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Name Lynd Vassail Abilities

Abilities
IN THE BLOOD: 1/situation, when you take stress to any
Class Witch resistance other than Echo, allocate it to Echo.
CRUCIBLE: At any time, roll a D6. If it’s equal to or under
Calling Heartsong your current Echo stress, clear that much stress from Echo
and roll with mastery on your next action. If it’s over your
Active Beats current Echo stress, add that much stress to Echo.
TRUE FORM: You may enter your true form when you want,
inflicting D4 stress on all adversaries who can see you. While
in it, you roll with mastery on Hunt and Kill checks but all
others become Risky. You revert back to humanoid at the
Equipment end of the situation.
• 1/situation, when an action you perform in your true form
Sacred Athame (Kill D6, Bloodbound) would be Risky, treat it as Standard instead.
• 1/session, when you assume your true form, downgrade a
Heartward dowsing rod (Delve D6) Blood fallout result you’re suffering from by one step.

Resources
Family jewelry (D8, Haven)

Skills Knacks DOMAINS Knacks Fallout

■ Compel ■ Cursed
■ Delve � Desolate
� Discern � Haven
� Endure � Occult
� Evade � Religion
� Hunt � Technology
� Kill � Warren
� Mend � Wild
� Sneak
 Lynd Vassail, Heartsong-called Witch
Calling: Heartsong
When you create your character, answer these four questions:
• Which three images, symbols, people or creatures do you
see, over and over, when you dream?
• What signs do you look for to recognise where the Heart
is strongest?
• You recently witnessed an unearthly sight with another
player character. Who was it, what happened, and how
did they react?
• Your connection to the Heart has touched you in some
way. How does that manifest?
Minor beats:
□ Let your curiosity lead you into danger.
□ Witness an emissary of the Heart Itself.
□ Convince the party to collect Cursed resources on a delve,
adding D6 to the delve’s resistance.
□ Perform a rite at a place of power (Tier 2 or deeper).
□ Take minor Echo fallout.
Major beats:
□ Take major Echo fallout.
□ Meet an emissary of the Heart and learn from them.
Unlockable Abilities
MINOR
• HEART-WISE: Gain access to one of the following skills:
Compel, Delve, Discern, Endure, Hunt, Kill, Mend. You
can take this advance more than once.
• BOOKS OF LORE: Gain access to one of the following
domains: Cursed, Desolate, Occult, Religion, Warren,
Wild. You can take this advance more than once.
• CHARMS AND WARDS: Gain +1 Protection in the Blood,
Mind, Supplies or Fortune resistance. You can take this
advance more than once.
• RED DOMINION. You don’t bleed unless you want to; when
you’re angry, your veins pulse visibly beneath your skin. Gain +2
Blood protection.
• A MIND OF MANY DOORWAYS. Mortal concerns fade in
comparison to the majesty of the blood-song that resonates
within you. Gain +2 Mind Protection.
MAJOR
• EXSANGUINATE. You pluck a target’s blood out of its mouth
and nose, choking it on its own viscera. This spell functions as a
weapon with the following tags: (Kill D6, ranged). You can
mark stress accrued as a result of using this spell to Echo.
Starting Abilities In full
IN THE BLOOD. You move through the Heart as if blessed. +1
Echo Protection (Included above). In addition, once per
situation, when you take stress to any resistance other than
Echo, allocate it to Echo.
CRUCIBLE. You bring the energy of the Heart inside yourself and
transmute it into crimson power. At any time, roll a D6. If it’s equal
to or under your current Echo stress, clear that much stress
from Echo and roll with mastery on your next action. If it’s over
your current Echo stress, add that much stress to Echo.
TRUE FORM. Your skin skitters with barely-contained power: the
heartsblood within you is waiting to remake you as a flickering,
hungry zoetrope horror. Whenever you want to, you enter your
true form - describe it. When in your true form, you roll with
mastery on Hunt and Kill checks, but all other checks
become Risky. At the end of the current situation, you revert
to your humanoid form.
WITCH-SPIT. They say that the spittle of witches can cure minor
ailments, repair broken trinkets and soothe an aching heart. Yours
closes up exit wounds. Gain the Mend skill. When you want it
to be, your spit becomes adhesive and can harden into a
tarry, sticky substance.
GREAT AND TERRIBLE. You unlock the power of your true form
- an awe-inspiring union of magic and flesh. When you choose to
enter your true form, all adversaries who can see you take D4
stress.
SACRED OBJECT. Once per session, when you assume your
true form, downgrade one Blood fallout result you are
suffering from by one step.
UNION. Once per situation, when you are in your true form
and an action you perform would be considered Risky, treat
it as Standard difficulty instead.
Bonds
Notes