Preface

Firstly, before all else, thank you for taking the time to read this book. Whether you're one of my wonderful players already invested in my world, a subcriber to my livestreamed games who just found this book, or even somebody who is skimming through the pages of a download link you found somewhere in the dark depths of the internet, I cannot thank you enough.

Within this book is the culmination of over 4 years of work, and many many more daydreams behind that. Back all the way in summer 2018, I ran a campaign that all started with a one-shot adventure inside a cave filled with giant ants. Slowly, over time, I began to expand and play around with the world, rewriting this book now 4 times, evolving and expanding it with my ideas as time moved on. This went from a tiny home game to a large, multi-teamed threaded campaign, and once the pandemic hit us and I was forced to move my games online, which only caused my hobby to grow further.

I was lucky enough to have a set of circumstances that led me here. My parents were both loving and supportive, and raised me on niche cultures, and always encouraged creative endeavors. I've always wanted to make so many different things, from movies, to video games, to what you have in your hands or on your screen right now. I can't thank them enough for allowing me to express myself in this way-- Able to have the privilege of writing such a big book.

Turns out, however, that writing a book this large is an incredible amount of work. Who would have thought? This project has taken me the better part of 2 years to create, and longer when accounting for playtesting, commissioning, and brainstorming from the start. I've poured countless hours, sprained wrists, anxiety attacks, dollars, and sleepless nights writing this project, along with the experiences and games that brought this to life.

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Welcome to Prime

D oes this ring any bells for you, Streets?" The runic engravings shift apart and retract inside a glossy black helmet adorned by the group's magitech expert. She glances back to the ancient automaton, who is silently looking down and staring at a pile of metallic shapes approximately matching that of corpses. "Negative." The construct replies. Streets takes an engraved glass rod and twists it, shedding a cone of bright light upon the mangled pile. "They appear to have the same form, but nothing is being triggered. Results remain inconclusive... I'm sorry, Legacy." The tiefling stands up and wipes the centuries-old dust from her black denim apron, about to place a consoling hand upon the shoulder of Streets, only for the pile to flash with a surge of sickly arcane light, springing to life with a screeching, metallic squeal!

Prime is a world shaped by its people, forced to bear the burden of insurmountable odds. Great settlements rise and fall, power is given and taken, The land growing more and more scarred as the end of days is avoided again, and again, and again.

This book is intended for players of 5e with intermediate or advanced levels of experience. While newcomers should be able to understand the lore and worlds, this book does assume players and GMs have a grasp on the fundamentals and some minutia of the game. As a player, this book contains features, ancestries, classes, and systems to personalize your gaming experience.

As a GM, this book contains lore and story prompts, as well as a series of systems to explore. Each of the cities and factions within this world, while relevant to Prime, can be tweaked and implemented into any realm of your own.

Prime embraces the pulp, cheese, and comedy of a Friday night get-together while still providing ample opportunity to explore political, social, or personal themes such as globalization, propaganda, late-stage capitalism, anarchism and authoritarianism, celebrity culture, zealotry, coercion, identity, and anything else a storyteller likes to throw in their games. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, cultures and philosophies, identities and expressions. Due to the realm's interesting history and creation of the various races, the humanoids of prime are seen more as equals and racial prejudice plays a much minor role than in traditional settings, as well, favoring a more nationalistic view on social issues. The typical conservative Ohstran, for example, rarely cares if you're a human, elf, or orc. They care if you're an Ohstran.

Prime is heavily inspired in tone by franchises like the classic Fallout games or Disco Elysium, with the aesthetic of Final Fantasy or other Eastern Role playing games. Additionally, smaller moments and slice-of-life roleplaying is given a focus. Not every situation presents a "good" or "bad" route to take. There is rarely an obvious moral decision, and characters with differing ideologies (politely) arguing and debating what should be done in a situation is not only encouraged, but should be rewarded with in game boons and moments of goofy dungeon crawling action to break up the pace.

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A Note on Canon

Please treat this book as a guide, not a bible. If you like certain features of this realm but not others, change them! Make this world your own. There's nothing that makes me happier than seeing different interpretations of something I create.

What's in this book?

Chapter 1 of this book introduces a large overview of the Realm of Prime, describing common knowledge, daily life, technology, magic, and culture.

Chapter 2 details the creation of prime, and provides a list of the defining moments of the world's developments.

Chapter 3 presents a vast collection of player options, as well as lore for the ancestries and classes of Prime. It is for players first and foremost.

Chapter 4 contains a full gazetteer of Prime, which will provide details, plot hooks, and descriptions of the diverse nations of this land and even most of the cities within.

Chapter 5 describes the wide collection gods and faiths of prime, as well as the worshipping practices of many of these entities.

The final chapters, 6 through 9, are for the GMs of the table, showing off adventures, treasures, and monsters to insert into your campaigns. These plots and items contain valuable lore, hooks, and open ended questions to kick off a campaign of your very own!

Things to Know

When making an Estray campaign or character, here are some key things to think about:

Post Industrial Revolution. The world is approaching its tenth decade after the introduction of mass production, warehouse and factory work, and magic items pervading everyday life. People communicate long distance with their cell stones, use cleansing spires to keep themselves tidy, race along the city on field cruisers, and are advertised to with the help of illusory billboards adorned along the walls of buildings and roadside checkpoints. Families keep food stored with Arcane Coolers, shipped to them across the world with the just recently unveiled International Monorail System. Culture has blended and rapidly shifted into one that glorifies entertainment and celebrities as the population begins to decrease.

Lands Caught in Cycles. Prime is shaped by its storied past, eras are clearly divided by major historical events that are so radically different from each other, it almost feels like the universe itself reboots every few millenia. Scars are apparent anywhere, from the ancient advanced ruins of the Gulari Society, to the fields of estray warped by the rending, to even the lost and defunct portals from an age where the celestials could traverse the world.

Political Intrigue. Though outright and all-out war is a distant memory, tensions are still very high. It was only just over a century ago that a corrupt king almost destroyed the universe in Estray, leading to an unstable yet unshaken peace treaty between the five nations. Even less time has passed since a revolutionary war in Loria allowed Calloco to become its own country once again. This is most prevalent in the westmost continents of Kusara and Riki: while they are not directly fighting each other, they are locked in a cold war over economic dominance, military might, and business influence. Crime lords, cults, secret societies, and even the odd elder god or two will be lurking in the shadows of your party, observing and waiting, while taking advantage of the ineptitude of the leaders at the wheel.

Truth in the Absurd. When appropriate, a prime game should use comedy and satire to make its story points more memorable. A politician may actually be a literal animated puppet created by a business. Sketchy salesmen may recruit you into a long chain of overly bureaucratic systems to sell actual snake oil, and companies get in trouble all the time through use of enchantment magics facilitating addiction to product. Laws may exist to do nothing but create useless jobs that take hundreds of man hours and thousands of gold to upkeep instead of investing in the furthering of technology. a popular adventuring group may be swept into the throes of a marketing scheme, while school children create offensive memetic images about them to spread across the land. Whatever themes you choose to explore, a campaign takes them to their logical... and illogical extremes.

Alignment is Fake. An orc doesn't have the naturalistic untamed instinct of a war god goading them. Goblins aren't cursed to be chaotic and stupid, A dragon can have whatever motivations it wants. In this world, mortals are the product of circumstance, of culture, and of ideology, not of innate or divine need. Even divine and aberrant creatures are a little more varied, as Demons have been known to make deals, Beholders to have aligned with certain cults that do good actions, and mind flayers have weasled into the shadowy sects of public government. When making a character that is traditionally seen as Evil or Good, feel free to play entirely outside those expectations. Of course, giving into them and making an individual that still abides by these rules are fine as well.

Wide magic, not High Magic. Technology in Estray is inherently magical. Aether, a magical and metaphysical force, flows through the world, and is harnessed through various magitechnical tools. A working class of minor mages called Arcanists use spells to provide various conveniences such as creating magical locks or enchantments and illusions for therapy. Wizards and Artificers as traditionally known are still exceedingly rare, as magic that goes above and beyond simple cantrips or highly specialized utilities still require a tremendous amount of personal mastery and skill. There are very few artifacts like magical swords or bows, and plenty more in the realm of utility items like everburning lanterns, woundbind salves, audio boxes, and arcane forges.

Help Wanted:

Prime is a world that-- on the surface-- looks like it doesn't need heroes. There aren't many, if any at all, goblin encampments that are raiding the local villages. Nationalized police forces uphold a widespread set of common sense laws, and many recent innovations in the realm of fortifications and defense make the threat of a wayward monster attack virtually impossible.

Just below the surface, however, a world of adventure awaits. There's always an unexplored ancient ruin, a personal trek, underground syndicates the law can't (or won't) handle, and political tensions full of opportunity for the real heroes to step in. Police forces, city watch, lawmasters and priests can only do so much. The few extremely powerful NPCs are mostly corrupt, and even the benevolent ones have their limitations: The avatar Ironhazel, who wields godlike powers, is just a tree, for example. If something goes wrong, its likely beyond the grasp of simple folk: The fate of the world is up to you. Even at 1st level, you are a remarkable specimen here.

Shades of Gray

Sometimes, the players have to make hard choices. Ones where no matter what, the outcome could potentially spill out of their control. Your adventurers may have to do immoral things, and your villains may have to be benevolent for a while to keep the facade up. It's a good idea to make plots relevant to personal ideals.

Sometimes, a straightforward answer is obvious. If a monster is destroying the streets of a village, that monster needs to be subdued. However, the simplest solution may not always be the best one. Maybe that monster has been enchanted with a curse that causes the crops to rot on its death, causing even more damage. Maybe that monster is sentient, and has information that only it knows. Even the simplest of quests can have different methods and solutions.

However, many scenarios should involve struggles between two groups. Perhaps an inquisitor is using aggressive interrogation tactics and torturing innocents for information. If you stop her, however, her enemies may get away with doing much worse. Or maybe a small commune is stealing water from an industrialized farm, who aren't making quotas for the season. No matter what you do, one group will suffer. Expect philosophical, political, and economic debate when the problems get personal.

Know your Rights

In a unified system with national common law, most people tend to operate within those laws, even if they may not be just. Adventuring work by its very nature can become a PR nightmare. What's typically seen as noble (Taking embezzled funds from a lord and returning them to the poor, for example) Will now leave you with an entire section of the population calling you straight up thieves, while others will contest your methods and motives, supporting the action while condemning your not-so-legal-work.

Others still may stage propaganda campaigns pinning you as immoral agents in cahoots with the deep state. With newfangled communication and transportation technology, any big adventurous action may make you national figures, or worse-- National targets.

While this is a game, and thus standards are set to be much more lenient (Your character shouldn't get 2 years in prison for starting a bar fight, for example), there are still more modern consequences to think about. Your public image is important in Prime, and your image to those outside the public eye may be even moreso.

Personal Villains

As typical in any fantasy setting, there are ancient elder gods seeking to destroy the world, corrupted cults with a slavish devotion to destruction, and city-sized monsters ready to burst into the scene at any moment, the true villains of prime can also exist in subtle, lower stakes environments. Extraplanar threats involving gods don't come out guns-a-blazing, they lurk in the shadows and strike at just the right moment. Even at high levels, more personal villains that present smaller dilemmas can make quite the impact. A sneaky salesman sending the party on a wild goose chase while he searches the city for a macguffin in the background, a business patriarch that has exiled a member of the town for a hidden reason.

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A member of a guild simply running away from their mistakes, attempting to eliminate their rival before that rival gets to them. Villains in Prime are subtle, coniving, and sociable. They are sneaky, unnoticable, and manipulative. And most importantly, they're personal.

When creating compelling villains, think of the character's backstories. Ask questions and present them choices, and let them be recurring. Perhaps that villain of yours had used the Feign Death spell. Perhaps the fiendish patron of his had snatched his unconscious body before he died, and as a price, comes back touched with dark aether. Invest heavily in personal encounters for everyone at the table.

Common Languages

Exotic Languages

Names and Surnames

The naming conventions of Estray tend to follow language and culture, but those languages and cultures sometimes fall along racial lines. Given names to orcs will sound different to elves, and different still to halflings, but many follow a general theme. Most citizens of prime have a given name followed by a surname. Common surnames, especially for the Plainsfolk of the realm (explained later) are typically associated with an occupation and involve the conjunction of a noun, followed by a verb. Steelstrike, Rimewatch, Hornfell, or Windburn are all typical surnames you would find on a common humanoid, as well as more natural family names like "Lain" or "Velarn".

In Estray, Noble families have the middle name "Dol", which is the ancient common word for "On high". A name like Arvyn Dol Rimewatch denotes this character as a noble, or at least the descendant of a very influential figure. "Syl" is much rarer, and are given names by Dols to denote Honorary family members or heroes. Tellan Syl Lain, for example, is a celebrity bard with ties to a noble family.

The people native to the country of Starholmst have flowery draconic names. Some special groups have one of 6 tribal prefixes upon their surnames, denoted by an apostrophe. These tribal prefixes are symbols of the six ancient Clans that found their nation. When making a character with ties to a Clan City, use the following table to determine your prefix.

Tzaronian/Callocan Roles

Prefix	Societal Role
Stoe-	Laborers
Akhu-	Low Class Merchants
Vou-	High Class Merchants
Yayan-	Teachers, Clergy
Oda-	Builders, Guides
Krio-	Entertainment, Writers
Rothu-	Nobles
Edze-	Serfs

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Currencies

In Prime, through sheer magical plot-based coincidence, every sovereign nation uses very similar currency. Just like in any traditional setting, these are typically in the form of metal coinage, in the form of small, thin, rectangular slabs of metal about 3/4ths of an inch long. They follow the traditional rule of copper to silver to gold to platinum, but they are only coated with this material to save cost. The inside of a copper mark is zinc, while the insides of silver and gold marks are nickel, and the inside of a platnium mark is treated silver. In Prime, a platinum mark is worth 100 gold marks, rather than the standard 10.

To deal with large quantities of money, many businesses trade in checks and letters of credit, cashed in at banks. Many businesses or nobles with access to large sums of money (In the hundreds of gold) will typically write letters of credit, as platinum coins are exceedingly rare, and no common shopkeep is known to just have some on hand. However, the trade is rampant through black markets. Using or requesting platinum coins, while not illegal, may cause a few suspicious eyes to pry into what your motives may be, whether they are good hearted or not.

Calendar

In the basic, universal calendar of Prime, there are 12 months, each consisting of three distinct ten day weeks. At the end of the year, there is an extra 5 day week, outside of any existing month called "The Turning". This week, most people stay home and participate in numerous important holidays, while each culture has their own minor holidays scattered throughout the year. The amount of time in a day and year is similar to the real world. Years cycle in early spring, rather than midwinter.

Each day does not have a formal name. If precision is required, the number of the the day and month are used. In Prime, each month is named after the 12 moons created eons ago during a catacalysmic event known as Moonraze. By default, a Prime campaign takes place somewhere around the year 1400 Moonraze.

Banking in Prime

While an adventuring party is more likely to store their funding in their own personal bag of holding, or a safe back at headquarters, they'll still find themselves needing to visit various banks across the nations to cash in checks, especially if they work for wages or under the supervision of a legitimate company. Below is a small table containing various rates and exhanges when interacting with a bank.

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Bank	Country	Tax
Ohstran National	Ohstra	5%
Goldclaw Corp.	Xesper, Bhedse	15%, 2% with a subscription to Goldclaw Premium™
Vaults of Endreiyanis	Starholmst	3%, 10% for Non-Starholmstians
Bogridgian Mutual	Bogridge	1%, 10% for withdrawals over 1500 GP, 80% for withdrawals over 250,000
Meteorhold Bank	Tzaron	5%
People's Fund of Calloco	Calloco	3%, Does not accept foreign money or checks.
Highhold Icolan Bank	Icolo	Whatever they feel like at the moment.
Kusaran Vaults	Kusara	10%, 0% if over 500,000 GP
Rikiitsu National	Riki	5%

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Prime's Calendar

Jobs

The working class of Prime is very similar to the ones you see in the modern world. As the population slowly decreases while condensing into larger cities rather than tiny hamlets, more modern jobs have appeared. This includes "useless" tasks that mostly exist just so that people can continue making enough money to survive in the current system. You'll find many farmers, guards, and smiths, but also receptionists, salespeople, "chief executive second assistant to the regional manager's assistant", and many more. As academia, entertainment, and magitech expands, many jobs have become incredibly specialized. No longer does a village elder run the clergy and care for the sick, now there are doctors, surgeons, professors, and philosophers all looking to make their way in the world. Warehouses store and ship resources, Magitech Trains need operators and repairmen, Janitors employ use of the Prestidigitation cantrip, and so much more.

Wage Mages

A popular term on the rise is "Wage Mage". as Prime continues to develop, more and more freelancing jobs based on a gig economy have been appearing. These jobs, officially given much nicer titles, let minor Arcanists perform whatever task they can handle with their repertoire of spells, and large companies are always looking for more skill sets to add to their ranks. Running from location to location, Wage Mages expend as much energy as they can to get enough commission money to meet a daily quota. Being a Wage Mage is especially difficult work, for little pay and a lot of competition, but its what most failed prodigies or retired adventurers end up submitting to.

Adventuring as a Business

Becoming an adventurer in Prime is an incredibly risky and potentially unrewarding venture. There's no random billboard in a tavern posted with quests and rewards, and parties that don't have the backing of a large group or already established fame might find themselves struggling to even afford a meal on some nights. Even when they do stumble into some coin, they typically have to pay off the broken equipment (and broken bones) they used to get it in the first place. Parties may have to do some unsavory things like selling out to an agency like the Aurumplate Soundworks to nudge their career in the right direction. Becoming an adventurer is a commitment. After all, would you leave everything in your life behind to camp in the woods fighting half-owl-half-bears? It takes a lot of work, and a lot more luck, to succeed as an adventurer, but as an adventurer, you're already a special case.

Magic and Magitech

In general, Prime is wide magic, not high magic. Resurrection and Teleportation are incredibly rare, but lesser effects are used on the daily, and typically used for good. Artisans known as Arcanists are to thank for these wonderous advances. Compared to a wizard or artificer, these arcanists possess very limited knowledge, but they are much more common and invaluable to the people. They may learn a small selection of spells and develop them over the course of their career. Locksmith arcanists may learn Arcane Lock and Knock, where war Arcanists develop and enchant Blast Discs, or ammunition for cannons. Arcanists will use a magical item known as an Aethervalve and slowly cast their spells as rituals. Arcanists are not adventurers, they're artisans, and the world relies on thousands of them every day.

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Aether

Prime's magic is channeled and used through a supernatural substance known as Aether. Aether exists everywhere, and everything in the universe has concentrated aether within itself. Aether flows in and out of substances, interacting and mingling with each other to make up the basis of all matter. The substance itself can be broken down into the eight base essenses: Fire, Water, Lightning, Earth, Air, Ice, Light, and Dark. There is also a ninth essence, Purity. This ninth essence is only found within the bodies of mortal beings. Something about their biology takes in surrounding aether and purifies it, releasing it back into the world for it to naturally shift in a neverending cycle.

In a practical sense, all supernatural class abilities are the result of player characters carefully manipulating aether. Not only spellcasting, but features like the Fighter's Second Wind are the result of them focusing aether to their wounds, the Monk's Ki is the result of them channeling aether through themselves and into their opponents, disrupting their bodies.

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Arcane Magic

Arcane magic, in a general sense, is a science. Characters who use the arcane studies to cast their spells operate in a way similar to cooking a meal by the book. They pull traces of aether from the environment around them, mixing together different "ingredients" and condensing them into a magic effect to be released. The world operates on a strict set of rules and cycles, and with proper study, it becomes easy to bend those systems to your will. This is what makes magic a foundation of all life in Prime: It can be taught to anyone, and once learned, it is consistent and completely reliable. Arcane magic doesn't "Glitch" or "Jam" like a piece of regular technology, even if the desired effects mess with the laws of the universe. A "fireball" spell requires any traces of nearby fire aethers, to then be mixed with the concussive power of force, condensed into a molecular bead, and then unleashed, all using mental power and force that requires dedicated training.

Even casters like bards and paladins shift and manipulate aether through conviction and confidence in themselves (they may not know the fundamentals of cooking, but they do know that if they follow the recipe, they'll get a perfect result every time). In Prime, your mind is powerful. With enough training, aether is willed and transferred, accelerated and slowed, through your thoughts.

Though anyone can copy a Wizards words and gestures, they can't cast any spell-- Casting through the arcane requires an intense bout of mental strain and visualization. To do this without the aid of aetheric enhancements like an Arcanist's Pack is an incredibly difficult mental task. This is why most spellcasters are limited in the magic that they can cast in a day, and how wizards and artificers are still rare to this day.

Divine Magic

Characters who call upon the divine to cast their spells, such as clerics, operate a little differently. They must draw upon faith over anything else. It's something that can't be explained with logic or rationality. A wizard fighting alongside a cleric may be confused, as the cleric casts the same spell, but instead of extracting and condensing aether, they simply point at their target and call for them to be struck where they stand. The divines of Prime, the Primordial Souls and the Avatars, are with you in everything you do. It's up to a divine caster to feel that connection, interpret it, and most inportantly, believe in it. When a cleric heals the wounds of a comrade, they have to draw that power from something. That cleric believes they are channeling the power of their god, and maybe they are. Maybe it's the shared faith of others that they draw upon, and maybe it's just casting through the arcane with extra steps. Aetherologists have studied the ways of the divine for centuries, unable to find the true source. Yet still, the results speak for themselves. Divine magic is odd, fickle, and miraculous. Most divine casters do not even manipulate aether-- Things just... happen. All that matters is that the caster knows in this instance, what they desire will happen.

Magitech

Magitech is simply the term for the creation of widespread magic items. Anything that performs a task that a spell could also do is magitech. Its use can be seen from travel, to entertainment, to warfare, and is an absolute necessity for most of Prime's residents. Magitech is typically also much simpler than what a remarkable caster such as a Wizard, Artificer, or Cleric can do. For example, Cleansing Stones produce an effect that cleans a surface just like a Prestidigitation spell would, but it does not produce any of the other effects that cantrip can, and has a recharge rate of several minutes.

Because magitech is available, but weak and slow, Manual Mage Labor is still a productive job. A trained layperson can learn a single effect cantrip that has a similar effect to a magitech item, or even a first or second level utilitarian spell such as Alarm, Arcane Lock, or Zone of Truth. However, most people do not learn spells of their own, and at that, most do not come close to the power of a wizard or artificer, so magitech items have become a staple in households and the workforce.

When a prominent Artificer or Arcanist is found, plenty of groups tend to compete for their attention. The Sky Riders and Steel Wolves guilds have a rivalry from creating similar pieces of equipment, government branches will hand out grants, and schools will offer scholarships, causing a lot of patents for magitech to be closely held and traded amongst the upper class like an esoteric intellectual currency.

Auracite and Potentia

Auracite is the foundation of all magitech. Discovered during the expansion of the Ohstran Empire, this material is created by taking a natural, cheap resource such as wood and stone, and then extracting all traces of any aether from within it. This process is taxing, and expensive, but it creates the realm's first "Empty" matter. Once created, auracite can then be tinkered with to only allow certain essences to flow through, creating exact desired effects, much like an item which stores a pre-built spell anyone can activate. From this, the first magitech items were born.

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Choking Hazard!

As auracite is a material devoid of aether, having too much on you, or worse-- Ingesting it-- can leave you with nasty side effects. If a player character is within 10 feet of more than 25 pounds of auracite for over 2 hours, or consumes more than an ounce, they contract a nasty condition known as "Aether Withdrawal", as their natural pure aether is siphoned from them. They gain the following effects:

• Your maximum hit point total is halved.
• Your intelligence is reduced by 5 (minimum 1).
• You have disadvantage on any Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma Attack Rolls, Ability checks, and Saving Throws.
• You have vulnerability to force damage.

Entertainment

Across the realm, magitech has transformed the concept of entertainment into a global cultural aspect of life. No longer are the days of wandering bards providing song at the local tavern, art media existing solely through the form of rare paintings and simple pottery, art and entertainment is a massive part of common life. People amidst the streets can be seen discussing the latest albums released by bands, adventuring idols exist selling the mercenary lifestyle, propaganda pieces are displayed on enchanted billboards, and much more.

Theatres employ the use of cantrips to amplify sound, illusions, and even enchantments to thrill their audiences. Other spells like feather fall or Immovable Object create death defying stunts, Healers on standby has made gladitorial combat recognized in some cities, and sports like Spellsling and Siegeball use spells and artefacts for sport. Dream parlors make use of enchantments to allow users to stay in a dreamlike state for a short time, Soundboxes play recordings of podcasts and radio shows that listeners tune into with the use of playable soundplates. Those who wish to display their wealth wear glamerweave, clothing imbued with illusion magic that display abstract or complex effects, such as small flames, fabrics changing color with mood, or blooming and wilting flowers.

Recently, through the use of arcane Sound Discs, combined with a recent invention in animated arcane billboards means that movie theatres are the recent explosion in the entertainment scene. As this technology spreads, even some adventuring company may liscense the tales of adventurers past.

Communication

Various Courier's Guilds exist throughout prime. Estray has the Sky Riders guild, which operate appropriately in the skies with their special Carrier Griffons. Shipping trains run along the Intercontinental Magitech Monorails, and smaller sects of the Amnesis Infinitus guild deliver packages that are glyphed with enchantments that protect privacy, and are sent to various headquarters through teleportation. Sending letters these ways are inexpensive, but sometimes insecure and take some time. If simple messages are all that's needed, citizens of prime may use Cell Stones.

Cell Stones

Cell stones were originally an artefact recovered from a Gulari Ruin by the international archivists' guild known as Amnesis Infinitus, then remade by the public after a historic blueprint leak, these small, palm sized orbs can be used to link other cell stones, and send text messages or small images to anybody else that you have contacted. This has revolutionized the way news, gossip, and entertainment has spread, though the technology is limited. It takes a lot of Aether to send a message thousands of miles away, and messages can only be sent to other cell stones.

A typical cell stone costs 100gp. They can be found in most cities, and a few specialized variants exist.

Travel

Prime is connected by a massive tangle of well travelled roads that cut through the rough environments like roots through loose dirt. Many people still make their travels between cities by way of draft animals like horses and oxen. The Sky riders guild have bred specialized Carrier Griffons that allow swift travel through the skies, as well.

If someone wants to travel a long distance very quickly, however, they can make use of the Intercontinental Magitech Monorail, or the IMM system. This train station can take hundreds of travellers from one large city to another, for a price. The rails have been recently built, with the current wave of stations finishing production 6 years ago. The train cars make use of gemstones that contain bound elementals, that are controlled by Arcanists known as Operators, carrying the carts across the realm.

Cities are quite large in Estray, with fully developed roads and even a few suburbs. Citizens travel inside city lines by magitech vehicles designed by a few competing factions. Field Cruisers and Rhinos transport individuals and groups across the large, wide roads of the villages scattered around the realm. Rhinos are particularly useful, as they can carry multiple people and have storage trunks, allowing them to be parked inside of storage carts for the IMM. These engines are powered by auracite, and field cruisers only have about 4 hours of runtime in them. Rhinos are even worse, so they are not used outside of city walls very often, and when they are, they're typically attached to bandits who use them to scare off travellers.

Those looking for rather expedient and lavish public transit may want to look toward the few Airships in operation. Developed by various associations, there are 8 large scale airships called Carriers that make use of massive magitech engines, which are used to generate plenty of revenue. 4 are in Estray, three of which are owned by the Sky Riders, and one is owned by the Enigma Association, a magical college in Starholmst. The remaining four were developed by private guilds in Loria or the Rikiian government. Elites and high ranking adventurers alike use the airships to travel amongst the clouds, faster and farther than any stagecoach can go.

If you have no time to waste and plenty of money to spend, the magocratic archivist's guild Amnesis Infinitus will allow temporary use of their teleportation circles, for a very hefty price.

Below is a table that lists all the options for travel, including their cost and speed.

Warfare

Of course, the most iconic form of magic is the type that makes stuff blow up. Many different types of magitech weaponry exists, from cannons that fire rune-carved spell disks to firearms that shoot magical solidified air bullets. In the last years of the Ohstran Advance, as well as used across Tzaron's Conquest (both events described later in chapter X), various forms of arcane artillery or siege weapons have been made. Staffs in particular are well established weapons in Prime, existing as the oldest and most basic form of spell channeling.

Artillery used in warfare is clunky and slow. Many of them are locked into vehicles that hold platforms where soldiers stand to operate them. It requires specially trained persons to operate artillery, but common soldiers may move, prime, and aim them, allowing quick fire. Examples of artillery are listed below. As a general rule, magic in prime rarely ever exceeds a power level higher than 3rd level spells. Most magic encompasses anything able to be done with a cantrip or 1st level spell, and these objects of war typically follow that rule.

Hydra

Huge Vehicle (Land), Requires operation by two Arcanists

Hydras are a large slanted vehicle with a flat platform atop, capable of holding eight to twelve people. The vehicle itself can hold that many on its inside as well, and hovers slightly above the ground. It takes one person inside the vehicle to move it, and one person atop the platform to operate a chamber in the center of the platform-- a large staff topped with a turret featuring full 360 degree rotation, loaded with auracite.

Hydras are typically found in three variations: Red Hydras, Green Hydras, and Blue Hydras. Each Hydra has 180 Hit Points, an Armor Class of 14, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. It automatically fails any Dexterity Saving Throws, and succeeds any Strength Saving Throws. Each hydra can move up to 50 feet, in a straight line each turn. Activating a Hydra takes three actions: One to prime the turret, one to aim the turret, and one to release a spell, determined by the model of the hydra:

• Red Hydra: This vehicle's turret has a range of 300/1200 feet and targets all creatures within a 30 foot radius sphere. The attack is magical, and deals 2d8 fire damage, or half on a successful Dexterity Save with a DC of 12.

• Blue Hydra: This vehicles turret has a range of 200 feet, and fires in a line that is 5 feet long. The attack deals 2d10 lightning damage, or half on a successful Dexterity Save with a DC of 12.

• Green Hydra: This vehicles turret has a range of 150 feet, and targets all creatures within a 20 foot radius sphere. Anyone caught in that area gains 1d4+1 hit points.

Seige Staves

Huge Magic Item (Structure)

A Seige Staff is a long, magical rod that extends 3 to 5 feet across and 30 feet tall. It is inlaid with runes, allowing mages to channel their aether through it and increase the range of spells. Typically wheeled along a large scale battlefield, interacting with a seige staff will allow a spell with a range of at least 10 feet to have their range multiplied by a factor of 5. This is especially useful for spells such as Fireball, which cause massive, unpredictable explosions, as well as spells like Mass Cure Wounds, which can raise soldiers from the ground with ease.

A seige staff is too big to fit on a cart that isn't specialized for it, and too heavy for a party to reasonably carry, at 1200 pounds. However, its commonplace for warships to replace the main pole with a Siege Staff. And for certain protected buildings, like the Gilded Chamber in Rumia, to have one as it's flagpole.

A party, if they choose, can acquire a Seige Staff for the low price of 25,000 GP. A seige staff has an AC of 18, 80 hit points, and immunity to psychic and poison damage.

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Arcane Cannon

Medium Magic Item (Cannon), Requires operation by an Arcanist.

Arcane cannons are the most common form of artillery. able to be affixed to rhinos, airships, boats, or rolled across the ground, these versatile items are able to shoot off an auracite-loaded clay material known as a Blast Disk. These disks fly through the air, and detonate on impact, and can either be charged with a basic explosive, or stored with a specific spell.

An arcane cannon has 60 hit points, an AC of 12, and immunity to psychic and poison damage. It takes an action to load a blast disk, and a bonus action to aim the cannon, but it takes another full action to fire it. An arcane cannon can shoot a basic cannonball with a range of 200/600 feet (Ranged attack bonus +6), which deals 4d6 bludgeoning damage on a hit. It can also shoot a blast disk with a range of 300/900 feet. On impact, the blast disc detonates. A basic disk creates an explosion in a 20 foot radius sphere centered on the disk. Each creature must succeed on a DC14 Dexterity Saving Throw or take 2d10 fire damage, taking half on a successful save. Alternatively, a spell can be attached to a disk, which follows the rules of the spell.

Arcane Weaponry at this scale is mostly illegal for civilians to own, but these items are not very difficult to find in the black market, or to even make their own. Many ships, however, are allowed to have one or two cannons upon their vessels for protective purposes.

Old World Tech

Prime is defined in its eras, as culture, and magic evolves, devolves, resets, and expants. When the Ohstran empire first began, cantrips weren't things. Casual spellcasting was an impossibility, and the only magitech used times even just a few years before the rending were ancient recovered artefacts that have lost their power over the years.

Despite the natural decline in power, these artefacts known as "Old World Technology" can produce magical effects that not even people today can replicate. Many things built today were based off this old world tech; from Blast Disks to Airships to most forms of artifice. Documenting and researching these artefacts are incredibly important in the advancement of technology. So many different organizations are racing against each other to find any ancient ruins to recover, document, hoard, or steal the technology, and many ruins are still left undiscovered.

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The Age of the Divines

Period: More than 10,000 years ago.

During the Age of Realms, Scholars theorize that...

• Prime was attached to other realms of existence, who found the planet and warred over its dominance.
• Ultima broke into the twelve Primordial Souls, who each championed mortals to drive the outsiders back.
• The slipstream weakened the bonds to reality, and introduced aberrations to the realm.

According to commonly accepted myth and archeological and aetherological discovery, Prime is anchored to an intangible "Tunnel System" known today as the Slipstream. Though today, it is weakened to the point of near inaccessibility, in the earliest eons it was used by the outsiders to visit Prime. Celestials and Fiends travelled through the slipstream in droves to this untouched planet and began to fight for total dominance. These wars would last centuries upon centuries, because it was quickly discovered that the divines who died on Prime reformed back on their home plane, allowing for them to simply come back. This repeated travel weathered the Slipstream so that only the most powerful fiends and celestials remained, and with each travel, that tunnel system would "fray", allowing strange malformations from in between the realms to leak in.

Over the course of these wars, Ultima would grow bored once again. Seeing the same wars, in the same places, ending in the same stalemates, was not the entertainment the fickle progenitor wanted. And so it decided to take matters into it own hands. The age of the Realms came to an end after Ultima caused an event known as the Grand Clash.

The Grand Clash

The Grand Clash was the basis for most mortal life in prime. According to legend, Ultima surrounded the planet and broke itself apart into the Twelve Primordial Souls. Rather than encompassing all thought, these newer, smaller gods only comprise of a few essences. These new gods scattered about the realm to destroy or cast away the archangels and archfiends ruling over the realm. Those who were too weak to travel the slipstream were banished to their home plane, those who were too strong are imprisoned within the cores of planets: fiends were locked away inside of Prime, her singular moon, Sin, held the celestials. The aether that was created from this event began to flow into the beasts that roved the realm, creating the first Beastfolk.

Chapter 2: The History of Prime

The Age of Strife

Period: 10,000 to 4,000 years ago

During the age of Souls, historians recognize that...

• The first mortals walked the realm, and lingering aether created Champions
• The Imprisoned fiends and celestials touched and corrupted mortals, allowing them to continue to influence the realm.
• The souls, unaware of the outsider's agendas, create demigods who carried out old plans.

With the massive influx of wild aether the grand clash caused, Mortal beasts and elementals were created from nothingness, and began to roam the landscape. Those who were exposed to enough of this aether found themselves mutated into more humanoid shapes, gaining consciousness, and were finally able to shape Prime in their image. Many of Prime's earliest casters were sorcerers, and mostly wild magic ones at that. Records show plenty of stories where magic would spontaneously burst forth from someone with aetheric sensitivity. Using their newfound power, societies were built, concepts such as trade and philosophy were introduced, and many more developments would continue for centuries.

Though, unknown to the Souls that once were Ultima, the celestials and fiends still had a minor sway over the development of the mortals. The beastfolk were taught, through outsider influence from the cores of the earth and moon, concepts that shifted their worldviews, Curiosity transformed into Fear, which became Prejudice, tribalism, paranoia, and madness. These feelings have changed many of the smaller societies into warmongering states. Magical advancements were no longer about making lives easier, they became about making them "safe". It was not only the dark fiends trapped within the core of prime, but also the celestials within Sin that spread this propaganda, all in the name of carrying out each other's desire to see anything as other eradicated.

The First Avatars

Certain mortals rose above the ranks of their peers, playing perfectly into the plans of the outsiders that spoke to them. By a period 6000 years ago, those who did particularly well in carrying out these cosmic schemes were granted powers by the dormant godlike creatures hosted within the earth. These became the first beings known as Avatars. The Avatars are demigods, born from mortals infused with divine aether, and many of these avatars existed purely to carry out the deeds of their patrons, to eradicate any and all who associate with another. In order to assist in this effort, these avatars would create their own mortals and amass armies.

Avatars could have sway over the wills of others by altering their aetheric balances, with effects similar to charms and dominations. With this power, they commanded armies forth to fight with all of their might, conquering the lands in an endless warring struggle. If a mere mortal was able to strike a killing blow to an avatar, they could absorb their divine aether and forge their own path.

The Holy Wars

During the two millenia in which avatars had total control over the world, little progress in the name of technology was made. Anything the mortals needed were given to them in the form of magic by the divines that led them, and nearly everything made was in the pursuit of warfare. Each Avatar had a different set of ideologies and tactics to use, and those were evident in the biology of the ancestries they made. With the ability to create infinite life, the this age would last for hundreds of years. With each passing year, though, the meaning of war was lost, and the concept of conflict reigned supreme over all forms of rational thought.

The Gulari

While the wars raged on, some mortals began to break free from the influence of the avatars. Those who have developed magical arcane magic well enough to escape the slaughter began to create large yet hidden societies where other sapient life was scarce. This led to a people known only today as the Gulari, an ancient word for "Godless". These mageocratic societies focused intently on creating powerful magics that not only hid themselves away from the divine, but warded them off as well.

Chapter 2: The History of Prime

Gulari cities take the form of long, disklike runways with the broken foundations of buildings lining the sides. Ruins appear with more frequency on the east of Estray and West of Kusariki, around Bogridge, Kusara, and the oceans spanning between them. Recent astrological advances have allowed some to view that even Primes's smaller moons have remnants of Gulari structures on them. Any life in these ruins has long been taken over by cave dwelling native monsters. Preserved corpses can be found on occasion as well They appear mostly beastfolk in nature, but as preserved bodies get younger and younger, more plainsfolk have been seen as well. Beastfolk have existed long before the creation of the plainsfolk, supporting current historical theories that a few people created by the avatars broke free from their tempering.

Despite endless excavation efforts by governments and guilds, there are still plenty of Gulari ruins to discover. These areas are very dangerous, as most appear in prime's corrupted underworld. Through what has been found, many historians believe the Gulari to be either so magically advanced that they simply cannot find their hidden texts, or that they had an incredibly strict oral tradition to prevent information finding the gods. The lack of currency and evidence of magical "vegetation chambers" that grew food within minutes also seems to point toward the Gulari being a post-scarcity communist society.

Most interestingly, ancient artefacts were found. Magical items with incredible power are circulating around black markets rather rapidly. Weapons, enchantments, talismans, even an early form of auracite powder, assumed to be made from some form of liquid are a few examples of the wonders of Gulari tech. There have also been a few robotic bodies made of a blackish metal and ancient flora. These bodies have recently reanimated, but nobody can figure out why.

Moonraze

Prime's primordial souls gain power as their ideals are expressed more fervently and more frequently. The more people who base their lives arond various concepts, the more powerful a soul becomes. Through avatars fighting ruthless wars in the names of their patrons, the Primordial Souls representing the darker ideals of mortality grew in power, hiding in the shadows of imagination. Atmus, the god of revenge, and Rotthir, the god of slaughter began influencing the minds of the more war hungry avatars, corrupting them further. By this point in history, the holy wars were about nothing more than revenge, tyranny, control and power.

This allowed Atmus and Rotthir to gain enough influence to physically manifest on Prime, able to affect the world. They struck, destroying massive pieces of land, ripping entire continents from the core and throwing them into orbit. This caused so much death and destruction that the two Primordials immediately lost their newfound power, through loss of worship, and dissipated into the aether once more.

Chapter 2: The History of Prime

The Darkest Age

Period: 4,000 to 1,000 years ago

Without avatars to guide the plainsfolk, and with a massive cut in resources, thanks to the razing of the land, the people of Prime had to put survival above all else. Many people wandered the destroyed landscapes only to find that the side effects of the gods of malice descending upon the world has contorted beings, creating many of the monsters we see today. The mortals of prime had no more holy wars to fight on behalf of their dead gods, and the gods that were alive were either hidden away along with their champions, or did not care for such trivial matters. The Gulari societies were destroyed. With the aetheric balance of the world changed, many of their magnificent artefacts ceased function, causing the last remaining cities to crumble under their own weight.

Tribes began to form. Many of the plainsfolk, even without the avatar's tempering, still clung to the idea of fighting for their survival, though with each passing generation, these ideals faded in favor of trade, tariffs, and travel. Culture began to develop on its own-- Experiments in social dynamics were conducted, racial groups began mixing, separating, and establishing their own small fiefdoms, communities and societies. Though many have found a life for their own, others squabbled over their original purpose, attempting to find ways to become championed as an avatar once more, worshiping the Primordial Souls and pleading with them to come back. Zealots reduced in numbers every generation. More and more people realized their goals were for nothing other than strife, and thus countries began to form under strong leaderships led by mortals, (mostly) for mortals, around the world.

The modern calendar used by Prime's people uses the newly created moons to judge the cycles of the year, naming each month after them. Any time before this period is referred to as the "Old Ages" and any year after is given the title "Moonraze".

Recent History

Many people have their own names for the current age. Some people call it the Age of whatever country they are from, contending the progress made by their homeland is the most important thing to happen, others still think we are in the Darkest Age, many others assert that this era should be called the Age of Arcana, due to the many recent advancements in magitech, though most people avoid the entire debate by just referring to today as the Modern Age.

Much has happened in the last one thousand years, all defined by the power and creativity of mortal creation. Nations, industrialization, recovery, healing, anything that a people is capable of has mostly been defined in the last millennium. Prime develops very quickly, and perhaps an adventuring party could be at the forefront of sparking a new common facet of life.

As stated in Chapter 1, A campaign set in Prime typically takes place in the year 1400 Moonraze.

The Callocan Revolution

Period: 1285 MR to 1310 MR

Scholars and historians recognize the Callocan Revolution as one of the most impressive rebellions in all of history. The group was able to stay out of the eyes of the ever vigilant Tzaronian Dust Shields (their military and police force) for decades, and sparked a civil war that only lasted a mere 2 years Tzaron admitted defeat, allowing Calloco to gain its own independence and form as an officially recognized country.

Through using underground networks, disrupting the economy, and a widespread shutdown of the canals used by Tzaron, the Callocans took control of their own resources, and funneled them into efforts to further their cause. This revolution was surprisingly nonviolent,

though many clashes took place, and many deaths are recorded. However, the war itself, thanks to its short timespan and focus on monetary attacks makes this the least destructive struggle in modern history.

The Kusaran Invasions

Period: 1100 MR to 1290 MR

In the far west of prime, there are two continents lumped into one general area due to proximity. Kusara was much larger, older, and richer than Riki, which is a smaller, floating island without many resources that hangs off of Kusara's coast. The very first Airship was invented in 891 MR by Kusarans, which was used to fly into Riki ro extract resources from the foreign lands, and find the Rikiitsu. This airship was rudimentary and slow, but very large and capable of holding hundreds of people comfortably, and even more in less than ideal conditions. The airship, named the "White Tiger", is still in use today, though it is now a travelling museum owned in conjunction between Kusara and Riki.

Rikiitsu is the general term used for those who reside upon Riki. The Kusarans, in their early days, would scour the skies for remote villages, then raid the communities, forcing those who they could find into lives of slavery and strife. Kusara has always had a deeply ingrained culture of conquest with a rigid caste system, even within its own borders.

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The Ohstran Empire

Period: 1090 MR to 1351 MR

Estray is split into chunks of land via harsh terrain. Roiling oceans and tall mountains, warped eons ago by the wild aether from grand clashes means that not many people lived in the center of the continent. Very few tiny villages were stationed in this area, as anyone who dared make the trek to this untamed land had to have a good reason. Willamus Dol Ohstrakov, a human, was born in 1070 MR in a small village in the remote lands of the center of the continent of Estray. Ohstrakov was reported to have quite silver tongue, uniting the sparse villages throught trade and reason at the mere age of 20.

During the establishment of the Ohstran Empire, the first magitech items were created, such as rudimentary Arcane Cannons and thundershots, using recovered gulari artefacts. Meanwhile, the other areas of Estray were facing threats of colonization. The Ohstran Empire was concerned solely with "Uniting the world" through force and industry. Over the course of Ohstrakov's reign, as well as the reign of the next seven generations of the Ohstrakov family, was conquest after conquest, claiming every surrounding village either through trade deal, willful assimilation, or violent force.

The coastal ring of Xesper in this time was a series of small merchant cities, losely connected through trade deals. Though barricaded by a thick range of harsh mountain, the people of these cities were worried and fearful of the neighboring country's advancements. In response, the merchant cities banded together to form the Country of Xesper under the lasseiz faire rule of the Council of Thirteen, the thirteen most wealthy Xesperian families. Loosely organized, yet strong enough to establish a nationwide military, Xesper partnered with the island shogunate of Starholmst, who have been spying on Ohstran developments and creating stronger magitech, forming an alliance and trade system that lasts even to this day. Though the two countries are cultural opposites, their alliance and mutual fear of Ohstran takeover allowed them to become wealthier and larger than their rival country, much to the Ohstrakov Dynasty's dismay.

Bogridge was in a similar situation, though faring much worse. The entire country was not but a few disparate tribes with larger city states surrounding the more resource-rich areas of the moor. The eastern Silver Range that shields the country from Ohstra's advance was much less impressive than the western mountains, and the country was accessible by a myriad of rivers, flatlands, and foothills. Bogridge did their best to push back against the onslaught, and though developed in many ways thanks to Gulari magitech, it was the Ohstrans who invented the better weaponry. Bogridgian society after society fell under the reign of the Willamus Dol Ohstrakov Empire, and their culture was butchered as they assimilated.

The Rending

On the day Tirvas 25th, 1351 MR, Willamus Dol Ohstrakov VII, led a government project known as Project: Beastlord. By this point in history, Xesper and Starholmst have grown more technologically advanced and richer, despite everything the Ohstran dynasty invested to prevent such an event. Bogridge was rising once more, with some very small disparate cities reclaiming their land, stealing warforged technology, and pushing back in a desperate struggle. Not only that, but Ohstrakov VII had no children, and was unable to continue his family dynasty.

Ohstrakov and the state of Ohstra has been working on a new way to develop and harness aether for decades in their efforts to advance across the entirety of Estray. Eventually, the Ohstran elite found out that with enough aether focused into a single point, a temporary godlike creature could be summoned, known as a Beastlord. Unfortunately for Ohstrakov, the amount of aether required was simply too much for mortals to expend safely.

Chapter 2: The History of Prime

Untold History

Prime is a rich, old, storied planet. While this section has highlighted massive cultural events and the establishment of the most prominent countries today, there are thousands of stories that remain untold. Whether you are a player or a GM, feel free to develop this world however you feel. Many pieces of Prime's history were never in my plans, but rather suggested by the dozens of players I've run for. This is your opportunity to make your own Prime. Add whatever you want, there's nothing you can't do. Use the table below if you want to create your own quick draft of untold stories:

Untold History Table

d10	An Event	Connected To...	Which Was...
1	A mass uprising	The Primordial Souls	Mysteriously Forgotten
2	A cult's rise	The Gulari	Covered up by a government
3	A Soul's manifestation	Amnesis Infinitus	Turned into a pop song
4	A natural disaster	Aberrations from Farspace	Never Explained
5	A magical plague	Sages that control a group	Commemorated with a holiday
6	The loss of a Town	An undocumented tribal society	An inside job
7	A false flag conspiracy	Icolo	Responsible for massive cultural change
8	A meteor strike	The moons of Prime	The birthplace of a new Avatar
9	A brutal battle	A grifting public figure	the cause of many deaths
10	A holy crusade	A Church	Arranged by... (Roll again on connected to...)

Chapter 2: The History of Prime

Lineage

Prime is populated by a wide variety of people, from many different origins. All of the races presented here, named hereon as "Lineages" have their own spot in the realm. A lot of these lineages differ in style, culture, and ability from their counterparts in the multiverse. A prime campaign de-emphasizes racial differences, and typically keeps its prejudice in the realm of nationalist affairs. However, if a DM wishes to explore such themes, this chapter will also include some information on assumptions and stereotypes of the lineages presented. Some perceptions are accurate, while many represent skewed views, propaganda, or just simple cultural differences and misunderstandings. In addition to the races of the Player's Handbook, Prime is home to many other ancestries, including the following:

• Aasimar, mortals touched by divine souls who gain strong celestial power.

• Crocodynes, coast-dwelling folk with lizard-like features

• Eladrin, people who have been influenced by strong fey magic.

• Fartouched, those influenced by alien aether, acquiring inhuman characteristics.

• Felynes, catlike prowlers of the fields of Estray.

• Genasi, elemental demihumans originating from the continent of Loria.

• Goblins, ancient people with a propensity for adapting to any environment.

• Gulari Constructs, a robotic creature created in a forgotten age, just now reawakening.

• Kobolds, a small draconic creature born from the scales of a god.

• Leprynes, bunnyfolk who used to protect the feytouched forests.

• Lupynes, doglike beings that were always on the hunt for their tribes.

• Rattynes, scavengers and scouts with ratty features and flexible bodies.

• Shades, people who have been influenced by strong shadow magic.

Remember to always consult with your group, both as a player and a game master, when incorporating touchy subjects regarding race, and handle your backstory with care!

Plainsfolk

In the Age of Myth, the championed Avatars needed people to fight for them in their divine conflicts. What arose were the Divine kin, now known as the Plainsfolk. These mortal creations of the divine are now the most populous people in the entirety of Prime. Each Plainsfolk were created in pairs, inhabiting certain environments: The Humans and Halflings, valuing strength in numbers, took to the colder plains of the realm. The Elves and Dwarves, masters of the artisan craft, found their homes in the deepest forests and mountains. Finally, the Orcs and Goblins, designed for endurance and adaptablility, took over the marshes and wastelands.

Chapter 3: Character Options

Sidenote: Changes to Racial Traits

In 2020, a supplementary book for fifth edition introduced the option to customize several of your character’s racial traits, specifically the Ability Score Increase trait, the Language trait, and traits that give skill, armor, weapon, or tool proficiencies. Following in that book’s footsteps, the race options in this article and in future works lack the Ability Score Increase trait, the Language trait, the Alignment trait, and any other trait that is purely cultural. Racial traits henceforth reflect only the physical or magical realities of being a player character who’s a member of a particular lineage. Such traits include things like darkvision, a breath weapon (as in the dragonborn), or innate magical ability (as in the tiefling). Such traits don’t include cultural characteristics, like language or training with a weapon or a tool, and the traits also don’t include an alignment suggestion, since alignment is a choice for each individual, not a characteristic shared by a lineage. Finally, going forward, the term “race” refers only to the suite of game features used by player characters. Said features don’t have any bearing on monsters and NPCs who are members of the same species or lineage, since monsters and NPCs don’t rely on race or class to function. Moreover, The Origins System in Chapter 3 allows you to create your own customized mixed ancestries, as well as cultural heritage abilities.

Humans and Halflings

Created by an avatar of the celestials named Ra'yak, the Storm Carver, the Humans and Halflings were spread around the world in the age of myth, and embody the phenomenon their god represented. Much like the storm itself, these two ancestries are short lived, fast moving, and powerful. Ra'yak commanded massive armies that valued strength in numbers and overwhelming opponents.

In the time after the age of myth, culture began to sprout. The Humans of Estray wanted to settle in the areas they have conquered, while the Halflings wished to keep to nomadic tradition. A few civil squabbles arose from these opposing ideologies, but nowadays that unrest is long forgotten. However, you will still find remnants of the civil wars today, with more Humans found in the larger settlements, and Halflings in the quieter, sparsely populated farming towns.

Prime Humans

The humans of Prime use a different block of abilities than their counterparts in the rest of the multiverse. If you make a human character in a Prime campaign, they have the following features:

• Ecclectic Knowledge: Choose three skills or tools. You may add half your proficiency bonus to skill checks made with those skills or tools.
• Hearty Resistance: At 1st level, and each time you gain a level, you gain an additional 1 hit point.
• Cultural Osmosis: If your DM allows the use of feats, you may select any feat that has a racial prerequisite as if it did not whenever you get the option to select one.

Chapter 3: Character Options

Elves and Dwarves

The Elves and Dwarves in Prime aren't the bitter stubborn rivals they are in most traditional settings. Instead, they are a separate alliance of warriors created by an ancient celestial avatar known as Morradin, the Forge Soul. The Dwarves were born of divine metals given form, and the elves sprouted from the wood of trees that pepper the landscape. They were led under Morradin's command to fight under a creed known as the "Forge Oath", using technology and crafting techniques far more complex than their enemies. The Dwarves would harvest the metal, and the Elves the wood, and thus spread far apart from each other, meeting for trade and battle.

Now, that time has long passed, and since then, the techniques used by these ancestries in secret are now common knowledge. Elves and Dwarves were once the most secluded species, now fully integrated into society.

Desert Dwarf

Hailing from the continent of Loria, the Desert Dwarves have features that have allowed them to survive the Tzaronian Deserts. Many Desert Dwarves are travellers and nomads due to the culture of the land, so they can be found across the continents of Prime. Any larger city is bound to host a few Desert Dwarves every now and then.

Standning at the same build as their cousins, but slightly more lean, Desert Dwarves have bronzed tan skin and wirey red hair. Some historians say they have a deeper connection to the molten core of the planet than the other lineages.

As a Desert Dwarf, you gain the following attributes in addition to the base dwarf statistics:

• Shielded Eyes. You cannot be blinded by natural means, such as sand blowing into your eyes. Additionally, You have advantage on saving throws to avoid being blinded by magical means.
• Traveller's Endurance. You suffer no effects from exhaustion until you have two or more levels.

Orcs and Goblins

The Orcs and Goblins were created by the fiendish avatar Balashiir, known as "the Hunter". Taking notes from nature and evolution, they hold incredible adaptability and perseverence. In the holy wars of the age of strife, the two races would simply outlast their enemies, shrugging off incoming damage. They have migrated across the entirety of Prime, settling in whatever corners they could find, and rapidly expanding.

Today, both Orcs and Goblins are almost as common as Humans and Halflings all over the entire world. They've been accepted into culture near universally unlike other more traditional settings, but still bear the weight of some of those old world biases of being one of the few peoples created from a source of ancient evils.

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Aasimar either accept their holy duty, work as hard as they can to hide it, or find solace in communities less concerned with faith. In Starholmst, they are conscripted into service within the Six Scale Order. In other places, they may become preachers or pastors. In others still, they live their lives as any other. Many of the Fallen live and thrive in Nowhere or the Scattered Isles, living the rest of their now shortened lives in decadence, splendor, and piracy.

In Prime, there are two forms of Aasimar, those touched by celestial avatars, and those touched by fiendish ones. Celestial Aasimar use the Protector statblock, and fiendish Aasimar use the Scourge statblock. If an Aasimar shirks its holy duty, they become a fallen.

Tieflings

Long, long ago, in the earliest days of the world, a demon prince known as Solomon entered Prime. He built up a cult filled with hedonistic desires, and produced an immense number of offspring. These were the first Cambions, which continued the breeding cycle until the dark influence of the underworld was diluted into almost nonexistence.

Every single Tiefling has a common ancestor, though thousands of years passing means that none of them are really related in any way. Still, those aware of their history find comradery amongst themselves. Other races that know this origin story look upon Tieflings with a sense of pity, rather than fear, as if the features of dark influence is a curse for them to bear. Most Tieflings scoff at this notion, especially in Ohstra and Bogridge, where the sentiment is most common.

Despite being the direct result of dark activity, Tieflings have no connection to the outer planes, unlike Aasimar. They have all the free will of a human, with the divine influence of other Realmsfolk and none of the real baggage.

Prime Tieflings:

In prime, tieflings are influenced by their environment as much as any other race. As such, the following changes are made to their features list:

Hellish Resistance: You have resistance to your choice of Fire, Cold, Lightning, Radiant, Necrotic, Poison, Psychic, or Acid damage.

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Drael and Kobolds

Much like Plainsfolk, Drael and Kobolds came from an avatar. What makes them different, however, is the method in which they were born. The Plainsfolk were willingly created by their patrons, but Drael were born from the corpse of their gods. Bahamut and Tiamat, the Twin Serpents, absorbed the powers of a Fiendish Avatar lost to history. They fought valiantly against Rotthir during Moonraze, but both fell in the process. Their scales scattered around the planet, and magically formed into the dragons we see today. The largest scales became true dragons. The smaller scales became drakes, basilisks, and other dragonoids, and the smallest, tiniest scales created Drael and the Kobolds, or so the legend says. This means that all dragons in Prime's history are less than 1400 years old.

Drael were thrust into a world they barely understood, competing against everything imaginable. Harsh terrain that their specialized bodies may not be acclimated to, other, militarized communities discovering outside entities, and the larger dragons that are way beyond them on the food chain.

To merely exist as an early Drael is an accomplishment of its own. As such, they have culturally developed to be strong and proud of it. Arrogant, Greedy, and Lustful are what outsiders may describe the Drael as throughout history, but nowadays, public opinion is mostly one of respect.

Drael and Kobolds use the newest available statblocks in the FTD book for fifth edition.

Fartouched

Fartouched are the most recent people to appear in Estray. Born from the rending istelf, they are creatures of pure chance. Some communities, especially those that are close to rendfields, have traces of wild and abberant aether. If someone who is pregnant is exposed to too much of it, the child may either die, or be born a fartouched.

The Fartouched are a people of multicolored, splotchy skin, featuring a series of strange quirks that seperate them from others. They are hermaphroditic, and thier bodies typically tend to be of undescernable gender. They do not have a language or culture of their own, as they have only existed for the past century. Fartouched, while not treated with outward and explicit prejudice, are still seen as outsiders, in the same way that a person with physical deformalities such as burn scars are.

With alien aether, Fartouched can feel, well, like aliens. They are so radically different from any of the other races that identity issues are common. Fartouched also have a loose relationship with traditional societal roles. How do you express yourself? Did your family assign you a gender, or was it more of a confusing experiment? Consider how the disconnect from your being and your family and friends affects you, how much you embrace how different you are or the measures you go through to fit in.

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Aberrant Quirk

Fartouched Traits

Creature Type. You are an Aberration.

Age. Nobody is quite sure how long fartouched can live, as some from the earliest years of the rending are still alive today. They seem to age slightly slower than the other humanoids of Estray, matching elves.

Size. Fartouched stand between 5 and a half to 6 and a half feet tall. They are also quite slender, but their weights range from unnaturally light to unnaturally dense, between 70 and 350 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Speed: Your speed is 30 feet.

Inscrutible Form. You have advantage on saving throws on effects that would alter your body, such as the polymorph or reduce spells.

Unwavering will. Your will to live is incredibly strong. Combined with your alien organs, you're tough to kill. When making a death saving throw, you gain 1 hit point on a roll of 19 or 20.

Fartouched Subraces:

There are three categories of Fartouched, each with their own seperate color schemes and otherworldly abilities. Nova Fartouched are based on hot yellows, reds, and deep blacks. Depths fartouched are splotched with muddled blues and greens. Finally, Enigma fartouched are in various shades of grey, with speckled bits of glitching rainbow colors.

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Nova Fartouched Traits:

Star Spellcasting: You know the Light Cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you may cast the Magic Missile spell once at base level; you regain the ability to cast it when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you may cast the Silence spell once at base level; you regain the ability to cast it when you finish a long rest. Charisma, or a class spellcasting ability is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Depths Fartouched:

Sea Spellcasting: You know the Shape Water Cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you may cast the Fog Cloud spell once at base level; you regain the ability to cast it when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you may cast the Misty Step spell once at base level; you regain the ability to cast it when you finish a long rest. Charisma, or a class spellcasting ability is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Enigma Fartouched:

Glitched Spellcasting: You know the Minor Illusion Cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you may cast the Gift of Alacrity * spell once at base level; you regain the ability to cast it when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you may cast the Blur spell once at base level; you regain the ability to cast it when you finish a long rest. Charisma, or a class spellcasting ability is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

*If you do not have access to Gift of Alacrity, they instead gain the Hex spell.

Plantkin

Plantkin are probably the most "different", biologically speaking, of any of the Estray's races. They are spirits of the wild that infuse into plants, to wander the plains as mortals in hopes to better understand the world. Plantkin may not have organs, but they still bleed out a viscous sap, they still need to eat nutrients, they think and comprehend things as other humanoids do.

Plantkin were originally created by hag covens as servants, but many have spread around, escaped, were let loose, and so on. They are small creatures of wood and leaf, but vary as much as plants themselves. Some may grow cactus needles, others have mushrooms sprouting from their back, others still have tendons made of leafy tangled vine. A common practice is to become a walking bugfarm, holding termites or centipedes within their bodies.

They are so rare that if anyone were to find one in a big city, they'd just assume the Plantkin was a lost familiar or a cursed humanoid. As such, the few that integrate into society make great entertainers and even espionage agents.

Plantkin Traits

Creature Type: You are a plant.

Age: Plantkin live longer than most other Estrayan races, depending on their build. Mushroom and vine plantkin may only live to around 60 years of age, but cacti or tree plantkin can live for two to three centuries.

Size: Plantkin are incredibly small and light. They range from 3 to 5 feet tall and weigh as much as you'd expect from whatever plant they take after. Plantkin can look like cacti, bushes, mushrooms, or even a tangled mess of vines, but they are almost always bipedal and humanoid. Your size is small.

Speed: Your base speed is 25 feet.

Leafy Landing. Your body catches air better than others. Combined with your light form, you have no problem sticking a landing. You can subtract up to 40 feet from the fall when calculating falling damage.

Plant Camoflauge. While hiding motionless in undergrowth, inside a tree, or other natural environments, you have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks.

Knowledge of Plants: You are proficient in the Nature and Survival skills.

Natural Food. You may cast the Goodberry spell, requiring no components. However, instead of the usual ten berries, you produce a number of berries equal to 1d4 + your Constitution modifier. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you complete a long rest.

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Eladrin and Shades

The Eladrin are a mysterious mutation of people subject to strong fey magicks. Whether that be the offspring of fey, a natural ritual, or random happenstance, some people may turn out to be of this specific sect of Realmsfolk.

In addition to commanding a strong fey presence, the Eladrin are also have an innate connection to nature and its minutia. The appearence of an eladrin shifts alongside, or even against, the shifting of Prime's seasons.

Eladrin use their most recent Stat Block in official fifth edition sources, though they may be medium or small.

Shades, on the other hand, host aether of the opposite: The Shadow Realm. These creatures experience a deep coldness, and while still have enough pure aether within them to live as a mortal does, may sometimes experience a deep, primordial negativity that they must overcome to function in modern society. Things can be very rough for a shade, but those who master themselves become brave and strong allies.

Shade traits

Creature Type: You are a fey.

Age: You age at the same rate as the other longer lived prime races, to about 140 to 160 years.

Size: Shades are noticably more gaunt than their counterparts, but this has no effect on your physical ability. You can be medium or small.

Speed: Your speed is 30 feet.

Shadow wrap. You can contort shadow with your essence. As an action, you can snuff out any nonmagical light you can see within 120 feet of you.

Bottled Emotion. You have advantage on saving throws against being Charmed or Frightened, and you cannot fall asleep. Instead, you may spend your long rest brooding and meditating. You cannot do anything else while meditating

Hideous Scowl. As a reaction to being hit with a weapon or spell attack, you can perform a hideous scowl, causing the creature to be frightened of you until the end of your next turn. You may use your Constitution or Charisma to calculate the DC of the saving throw.

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Beastfolk

The beastfolk of Prime are the oldest known sentient creatures in the world. As the progenitor species, they resemble various beasts that roamed the lands, mutated into humanoids by wild aether. When they first walked the land, they were mostly insular tribes that followed in the footsteps of their primal ancestors. Nowadays, they are just as wide and diverse as the Plainsfolk, though they are typically outnumbered by about 2 to 1 in the modern age.

Felynes

The Felynes of Estray's days of old were usually delegated to scouts and solitary hunters, as well as nighttime guards. The only nocturnal beastfolk, they filled a niche better than any other. Over the course of milennia, and through the many cultural shifts of Prime, the felynes are now just as capable in any environment as any other.

Two distinct sub-lineages of Felyne have made themselves known, the more lithe, faster Tabaxi, which take a few design notes leopards and cougars, and the hearty and large Leonin, which look like lions and tigers.

Felynes are appreciated as capable and expertly skilled at what their calling is, if not stubborn and brash, especially when it comes to taking orders.

Felynes have the same features as either Tabaxi or Leonin.

Lupynes

The Lupynes were the first beastfolk to rise from the aether. Born from wolves, these creatures prowled the forests of Prime in packs, and used their newfound sentience and magical abilities to create shelter and tools for hunting. Over generations, their bodies became vastly different between clans and families.

Lupynes are typically a fair bit rarer than the other beastfolk, for reasons unknown. The ones that do exist are viewed as loyal and capable allies, if not extremely gullible. Culturally, Lupynes take after quite a few aspects from the animals they were born of, but environment always has more of an affect on behavior than genes. Consider your character's relationship with these themes with your DM.

Lupyne Traits

Age. Lupynes age at the same rate as any other basic Estrayan race.

Size. Lupynes are the largest of the beastfolk, standing typically between six and seven and a half feet tall, and weigh between 220 and 350 pounds. Your size is Medium.

Darkvision. You can see dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.

Bite. Your teeth are natural weapons, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with your bite, you deal piercing damage equal to 1d8+ your Strength modifier, instead of the normal damage.

Keenest of Senses. You gain proficiency with one of the following skills of your choice: Perception, Stealth, or Survival.

Rampage. Whenever you reduce a creature to 0 hit points with an attack or spell, you can use a bonus action to move up to your speed and make a melee weapon attack or bite attack.

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Leprynes

When the first Leprynes were created, they were born with natural druidic knowledge. These rituals and spells were kept alive and passed down from generation to generation, as the leprynes tended to the farms and harvests of early agriculture. Through hundreds of generations, and the destruction of the Gulari society, however, those traditions were lost.

Leprynes now still tend to appreciate simple, agricultural lifestyles, but a few want to see the most they can with their comparitively short lives. A Lepryne adventurer is seen by others as a pragmatic thinker that improves quickly, if not a bit unknowledgable.

Lepryne Traits

Age: Leprynes have slightly shorter lifespans than humans, typically averaging life until about their late seventies.

Size: Leprynes stand at about 5 to 6 feet tall, but only because they stand at the ends of their elongated feet. They trypically range between 4 and a half to 5 feet otherwise. Your size is medium.

Speed: Your base speed is 35 feet.

Improved Hops. Your long and high jump distance is doubled.

Fast Healing. Whenever you recover health using hit dice, and roll a 1 or 2, you may reroll the hit dice and must use the new roll.

Huge Ears. You have proficiency in the Perception skill, and have advantage on checks made that rely on hearing.

Strong Kicks. You have an unarmed kick attack which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with your kick, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d6+ your Strength modifier, instead of the normal damage. Additionally, if you have at least a 5 foot drop on your target, or if your target is at least one size category smaller than you, you have advantage on the attack.

Rattynes

The first Rattynes were travelers and settlers. Able to scurry between locations with great ease, escaping from the grasp of threats from beyond. Using their surprising amount of strength, these ratfolk carried massive amounts of supplies between their settlements, and have made a name for themselves in being able to quickly establish and then tear down settlements.

Rattynes aren't seen as pests like actual rats, but culturually, they do have a tendency to copy many traits. Quick learners for sure, but still very scatterbrained and with little care for concepts such as "personal space" or "manners". Regardless, rattynes make staunch allies on the adventuring road.

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Other Rares Races

The following lineages listed here do not fit any of the above categories. These include very rare cases, monstrous races, magical anomalies, or literal mortal creations.

Sirenkin

Long ago, the harpies of the Scattered Isles were given sentience and greater mortal form through an ancient ritual performed by a young Gurulgansha, the green dragon lord of the realm. This ritual allowed them to advance beyond their animalistic instinct and became the first agents of the Dreadwing pirate group.

That was over 300 years ago. Nowadays, the sirens of the Isles, with their free will, have made a name for themselves all over the world. While much much more common in the isles, and incredibly rare in the eastern part of the world, the Sirenkin are not a necessarily unusual sight, and don't experience any particular prejudice further mainland. In Xesper, however, the commonfolk tend to have a sneaking suspicion of most Sirenkin, always worried of secret agents and shady pirates.

Sirenkin Traits

Age. Sirenkin age slightly faster than most other humanoids do, reaching maturity in late teens as usual, and living to a maximum of their mid to late seventies.

Size. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. You have darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. You cannot discern color in the dark, only shades of gray.

Natural claws. You have an unarmed attack that deals slashing damage equal to 1d6+ Your Strength modifier.

Harpy Song. You have proficiency in the Performance skill.

Flight. With your wings, you have a flying speed equal to your walking speed. However, your hands are on the extremities of your wings, so you cannot use actions or bonus actions that require you to use your hands when you are flying, such as casting a spell with somatic components, attacking with a weapon, or using an object. You can still make a shove attack while airborne.

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Gulari Constructs

Found in ancient Gulari ruins, these Construct were the models which current warforged are based on. Made of old wrought iron, and various plant fibres, these individuals were brought back to the surface world as either dead husks or glitched, zombie-like ferals.

As recently as 5 years ago, however, every nonferal Gulari Construct mysteriously awoke. Nobody knows exactly why this has happened. Additionally, very few Gulari Constructs remember anything from their past. There are plenty of parties on the active hunt for knowledgable constructs.

Age. The Gulari have existed for eons. Though most have deactivated, some stay alive for a long amount of time, but slowly go "feral". Your age is unknown. You could have been alive for millenia.

Size. Gularians are about the size of humans, though it can vary. They are very heavy, Weighing around 250 to 400 pounds. Your size is medium.

Speed. Your base speed is 25 feet.

Constructed Nature. You don't need to eat, drink, breathe, or sleep. You must still enter a state of rest once per day. In this state, your are immobile but able to percieve the world around you, with 30 feet of blindsight. You can snap out of this state at any time, but must be in this state for a total of 6 hours to gain the benefits of a rest.

Ancient Black Metal. You have resistance to Necrotic damage.

Overclock. As a bonus action, you can cause your wiring to flow with stronger magic energy. You may enter one of two forms, overclocking different aspects of your being. You gain the following Forms:

TH0UGHT: While in this form, you may add 1d6 to any Intelligence (Arcana, History, Religion, Investigation, and Nature) skill checks you make. This form lasts for a number of hours equal to your proficiency bonus, though you may end this form at any time as a free action. Once this ends, you gain a level of exhaustion.

THR34T: While in this form, Once per turn, when you deal damage with a weapon attack or a cantrip, you may add 1d4 damage of the weapon or the spell's type to your damage rolls. This damage increases to 2d4 at level 11. Threat Mode lasts for 1 minute. At the end of this minute you become incapacitated and your speed becomes 0 until the end of your next turn.

Changelings

The origins of the Changeling race have been lost to time, as many of them live in other regular communities. Many of them have hid along the shadows, working in spaces that their unique abilities could take advantage of. But sometimes, clusters and communities of changelings would form.

The most notable example of this is in the country of Bogridge. Many changelings choose to reject their shifting abilities to form a persona and instead live in the open. Some continue to use their powers for work, whether it be for therapy, performances, and even sex work, but some others, like in the city of truehaven, actively reject any shape change at all.

Changelings aren't necessarily a communal scapegoat. In fact, a cultural in-joke has manifested across prime that blaming a changeling on accusations is a tacet admission of guilt. When playing one, consider your opinions on your own unique power.

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Classes

In fifth edition, your class is arguably the most important aspect of your character. It defines your characters skillsets, how they survive, and provides a foundation for how they interact with their environment and others. Your class is your calling.

In Prime, with a world as different to other settings as it is, you may have a different calling. This chapter builds on the core of 5e with four new classes, some of which play very different from the twelve offered in the core rules.

Class Features

As a Geomancer, you gain the following class features

Hit Points

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• Hit Dice: 1d6 per Geomancer level
• Hit Points at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier
• Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution modifier per Geomancer level after 1st.

Proficiencies

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• Armor: None
• Weapons: Daggers, Darts, Slings, Quarterstaffs, Scythes
• Tools: None

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• Saving Throws: See below.
• Skills: Choose 2 from Animal Handling, Arcana, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Perception, and Survival.

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• a dagger
• an arcane focus (a cane, staff, wand or similar object)
• a healer's kit
• (a) an explorer's pack or (b) a scholar's pack

Multiclassing

If your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing, here's what you need to know if you choose Geomancer as one of your classes:

Proficiency Minimum. You must have proficiency in either the Nature, Arcana, or Medicine skills.

Proficiencies Gained. If geomancer isn't your initial class, you gain proficiency in Scythes.

Spell Slots. Add your levels in the Geomancer class to the appropriate levels from other classes to determine your available spell slots.

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Spellcasting

Spellcasting Versatility

Also at 1st level, you can choose your ability in regards to casting Geomancer spells. Geomancy is a wide tradition that uses plenty of different techniques. Those who study nature as a science are typically called Elementalists, Those who commune with nature as a being are called Evokers, and those who meditate and use the primal force within themselves are called Primals. Choose one ability score from Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma. Your spellcasting ability becomes this ability score.

Additionally, you gain proficiency in two saving throws of your choice, depending on which ability score you chose. If you chose Intelligence, you gain proficiency in the Constitution and Intelligence saving throws. If you chose Wisdom, you gain proficiency in the Intelligence and Wisdom saving throws. And, if you chose Charisma, you gain proficiency in the Dexterity and Charisma saving throws. You do not gain proficiency in these saving throws if you multiclass into Geomancer.

Spirit Charges

Beginning at 1st level, you gain a new bonus action: Commune. When you use Commune, you gain a spirit charge. You may hold a number of Spirit Charges equal to your proficiency bonus. These spirit charges only last for 1 minute.

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Solar Bloom

Also beginning at 1st level, you can spend your spirit charges to cause a spiritual warmth to reside within your allies. By mingling the life-giving essence of water with the movement and verasity of fire, you create a Solar Bloom. Creating a Solar Bloom takes an action. You grant a creature within 30 feet of you temporary hit points equal to Xd4 + Your proficiency bonus, where X is equal to the spirit charges you have spent.

You can only have one Solar Bloom active at a time. Your solar bloom lasts for 1 minute, and disappears if you create another Bloom, or if the Hit Points are lost.

Elemental Discipline.

At 2nd level, you choose the discipline of Geomancy that you specialize in. You gain features at 2nd level, and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level. You choose from a disciple of Storms, Skies, Souls, or Stars, each detailed later in this class description.

Ability Score Increase

When you reach 4th level, and again when you reach 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature. If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Reliable Rituals

When you reach 9th level, the latent spirits of elementals guide your magic, and expedite it. When you cast a ritual spell, the time spent casting is reduced from 10 minutes plus the spell's casting time, to 1 round plus the spell's casting time.

Spirit Sight

When you reach 17th level, you gain senses that help you detect the unseen. You ignore needing to see the target of any spell that requires a direct line of sight, as long as you are aware of the creature's presence. You still cannot attack behind walls with projectiles. Your inability to see the creature also does not impose disadvantage on any attack rolls. You are aware of the location of any invisible creatures provided they are not hiding.

True Communion

When you reach 20th level, your connection to the elements is so intense that you can draw power with ease. You now have infinite spirit charges at all times. You can still only use up to 6 Spirit Charges at a time for any abilities you have.

Disciple of Skies

Spell Alterations

When you select this discipline, you gain the ability to alter your magic by combining your focused aethers with the elemental spirits. You learn two Metamagic options from the Sorcerer Class. You gain another one at 10th, and 14th level. Whenever you cast a spell, you may spend a number of spirit charges to activate a Metamagic option.

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Careful Spell

When you cast a spell that forces other creatures to make a saving throw, you can protect some of those creatures from the spell's full force. To do so, you spend 2 Spirit Charges and choose a number of those creatures up to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one creature). A chosen creature automatically succeeds on its saving throw against the spell.

Distant Spell

When you cast a spell that has a range of 5 feet or greater, you can spend 1 Spirit Charge to double the range of the spell.

When you cast a spell that has a range of touch, you can spend 1 Spirit Charge to make the range of the spell 30 feet.

Empowered Spell

When you roll damage for a spell, you can spend 2 Spirit Charges to reroll a number of the damage dice up to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one). You must use the new rolls.

You can use Empowered Spell even if you have already used a different Metamagic option during the casting of the spell.

Extended Spell

When you cast a spell that has a duration of 1 minute or longer, you can spend 2 Spirit Charges to double its duration, to a maximum duration of 24 hours.

Heightened Spell

When you cast a spell that forces a creature to make a saving throw to resist its effects, you can spend 3 Spirit Charges to give one target of the spell disadvantage on its first saving throw made against the spell.

Quickened Spell

When you cast a spell that has a casting time of 1 action, you can spend 3 Spirit Charges to change the casting time to 1 bonus action for this casting.

Subtle Spell

When you cast a spell, you can spend 1 Spirit Charge to cast it without any somatic or verbal components.

Twinned Spell

When you cast a spell that targets only one creature and doesn't have a range of self, you can spend 3 spirit charges to target a second creature in range with the same spell.

To be eligible, a spell must be incapable of targeting more than one creature at the spell's current level. For example, magic missile and scorching ray aren't eligible, but ray of frost and chromatic orb are.

Seeking Spell

If you make an attack roll for a spell and miss, you can spend 2 sorcery points to reroll the d20, and you must use the new roll.

You can use Seeking Spell even if you have already used a different Metamagic option during the casting of the spell.

Transmuted Spell

When you cast a spell that deals a type of damage from the following list, you can spend 1 sorcery point to change that damage type to one of the other listed types: acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, thunder.

Deep Communion

When you reach 6th level, you learn a new action: Deep Communion. Deep Communion functions similarly to commune, but it is an Action and grants you the maximum number of charges you can hold at any time.

Sky Form

When you reach 10th level, you gain the ability to become one with the skies themselves. As a bonus action, You may spend 5 Spirit Charges to enter a Sky Form. Your sky form lasts 1 minute. During that time, you have resistance to slashing, piercing, and bludgeoning damage, and gain a flying speed equal to your base speed. Additionally, you can spend an action to become invisible until the start of your next turn. While invisible in this way, your speed becomes one with the wind, increasing by 15 feet.

Strengthened Body

When you reach 14th level, The latent aethers within the natural spirits that permeate the world bolster your body. You gain proficiency in all saving throws.

Disciple of Souls

Elemental Charge

At 6th level, you can influence the aether inside the magical abilities of you and your allies. When you or a creature you can see within 60 ft casts a spell that deals Fire, Cold, Lightning, or Earth damage, as a reaction you can spend any number of spirit charges and a spell slot to increase the damage by 1d8 for each charge spent. It does not matter what level slot you use. You can use this reaction after a spell is cast, but before damage is rolled.

Warded Armor

At 10th level, you know how to protect yourself from most danger. The Mage Armor spell is automatically prepared, and does not count against your maximum number of prepared Geomancer spells. Additionally, the spell is stronger. When you cast mage armor, you also gain resistence to Fire, Cold, and Lightning damage.

Elemental Convergence

At 14th level, you have figured out the secrets to manipulating natural aether. You can cast a spell by spending spirit charges rather than a spell slot. You may cast a spell whose level is equal to half the number of Spirit Charges spent (rounded up).

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Geomancer Spell List

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) a longsword or (b) a rapier
• (a) an explorer's pack or (b) a scholar's pack
• leather armor
• (a) Woodcarver's tools, (b) Smith's tools, (c) Jeweler's tools, or (d) Tinker's tools
• (a) two daggers or (b) a shield

Runic Knowledge

Beginning at 1st level, you have learned to understand the secret patterns of runic symbols, and see them everywhere. Additionally, you have learned how to create some rudimentary runes of your own. You gain the following features:

• You have advantage on Intelligence (Investigation) checks to look for arcane sigils, glyphs, or symbols.
• You may place a brand on a surface, such as the ground, a tree, or the wall of a building called a "Location Rune". While that mark is active, you know its exact location, as well as your distance and direction from it up to 25 miles away. If you place another mark, the first one vanishes.
• You know how to read Runic Symbols. These can be found anywhere in the world, but are typically quite rare. You may also inscribe and translate scrolls that contain these Symbols, just as a wizard can.

Rune Weapon

Also at 1st level, you have infused a weapon of your choice with your own specialized patterns that connect to your soul. These runes turn the weapon from a simple object into an extension of yourself, a being in its own right.

As a bonus action, you can draw your rune weapon back to your hand. In order to do this, there must be no object or creature in between you and your weapon. If your hands are free, you catch the weapon automatically. If not, it lands at your feet. If another creature is wielding your rune weapon and you use this feature, they must succeed on a Strength Saving throw against your Runekeeper spell DC. Your soul weapon is also a spellcasting focus for Soulsword spells.

You can perform a 1 hour ritual to carve, etch, or paint your runes onto any weapon. This process takes one hour. After the ritual is complete, the weapon becomes your rune weapon, and the patterns on your previous rune weapon fade away.

Spellcasting

By the time you reach 2nd level, you have learned to draw the latent aetheric energy from patterns and symbols themselves to cast spells, much in the same way a wizard does. See the general player's guide for rules on spellcasting, and the end of this class description for the Runekeeper Spell List.

Rune Points

The symbols that represent your soul can not only replicate magic, but also produce other, more specific effects that you draw from when needed. Some of your features use energy stored within the symbols you create, and as you grow stronger, they can store more magic within them.

At 2nd level, you gain two Rune Points that are used for a multitude of effects. As you gain levels in this class, you gain more Rune Points, and unlock more uses for them. You recover your expended Rune points upon completing a long rest.

Luck Rune

Also at 2nd level, you can channel energy from your Runes to gain a small amount of supernatural luck. After making an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can spend 1 Rune Point to add 2 to the roll as a free action. You can do this after you roll, but before the DM declares the roll as a success or failure. You may spend up to 3 Rune points at a time for this ability, for a total bonus of +6.

Runic Sect

At 3rd level, you have mastered the fundamentals of creating runes, and you now choose to specialize into a specific field. These fields are called "Sects", and focus on different fundamental realities. You may choose from the Solar Sect, Lunar Sect, Terran Sect, Locus Sect, or Tempus Sect. Your choice will grant you features as you gain levels in this class.

Runic Voice

Also when you reach 3rd level, you've learned a large breadth of styles to add your personal flair to your casting abilities. Choose one of the following voices:

• Throw. When you cast a spell with a range of at least 5 feet, you may spend any number of Rune Points to increase the spell's range by 10 feet for each point spent. If your spell has a range of touch, your Rune Soul point spent increases the range to 10 feet.

• Whisper. When you cast a spell, you may spend 2 Rune points to remove either the verbal or somatic components of the casting process. You may spend 4 to remove both.

• Shout. When you cast a spell that has a damage roll, you may spend 1 Rune Point to add your Intelligence modifier to the damage roll. You may do this on any damage roll as a result of the spell, not just the first.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 10th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Extra Attack

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Stalwart Mind

Beginning at 7th level, your mind has become an incredibly sharp tool, resilient to mental effects, such as the haunting wail of a banshee or a Mind Spike spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Wisdom saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.

Uncanny Dodge

At 14th level, when an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can use your reaction to halve the attack's damage against you.

Magic Weapon Adept

At 15th level, you've expanded your repertoire of magic items that you can connect to. If your Rune Weapon is a magical weapon that requires attunement, you may choose to ignore the attunement property, and gain the effects of the item as if you were attuned.

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Lunar Sect

Lunar Sect Soulswords are masters of the form, both pysical and spiritual. Their developed soul focus on life energy drawn from the darkness, and their cosmic relation to the universe. Soulswords of this denomination prefer to stay in the back line, focusing on supporting their allies through their strange magicks.

Spiritual Attunement

At 18th level, you have used your runes to learn the secrets of this universe and all others. You gain the following benefits.

• You no longer age, and magic cannot increase your age.
• You are resistant to Radiant and Necrotic damage.
• Any time a spell you cast or effect you use causes another creature to gain hit points, you also gain that many hit points.
• When you heal a creature, and they were to gain hit points over their maximum, they gain a number of temporary hit points equal to the difference.

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Solar Sect

Terran Sect

Tempus Sect

1st Level

Absorb Elements

Alarm

Bane

Color Spray

Detect Magic

Distort Value

Faerie Fire

Feather Fall

Ensaring Strike

Fog Cloud

Gift of Alacrity

Identify

Shield

Zephyr Strike

2nd Level

Aganazzar's Scorcher

Blur

Cloud of Daggers

Darkness

Darkvision

Dust Devil

Flame Blade

Fortune's Favor

Invisibility

Magic Weapon

Maximillian's Earthen Grasp

Mind Spike

Misty Step

Nystul's Magic Aura

Shatter

Web

3rd Level

Clairovayance

Crusader's Mantle

Daylight

Dispel Magic

Elemental Weapon

Erupting Earth

Haste

Hypnotic Pattern

Meld into Stone

Melf's Minute Meteors

Pulse Wave

Remove Curse

Tiny Servant

Vampiric Touch

4th Level

Arcane Eye

Blight

Confusion

Conjure Minor Elementals

Evard's Black Tentacles

Fire Shield

Gravity Sinkhole

Greater Invisibility

Hallucinatory Terrain

Ice Storm

Intellect Fortress

Storm Sphere

Synchronicity*

Watery Sphere

5th Level

Animate Objects

Awaken

Bigby's Hand

Circle of Power

Control Winds

Destructive Wave

Dream

Flame Stike

Steel Wind Strike

Telekinesis

Wall of Stone

Class: Shaman

Shamans are spiritual guides that typically are put in a high rank in various communities. They can be sages, artists, teachers, and much more. Above all, however, Shamans are creators. Shamans meditate and focus on their own power, and the power of their friends and community, to create wonderous supernatural effects.

Multiclassing

If your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing, here's what you need to know if you choose Shaman as one of your classes:

Ability Score Minimum. You must have a Wisdom of at least 13.

Proficiencies Gained. If Shaman isn't your initial class, you gain proficiency in Light Armor and Scimitars.

Spell Slots. Add your levels in the Shaman class to the appropriate levels from other classes to determine your available spell slots.

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Shamanic Spellcasting

The magic bestowed upon you by your revalations have given you natural spellcasting ability.

Spellcasting Focus

You can use an druidic focus as a spellcasting focus for your Shaman spells.

Shamanic Path

Also at 1st level, you have had a revelation that leads you along the path of the Shamans. Your choice grants you features at 1st level, and again at 6th, 10th, and 14th level.

Shaman Bolt

At 1st level, you learn a cantrip available to aspiring Shamans, allowing their will to manifest as pure magic. You learn the Shaman Bolt cantrip, detailed later in this class description. This cantrip counts as a Shaman Cantrip for you, and does not count against your cantrips known. Your Shamanic Path determines the properties of your Shaman Bolt.

Totems

At 2nd level, in your revelatory path, you have unearthed the ability to create totems, fragments of magic that manifest to provide boons to your allies, or impede your foes. You gain two totems of your choice. A list of the available options can be found later in this class description. When you gain certain Shaman levels, you gain additional totem options of your choice, as shown in the Totems cloumn of the Shaman Table.

Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the totems you know and replace it with another totem that you could learn at that level.

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Revelation

At 3rd level, your path has granted you a special insight into the world. You gain one of the following features of your choice:

Revelation of Arms. You can use your action to create a shimmering, semi-transparent weapon in your empty hand. You can choose the form that this melee weapon takes each time you create it, but it must take the form of a one-handed weapon without the reach property. You are proficient with it while you wield it. This weapon counts as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage.

Additionally when you accept this revelation, choose a cantrip that deals damage. Your weapon gains the damage dice, damage type, and additional effects of this cantrip, and making a melee attack with this weapon uses your spell attack bonus. You may only attack once with this weapon on each of your turns.

Your revelation weapon disappears if it leaves your hand.

Revelation of Harmony. Your revelation has allowed you to bolster your totems, able to extend and improve their magics. The effected area of your totems each extend by 5 feet.

Revelation of Aether. You gain an esoteric repertoire of knowledge in the form of a Mystic Scroll that you have written. When you gain this feature, choose three cantrips from any class's spell list. The cantrips do not need to be from the same spell list, and the cantrips cannot deal damage. While the scroll is on your person, you can cast those cantrips at will. They don't count against your number of cantrips known. Any cantrip you cast with this feature is considered a Shaman cantrip for you. If you lose your Mystic Scroll, you can perform a 1-hour ceremony to draft a replacement. This ceremony can be performed during a short or long rest, and it destroys the previous scroll. The scroll dissipates into magic dust when you die.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Stalwart Mind

Beginning at 7th level, your mind has become an incredibly sharp tool, resilient to mental effects, such as the haunting wail of a banshee or a Mind Spike spell. When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Wisdom saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail.

Double Totems

At 9th level, your affinity for your totems has grown much deeper. You can now summon two totems at a time. If you attempt to summon a third totem, the first totem will disappear.

Mystic Arcanum

At 11th level, your awakening has granted you a magical secret called an arcanum. Choose one 6th level spell from the Shaman spell list as this arcanum. You can cast your arcanum spell once without expending a spell slot. You must finish a long rest before you can do so again.

At higher levels, you gain more Shaman spells of your choice that can be cast in this way: one 7th-level spell at 13th level, one 8th-level spell at 15th level, and one 9th-level spell at 17th level. You regain all uses of your Mystic Arcanum when you finish a long rest.

Ultimate Totems

At 20th level, your totems can now last indefinitely. Additionally, you may move any number of them to unoccupied spaces you can see as a bonus action.

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Shaman Bolt

Evocation Cantrip

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• Casting Time: 1 action.
• Range: 60 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Instantaneous

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You create a bolt of pure, focused energy, and launch it toward a creature you can see within range. Make a ranged spell attack. This spell has different effects depending on your Shamanic Path.

The spell creates more than one bolt when you reach higher levels: two bolt at 5th level, three bolts at 11th level, and four bolts at 17th level. You can direct the beams at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll for each beam.

Shaman Subclasses

The Path of Community

Triple Totems

At 14th level, your communal beliefs have strengthened your totemic abilities even further. You can have three active totems at a time, instead of the usual two.

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Ad Infinitum

At 14th level, you can unleash a neverending torrent of aberrant distress towards your foes. As a bonus action, you can spend a Shaman magic spell slot to mark a creature you can see within 60 feet with an Infinity Curse. Any time that creature takes damage from a spell or an attack, they earn one stack of the curse. At the start of your next turn, the curse disappears, and the creature takes psychic damage equal to Xd4, where X is the amount of stacks of infinity curse that creature has, as it experiences a never-ending wave of the same attacks over and over, ad infinitum.

The Path of Heresy

What Luck

At 14th level, your luck has been swayed into your favor through your ascent on this dark path. Any time you roll a 13 on a d20, you may treat that roll as a 20. Any time a hostile creature rolls a 13 against a saving throw you cause, or an attack roll that targets only you, they treat that roll as a 1.

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The Path of the Righteous

Righteous Revenge

At 14th level, when your hit points are reduced to 0 and you fall unconscious, your ascent on this righteous path causes a burst of radiant energies to expel from your body and mind. You activate three total bursts, which have one of the following abilities:

• A creature you can see is healed 2d10 hit points.
• A creature you can see takes 2d10 force damage.

Each burst may choose a different target. This feature only happens once. You must finish a long rest before you can use it again.

Additionally, if your DM uses Lingering Injuries, your body is immune to injury.

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Shamanic Totems

Class: Pilot

Artisans of any type are integral to culture. Adventuring pilots, however, are true innovators. They deal in magitech that vastly outclasses what is available to the commonfolk, building mechs and piloting throughout their adventures. A pilot can leverage their advanced knowledge to get ahead in both wilderness and domestic escapades. Many pilots are self-taught, and many others are tutored under a mentor.

Class Features

As a Pilot, you gain the following class features

Multiclassing

If your group uses the optional rule on multiclassing, here's what you need to know if you choose Pilot as one of your classes:

Ability Score Minimum. You must two of the following ability scores at 13: Strength, Dexterity, or Intelligence.

Proficiencies Gained. If Pilot isn't your initial class, you gain proficiency in Simple and Martial Weapons, as well as shields.

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Engineering style

At 1st level, you unlock the secrets of engineering and piloting. Piloting can be done in many different ways, and you get to choose which attribute you as your own unique pilot focuses on. While most pilots are inventors, some pilots just know their way around a set of tools. You don't need to be hyper-intelligent to understand many pilot builds. Choose one ability score from Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, or Constitution. Your Pilot DC will be affected by this choice.

Pilot DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + Your choice of Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, or Constitution modifier.

Fuel Cells

Also beginning at 1st level, you gain access to a rare piece of innovative magitech called a fuel cell. These cells are made with common items and aether, and function as short-charge batteries that can power your tech. You can spend these cells to fuel various features, determined by your pilot build. Additionally, you start knowing two features: Cell Bomb and Overdrive. The Fuel Cells column of the Engineer table lets you know how many fuel cells you can have at a single time. Creating a fuel cell takes 1 minute, and can be done over a short or long rest. Fuel cells are made out of basic materials, and you are considered always able to make as many as you can.

Cell Bomb. You can spend 1 fuel cell to throw it, causing its unstable nature to explode on impact. You treat this fuel cell as a ranged weapon with a short range of 40 feet and a long range of 60 feet. You use your Engineering Style skill to calculate your attack bonus, and you are proficient with cell bombs. On a hit, a cell bomb deals force damage equal to 1d6 + your Engineering Style Skill. This damage increases to 1d8 when you reach 5th level, 1d10 when you reach 11th level, and 1d12 when you reach 17th level.

Overdrive. You can spend 1 fuel cell to charge it into a weapon you or one of your mechs control, throwing it into maximum overdrive. Your next attack will deal one additional damage die that matches on of the weapon's damage dice. At 11th level, you roll two additional damage dice You must use the fuel cell before you attack, and you can only Overdrive one attack per turn.

You can use as many fuel cell abilities as you want at the same time, provided you have enough cells.

Pilot Build

At 2nd level, you choose a build to focus your piloting works on. You may choose a pilot build from the list detailed at the end of this class description. Your pilot build grants you features at 2nd, 7th, 10th, 15th, and 18th levels.

Quick Craft

At 3rd level, you learn how to craft items with utmost efficiency. If you craft a magic item with a rarity of common or uncommon, it takes you a quarter of the normal time, and it costs you half as much of the usual gold. Otherwise, it takes you half the normal time, and costs the full amount.

Recharge

Also at 3rd level, you can spill some of your aether into your fuel cells to recharge them. As a bonus action, you can spend a number of hit dice equal to your proficiency bonus. If you do, you instantly gain a number of fuel cells equal to the amount of hit dice spent.

Ability Score Improvement

When you reach 4th level, and again at 6th, 8th, 12th, 14th, 16th, and 19th level, you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

If your DM allows the use of feats, you may instead take a feat.

Extra Attack

Beginning at 5th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Scatter Cells

Beginning at 9th level, you know how to lob, launch, discharge, or otherwise fling as many of your fuel cells as you want. When you use your Cell Bomb ability, you can throw as many cells as you want as part of one attack. Each fuel cell can land at a different point. When you use your Overdrive ability, you can spend an additional fuel cell to increase the damage step by 1. Damage steps are explained further below.

Inside and Out

At 11th level, your eyes know the inner workings of any magitech, and, by extension, magical items as well. You can cast the Identify spell at will, requiring no components. When you cast this spell, you also learn base ingredients used to create such an item, and its rough market value in gold pieces.

Invincible Mechanics

At 20th level, your mechs are incredibly defensive. You, and your mechs, have resistance to all damage types, except psychic.

Ready, Aim...

At 6th level, you're an expert on combat with your Machinist's Arm. As an action, you can descern various traits about those you encounter. You can perform a Wisdom(Insight) or Intelligence(Investigation) check against your target's Charisma(deception) check. If you succeed, The DM tells you if the creature is your equal, superior, or inferior in regard to three of the following characteristics of your choice:

• Intelligence Score
• Wisdom Score
• Charisma Score
• Armor Class
• Current Hit Points
• Total Class levels, If any. If not, the creature's Challenge Rating as opposed to your level.

If the creature succeeds, you cannot use this ability on the same creature for another 24 hours. Additionally, you may spend 1 minute after combat studying a creature's corpse to ascertain the same information.

Take Cover!

At 10th level, you can utilize cover and positioning to your advantage. You have advantage on attack rolls, and dexterity saving throws if you are behind half cover or are lightly or heavily obscured.

Rapid Fire

At 15th level, you can attack three times whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Bombs Away

At 18th level, as a bonus action, you can spend any number of fuel cells to create Bomb Charges. These charges remain volatile for 1 minute, and are destroyed upon use, or at the end of 1 minute. You can replace any of your weapon attacks with a bomb charge, allowing you to fire in a space you can see within your Machinist's Arm's range. Any creature within 5 feet of that point must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 4d6 force damage, or half as much on a success. Bomb charges are not affected by any damage altering slots you have in your Machinist's Arm.

Weapon Slots

If an upgrade increases or decreases a weapon’s "damage step", it is moved up and down one step on the following scale, down to a minimum of 1d4 and a maximum of 1d12, or 2d6:

1d4 → 1d6 → 1d8 → 1d10 → 1d12 or 2d6

Seeker

When you make an attack that does not have disadvantage with your arm and miss, you can use your reaction to instead hit the target and deal a flat 5 damage. Do not add additional damage or increase this damage total.

Superheated

The damage step of your arm is increased once. It always deals fire damage.

Superheavy

The damage step of your arm is increased twice, but your arm's weight increases by 10 lbs, and can't be wielded unless you have 15 or higher strength.

Suppressive

You can make an attack of opportunity against creatures that leave any ally's reach instead of just your own.

Versatile

You can choose to deal bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage with your arm.

Venomous

You can choose to deal poison damage with this weapon. If you do, increase the damage step of your arm by 1 for this attack.

War Machine Build

Super Suit

At 2nd level, when you select this pilot build, you gain proficiency with heavy armor. Over the course of a long rest, you may use your tools to alter any piece of armor to become your own specialized super suit. A super suit has the following properties:

• If the armor normally has a Strength requirement, the super suit lacks this requirement.

• You can use the super suit as a spellcasting focus for your War Machine spells.

• The armor fits to your body, and yours only. Another creature cannot wear your super suit.

• You can doff or don the armor as an action. Your super suit can also magically snap to your location within 60 feet as a free action, provided there is a direct line of contact between you and your super suit.

War Machine

Level	Crantrips Known	Spells Known	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
2nd	2	2	1	─	─	—
3rd	2	3	2	─	─	—
4th	2	4	3	─	─	—
5th	2	4	3	─	─	—
6th	2	4	3	─	─	—
7th	2	5	4	2	─	—
8th	2	6	4	2	─	—
9th	2	6	4	2	─	—
10th	3	7	4	3	─	—
11th	3	8	4	3	─	—
12th	3	8	4	3	─	—
13th	3	9	4	3	2	—
14th	3	10	4	3	2	—
15th	3	10	4	3	2	—
16th	3	11	4	3	3	—
17th	3	11	4	3	3	—
18th	3	12	4	3	3	—
19th	3	12	4	3	3	1
20th	3	13	4	3	3	1

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Rocket Mobility

At 7th level, thanks to the thrusters upon your super suit, you can activate mobility protocols. You gain the following features:

• You may spend a fuel cell to activate boosters, gaining a flying speed of 50 feet until the end of your next turn.
• You may spend a fuel cell to overclock your system, casting a spell or cantrip with a casting time of 1 action as a bonus action.

Melded Armor

At 10th level, your super suit melds even further with your own body, allowing you to subconsciously don or doff the armor. When doffing the armor as an action, it retracts into itself and fits into a small series of plates which are attached to your body, such as a bracelet or a node on your back. Additionally, it comes with some mechanical upgrades.

When you make an Athletics or Acrobatics check, you can spend a fuel cell to roll an additional d20. You can choose to use this ability after you roll the check, but before the outcome is determined. You choose which of the d20s is used for the ability check, omitting the highest if this check was rolled with disadvantage.

Smart Suit

At 15th level, your armor shifts its weight to provide you with more protection, as a result of an advanced neural network within the plates themselves. When you are hit with an attack, you gain a +2 bonus to your armor class until the end of your next turn.

Iron Avenger

At 18th level, you can focus your super suit into and inside of your magic or your attacks, putting up to 100% power into one blow. When you hit a creature with a weapon attack or spell, you can choose to sacrifice any amount of the bonus provided by your armor. For each point of armor class bonus you sacrifice, you deal an extra 2d8 damage. Your armor continues to have such a penalty until you finish a long rest.

Mechanaut Build

Self Destruct

At 15th level, you've placed a fuel cell inside the core of your machine that allows you to self destruct in dire situations. As an action, you can eject from your seat to an unoccupied space within 30 feet of the Mechanaut's Machine. At the end of your turn, the machine explodes. It is reduced to 0 hit points and reduced to rubble, unable to be repaired. Each creature in a 30-foot-radius sphere centered on the machine must succeed on a Dexterity Saving throw, taking 16d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one. This fire damage ignores resistances, but not immunities.

Mechanical Precision

At 18th level, your Mechanaut's Machine can deal incredible damage with precise strikes. When your machine attacks with a weapon, once per turn, you can maximize the damage dice instead of rolling.

Upgrades

Cozy Seat: The insides of your machine are padded and warm. You can sleep inside of your Mechanaut's Machine.

Loud Speaker: Your machine comes with an amplification system, allowing you to project your voice three times as loud as normal.

Auto-Ejection: Your machine comes with a scooping mechanism to draw you in and expel you with ease. Entering and exiting the machine costs no movement.

Suspension: Your machine no longer takes falling damage.

Compaction: While no one is inside your Mechanaut's Machine, you can collapse it into a small cube that is 1 foot in all directions, and weighs 30 pounds.

Wheel Mount: Thick wheels or tank treads give your machine an additional 5 feet of movement speed.

Reinforced Frame: Heavy plates increase your machine's AC by 2.

(SPECIAL)Forcefield: A magical shield generator can produce a ward across your machine. As a bonus action, you may spend a fuel cell to activate the ward, gaining 2d10 + your Engineering Skill Modifier temporary hit points.

(SPECIAL)Head Cannon: On the front of your Mechanaut's Machine is a single-shot cannon filled with shrapnel. As an action, you may spend a fuel cell to shoot this cannon, making a ranged attack roll using your Engineering skill modifier, and has a range of 120 feet. On a hit, a creature takes 2d6 piercing damage, and all creatures within 5 feet of that take 1d6 piercing damage.

(SPECIAL)Magic Repulsor: Your machine's core has a large magitechnical field generator. As a reaction, you may spend a fuel cell to add an additional d4 to any saving throw your machine makes as a result of a spell.

Nanomancer

At 2nd level when you take this pilot build, you learn to develop Nanobots. These devices use magitech to connect to your brainwaves and operate semi-autonomously. You gain two Nanobots. At 10th level, you gain a third Nanobot, and at 15th level, you gain a fourth Nanobot.

A Nanobot is a tiny construct with an AC of 15, 1 hit point, and a flying speed of 30 feet. Creatures may exist in the same space as your Nanobots and no creature's movements are blocked by them. Your nanobots must remain within a 60ft. radius of you, losing their aetheric link with you if they travel any further away. If this occurs, they become inoperable and fall to the ground. As an action, you may reactivate them by touching them and re-establishing their connection. Nanobots are deft and supremely agile, and thus are immune to saving throws caused by spells, but not attack rolls.

If a Nanobot is reduced to 0 hit points, it becomes inert and shatters. You can build a new nanobot with a negligible amount of material over the course of a long rest.

As a bonus action, you can command any of your Nanobots, allowing them to move a distance up to their flying speed, and optionally make an attack roll with its magibullet attack. You gain more commands as you gain levels in this class. Magibullets can be affected by fuel cell abilities such as Overdrive.

Scouter Bots

At 6th level, your Nanobots link to your mind to a greater degree. Your nanobots gain the following attributes:

• You can see through any Nanobot's visual matrix. Nanobots have 60 feet of dark vision, and can only see in shades of green.
• Your Nanobots have a Stealth Mode, and can make Dexterity(Stealth) checks with a bonus of +6.
• Your Nanobots can eminate a 30 foot cone of bright light, and a 60 foot cone of dim light.

Glider Apparatus

Also at 6th level, you or an allied creature you allow can grab onto one of your nanobots and have it carry you around. The creature that grabs the glider apparatus gains a flying speed of 5 feet. As long as you are holding onto one of your nanobots. If you take any damage while airborne, you must succeed on a Strength Saving throw to keep steady, with a DC of either 10 or half the damage dealt, whichever is higher.

Blasters

At 10th level, your Nanobots gain new actions that mimic certain spells, thanks to the chemicals and machinery inside of them. As an action, you can spend a number of fuel cells to cast any of the following spells in the table below. If the spell has an area of effect, it is centered on your Nanobot. These spells use your Pilot DC, and are cast as if they were 3rd level spells, or base level if they are higher.

Spell Replications

Pilot Level	Fuel Cell Cost	Spell Replicated
10	2	Sleep, Thunderwave, Fog Cloud
10	4	Web, Hypnotic Pattern
15	4	Stinking Cloud, Erupting Earth
15	6	Wall of Fire

Repulsor

At 15th level, you can use your Nanobots to create a powerful repulsor blast. As an action, you may spend any number of fuel cells have that number of Nanobots create a repulsor blast. All creatures within a 30 foot cone must make a Strength saving throw or be blown backwards or upwards up to 30 feet. A target can choose to automatically fail this saving throw. If the target does not have a hover or fly speed, it immediately falls afterwards, taking fall damage and landing prone.

Nano Wings

At 18th level, you can connect a nanobot to your back. If you do so, you gain a flying speed of 60 feet. If you already have a flying speed, it increases to 90 feet unless it is already higher. While connected, that particular Nanobot can't be used for any other abilities.

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Optional Class Features

The following options are given to certain vanilla classes which provide additional features or options for you to consider. Unlike regular class features, you do not gain the features here automatically. Consulting with your DM, you decided whether to gain a feature in this section when you meet the requirements.

Subclasses

In addition to the four classes introduced in Prime, there are also 18 subclasses and archetypes that are presented to the vanilla classes available in standard fifth edition. Each of these archetypes are designed for use in a Prime campaign, but not all are universal. Your DM is the ultimate arbiter of which of these archetypes are allowed.

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Artificer: Tactician

A Tactician is one who has studied battle, not only mastering weapons, spells, and maneuvers, but grander strategies as well. A tactician uses their cunning intellect to lead the charge and exceed in grand battles where a quick change of formation is the deciding factor of life or death. Tacticians make use of their magic in surprising ways, influencing their allies to make powerful and disruptive maneuvers to consistently keep the upper hand. War generals, scholars, and team leaders make the best Tacticians.

Tactics List

Advantageous Position

You may expend a use of tactics to use the help action as a bonus action.

Fast Feet

You may expend a use of tactics to grant a party member a 10 foot bonus to their speed until the end of your next turn, as a free action.

Bolstered Elements

When you cast a spell of first level or higher that deals fire, cold, or lightning damage, you may expend a use of tactics to roll 1d8 , and add to the result the spell's level. The target of your spell takes an additional amount of damage of one of the spell's damage types equal to the result of that roll.

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Barbarian: Bouncer

Barbarians who take the path of the Bouncer are typically those who use their rage for more practical, urban reasons. Bodyguards, mercenaries, and, well, bouncers occupy this role. As a bouncer, your rage is a more stoic, patient fury. Used for self defense, and the defense of others.

Strong Charge

At 14th level, you are nearly unstoppable. When you take the dash action, you can move through the space of large or smaller creatures. Each creature that you move through must Succeed on a Strength saving throw (DC equals your Power Moves DC) or take 1d6 bludgeoning damage and be knocked prone.

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Bard: College of Idols

Mysterious masked figures, double-life leading pop stars of Prime, the College of Idols consists of bards who are entirely dedicated to their performance, through and through. To them, everything they do is a creation that must be seen by thousands, if not millions of people. When allied with a party, an Idol Bard can be the face and the star of a party, though as bards typically are, they're nothing without their friends and audience.

Center of Attention

At 3rd level, you have tapped into the art of dance in combat, and can extend such a platitude to your allies. As a reaction to a party member making an attack roll, acrobatics skill check, or dexterity saving throw, you can expend a use of your bardic inspiration to make a Charisma(Performance) check. Your target uses the total of your roll instead of their own roll. You can choose to activate this ability after the roll, but before the DM declares this roll as a success or failure.

Backup Support

At 6th level, you can divvy your inspiration to your allies in a more efficient way. When using your Bardic Inspiration feature, you can instead choose to target a number of creatures equal to your proficiency bonus. Instead of your regular inspiration, they gain a d4 to use, but your inspiration functions the same in any other case.

At 10th level, this feature's die increases to a d6, and to a d8 at 18th level.

Starstruck

At 14th level, you know how to brilliantly end any performance that has enraptured your faithful audience. Whenever you deal damage to a creature charmed or frightened by you with a weapon attack or spell, you can choose to end that condition. If you do, the target takes an additional 6d8 radiant damage.

Bard: College of Fortune

Bards of the fortune college gather knowledge of others, and their relation to the cosmic tempo of the universe. Graspers of fate, these bards prefer to gather in wandering caravans, delivering good fate to travellers, telling fortunes and tales of great legends, and spinning the fabric of the future in their favor with their attunement to the cosmos.

Heart of the Cards

Also beginning at 3rd level, you gain the ability to summon a set of 30 cards known as Star Cards. As an action, you may summon your cards, and you can dismiss them from existence as a free action. These cards are magical, and indestructible. They can appear as playing cards, tarot cards, or even stranger examples like business cards or trading cards.

Your Star Cards count as a weapon you are proficient with. They have the light, finesse, and thrown properties, with a normal range of 30 feet, and a long range of 60 feet. Your Star Cards deal slashing damage equal to your Bardic Inspiration die. Additionally, your star cards can also be used as your spellcasting focus.

Draw

Also at 3rd level, your inspiration contains fragments of aether that further bolster your allies. Whenever you use your Bardic Inspiration ability, you may also draw one of your star cards, infusing it with power. Roll a d6, then consult the table below. The target of your inspiration gains an additional effect depending on the result of the d6. You may choose the target of your inspiration before or after you roll on the draw table. If the result calls for a roll, you roll that die.

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Shuffle

At 6th level, when you roll a d6 as part of the Draw action, you may reroll the die. You must use the new roll. Additionally, your star cards are considered magic weapons.

Stack the Deck

At 14th level, you've become a master of the cards, able to weave fate in your own image. After you complete a long rest, you may choose one result from the draw table, and store it for later use.

Any time you use your Bardic Inspiration ability, you can forgo rolling a d6 and instead use your stored result. Once you use it, you cannot use this ability again until you store a new card during a long rest.

Cleric: Domain of Technology

Clerics of the newly established Technology domain typically worship gods or avatars associated with the progression of society. This domain is a fringe belief that is interested in progress at all costs, whether that be for the betterment of society or the rule of others. As a Technology cleric, your wisdom is just as important as the intelligence of those who build such wonderous technological creations.

At each indicated cleric level, add the listed spells to your spells prepared. They do not count towards your limit.

Bonus Proficiencies

Starting at 1st level, you gain proficiency with Land Vehicles and Firearms.

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City Synchronicity

Also at 1st level, your knowledge of the way societies work, as well as the people inside them, grants you insight into your exploits. While within a city, you can cast the locate object spell without using a spell slot or components. You can only locate magitech with this ability, and once you use this ability, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again.

Channel Divinity: Hack the Mainframe

At 2nd level, you can use your channel divinity to tap into the functions of technology. As an action, you present your holy symbol to disrupt a construct you can see within 30 feet of you. That construct makes a Charisma saving throw. It has disadvantage on this roll if it is not a golem or other similar being of pure magic. On a failure, you can command the construct to use its reaction to immediately move up to its movement speed and make a single melee attack, if able. Once you use this feature on a construct, that construct is immune to this effect for 24 hours.

Minor Magitech

At 6th level, you learn to infuse your holy energy into a few extra tools. You learn two Artificer Infusions from the Artificer class. If that infusion has a prerequisite, you cannot take that infusion.

Potent Spellcasting

At 8th level, you may add your Wisdom modifier to your Cleric cantrips.

Perfect Transit

At 17th level, you can use mass transit routes to transport instantaneously to other points in the city. Starting from a bus stop, train station, subway stop, or other suitable mass transit site within the city, you can teleport to any other similar transit stop within the city or another city you have been to at least once, as if you had cast a teleport spell whose destination is a permanent teleportation circle you know. Once you use this feature, you must finish a short or long rest before using it again.

Fighter: Gladiator

Gladiators turn fighting into a spectacle. They train with an assortment of weapons to find their own flair, style, and panache to create a wonderous show. Some are in it for the fame, others for the thrill of a kill.

Favored Weapon

At 3rd level, you've learned to fight well with whatever selection of weapons available to you, so long as they match a few basic properties. You can spend one hour training and practicing with any weapon. This weapon becomes your favorite weapon. While wielding your favorite weapon, you can choose to deal bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing damage instead of the weapons normal damage each time you hit.

Additionally, when you gain this feature, choose one of the following properties: Finesse, Light, Reach, or Thrown. Your favored weapon has that property. If you chose the Thrown property, the weapon has a short range of 20 and a long range of 60. Whenever you gain a level in this class, you may choose a different property to replace your current selection.

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Backup Tactics

At 6th level, you know how to control the battlefield, backing up your allies and coaxing them into advantageous positions from any style of approach. You have advantage on attack rolls as long as an ally is within 5 feet of the target of your attack.

Strike with Confidence

At 10th level, you've learned how to fight so well that you know how to exploit any weakness you can see. You add a bonus to your attack rolls equal to half of your proficiency bonus, rounded down.

Extreme Versatility

At 15th level, you can adapt to any weapon quite easily. Changing your favorite weapon can be done with a bonus action, and you may apply your fighting style to any weapon, regardless of its type. For example, if you chose archery as your fighting style, you have a +2 bonus to attack rolls with every weapon.

Play to the Crowd

At 18th level, your willpower can be drawn from the energy of battle, causing you to shirk off almost anything. You gain a bonus to saving throws equal to the number of conscious, friendly creatures within 120 feet that can see you, to a maximum of +5. For the purposes of your bonuses, an amicable audience counts as friendly creatures.

Fighter: Holy Sentinel

The Holy Sentinels are a group of holy fighters that accept a duty. Much like a cleric or a paladin, a Holy Sentinel may take upon the mantle of a god, though not all have to. Holy sentinels use divination magic to guide their path, always making sure that what they are doing is the right thing.

Spellcasting

When you reach 3rd level, you augment your martial prowess with the ability to cast spells. See the player's guide for general rules on spellcasting.

Cantrips.

You learn three cantrips: Guidance, and two of your choice from the Cleric spell list. You learn an additional Cleric cantrip of your choice at 10th level.

Spell Slots.

The Holy Sentinel Spellcasting table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your Cleric spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest. For example, if you know the 1st-level spell Sanctuary and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast Sanctuary using either slot.

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Spells Known of 1st-Level and Higher.

You know three 1st-level Cleric spells of your choice, two of which you must choose from the Divination and Evocation spells on the Cleric spell list.

The Spells Known column of the Holy Sentinel Spellcasting table shows when you learn more wizard spells of 1st level or higher. Each of these spells must be a Divination or Evocation spell of your choice, and must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 7th level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level.

The spells you learn at 8th, 14th, and 20th level can come from any school of magic.

Whenever you gain a level in this class, you can replace one of the Cleric spells you know with another spell of your choice from the Cleric spell list. The new spell must be of a level for which you have spell slots, and it must be a Divination or Evocation spell, unless you're replacing the spell you gained at 3rd, 8th, 14th, or 20th level from any school of magic.

Spellcasting Ability.

Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your Cleric spells, since you learn your spells through prayer and meditation. You use your Wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Wisdom modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a Cleric spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Wisdom modifier

Guide to the Light

Also at 3rd level, your Guidance cantrip is improved via the light of Holy Sentinels long passed. Your cantrip is improved in the following ways:

• The cantrip has a range of 60 feet for you.
• The cantrip's duration is increased to 1 hour.
• Your target can use the cantrip's effect on a weapon attack or cantrip they cast.

Quick Support

At 7th level, your guiding light is much stronger, and the Holy Sentinels that provide support are much faster. You can cast your guidance cantrip by forgoing a single attack when you take the attack action.

Channel Divinity

At 10th level, you gain the Channel Divinity feature from the Cleric Class. Additionally, you gain one domain specific channel divinity from any Cleric domain. You can use these abilities twice before you must complete a long rest.

Holy Ward

At 15th level, you have a shield placed upon you that prevents devastating blows. Whenever you would take damage in excess of 40 hit points, but are not killed outright, you can instead reduce the damage taken to 40.

Divine Retribution

At 18th level, you can lay waste to all that oppose you, by turning your pain into willpower. Whenever you take damage in excess of your current character level, you gain a 1st or 2nd level spell slot.

Monk: Way of the Bulwark

The Way of the Bulwark lives by the philosophy of defense and protection. A bulwark monk uses shields to deflect, and then strikes with deadly precision when the opportunity arises. Out of combat, they enjoy leading the charge and supporting those who need it. A master of parries, retreats, and advances, the Way of the Bulwark presents a formidable foe.

Monk: Way of the Grifter

As a monk, you are a complete expert in almost everything. You're a teacher, a guide, an adventurer, a doctor, a leader, a forager, an artist, and the best damned salesman you will ever meet... It would be great if all that were true.

Way of the Grifter monks turn their backs on their craft, only having the smallest amount of knowledge and training, while manipulating those around them who don't know any better.

Legendary Guru

At 3rd level, you may add your wisdom modifier in addition to your Charisma modifier to any Deception, Intimidation, or Persuasion checks you make.

Money Talks

Also at 3rd level, coins count as monk weapons for you. You can throw as a weapon attack with a range of 40/120 feet. You can pick up your coins after you use them.

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Get Outta Dodge

At 6th level, you can ditch your allies when things start to go south. When you use your Step of the Wind feature, you can also hide as part of the bonus action you take. Additionally, your movement speed increases by 10 feet if you are below half of your maximum hit points.

Grifter's Craft

At 11th level, you've learned how to peddle wares so well that you learn to replicate the effects of magical items... sort of. As an action, you can expend 2 ki points to turn an item into a Grifter's Craft item, as seen in the table below. You can only have up to three Grifter's Craft items active at a time. When you try to create a fourth, the first crafted item loses its potency.

Godly Essence

At 17th level, you are an immaculate figure that knows all. You are considered to have the effects of the glibness spell upon you at all times.

Paladin: Oath of the Hammer

The Oath of the Hammer is one born of togetherness and mutual aid. When a ravenous dragon scorches the farmland to build his own personal hoard, when a greedy baron introduces taxes that cut the blacksmiths to the bone, or when a tyrant rises and forces the innocent townspeople into conscripted service, you can count on the hammer of this paladin to strike true.

Ranger: Dark Knight

A dark knight ranger is one who walks a forbidden path. Learning secrets from the deepest fringes of societies, and enhancing their powers with dark entities that give no mercy. A dark knight walks the path of demons, either for their own selfish reasons, or as a curse for them and them alone to bear.

Dark Words

Useless

By spending two life links, you can use your reaction to absorb all incoming magical damage into your Demon's Gem. If you use this word while you have 0 or less Life Links, your speed is halved until you have at least 0 Life Links.

Hate

Once per turn, when you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack, you can spend 1 or more life link to deal Necrotic damage in addition to the weapon damage. The extra damage is 1d8 per point spent, to a maximum of 3d8. If you use this word while you have 0 or less Life Links, you cannot recover hit points until you have at least 0 Life Links. You can still gain temporary hit points.

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Abuse

As an action, you can spend 2 Life Links and unleash demonic energy. Creatures of your choice within 15 feet of you take 1d8 necrotic damage. This damage increases to 2d8 at 10th level, and 3d8 at 18th level. If you use this word wile you have 0 or less Life Links, you also take the damage, plus an additional 1d8 damage. This damage ignores resistance or immunity to necrotic damage to both you and your targets.

Deny

When you make an opportunity attack, you can choose to spend any number of Life Links, to a maximum of 5. On a successful hit, reduce the target's speed by 10 feet per life point, to a minimum of 0.

Torment

When you hit with a weapon attack, you can expend 1 life link and roll a d6. The target's AC is reduced by the result until the end off your next turn. If you use this word while you have 0 or less Life Links, your AC is reduced by the amount rolled as well until you have at least 0 Life Points.

Malice

As an action, you can spend 2 Life Links to make a weapon attack with advantage against a creature in range. A creature hit with this attack has disadvantage on attack rolls and saving throws during its next turn.

Ego

When you are subject to an effect that forces you to make a saving throw, you can use your reaction and spend 1 Life Link to gain advantage on that saving throw. If the saving throw causes damage, and you succeed, you quarter the damage, instead of halving it if applicable. If you fail, you only take half damage instead of the full damage, if applicable. If you use this word while you have 0 or less Life Links, you do not add your proficiency bonus to saving throws until you have at least 0 Life Links.

Rogue: Plague Doctor

Plague Doctor rogues combine masterful knowledge of their opponent's bodies with the surgical precision of a rogue's dirty tactics. Plague Doctor Rogues may or may not include actual doctors, but there are plenty of organ harvesters, alchemists, and other shadier professions in their midst.

Medical Professionalism

Starting at 3rd level, you gain proficiency in the Medicine skill, if you didn't have it already. Additionally, you may use your Intelligence modifier instead of your Wisdom any time you perform a medicine check.

Surgical Attacks

Also starting at 3rd level, whenever you attack and meet the requirements for sneak attack, you may choose to forego the sneak attack damage to instead perform a Surgical Attack. If the Surgical Attack calls for a Saving Throw, you use your Plague Doctor DC. A creature cannot have multiple instances of the same surgical attack effect on them, though they can have multiple different instances. You learn 2 Surgical Attacks from the list below. You may choose another surgical attack at 7th, 11th, and 15th level.

Plague Doctor DC = 8 + Your Proficiency Bonus + Your Intelligence Modifier.

Surgical Precision

Starting at 9th level, when you perform a Surgical Attack, you may roll an additional 2d6 damage of the weapon's type. This damage bonus increases to 4d6 at level 17.

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Four Humors

At 13th level, you are able to perform a tricky medical procedure to remove almost anything that ails another. You can cast greater restoration, without requiring material components. You may do this once, regaining its use when you complete a long rest.

Complex Procedures

At 17th level, your hand is swift and accurate. When you perform a Surgical Attack, you may choose two effects to trigger off of one attack.

Surgical Attacks

Dead Legs.

The target must succeed on a Strength Saving throw or be knocked prone. Creatures huge and larger are immune to this effect.

Rogue: Vagrant

Stalking in the shadows, brooding in a corner, and stealing from the party sounds like nonsense to these rogues. Vagrants are the antithesis to the typical rogue. In fact, they make their exploits as flashy as possible. With a dozen different moves in their repertoire, vagrants make themselves known in the world, by stealing from the powerful (or at the very least, more powerful than they) and using it to gain notoriety and help the destitute.

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Panache

Starting at 3rd level, you gain a number of Panache dice, which are d8s, equal to your proficiency bonus. These dice can be expended to do different moves called Flourishes, which are detailed further in this archetype description. When you make a melee weapon attack with a finesse weapon wielded in one hand, and have nothing in your off-hand, you can spend a penache die and add it to your attack roll. You may also perform a flourish. You gain all expended Penache dice when you complete a short or long rest. If you expend a Penache die while attacking, and you do not meet the requirements of sneak attack, you still gain the sneak attack bonus.

If a flourish requires a saving throw, the DC is equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier. On a successful save, the target becomes immune to your flourishes for 24 hours. You may choose any of these flourishes.

Blade Blockade. If the attack hits, you add the result of your Penache Die to your Armor Class until the end of your next turn.

Dizzying Duel. You flash your blade and swing it in a series of twisting, mystifying flourishes. The target of your attack must make an intelligence saving throw. On a failure, its speed is reduced to 0 until the end of your next turn.

Sardonic Slash. You hurl insults and quips as you perform a precise strike to demoralize the foe. The next time the target makes an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw before the start of your next turn, it must roll 1d4 and subtract it from the roll.

Slippery Swing. You target your foe's weapon and strike true. The target of your attack must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or drop one item of your choice that it's holding. As a reaction, you may choose to either catch the dropped item in your off hand, or fling the item up to 30 feet away.

Pushing Penache. You press the advantage, advancing into your foe's comfort zone. On a hit, the target of your attack is pushed 5 feet away, plus a number of feet equal to the result of your Penache die. If you rolled the maximum result on your penache die, you can also knock the creature prone.

Audacity

At 7th level, your quick wits and silver tongue allow you to stand even against the most terrifying of foes. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed or frightened. Additionally, if you are charmed or frightened, you can expend a Penache Die to immediately end the effect.

Calling Card

At 13th level, you have an iconic calling card: A catch phrase, an item, a message, or whatever unique idea you come up with. As a bonus action, you can send out your calling card, targeting one creature you can see within 60 feet of you.

The calling card is a subtle clue that is difficult to detect. A creature can spot the card with a Wisdom(perception) check against your Penache DC. While a creature has a calling card upon them, you know their location as long as they are within 10 miles. Additionally, you score a critical hit on a 19 or 20 on attack rolls against this creature. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until either you complete a long rest, or you reduce your target to 0 hit points, whichever is shorter.

Enduring Penache

At 17th level, when you roll initiative and have no remaining Penache dice, you regain 2 Penache Dice.

Socerer: Streamblooded

Those very few who have found themselves touched by the wild energies of the space between space become streamblooded sorcerers. Less of an outsider influence, and more of an infestation of a magical material that is not quite aether, streamblooded sorcerers alter the base essences of reality.

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Euclidean Leyline

At 1st level, you learn to tap into the zone between the endless shifting realities to draw your magic. As an action, you can expend a spell slot to create a zone called a Euclidean Leyline. This area is a 10 foot sphere that can exist at any point within 60 feet of you. These Euclidean Leylines last for 1 minute. Your laylines are magical, and thus are effected by spells such as dispel magic or anitmagic field, You choose whether you are immune to an effect caused by your Euclidean Leyline. When you create the Leyline, choose one of the following effects:

Compressed Geometry. The ground inside of your leyline folds in on itself. For every movement a creature moves inside this leyline, they must expend 3 feet of movement.

Shredding Essence. When a creature moves into your leyline for the first time on their turn, or when they begin their turn on your leyline, it takes 1d6 slashing damage. This damage increases to 2d6 at 5th level, 3d6 at 11th level, and 4d6 at 17th level.

Darkest Dark. A swirling shadow matter appears inside of your leyline, lightly obscuring the area. You can use your reaction to force any creature you can see inside of your leyline to make a Constitution saving throw. On a failure, that creature is blinded until the end of its next turn.

Caught in the Corners

At 6th level, your leylines become an extension of yourself. When you cast a spell, you may expend one Sorcery Point to cast that spell as if it were from any point inside your leylines. Additionally, you can choose to dispel your leyline early to gain 1 sorcery point.

Unfathomable

At 14th level, your ways and motives are hard to comprehend. You have immunity to psychic damage, and you gain a new metamagic option. This does not count toward your total Metamagic options known:

Tendrils of Beyond

At 18th level, your leylines don't even follow your own boundaries. As a free action at any time on your turn, you can move your leyline up to 60 feet.

Sorcerer: Mystic Knight

Mystic Knights use their sorcerous bloodline as a form of training, rather than a source of power. The mystic knight order is much more of a "class" than a sorcerous origin, because anyone with innate magic can become a mystic knight. This breed of sorcerers fight with weapons and magic alike.

Wild. Any time you attack with a melee weapon on your turn, you can choose to gain advantage on the attack roll. At any time within the next minute, the DM can choose to give you disadvantage on any attack roll you make within the next minute. You may only use this feature once, regaining its use either when you complete a short or long rest, or the DM gives you disadvantage.

Warlock: Noble Elite

Prime is filled with sweeping global forces. Many times, these powerful elites hold grand magic, such as Prince Shieldsa of Bhedse, or Ulkarotzi, who leads Starholmst. Occasionally, these people may adopt scions, and grant them magical power through the gift of a contract.

Expanded Spell List

The Noble Elite lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you.

Spell Level	Spells
1	Identify, Unseen Servant
2	Arcane Lock, Locate Object
3	Glyph of Warding, Tongues
4	Fabricate, Leomund's Secret Chest
5	Creation, Geas

Patron Currency

At 1st level, you gain a number of Currency Dice to draw your power from your patron. These dice are used to gain access to new abilities. The Patron Currency table shows how many dice you get. You have three types of Currency Dice: Copper Dice, which are d4s, Silver Dice, which are d8s, and Gold Dice, which are d12s. You regain all expended Currency Dice when you complete a long rest.

Currency Dice

Level	Copper Dice	Silver Dice	Gold Dice
1st	2	1	—
2nd	3	1	—
3rd	3	2	─
4th	4	2	─
5th	4	3	─
6th	4	3	1
7th	4	3	1
8th	4	4	1
9th	4	4	1
10th	4	4	2
11th	4	4	2
12th	5	4	2
13th	5	4	2
14th	5	5	2
15th	5	5	2
16th	5	5	3
17th	5	5	3
18th	5	5	4
19th	5	5	4
20th	5	5	5

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Purchase Spells

Also at 1st level, you can exchange your Currency Dice to cast warlock spells you know without using your pact magic spell slots. The table below shows how much mystic currency you must spend to cast a spell. When you do so, roll currency dice, adding the totals together. You may continue to expend additional Currency Dice after your initial roll, further adding to the total until you have the desired result. When your total meets or exceeds the number needed to cast the spell, you do so at it's base level, rather than your Warlock Spell Slot level.

Art of the Deal

At 6th level, you know how to cut corners whenever possible. When you cast a spell that requires material components with a specific cost, you require materials of only half of that value to cast the spell.

Bank of Spells

At 10th level, you gain secret access to the library of magic, presented by your patron. You may expend any three currency dice to cast any spell of 5th level or lower from the Warlock Spell List, regardless if you know the spell or not. These still use your pact magic spell slot, or you may instead use your Purchase Spells feature. You cannot roll your expended currency dice if you choose to do so.

Instant Transaction

At 14th level, you can immediately perform a perfect sale with anyone you like. You may expend a Gold Die to target a creature you can see within 30 feet. That creature must succeed on a Strength saving throw or one object it is holding that weighs less than 10 pounds is forcibly pulled towards you and comes to a rest in your empty hand (provided you are able to hold it) or at your feet. The coin you presented is magically teleported to the ground in the creature’s space. At the start of its next turn, the creature becomes aware of what has occurred and might take measures to retrieve the item. Once you have successfully used this on a creature, you cannot use this on that same creature again until you finish a long rest.

Wizard: School of Magitech

Unlike Artificer, who use magic to create their items and tools, the Wizards in the School of Magitech use items to create magic. These magical adepts employ the use of Prime's modern technology to extend and alter their spells.

Wizard: School of Summoning

Summoner Wizards employ the use of faithful companions, and focus magic into them to bolster their familiar beyond what is typical for basic spellcasting. Masters of multitasking, A Summoner is like having two allies in one mind.

As One

At 14th level, you and your familiar are beyond spiritually connected, and become extensions of each other. As a bonus action, you can retreat into your familiar, melding your minds and bodies together. While in this state, you are incapacitated, and stored into a pocket dimesnion. Your familiar uses your skill and saving throw bonuses, speed, Armor Class, and stats, if yours are higher than its own. It still obeys your commands, but cannot attack or use its Arcane Swell reaction. If the Familiar takes damage, you appear in the nearest unoccupied space.

Additionally, the dice rolled by your Empowered Familiar's damage rolls increases by 1 (2d8 or 2d6, depending on its form).

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New Feats

Prowling Hunter

Prerequisite: Felyne

Your preternatural beastkin senses are closer attuned to cat-like hunting. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Dexterity or Intelligence score by 1, to a maximum of 20
• You have advantage on Wisdom(perception) checks that rely on sight
• You can perform a pounce. Right after you roll initiative, you can use your reaction to move up to your movement speed and make one unarmed strike.

Hungry like the Wolf

Prerequisite: Lupyne

Your ancient senses granted by your lineage are much more primal. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Strength or Wisdom score by 1, to a maximum of 20
• You have advantage on Wisdom(perception) checks that rely on smell.
• You can use your rampage feature whenever you score a critical hit, in addition to its other conditions.

Forest Runner

Prerequisite: Lepryne

Your primordial calling resonates within you. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Constitution or Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20
• You have advantage on Strength(athletics) checks that require jumping or running
• When you make an unarmed strike and your attack roll exceeds the targets AC by 5 or more, you can push your target 5 feet back as part of the attack.

City Rat

Prerequisite: Rattyne

You've become attuned to your ancestral way of life. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase any ability score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• You have resistance to poison damage, and immunity to the poisoned condition.
• You gain proficiency in the Stealth and Survival skills.
• Your bite attack's damage becomes a d8.

Harpy Songstress

Prerequisite: Sirenkin

You are much more attuned to your siren nature, granting you the following benefits:

• You learn the friends cantrip. Additionally, you can cast the charm person spell once per long rest. Charisma, or a spellcasting ability determines the DC of these spells.
• Your flying speed increases to 50 feet, if it was not higher already.

Gulari Servos

Prerequisite: Gulari Construct

You still have a lingering aetheric connection to the past. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Intelligence score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• Your overclock bonus to Arcana, History, Religion, Investigation, and Nature skill checks becomes 1d10.
• You learn three languages of your choice.

Changeling Personas

Prerequisite: Changeling

You've developed personas that help you focus your talents. Work with your DM to define two unique personas—identities with distinct appearances and personalities. You gain the following benefits:

• Increase your Charisma score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
• Choose a tool and define a persona associated with it. While you are using your Shapechanging trait to assume the identity of that persona, you are proficient with that tool. If you are already proficient in it, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make using that tool while assuming that persona.
• Choose a skill you're proficient in and define a different persona associated with it. While you are using your Shapechanging trait to assume the identity of that persona, your proficiency bonus is doubled for any ability check you make using that skill.

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Variant System: Flaws

Flaws are an option for character creation. When you create your character, you may take one flaw. If you do, you gain an Ability Score Improvement. You can increase one of your Ability Scores by 2, or two of your Ability Scores by 1. You may also instead choose a feat. As usual, you cannot increase an ability score over 20 with this feature.

In addition to choosing an Ability Score Improvement or Feat when you earn them from level ups, you can choose to remove your flaw instead.

Claustrophobic

• While grappled or restrained, you are considered frightened of whatever is restraining you.
• While frightened, you cannot breathe.

Thalassophobic

• While underwater or on the open sea, and in dim light or darkness, your base speed is halved, and you are considered frightened of the nearest hostile entity you can see.

Entomophobic

• While fighting arachnids, insects, or worms, or any creature that looks like these creatures, you are considered frightened of them. While within 5 feet of any of these creatures, you cannot attack or cast spells.

Nyctophobic

• While in complete darkness, whenever you attack or cast a spell that deals damage, roll a d20. On a 10 or lower, you instead target nothing, percieving a threat that isnt there. If you have darkvision, you instead target nothing on a roll of 5 or lower.

Slow Draw

• You have disadvantage on initiative rolls.

Anemic

• Whenever you roll hit dice, you must roll 2 dice, and use the lower result.
• You only recover half of your maximum hit points, rounded down, when you perform a long rest.

Gullible

• You have disadvantage on saving throws to avoid being charmed.

Weak Grip on Life

• You have disadvantage on death saving throws.

The Origins System

The Origins System is a series of tables and scenarios that let players and Dungeon Masters work together to create compelling character backstories, as well as potential threads for future adventuring endeavors. It even allows characters to gain extra boons such as additional proficiencies, magic items, feats, or more before the campaign begins. The most important features of this system draw upon the works of recent fifth edition works, removing harsh limits on racialized abilities by creating a custom table of abilities that still keep to Fifth Edition's ideal of simplicity.

There are three sections to this system that contain many different tables and descriptors. The "Upbringing" section describes your character's childhood, adolescense, and adulthood, up to and including the day they set out to become an adventurer. This will give your character very minor bonuses, like tool proficiencies, languages, and background features, as well as allies and rivals to include in your stories. Finally, the rest of this system includes the moments that made you who you are, hard questions for your character to struggle with, and then very large boons to give your starting character a bit of a head start.

These tables are not meant to be followed exactly, but rather be vague enough to introduce prompts and story moments for you to work with alongside your DM. If you don't have a character concept in mind, you can use this table to get some inspiration. If you already have an idea of what you want your character to be like, you can replace any results on this table either with one of your choosing, or with whatever you feel fits best for your character. Your Dungeon Master can also use your results to generate personalized villains, allies, and other NPCs with motivations grounded in Prime's world.

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Upbringing

The Upbringing section provides you with a series of tables and prompts to determine your character's relationship with the world. Where were they born? Who were they born to? What social class did you belong to? Where did you work before becoming an adventurer? All of these questions can be answered using these tables.

As usual, these are mere templates and may not perfectly ascribe to a vision you have for your character. You may pick and choose from these tables, randomly roll for results, or consult with your DM to come up with a set of results unique to you. You may also skip any of these sections and opt to play a more traditionally crafted character.

Homeland

Most of Estray is civilized. Though some areas have massive gaps in population, you're very likely on your travels to meet people from all over the land. Roll a d100 and consult the table, or choose on your own which region of estray you were born in. If your character was born in one region but raised in another, you can roll on this table twice.

Continent of Origin

d100	Homeland
01-22	Loria
23-51	Estray
52-68	Orakuva
69-78	Kusara
79-84	Morrigue
85-98	Riki
99-00	Another Plane or Location

Homelands of Loria

d100	Homeland	Language
01-50	Tzaron	N'Orian
51-86	Calloco	N'Orian
87-00	Icolo	S'Orian

Homelands of Estray

d100	Homeland	Language
01-22	Bogridge	Bogridgian
23-61	Ohstra	Ohstran
62-78	Starholmst	Draconic
79-98	Xesper	Xesperian
99-00	Yelanis	Language of your choice

Homelands of The Great West

d100	Homeland	Language
01-48	Kusa	Kusan
49-82	Riki	Rikan
83-98	Morrigu	Morrigue
99-00	Nowhere	Infernal

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Social Status

Your upbringing also determines your place within Prime, how affluent you were as you were being raised, and the different struggles that come with your specific walk of life. Depending on what you select here, a number of different options to specify upon the open ended tables open up down the line, that will grant you a different set of boons and flaws to work with.

People in Prime don't typically move from one social class to another so easily. If you were born tilling soil, its more than likely your parents, grandparents, and so on were as well. Consequently, if you had more money than you knew what to do with, it would be incredibly hard for you or your family to actually lose enough wealth to change your lifestyle. However, adventurers are always rare cases. If your character were to find themselves in two different hierarchies through their childhood, consult the table and try to figure out which social status you spent more of your life in. For example, its possible to be raised in nobility, only to lose your house in some mysterious way. The family members that took you along had to go into massive debt to reestablish themselves, so even if you have your own estate and the mannerisms of an affluent influencer, your social status would still be poor or average.

Home Settlement

After your social status and homeland is determined, roll on the appropriate tables to determine which city, town, or other settlement you were raised in. If your character is a traveler, a nomad, a soldier, or any other similar wandering folk, you can roll on this table 1d4 times or select two or three options yourself to find your "favorite" settlements, the ones you stopped by the most.

Each home settlement is discussed in chapter 4. If your home settlement doesn't make sense for your social status, you can either roll again or work with your DM to justify that contradiction. For example, it's very unlikely for you to be wealthy in Yelanis, but maybe your family sent you there to hide from mysterious enemies with a small loan of a million gold marks and a nice cabin retreat.

Xesperian Settlements

Tzaronian Settlements

Callocan Settlements

Icolan Settlements

Kusaran Settlements

Morrigue Settlements

Rikan Settlements

Family

The size of your home settlement and your social status play minor parts in the size and status of your family. Villages in Prime are typically company-towns or rural settlements, and thus families need more children to tend to the toils of everyday life. In larger cities, especially the more industrialized ones, even though the population is greater, family sizes are smaller to accommodate for smaller living quarters and various other circumstances.

Poorer families typically have more children so that they can have more hands to work with, and affluent families have more children to ensure as many routes as possible to continue a legacy. Middle class people either don't have many kids or none at all.

Roll twice on the following tables: Once for the number of parents that raised you, and once to determine the number of siblings you have. The state of your family might change over the course of your backstory with future tables, just as it would over the course of your campaign.

Adolescence

Professions

Professions (Cont'd)

Fateful Moments

The final table in this section include the biggest moments that sparked your journey to leave what you had (or had not) behind, and become an adventurer. Sometimes, those who become adventurers just want to escape the drab and dreary routines of their lives, not even realizing they're about to be swept up in some grand heroic destiny.

If a fateful moment grants you a proficiency you already had, choose any proficiency of the same type (armor, skill, language, tool, or weapon). If a fateful moment doesn't make sense for you character (for example, involving family members when you don't have any) you can roll a new result or consult with your DM to adapt it. You can also forego rolling upon this table completely, working with your DM to create your own custom moments.

Fateful Moment

d20+d10	Event
2	Your parents, friends, neighbors, or siblings were murdered in front of you. You hid from them, and the trauma has given you proficiency in the Stealth and Survival skills.
3	A stranger grabbed you on the street. As you turned back, they uttered a cryptic phrase, such as "I'm glad I got to see you one more time..." and then faded from existence. You don't know who they are, but they looked familiar. Ever since then, mysterious events sometimes happen around you. You have the Divine Intervention ability from the Cleric feature list, except you can only attempt it once per week, and a successful attempt locks the feature for a month.
4	You found a corpse in the wilderness. It was hanging from a tree, and had mysterious sigils carved into it. Around its neck was an Amulet of proof against detection and location, along with a locket containing a picture.
5	You saved an injured creature of CR 1/2 or lower that looked far from their home. They took a liking to you, and it loyally follows you wherever you go.
6	A famous warrior trained you at some point. They had a mysterious masterwork weapon made of expensive material. They gave this weapon to you, before walking off, never to be seen again. You have a weapon of your choice, tipped with silver, and you have proficiency with it. Additionally, you have the Martial Adept feat.
7	While traveling with a group, you were raided by a group of bandits and vagrants wielding strange magic. Did you fight back or run away? You have proficiency in either martial weapons or the Stealth skill (your choice).
8	A wizened mage tutored (or tortured) you in the arcane arts. You have a spellbook, and either the Magic Initiate or the Mage slayer feat (your choice).
9	You ended up joining a traveling troupe of performers, salesmen, or another group. You have proficiency in Disguise kits, as well as the Acrobatics, Deception, or Performance skills (Your choice).
10	You were press-ganged into military service by your family, your country, or your own moral compass. You have proficiency with armor one step above yours (for example, if you are proficient with no armor, you have proficiency in light armor. If light armor, you are proficient in medium armor, and so on.), as well as shields or firearms, (your choice).

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Fateful Moment (Cont'd)

Fateful Moment (Cont'd)

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Finishing Touches

Because of the highly variable nature of this system, some failsafes have been added to make sure the power disparity between players is not too high. Variability is fun, but being over or under powered is not.

After your character has been fully created, take a look at your table results, and adjust according to these "Finishing Touches", listed below. Your DM can add their own touches, or remove some from this list, so always consult with them to make sure you're character is correct and ready for a campaign.

• Add 2 skill proficiencies of your choice. If this would lead to your character having 8 or more total skill proficiencies, remove skill proficiencies until you have 7 or less. (Tool and Vehicle proficiencies, as well as Languages do not count toward this rule.)

• Your character cannot have a total of over 2 background features. If they do, remove them until you have 2 or less. If they do not have any, add one of your choice. If your character removes background features, they may replace them for a tool or vehicle proficiency, or any language.

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The Scarred Plains of Estray

Across the western waters of the Arcadian ocean and Cirran Sea, the tumultuous landscapes of Estray pierce the clouds and dig deep into the depths. With modern history defining the intense political landscape of this continent, Estray is a varied zone that is brimming with adventure. While not the largest continent, Estray is the most populated one. Clustered in the western hemisphere of Prime, Estray is notable for its vast, broken terrain, and its four major countries: Bogridge, Ohstra, Starholmst, Xesper, along with smaller provinces like the Scattered Isles and Yelanis.

After the Rending, many people in Estray were displaced, causing the masses to immigrate, and cluster together in ever expanding cities. This makes Estray as a whole very cosmopolitan and interconnected, but also drives political tensions of nationalism and the rise of various cold wars. The governments of Estray are smart enough to not nudge the pot too hard, but that won't stop each country from legislating everything they can to come out on top as Prime's largest economic force.

Bogridge

The kingdoms of Bogridge were once considered the heart of Estray. Located in the Easternmost half of the continent, it is defined by by two distinct environments: The Qu'roli lowlands, filled with flatlands, moors, swamps, and rivers, and the Rildaren badlands, noted by its gently sloping mesas contrasted against jagged cliffsides.

Bogridge has plenty of bounty in its lands, from the delicious berries to the rivers teeming with crawfish and catfish, to the gold and mithral that hide deep under the highlands. Bogridge is a wet and murky climate, featuring thick, labyrinthine swamps and marshes, with stagnant and rainy days all year. Summers are particularly brutal and oppressively humid, and winters are cold and grey. The land is scarred and fractured by numerous craters, ravines, and erosion from eons of harsh waters and other terrible events such as moonraze and the rending.

Over the course of Estrayan history, Bogridge knew naught but struggle. Living in harmony with the land and its never ending gifts, the people developed a harmonic lifestyle that emphasized ritual and care over rapid development, the exact antithesis to Ohstra. The country saw itself razed and conquered by the militant Ohstran forces, and were assimilated into the country for many decades. The only cities safe from the infamous Ohstran Advance were Kirisko, who received help from the Kusaran military, and Lylfa, which was hidden in the deepest depths of the Villarine Wildwood in the Highlands. From the years 1100 to 1351, Bogridge wasn't even a country, though pressure from outside forces allowed the land to gain its independence once more.

Bogridge's history is filled with unanswered questions, thanks to the doings of so many different entities out of the land's control. Rotthir's assault on prime removed large amounts of space from Bogridge, the rending destroyed their capitol, the Ohstran empire assimilated them for centuries until they broke off once more.

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Interesting Things about Bogridge

• Not only does Bogridge have the highest concentration of Gulari ruins, but also there are plenty of exposed regions of Estray's Underdark as well. These areas are surrounded by toxic gasses that neutralize in sunlight, and the strange flora and fauna of the corrupted underworld have begun to spread out.
• Ohstrans and Bogridgians both resent the citizens of Bhedse, for completely different reasons. Ohstrans call them "traitors" to the empire, while Bogridgians accuse them of stealing their land and then literally hanging it above their heads.
• Bogridge has the most diverse climate of any country in Estray, not counting the scattered isles. Badlands and marshes, mountains and swamps, oceans and arid cliffs, the amount of confluencing aether allows these climates to exist together in such a small space.

Bogridgian Characters

Settlers. The Bogridgian lowlands is a great setting to explore western style stories and themes. Perhaps your paladin is a lone sherriff that occupies a badlands mining town full of embezzlement and fraud, multiclassing into rogue for extralegal tactics. Maybe your cleric is the town preacher, surrounded by the downtrodden. A druid could be an enigmatic traveller providing guidance and safe passage through the harsh wilds.

Regrets. Both Bhedse and the Lowlands have one thing in common: It's a perfect place to leave your past behind. Whether through the hedonism of the post-scarcity floating city or the dark underbelly of the hidden lowland networks, Bogridge brings renegades, deserters, escaped convicts, or refugees. Here, its fairly easy to work and potentially a find a life.

Pity. When the rest of the world imagines the Lowlands, they think of a fetid, backwater set of towns where idiots go to persue useless get-rich-quick schemes, risking their lives for nothing. While flawed, this assumption is not necessarily an inacurate one... For the businessmen and missionaries. For natives, what really sprouts from these communities are proud, hardened folk with plenty of wisdom to spare, who are a little rough but welcoming, even to the Ohstrans flooding back into their gates.

Notable Cities

Volsthenne

Population: 4,200 (24% Elves, 20% Humans, 15% Orcs, 12# Lupynes, 10% Goblins, 10% Leprynes, 9% Other)

Government: An Orcish man known as Elko Dol Cloudcut runs the city, working with the Bogridgian union and the Sky Riders guild to pierce through the Crystal Wall, which has been going well thus far.

Commerce: The city used to be a center of commerce to loria and the great west, but the Crystal wall has since destroyed that route. Volsthenne still has a self sustaining fishing economy.

Organizations: The largest temple to Triad of Balance exists in Volsthenne, a massive ziggurat that stands as a pinnacle of perserverance.

Travelling down a winding path of badland steppes, the city of Volsthenne lies in the eastern oceans of Estray. Volsthenne is a port town with canals that breach beyond the dusty, orange stone. The walls are lined with light, sun bleached, weather-worn woods taken from the Wildwoods to the north. The town is smaller than many others, but used to be a large port town connecting to North Kusara. Ever since the rending, however, a massive rendfield in the ocean which blocks passage and causes airships to malfunction have plummeted the city into a shell of the company town it once was.

Volsthenne now holds the largest effort to break beyond the Crystal Wall, dubbed Project Piercer. The job is sponsored and funded by the Sky Riders guild, and has provided quite a bit of wealth for even the untrained citizens, and Volsthenne's economy has been doing wonderfully thanks to this. However, there are two parties currently working against Project Piercer: Xesper, who currently holds a monopoly on Lorian and Kusarikan trade, has been ramping up attempts to sabotage their base located in the crystal wall. The other is Elko himself, who is secretly in ties with the City of Bhedse, who is frightful of the surge in wealth that lower Bogridge will surely gain.

New Kirisko

Population: 1,600 (22% Orcs, 18% Goblins, 15% Lupynes, 15% Felynes, 5% Leprynes, 5% Rattynes, 20% Other)

**Government:**This small village is overseen by a group of Nobles from the original Kirisko, they are only concerned with recovering their position by any means reasonable.

Commerce: New Kirisko has little infrastructure, though various Bhedsean and international "charity" efforts have planted various businesses within the town's walls.

Organizations: Many adventurers have offered their help in recovering Kiriskan artifacts and heirlooms, and businesses operate around the city limits, especially ones unable to establish themselves in Bhedse.

During the rending, the largest city in all of Bogridge, Kirisko, was destroyed in an instant. A massive walled city of tightly packed, vibrant architecture, decorated in golden streets and bountiful miniature fruit farms, shellfish breeding shores, and beautiful dark lumber mills created from Gulari tech. The city was a bastion against the Ohstran empire in its prime, as one of the few Bogridgian cities able to withstand the advance. As its notoriety grew, so too did its population and influence, until a community half the size of Rumia was solidly set.

The rending transformed the Golden City into a crumbling mound of white ash. The only survivors were those living in the city's outskirts, the farmers and working class. Left with nowhere to go, they migrated north, further and further as the white ash spread, until 35 PR, when the rends were closed. New Kirisko itself is more of a settlement still getting its bearings. As time has been slowly healing the wounds of the rends, a smaller society that takes after its ancestor formed. While not nearly as vibrant and opulent as the original city was, New Kirisko is still a tightly knit community that places values on perserverance and adherence to tradition. The Streets are notably more sepulcher but the temples that mark the center of the community stands tall as a testament to the Bogridgian people.

The people of New Kirisko, without the experience of high end politics, struggle to this day to firmly set themselves into the global economy. The village does its best to carry on Kiriskan tradition, though a few businesses have taken advantage of the influx of low skilled workers here, placing plenty of magitchnical factories, strip malls, and warehouses just outside the borders of this otherwise traditional village.

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Ohstra

Located in the wide center of Estray, featuring desolate plains dotted with thick forests and cold, marshy terrain, Ohstra is a colder and grayer land marked with frosts and evergreens. The weather is mild, muggy, and gray, with temperatures nestled in the 40s to 70s almost year-round. The windy currents of the incredibly large Estrayan Lakes mingle with the blasting winds of the lowland keeps, making for a turbulent lowland environment filled with peat bogs and healthy crops.

Ohstra is a vast, massive country with a colorful people and an incredibly dense history, especially for how young it is. In essence, Ohstra is a fractured country still recovering from being both the center of the world and an incredible imperial force responsible for almost plunging the world into chaos. Ohstra has the most people of any country on Prime, and also has some of the largest cities in the world. The country is rich in hard stones and strong lumbers, as well as long-lasting crops that helped the country establish itself through the natural struggles.

The heart of the nation is Rumia, located in the northwest of the country. This sprawling metropolis is almost a nation on its own, having the most control on the general directions and policies that Ohstra's fledgling senate put into motion. Drawing ire from every surrounding country for causing the rending, they have just recently begun attempts atoning for their past by

switching from a kingdom to a parliament, and furthering social programs. Many feel this as an overcorrection, as Ohstra is now a massive tangle of political moves, where every individual represents a set of differing and conflicting interests, leading for hyperpartisan attempts at reform and disenfranchised, overly policed commoners.

For the last hundred and thirty-something years, the Ohstran republic has slowly built itself back to a position of international power once again, though under the strict supervision of the other lands. Using a rigid hierarchal and bureaucratic system, it trades only as much as it needs to while keeping to itself, which is rather difficult considering is it is surrounded by every other country in Estray on all fronts.

As a country born from conquering, colonization, and assimilation, the towns of Ohstra are rather diverse. Each city has its own cultural values, though they're all represented, advertised to, expected of, and dealt with in the same manner. Rivalries between larger cities can become very tense, as the government systems squabble over public perception. All but outright civil war can break loose, all because one city's representative class wants to be viewed as "The true image of Ohstran values".

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Interesting Things about Ohstra

• Rumia is the largest city in Prime by far. It's almost an entire nation in its own, featuring a massive tangling web of sky scraping towers and bridges, and is a hub for shady crimes and intrigue.

• The Night Eyes criminal syndicate operates in Ohstra, and under the hood of public interest, holds just as much sway in politics as the Council. Any criminal activity's details will be quickly swept up in a sea of rumors that all eventually lead back into the Night Eyes. They have achieved such a status within Ohstran culture that its a common annoyance for the natives of other countries to have to deal with talk of them during their entire stay.

• Ohstra's cities are incredibly cosmopolitan, due to the refugee crisis after the rending. Some cities that are near rendfields found their demographics to be completely flipped, causing some political tensions. Despite this, Ohstran culture typically does not have any prejudices based purely on race, uncaring what you are... as long as you're Ohstran.

Ohstran Characters

Disenfranchised. Many Ohstran characters feel left out of life, and typically have a... "shakey" relationship with the law. Ohstran officers known as the Ruby Brands can be found everywhere, constantly spending more time recruiting the downtrodden into their military ranks, and filling in every public area with as many overworked, underpayed enforcers as possible, rather than actually enforcing the law they write. Nobody can blame either party, however, considering how stretched thin they are between the mazelike streets of Rumia and Rosemuse and the long expanses of field and forest that cut between the traveler's paths. Those who are particularly desperate begin to look for more insidious ways to squirm past the tired yet watchful eyes of the Brands. Even if your character is well off, they can feel like a replaceable cog in the uncaring scramble of modern metropolitan life, as if their true calling is always just out of reach.

Local Traditions. Every town in Ohstra has their own traditions, architecture, policies, history, and slang. In fact, many cities can feel like completely different nations, from the cavetowns in the west mountain ranges to the large farms and deep forests to the east. Every Ohstran town operates upon the belief that they willingly agreed to be a part of the country, whether they actually chose to or not, and many Ohstran cities develop friendly and not so friendly rivalries with each other, especially in the sports and industry fields.

Efficient. The rapid pace of magitech development, combined with the long travels and bustling flow of workers leaves little room for luxury. Ohstrans take pride in their humble natures and exploits to earn as much free time as they possibly can within their tight schedules. A fast and simple meal will almost always be preferred over a laboriously planned supper. Performances at theatres and concert halls can seem shockingly quick, reaching under an hour in length sometimes. Non native folk find the Ohstrans to be impatient, sloppy, and uncultured, but you relish in your ability to quickly absorb knowledge, multitask, and be effortlessly punctual.

Notable Cities

Goldpointe

Population: 60,000 (32% Dwarves, 28% Drael, 22% Humans, 10% Kobolds, 8% Other)

Government: Goldpointe is run by six different Gilded Parliament senators, each of them wriggling their way into total control of increasingly small niches. It's Mayors, are still to this day obsessively investigating into potential cult activities to a harmful degree.

Commerce: Similar to Appenbommel's Ghostmash, the peaks of the mountains above Goldepointe grow a hearty yellow berry called Goldberries, which makes a wonderful dry wine.

Organizations: Goldpointe is one of the few religious hubs of Estray, featuring an entire district within reach of anyone full of temples and places of worship. This is still limited to certain beliefs, however.

Goldepointe is the largest of Ohstra's three cavetowns, the others being Almalo and Helmenhammar. Situated south of Rumia and closest to the Xesperian border, the City makes use of its location as a tourist destination, traveler's checkpoint, and rich economic source of stones and soils. The city is situated in the Golden Range, a large series of mountains rich with gold and an amber bitter berry called Goldberries. These cold and wet mountains host pristine beige streets lined with small patches of moss fields which produce very clean and fresh air. The inside of the mountainous walls are carved with glorious statues of personified gods and world leaders, capped off with a magical artifical sun that operates on a timer.

The people of goldpointe operate on a relatively organized schedule, favoring routine and stubborn adherence to family trade and tradition. This doesn't mean that the city is a prudish, regimented single file line, however, as nightfall makes way for the illustrious magical lights to shift to a vibrant nightlife scene.

In the year 85 PR, Goldpointe was run by a neurotic elderly human named Cirian Dol Taelkos, appointed by one of the Senators that oversee the city. Unopposed, this human has run the city for 38 years, and, until that point, was generally accepted. However, in the last few months of his rule, he has cracked down on any activity he deemed suspicious and cult-like, which just so happened to be most activities. Taelkos' only child was murdered, and unable to be raised in any capacity. Ever since he mysteriously disappeared, the Gilded Parliament keeps a keen eye upon the current governor to make sure those lockdowns were to never happen again.

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Rosemuse

Population: 128,500 (22% Halflings, 20% Elves, 18% Humans, 8% Drael, 32% Other)

Government: Rosemuse, being the largest city in Eastern Ohstra, is ruled by 6 Senators of the gilded parliament. A seventh, named Tellan Syl Lain, while not associated with the city, is the headmaster of the college that resides in Rosemuse.

Commerce: Rosemuse is famous for its fashion, dyes, art, and rustic foods. Combined with its arcane college, Rosemuse is a wonderful tourist destination, providing a wonderful blend of nature and magic within its canopy.

Organizations: Rosemuse is unique in that it is run fairly autonomously, with the Arkariin Academy and a few other aristocratic figures holding a little more public sway.

Rosemuse is one of the oldest cities in Ohstra. It was built on top of an old Gulari Ruin, one of the largest in its area, and that ruin was built on top of another pre-gulari ruin. The city has a rich history, run and dominated by many forces who are now comemmorated in history via statues and museums. A hilltop skyline surrounded by a cold, temparate pine forest, the city is a bastion of color, with the teal-green branches cradling birghtly colored buildings and large plots of flowery fields.

Much of Rosemuse's success stems from the Arkariin Academy along with Amnesis Infinitus, two guilds dedicating to advancing magic which holds many of the East's brightest mages. Unfortunately, many of the arcane secrets the two guilds have developed are kept solely within their walls, disallowing access of these fruits to the commonfolk.

The people of rosemuse value their arts and tradition, as well as more fantastical elements. As a community nestled deep within a dangerous Ohstran forest, there are plenty of ruins to discover, threats to ward off, syndicates to be wary of, and adventure to be had. Many family clans run the various monopolized guilds across the cities to ensure that the money of Rosemuse stays circulating but doesn't exchange hands too quickly.

Eberfort

Population: 5,500 (25% Humans, 22% Halflings, 12% Goblins, 10% Lupynes, 10% Rattynes, 21% Other)

Government: The city is run by 2 Senators: Overseer of Eberfort Aldwin Verasa, and headmaster of Delta Communications and Commerce Viri Dol Onsun. The former handles civilian matters, while the latter controls the Ruby Brands, and rather overbearingly.

Commerce: While the swampy fields yield naught but rice and strong military members, the proximity to two other countries allow for imports to be cheaper in this area.

Organizations: Eberfort is a military base that has grown into a village of it's own, but still retains the Traditional Ohstran bustle and regiment. Surplus shops, warehouses, and churches can be found in droves.

After the rending and Bogridge reclaiming its land, the international council agreed to have Ohstra's Borders stop specifically at Eberfort. This city, though originally a bogridgian camp, was converted into an Ohstran military base during the advance, and has since lost much of its origins. The city was once a Bogridgian sector of tribes which have congregated and formed a full city utilizing agriculture and irrigation within the northern reaches of the Rildaren Badlands.

Culturally, the divide between Ohstra and Bogridge has blurred, into a melting pot of cuisines and cultures, a tightly knit community. Politically however, the massively conflicting ideals has fractured the city into a mess of beaurocracies and guilds. Eberfort's council and senators try their best to keep up appearences as the model Ohstran town, but under the surface, crime and tension is on the rise. The attempts to keep it secret have led to an influx of espionage and tax avoidance, leading to underfunding in many areas. They city could be on it's last legs, as advances in travel have led to less stops in its previously strategic position as well.

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Areas

Ohstrakov's Throne

The western mountain ranges of Yelanis are supposedly where Willamus Dol Ohstrakov's remains reside, locked inside a tomb overlooking all of Ohstra. Foolish parties that travel the ranges seem to never find such a site, however, leading many to believe the mausoleum to be a hoax.

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Xesper

Far to the west, Xesper is the warmest and lushest country of estray. While not exsactly tropical, the landscapes offer very warm and mild climates, where many tourists stop by to experience the salty winds of the lowlands and shores. The dusty white sands and large limeston deposits give the landscape and archetecture a pale, pastel color scheme, worn by the harsh loose sands that occasionally blow in dust storms.

Xesper is a continent that wraps around the southwestern corners of Estray, crawling across the Cirran and Arcadian Oceans. Cut off by the Golden Range of western Ohstra, it hosts a merchant based political system where the thirteen most wealthy families, known as the House of Thirteen, own the country and create its laws. As a result, Xesper is extremely lax in terms of actual legal systems, as the thirteen families consistently form alliances between each other and subtley battle for more power.

In Xesper, a household that isnt constantly clawing for every scrap of power is a household that's wasting its time. Everything is privatized in Xesper. While this certainly does provide a semblence of benefits for the commonfolk, such as the lack of taxes, there are also extremely loose regulations as well. Every public service is handled by a corporation, typically one owned by single house member, and every field of work is monopolized via a system of one person deligating how every corporation functions. This has led to a massive divide in class, where the gaps between the elites and the less fortunate are as wide as the oceans they control. It's bordline feudal.

Xesper has managed to stay relatively out of every other country's business, only trading with Starholmst and occasionally showing in diplomatic international meetings. As such, plenty of outsiders don't have too many opinions about the economic state of Xesper. The house of thirteen use this to their advantage, loosening any existing labor laws and transforming everything into a branded, consumable commodity. While technically, on paper, a Xesperian commoner makes slightly more money than any other country, a Xesperian has to pay for more as well. Due to the lax systems, even things like public restrooms are sponsored, advertised, and require payment to enter.

Despite all of this, the cultural scene in Xesper is rather vibrant. Adventurer and Swashbuckler lifestyles are advertised and idolized here over anywhere else, the coast's rich oceans and lush forests provide the ingredients for a complex food culture, and entertainment agencies prefer to establish and test new innovations in Xesper thanks to its lax regulations. Xesper has perfect weather almost year-round, and numerous tourist destinations make use of that. Regularly, each summer in Helvas, a strange, magical typhoon pelts the coast for a full week, harboring dangerous creatures with wild aether. Xesperians are always on the lookout for hunters and protectors to handle the event when it comes.

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Interesting things about Xesper

• Xesper is the home base of operations for the Red Jesters crime syndicate. The guild is true to its name, committing terrible acts and violations, but is also a massive business that sells their logos and style on merchandise in an attempt to hide their real members more easily.

• Adventuring Idol companies like the Aurumplate Soundworks originate from here. In fact, most innovations in the entertainment industry come from Xesper, including the recently unveiled "Dream Parlors", where customers are put to sleep under enchantments allowing them to control their own dreams.

• The lush forests and harsh mountains that surround the borders of Xesper and Ohstra are technically still unincorporated territory. Both countries send military squads out to these areas, while companies like the Steel Wolves sell weaponry to both sides. A soft war has been raging in the background of these areas for ages.

Xesperian Characters

Lavish. Even the lower class of Xesper prides themselves on their possessions. People save their hard earned coin for years just to buy a fancy Everbright Lantern, Glamerweave is common, and homes are designed to be roomy and full of space for decoration. Art flourishes here, if you're lucky enough to find an agency to distribute it. Xesperians tend to enjoy decadent dinners and abstract, artsy performances. Outsiders tend to view this lifestyle as hedonistic, and the people as snobby, but you should take pride in your refined artistic palette.

The Endless Pursuit. Whatever your circumstances, Xesperians are always looking to the future. Whether it be for themselves, their business, or their country, tomorrow is a new day. Though, the past always seems a little lost on you. While you may be able to shrug off difficult situations and rise back to the occasion faster than anyone else, sometimes you have trouble learning from your mistakes. Low wisdom and high intelligence or charisma seems to be common for individuals in Xesper.

Dealing with the Dark. Greed is something that touches even the most vituous of souls in Xesper. How do you deal with it? How do you react when you see the effects of it, and how much are you willing to let it consume you? If you've been in the higher class, are you ignorant of the struggles of the poor? If you're downtrodden, maybe the sudden influx of wealth the adventuring business brings causes you to lose sight of your roots. Whatever the case, consider your character's relationship with money with your DM.

Notable Cities

Sotuku

Population: 333,300 ( 24% Humans, 20% Elves, 18% Orcs, 12% Drael, 10% Felynes, 16% Other)

Government: Sotuku, as the capital, is led by each of the Thirteen Houses. Some are more prevalent in action than others, however. The city is also in constant struggle against influence of the Red Jesters.

Commerce: The city handles imports, but is mostly a town of fishing and art. Recent magitech discoveries have allowed the city to use its empty space as magical, self sustaining gardens owned by one of the houses.

Organizations: Sotuku is home to the largest headquarters for the Sky Riders and Amnesis infinitus in Xesper, not to mention the Owner of the Red Jesters residign here.

Sotuku is the capital of Xesper, and the oldest city of Western Estray. From the ruins of an enormous gulari lighthouse, the base of such an impossible structure was refurbished into a pristine, perfectly circular limestone wall that houses a massive city within. Sotuku is built upon platforms, bridges, walls, and interconnecting highways, and is a microchasm of Xesperian Culture itself.

The city sports dozens of buildings, each coated in whitish limestone, with the typical Xesperian cylindrical design, the walkways that circle around the buildings create a high-tech rounded design across the multitude of layers. The city is dense, with businesses of all kinds overtaking residential zones. At the highest point lies the Thirteen's Villas, and at the lowest lies Lowtown, a shaded, delapidated squalor. In between are hundreds of streets to explore, including an entire district dedicated to hedonistic acts such as drinking, gambling, and partying.

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Cerrasha

Population: 1,150 (38% Humans, 20% Elves, 10% Halflings, 10% Leprynes, 22% Other)

Government: A local council of rice farmers run the village. Various conglomerates have been in recent talks to sponsor or purchase the farms.

Commerce: This small, homely village produces high quality rice for miles around city borders, which is sent all over xesper.

Organizations: The city has a few immigrants from places like the Villarine wildwood, and as such, the largest temple in town is to Ironhazel.

The least artsy and active city of Xesper, though still extravagant in its own ways, Cerrasha is a small village dedicated to cultivating blackrice, a high quality, protein-packed grain that's shipped out to many other cities. The food culture of Cerrasha is lively and unique, considering how far locked into the land the village is compared to the other port cities. The village is built upon an irrigated hill with waterways feeding the blackrice farms, small bridges connecting the shorter, flatter cobblestone streets.

Cerrasha is run by the Green Griffon, a small force of collective farmers headmastered by an Elvish druid named Eski Dol Cerras. The Dol Cerras line has been a part of the Green Griffon since 900 MR. Adventurers who happen upon Cerrasha in their travels like to come back, and live a quiet life away from the bustle of places like Sotuku or Rumia, and there's been a surge in underground magitech culture growing.

Evergarden

Population: 28,000 (28% Elves, 20% Humans, 15% Goblins, 10% Orcs, 10% Drael, 10% Tieflings, 7% Other)

Government: Evergarden is-- or at least, WAS-- protected, overseen, and kept aloft by House Griswald's Bluecoatee Corporation, a strange company that provided prisoners and the destitute with service jobs. Today, the city is run by House Adira, a decorative weapons and luxury magitech company that supports a rather robust welfare system.

Commerce: Evergarden, despite being a fraction of the size of the capital, is the herald of Xesperian magitech production. Weaponry and Entertainment is very common here.

Organizations: House Griswald left the Thirteen in the year 102 PR, after a group of scrappy adventurers inadvertantly caused a rebellion. Now, the city has a deep rooted faith in the Avatar Mason and the primordial soul Xhiann.

Evergarden is a city consisting of a series of four disc-shaped plates that rest upon the edge of the Delve of Ages, a jungle that grows inside a canyon. One of these discs floats above the delve,

connected to the others via large bridges. The fourth disc, which is a residential block, was recently built in the last decade or so.

The city has an incredibly storied history. The delve of ages contained an underground prison that housed particularly heinous individuals from surrounding cities like Swallowfell. Evergarden, which established itself just after the rending, was first owned by a member of the Thirteen, House Griswald. They created the Bluecoatee Corporation, an indentured servitude agency that places prisoners into baseline service jobs, clad in their iconic blue coats. The city was built and kept up on the backs of the Bluecoatees, so much so that they were virtually slaves. House Griswald controlled every aspect of their sentencing, their tasks, and their living spaces. Faced against any civil rights backlash, Griswald would always explain to the populace that their wokers were the lowest dredges of society, only the worst prisoners were their workers. This of course led to Evergarden's overpolicing, feeding the cycle further.

Eventually, a group of adventurers came around and caused a rebellion, though inadvertantly, with the help of the coatees. Using places like old temples and seedy bars, the Bluecoatees organized a mass strike, plummeting Evergarden's economy. This strike lasted only a month and a half, but over those 45 days, House Griswald gave into demands and removed the organization. Over time, they lost their savings, allowing for a new house, House Adira, to step in and aleviate many of the struggles brought forth by the Bluecoatee Corporation.

Port Watercross

Population: 700 (25% Goblins, 18% Halflings, 16% Humans, 10% Rattynes, 10% Drael, 21% Other), around 7,000 tourists or visitors at any time.

Government: As an incredibly small checkpoint that connects the Arcadian ocean to the Xesperian rivers, the town does fine with a small team of Emerald Tides members that report to Sotuku, who manages the port.

Commerce: Despite its diminuitive stature, boats from across the entire southern continent travel through here. Imported goods are traded, stolen, and distributed above all else.

Organizations: The Sky Riders have a warehouse here, and uses it to full effect for its waterborn shipping expeditions. Religion is scarce, since this checkpoint is dedicated to naught but work.

Port Watercross is just that-- A port in which you cross the water. If you've traveled by boat along the southern coast of Estray, you've seen this small boardwalk filled with warehouses, rest stops, resupplying stations, and chain restaurants.

Though the native population to Port Watercross is very small, the amount of people actually occupying the boardwalk can reach into the upper thousands. A group of Emerald Tides from Sotuku take rotating schedules of vigilantly watching the areas, checking cargo, and accepting bribes. Crime is very common here, though almost all of it is nonviolent. Regardless, theft is one of the few universal Xesperian misdeeds, and those who are more savvy know to avoid thievery in the port if they can.

Interesting Things about Starholmst

• The steel wolves can be found in the vast, sparsely populated fields of Starholmst testing new inventions. Its common for travelling outsiders to see a roving squad using new, never-before-seen technology. Failed experiements, including Guardian scrapyards, are found around the inhospitable fields.

• House Dirvaiss invented the Cell Stone, the most common piece of household magitech. And by invented, they mean they stole the technology from Amnesis Infinitus. Using early versions of the cell stone, they established the largest news organization that operates around the entire world: The Prime Times.

• Starholmst is incredibly faithful, and has plenty of churches, including megachurches with exclusive sectors dedicated to each god. A typical Starholmstian belief is that the gods design their magitech, and the mortals merely bring those divine thoughts into the world.

Starholmstian Characters

Knowledge is Power. Starholmst prizes knowledge above all else, whether it be academic or spiritual. You value the pursuit of greatness more than any other. Sage is a suitable background, and so is spy or even charlatan. Classes that have an affinity for intrigue and mental accuity are common in Starholmst. Melee fighters are rare, while Rogues, Wizards, and bards are the majority of native adventurers. Outsiders think of you as cloistered, reclusive, antisocial rich kids, but you take pride in your craft, your talent, and your legacy.

The Six Scale Order. If any, what ties do you have to the Starholmstian secret police? A number of citizens, particularly Sorcerers and Aasimar, serve as the eyes and ears of the Order. Maybe you were conscipted by your family to join, or you could even be on the run from their antics. The Criminal background, both the regular version and the Spy variant, are common here.

Magical Talent. Why use your hands when you can fetch something with a mage hand? Why have a sword when a thundershot would do? Why worry about hot water when you can druidcraft the snow around you, heating it up? When making a starholmstian character that isn't a spell slinger, consider taking the magic initiate feat or going into a subclass like Arcane Trickster or Eldritch Knight. Whether its about damage or utility, most Starholmstians learn at least a little magic.

Notable Cities

Silvercloud

Population: 1,600 (26% Humans, 23% Halflings, 10% Elves, 10% Dwarves, 31% Other)

Government: Silvercloud has no specific governing system. Existing at the border of Ohstran-Occupied starholmst land, the village essentially exists for smuggling cargo and people back to the mainland.

Commerce: Stolen shipments are taken to Alvost, and transported to the mainland via Silvercloud and the smaller islands in between.

Organizations: The Night Eyes criminal syndicate hides out here when things get rough on the mainland. They also send out regular recruiters to this area, taking advantage of the dispossessed townsfolk.

In the year 1243 MR, the Gilded Parliament of Ohstra declared it unconstitutional to hold public executions for crimes, abolishing the death penalty in the process. With a little over a hundred Ohstran criminals waiting in queue for execution, the parliament needed a place to store such offenders. They decided to make a deal with Ulkarotzi, and purchase a piece of land, 20 miles wide on the southwest, barren tundras of Starholmst to build an isolated prison complex.

Silvercloud keep consists of six large, concrete facilities. Five of which to house criminals, and the remaining one to be used for Ruby Brands activity, such as guards and wardens. However, due to the absolute difficulty of setting something like this up from scratch, the prison has been underfunded and neglected, only a facade of a correctional facility. Over the last few decades, those inside of the keep, many wrongfully accused, or not nearly as large enough offenders to warrant such a punishment, have established themselves a new town.

Inside the concrete walls lie converted cells, black markets, and a struggling, yet hearty population. The ruby brands building has been bombed, and lies a pile of rubble to this day. By 1300 MR, the Parliament has simply given up on maintining the keep, much to the fury of Starholmst. Many of the houses of starholmst decided to instead convert Silvercloud into a fully Starholmstian city in name, though the people of the country refuse to recognize that.

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Gorn Maldir

Population: 38,300 (24% Dwarves, 20% Drael, 20% Humans, 18% Orcs, 10% Kobolds, 8% Other)

Government: As typical with starholmstian cities, three elected officials oversee commerce, infastructure, and other city effects, while a member of the shogunate oversees the Amethyst watch and the Six Scale Order from within. This city happens to have a fourth elected official, however, that manages the far northern farms just outside.

Commerce: Just outside Gorn Maldir's walls are large, northern orchards that grow snowplums, a rare treat for anyone outside the island.

Organizations: Thanks to the large farms and densely packed housing structures, protection is something always on the minds of Gorn Maldir's people.

Located in the northern mountain ranges of Starholmst, Gorn Maldir was the first cave society in recorded Estrayan history. Built in the age of strife by dungeon-dwelling kobolds, the outsiders of this land used the tunnel systems for much needed shelter from the harsh winters. A deal was struck, and the Dwarves of Morradin worked together to turn the haphazard tunnels into wonderous caveborne structures.

The city is densely packed into a rather small area, just big enough to allow for comfort. Unlike the cavetowns of ohstra, which are large, open spaces, Gorn Maldir features many alleyways and alcoves, with some larger pockets. The tunnels are only a dozen or two feet across in any direction, and the larger alcoves, where you can find houses built into the walls, Typically only span about 250 feet in any direction, with cielings only reaching into a third story or so. As such, a communal trust has needed to develop, to protect against crimes that are much easier to get away with.

Areas

Swiftmetal Tundras

A large and open expanse of hilly terrain, uneven yet clean and barren, perfect for various tests and trainings. The guilds of Gorn Maldir specifically have tested many war machines on these scarred plains. You may even find a broken colossus or two.

Glacierpact

A joint-checkpoint owned by both Xesper and Starholmst, the small town serves as a checkpoint for shipping and travelling ships to restock and rest. The town boasts few residential zones, and is mostly comprised of warehouses, taverns, brothels, and other entertainment for the weary northern sailor.

The White Talls

The taigas that reach across the lower reaches of Starholmst, the white talls are a misty, aether rich taiga filled with incredibly dangerous snowborn threats. Dire wolves and mammoths, and plenty of other more esoteric threats reside within. It is common to find abandoned camps of people trying to discover the aetherological phenomina deep within.

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The Ancient Walls of Loria

At the center of the realm, the largest and oldest continent of Prime resides. Whereas Estray is incredibly cold and wet, Loria is very warm and mostly very, very dry. Hosting the Tzaronian Desert to the north, and the Riol Dorodiro jungle to the south, Loria is a living tale of struggle and conquest. There are two main countries of Loria, Calloco and Tzaron, with a smaller community to the far south known as Icolo.

Tzaron

Covering the northern expanse of Loria, Tzaron is an old country, built and thriving through years of innovation and hearty resilience. What was once a series of isolated travelling groups found solas in the mountains, creating the crater city of Bastalk, and branching out over time.

Tzaron was once an empire spanning the entirety of Loria (Aside from Icolo). Over the course of eons, the powerful, resilient, and advanced military of Tzaron took over the ancient Callocan lands, assimilating them into their culture and exploiting their abundant resources. The gold, silver, auracite, and food that was found here catapulted Bastalk and the Tzaronians into luxurious lives, and by the time the Callocans left the state in a grisly battle, the damage had been done.

Tzaron stands as a testament to strength and trade, though forceful it may be. The country is known for its massive, complicated business system, its economy-first government, and being the secret supplier behind many magitcechnical advancements, especially in the fields of new and burgeoning scenes like transport and entertainment.

From Ovandil do Gurirmar, each large city in Tzaron is a haven against the elements, but not from the state itself. Each city state, since the dawn of the country, does indeed claim to be their own city state, but much of their wealth is directed and funneled straight into the capital of Bastalk.

Culturally, Tzaron is very communal. Almost in stark contrast to its breakneck business scene, festivals, community dinners, public weddings, and spur-of-the-moment concerts and performances are fairly common. The people of Tzaron until very recently until travellers. Children are encouraged to invest in travel and learn as much as they can through other people. This leads to a very friendly surface, while its common to see those "unfit" for the cutthroat adult world to be consistently undercut, backstabbed, and thrown under the bus... Sometimes literally.

As Tzaron is a desert, the people will typically wear light, loose clothing. Their leathers are scored, filled with plenty of openings and pockets. They don't make use of too many metal plates, though shoulder pads and shin guards are fairly common. When someone arms themselves in full armor, it will typically be in the form of splint mail with many openings, or stuffed with special absorbent fleeces. Long, flowing coatees and dresses are a symbol of wealth, especially if you have the funds and man-hours to keep them clean in the sandy streets of Tzaronian Villages.

Interesting Things about Tzaron

• Bastalk is the oldest city in prime. Though not the largest or richest, it has a (literal) mountain of tradition, and museums are a plenty.

• The Tzaronian Desert is more populated than you might find at first glance. A colony of tribal cactus-kin, massive underground insect colonies, pockets of moisture in between the canyon crags, there is life everywhere here.

• The Sultana of Tzaron personally funded the Steel Sands guild in their attempt to destroy Drahn, a corrupted avatar. The once run-down brothel that they were given in Bastalk has been converted into a magical item shop, Prime's Largest.

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Tzaronian Characters

Silver Tounges. The people of Tzaron are friendly, and many are also masters of language. In a realm where trade rules all, its useful to know all the tricks front and back. Does your character fit right in with the crowd, or do they struggle to keep up with the rapid development of slang, trade-words, borrowed terms, and halftruths? For a Tzaronian character, consider getting proficiency in Deception or Persuasion, even if you're playing a character with low Charisma.

Monopolized. Though the Tzaronian government has laws preventing a complete monopoly on multiple businesses, the "guilds" system that Tzaronians join when employed is very close to that. If you're a janitor, for example, you're either part of the Tzaronian Streetsweeper's Guild, who control your wages, job site, and more, or you're an independent, who will most likely be outcompeted in a month unless you're just that good. Are you a member of a Tzaronian guild? What are your opinions of them? Is your guild a union?

Experienced Travellers. Tzaronians are encouraged from an early age to travel. Emigrants are common, though few stay in the same place too long. Most traveling done by Tzaronians are through their work, commuting via river or sand beast to move from one spot to the next. If your character commits themselves to this lifestyle, they should be eager to take up some of the traveling tasks in game. Or, perhaps they have a resentment toward this attitude, and don't like leaving their comfort zone too often.

Notable Cities

Calloco

Calloco in general, is no stranger to struggle. Resting right in the middle of the Riol Dorodiro, a massive jungle that covers nearly half of Loria, and subject to tyranny from Tzaron, dangers both political and natural have wrecked the land. It's people however, remain stalwart and content in their ways.

Calloco is a very traditional, ancient country. Though it's been torn apart and rebuilt countless times, the city stands tall as a beacon of perseverance and strength in community.

The country is technically a democracy, with a President (Moya Derenda, tiefling male), parliament of 17 elected officials, and a mayoral system similar to Ohstra, the whims of the people in power, and even at the bottom leads the country in a stubborn rut of continuing previous Tzaronian political theory. The businesses of Calloco run the country, especially its capital, Poton, and are practically merchant kings in all but name. The political scene of Calloco is constantly wrought with active young revolutionaries and older, conservative folk.

Though politically similar to Tzaron, culturally, it's a whole different beast. The country of Calloco is starkly independent in terms of its religion, as it allows open and free worship of any gods, unlike Tzaron which has a list of approved deities. It also has a wide and complex face paint culture, in which most people decorate their bodies and faces with paints to denote various events, classes, genders, and more. It is considered rude for foreigners, even those who live in Calloco, to wear these face paints during casual days, but are generally encouraged to wear paints during special events.

As Calloco is a harsh jungle, thin, yet hearty wear is seen around its people. Incense, oils, and ointments have been developed to keep hydration up, heat down, and insects away, and thus Callocans typically wear much less clothing than other cultures.