and may only be
used once per combat.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Cure (Premovement)
The Priest may remove one effect with a
duration shorter than one hour from target ally.
Cure may not be used multiple times on the
same ally in the same combat round.
Atonement (Premovement, Conflict, Out
of Combat action)
The Priest may break a mind controlling or
alignment changing effect on target within 30 ft,
this is a Premovement action. In addition, as a
conflict action they may roll Supernatural Attack
against targets Mental Defence. On success the
target instantaneously experiences
contemplation and reflection for all sins they
have committed they have not atoned for. This
will not necessarily end hostilities, its possible
and depending how evil they are, even likely;
that they will accept what they are. Though
perhaps their heart will be less heavy.
Detect Opposition (Out of Combat)
The Priest is able to detect those who follow
doctrines in direct opposition to their god.
Sixth Level Abilities:
Divine Fervor (Gambit)
Until end of combat or end of fervor a Priest
loses the ability to make any action other than
ending their fervor or a conflict action. In
exchange the Priest gains 50 fate points and may
reroll supernatural and Weapon Attack conflict
actions for one turn. Divine fervor may be ended
in the Gambit phase as a Gambit action. Ending
fervor will reduce the Priests fate points by 50
(min 1). Once ended a new fervor may not be
started until a new combat begins.
Cure Serious Wounds (Passive)
‘Cure Light Wounds’ now heals for 1D8 per
character level. Additionally, the range increases
to 15ft.
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My Reward is in Heaven (Out of Combat)
A Priest will not gain extra rewards as described
in the Inspirational Hero generic abilities at level
5. Instead, their good deeds earn them an even
happier after life.
Seventh Level Abilities:
Divine Cleansing (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against targets of your
choice within a thirty-foot burst centered on a
point within sixty feet. Successful attacks deal
1d6 holy damage per Priest level. This ability
may only be used once per combat round.
Angel’s Wings (Premovement)
Target ally within thirty feet gains a fly speed of
60 feet for the rest of combat. Each ally may
only benefit from ‘Angel’s Wings’ once per day.
Cure Critical Wounds (Passive)
‘Cure Light Wounds’ now heals for 1D10 per
character level. Additionally, the range increases
to 20ft.
Eighth Level Abilities:
Fire and Brimstone (Premovement)
The Priest and all allies within 30ft now have
flaming weapons, adding 2d6 fire damage or
bolstering existing fire damage on their weapons
by 2d6. Fire and Brimstone lasts for two combat
rounds and may only be performed once per
combat.
Prayer Time (Gambit)
A Priest may roll Supernatural Attack against the
Mental Defence of target foe within 60ft. Upon
success the target feels compelled to pray to any
deity they believe in, or to every god at once if
they lack faith. This compulsion will waste their
following turn. After that turn they will feel the
compulsion for an additional two combat
rounds. While an enemy is affected by ‘Prayer
time’ roll a d10 at the start of each combat round
and on a 10 they will lose all actions in the
following combat round. Each enemy may only
be affected by Prayer Time once per combat.
Bishop (Out of Combat)
The Priest has become a recognized and
established member of their religion, going
beyond their social status as a mere Priest but
instead as an authority within their religion. A
bishop will never fail to persuade someone of
the same faith and his words, as befitting his new
social status, will be respected by all. Lastly, a
Bishop receives the support necessary to build
their own church or become the head of a
church lacking a bishop. The bishop gains five
tier 3 Priest followers, five tier 3 paladin
followers, and one tier 6 Redeemer follower and
one tier 5 Inquisitor follower. The church will
Passively generate income that the bishop may
utilize a portion of for personal use.
Ninth Level Abilities:
Divine Ally (Premovement)
The Priest summons an angelic ally to aid them
in combat. Select any level 16 Angel who will
assist the priest until slain or 24 hours pass. The
Priest may only use divine ally once per day.
Relieve Suffering (Premovement, Out of
Combat)
The Priest may target an individual within 5ft
who is suffering from an unhealable wound with
this ability. The targets condition is removed,
and they may now be affected by cure spells.
Spiritual Weapon (Passive)
A Priest’s weapon will always deal an additional
2d6 holy damage.
Tenth Level Abilities:
Avatar of Deity (Passive)
A Priest who has achieved true theological
understanding and bonding with their deity has
ascended past a mere mortal role and is now a
walking avatar of their deity. The Priest has a
permanent fly speed of 60ft, reduces all damage
they take by 10, increases all damage they deal
by 5, gains immunity to two elemental damage
types of their choice (fire, shock, water, acid,
sonic, ice, dark, light, holy, unholy) and can
freely converse with their deity for one minute
per day while they dream (or enter a trance
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during a resting period, in the case of races that
don’t sleep).

Cleanse the Unfaithful (Passive)

A Priest is no longer limited in the number of
times he may cast divine cleansing. The range
increases to 120 feet, the burst to 60 feet and the
damage die to D8.

Cure Master (Passive)

After rolling the fate point recovery of ‘Cure
Light Wounds’ the Priest may choose to reroll
some, or all, of the recovery dice. This reroll
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Pain Cultist Pleasure from Pain (Maneuver)
The Pain Cultist may modify their weapon to
Signature ability: Pain Transference restore fate points to the user on successful strike
When a Pain Cultist uses ‘Inspiration’ on target equal to 33% of the damage dealt (rounded
ally they may designate that ally as a ‘Conduit’. down).
Whenever the ally takes damage 5% of it
Second Level Abilities:
(rounded down, min 1) per Cultist level may be
transferred to the Cultist. Whenever the ally Neutralize Pain (Premovement)
inflicts damage 10% of it (rounded down, min 1) The Pain Cultist may reduce all damage target
per 2 Pain Cultist levels heals the Pain Cultist. ally within 5ft takes by 5% per Pain Cultist level
Whenever the Pain Cultist takes damage 20% of (min 1).
it per 3 cultist levels may be spread among all
Join the Cult (Out of Combat)
conduits.
The Pain Cultist has a loyal band of a dozen
Statistic Growths: flagellants looking to absolve their sins by
embracing pain. These flagellants do not have
Weapon Attack 35 per level
hero class levels, 5 fate points and are worthless
Supernatural Attack 15 per level
in combat, however if commanded once per
Unexpected Attack 25 per level
combat round as a free action they will gladly
Non-attack Physical 35 per level strike themselves for D3. Should there be less
Physical Defence 25 per level than twelve a new flagellant will join the cult
AOE Defence: 15 per level each week.
Constitution Defence 35 per level
Unleash Pain (Gambit)
Mental Defence 25 per level
A Pain Cultist may target an enemy within 30ft
Trickery 15 per level
and inflict damage onto that enemy equal to the
Knowledge 25 per level amount the Pain Cultist has taken plus prevented
Nature 35 per level this combat round. Unleash pain may only be
Perception 35 per level used once per combat.

First Level Abilities: Third Level Abilities:

Cult Tattoo (Passive)
A Pain Cultist may select one type of medium
armor, while the cultist wears no armor their
tattoo gives them the statistics of that armor.
Each Cultist level after the first the Tattoos
power grows and automatically becomes +1
armor at level 2, +2 at level 4 and so on.
Higher Pain Tolerance (Premovement):
A Pain Cultist may increase target allies
maximum fate points by 1d3 per Pain Cultist
level, current fate points increase based on the
new maximum. Higher pain tolerance stacks
with itself but may only benefit an ally once per
combat round.
Remove Pain (Reaction)
If an ally within 30ft took damage this combat
round, then the Pain Cultist may reduce that
damage by 2 per Pain Cultist level. At sixth level
this becomes 3 per Pain Cultist level.
Oath (Out of Combat)
The Pain Cultist takes an oath of pain. Every
1000 damage they take or prevent permanently
increases all statistics by 1. The damage must be
inflicted from enemies and not from self harm.
GM discretion may allow damage to not count.
Cure Light wounds (Premovement, Out of
Combat)
A Pain Cultist may target an ally within five feet
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level. Allies may only benefit from ‘Cure Light
Wounds’ once per combat round. ‘Cure Light
Wounds’ provokes threat attacks.
Fourth Level Abilities:
Cult Growth (Out of Combat)
The cult has grown to 50 zealots.
Pain Boost (Premovement)
A Pain Cultist may damage a willing ally within
20ft by at least 10% of their maximum fate points
and up to a maximum of 50% of their maximum
fate points. In exchange the allies’ offensive or
defensive statistics increase by a percentage
equal to the percentage of damage dealt until
end of combat round. Pain boost may stack with
itself to affect both types of statistics. Maximum
fate point damage is restored at the end of
combat round.
Mark of Pain (Premovement)
A Pain Cultist may place a mark on target ally
within 5ft, this mark lasts for two combat rounds
and triggers the first time the ally would be
reduced to 0 fate points this combat round,
instead they are healed to 25% of their maximum
fate points, after the heal their maximum fate
points are reduced by 25%. The ally regains their
maximum fate points after a day has passed.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Painful Hallucination (Premovement):
A Pain Cultist may target an ally within 30ft and
cause them to hallucinate a feeling of pain.
However, that feeling is as pleasurable as it is
painful. The allies’ offensive statistics are
increased by 7 per Pain Cultist level. The ally
takes 1.1x additional damage (rounded up) from
enemy attacks.
Pain for Blood (Premovement):
A Pain Cultist may sacrifice up to 50% of their
maximum fate points to increase target allies
maximum fate points the same percentage
sacrificed (rounded up). This buff lasts until end
of combat. The ally is healed for the amount that
their fate points increased by. Maximum fate
point damage the cultist takes is restored at the
end of combat.
Painful Copy (Passive)
When a Pain Cultist initiates combat 3 copies of
the cultist are created that last until end of
combat. These copies may only move and have 1
free action that triggers when the Pain Cultist
takes damage redirecting the damage to
themselves. Damage redirected to a painful copy
counts as damage the Pain Cultist has received
for the purpose of its other abilities such as
Unleash pain. Painful copies die upon taking
damage.
Sixth Level Abilities:
Everlasting Pain (Premovement)
A Pain Cultist may buff target ally within 20ft
until end of combat round. The allies weapons
inflict everlasting pain, a status condition that
stacks with itself. Anyone under the effect of
everlasting pain takes 1 damage per stack when a
combat round begins, this lasts until the Pain
Cultist is knocked unconscious or slain.
Cure Moderate Wounds (Passive)
‘Cure Light Wounds’ now heals for 1D6 per
character level. Additionally, the range increases
to 10ft.
Believers of Pain (Out of Combat)
The Pain Cultist now has 100 zealots and 5 first
level Pain Cultists in their cult.
Seventh Level Abilities:
Painful Ferocity (Premovement)
Target ally deals 2x damage and takes 1.5x
damage until end of combat round. An ally may
only benefit from this ability once per combat.
Tears of Pain (Passive)
Sympathy for the dead now gives triple the
amount of fate points and inflicts one third of
them as damage onto the Pain Cultist.
All is Pain (Premovement)
Target ally within 5fts conflict actions may target
Constitution Defence in place of the usual
statistic their action demands.
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Eighth Level Abilities:
A New Pain (Premovement)
The Pain Cultist may give target ally within 10
feet weakness 10 to every element and every
enemy within a 20-foot burst centered around
the Pain Cultist weakness 20 to an element of the
Pain Cultists choice. Weakness increases the
damage of that element by the amount the
creature is weak to, weakness can be reduced by
resistances and ignored by immunities.
Zone of Pain (Conflict)
The Pain Cultist may give up a conflict action to
create a zone of pain in a 60-foot burst centered
around themself. Everyone within the zone of
pain takes an additional 20% damage. Enemies
take 30% additional damage, for a total of a 50%
increase. ‘Zone of Pain’ lasts for 5 combat
rounds. ‘Zone of Pain’ may only be used once
per day.
Church of Pain (Out of Combat)
The Pain Cultists followers are too many in
number and too organized to call themselves a
mere cult. The church of pain has 15 third level
Pain Cultists, 25 second level Pain Cultists, 50
first level Pain Cultists 2500 zealots and 10 first
level Priests that worship the Pain Cultist
Ninth Level Abilities:
Cure Serious Wounds (Passive)
‘Cure Light Wounds’ now heals for 1D8 per
character level. Additionally, the range increases
to 15ft.
Relic of Pain (Passive)
The Pain Cultists weapon has become a
fearsome legend, regardless of the truth (the Pain
Cultist could have just acquired a new weapon a
few minutes ago) the legend warps reality and
causes the Pain Cultists weapon to inflict an
additional 6d6 damage on enemies and 2d8
damage on the Pain Cultist. This damage cannot
reduce the Pain Cultists fate points below 1.
Pain for Purge (pre movement)
A Pain Cultist may take damage equal to 5% of
their current fate points to remove one status
effect from target ally within 30 feet.
Tenth Level Abilities:
Painful Transference (Premovement)
Target willing ally within 10ft may lower any
offensive statistic to increase any other offensive
statistic by the same amount. Alternatively, the
ally may lower a defensive statistic to increase
any other defensive statistic by the same amount
or lower a utility statistic to increase any other
utility statistic by the same amount. For every
ten points moved the ally loses 1% of their
current fate point total. Painful transference can
stack with itself.
Bane (Passive)
A Pain Cultist inflicting ‘everlasting pain’ is
inflicting 2d6 damage to an enemy per stack, the
Pain Cultists allies inflict 1d3 damage per stack.
Lord of Pain (Passive)
The Pain Cultist has ascended to become a
Minor Deity of Pain. While the Lord of Pain still
feels the pain of its own abilities their fate points
are no longer reduced by their own abilities.
Additionally, ‘Zone of Pain’ may be used once
per combat instead of once per day and may
inflict a total of 100% additional damage on
enemies in exchange for a 30% increase to
damage suffered by allies. The Relic of Pain still
damages the Pain Cultist, albeit at 1d8 instead of
2d8.
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 First Level Abilities:
Cunning Paths: Pistol Expert (Passive)
The Swashbuckler negates the penalties of ‘Slow,
Swashbuckler but Powerful’ when using a Pistol.

Signature ability: Parry Stance Rapier Expert (Passive):

When a Swashbuckler enters combat, or at the
start of a combat round the Swashbuckler may
enter ‘Parry Stance’. Entering ‘Parry Stance’ is a
free action. Exiting ‘Parry Stance’ is a free action
that can be done at the end of a combat round.
In ‘Parry Stance’ the Swashbuckler loses all
conflict actions and Reactions. However, the
Swashbuckler gains a number of Gambits equal
to the amount of conflict actions and Reactions
lost. When a Swashbuckler is in Parry Stance
their Unexpected Attack becomes equal to their
Weapon Attack. Track of the number of conflict
actions made within 5ft of the Swashbuckler
during the combat round. For each one made,
the Swashbuckler may make a ‘Strike’ conflict
action as Gambit action. These ‘Strike’ actions
may use Weapon Attack or Unexpected Attack. If
using Unexpected Attack, target AOE Defence.
These strikes may be modified by Maneuvers.
The Swashbuckler increases all defensive
statistics they have by five for every two
Swashbuckler levels when they enter Parry
Stance. Every three Swashbuckler levels allows
the Swashbuckler to add a D12 to the damage of
their strike actions if they target an enemy who
targeted them this combat round.
Statistic Growths:
Weapon Attack 35 per level
Supernatural Attack 5 per level
Unexpected Attack 25 per level
Non-attack Physical 25 per level
Physical Defence 25 per level
AOE Defence: 35 per level
Constitution Defence 25 per level
Mental Defence 15 per level
Trickery 35 per level
Knowledge 25 per level
Nature 25 per level
Perception 35 per level
Increase the damage die size of Rapiers that
Swashbucklers wield by one step. At tenth level
this increases to two steps.
Riposte (Reaction)
If an enemy attacked a Swashbuckler and
missed, then as a Reaction the Swashbuckler
may make a ‘Strike’ action against the enemy.
Riposte may only be used once for each
individual missed conflict action; you still need
to have more than one Reaction to Riposte
multiple times.
Second Level Abilities:
Ranged Sneak Attack (Gambit, Passive)
The Swashbuckler may maximize the damage of
an attack that initiates combat on an unexpecting
foe. If Ranged Sneak Attack is done as a Gambit
against a flanked enemy, then roll unexpected or
Weapon Attack against AOE Defence. The
Swashbuckler does not need to be one of the
flanking allies. On success the target takes 1d3
damage for every two Swashbuckler levels.
Ranged Sneak Attack may only be performed
once per combat round. Ranged Sneak Attack
lowers all enemy statistics by 1 per Swashbuckler
level until end of combat. If the Swashbuckler is
flanking and performs a Ranged Sneak Attack,
then increase the damage die of Sneak Attack to
d4.
Deflection (Premovement)
A Swashbuckler in parry stance may target an
ally within 5ft. The Swashbuckler negates the
first conflict action made against the ally, do not
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Corsair (Passive)
The Swashbuckler has a small boat. The boat is
equipped with one cannon. The cannon has the
following statistics:
Cannon
Range 3000 ft
Damage 10d6 bludgeoning and 10d6 fire
Explosive Power (Passive)
Ignores bludgeoning damage reduction
Inaccurate (Passive)
Minus 500 to Weapon Attack rolls made with
a cannon against targets that are not within
100 feet or are not size huge or larger. This
Weapon Attack penalty is decreased by 100
for every two class levels of the gunner.
Difficult to Move (Passive)
Moving a cannon requires the surrender of all
Premovement actions to the one manning it
and reduces speed by 50%.
Third Level Abilities:
Aim! (Premovement)
Target ally other than the Swashbuckler within
60ft gains 5 Weapon Attack per Swashbuckler
level when using ranged weapons.
Swift Recovery (Gambit)
The Swashbuckler immediately gets up if they
were tripped and purges one negative status
effect they are afflicted by.
A Small Crew (Passive)
The Swashbuckler has a half dozen loyal crew to
run the ship and look after it. These crew
members can use the cannon at minus 400
Weapon Attack (no penalty if targeting size huge
or larger).
Fourth Level Abilities:
Protective Parry (Gambit)
The Swashbuckler may modify their parry
stance in the following combat round. Remove
the D12 damage bonus from parry stance and in
exchange gain 3 physical and AOE Defence per
Swashbuckler level. At level 6 protective parry
may remove the 2D12 damage bonus to gain 5
physical and AOE Defence, as well as 3
Constitution Defence per Swashbuckler level. At
level 9 ‘Protective Parry’ may remove the 3D12
damage bonus to gain 6 physical and AOE
Defence, 4 Constitution Defence and 2 Mental
Defence per Swashbuckler level.
Swashbuckling Corsair (Passive)
The Swashbuckler’s ship is now a proper small
ship, rather than a dingy little boat. It has 4
cannons per side. The crew can operate the boat,
however there are not enough crewmates to man
more than two of the cannons.
Improved Ranged Sneak Attack (Passive)
Sneak Attack now deals d4 damage per
Swashbuckler level, regardless of whether it’s
performed as a flanker with a melee weapon or
not participating in the flank with a ranged
weapon. Additionally, Ranged Sneak Attack may
now target AOE Defence or Physical Defence. If
Ranged Sneak Attack targets Physical Defence,
successful attacks lower all defensive statistics by
2 per Swashbuckler level until end of combat.
Sneak Attacks that targeted different statistics
stack with each other.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Precision Parry (Gambit):
The Swashbuckler gains an additional d2
damage per Swashbuckler level on their Parry
Stance Strike actions. Precision Parry may not be
used if protective parry is active.
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A Crew (Passive):
The Swashbuckler has a large enough crew for
their small ship to be fully manned and
operational without the need of players. These
crew members can use the cannons at minus 300
Weapon Attack (no penalty if targeting size huge
or larger).
Ranged Expert (Passive):
The Swashbuckler does not provoke threat
attacks with ranged weapon. Additionally, the
Swashbuckler may parry with a ranged weapon
(must target enemies within 5ft).
Sixth Level Abilities:
Critical Parry (Maneuver)
The Swashbuckler may modify a strike action
that occurred while in parry stance to inflict
maximum damage on a 20 or lower. This bonus
stacks with other critical bonuses, for example a
critical parry with a keen enchanted weapon will
inflict maximum damage on a 24 or lower.
Expert Ranged Sneak Attack (Passive)
Sneak Attack now deals D6 damage per
Swashbuckler level, or D8 damage per
Swashbuckler level if using a melee weapon.
Additionally, Sneak Attack may now target
Constitution Defence. If Sneak Attack targets
Constitution Defence, successful attacks lower all
offensive statistics by 2 per Swashbuckler level
until end of combat. Sneak Attacks that targeted
different statistics stack with each other.
Reflecting Parry (Gambit)
In the following combat round if the
Swashbuckler is in Parry Stance, they may keep
track of conflict actions that use Supernatural
Attack within 60ft in addition to conflict actions
within 5ft. The Swashbuckler may make their
Gambit action Strikes against enemies within
60ft who made that conflict action. As usual, the
Swashbuckler may only make a number of
Gambit Strikes against the same target equal to
the number of conflict actions the target made. If
Reflecting Parry is active Precision Parry and
Protective Parry may not be used. If Precision
Parry or Protective Parry have been used this
combat round or are active, then Reflecting
parry may not be used this combat round.
Seventh Level Abilities:
Captain of the Sea (Passive)
The Swashbuckler has a fearsome vessel with a
dozen cannons on each end, a true ship able to
engage in conquest, piracy, military action or
accomplish many a great goal of the
Swashbuckler. The vessel also has an
appropriately sized crew that can use the
cannons at minus 200 (no penalty if targeting
size huge or larger).
Swashbucklers Resolve (Gambit)
Swashbucklers Resolve increases all
Swashbuckler statistics by 10 per Swashbuckler
level. Swashbucklers Resolve may only be used if
the Swashbuckler is in ‘broken’ condition.
Swashbucklers resolve ends once the
Swashbuckler is no longer in broken condition.
Menacing Parry (Gambit)
The Swashbuckler may modify the rest of their
‘Parry Stance’ strikes for the rest of the combat
round. Each successful strike will reduce the
enemies’ statistics by one until the end of
combat. Menacing Parry Strikes that crit reduce
enemy statistics by two until the end of combat.
This debuff stacks with itself. Menacing Parry
may not be activated if Reflecting Parry,
Protective Parry or Precision Parry have been
used or are active this combat round.
Eighth Level Abilities:
Stylish Finisher (Gambit)
The Swashbuckler may use Stylish Finisher
against an enemy that the Swashbuckler made a
Strike action against this combat round and is
within weapon reach. Roll Weapon Attack
against your choice of AOE Defence, weapon
defence or Constitution Defence. On success the
enemy suffers weapon damage plus 6d12
additional damage. Stylish Finisher consumes
two Gambit actions and therefore requires two
Gambit actions to use. Stylish Finisher may only
target each enemy once per combat round.
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Powerful Parry (Gambit)
The Swashbuckler may modify the rest of their
‘Parry Stance’ strikes for the rest of the combat
round. Each strike has the damage die of the
weapon increased by one size, (D3 > D6 > D8 >
D10 > D12) if the weapon is already at D12 then
add a single D20 to the damage roll of ‘Parry
Stance’ strike actions. Powerful parry may not be
activated if Reflecting Parry, Menacing Parry,
Protective Parry or Precision Parry have been
used or are active this combat round.
Intimidating Presence (Passive)
Enemies in a combat that has a Swashbuckler in
it suffer a penalty to their Mental Defence equal
to 3 per Swashbuckler level. Additionally, the
first non conflict action that an enemy takes
against a Swashbuckler automatically fails.
Ninth Level Abilities:
Penetrating Parry (Gambit)
The Swashbuckler may modify the rest of their
‘Parry Stance’ strikes for the rest of the combat
round. These strikes now ignore all forms of
damage resistance. Penetrating parry may not be
activated if Powerful Parry, Reflecting Parry,
Menacing Parry, Protective Parry or Precision
Parry have been used or are active this combat
round.
Attacks that targeted different statistics stack
with each other.
Tenth Level Abilities:
Admiral (Passive)
The Swashbuckler has a dozen ships as outlined
in ‘Captain of the Sea’ as well as crews, and 5th
level Swashbuckler followers captaining the
ships. Additionally, the Swashbuckler has their
own impressive flagship with 24 cannons per
side, an appropriate crew and three 4th level
Swashbuckler followers to assist in operating the
ship.
Parry Master (Passive)
All actions that modify ‘Parry Stance’ such as
‘Powerful Parry and ‘Precision Parry’ may now
stack with each other and be activated together,
even when other ‘Parry Stance’ modifiers are in
effect.
Propelling Parry (Gambit)
The Swashbuckler may modify ‘Parry Stance’
Strike actions to include a free 5ft step.
Additionally, while ‘Propelling Parry’ is active
‘Parry Stance’ ‘Strike’ actions gain 5 Weapon
Attack until the end of combat round for every
5ft step the Swashbuckler has taken this combat
round.

Scourge of Law (Passive)

Inexplicably, no matter how impossible, the
Swashbuckler can commit a crime every week
consequence free, at least as far as the law goes.
Reputation can still spread and even if a crime
hasn’t landed a Swashbuckler in jail or with
formal legal charges, their can be other
consequences.

Ranged Sneak Attack Master (Passive)

Sneak Attack now deals D8 damage per
Swashbuckler level or d10 damage per
Swashbuckler level if using a melee weapon.
Additionally, Sneak Attack may now target
Trickery. If Sneak Attack targets trickery,
successful attacks lower all statistics by 2 per
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Assassin once per combat round. Sneak Attack lowers all
enemy statistics by 1 per Assassin level until end
Signature ability: Assassinate of combat.
An Assassin who has used ‘I Know You’ or ‘Recall
Assassin Kit (Out of Combat):
Knowledge’ four times on an enemy in four
The Assassin will always, no matter how
separate combat rounds gains access to the
improbable, have access to a kit containing
‘Assassinate’ Gambit against that enemy. If
lockpicks, grapnel, a glasscutter, 50ft of rope and
within melee weapon reach roll Unexpected
an hourglass. More items may be added to the
Attack against the statistic of the Assassins choice,
kit with GM permission.
on success the enemy is slain. Legendary
enemies are instead critted on successful hits. Sneaky Strike (Maneuver)
Assassinate may only be attempted once per The Assassin may manipulate one conflict action
combat. Every two Assassin levels the Assassins to use Unexpected Attack instead of Weapon
maximum number of ‘Assassinate’ attempts per Attack. If a ‘Strike’ is modified, then the ‘Strike’
combat increases by one (to a maximum of 6 at targets AOE Defence instead of Physical
level 10). These multiple attempts may be used Defence.
on the same enemy. For every three Assassin
levels the Assassin possesses they require one less Second Level Abilities:
‘I know you’ or ‘recall knowledge’ roll to be able Firebomb (Gambit)
to Assassinate the enemy, this also reduces the The Assassin may throw a firebomb causing an
number of rounds needed to ‘Assassinate’. explosion in a 10ft burst centered around a point
within 10ft. Roll Unexpected Attack against AOE
Statistic Growths: Defence. On success the enemy takes 1d6 fire
Weapon Attack 15 per level damage per two Assassin levels and catches
Supernatural Attack 15 per level ablaze, for the next two combat rounds the
Unexpected Attack 35 per level enemy will take 1d3 fire damage per two Assassin
Non-attack Physical 35 per level levels. Firebomb may only be used once per
Physical Defence 15 per level combat.
AOE Defence: 35 per level
Shadow Step (Premovement)
Constitution Defence 35 per level
The Assassin may attempt a stealth check if they
Mental Defence 15 per level are within shadows. On success the enemy will
Trickery 35 per level not target the Assassin until the Assassin either
Knowledge 45 per level move away from shadows or makes an action
Nature 15 per level that debuffs or deals damage to an enemy.
Perception 25 per level
Contract Killer (Out of Combat)
The Assassin always has a mark to slay, the
First Level Abilities: Assassin cannot receive a new mark until their
Sneak Attack (Gambit, Passive) previous one is dead.
The Assassin may maximize the damage of an
attack that initiates combat on an unexpecting
foe. If Sneak Attack is done as a Gambit against a
flanked enemy, then roll unexpected or Weapon
Attack against AOE Defence. On success the
target takes 1d6 damage for every two Assassin
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Third Level Abilities:
Studying Strike (Reaction)
If the Assassin dealt damage to an enemy, then as
a Reaction the Assassin automatically makes and
automatically succeeds at a ‘I Know You’ check.
Additionally, the Assassin’s offensive statistics are
treated as 5 per Assassin level higher when
targeting an enemy that they’ve landed a
studying strike against.
Throwing Dagger (Gambit)
The Assassin may once per combat round throw
a dagger at an enemy within 30ft. Roll
Unexpected Attack against Physical Defence. On
success the Assassin may choose one of the
following options.
Target On a successful hit, the enemy…
is partially blinded. Unless the enemy
possesses more than one head then
until the end of combat every offensive
Eye
action the enemy takes provokes a
d100 roll, on a 20 or lower it
automatically fails. Deal d2 damage per
Assassin level.
movement speed is halved until the
Leg
end of combat. Deal d3 damage per
Assassin level.
loses 3 per Assassin level in all offensive
Arm statistics. Deal d3 damage per Assassin
level.
Torso deal d10 damage per Assassin level.
Improved Sneak Attack (Passive)
Sneak Attack now deals D6 damage per Assassin
level. Additionally, Sneak Attack may now target
AOE Defence or Physical Defence. If Sneak
Attack targets Physical Defence, successful
attacks lower all defensive statistics by 2 per
Rogue level until end of combat. Sneak Attacks
that targeted different statistics stack with each
other.
Fourth Level Abilities:
Stealthy Approach (Out of Combat,
Passive)
When an Assassin is sneaking to follow one of
their contracted targets, they gain an additional
fifteen per Assassin level to their trickery. When
an Assassin uses an action that allows them to
sneak in combat, if a ‘Contract Killer’ target is
present then the Assassin gains an additional
fifteen per level to their trickery.
Observed Weakness (Passive)
All actions the Assassin makes that deal damage
to an enemy who the Assassin has succeeded
with recall knowledge or ‘I know you’ rolls
against have their damage die size increased by
one.
Poison Gas (Gambit)
Roll Unexpected Attack against the AOE Defence
of all enemies within a 15ft burst of a point
within 20ft. Successful rolls reduce all enemy
statistics by 5 per Assassin level until the end of
combat. Poison gas may only be used once per
combat.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Mirror Image (Gambit):
The Assassin creates 1d3 copies of themselves
that occupy the same square as the Assassin.
Whenever an enemy action targets the Assassin,
randomly determine if the action hits the
Assassin or a ‘Mirror Image’. If the action deals
damage it destroys the mirror image. ‘Mirror
Image’ does not stack with itself, repeated casts
replace the number of mirror images. Attacks
that target AOE Defence ignore mirror images
from ‘Mirror image’.
Conceal (Gambit):
The Assassin may make a stealth check no
matter the circumstances, on success the Assassin
is invisible and cannot be targeted by enemies.
At the end of each following combat round all
enemies within 30ft of the Assassin make a free
perception check to spot the Assassin. Conceal
ends if the Assassin uses a conflict action.
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Presence Erased (Passive)
The Assassin is invisible to anyone enemy who
qualifies for the Assassination signature ability
unless the Assassin has directly attacked them in
the current or previous combat round.
Sixth Level Abilities:
Bleeding blade (Gambit)
The Assassin may imbue a wielded slashing or
piercing weapon with 3 bleed damage per three
Assassin level for three combat rounds (including
the round bleeding blade was used). Bleeding
blade may stack with itself once.
Sneak Attack Expert (Passive)
Sneak Attack now deals d10 damage per Rogue
level. Additionally, Sneak Attack may now target
Constitution Defence. If Sneak Attack targets
Constitution Defence, successful attacks lower all
offensive statistics by 2 per Rogue level until end
of combat. Sneak Attacks that targeted different
statistics stack with each other.
Don’t Miss a Mark (Passive)
The Assassin automatically detects when an
enemy they have slain or taken part in slaying
has been resurrected.
Seventh Level Abilities
Touch of Fatigue (Gambit)
Roll unexpected or Weapon Attack against target
enemy within 5ft. On success the enemy loses
half of their actions in every phase of the
following combat round. Round up for the
number of remaining actions. Each enemy may
only be subjected to Touch of Fatigue once per
combat.
Fatiguing Blades (Passive)
Any slashing weapon or piercing sword (such as
a rapier) wielded by an Assassin inflicts a stat
penalty of 1 to all statistics per Assassin level on
successful strike. Fatiguing Blades stacks with
itself.
Assassin (Out of Combat)
If the Assassin has completed at least twelve
contract killer requests, they may become
officially part of a unique group of Assassins.
This “Assassins Guild” will provide a cloak that
when worn increases perception and trickery by
30. Every twelve additional contract kills
completed grants the Assassin the following
magic items in order.
1) A ring of greater invisibility that once per
combat as a free action at the start of a
combat round allows the Assassin to make
any action without breaking invisibility until
the end of the combat round. If used Out of
Combat, it lasts for six seconds.
2) An amulet that makes the Assassin to be plain
and ordinary on any who do not possess true
sight or have already recognized the Assassin
for who they are before the amulet was worn.
3) A trinket that breaks when the Assassin is
slain, reviving them at full fate points. These
are only given out once by the “guild”.
4) A potion that when consumed permanently
boosts all statistics by 20. This potion can
only affect someone once per lifetime; thus,
they’re only handed out at the Guild once.
5) A face mask is granted to the Assassin. While
worn the Assassin gains a Gambit that allows
them to reduce the number of actions of an
enemy within their gaze by one in every
combat round except conflict. This cannot
reduce the number of actions available to
below one.
Eighth Level Abilities
Symbol of Death (Gambit)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the Constitution
Defence of target enemy within 30ft. On success
the target is slain, legendary enemies instead
have their statistics halved for two combat
rounds (including the round Symbol of death
was used). On failure the enemy has their
statistics halved in the following combat round.
Each enemy may only be affected by Symbol of
Death once per combat.
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True Strike (conflict)
The Assassin may make a strike action, rolling
twice and choosing either result. True strike may
only be used once per combat round. Abilities
that allow for rerolls may reroll both dice from a
true strike action. Abilities that modify Weapon
Attack affect both rolls from true strike.
Sneak Attack Master (Passive)
Sneak Attack now deals d12 damage per Assassin
level. Additionally, Sneak Attack may now target
Trickery. If Sneak Attack targets Trickery,
successful attacks lower all statistics by 2 per
Assassin levels until end of combat. Sneak
Attacks that targeted different statistics stack
with each other.
Ninth Level Abilities:
Terrain Walking (Out of Combat)
The Assassin may create invisible passages
through any terrain that can be traversed by the
Assassin without detection. The shape and
direction of the passage can be manipulated at
will, effectively granting the Assassin the ability
to move solely through terrain to navigate an
area. The Assassin can see through the exit of the
passage before choosing to leave, revealing
themselves to anyone looking in the direction of
the passage.
Tenth Level Abilities:
Death Attack (Gambit)
Roll Unexpected Attack or Weapon Attack
against any statistic of target enemy within
weapon reach. On success the enemy is
automatically hit by a crit from the weapon.
Each enemy may only be affected by death
attack once per combat round.
True death (Passive).
Any enemy slain by an Assassin cannot be
revived by any means, unless the Assassin desires
for true death to not be active on the killing
blow.
You’re all my mark (Passive)
Abilities that only work against the Assassins’
contracts now work against everyone,
additionally the Assassin may reroll damage rolls
against all enemies, the Assassin also treats
damage rolls of 1 as a 2. Lastly, True Strike is no
longer once per combat round.

Necrotic bomb (Gambit)

The Assassin may target all enemies within a 10-
foot burst centered around a point within 30
feet. Roll Unexpected Attack against AOE
Defence. On success reduce enemy defensive or
offensive statistics by 4 per Assassin level.
Necrotic bomb stacks with itself. Necrotic bomb
can only be used once per combat round.

You Can’t Escape (Passive)

The Assassin may as a free action at the start of
any phase or Out of Combat teleport within 5ft
of any enemy they have a contract against and
have previously laid eyes on.

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Poisoner Food Poisoning (Passive):
The Poisoner can infect any food within 5ft of
Signature Ability: Toxin them with a concoction. Anyone who consumes
At the start of each combat round as a free action that food will, after 15 seconds lose 25% of their
the Poisoner can apply ‘Toxin’ to an equipped maximum fate points and takes damage equal to
weapon. Enemies damaged by ‘Strike’ actions of 25% of their current fate point total. Consuming
a ‘Toxin’ weapon have either their offensive or poisoned food multiple times does not increase
defensive statistics reduced by one until the end the damage, but each additional consumption
of combat (the Poisoner chooses). This ‘Toxin’ fastens the onset of poison by one second.
effect stacks with itself. The Poisoners ‘Strike’
Unexpected Needle (Maneuver)
actions inflict 1 Poison per ‘Poisoner’ level.
‘Unexpected Needle’ may modify a ‘Strike’
Poison from ‘Toxin’ does not stack with itself.
action to automatically miss. If it does, roll
Starting from second level ‘Toxin’ is infectious.
Unexpected Attack twice against Constitution
At the start of each combat round roll
Defence. If either die succeeds, the enemy is
Unexpected Attack against the Constitution
infected by ‘Toxin’.
Defence of an enemy within 5ft of anyone
infected by ‘Toxin’ on success they are infected Second Level Abilities:
by ‘Toxin’ as well (Both the debuff and the 1
Sneak Attack (Gambit, Passive)
Poison stack per Poisoner level), repeat this
The Poisoner may maximize the damage of an
process for every two ‘Poisoner’ levels past the
attack that initiates combat on an unexpecting
second. Every three ‘Poisoner’ levels the statistic
foe. If Sneak Attack is done as a Gambit against a
reduction from ‘Toxin’ increases by one to a
flanked enemy, then roll unexpected or Weapon
maximum of a statistic decrease of four per
Attack against AOE Defence. On success the
successful ‘Strike’.
target takes 1d6 damage for every two Poisoner
Statistic Growths levels. Sneak Attack may only be performed
once per combat round. Sneak Attack lowers all
Weapon Attack 25 per level
enemy statistics by 1 per Poisoner level until end
Supernatural Attack 15 per level
of combat.
Unexpected Attack 25 per level
Non-attack Physical 15 per level Poison Blade (Premovement)
Physical Defence 15 per level Target ally within 5ft now applies a singular
AOE Defence: 25 per level damage poison debuff on successful ‘Strikes’.
Constitution Defence 45 per level This debuff stacks with itself.
Mental Defence 15 per level Improved Food Poisoning (Passive)
Trickery 25 per level The Poisoner can infect any food within 5ft of
Knowledge 45 per level them with a concoction. Anyone who consumes
Nature 35 per level that food after 10 seconds loses 50% of their
Perception 15 per level maximum fate points and takes damage equal to
50% of their current fate point total. Consuming
First Level Abilities: multiple poisoned foods does not increase the
Dull the Senses (Gambit) damage, but each additional consumption
Roll Unexpected Attack against the Constitution fastens the onset of poison by one second.
Defence of target enemy within 5ft. On success
their noncombat statistics are halved. This
debuff lasts until purged.

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Third Level Abilities:
Violent Purge (Reaction)
If a Poisoner landed a successful ‘Strike’ against
an enemy with a poison debuff on them. As a
Reaction the Poisoner ends any number of
poison debuffs and the enemy immediately
takes damage equal to twice the amount of
poison they were infected with.
Weaken Immune System (Gambit)
Roll Unexpected Attack against the Physical
Defence of target enemy within 5ft. On success
the enemy loses half of their base Constitution
Defence until the end of the following combat
round. Each enemy may only be affected by
‘Weaken Immune System’ once per combat.
Lethal Food Poison (Passive)
The Poisoner can infect any food within 5ft of
them with a concoction. Anyone who consumes
that food after 10 hours is subjected to an
Unexpected Attack roll against their Constitution
Defence, if the Poisoner succeeds then the
enemy loses 100% of their maximum fate points
and dies. Otherwise, the enemy is subjected to
Improved Food Poisoning.
Fourth Level Abilities:
Weaken Reaction Time (Gambit)
Roll Unexpected Attack against the Physical
Defence of target enemy within 5ft. On success
the enemy loses half of their base AOE Defence
until the end of the following combat round.
Each enemy may only be affected by ‘Weaken
Reaction Time’ once per combat.
The Poisoners Lab (Passive)
The Poisoner gains a location to call their place
of work and a first level Poisoner assistant
follower.
Improved Sneak Attack (Passive)
Sneak Attack now deals d6 damage per Poisoner
level. Additionally, Sneak Attack may now target
AOE Defence or Physical Defence. If Sneak
Attack targets Physical Defence, successful
attacks lower all defensive statistics by 2 per
Poisoner level until end of combat. Sneak
Attacks that targeted different statistics stack
with each other.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Poisoners Cure (Premovement):
Target ally within 5ft and remove all debuffs
affecting them. An ally may only benefit from
‘Poisoners Cure’ once per combat.
Weaken Sanity (Gambit):
Roll Unexpected Attack against the Physical
Defence of target enemy within 5ft. On success
the enemy loses half of their base Mental
Defence until the end of the following combat
round. Each enemy may only be affected by
‘Weaken Sanity’ once per combat.
Poison Their Drink (Passive):
‘Food Poisoning’ ‘Improved Food Poisoning’ and
‘Lethal Food Poisoning’ can now be applied to
liquids.
Sixth Level Abilities:
Weaken Muscles (Gambit)
Roll Unexpected Attack against the Physical
Defence of target enemy within 5ft. On success
the enemy loses half of their base Physical
Defence until the end of the following combat
round. Each enemy may only be affected by
‘Weaken Muscles’ once per combat.
Sneak Attack Expert (Passive)
Sneak Attack now deals d10 damage per
Poisoner level. Additionally, Sneak Attack may
now target Constitution Defence. If Sneak Attack
targets Constitution Defence, successful attacks
lower all offensive statistics by 2 per Poisoner
level until end of combat. Sneak Attacks that
targeted different statistics stack with each other.
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Poisoned Words (Passive)
A Poisoner can reduce the statistics of anyone
listening to them speak by one. This debuff is
invisible to the recipient and cannot be traced
back to the Poisoner. Additionally, ‘Poisoned
Words’ has a permanent duration. ‘Poisoned
Words’ can only trigger on the same target once
per day.
Seventh Level Abilities:
Plague Development (Passive)
The Poisoner may begin the creation of a plague.
Creating a plague takes ten years, when the
Poisoner is ready, they may inject an unaware or
willing target with the plague. The target will
suffer from ‘Improved Food Poisoning’ after 48
hours. During that time the plague will
automatically spread every ten seconds in a
manner identical to the one described in ‘Toxin’.
These new plague recipients have a 10% chance
of suffering the symptoms of ‘Lethal Food
Poison’ instead of ‘Improved Food Poisoning’
and become carriers as described in the
beginning of ‘Plague Development’. While
suffering from ‘Improved Food Poisoning’
caused by ‘Plague Development’ anyone within
5ft of the plague carrier is at risk of being
infected in the same way as described in ‘Toxin’,
however this check is rolled hourly rather than
at the start of a combat round (with combat
rounds being 6 seconds long). The Poisoner is
immune to their own plague and should have a
vaccine as well as a cure for it available unless
they deliberately chose to not create one.
Weaken Skeleton (Gambit)
Roll Unexpected Attack against the Physical
Defence of the target enemy within 5ft. On
success the enemy loses half of their base
Weapon Attack until the end of the following
combat round. Each enemy may only be
affected by ‘Weaken Skeleton’ once per combat.
Poisoners Hospital (Passive)
The Poisoners lab has grown to also feature a
fully functional hospital with one dozen first
level Doktor followers and two dozen first level
Poisoner followers.
Eighth Level Abilities:
Sneak Attack Master (Passive)
Sneak Attack now deals d12 damage per Poisoner
level. Additionally, Sneak Attack may now target
Trickery. If Sneak Attack targets Trickery,
successful attacks lower all statistics by 2 per
Poisoner level until end of combat. Sneak
Attacks that targeted different statistics stack
with each other.
Weaken Nerves (Gambit)
Roll Unexpected Attack against the Physical
Defence of target enemy within 5ft. On success
the enemy loses half of their base Unexpected
Attack until the end of the following combat
round. Each enemy may only be affected by
‘Weaken Nerves’ once per combat.
Remove Resistance (Gambit)
Roll Unexpected Attack against the Constitution
Defence of target enemy within 5ft. On success
the enemy loses poison resistance and poison
immunity becomes 50% poison resistance.
Ninth Level Abilities:
Weaken Mental Power (Gambit)
Roll Unexpected Attack against the Physical
Defence of target enemy within 5ft. On success
the enemy loses half of their base Supernatural
Attack until the end of the following combat
round. Each enemy may only be affected by
‘Weaken Mental Power’ once per combat.
Poisoners Acid Splash (Gambit)
The Poisoner may roll Supernatural Attack
against the Constitution Defence of any enemy
within 60ft. On success the enemy takes 1d6 acid
damage per Poisoner level.
Respected Physician (Passive)
The Poisoner can find gainful employment and
live a luxurious lifestyle in any nation as a
Doktor, freely relocating their lab and hospital to
any nation.
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Tenth Level Abilities:
Poison Gas (Gambit)
Roll Unexpected Attack against the Constitution
Defence of all enemies within 5ft burst centred
around a point within 30ft. Each success afflicts
the enemy with every Poisoner talent that
contains the word ‘Weaken’ in it. As these
abilities are being applied via Poison gas it does
not count towards the maximum limit of times
the Weaken ability can be applied. ‘Poison Gas’
may only be used once per day.

Poison Master (Passive)

The Poisoner can infect any food within 5ft of
them with a concoction. Anyone who consumes
that food after 10 seconds loses 75% of their
maximum fate points and takes damage equal to
75% of their current fate point total. Consuming
multiple poisoned foods does not increase the
damage, but each additional consumption
fastens the onset of poison by one second.
Poison Master can be used as the basis for a
plague and plagues only take one year to develop
instead of ten.

Medical Scientist (Passive)

The Poisoner gains the ability to use the
‘Forceful Surgery’ or ‘Cure Serious Wounds’ and
‘Cure Light Wounds’ Doktor talents.

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 First Level Abilities:
Valorous Paths Reality Swap (Premovement)
The Chaos Knight may switch places with any
Chaos Knight allies within 120ft of them.

Signature ability: Chaos Strike Addled Mind (Passive)

Whenever a Chaos Knight performs a ‘Strike’, The Chaos Knight has lost their identity to their
expend one Maneuver to roll a D6 and consult very own heroic spirit’s essence, reclaiming it
the table below. one step at a time is what allows the Chaos
Knight to progress in level. When the Chaos
Roll The ‘Strike’ does… Knights mind is fully restored, they may choose
1 No damage to make a ‘Strike’ action without it being affected
2 Half damage by ‘Chaos Strike’.
3 Normal damage
Adaptive Defences (Passive)
4 One and a half times damage The Chaos Knight can swap two of their
5 Double damage defensive statistics with each other at the start of
6 Double damage and if a Maneuver is each day. This does not change the Chaos
available, perform another Strike Knights base statistics and growths upon leveling.

For each Chaos Knight level add 10% to each
result except 1 (ex. a lvl 1 Chaos Knight who rolls
a 2 does 60% damage and rolls a 5 does 210%
damage).
For every two Chaos Knight levels add 10% to
result 1 (max 50% damage at tenth level)
Second Level Abilities:
Killing Blow (Maneuver)
‘Killing Blow’ may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action to
deal an additional D4 damage per character
level. Killing Blow may only be used once per
combat round.

For every three Chaos Knight levels the Chaos Controlled Chaos (Passive)
Knight gains a daily reroll on their ‘Chaos Strike’. The Chaos Knight treats the first result ‘1’ they
roll on ‘Chaos Strike’ each combat as result 2.
Statistic Growths:
Weapon Attack
Confounding Spirit (Passive)
35 per level
Every debuff inflicted on The Chaos Knight
Supernatural Attack 25 per level
from enemies provokes a D2 roll.
Unexpected Attack 15 per level
Non-attack Physical 25 per level Roll The Chaos Knight….
Physical Defence 35 per level 1 Receives an additional instance of the
AOE Defence: 15 per level debuff; this instance only stacks if the
Constitution Defence 25 per level debuff specifies that it stacks with itself,
Mental Defence otherwise it's just more difficult to purge
35 per level
the debuff as the Chaos Knight becomes
Trickery 25 per level afflicted with two instances of a non
Knowledge 25 per level stacking debuff.
Nature 15 per level 2 Purges the debuff.
Perception 35 per level

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Third Level Abilities:
Unequal Outcome (Reaction)
If the Chaos Knight suffered damage in the
preceding conflict phase, then for each instance
of damage the Chaos Knight may as a Reaction
roll a D3.
Roll The damage from the action is...
1 Doubled
2 Unaffected
3 Halved, and the enemy suffers half the
damage.
Superior Killing Blow (Passive)
‘Killing Blow’ may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action to
deal an additional D6 damage per character
level.
Hell Steed (Passive)
The Chaos Knight gains an invincible steed, the
steed is one size larger than the Chaos Knight
and has a 90ft base speed.
Fourth Level Abilities:
Chaos Pull (Gambit)
The Chaos Knight may target an enemy within
60ft. The Chaos Knight and the enemy are
pulled towards each other disappearing and
reappearing next to each other in a random
point between them. The Chaos Knight and the
target cannot move in the following combat
round.
Impossible Reach (Maneuver)
The Chaos Knight may modify a ‘Strike’ action
to have an additional D6 times ten feet of reach
or range. ‘Impossible Reach’ can only be used
once per combat round. At tenth level this
becomes 1d6 times fifteen feet.
Chaotic Speed (Passive)
The Chaos Knight and their steed have an
additional D10*10 movement each combat
round.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Heroic Killing Blow (Passive)
‘Killing Blow’ may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action to
deal an additional D8 damage per character
level.
Chaotic Exchange (Maneuver)
The Chaos Knight may modify a ‘Strike’ action
to on hit cause the Chaos Knight and target to
randomly exchange buffs and debuffs with each
other. Roll a D6 for each buff afflicting the
Chaos Knight. For each 4+ choose a buff to go to
the enemy. Then roll a D6 for each buff the
Chaos Knight transferred, on a 4+ choose a
debuff to go to the enemy.The buffs and debuffs
duration is replaced and they now last until the
end of the following combat round. ‘Chaotic
Exchange’ may only be used once per combat.
Chaotic Movement (Passive)
The Chaos Knight is immune to fall damage.
Additionally, At the start of each combat round
roll a D2
Roll The damage from the action is...
1 Nothing happens
2 The Chaos Knight and their steed gain a
flight speed equal to their land speed
Sixth Level Abilities:
Chaos Arrow (Maneuver)
The Chaos Knight may manipulate a ranged
‘Strike’ action to target an additional D6 enemies
within weapon range. ‘Chaos Arrow’ may only be
used once per combat round.
Chaos Ray (Conflict)
The Chaos Knight may target an enemy within
30ft. Roll Supernatural Attack against Mental
Defence. On success the enemy loses d3 actions
in d3 random phases in the following combat
round and takes D6 irresistible damage per
Chaos Knight level.
Quick Switch (Passive)
The Chaos Knight may switch their equipped
weapon as a free action at any time.
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Seventh Level Abilities:
Supreme Heroic Killing Blow (Passive)
‘Killing Blow’ may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action to
deal an additional D10 damage per character
level.
Chaotic Crit (Maneuver)
The Chaos Knight may add D20 to their conflict
actions crit range. This increased crit range
stacks with other sources of increased crit range,
for example a Chaos Knight who rolls a 20 and
has a Keen weapon will crit on a 25.
Chaotic Existence (Passive)
The Chaos Knight can phase through terrain, in
combat the Chaos Knights movement must end
outside of terrain, otherwise the move is not
executed.
Eighth Level Abilities:
Indecipherable Blow (Maneuver)
The Chaos Knights ‘Strike’ targets every statistic.
For each statistic that would be a successful hit
the ‘Strike’ deals 25% damage (up to 100% of its
damage). This modifier is applied after all other
modifiers to the Chaos Knights damage.
Chaos Knights Mirror Image (Passive)
At the start of combat the Chaos Knight creates
D10 Mirror images that occupy the same square
as the Chaos Knight. When the Chaos Knight is
targeted by a hostile action, randomly determine
if the Knight is targeted or an image. If an image
is targeted it is instantly destroyed and the action
is consumed. Attacks that target AOE Defence
ignore mirror images from ‘Chaos Knights
Mirror Image’.
Chaos Prison (Passive)
The Chaos Knight has a pocket dimension prison
that only they can enter and exit (alongside
anyone the Chaos Knight personally drags in and
out). The Pocket dimension only contains a
vortex of swirling color and an ever-shifting
prison building of approximately 10k square
feet. The building has a will of its own and will
play twisted games with its prisoners, the only
way to win said games is to refuse to play them.
Other individuals within the pocket dimension
are incapable of making hostile actions towards
the Chaos Knight and lose all of their abilities.
Ninth Level Abilities:
Chaotic Smite (Maneuver)
The Chaos Knight may manipulate a conflict
action to deal an additional 3D12 damage against
lawful opponents.
Deific Link (Passive)
The Chaos Knight has a direct connection with
the God of Chaos and can converse with them
freely.
Chaos Shield (Passive)
If the Chaos Knight has a shield equipped, they
can reflect one ranged conflict action per
combat, use the Chaos Knights Weapon Attack in
place of the original attack statistic targeting the
same defensive statistic of the enemy.
Tenth Level Abilities:
Fortress Breaker (Maneuver)
The Chaos Knight may modify a ‘Strike’ action
to ignore object hardness.
Perfect Clarity (Passive)
The Chaos Knight may conceal their alignment,
presence and abilities, while concealed the Chaos
Knight truly does not have access to their
abilities. They instead appear as an utterly
ordinary and mundane member of their race.
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Chaos Lord (Passive)
The Chaos Knight gains ten thousand first to
third level Chaos Knight followers and a
majestic, but twisted and warping city with a
grand keep as well as one hundred thousand
peasant followers. The city spawns wherever the
Chaos Knight chooses, the follower knights will
be intrinsically drawn to the Chaos Knight and
the peasants are perfect copies of random
unimportant people in the world, with the
exception of their loyalty to the Chaos Knight.

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Eldritch Archer Second Level Abilities:
Hawk Eye (Premovement)
Signature Ability: Arcane Arrow Target ally within 30ft gains 5 Weapon Attack
The Eldritch Archer may make ranged ‘Strike’ per Eldritch Archer level when making ranged
actions using Supernatural Attack instead of weapon ‘Strike’ actions.
Weapon Attack. For each Eldritch Archer level
increase the damage of ranged ‘Strike’ actions by Flaming Arrow (Maneuver)
one. For every two Eldritch Archer levels Arcane The Eldritch Archer may manipulate a ranged
Arrow deals an additional D3 damage. For every ‘Strike’ action to become a 5ft burst centered
three Eldritch Archer levels Arcane Arrow deals around the target. A ‘Strike’ affected by ‘Arcane
an additional D6 damage (To a maximum of Arrow’ and manipulated by ‘Flaming Arrow’ has
5D3+3D6+10 at tenth level). The Eldritch Archer the ‘Arcane Arrow’ deal entirely fire damage and
declares what element (fire, shock, water, acid, targets AOE Defence. Only one Eldritch Archer
sonic, ice, dark, light, holy, unholy) the ‘Strike’ is Maneuver with the word ‘arrow’ in its name may
before rolling. ‘Arcane Arrow’ only functions be used at a time.
with longbows, shortbows and crossbows.
Far Shooter (Passive)
Statistic Growths Increase the range increment of Bows wielded
by the Eldritch archer by 60ft.
Weapon Attack 25 per level
Supernatural Attack 35 per level Third Level Abilities:
Unexpected Attack 15 per level Double Tap (Reaction)
Non-attack Physical 25 per level If a ranged ‘Strike’ hit, then as a Reaction the
Physical Defence 25 per level Eldritch Archer may roll damage a 2nd time and
AOE Defence: 35 per level add it to the amount the enemy suffered.
Constitution Defence 15 per level ‘Double Tap’ may only be used once per combat
Mental Defence 35 per level round.
Trickery 15 per level
Superior Killing Blow (Passive)
Knowledge 35 per level ‘Killing Blow’ may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action to
Nature 15 per level deal an additional D6 damage per character
Perception 35 per level level.

First Level Abilities: Phase Shot (Passive)

Killing Blow (Maneuver) Eldritch Archer arrows can not be resisted or
‘Killing Blow’ may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action to have their damage reduced by Incorporeal
deal an additional D4 damage per character creatures such as wraiths, banshees or shades.
level. Killing Blow may only be used once per
combat round. Fourth Level Abilities:
Backflip (Gambit)
True Eagle Eyes (Passive)
The Eldritch Archer may move backwards in a
The Eldritch Archer can see perfectly up to 1km
straight line their movement value. This
away.
movement does not provoke threat attacks.
Magical Shots (Passive)
Piercing immunity is reduced to 50% resistance
against ranged ‘Strike’ actions made by the
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Frost Arrow (Maneuver)
The Eldritch Archer may manipulate a ranged
‘Strike’ action to inflict a debuff on hit that
reduces the targets movement by 20% (rounded
up). This debuff stacks up to 4 times. ‘Arcane
Arrow’ deals entirely cold damage when a ‘Strike’
is manipulated by ‘Frost Arrow’. Only one
Eldritch Archer Maneuver with the word ‘arrow’
in its name may be used at a time.
True Strike (Passive)
The first ‘Strike’ the Eldritch Archer makes each
combat automatically hits. Legendary enemies
are immune to True Strike.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Heroic Killing Blow (Passive)
‘Killing Blow’ may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action to
deal an additional D8 damage per character
level.
Shock Arrow (Maneuver)
The Eldritch Archer may manipulate a ‘Strike’
action to inflict a debuff on hit that reduces the
number of actions the enemy has available in the
following combat round by 1 in every non
conflict phase. ‘Arcane Arrow’ deals entirely
shock damage when a ‘Strike’ is manipulated by
‘Shock Arrow’. Only one Eldritch Archer
Maneuver with the word ‘arrow’ in its name may
be used at a time.
Between The Eyes (Passive)
The Eldritch Archer has a natural crit range of 5
or lower. This stacks with other sources of
enhancing crit range such as with a Keen
weapon, which would result in a crit on a 9 or
lower.
Sixth Level Abilities:
Sonic Arrow (Maneuver)
The Eldritch Archer may manipulate a ranged
‘Strike’ action to push the target back 5ft per
Eldritch Archer level on hit. If the enemy
collides with another enemy or terrain it suffers
d6 damage per Eldritch archer level. ‘Arcane
Arrow’ deals entirely sonic damage when a
‘Strike’ is manipulated by ‘Sonic Arrow’. Only
one Eldritch Archer Maneuver with the word
‘arrow’ in its name may be used at a time.
Point Blank Shot (Passive)
The Eldritch Archer does not provoke threat
attacks when firing their bow.
Dodge (Gambit)
The Eldritch Archer automatically avoids one
ranged conflict action that targets them in the
following combat round.
Seventh Level Abilities:
Supreme Heroic Killing Blow (Passive)
‘Killing Blow’ may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action to
deal an additional D10 damage per character
level.
Acid Arrow (Maneuver)
The Eldritch Archer can manipulate a ranged
‘Strike’ action to melt the enemies flesh, reduce
their bones and just slowly disintegrate them.
The enemy takes an additional D3 acid damage
per Eldritch Archer level and in the start of the
following combat round takes a further D3 acid
damage per Eldritch Archer level. ‘Arcane Arrow’
deals entirely acid damage when a ‘Strike’ is
manipulated by ‘Acid Arrow’. Only one Eldritch
Archer Maneuver with the word ‘arrow’ in its
name may be used at a time.
Eldritch Archer League (Passive)
The Eldritch Archer gains 50 first level Eldritch
Archer followers.
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Eighth Level Abilities:
Wack (Maneuver)
The Eldritch Archer can change the base damage
die of their Longbow to D12 when performing a
melee ‘Strike’ action.
Homing Arrow (Passive)
The Eldritch Archer can ignore cover with their
ranged ‘Strike’ actions.
Ice Spike Arrow (Maneuver)
The Eldritch Archer can manipulate a ranged
‘Strike’ action to be accompanied be enveloped
by a penetrating ice bolt. The Strike ignores
enemy armor and deals an additional D8 Ice
damage per Eldritch Archer level. ‘Arcane Arrow’
deals entirely ice damage when a ‘Strike’ is
manipulated by ‘Ice Spike Arrow’. Only one
Eldritch Archer Maneuver with the word ‘arrow’
in its name may be used at a time.
Ninth Level Abilities:
Drowning Arrow (Maneuver)
The Eldritch Archer may manipulate a ranged
‘Strike’ action to be enveloped by a watery ball.
On a successful hit the enemy's head is
enveloped briefly by water. The suffocation
causes a 10% penalty in all statistics until the end
of the following combat round. ‘Arcane Arrow’
deals entirely water damage when a ‘Strike’ is
manipulated by ‘Drowning Arrow’. Only one
Eldritch Archer Maneuver with the word ‘arrow’
in its name may be used at a time.
Purifying Arrows (Passive)
Undead slain by an Eldritch Archer can not rise
again.
Infernal Arrows (Passive)
Celestials slain by an Eldritch Archer can not
enter the material plane for at least one thousand
years.
Tenth Level Abilities:
Solar Arrow (Maneuver)
The Eldritch Archer may manipulate a ranged
‘Strike’ action to dazzle an enemy on hit.
Successful hits render the enemy blind, all of
their actions that target anyone other than
themselves provoke a D100 roll and on a 50 or
lower automatically fail. This debuff has a
permanent duration. ‘Arcane Arrow’ deals
entirely light damage when a ‘Strike’ is
manipulated by ‘Solar Arrow’. A ‘Strike’
manipulated by ‘Solar Arrow’ targets
Constitution Defence. Only one Eldritch Archer
Maneuver with the word ‘arrow’ in its name may
be used at a time. ‘Solar Arrow’ may only be used
once per combat.
Prismatic Arrow (Passive)
The Eldritch Archer may use two Maneuvers
with the word ‘arrow’ in its name at once. If the
Maneuvers both convert ‘Arcane Arrow’ damage
to a particular element, then instead the ‘Arcane
Arrow’ is split evenly between both elements. If
the two Maneuvers cause the arrow to target
multiple statistics the Eldritch Archer chooses
which of those statistics to target before rolling.
Void Arrows (Passive)
The first ‘Strike’ an Eldritch Archer makes each
combat round reduces the maximum fate points
of the enemy struck by an amount equal to the
damage they took from the ‘Strike’. This debuff
has a permanent duration.
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Void Knight Powerful Swings (Passive)
One handed weapons wielded in two hands by a
Signature Ability: Dimensional Slash Void Knight have their damage die size
Whenever the Void Knight declares their intent increased by 1 (D3>D6>D8>D10>D12) if they
to perform a ‘Strike’ with a melee weapon, for already have a D12 damage die then instead they
every Maneuver the Void Knight declares, the deal an additional D12 damage. If the Void
‘Strike’ gains an additional 5ft of range. Every Knight uses a two-handed weapon, then the
two Void Knight levels increases the range bonus weapon deals an additional damage for every
per Maneuver by 5ft (to a maximum of a 25ft two Void Knight levels.
range increase per Maneuver at tenth level).
Second Level Abilities:
Every three Void Knight levels increases the
damage die size of melee weapons that are Void Step (Premovement)
performing a Dimensional slash by one step The Void Knight may target an ally within 5ft.
(D3>D6>D8>D10>D12) if the weapon already has Until the end of the combat round, movement
a D12 damage die it instead deals an additional from that ally does not provoke threat attacks.
D12 damage. Dimensional Slash requires two
Squire (Passive)
hands to be on the melee weapon, even if it’s a
The Void Knight has taken the first step in
one handed weapon.
rebuilding their order. The Void Knight gains a
Statistic Growths Squire who has a first level NPC ‘Warrior’ class.
This Squire will become a NPC version of the
Weapon Attack 35 per level
Void Knight class when the Void Knight reaches
Supernatural Attack 5 per level
5th level.
Unexpected Attack 35 per level
Non-attack Physical 25 per level Void Revenants Protection (Passive)
Physical Defence 35 per level The Void Knight may use Physical Defence in
AOE Defence: 25 per level place of AOE Defence once per combat round.
Constitution Defence 15 per level
Third Level Abilities:
Mental Defence 35 per level
Bisection (Reaction)
Trickery 35 per level
If the Void Knight rolled a natural one when
Knowledge 25 per level dealing damage with a ‘Strike’ that is under the
Nature 15 per level effects of ‘Dimensional Slash’ then the Void
Perception 25 per level Knight as a Reaction may bisect the enemy into
two, instantly killing them. Legendary enemies
are immune to ‘Bisection’.
First Level Abilities
Killing Blow (Maneuver) Superior Killing Blow (Passive)
‘Killing Blow’ may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action to ‘Killing Blow’ may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action to
deal an additional D4 damage per character deal an additional D6 damage per character
level. level.

Shattered Order (Passive) Void Armor (Passive)

The Void Knight is a remnant of the destroyed
order of knights. The Void Knight must find a
location they deem suitable for reconstructing
the order before they can gain any further levels.
The Void Knight can add an enchantment to
their armor that reflects one Supernatural Attack
action per combat, roll using the enemies
Supernatural Attack against the statistic that the
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Fourth Level Abilities:
Silencing Invisibility (Gambit)
The Void Knight becomes completely invisible
and makes no sound for two combat rounds
(including the round that silencing invisibility
was used). Performing any action other than
movement ends the silence and invisibility.
Piercing Blow (Maneuver)
The Void Knight may modify a ‘Strike’ affected
by ‘Dimensional Slash’ to travel in a 5ft wide
straight line, performing a ‘Strike’ against
everyone with ‘Dimensional Slash’ range.
Piercing Blow may only be performed once per
combat.
Void Weapon (Passive)
The Void Knight can make their weapon
invisible to everything, true sight does not work
against the Void Knights weapon. However, the
Void Knight can always sense their weapon.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Heroic Killing Blow (Passive)
‘Killing Blow’ may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action to
deal an additional D8 damage per character
level.
Mental Render (Maneuver)
The Void Knight may modify a melee weapon
conflict action to target Mental Defence. Mental
Render may only be performed once per
combat round.
A New Order (Passive)
The Void Knight creates the first order of Void
Knights with two dozen first level NPC Void
Knight class followers and one second level Void
Knight (The Void Knights former squire). The
Void Knight may take on a new squire.
Sixth Level Abilities:
Solid Void (Maneuver)
A melee weapon ‘Strike’ action modified by
Solid Void must be defended by Physical
Defence even if the enemy has or activates an
ability that changes the statistic targeted.
Void Block (Passive)
The Void Knight gains the ‘Block’ ability from
having a shield when two handing a weapon.
Vorpal Blade (Passive)
The Void Knights Weapons crit on a 10 or lower.
This stacks with other sources of expanding crit
range; for example, a keen longsword would crit
on a 14.
Seventh Level Abilities:
Supreme Heroic Killing Blow (Passive)
‘Killing Blow’ may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action to
deal an additional D10 damage per character
level.
Void Attack (Maneuver)
The Void Knight may manipulate a melee
weapon ‘Strike’ action to have half of the damage
(rounded up) be unaffected by damage reduction
or immunity. For example a Greatsword ‘Strike’
manipulated by ‘Void Attack’ targeting an enemy
with 50% physical resistance would only reduce
the damage the Void Knight deals by 25% (50% of
the non altered damage).
Void Master (Passive)
Melee weapons have a base range of 15ft when
wielded by a Void Knight.
Eighth Level Abilities:
Diagonal Slice (Maneuver)
The Void Knight may modify a conflict action to
target AOE Defence. Diagonal Slice may only be
performed once per combat round.
Void Slayer (Passive)
The Void Knight ignores resistances and
immunites from ghosts, wraith and any form of
incorporeal enemy.
Void Shot (Passive)
The Void Knight may use their abilities on bows,
except for dimensional slash which may only be
used on a bow once per day.
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Ninth Level Abilities:
Void Dash (Maneuver)
The Void Knight may modify a ‘Strike’ action to
allow the Void Knight to move in a straight line
up to their movement value striking each enemy
within 5ft of the Void Knight during any point of
the move action. This is followed by the Void
Knight performing an additional Dimensional
Slash ‘Strike’. Void Dash may be used once per
combat.

Into the Void (Passive)

The Void Knight damages maximum fate points
with their melee weapon ‘Strikes’ in addition to
current fate points.

The New Void Knights (Passive)

The Void Knight order has been re-established
with a chapter of the order that now contains
1000 members and the Void Knight themself as
the chapter master.

Tenth Level Abilities:

Perfect Void (Maneuver)
The Void Knights ‘Strike’ range becomes limited
only by how far the Void Knight can see. ‘Perfect
Void’ may only be used once per combat (or
once every thirty minutes if used Out of
Combat).

Voids Revenants Constitution (Passive)

The Void Knight may use Physical Defence in
place of Constitution Defence once per combat
round.

Void Parry (Passive)

The Void Knight can attempt to reflect any
physical attack that failed to hit the Void Knight.
As a free action upon enemy failure activate the
same conflict action using the enemies physical
attack against the statistic their conflict action
demanded. Void Parry may only be used once
per combat round.

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 Mirror Image (Premovement)
Inexplicable Paths: The Wizard creates 1d3 copies of themselves that
occupies the same square as the Wizard.
Wizard Whenever an enemy action targets the Wizard,
Signature Ability: True Student of Magic randomly determine if the action hits the
Incomprehensible enemies slain by the Wizard Wizard or a ‘Mirror Image’. If the action deals
can have their corpse preserved by a simple spell damage it destroys the mirror image. ‘Mirror
that the Wizard begins with. One year of Image’ does not stack with itself, repeated casts
studying the corpse grants the Wizard a random replace the number of mirror images. Attacks
Supernatural Attack ability that the foe knows. that target AOE Defence ignore mirror images
Only one ability may be learned from a corpse. from ‘Mirror Image’.
Each unique Incomprehensible enemy corpse
studied permanently grants five Mental Defence. Magic Missile (Conflict)
This buff stacks a number of times equal to the Roll Supernatural Attack against the Physical
Wizard levels. Every Wizard level reduce the Defence of target enemy within 60ft. On success
time requirement to learn an ability by five the enemy takes D6 force damage per Wizard
weeks (to requiring two weeks of study at tenth level. ‘Magic Missile’ provokes threat attacks.
level). Every three Wizard levels allows a corpse
Second Level Abilities:
to be studied an additional time to grant a
random different Supernatural Attack ability. Magic Bolt (Reaction)
If ‘Magic Missile’ hit an enemy in the preceding
Statistic Growths conflict phase, then as a Reaction the Wizard
Weapon Attack 15 per level may deal an additional D4 force damage per
Supernatural Attack Wizard level. ‘Magic Bolt’ may only affect each
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enemy once per combat round.
Unexpected Attack 15 per level
Non-attack Physical 15 per level Inexplicable Soul Weaken (Reaction)
Physical Defence 15 per level Target enemy who took damage in the
AOE Defence: 25 per level preceding conflict phase from the Wizards
Constitution Defence 15 per level Supernatural Attack conflict actions loses 2 per
Mental Defence 35 per level Wizard level in every offensive statistic until the
Trickery end of combat.
15 per level
Knowledge 35 per level Burning Hands (Conflict)
Nature 25 per level Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Perception 35 per level Defence of all enemies within a 30ft cone. On
success the enemy takes D6 fire damage per
First Level Abilities: Wizard level. ‘Burning Hands’ may only be used
Inexplicable Soul Shatter (Reaction) once per combat round. ‘Burning Hands’
Target enemy who took damage in the provokes threat attacks.
preceding conflict phase from the Wizards
Supernatural Attack conflict actions loses 2 per Third Level Abilities:
Wizard level in every defensive statistic until the Slumber (Conflict)
end of combat. Roll Supernatural Attack against the Mental
Defence of target enemy within 60ft. On success
the enemy falls asleep for three combat rounds.
They cannot perform any actions until woken
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or a sufficient amount of effort from their allies.
Enemies who are not affected by slumber may
end a slumber affecting their allies through the
following process. At the start of combat round
declare that you will give up your conflict phase
to awake an ally within reach. Legendary
enemies are immune to ‘Slumber’. ‘Slumber’
may only be used once per combat round.
‘Slumber’ provokes threat attacks.
Inexplicable Soul Siphon (Reaction)
If an enemy took damage in the preceding
conflict phase from the Wizards Supernatural
Attack conflict actions, then restore 1 fate point
per Wizard level. ‘Inexplicable Soul Siphon’ may
only be used once per combat round.
Burning Embers (Reaction)
If Burning Hands hit an enemy in the preceding
conflict phase, then as a Reaction the Wizard
may set the foe aflame. Enemies on fire take D3
fire damage per Wizard level at the start of each
combat round. After taking the damage the
enemy may put out the flames by declaring they
are giving up their Premovement or their
movement phase. ‘Burning Embers’ may only
affect a foe once per combat round.
Fourth Level Abilities:
Haste (Gambit)
All allies within a 30ft burst centered around the
Wizard gain an additional conflict action in the
following combat round and have double their
movement. At eighth level double hastes
duration. ‘Haste’ may only be used once per
combat.
Hallucinatory Executioner (Conflict)
Target enemy within 60ft, roll Supernatural
Attack against Mental Defence. On success the
enemy takes D10 irresistible damage per Wizard
level. ‘Hallucinatory Executioner’ may only be
used once per combat round. ‘Hallucinatory
Executioner’ provokes threat attacks.
Nightmare (Reaction)
If Slumber affected an enemy in the preceding
conflict phase, then as a Reaction the Wizard
may cause the enemy to suffer a nightmare and
take D8 irresistible damage per Wizard level at
the start of each combat round.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Break Enchantment (Conflict, Passive)
The Wizard may destroy enchanted items by
attending to them for four hours. At tenth level
this becomes one hour. ‘Break Enchantment’
may be used as a Conflict action directed at
constructs or beings who are solely animated by
Magic. Roll Supernatural Attack against
Constitution Defence. On success the enemy
takes D12 irresistible damage per Wizard level.
Undead, despite many being solely animated by
magic are immune to ‘Break Enchantment’.
‘Break Enchantment’ may only be used once per
combat round. ‘Break Enchantment’ provokes
threat attacks.
Vivid Execution (Reaction)
If Hallucinatory Executioner affected an enemy
in the preceding conflict phase, then as a
Reaction the Wizard may roll Supernatural
Attack against Mental Defence. On success the
enemy takes an additional D10 damage per
Wizard level. Enemies who take damage from
‘Vivid Execution’ become immune to
‘Hallucinatory Executioner’. Legendary enemies
are immune to ‘Vivid Execution’.
Inexplicable Soul Fray (Reaction)
If an enemy took damage in the preceding
conflict phase from the Wizards Supernatural
Attack conflict actions, then deal one damage per
Wizard level. ‘Inexplicable Soul Fray’ may only
affect each enemy once per conflict action that
affected them.
Sixth Level Abilities:
Chain Lightning (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Defence of target enemy within 60ft and against
a new enemy within 15ft of the original target
and a new enemy within 15ft of that target, so on
so forth until there are no new valid targets for
‘Chain Lightning’. On success deal D8 shock
damage per Wizard level. ‘Chain Lightning’ may
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only be used once per combat round. ‘Chain
Lightning’ provokes threat attacks.
Reduce to Dust (Reaction)
If Break enchantment hit an enemy in the
preceding conflict phase, then as a Reaction the
Wizard may deal an additional D12 damage per
Wizard level. ‘Reduce to Dust’ may only affect
each enemy once per combat round.
Flight (Premovement)
Target ally within 60ft gains a 100ft flight speed
for one round per Wizard level, the ally becomes
immune to fall damage for a number of rounds
equal to double ‘Flights’ duration.
Seventh Level Abilities:
Madness (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the Mental
Defence of target enemy within 60ft. On success
at the start of each combat round for a number
of rounds equal to the Wizards level roll on the
following chart.
Roll The enemy performs...
1 A basic strike against itself
2 A random conflict action against itself
3 A basic strike against its nearest ally if
able, otherwise it targets itself as per
result 1.
4 A random conflict against its nearest ally
if able, otherwise it targets itself as per
result 2.
‘Madness’ may only be used once per combat
round. ‘Madness’ provokes threat attacks. For
results 1-4 use the Wizards Supernatural Attack
in place of the targets own attack statistic.
Force Staff (Maneuver)
The Wizard may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action
performed with a staff to use Supernatural
Attack instead of Weapon Attack. Furthermore,
the Staffs damage die is increased by two sizes
(D4>D6>D8>D10>D12). If the Staff already dealt
D12 damage it deals an additional D12 damage.
Lastly, the weapons damage is converted to
‘Force’ damage.
Static Shock (Reaction)
If Chain Lightning hit an enemy in the
preceding conflict phase, then as a Reaction the
Wizard may reduce the number of actions the
enemy has available in any phase other than
Conflict by two (min 1). ‘Static shock’ may only
affect each enemy once per combat round.
Eighth Level Abilities:
Rain of Arrows (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE or
Physical Defence of all enemies within a 30ft
burst centered around a point within 120ft. The
same defensive statistic must be used for all
enemies within the burst. On success the enemy
takes D12 piercing damage per Wizard level.
‘Rain of Arrows’ may only be used once per
combat. ‘Rain of Arrows’ provokes threat attacks.
True Madness (Reaction)
If an enemy was affected by ‘Madness’ in the
preceding conflict phase, then as a Reaction the
Wizard may choose one of the 4 results to
happen immediately. Each enemy may only be
affected by ‘True Madness’ once per combat
round.
True Sight (Premovement)
Target ally within 60ft benefits from the ability
to see through any illusion, invisibility or
falsehood for a number of rounds equal to the
Wizards level.
Ninth Level Abilities:
Ice Storm (Conflict)
Target all enemies within 10ft burst centered
around the Wizard. Roll Supernatural Attack
against AOE Defence. On success the enemy
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takes d10 frost damage per Wizard level. ‘Ice
Storm’ may only be used once per combat
round. ‘Ice Storm’ provokes threat attacks.

Pinning Arrows (Reaction)

If Rain of Arrows hit an enemy in the preceding
conflict phase, then as a Reaction the Wizard
may eliminate the enemies ability to move in the
following combat round. ‘Pinning Arrows’ may
only be used once per day.

Extend Magic (Passive)

The range of the Wizards conflict actions are
doubled.

Tenth Level Abilities:

Power Word Kill (Conflict)
Target enemy within 60ft in the ‘Broken’
condition. The enemy is slain. Otherwise the
enemy loses 20% of their maximum fate points.
‘Power Word Kill’ may only be used once per
combat round. Legendary enemies in the
‘Broken’ condition instead have their fate points
halved.

Ice Prison (Reaction)

If Ice Storm hit an enemy in the preceding
conflict phase, then as a Reaction the Wizard
may eliminate the enemies ability to perform
actions in the following combat round. ‘Ice
Prison’ may only affect each enemy once per
combat.

Maximize Magic (Passive)

Once per combat as a free action the Wizard
may maximize the damage of any of their
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Time Weaver Unmake (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against Constitution
Signature ability: True Strike Defence on success the enemy takes D8
A number of the Time Weavers conflict actions irresistible damage per Time Weaver level.
equal to the Time Weavers levels automatically ‘Unmake’ provokes threat attacks.
hit each day. These automatic hits must be
Second Level Abilities:
declared before any dice are rolled. A number of
times per day equal to half the Time Weavers Remake (Reaction)
level (rounded down), the Time Weaver may set If ‘Unmake’ hit an enemy in the preceding
the damage of one of their conflict actions to the conflict phase as a Reaction the Time Weaver
maximum amount. This must be declared may remake the enemy, but weaker. Undo all
before the damage is rolled. For every three damage dealt and lower the enemy statistics by 1
Time Weaver levels the Time Weaver has a for every two-damage dealt. This debuff stacks
bonus usage per day of either ability. with itself. ‘Remake’ may only affect each enemy
once per combat. This debuff has a permanent
Statistic Growths: duration and can only be removed by knocking
out or killing the Time Weaver.
Weapon Attack 35 per level
Supernatural Attack 35 per level Inexplicable Soul Weaken (Reaction)
Unexpected Attack 15 per level Target enemy who took damage in the
Non-attack Physical 15 per level preceding conflict phase from the Time Weavers
Physical Defence Supernatural Attack conflict actions loses 2 per
20 per level
Time Weaver level in every offensive statistic.
AOE Defence: 20 per level
Constitution Defence 25 per level Rewind (Conflict)
Mental Defence 25 per level Roll Supernatural Attack against the Constitution
Trickery 35 per level Defence of target enemy within 60ft. On success
Knowledge 30 per level deal D8 irresistible damage per Time Weaver
Nature 20 per level level and move the enemy position to where
Perception 25 per level they were at the start of the combat round.
‘Rewind’ may only be used once per combat
round. ‘Rewind’ provokes threat attacks.
First Level Abilities:
Third Level Abilities:
Inexplicable Soul Shatter (Reaction)
Target enemy who took damage in the
Fast Forward (Conflict)
preceding conflict phase from the Time Weavers Roll Supernatural Attack against the Constitution
Supernatural Attack conflict actions loses 2 per Defence of target enemy within 60ft. On success
Time Weaver level in every defensive statistic. deal D8 irresistible damage per Time Weaver
level and move the enemy anywhere within
Accelerate (Premovement) their movement value. The enemy cannot move
Target ally within 60ft can move three times in the following combat round. ‘Fast Forward’
during the movement phase this combat round. provokes threat attacks. ‘Fast Forward’ may only
The first movement does not provoke threat be used once per combat round.
attacks. ‘Accelerate’ may only be used once per
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Inexplicable Soul Siphon (Reaction)
If an enemy took damage in the preceding
conflict phase from the Time Weavers
Supernatural Attack conflict actions, then restore
1 fate point per Time Weaver level. ‘Inexplicable
Soul Siphon’ may only be used once per combat
round.
Regress (Reaction)
If ‘Rewind’ hit an enemy in the preceding
conflict phase as a Reaction the Time Weaver
may regress the enemy. Reducing the enemies
statistics by 1 per Time Weaver level. Each
enemy may only be affected by ‘Regress’ once
per combat.
Fourth Level Abilities:
Chrono Jump (Gambit)
The Time Weaver and allies within 120ft may
teleport anywhere within their movement value.
This may occur up to three times. For each
teleport performed the Time Weaver is afflicted
with a 1 round duration debuff and is left unable
to perform movement. This debuff stacks with
itself up to three times (for a maximum of three
rounds of no movement). ‘Chrono Jump’ may
only be performed once per combat.
Chrono Stasis (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the Mental
Defence of target enemy within 60ft. On success
the enemy cannot move in the following combat
round. Legendary enemies instead have half
their max movement removed. Additionally, the
enemy takes D4 irresistible damage per Time
Weaver level. ‘Chrono Stasis’ may only be used
once per combat round. ‘Chrono Stasis’
provokes threat attacks.
Accelerated Aging (Reaction)
If ‘Fast Forward’ hit an enemy in the preceding
conflict phase then as a Reaction the Time
Weaver ages the targets body considerably,
reducing all of the enemies statistics by two per
Time Weaver level. ‘Accelerated Aging’ may
only be used once per combat round.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Temporal Storm (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Defence of all enemies within a 10ft burst of
target point within 60ft. On success the enemy
takes D8 irresistible damage per Time Weaver
level. ‘Temporal Storm’ may only be used once
per combat round. ‘Temporal Storm’ provokes
threat attacks.
Chrono Imprisonment (Reaction)
If an enemy was hit by ‘Chrono Stasis’ in the
preceding conflict phase then as a Reaction the
Time Weaver may eliminate the enemies ability
to perform any actions in the following combat
round. Legendary enemies are immune to
‘Chrono Imprisonment’. ‘Chrono Imprisonment’
may only be used once per day.
Inexplicable Soul Fray (Reaction)
If an enemy took damage in the preceding
conflict phase from the Time Weavers
Supernatural Attack conflict actions, then deal
one damage per Time Weaver level.
‘Inexplicable Soul Fray’ may only affect each
enemy once per conflict action that affected
them.
Sixth Level Abilities:
Aging Cone (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the Mental
Defence of all enemies within a 60-foot cone
starting from the Time Weaver. On success the
enemy takes D8 irresistible damage per Time
Weaver level. Furthermore, enemy statistics are
reduced by 1 per Time Weaver level until the
end of combat. ‘Aging Cone’ may only be used
once per combat round. ‘Aging Cone’ provokes
threat attacks.
Rewinding Storm (Reaction)
If ‘Temporal Storm’ hit an enemy in the
previous combat round as a Reaction the Time
Weaver may move all hit enemies back to where
they were at the start of the combat round.
‘Rewinding Storm’ may only be used once per
combat.
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Alter Death (Passive)
If the Time Weaver is reduced to 0 fate points as
a free action the Time Weaver may instead be
fully restored. ‘Alter Death’ may only be used
once per year.
Seventh Level Abilities:
Blink (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the Mental
Defence of target enemy within 80ft. On success
the enemy is teleported anywhere within their
movement range and takes D8 irresistible
damage per Time Weaver level. ‘Blink’ may only
be used once per combat round. ‘Blink’ provokes
threat attacks.
Rewind Strike (Maneuver)
The Time Weaver may manipulate a ‘Strike’
action to on hit teleport the struck enemy to
where they were at the start of the combat
round. ‘Rewind Strike’ may only be used once
per combat.
Empowered Aging Cone (Reaction)
If an enemy was hit by ‘Aging Cone’ in the
preceding conflict phase, then as a Reaction the
Time Weaver may further decrease the statistics
of hit enemies by 3 per Time Weaver level until
the end of combat. ‘Empowered Aging Cone’
may only be used once per combat.
Eighth Level Abilities:
Bolt of Time (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the Physical
Defence of target enemy within 120 feet. On
success deal D12 irresistible damage per Time
Weaver level. ‘Bolt of Time’ may only be used
once per combat round. ‘Bolt of Time’ provokes
threat attacks.
Multi Blink (Reaction)
If an enemy was teleported by ‘Blink’ in the
preceding conflict phase, then as a Reaction the
Time Weaver may teleport them for their
movement value again. ‘Multi Blink’ may only
be used once per combat.
Timeless Body (Passive)
The Time Weaver may change their age and by
extension appearance, at will.
Ninth Level Abilities:
Time Smash (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the Physical
Defence of target enemy within 15ft. On success
deal d4 irresistible and D10 bludgeoning damage
per Time Weaver level. ‘Time Smash’ provokes
threat attacks. ‘Time Smash’ may only be
performed once per combat round.
Ascending Bolt of Time (Reaction)
If ‘Bolt of Time’ was used in the preceding
conflict phase then as a Reaction the Time
Weaver may perform an additional ‘Bolt of
Time’ with unlimited range, however this bolt
must target an enemy with higher elevation than
the Time Weaver. ‘Ascending Bolt of Time’ may
only be performed once per combat.
Time Fueled Blows (Passive)
The Time Weaver may perform one ‘Strike’
action with Supernatural Attack instead of
physical attack per combat.
Tenth Level Abilities:
Banish From the Timeline (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the Constitution
Defence of target enemy within 60ft. On success
roll Supernatural Attack against the Mental
Defence against the same enemy. On success roll
Supernatural Attack against the Physical Defence
against the same enemy. On success roll
Supernatural Attack against the AOE Defence
against the same enemy. On success the enemy
is slain. Legendary enemies instead are put into
the ‘broken’ condition. ‘Banish From the
Timeline’ may only be used once per day.
Looping Smash (Reaction)
If an enemy was hit by ‘Time Smash’ in the
preceding conflict phase then the Time Weaver
may perform an additional ‘Time Smash’ against
that enemy, repeat this process until ‘Time
Smash’ misses. ‘Looping Smash’ may only be
performed once per day.
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Juxtapositionist levels. This movement does not provoke threat
attacks.
Signature Ability: Swap
Enemies hit by Supernatural Attack actions swap
Slicing Portal (Conflict)
places with another target enemy within 5ft of
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
them. For every Juxtapositionist level past the
Defence of target enemy within 120ft. On
first increase the range of ‘Swap’ by five feet.
success the enemy takes D6 irresistible damage
Every two Juxtapositionist levels allows ‘Swap’ to
per Juxtapositionist level. ‘Slicing Portal’
chain an additional time and cause the enemy to
provokes threat attacks.
swap positions with another target within ‘Swap’
range. At third level the Juxtapositionist can Second Level Abilities:
swap the enemies position with an ally, at sixth
Slicing Wounds (Reaction)
level the Juxtapositionist can swap the enemies
If an enemy was hit by ‘Slicing Portal’ in the
position with an unattended object and at ninth
preceding conflict phase, then as a Reaction the
level the Juxtapositionist can swap the enemies
Juxtapositionist may inflict D3 bleed for every
new position with the position of an entity
two Juxtapositionist levels. ‘Slicing Wounds’
within 30ft of the Juxtapositionist regardless, of
stacks with itself and may only affect each
whether that entity is within ‘Swap’ range of the
enemy once per combat round.
enemy.
Inexplicable Soul Weaken (Reaction)
Statistic Growths: Target enemy who took damage in the
Weapon Attack preceding conflict phase from the
15 per level
Juxtapositionist Supernatural Attack conflict
Supernatural Attack 45 per level
actions loses 2 per Juxtapositionist level in every
Unexpected Attack 15 per level
offensive statistic.
Non-attack Physical 15 per level
Physical Defence 25 per level Plane of Fire Portal (Conflict)
AOE Defence: 35 per level Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Constitution Defence 15 per level Defence of target enemy within 120ft. On
Mental Defence 15 per level success the enemy takes D8 fire damage per
Juxtapositionist level and is afflicted with 1
Trickery 35 per level
ongoing fire damage per Juxtapositonist level at
Knowledge 35 per level
the start of each combat round. This damage is
Nature 25 per level
dispelled by after suffering the damage,
Perception 15 per level surrendering one Premovement action to put
out the flame. Furthermore, the enemies soul
First Level Abilities:
becomes tied to the plane of fire, if hit 20 times
Inexplicable Soul Shatter (Reaction) by ‘Plane of Fire Portal’ the enemy is
Target enemy who took damage in the immediately teleported to the least convenient
preceding conflict phase from the spot within the Plane of Fire possible. Each
Juxtapositionist Supernatural Attack conflict enemy may only be targeted by ‘Plane of Fire
actions loses 2 per Juxtapositionist level in every Portal’ once per combat round. ‘Plane of Fire
defensive statistic. Portal’ provokes threat attacks. Legendary
enemies are immune to ‘Plane of Fire Portal’.
Jaunt (Premovement)
Target ally within 60ft can teleport to a square
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Third Level Abilities:
Plane of Ice Portal (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Defence of target enemy within 120ft. On
success the enemy takes D8 ice damage per
Juxtapositionist level and is afflicted with a
debuff that lowers their movement by half until
the end of the following combat round.
Furthermore, the enemies soul becomes tied to
the plane of ice, if hit 20 times by ‘Plane of Ice
Portal’ the enemy is immediately teleported to
the least convenient spot within the Plane of Ice
possible. Each enemy may only be targeted by
‘Plane of Ice Portal’ once per combat round.
‘Plane of Ice Portal’ provokes threat attacks.
Legendary enemies are immune to ‘Plane of Ice
Portal’.
Inexplicable Soul Siphon (Reaction)
If an enemy took damage in the preceding
conflict phase from the Juxtapositionist
Supernatural Attack conflict actions, then restore
1 fate point per Juxtapositionist level.
‘Inexplicable Soul Siphon’ may only be used
once per combat round.
Plane of Fire, Burning (Reaction)
If an enemy was hit by ‘Plane of Fire Portal’ in
the preceding conflict phase the Juxtapositionist
may tie the body of the enemy to a portal
leading directly to the plane of fire, causing the
enemy to incinerate from the inside; suffering
D12 fire damage per Juxtapositionist level at the
start of each combat round. This ongoing
damage can only be removed by knocking
unconscious or slaying the Juxtapositionist.
‘Plane of Fire, Burning’ may only be performed
once per day.
Fourth Level Abilities:
Blink (Gambit)
The Juxtapositionist teleports up to 120ft from
their current position. This movement does not
provoke threat attacks. ‘Blink’ may only be
performed once per combat.
Plane of Lightning Portal (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Defence of target enemy within 120ft. On
success the enemy takes D4 shock damage per
Juxtapositionist level and is afflicted with a
debuff that zaps other enemies within 5ft of the
original target for D6 shock damage per
Juxtapositionist level. This debuff is removed
after three combat rounds (including the round
it was received) Furthermore, the enemies soul
becomes tied to the plane of lightning, if hit 20
times by ‘Plane of Lightning Portal’ the enemy is
immediately teleported to the least convenient
spot within the Plane of Lightning possible. Each
enemy may only be targeted by ‘Plane of
Lightning Portal’ once per combat round. ‘Plane
of Lightning Portal’ provokes threat attacks.
Legendary enemies are immune to ‘Plane of
Lightning Portal’.
Plane of Ice, Freezing (Reaction)
If an enemy was hit by ‘Plane of Ice Portal’ in the
preceding conflict phase the Juxtapositionist
may tie the body of the enemy to a portal
leading directly to the plane of Ice, causing the
enemy movements to become sluggish and
freeze from the inside; suffering D4 ice damage
per Juxtapositionist level at the start of each
combat round and permanently lowering their
movement value by half. This ongoing damage
and debuff can only be removed by knocking
unconscious or slaying the Juxtapositionist.
‘Plane of Ice, Freezing’ may only be performed
once per day.
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Fifth Level Abilities:
Plane of Water Portal (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Defence of target enemy within 120ft. On
success the enemy takes D8 water damage per
Juxtapositionist level and is afflicted with a
debuff that at the start of each combat round
reduces all of their statistics by 1 per
Juxtapositionist level. This debuff may only be
removed by knocking unconscious or slaying the
Juxtapositionist. Furthermore, the enemies soul
becomes tied to the plane of water, if hit 20
times by ‘Plane of Water Portal’ the enemy is
immediately teleported to the least convenient
spot possible within the Plane of Water. Each
enemy may only be targeted by ‘Plane of Water
Portal’ once per combat round. ‘Plane of Water
Portal’ provokes threat attacks. Legendary
enemies are immune to ‘Plane of Water Portal’.
Plane of Lightning, Static (Reaction)
If an enemy was hit by ‘Plane of Lightning
Portal’ in the preceding conflict phase the
Juxtapositionist may tie the body of the enemy
to a portal leading directly to the plane of
Lightning, the constant shocks through their
body infusing absolute agony; suffering D10
shock damage per Juxtapositionist level at the
start of each combat round and decreasing the
number of conflict actions they have available by
one (min 1) in each combat round. This ongoing
damage and debuff can only be removed by
knocking unconscious or slaying the
Juxtapositionist. ‘Plane of Lightning, Static’ may
only be performed once per day.
Inexplicable Soul Fray (Reaction)
If an enemy took damage in the preceding
conflict phase from the Juxtapositionists
Supernatural Attack conflict actions, then deal
one damage per Juxtapositionist level.
‘Inexplicable Soul Fray’ may only affect an
enemy once per conflict action that affected
them.
Sixth Level Abilities:
Plane of Light Portal (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Defence of target enemy within 120ft. On
success the enemy takes D8 light damage per
Juxtapositionist level and is afflicted with a
debuff that causes their conflict actions to
provoke a D100 roll, on a 10 or lower the action
fails. This debuff may only be removed by
knocking unconscious or slaying the
Juxtapositionist. Furthermore, the enemies soul
becomes tied to the plane of light, if hit 20 times
by ‘Plane of Light Portal’ the enemy is
immediately teleported to the least convenient
spot possible within the Plane of Light. Each
enemy may only be targeted by ‘Plane of Light
Portal’ once per combat round. ‘Plane of Light
Portal’ provokes threat attacks. Legendary
enemies are immune to ‘Plane of Light Portal’.
Plane of Water, Drowning (Reaction)
If an enemy was hit by ‘Plane of Water Portal’ in
the preceding conflict phase the Juxtapositionist
may tie the body of the enemy to a portal
leading directly to the Plane of Water, the excess
water in the targets body causes immense
suffering reducing all statistics by 5 per
Juxtapositionist level. This debuff can only be
removed by knocking unconscious or slaying the
Juxtapositionist. ‘Plane of Water, Drowning’ may
only be performed once per day.
Teleporting Movements (Passive)
The Juxtapositionist no longer moves naturally,
rather they teleport to each spot they desire to
move towards. Juxtapositionist movement does
not provoke threat attacks and may be done
upwards, if the Juxtapositionist does not have a
fly speed then they will still fall at the start of
each combat round as per the falling rules if they
teleport upwards.
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Seventh Level Abilities:
Plane of Darkness Portal (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Defence of target enemy within 120ft. On
success the enemy takes D10 Dark damage per
Juxtapositionist level and is afflicted with 1
poison per Juxtapositionist level. This debuff
may only be removed by knocking unconscious
or slaying the Juxtapositionist. Furthermore, the
enemies soul becomes tied to the Plane of Dark,
if hit 20 times by ‘Plane of Darkness Portal’ the
enemy is immediately teleported to the least
convenient spot possible within the Plane of
Dark. Each enemy may only be targeted by
‘Plane of Darkness Portal’ once per combat
round. ‘Plane of Darkness Portal’ provokes threat
attacks. Legendary enemies are immune to
‘Plane of Darkness Portal’.
Teleporting Strike (Maneuver)
The Juxtapositionist may manipulate a ‘Strike’
action to on hit teleport the Juxtapositionist half
of their movement in any direction and the
enemy half of the Juxtapositionists movement in
any direction.
Plane of Light, Blinding (Reaction)
If an enemy was hit by ‘Plane of Light Portal’ in
the preceding conflict phase the Juxtapositionist
may tie the body of the enemy to a portal
leading directly to the Plane of Light, the excess
light fills the targets eyes and causes all conflict
actions they make to provoke a D100 roll on a 50
or lower the action automatically fails. This
debuff can only be removed by knocking
unconscious or slaying the Juxtapositionist.
‘Plane of Light, Blinding’ may only be
performed once per day.
Eighth Level Abilities:
Plane of the Gods Portal (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Defence of target enemy within 120ft. On
success the enemy takes D10 Holy damage per
Juxtapositionist level and gains a 10% weakness to
all damage debuff. This debuff may only be
removed by knocking unconscious or slaying the
Juxtapositionist. Furthermore, the enemies soul
becomes tied to the Plane of the Gods, if hit 20
times by ‘Plane of the Gods Portal’ the enemy is
immediately teleported to the least convenient
spot possible within the Plane of the Gods. Each
enemy may only be targeted by ‘Plane of the
Gods Portal’ once per combat round. ‘Plane of
the Gods Portal’ provokes threat attacks.
Legendary enemies are immune to ‘Plane of the
Gods Portal’.
Plane of Darkness, Intoxication (Reaction)
If an enemy was hit by ‘Plane of Dark Portal’ in
the preceding conflict phase the Juxtapositionist
may tie the body of the enemy to a portal
leading directly to the Plane of Dark, the smoky
essence of the plane infects the lungs, among
other organs of the victim infecting them with a
further ten poison stacks. This debuff can only
be removed by knocking unconscious or slaying
the Juxtapositionist. ‘Plane of Darkness,
Intoxication’ may only be performed once per
day.
Forced Teleportation Master (Passive)
Conflict actions with the word Portal in it require
15 hits instead of 20 to forcibly teleport an
enemy.
Ninth Level Abilities:
Plane of the Demon Lords Portal (Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Defence of target enemy within 120ft. On
success the enemy takes D10 unholy damage per
Juxtapositionist level and gains a 10% reduction
to all damage they deal (round the damage the
enemy deals down). This debuff may only be
removed by knocking unconscious or slaying the
Juxtapositionist. Furthermore, the enemies soul
becomes tied to the Plane of the Demon Lords, if
hit 20 times by ‘Plane of the Demon Lords
Portal’ the enemy is immediately teleported to
the least convenient spot possible within the
Plane of the Demon Lords. Each enemy may
only be targeted by ‘Plane of the Demon Lords
Portal’ once per combat round. ‘Plane of the
Demon Lords Portal’ provokes threat attacks.
Legendary enemies are immune to ‘Plane of the
Demon Lords Portal’.
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Plane of the Gods, Divine Punishment
(Reaction)
If an enemy was hit by ‘Plane of the Gods’ in the
preceding conflict phase the Juxtapositionist
may tie the body of the enemy to a portal
leading directly to the Plane of the Gods, the
holy essence meant only for Gods and the
departed is to much for the body to handle,
causing a 40% weakness to all damage. This
debuff can only be removed by knocking
unconscious or slaying the Juxtapositionist.
‘Plane of the Gods, Divine Punishment’ may
only be performed once per day.
Plane of the Demon Lords, Soul Sap
(Reaction)
If an enemy was hit by ‘Plane of the Gods’ in the
preceding conflict phase the Juxtapositionist
may tie the body of the enemy to a portal
leading directly to the Plane of the Demon
Lords, the unholy essence meant only for
Demon Lords and the departed is to much for
the soul to handle, causing a 40% reduction in all
damage the enemy deals. This debuff can only
be removed by knocking unconscious or slaying
the Juxtapositionist. ‘Plane of the Demon Lords,
Soul Sap’ may only be performed once per day.

Fast Recovery (Passive) Powerful Portals (Passive)

The Juxtapositionist may now perform ‘once per Legendary enemies are no longer immune to
day’ Reactions with the word ‘Plane’ in them conflict actions the Juxtapositionist performs
once per combat. with the word ‘Portal’ in them.

Tenth Level Abilities:

Portal of the Outsiders Realm, Insanity
(Conflict)
Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
Defence of target enemy within 120ft. On
success the enemy takes D12 irresistible damage
per Juxtapositionist level and if after taking
damage is in the ‘bloody’ condition is instantly
slain and replaced by an Outsider of the same
level. Each enemy may only be targeted by
‘Portal of the Outsiders Realm, Insanity ‘once per
combat round. ‘Portal of the Outsiders Realm,
Insanity’ provokes threat attacks. Legendary
enemies are immune to ‘Portal of the Outsiders
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 Chapter Six - Races
Angels Halo (Passive)
The Angel may reroll one Mental Defence check
Signature Ability - Celestial Grace per combat.

Angels begin play with a flight speed of 10 feet.
This speed increases by 5ft per Angel level.
Every two levels the Angel gains a daily reroll
that may be. Used for AOE defence rolls. Every
three levels the Angels conflict actions are
imbued with heavens wrath and deal an
additional D3 holy damage.
Second Level Abilities:
Inspirational Inclination (Passive)
Angels have an additional 5ft of range when
using ‘Inspiration’ or any Inspirational Hero
signature ability that utilizes ‘Inspiration’. Angels
gain an additional Premovement action per
combat round.

Statistic Growth Holy Aura (Passive)

Angels are immune to holy damage.
Weapon Attack 35 per level
Supernatural Attack 25 per level Third Level Abilities:
Unexpected Attack 15 per level Inexplicable Inclination (Passive)
Non-attack Physical 25 per level Supernatural Attack actions from Angels have an
Physical Defence 25 per level additional 5ft of range. Angels gain one
AOE Defence: 25 per level additional Reaction per combat round.
Constitution Defence 25 per level
Awe (Passive)
Mental Defence 25 per level
Those who lack heroic spirits or the spirit of
Trickery 25 per level madness and are below 10th level will treat the
Knowledge 45 per level Angel with reverence and do everything in their
Nature 15 per level power to aid them.
Perception 25 per level
Fate points 12 per level Fourth Level Abilities:
Size Medium Martial Apprentices (Passive)
Movement 30 feet Angels may reroll one ‘Strike’ action per combat
round. Angels gain an additional Maneuver per
First Level Abilities: combat round.
Martial Inclination (Passive)
Heavens Protection (Passive)
‘Strike’ actions deal 1 additional damage per
Allies within 30ft of the Angel have 50% holy
Angel level. Angels gain an additional Maneuver
resistance and 25% unholy resistance.
per combat round.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Signature Weapon I – Longsword (Passive)
Fire is Justice (Passive)
Increase the damage die size of Longsword
Angel ‘Strike’ actions deal an additional 3 fire
‘Strike’ actions from Angels by one step
damage.
(D8>D10>D12). If the Longsword already has a
base damage die of D12 then the Longsword
Cunning Inclination (Passive)
deals an additional D12 damage.
Angel ‘Gambit’ actions that deal damage and are
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damage per Angel level. Angels gain an Tenth Level Abilities:
additional Gambit action per combat round. Martial Legends (Passive)
‘Living Legend’ can trigger once per month.
Sixth Level Abilities:
Angels gain an additional Maneuver per combat
Martial Journeymen (Passive) round.
Once per combat ‘My Body is My Shield’ may be
activated without reducing the number of Host of Heaven (Passive)
available reactions by one. Angels gain one The Angel can choose to permanently depart the
additional maneuver per combat round. material plane and gain access to their full
potential at any time.
Absolution (Passive)
The Angel can listen to and absolve the
remorseful of their sins.

Seventh Level Abilities:

Martial Expert (Passive)
Valorous hero ‘Taunt’ now inflicts 3 damage die
step reductions (D12>D10>D8>D6>D4>D2) if the
enemy does not target the Angel. Angels gain an
additional maneuver per combat round.

Eyes of the First (Passive)

The Angel can see perfectly in any level of light.

Eighth Level Abilities:

Martial Master (Passive)
‘Cleaving Kill’ may be performed twice per
combat round, but cannot target the same
enemy. Angels have an additional maneuver per
combat round.

Bolt of Justice (Conflict)

Roll Supernatural Attack against the AOE
defence of target enemy within 300ft. On
success the enemy suffers D6 shock damage and
D6 holy damage per Angel level. ‘Bolt of Justice’
may only be used once per combat round and
provokes threat attacks.

Ninth Level Abilities:

Inspirational Apprentices (Passive)
‘Fates Reward’ is divided by 5 instead of 10.
Angels gain one additional premovement action
per combat round.

Outsider Bane (Passive)

The Angel deals four additional irresistible
damage with all conflict actions directed against
Outsiders.
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Centaurs Premovement action. The ally cannot move
during the movement phase and instead travels
Signature Ability - Half Horse with the Centaur. Increase/Decrease the allowed
sizes by ‘Mount’ as the Centaurs size
Centaurs are always considered mounted.
increases/decreases.
Centaurs land speed increases by 10ft per
Centaur level. Centaurs that have a source of
Second Level Abilities:
flight gain 10% of their land speed per two
Inspirational Inclination (Passive)
Centaur levels added to their fly speed. The
Centaurs have an additional 5ft of range when
Centaur gains a bonus 5 AOE defence per three
using ‘Inspiration’ or any Inspirational Hero
Centaur levels.
signature ability that utilizes ‘Inspiration’.
Statistic Growth Furthermore, Centaurs gain an additional
Premovement action per combat round.
Weapon Attack 35 per level
Supernatural Attack 15 per level Charge (Passive)
Unexpected Attack 35 per level The Centaurs first conflict action deals an
Non-attack Physical 25 per level additional damage for every thirty feet the
Physical Defence 25 per level Centaur moved in the preceding conflict phase.
AOE Defence: 30 per level
Constitution Defence 35 per level
Third Level Abilities:
Mental Defence 10 per level
Inexplicable Inclination (Passive)
Supernatural Attack actions from Centaurs have
Trickery 15 per level
an additional 5ft of range. Centaurs gain an
Knowledge 15 per level
additional reaction each combat round.
Nature 45 per level
Perception 35 per level Stomp (Conflict)
Fate points 14 per level The Centaur may attempt to ‘Shove’ all enemies
Size Large within 5ft of them. ‘Stomp’ may only be used
Movement 60 feet once per combat round.

Fourth Level Abilities:

First Level Abilities:
Martial Inclination (Passive)
Centaur ‘Strike’ actions deal 1 additional damage
per Centaur level. Centaurs gain an additional
maneuver per combat round.
Signature Weapon I – Lances (Passive)
Increase the damage die size of ‘Strike’ actions
performed with a Lance wielded by Centaurs by
one step (D8>D10>D12). If the Lance already has
a base damage die of D12 then the Lance deals an
additional D12 damage.
Mount (Passive)
One medium or small sized ally may ride the
Centaur, the ally may mount the willing Centaur
as a Premovement action and dismount as a
Martial Apprentices (Passive)
Centaurs may reroll one ‘Strike’ action per
combat round. Centaurs gain an additional
maneuver per combat round.
Divine Blood (Passive)
Enemies who deal damage to a Centaur with a
melee weapon lose 1 fate point.
Fifth Level Abilities:
Martial Journeymen (Passive)
Once per combat ‘My Body is My Shield’ may be
activated without reducing the number of
available reactions by one. Centaurs gain an
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Magic Resistance (Passive) for aging and unless killed is functionally
Centaurs take 1 less damage from Supernatural immortal.
Attack conflict actions for every two Centaur
levels. Tenth Level Abilities:
Martial Legends (Passive)
Sixth Level Abilities: ‘Living Legend’ can trigger once per month.
Inspirational Apprentices (Passive) Centaurs gain an additional maneuver per
‘Fates Reward’ is divided by 5 instead of 10. combat round.
Centaurs gain an additional premovement action
per combat round. Skewer (Passive) Resurrection (Gambit)
Target ally within 60ft may be resurrected at full
The Centaur inflicts 1 bleed with successful fate points. ‘Resurrection’ may only be used once
‘Strike’ actions dealt by a lance. per life time.

Seventh Level Abilities:

Inspirational Journeymen (Passive)
Forced movement from ‘Divided They Fall’ is
doubled. Centaurs gain an additional
premovement action per combat round.

Team Fight Tactics (Passive)

Allies riding a Centaur add 1 to all offensive
statistics per Centaur level.

Eighth Level Abilities:

Martial Expert (Passive)
Valorous hero ‘Taunt’ now inflicts 3 damage die
step reductions (D12>D10>D8>D6>D4>D2) if the
enemy does not target the Dwarf. Centaurs gain
an additional maneuver per combat round.

Nature Friend (Passive)

Wild animals will not attack a party
accompanied by a Centaur unless provoked.

Ninth Level Abilities:

Martial Master (Passive)
‘Cleaving Kill’ may be performed twice per
combat round, but cannot target the same
enemy. Centaurs have an additional maneuver
per combat round.

Immortality (Passive)
The Centaur has unlocked the long lifespan of
their ancestors, the Centaur suffers no penalties

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 Chapter Seven - Equipment
Weapons
All weapons deal additional damage based on
weapon level to a maximum of 10 damage die
from a +9 weapon. They also will have a damage
type and an ability tied to it. If a shield is
equipped, weapons lose their active abilities
(Maneuvers, Reactions, Gambits etc.). If two one
handed weapons are equipped, then each
combat only one may have its abilities; Passive
or active, functioning, declare which weapon will
be functioning at the start of combat.

One Handed Weapons

Battle Axe Slashing D8 Berserkers Choice. Momentum, Lance Breaker

Dagger Piercing D4 Finesse Blade, Precise, Mage Killer

Club Bludgeoning D8 Armor Breaker, Shield Breaker, Grug Knows Best

Flail Bludgeoning D6 Momentous Piercing, Rip and Tear, Shield Breaker

Hammer Bludgeoning D8 Dent Armor, Hammer the Gap, Shield Breaker

Lance Piercing D10 Heavy Reach, Impale, Sword Breaker

Longsword Slashing D8 Axe breaker, Iconic, Pointy End

Rapier Piercing D6 Elegant Strike, Hammers End, Precise Blows

Scimitar Slashing D6 Axe Breaker, Dancing Blade, Lasting Cut

Spear Piercing D10 Cavalry Breaker, Heavy Reach, Sword Breaker

Unarmed Bludgeoning D4 Easier to Hold Back, Mighty/Finesse blow, Naturally Two

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Two Handed Weapons
Greataxe Slashing D10 Berserkers Choice, Bleed, Lance Breaker

Greatclub Bludgeoning D12 Armor Breaker, Brain Smash, Grug Knows Best

Greathammer Bludgeoning D12 Dent Armor, Crack Bones, Shield Breaker

Greatsword Slashing D12 Axe Breaker, Cleave, Pointy End

Halberd Piercing D12 Reach, Spin to Win, Versatile

Katana Slashing D10 Bleed, Draw Strike, One Handed Stance

Scythe Slashing D10 Bleed, Reap, Unwieldy Reach

Spiked Chain Piercing D8 Bleed, Get Over Here, Unwieldy Reach

Staff Bludgeoning D8 Channel, Spell Conduit, Supernatural Guide

Trident Piercing D10 Skewer, Symbol, Throwing

Ranged Weapons
Ranged Weapon ‘Strike’ actions may be performed at above the listed range, at a -50 Weapon Attack
penalty for each increment above the listed range. This penalty is still effective if you change the statistic
used to ‘Strike’ and will affect that statistic instead.

Boomerang D6 Bludgeoning 45ft Returning, Double Strike, Far Throw

Crossbow D8 Piercing 90ft Easy Aim, Rapid Reload, Slow and Powerful

Hand D6 Piercing 40ft Easy Aim, One Handed, Somewhat Slow and Powerful
Crossbow

Improvised D3+ Inconsistent 10ft Inconsistent Damage, Strong Arms, Uncanny

Javelin D8 Piercing 20ft Momentum Throwing, Pin, Strong Arms

Longbow D10 Piercing 120ft Piercing Shot, Strength Required, Snipe

Pistol D8 Bludgeoning 20ft One Handed, Rapid Reload, Slow and Powerful

Rifle D10 Bludgeoning 120ft Rapid Reload, Overwatch, Very Slow and Very Powerful

Shortbow D8 Piercing 60ft Curved Shot, Strength Required, Snipe

Throwing D6 Piercing 30ft Bleed, Fan of Knives, Quick Throw,

Knives

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Weapon Ability List
Armor Breaker (Maneuver)
Used By: Clubs, Greatclubs
The user ignores half of an enemy armor bonus
to defence.
Axe Breaker (Maneuver)
Used By: Longswords, Scimitars, Greatswords
Users may reroll one ‘Strike’ roll per combat
round against enemies wielding a battle axe or
greataxe.
Berserkers Choice (Maneuver)
Used By: Battle Axes, Greataxes
Once per combat as a free action the wielder
may increase the damage of a ‘Strike’ action by 2
per enchantment level (min 2).
Bleed (Passive)
Used By: Greataxes, Scythe, Katana, Spiked
Chain, Throwing Knives
‘Strike’ actions from the user inflict 1 bleed.
‘Bleed’ stacks with itself a number of times equal
to the weapons enchantment level (min 1).
Brain Smash (Maneuver)
Used By: Greatclubs
The user may modify a ‘Strike’ action to lower
enemy Mental Defence by 1. ‘Brain Smash’ stacks
with itself a number of times equal to the
weapons enchantment level.
Cavalry Breaker (Maneuver)
Used By: Spears
The user may modify a ‘Strike’ action against a
mounted or huge sized enemy to roll damage
twice and take the preferred result.
Channel (Premovement)
Used By: Staves
A staff user may as a Premovement action
channel their supernatural energy into the staff
as a conduit for their power. Doing so provides a
+1 bonus per weapon enchantment level to your
next Supernatural Attack roll. This ability may
only be used a number of times per combat
equal to half of the staff's weapon enchantment
level (min 1).
Cleave (Passive)
Used By: Greatswords
Once per combat, when the user hits an enemy
with a ‘Strike’ as a free action the wielder may
perform another ‘Strike’ action against a target
within 5ft of the original target.
Crack Bones (Passive)
Used By: Greathammers
‘Strike’ actions from Greathammers reduce
Constitution Defence by 1 per Greathammer
level.
Curved Shot (Maneuver)
Used By: Shortbows
A shortbow wielder may modify a ‘Strike’ action
to ignore concealment or cover. ‘Curved Shot’
may be performed a number of times per day
equal to the shortbows weapon enchantment
level (min 1).
Dancing Blade (Passive)
Used By: Scimitars
Add 5 AOE Defence per weapon level (up to +50
with a +9 Scimitar) to a user who has no shield
equipped.
Dent Armor (Maneuver)
Used By: Hammers, Greathammers
Ther user may as a Reaction target an enemy
wearing armor they have hit, reduce the
defences the armor provides to Physical Defence
by 2 per weapon enchantment level (min 2).
Double Strike (Maneuver)
Used By: Boomerangs
The boomerang user may modify a ‘Strike’
action to target two enemies who are both within
45ft of the boomerang user and 15ft of each
other. ‘Double Strike’ may only be performed a
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Boomerangs enchantment level.
Draw Strike (Conflict)
Used By: Katana
If the Katana is not equipped and the user has
their hands empty than the user may draw their
Katana move up to 5ft and perform a ‘Strike’
action. This ‘Strike’ action crits on 20’s or lower.
As a free action the Katana user may sheathe
their Katana after performing a ‘Draw Strike’.
‘Draw Strike’ may be performed a number of
times per day equal to the Katanas weapon
enchantment level (min 1).
Easier to Hold Back (Passive)
Used By: Unarmed
Unarmed Strike damage may be freely
converted to nonlethal.
Easy Aim (Maneuver)
Used By: Crossbows, Hand Crossbows
The wielder may modify a ‘Strike’ action to have
an additional 5 Weapon Attack per enchantment
level (min 5). ‘Easy Aim’ may only be performed
a number of times per combat equal to half of
the weapon enchantment level (min 1).
Elegant Strike (Maneuver)
Used By: Rapiers
A Rapier ‘Strike’ may be modified to allow for
one reroll on miss. ‘Elegant Strike’ may only be
used once per combat round.
Fan of Knives (Maneuver)
Used By: Throwing Knives
If there are 5 or more throwing knives in the
throwing knife wielders inventory, then as a
Maneuver they may modify a ‘Strike’ action to
target all enemies in a 5ft burst centered around
a point within 30ft. This ‘Strike’ will target AOE
Defence instead of Physical Defence. ‘Fan of
Knives’ may be performed once per day.
Far Throw (Passive)
Used By: Boomerangs
A number of times per day equal to the
Boomerangs enhancement level the Boomerang
wielder may modify a ‘Strike’ action to have
double range. Doing so also increases the range
of ‘Double Strike’ to 90ft and the two targets to
be within 30ft of each other.
Finesse Blade (Maneuver)
Used By: Daggers
Users may modify a ‘Strike’ action with the
weapon to use AOE Defence instead of Weapon
Attack. Furthermore, a weapon modified by
‘Finesse Blade’ may be used as a throwing
weapon with a range of 30ft. If used as a
throwing weapon, it provokes threat attacks.
Get Over Here (Reaction)
Used By: Spiked Chain
If an enemy was hit in the preceding conflict
phase by a ‘Strike’ from a Spiked Chain and is
more than 5ft away from the wielder, then as a
Reaction the wielder may pull the enemy to 5ft
of them. This forced movement provokes threat
attacks. ‘Get Over Here’ may only be performed
a number of times per day equal to the ‘Spiked
Chains’ weapon enchantment level (min 1).
Grug Knows Best (Maneuver)
Used By: Clubs, Greatclubs
The user may roll recall knowledge as either a
Premovement or Gambit action.
Hammers End (Passive)
Used By: Rapiers, Spears
The wielder may reroll one ‘Strike’ action per
combat round against enemies who have a club
or hammer equipped.
Heavy Reach (Passive)
Used By: Lances
On foot, this weapon require two hands to wield.
Furthermore, the weapon has an additional 5ft of
reach
Hammer the Gap (Passive)
Used By: Hammers
Hammer users gain one additional Weapon
Attack for each ‘Strike’ they perform against the
same enemy, this bonus is lost when the
Hammer user targets a new enemy with a
conflict action.
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Iconic (Maneuver)
Used By: Longswords
A +10 Weapon automatically becomes an artifact
and is indestructible. Furthermore, the weapon
may hold an additional enchantment.
Imaple (Maneuver)
Used By: Lance
If the user has moved 20ft or more in a straight
line, then a lance wielder may modify a ‘Strike’
action to roll damage twice and choose the
highest result. Lances must be used while the
character is mounted to have ‘Impale’.
Inconsistent Damage (Passive)
Used By: Improvised
The Damage die size of Improvised Weapons
varies based on GM discretion but typically will
not go below D3 or exceed D8. The type of
damage an improvised weapon deals is also at
GM discretion.
Lance Breaker (Reaction)
Used By: Battle Axes, Greataxes
The user may reroll one failed ‘Strike’ roll per
combat round against enemies wielding a lance
or spear.
Lasting Cut (Reaction)
Used By: Scimitars
If the user landed a ‘Strike’ in the preceding
conflict phase, then as a Reaction the scimitar
may inflict one bleed onto the hit enemy.
Mage Killer (Maneuver)
Used By: Daggers
‘Strike’ actions by the user against
Incomprehensible foes have a base damage die
size of D8.
Mighty/Finesse Blow (Maneuver)
Used By: Unarmed
If you possess 500 or more Weapon Attack or
500 or more Unexpected Attack you may
modify an unarmed ‘Strike’ action to have an
increased base damage die size
(D4>D6>D8>D10>D12). This is further increased
by an additional step if you possess 1000
Weapon Attack or Unexpected Attack.
Momentum (Reaction)
Used By: Battle Axes
If the user hit an enemy in the preceding
conflicting phase, then as a Reaction the user
may gain two Weapon Attack. ‘Momentum’
stacks with itself a number of times equal to the
weapons enchantment level (min 1) ‘Momentum’
is lost at the end of the combat round if any
conflict actions from the wielder miss.
Momentum Throwing (Passive)
Used By: Javelins
Increase the damage of the Javelin by 1 for every
20ft of distance between the Wielder and the
target. ‘Momentum Throwing’ caps at the
Javelins weapon enchantment level (min 1).
Momentus Piercing (Reaction)
Used By: Flails
Half the damage of a flail is converted to
Piercing.
Naturally Two (Passive)
Used By: Unarmed
You may two weapon fight with your ‘Unarmed
Strike’ at only 10% penalty.
One Handed (Passive)
Used By: Hand Crossbows, Pistols
Weapon may be held in one hand and therefore
may be used in two weapon fighting.
One Handed Stance (Passive)
Used By: Katanas
A Katana may be used one handed, when used
one handed the Katana has a D8 damage die.
Changing to ‘One Handed Stance’ and exiting it
is a free action that can be performed at the start
of a combat round.
Overwatch (Gambit)
Used By: Rifles
A number of times per combat equal to half the
Rifles enhancement level (min 1) the Rifle
Wielder may surrender one conflict action in the
following combat round to make one attack in
the movement phase as a free action against any
one opponent who moved.
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Piercing Shot (Maneuver)
Used By: Longbows
A longbow wielder may modify a ‘Strike’ action
to on hit target an enemy directly behind the
original target and within the same range
increment as the original target. ‘Piercing Shot’
may be performed a number of times per day
equal to the Longbows weapon enchantment
level.
Pin (Maneuver)
Used By: Javelins
A Javelin user may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action
with a javelin to on hit eliminate the enemy’s
ability to move in the following combat round.
‘Pin’ may only be used by a Javelin wielder once
per combat and does not function on a Javelin
with the ‘returning’ enchantment.
Pointy End (Maneuver)
Used By: Longswords, Greatswords
Users may modify the damage type of a ‘Strike’
action done with the weapon to piercing.
Precise (Maneuver)
Used By: Daggers
Increase the damage die size of the weapon by
one step (D4>D6>D8>D10>D12) when flanking an
enemy. If the damage die of the weapon has
reached D12 already, it deals an additional D12
damage.
Precise Blows (Passive)
Used By: Rapiers
Each successful ‘Strike’ action after the first
against the same target deals an additional
damage, this buff stacks with itself for up to six
additional damage (D6+6) after the seventh
‘Strike’. A +5 or greater rapier gains two damage
per stack.
Quick Throw (Passive)
Used By: Throwing Knives
Throwing Knives may be drawn and thrown
within a ‘Strike’ action as long as one hand is
free.
Rapid Reload (Passive)
Used By: Crossbows, Pistols, Rifles
A number of times per day equal to the
Weapons enchantment level (min 1) the wielder
may negate the penalties inflicted from a
passive with the word ‘slow’ in it. ‘Rapid Reload’
must be declared at the start of a combat round.
Reap (Reaction)
Used By: Scythes
If in the preceding conflict phase the user hit an
enemy who is under a status condition that
originated from the user, then as a Reaction the
user may apply 1 damage per weapon level to the
target.
Reach (Passive)
Used By: Halberds
The user has an additional 5ft of reach.
Returning (Passive)
Used By: Boomerangs
The boomerang is a throwing weapon that
returns to the owner after performing a ‘Strike’.
Rip and Tear (Maneuver)
Used By: Flails
If a flail ‘Strike’ hit an enemy in the preceding
conflict phase, then as a Reaction the flail
wielder may inflict 2 bleed onto the hit enemy
per weapon enchantment level (min 2).
Sword Breaker (Passive)
Used By: Lances, Spears
The user may reroll one ‘Strike’ roll per combat
round against enemies wielding a longsword,
rapier, greatsword or scimitar.
Shield Breaker (Maneuver)
Used By: Clubs, Hammers, Flails, Greathammers
The user may modify one ‘Strike’ action per
combat round to ignore a shields bonus to
Physical Defence.
Skewer (Maneuver)
Used By: Tridents
A Trident user may manipulate a ‘Strike’ action
with the Trident to have an increased damage
die size (D12) and on hit inflict 1 bleed, then
throw the enemy 5ft for every two Trident
weapon enchantment levels. ‘Skewer’ may only
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combat if using a +10 trident).
Slow and Powerful (Passive)
Used By: Crossbows, Pistols
Crossbow wielders have one less available action
in every non conflict phase as they ready
themselves to reload their crossbow as swiftly as
possible. Crossbows deal an additional damage
per weapon enchantment level.
Snipe (Passive)
Used By: Longbows, Shortbows
As a free action for a number of times per day
equal to the weapons enchantment level (min 1),
the wielder may double the bows range for a
‘Strike’ action.
Somewhat Slow and Powerful (Passive)
Used By: Hand Crossbows
Every even numbered combat round reduce the
number of actions in every non conflict phase
that a Hand Crossbow wielder has available by 1.
Hand crossbows deal an additional damage per
weapon enchantment level (min 1).
Spell Conduit (Passive)
Used By: Staves
A staff user may select a once per combat spell
they know and imbue it into their staff. Once per
day they may use a once per combat spell an
additional time. Doing so renders the staff
unable to use ‘Spell Conduit’ for ten days.
Decrease the number of days required for ‘Spell
Conduit’ to recharge by each weapon
enchantment level past the first.
Spin to Win (Maneuver)
Used By: Halberds
Once per combat the user may modify a ‘Strike’
action to attack every enemy within 5ft and
target AOE Defence instead of Physical Defence.
Damage from ‘Spin to Win’ is slashing instead of
piercing. ‘Spin to Win’ inflicts a debuff on the
Halberd wielders Physical Defence equal to 3 per
Halberd enchantment level. ‘Spin to Win’ may
be performed a number of times per day equal
to Halberd enchantment level (min 1).
Strength Required (Passive)
Used By: Longbows, Shortbow
The weapon is an opportunity to utilize ones
physical strength. ‘Strike’ actions may deal an
additional 2 damage per 100 Weapon Attack of
the wielder. This damage bonus is capped at the
weapons enchantment level (max 10). For each
point of damage increase the weapon user
chooses to utilize decrease the users Weapon
Attack (or substituting statistic if performing a
‘Strike’ with a different statistic) by 5.
Strong Arms (Passive)
Used By: Javelins, Improvised
Increase the range of ‘Strike’ actions performed
by the user by 10ft for every 100 Weapon Attack
of the user.
Supernatural Guide (Passive)
Used By: Staves
Once per combat a Staff wielded may modify a
‘Strike’ action to be performed with
Supernatural Attack.
Symbol (Passive)
Used By: Tridents
Trident users increase their Mental Defence by 2
per weapon enchantment level.
Throwing (Passive)
Used By: Tridents
The Trident may be used as a throwing weapon
with a 30ft range. If used as a throwing weapon
the Trident provokes threat attacks.
Uncanny (Maneuver)
Used By: Improvised
A ‘Strike’ action performed with an improvised
weapon may be modified to target AOE Defence
instead of Physical Defence.
Unwieldy Reach (Passive)
Used By: Scythes, Spiked Chain
The Scythe user must reroll their first successful
‘Strike’ action. This penalty is eliminated from +5
or greater scythes. Additionally, scythes have an
additional 5ft of reach.
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Versatile Slashing (Passive)
Used By: Halberds
A Halberd user may modify the damage type of
a ‘Strike’ performed with a ‘Halberd’ to slashing
damage.

Very Slow and Very Powerful (Passive)

Used By: Rifles
Each combat round reduce the number of non
conflict actions in every phase that a Rifle
Wielder has available by 2 and number of
conflict actions that a Rifle Wielder has available
by 1 (this cannot reduce available conflict actions
below 1). Increase the damage of Rifles by 2 per
weapon enchantment level.

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Armor:
Light Armor:

Leather 4 AOE Defence 3 Mental Defence 2 Constitution 1 Physical Defence

per Armor level per armor level Defence per armor per armor level
level

Padded 3 AOE Defence 1 Mental Defence 4 Constitution 2 Physical Defence

per Armor Level per armor level Defence per armor per armor level
level

Studded 2 AOE Defence 2 Mental Defence 3 Constitution 3 Physical Defence

per Armor level per armor level Defence per armor per armor level
level.

Medium Armor:

Chainmail 4 AOE Defence 2 Mental Defence 2 Constitution 4 Physical Defence

per Armor level per armor level Defence per armor per armor level
level

Hide 3 AOE Defence 3 Mental Defence 3 Constitution 3 Physical Defence

per Armor Level per armor level Defence per armor per armor level
level

Breastplate 2 AOE Defence 1 Mental Defence 4 Constitution 5 Physical Defence

per Armor level per armor level Defence per armor per armor level
level.

Heavy Armor:

Plate 3 AOE Defence 2 Mental Defence 5 Constitution 5 Physical Defence

per Armor level per armor level Defence per armor per armor level
level

Half Plate 4 AOE Defence 3 Mental Defence 4 Constitution 4 Physical Defence

per Armor Level per armor level Defence per armor per armor level
level

Banded Mail 5 AOE Defence 2 Mental Defence 5 Constitution 3 Physical Defence

per Armor level per armor level Defence per armor per armor level
level.

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Shields:

Heavy Raise Shield (Premovement)

Add two per Shield level to all defensive statistics.
Reduce all offensive statistics by 1 per Shield level.

Light Shield Raise Shield (Premovement)

Add one per Shield level to all defensive statistics.

Buckler Raise Shield (Premovement)

Add one per Shield level to a defensive roll of
your choice this combat round (declare before
rolling). Using a Buckler counts as having your
hand ‘free’ (allowing you to keep your weapons
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 Chapter Eight - Actions
The following are the basic actions each
character within Array of Champions are capable
of.
Weapon Attack:
Strike (Conflict action)
Attack with the weapon you’re currently holding
against target within range. Roll against Physical
Defence. Ranged Weapon Attacks provoke threat
attacks. One handed ranged weapons require
one hand free to make more than one strike
action with them per conflict phase. If two one
handed weapons are equipped, then at the start
of the conflict phase, the player may declare
they wish to make a bonus strike action with
their offhand weapon. Doing so reduces all
offensive statistics of the player by 20%
(Rounded up).
Threat Attack (Free Action)
If an enemy has moved through an area you
threaten, you may reduce the number of
Reactions you have by one to perform a ‘Strike’
against them. You must have a Reaction to
eliminate in order to threat attack.
Switch Weapon (Movement)
Change currently equipped weapon with one in
the characters inventory. This action may not be
performed after a move and disallows
movement for the combat round. Furthermore,
Switch weapon provokes a threat attack from all
enemies whose threat range you are within.
Use Consumable (Premovement or
Conflict)
Consumables that buff or heal are Premovement
actions, consumables that are used to attack
opponents are conflict actions using your
Weapon Attack. The consumables description
will always specify which it is.
Draw Weapon (Premovement)
Draw a weapon from inventory, must have a
hand free.
Drop Weapon (Free Action)
At any time, you may drop your currently
equipped weapon.
Unexpected Attack:
Grapple (Conflict)
Roll against Physical Defence: You and your
opponent lose the ability to perform any
Premovement, Maneuver, Conflict, Reaction or
Gambit actions. Your opponent loses the ability
to perform a move, you may move at one
quarter speed. The first time a foe has been
grappled each combat reduce the enemies fate
points by 1d6 per class level. You may not initiate
a grapple on an enemy two sizes larger than you.
Shove (Conflict)
Roll against Physical Defence: move the enemy
5ft +5ft for every multiple of 5 lower than the
opposition class you rolled. Reduce enemy fate
points by one.
Maintain Grapple/Pin (Free action,
conditionally mandatory)
At the start of each phase that an enemy is
grappled or pinned, the enemy will attempt to
break free. Roll against Physical Defence twice
taking the highest result to maintain an initiated
grapple. A successfully maintained grapple
reduces enemy fate points by one.
Pin (Reaction)
If an opponent is currently grappled, roll against
the Physical Defence of that opponent. Upon
success the opponent has been pinned. Reduce
enemy fate points by 1d6 per character level. A
pinned opponent requires two consecutive failed
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the start of each combat round a pinned
opponent takes 1d6 damage per character level,
this damage cannot reduce them into a new
injury state (such as from Bloodied to Broken).
Release Grapple (Free action)
At the start of a phase, you may end a grapple
against an enemy.
Break Grapple (Conflict, Reaction,
Premovement, Gambit, Movement,
Maneuver)
Roll against targets AOE Defence to break a
grapple that has occurred against you or an ally
within five feet.
Trip (Conflict Action)
Roll against Physical Defence. Declare one phase
other than conflict. Upon success you may lower
enemy fate points by 1d4 per class level and
reduce the number of available actions by one in
the next phase that was declared. Additionally,
the opponent loses their next movement phase
and provokes threat attacks while they stand up.
You cannot trip an enemy more than two sizes
larger than you.
Any Attack Statistic:
Hold Back (Maneuver)
Modify a conflict action to deal half damage.
Convert damage to nonlethal.
Non-Attack Physical:
Balance (Movement, out of combat action)
Maintain your footing on an uneven surface so
that you don’t fall! Roll against the balance
opposition class of the terrain.
Tumble Through (movement)
Move through a square that your opponent
occupies. Consumes 10ft of movement per
square the enemy occupies. Roll against AOE
Defence.
Squeeze (Movement, Out of Combat)
Fit though terrain that is too small to fit you. Roll
against the squeeze opposition class of the
terrain. If you fail the roll at the entrance of
terrain too small to fit you then you merely fail
to squeeze through, if you fail part way through
the terrain then you are stuck and helpless until
the start of the next combat round.
Climb (Movement or Out of Combat)
Traverse terrain vertically. Roll against the climb
opposition class of the terrain. Alternatively,
may be used to climb enemies two sizes larger
than you or greater. If used to climb an enemy
roll Unexpected Attack against AOE Defence to
determine if you can climb them. Your Climb
speed is half of your ground speed.
Shake Off (Free action)
At the start of a combat round if anyone is
climbing you, you may roll non attack physical
against the defensive statistic of your choice. On
success the climber falls off and takes d4 damage
per character level of the individual shaking
them off. Repeat Shake off for each climber.
Jump (Movement or out of combat action)
Roll Non-attack Physical. For every ten below
your max Non-attack Physical you may jump
half a foot into the air plus one-half foot for
every twenty Non-attack Physical you have. You
may use these same numbers to instead go one-
foot forwards or combine results. For example,
an individual with 80 Non-attack Physical who
rolled a 40 may go 4 feet up or 8 feet forwards,
alternatively the individual may go 1 foot up and
6 feet forwards. If there’s a running start (defined
as moving at least ten feet) before the jump, then
you may multiply the horizontal result by 1.5.
Jumping consumes half your movement,
requires half your movement to initiate and may
only be performed once per combat round. If at
any point during a vertical jump you were within
weapon or ability range of a flying, or a high
ground target you may use conflict actions on
them in the conflict phase. Additionally, you are
considered within range of their conflict actions.
Enemies threatening you may perform a threat
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move less than the distance you rolled.
Falling
At the start of each combat round descend 200ft,
keep track of descent height. Calculate your
maximum jump height as if you had rolled a 1.
Upon landing, every ten feet past your max
jump height that you fell causes you to take 1d6
fall damage.
Retrieve Item (Premovement)
Pull an item out of your inventory
Give Item (Premovement)
Give a held item to target ally within 5ft.
Provokes threat attacks.
Dash (Premovement)
You may perform a move action during the
Premovement and movement phase. Using dash
disallows any other action to be performed until
the start of the next combat round.
Five Foot Step (Movement)
You may move 5 feet without provoking a threat
attack. This consumes 75% of your movement
rounded up. You must have 75% of your
movement remaining to initiate a 5 foot step.
Pick Up (Passive)
Your character may pick up an object with
weight equal to the characters Non-attack
Physical at no penalty. You may pick up to twice
your Non-attack Physical, if the object is above
their Non-attack Physical the characters statistics
are halved while carrying the object.
Throw (Passive)
Your character may throw an object 5ft for every
20 Non-attack Physical.
Trickery:
Disable Device (Out of Combat or Start of
Phase Free Action)
Disable any trap, or complex device to remove
its ability to perform actions. Roll against the
trap or devices crafting value.
Pick a Lock (Out of Combat Action or
Movement Action)
Roll against a locks crafting value. If passed, the
lock no longer obstructs entry.
Stealth (Passive)
Roll stealth against the most attentive NPCs
perception as the opposition class, add 3 to that
class for every additional attentive NPC. If
passed, then the opposition does not notice your
movements until you perform a non movement
action that alerts them. Roll stealth every minute
you persist to be in the presence of an attentive
npc or if a new npc enters the scene. If you begin
combat from stealth, you gain an ambush round.
Knowledge:
Recall Knowledge (Premovement)
Roll against the mystique stat of target enemy
within 60ft. On success you may ask your GM
for any one particular piece of information. For
example, “what’s their Physical Defence”, “how
old is this structure” or “could you give me one
of their weaknesses”. A player may jot down
anything they have recalled knowledge about.
GM discretion may make a foe give no
information, no matter how great the roll.
(Perhaps telling you the Campaign Boss
weakness off a dice roll rather than you figuring
it out through the campaign is anti-climatic, but
if you wanted to learn the Physical Defence stat
of a generic enemy you’re facing that shouldn’t
be a big deal).
Identify Magic (Out of Combat Action)
Target lingering spell (such as a never expiring
wall of flame) Roll against the Supernatural
Attack value of the caster of the spell. If
successful, you learn everything about the spell
and may attempt to dispel it.
Dispel Magic (Out of combat Action)
Target lingering spell you have identified. Roll
against the Supernatural Attack of the original
caster. If successful, the spell is dispelled and all
effects of it are gone.
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Nature: Perception:
Treat Disease (Out of Combat Action) Notice detail (Out of Combat Action)
Target character within 5ft. Roll against the Roll against the mystique stat of target you can
opposition class of every disease the target is see. Upon success your GM should offer any non
suffering from. Remove each disease whose obvious detail about the character or room
you're interacting with.
opposition class you exceeded. After receiving a
treatment action target may not be treated for
Spot trap (Passive action)
twenty-four hours.
If a character comes within ten feet of triggering
a trap their senses will give them one last chance
Treat Poison (Out of Combat Action)
to avoid the danger befalling them. Roll
Target character. Roll against the opposition
perception against the room’s mystique stat.
class of every poison the target is suffering from.
Upon success you notice the immediate danger.
Remove each poison whose opposition class you
exceeded. After receiving a treatment action for
poison target may not be treated for poison for
one hour.

Treat Wounds (Out of Combat Action)

Target character within 5ft. Restore fate points
equal to nature stat divided by ten times class
level. This process takes ten minutes if target is
injured, one hour if target is bloodied and eight
hours if target is broken. Treat Wounds is meant
to be used on characters who do not possess a
Heroic Spirit.

Forage (Out of Combat Action)

Foraging takes thirty minutes. Target
environments opposition class, afterwards roll
nature until you fail a nature roll, have enough
rations and voluntarily end foraging or reach the
maximum successes allowed by your
environment. For each success find one day’s
worth of rations.

Track (Out of Combat Action)

The character attempts to follow clues, tracks, or
other signs of a character or monster they are
after. Roll nature against trickery. On success the
character knows what direction to take for the
next two hours. If after those two hours, the
character has not found the target yet another
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Bleed
Those afflicted by bleed take damage at the start
of each combat round equal to the number of
stacks of bleed they possess. Bleed stacks can be
halved by sacrificing your premovement phase
to treat your wounds.
determines whether a character will benefit from
Hard Cover from a particular action.
Weakness X Y
Weakness increases damage suffered from all
actions that deal X by the amount specified in Y.

Poison Invisibility and True Sight

Those afflicted by poison take damage at the
start of each combat round equal to the number
of stacks of poison they possess. Poison stacks
can be halved by sacrificing your Gambit phase
to expel as much of the offending toxin as
possible.
Regeneration X
Regeneration heals for the amount listed at the
start of each combat round. Regeneration
requires a conscious focus and cannot be
performed if slain or knocked unconscious.
Soft Cover
Those benefiting from Soft Cover provoke a
D100 roll when ranged conflict actions are made
against them. On a 25 or lower the action
automatically fails to hit the target in Soft Cover,
do not make a save. GM discretion determines
whether a character will benefit from Soft Cover
from a particular action.
Invisible entities cannot be targeted directly by
others, actions that target a point and affect those
within a burst may be placed near invisible
targets that have reasonably given themselves
away even if they are benefiting from a ‘Greater
Invisibility’ that does not break the invisibility
from performing an action. ‘True Sight’ can see
through invisibility and allows the targeting of
invisible foes.
Resistance and Immunity
Resistance reduces damage of the specified type
by either a flat amount or a percentage.
Immunity negates the entirety of damage of that
type.

Fatigue/Exhaustion
Fatigue settles in after 8 hours of marching or
strenuous activity and reduces statistics by 25%.
Exhaustion settles in after 16 hours of being
awake or 12 hours of strenuous activity and
reduces statistics by 50%.

Hard Cover
Those benefiting from Hard Cover provoke a
D100 roll when ranged conflict actions are made
against them. On a 50 or lower the action
automatically fails to hit the target in Hard
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 Chapter Ten – Misc. Tips
Roleplay.
It’s worth noting that none of the statistics relate
to charisma or persuasion, intimidation, or any
similar concept. That is because in Array of
Champions the expectation is that you will get
into character and roleplay. If you want to
persuade someone you will tell the GM how you
wish to do so. For some people this can be an
uncomfortable idea in which they lack
confidence “I can’t do acting!” and others may
feel bad that they can’t roleplay a charismatic
person properly because they themselves are not
charismatic in real life.
This couldn’t be further from the truth!
Roleplaying does not equal acting. First person
roleplay is often similar to acting and will
involve speaking strictly in character. However,
it is not the only effective way to roleplay.
Third person roleplay is perfectly acceptable as
long as you use your imagination and craft a
compelling narrative.
For example, let's say in the current adventure
the GM has engaged the party in a mission to
rescue kidnapped elf children. One of the leads
who could have further information is a barkeep
who hates elves.
While a first person roleplayer may have an
acted-out conversation with the GM a third
person roleplayer would say something like.
“I approach the Barkeep and feign casual racism
towards elves to lower his guard. Afterwards I
crack a joke at the expense of the current Elf
King. Once I have the Barkeep in a good mood, I
gently probe him for his thoughts about the
kidnapped elf children and who he thinks did it.”
Not a single word was said in character, yet this
is a perfectly acceptable way to roleplay (and one
that once you get comfortable with may allow
you to get comfortable in branching out to first
person!). Note, the key to engaging third person
roleplay that is fun for the whole table is in
detail. You don’t want to merely say something
boring and simple such as
“I ask the Barkeep for information about the elf
children.”
While your GM may give in, it doesn't facilitate
any sort of fun back and forth and gives your
GM little to work with. It may have advanced the
story, but it didn’t contribute much to fun at the
table.
If you’re the intended audience for this section,
don’t sweat the lack of a charisma statistic and
see this as an opportunity to begin your journey
into the most fun and engaging part of the
hobby!
Roleplay and Combat are Friends!
What prevents combat from being a mundane
affair that could be better done in a video game
is the engaging narrative facilitated by table top
gaming. Adding a descriptive narrative to your
actions keeps things engaging and is in of itself a
form of fun. Even when playing full mechanical,
it is still worthwhile to add this compelling
narrative to your actions, because the group
experience of a tense and epic fight backed up
with a compelling moment to moment narrative
is a reward in of-itself. The inverse of this is also
true, when you want to be creative and roleplay
an action within combat make sure to ground
that creativity in the mechanics of the game.
Find a mechanical action to tie your narrative
idea with.
Don’t be Rude.
Array of Champions has a multi-phase combat
round that demands consistent attention from
players. Losing focus and turning your attention
to distractions such as your phone is a recipe for
grinding the combat to a halt and hurting
everyone’s enjoyment. Outside of combat this is
equally true, it isn’t fun if the narrative is only
understood by some of the players at the table
and it becomes a burden to reexplain the plot.
Be Prepared.
An Array of Champions character has a plethora
of ever-expanding options in combat, especially
when magic items start getting added to the mix.
An up to date, sorted and easy to flip through
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smooth experience in combat.

Your GM is Your Friend!

Trust in your GM to provide a fun experience,
don’t ignore the obvious plot hooks because you
want to “Throw your GM off”. Likewise, don’t be
afraid to do the unexpected if you think it’s
going to create a memorable and fun experience
for all who are involved.

Have Motivations and Goals.

Your character should be more than a set of
numbers, more than their basic class, race and
path. They should be a living breathing person
with a defined personality, motivation and way
of being. This was mentioned earlier, but it holds
true; the more you invest into shaping who your
character is the better the roleplay will be! This
will also have the side effect of making you a
more proactive driver of the story rather than a
passenger being swept along by the stories of
your fellow party members or even the GM.

Mind Tone
Your GM is likely trying to create some form of
tone in their campaign. Your comedy sketch
character may not be the most appropriate
addition to the campaign. Likewise, your edgy
brooding 200-page backstory character likely
doesn’t belong in a goofy one shot. That being
said, there are ways to make both of these
scenario’s work, but unless you’re an
experienced roleplayer, regrettably you’re more
likely to fail at such an endeavour than succeed.

Use Your Imagination.

While all abilities have a strict use within
combat, they are available to be used out of
combat! Who knows what sort of moments
you’ll create.

Have Fun
When you engage in an action make sure it is
considerate to the fun of the table and will
enable a good time for all. Treat others how you
want to be treated ^_^

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