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types of Birthright: Creature, Followers, Guide and Relic.
No Birthright may be rated higher than three dots before
spending bonus points. More information on these
Birthrights appears in the Chapter Five, pp. 156-169.
EPIC ATTRIBUTES,
KNACKS AND BOONS
Epic Attributes are innate traits that manifest almost
immediately after a Scion’s Visitation, as the latent ichor
in his blood wreaks sudden, dramatic changes on his
physiology. Knacks are quirks of the Epic Attributes that
manifest in different Scions with differing frequency. A
Scion receives one Knack free with every dot purchased in
an Epic Attribute. (Additional Knacks may be purchased
with bonus or experience points.) More info on Epic
Attributes and Knacks appears in Chapter Four.
Boons are supernatural powers granted to Scions by
their divine parents. Most come from the Purviews for
which those Gods are best known, but none are off limits.
Boons differ from Epic Attributes and Knacks in that they
aren’t innate. In fact, to use a Boon, a heroic Scion must
possess a Birthright relic that allows access to the Purview
from which that Boon comes. A complete explanation of
Boons appears in Chapter Five, pp. 139-156.
A Scion receives 10 dots to divide between Epic
Attributes and Boons. Each dot in an Epic Attribute costs
one of those 10 dots at character creation. Each Boon
costs the same number of dots as its rating (i.e., taking
a three-dot Boon at character creation uses up three of
those 10 dots). No score in a Scion’s Epic Attribute may
equal or surpass his Legend score. Similarly, no Scion may
possess a Boon rated equal to or greater than his Legend.
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Virtues are beliefs of great import to the cultures
from which the various pantheons emerged. Each O
pantheon has a set of four Virtues that define proper N
behavior. The sets are as follows:
Aesir: Courage, Endurance, Expression, Loyalty
Amatsukami: Duty, Endurance, Intellect, Valor
Atzlánti: Conviction, Courage, Duty, Loyalty
Dodekatheon: Expression, Intellect, Valor, Vengeance
Loa: Harmony, Order, Piety, Vengeance
Pesedjet: Conviction, Harmony, Order, Piety
Similar to Attributes, each Virtue begins with one
dot. Each Scion then has five dots to divide between
the four Virtues of his divine parent’s pantheon. (A
Storyteller might allow a Scion to choose a different
Virtue combination, but don’t count on it.) A Virtue
can’t be raised above 4 at character creation without the
expenditure of bonus points.
More information on Virtues can be found in
Chapter Three (pp. 117-122).
Example: Conrad purchases two Birthright relics for his
character using his available five dots of Birthright: a jade
tomoe necklace (a two-dot relic offering access to the War and
Guardian Purviews) and the Fudo Masamune, a tanto made
by famed swordsmith Masamune Okazaki and dedicated to
the fire deity Fudo Myo. (This blade is a three-dot relic offering
access to the Fire Purview and giving +2 Defense.)
Knowing that Hachiman was renowned for his lightning
reflexes and prowess in battle, Conrad decides to devote two
dots to Epic Wits and one to Epic Dexterity. He also takes 99