Systems

• Jakef217 for the College of Bows bard subclass
• /u/trouvant for the Emissary warlock patron
• Namklim for the suggestion to use Team Morale from Supers & Sorcery for Limit Break
• Vivid_Steel for the Glamour Prism write up
• /u/SixthofDawn for the Death Working spell
• Robin Miller from Nerdarchy for inspiration for alternative characteristics for the various backgrounds
• Juston Dixon from help-action.com for alternative characteristics for Investigator
• /u/doctormccoy1701 for additions to the This Is Your Life table

Artwork

• Square Enix's frankly incredible art team, with all of the amazing artwork produced for FFXIV. Nearly every piece in this book is official artwork in some capacity. There are only two exceptions:
• The Sharlayan Scholar illustration by Wang ChienHan
• The Emissary Warlock Patron illustration by Silverling
• The adventure pack image is from official D&D 5e artwork.
• Packetdancer for high res city-state flags

Art Resources

• Jared Ondricek for gathering D&D Watercolor Stains
• Creative Uncut for FFXIV concept art
• Img Upscaler for upscaling low-res artwork
• Cleanup.Picture to remove text from images (NOT to remove watermarks or signatures; I used it to make a clean map to translate, for example)
• PixelBuddha for the free gold foil texture I used in map labels
• Pete Klassen for the Aniron font, used on the map

Forecontent

Chapter 1: Hydaelyn

Chapter 2: Races

Chapter 3: Classes

Chapter 4: Backgrounds

Chapter 5: This Is Your Life

It Begins...

Hydaelyn — a vibrant planet blessed by the light of the Crystal. Amid azure seas, encompassing the westernmost of the Three Great Continents, there lies a realm embraced by gods and forged by heroes. Her name... Eorzea. Eorzean history charts the rise of a succession of great civilizations, each enjoying an age of peace ─ the Astral Eras.

To date, all have proven ephemeral.

In the year 1572 of the Sixth and most recent Astral Era, the northern empire of Garlemald amassed a great army at the heart of Eorzea, seeking dominion over all. Rising in desperate resistance, the forces of the Eorzean Alliance met their would-be conquerors in the field. Yet even as the battle raged, the lesser moon Dalamud was plucked from the heavens through imperial machination. From its core emerged the elder primal Bahamut, who unleashed his fury upon the realm. The devastation brought Eorzea to its knees, and the era to its end.

Yet every end marks a new beginning.

Five years have come and gone. The light of life still shines upon Eorzea. Man labors tirelessly to raise himself from the Calamity's ruin. The realm is forever changed, a stranger to him once more. Yet heedless of what lies ahead, he shall press on, spurred by the promise of peace and prosperity. Amid this period of great change, a trio of adventurers arrive in Eorzea... three whose tale is yet unwritten. May they ever walk in the light of the Crystal.

On a windswept isle in the southwestern corner of the realm, amidst the roiling waves of the Rhotano Sea, lies the maritime city-state of Limsa Lominsa. To this haven for bandits and brigands, cutthroats and curs, seekers of both freedom and fortune, comes three unwitting adventurers. Lone, yet not alone, for their arrivals have drawn the gaze of the nation's patron deity Llymlaen. What realm-shaking fate has She descried in the churning waters of these mortals' futures? Through peril and hardship, discovery and triumph, may the Navigator guide these brave souls on their lifes' voyages...

Till sea swallows all!

Astral and Umbral Eras

Times in Eorzean history are commonly broken down into Astral Eras and Umbral Eras. Astral Eras are eras where mankind's civilization grows and flourishes — typically considered a golden age. Umbral Eras are the product of catastrophe, when mankind's civilization is destroyed or set back.

The Time of the Twelve

Prehistory. Eorzea is inhabited by gods and goddesses who walk the star — presumably the Twelve. Over time, wandering tribes of mankind began to appear across the land.

First Umbral Era

Prehistory. The wandering tribes begin to war with each other, fighting over land and resources. Dragons descend on man, establishing their race in Eorzea.

Calamity. Seeing the bloodthirst of mankind, the Twelve are disgusted and dismayed. They abandon the star, leaving mankind bereft of their gifts and oversight.

First Astral Era

Year Unknown. Known as the Age of Man, mankind develops tools and technology that allows them to embrace civilization and abandon their hunter-gatherer ways. Basic science and simple metallurgy are born. Towns and villages are established, which soon develop into kingdoms.

Second Umbral Era

Year Unknown. Metallurgy evolves, and tools of enlightenment are cast aside in favor of forging stronger, deadlier weapons. The young kingdoms of mankind descend into bloodstained madness and war. Despite the wars, mankind thrives. Their numbers are multiplying. But as a result, they are fast outstripping their resources. Forests are felled, mountains are gutted, and the skies darken.

Calamity. A volcano erupts, casting the world into eternal darkness and flame. This is followed by massive thunderstorms that raze the land. Pestilence and plague decimates man as they flee into caves to outlast the destruction of their home.

Second Astral Era

Year Unknown. The first forms of magic are born from human prayer. As a result, the surviving Spoken races turn to prayer, and theocracies rise in place of kingdoms. The arts of painting, goldsmithing, and stonemasonry advance rapidly, and as a result, mankind comes to understand steel.

Third Umbral Era

Year Unknown. Mankind descends once more into holy wars, witch hunts, and religious cleansing as religions vie for superiority and truth. With fields left unattended, those who do not march into battle are left to starve.

Calamity. For reasons unknown, the sun grows larger in the sky. It parches the earth and saps the life from all creation. Fields and forests are reduced to dust-choked wastelands, causing widespread famine and death.

Third Astral Era

Around 5000-6000 years ago. A man named Emperor Xande establishes the Allagan Empire in Eorzea and conquers most of the known world, save Meracydia, the home of the dragons. He builds the Crystal Tower as a symbol of prosperity and seat of power for Allag. Over time, they develop technology and reach a pinnacle of science and Magitek — even developing spaceflight.

Around 5000 years ago. Emperor Xande, timeless and ambitious, marches on Meracydia. The Allagan invasion does battle with the dragon Bahamut, but he soon returns with the powers of a Primal. Emperor Xande defeats him once more and seals him within an artificial satellite: Dalamud.

Fourth Umbral Era

Around 5000 years ago. An uprising against Emperor Xande prompts him to extract energy from Dalamud and into the Crystal Tower in an attempt to defend his empire.

Calamity. However, the Tower fails to hold the surge and releases the excess into the ground. The tower sinks into the earth, and a great earthquake destroys all ground-based areas in the Allagan Empire. A new force of creatures called Voidsent pour into Eorzea, spreading terror. Their civilization rapidly disintegrates, with much of its knowledge scattered or lost.

Fourth Astral Era

Around 4000 years ago. Technology reverts to pre-Allagan levels as the Spoken races rebuild civilization once more from the ground up.

Fourth Umbral Era

Calamity. During a period known now as the Age of Endless Frost, an ice grips Eorzea. Mankind ekes out an existence in the solid tundras. Meanwhile, the ancestors of modern Miqo'te, descendants of Allagan slaves, arrive in Eorzea by crossing the frozen seas.

The Eorzean City-States

Ala Mhigo

“Our home may be lost to us, but it takes more than stones and mortar to define who we are. No matter where we may be, Ala Mhigo lives on within us all. It is for you to decide what to make of this legacy.”

-- Gundobald, leader of Little Ala Mhigo

This city-state is located in the region of Gyr Abania, situated upon the eastern highlands of Aldenard. Though this aggressive nation frequently sought to conquer its neighbors in the west, at the same time it repelled countless invasions from the east in Ilsebard. It finally succumbed in the Year 1557 to incursions from the mighty Garlean Empire, and now is reduced to an imperial province.

Ishgard

“A man must gaze not upon the eyes of a dragon. A man must hearken not the words of a dragon. A man must lay his hands not upon the flesh nor blood of a dragon. The archbishop, his Holiness, declares thus, and thus is it law.”

-- Hubertain

The Holy See of Ishgard is found in the central region of Abalathia's Spine, the highlands of Coerthas. The archbishop of the Ishgardian Orthodox Church rules as the nation's sovereign. For a thousand years, they have waged war with the great wyrm Nidhogg and his Dravanian Horde.

(New) Sharlayan

“Upon arriving at these shores, they established a camp for their scholarly endeavors. Over time, this camp grew into a settlement, and the settlement prospered, and so much so that it came to be counted amongst Eorzea’s great city-states. Alas, those glory days are now but a fading memory. With her keepers lost to her, Sharlayan has become an empty husk of her former self.”

-- Y'shtola Rhul, Archon of Old Sharlayan

Though not truly a city-state in the strictest sense, the colony of Sharlayan in the Dravanian hinterlands came to be considered among the great city-states as it grew into a major city of learning. However, when Ala Mhigo fell to Garlemald, the Sharlayans decided to return to their same-named northern homeland in a mass exodus, leaving the city abandoned.

Suggested Domains: Life, Light

Prayers and Curses: May you walk in the light of the Crystal; by Hydaelyn's light

Hydaelyn, also referred to simply as the Crystal or the Mothercrystal, is the all-compassionate, all-loving mother of the star bearing Her name. She stands for good and is said to have infinite love for Her children, the races of man on Hydaelyn. She is depicted as an enormous aethercrystal.

Althyk the Keeper

Suggested Domains: Arcana, Order

---

Prayers and Curses: O Puissant Althyk!; The Keeper be praised!

---

Althyk is the surveyor of change and space and god of time. He commands the element of earth and is associated with the twelfth moon of the Eorzean calendar. He receives praise from people who passionately pursue the particulars of the past, as well as those who fumble to fathom the future. Sadly, He seldom seems to satisfy supplications for His succor. Plead as we might, the Keeper stalls the hands of time for no soul. He is most often depicted as an austere emperor wielding a mythril greataxe. His symbol is the hourglass.

Azeyma the Warden

Suggested Domains: Knowledge, Light

---

Prayers and Curses: Azeyma's justice!; Praise be to Azeyma; great Warden in the sky; beacon of righteousness!; By Her light, our paths are lit; By Her providence, our way is known!

---

Azeyma is keeper of the sun and goddess of inquiry. She commands the element of fire and is associated with the ninth moon of the Eorzean calendar. Standing in steadfast surveillance of the sun, this goddess favors inquisitive individuals. She consoles all who would confess to their crimes. It is said that to offer prayers before Her mark is to invoke Her divine judgment. She is most often depicted as a noble lady holding a golden fan. Her symbol is the radiant sun.

Byregot the Builder

Suggested Domains: Forge, Order

---

Prayers and Curses: Byregot's buttock!; Byregot guide my hammer; By Byregot's beard; Hoglets to hornets and Byregot's my uncle; He's spitting in the face of the Builder; There’s naught the Destroyer can ruin that the Builder cannot mend.

---

Byregot is the purveyor of architecture and industry, and god of the arts. He commands the element of lightning and is associated with the seventh moon of the Eorzean calendar. As His style suggests, this divinity is an ardent advocate of architecture and the arts. Small wonder, then, that those who carve a career out of crafting have a high opinion of Him. He is most often depicted as an ardent smith with a two-headed hammer. His symbol is the hand.

Halone the Fury

Suggested Domains: Tempest, War

---

Prayers and Curses: I swear to the Fury; May the Fury give you strength; The speed of the Fury be with you; Oh for the Fury's pity; Halone have mercy!

---

Halone, mover of glaciers and goddess of war, is the guardian deity of Ishgard. She commands the element of ice and is associated with the first moon of the Eorzean calendar. Halone's spear is said to fill Her followers not only with the power to overcome their enemies, but also the compassion that is necessary to grant those same enemies mercy. She is most often depicted as a relentless warrioress armed with a bronze greatshield. Her symbol is the three spears.

Suggested Domains: Life, Tempest

Prayers and Curses: Praise the Navigator!; May the Navigator watch over your journey; By the eyes of the Navigator!

Llymlaen, watcher of the seas and goddess of navigation, is the guardian deity of Limsa Lominsa. She commands the element of wind and is associated with the fifth moon of the Eorzean calendar. True believers make pilgrimages to the mark of the Navigator before they set sail, and upon their safe return to port. The worship of Llymlaen has roots in a loose collection of local beliefs, however, and thus cannot be thought of as a formal religion. She is most often depicted as a strong fisherwoman wielding a long-bladed harpoon. Her symbol is the wave.

Menphina the Lover

Suggested Domains: Light, Peace

---

Prayers and Curses: By Menphina's breast!; May Menphina grant you peace

---

Menphina is keeper of the twin moons and the goddess of love. She commands the element of ice and is associated with the second moon of the Eorzean calendar. Before the Calamity, Dalamud was considered her loyal hound, ever revolving around her. Menphina teaches her devotees that their worth is measured not only by the love they receive, but by the love they give. She is most often depicted as a maid carrying a round skillet. Her symbol is the full moon.

Nald'thal the Traders

Suggested Domains: Trickery, Void

---

Prayers and Curses: May Nald'thal lighten your cares and fill your purse!; May Thal lift their burdens and dry their tears!; Thal's bloody balls!

---

Nald'thal, overseer of the underworld and god of commerce, is the guardian deity of Ul'dah. He commands the element of fire and is associated with the tenth moon of the Eorzean calendar. Nald'thal is the single manifestation of the deific twins Nald and Thal. This dual-aspected divinity administration of the afterlife and commerce is a curious combination. Eminent entities in the sand-girt sultanate, Nald looks after the living, while Thal deals with the dead. To Nald'thal, our lives are an everlasting cycle of exchange. He is most often depicted as a discerning merchant holding a balance. His symbol is the cowry, an ancient shell currency.

Nophica the Matron

Suggested Domains: Life, Nature

---

Prayers and Curses: May Nophica guide your path; Praise Nophica; I swear by Nophica; Nophica preserve us; Matron's teats!

---

Nophica, tender of soils and goddess of good harvests and abundance, is the patron deity of Gridania. While She does not want for devotees in other lands, only in the Twelveswood does one find the curious belief that the Elementals are sprung from Her essence. These beings are at once the force of the forest’s vitality and its defenders, ever ready to purge invaders from amongst the trees. She commands the element of earth and is associated with the eleventh moon of the Eorzean calendar. She is most often depicted as a jubilant farmer holding a scythe of steel. Her symbol is the spring leaf.

Nymeia the Spinner

Suggested Domains: Arcana, Trickery

---

Prayers and Curses: Nymeia go with you; the Spinner has smiled upon you; Nymeia must surely be smirking at her own cleverness; Nymeia willing; Such is the will of the Spinner; The Spinner pulls but the Wanderer pushes away.

---

Nymeia is the watcher of celestial bodies and goddess of fate. She commands the element of water and is associated with the fourth moon of the Eorzean calendar. This deity determines destinies while supervising the stellar sphere. In directing the dance of the stars, She weaves the fates of men. Those given to gambling are oft heard petitioning Her partiality. She is most often depicted as a weaver donning a white, silken veil. Her symbol is the spinning wheel.

Oschon the Wanderer

Suggested Domains: Forge, Nature

---

Prayers and Curses: Wanderer keep watch on ye; Oschon's blessings be upon ye; May Oschon smile on you; The Spinner pulls but the Wanderer pushes away.

---

Oschon is ruler of the mountains and god of wanderers and vagrants. He commands the element of wind and is associated with the sixth moon of the Eorzean calendar. He presides over peaks and is patron to travelers and transients. People pray for His protection prior to peregrinating. He is most often depicted as a carefree ranger wielding a bow of yew. His symbol is the walking stick.

Suggested Domains: Void, War

Prayers and Curses: May Rhalgr give you strength; Rhalgr take me; Rhalgr strike me down for a fool; Wrath of Rhalgr; There’s naught the Destroyer can ruin that the Builder cannot mend.

Rhalgr, breaker of worlds, is the god of destruction and guardian deity of the now fallen nation of Ala Mhigo. He commands the element of lightning and is associated with the eighth moon of the Eorzean calendar. Symbolizing strength, He breaks all barriers that presume to prevent one’s passage. He is most often depicted as a magi carrying a staff of bronze. His symbol is the streakin meteor.

Thaliak the Scholar

Suggested Domains: Knowledge, Peace

---

Prayers and Curses: May wise Thaliak bring harmony to your endeavors; Thaliak be praised!; May the Scholar watch over you.

---

Thaliak, ruler of rivers and wisdom and god of knowledge, is the guardian deity of Sharlayan. He commands the element of water and is associated with the third moon of the Eorzean calendar. The Scholar is said to provides his followers with such knowledge as would allow them to bend the world to their will. He is most often depicted as a reserved scholar holding an ashen staff. His symbol is the scroll.

The Common Tongue, "Hyur"

The most common language in Eorzea is simply known as the common tongue or referred to as "Hyur." The Eorzean language is also spoken among Beast Tribes, although it can be difficult to understand through their accents or linguistic quirks.

The script used for this common tongue is shown below.

Selecting Your Languages

The following tables show you the available languages you can pick for your character, as well as some that may not be available at character creation, but which you will undoubtedly run across in your adventures in Eorzea.

Please note that as a part of this campaign, your character will be able to understand any spoken tongue — even that of animals! However, your character will not be able to read, write, or speak any langauges they do not have proficiency in.

Some languages may require justification as for why your character would know this language. Ask your DM!

Common Languages

Exotic Languages

The Lifestream

The Lifestream is the flow of aether that streams through the aetherial sea. All conscious life originates from the Lifestream and in death all life returns to it. Where aether from the Lifestream pools especially densely, the ephemeral aether springs from the ground and forms a crystalline structure.

Resurrection

Once in a very great while, a miraculous story is passed around of those who have been pulled back from death. Resurrection is not at all commonplace in Eorzea, nor is it well understood.

Aetheryte Attuning

You can only Travel to Aetherytes that you have attuned to. Fortunately, attuning to an Aetheryte is simple: one must simply touch the crystal at the end of a short rest, and focus on matching the resonance of the aether within themselves to that of the crystal. You can be attuned to any number of Aetherytes at once.

The Eorzean Calendar

Days of the Week

Units of Time

Distance/Weight

Au Ra

The Au Ra are a draconic people who hail from the Far East, and are set apart by their scales and horns and the stark height difference between their males and females. The dark-scaled Xaela make the Azim Steppe their home, and have developed a wide array of tribal customs. The light-scaled Raen live largely among other societies, having long ago dispersed across Othard.

Elezen

The Elezen are elves who call the lands of Gridania and Ishgard their home. Taller than most races, they have naturally good eyesight and are in tune with the land. Over time they've come to be known in three different groups: the Wildwood, who are lighter skinned and dextrous, often skilled with a bow and living in the dense forests; their relatives the Duskwights, once living in a series of twisting tunnels and ruins underground, now having rejoined the surface; and the highly regimented Ishgardians, who live in their staunchly religious and fiercely isolated city-state of Ishgard, located in northern Eorzea.

Garlean

The Garleans are a physically hardy and highly intelligent people who call the land of Ilsabard their home. They are marked by their third eye, a gem-like growth in the center of their forehead. Unfortunately, Garleans have great difficulty channeling aether and thus, historically found themselves at a severe disadvantage. They instead developed technology to make up for their weakness and established the Garlean Empire, a dominant force which has ever since sought to conquer the globe.

A Garlean PC is a rebel or an outcast, no longer a part of their empire. Due to prejudice and fear amongst the peoples of Eorzea, they must conceal their third eye and live in disguise as any other Hyur.

Hrothgar

The Hrothgar are a powerful lion-like race from Ilsabard who lived in isolation for centuries, and struggle with the common tongue. The warm-colored Helions are tribes of males serving a single queen, while the more nomadic and mercurial Lost seek a life of freedom.

Au Ra

I give you the Azim Steppe. Though I should say that this is but one small portion of it. Despite the close proximity, Domans rarely venture this far north. Most find these lands and their people strange and foreign…

— Yugiri Mistwalker

The au ra are a misunderstood people due to their physical appearance. Historically, their scaled bodies and horns led many to fear them, believing them to be descendants of dragons or demons. This fear led to hate, which gave way to violence, leaving these proud people fewer in number across much of the world. Due to their violent history, the Au Ra value their families beyond all else.

Xaela

Growing up as a part of your nomadic tribe, life on the road has hardened you. A life of hunting and warring has led you to martial prowess and improved strength. You are more outgoing than your Raen counterparts and are much more willing to engage in battle to resolve a conflict. Xaela tribes are small but numerous, battling for territory against one another on the Azim Steppe. Despite a willingness to fight, Xaela do not seek war: it is merely a tool to settle differences.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Primal Battleshout. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.

Savage Attacks. When you score a critical hit with a melee weapon attack, you can roll one of the weapon’s damage dice one additional time and add it to the extra damage of the critical hit.

Elezen

What brings you to Quarrymill, adventurer? Mayhap you heard that our pact with the elementals permits hunting in this area? Do not think that gives you leave to strip the forest bare. Such freedom is only granted to those who temper their actions with restraint. Any who would do harm to the Twelveswood… well, I’m sure you have heard tales of the consequences.

— Castellaint of the Wood Wailers

Wildwood

The Wildwood elezen have become the protectors of the forest and masters of archery, and they have learned to live off land wherever they find themselves. They keep a tight hold on their homes, defending them aggressively from intruders and ne'er-do-wells. Years of rough life in the forests of the Black Shroud has imbued them with skills to survive in nature.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Fleet of Foot. Your base walking speed increases to 35 feet.

Natural Hunter. You gain proficiency in the Survival skill.

Duskwight

Duskwights' ancestors made their home in the cavernous systems of the Black Shroud, and have become natural cave explorers. Their light hair and dark skin sets them apart from the Wildwood and marks them to stand out. With Gridania's rampant xenophobia, it can be hard for Duskwights to get by with anything but banditry, but they're also clever and resourceful, finding ways to get around their limitations without drawing ire.

Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Cave Dweller. You gain advantage when making Stealth checks in caves or dim and dark lighting conditions.

Darkvision. Due to life in the caverns your eyes have adapted to help you see in the dark. You can see in 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.

Ishgardian

The elezen of Ishgard left the Twelveswood altogether over a millennium ago to found the city state of Ishgard. Living conditions in Ishgard are rough: the poor go hungry in the lower levels of the city, while the wealthy live in luxury and look down on the less fortunate riffraff. Ishgardians by and large worship Halone, the Fury, and the city-state is heavily ruled by the religious teachings of the Holy See. Most unfortunately, they have found themselves embroiled in a thousand-year war with dragons, and live an uncompromising life balancing war with strict adherence to their laws.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Conscription. You gain proficiency with shortswords, shortbows and spears.

Halone's Scriptures. You gain proficiency in the Religion skill.

Garlean

Do you know the most reliable way to deal with those who stubbornly refuse to see reason? You conquer them─crush them under heel. Such was the trusted method of Allag, and one still favored by Garlemald. But conquest is the easy part. The true challenge begins once the dust has settled─quenching the glowing embers of animosity and maintaining a semblance of peace. This requires the conqueror to treat the conquered with dignity, and the conquered to let bygones be bygones. A difficult feat to achieve.

— Solus van Galvus, Emperor of the Garlean Empire

Optional Racial Trait

Magically Inert. You have a great deal of difficulty casting magic on your own power and require the aid of technology to do so.

On Hydaelyn, the Garleans by and large cannot manipulate aether under their own power. That said, it is not impossible for a Garlean to gain the ability to do so with hard work and dedication. Half-Garleans have no trouble at all thanks to their mixed blood.

When playing a casting class as a Garlean, consider flavoring their casting focus to account for this. For example, a Garlean Wizard might have a contraption which recharges aether over time which the wizard uses to cast his spells.

That said, just because a Garlean cannot manipulate aether doesn't mean they aren't made of it, just like everything else on this star. Any class that requires you to draw on your inner aether still works for Garleans -- they just may need a little help from their machines to do it.

Hrothgar

During the Third Astral Era, Queen Gunnhildr
united the fragmented tribes of Hrothgar to rise up and
drove off the Allagans, eventually going on to found the nation of Bozja.

— Sunja, Hrothgari Priestess

Helion

The Helions come from a matriarchal society whose males greatly outnumber the females. These loyal and dutiful people will risk life and limb for their queen and bring that ferocious dedication to defend their friends. Helions often have a warm color to their fur, reflective of the warm embrace from their queen.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Lionhearted. You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Aggressive. As a bonus action, you can move up to your speed toward an enemy of your choice that you can see or hear. You must end this move closer to the enemy than you started.

The Lost

Scattered and worldly, the Lost struck out from their homeland to carve their own path in the world. Often times they take on the roles of traders and mercenaries, preferring seasonal jobs and lifestyles which prevent them from setting down roots. They collect trades and skills throughout their life, following whatever path their whims lead them down. Their cool-colored fur is said to reflect their choice to abandon their queen.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Contractor's Life. You gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill.

Unbending. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed.

Hyur

Who do you take us for!? We’re Ala Mhigans, and Ala Mhigans never forsake one another, hardships be damned! Remember the oath we swore, godsdammit─the oath to reclaim our homeland! We’ll set foot on Ala Mhigan soil again─together─or not at all! Do you understand me!?

— Meffrid, Ala Mhigan revolutionary

Midlander

As a Midlander, you are a child of possibility. Midlanders can travel anywhere in the world and not seem out of place. Having often found comfortable lives wherever they've landed, they are highly adaptable and often well-educated.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Variable Education. You are proficient in an additional set of artisan's tools of your choice.

Highlander

The warlike Highlanders see battle as the reason for life. Living in the mountains, they are no strangers to violence. They are a rugged people who thrive in conflict. Their tough conditions have hardened the Highlanders as a people, leading to naturally powerful builds.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Naturally Honed Body. You gain proficiency in the Athletics skill.

Lalafell

Most don't know it, but Ul'dah was once ours — the Lalafells'. Till the promise of gil brought in all the others, that is. Now I can't talk to half these leeches without looking up. Ruined my bloody neck, it has.

— Neymumu, Ul'dahn Citizen

Lalafell Naming Convention

    Male Plainsfolk Names. Budadi Yidadi, Egul Sagul, Erelo Forelo, Elehul Pedulehul, Gusis Shisis

Female Plainsfolk Names. Icucu Icu, Badada Bada, Usoso Uso, Kikuku Kiku.

Male Dunesfolk Names. Wowokima Chichikima, Sheshehici Rorohici, Hihihebo Ruruhebo, Tutushuhu Kukushuhu, Gogoreba Susureba

Female Dunesfolk Names. Ejaja Eja, Babayi Bayi, Rerega Rega, Chochosha Chosha, Bobochu Bochu, Lelepu Lepu

Plainsfolk

As a Plainsfolk, you have spent some time working in agriculture, or have had information passed down to you from your family. Your highly sensitive ears and knowledge of farming has led to the development that sets you apart from your fellow lalafell, the Dunesfolk.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 1.

Naturally Stealthy. You can attempt to hide even when when you are obscured only by a creature that is at least one size larger than you.

Dunesfolk

As a Dunesfolk, you've adapted to the harsh desert environments and thrived. The land from which you hail is known for its riches and merchantry as much as its known for his corruption.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Dustshield. Your eyes have developed a film to protect them from desert conditions. You have advantage on saving throws against being blinded.

Land of Merchants. You gain proficiency in the Deception skill.

Miqo'te

The Nunh that I once fought also believed that his strength would save him. He was wrong, and I am now Nunh. Many years ago I joined the Company of Heroes to hone my skills instead of challenging my predecessor before I was ready. Even when I was young I understood that victory goes to the patient, the cunning, the pragmatic.

— U'odh Nunh, leader of the Drake Tribe

Seekers of the Sun

As a Seeker of the Sun, you come from a race of renowned hunters who worship the sun and its goddess Azeyma. The Seekers are a strongly patriarchal society, and young males are raised to either strike out on their own or fight their Nunh for supremacy. Even their females are fierce, however. This background has given you the tools to become a fierce leader, standing up for your choices and backing them up with skill and speed.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Natural Athleticism. You gain proficiency in the Athletics skill.

Graceful Speed. Your base walking speed increases to 35 fulms.

Keepers of the Moon

As a Keeper of the Moon, you come from a highly spiritual matriarchy. Your people worship and moon and the goddess of the greater moon, Menphina. To many Keepers, war paint helps channel Menphina's power to their bodies. They are renowned for their tenacity in battle when defending their homelands, often pushing beyond their limits when pressed.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Woodcraft. You have advantage on all ability checks for tracking, foraging, and preventing becoming lost.

Tenacity. When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

Roegadyn

From the angry seas of the Northern Empty to howling mountain peaks, the Roegadyn have historically made their home in rugged, inhospitable climes. Theirs is a culture
that exalts the strong and looks down upon the weak, both among their own kind and outsiders. This is by no means limited to feats of physical strength — even a wee Lalafell might win a Roegadyn’s respect with a display of mystical power or strength of will. Those who show no such qualities, however, will find it difficult to convince a Roegadyn to so much as give them the time of day without an exchange of coin.

— Encyclopedia Eorzea

Sea Wolf

Fearless explorers of the sea, the Sea Wolves have a storied history of being incredible sailors. In the past, no coastal cities were safe when the Sea Wolves came to town. This history of sailing and pirating — as well as the rowdy chutzpah pirating requires — has left an indelible mark on the abilities of the Sea Wolves.

Ability Score Increase. Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Knowing the Ropes. You gain a Climb speed of 20 feet.

Toughness. Your hit point maximum increases by 1, and it increases by 1 every time you gain a level.

Hellsguard

The elusive Hellsguard live around the volcanoes located within Abalathia's Spine. They have lived in solitude for hundreds of years, guarding the volcano from spirits seeking passage from the world of the dead into their own world. This intense spiritualism has, over time, granted them a resistance to magical control.

Ability Score Increase. Your Strength score increases by 1.

Magical Knowledge. You gain proficiency with the Arcana skill.

Spiritual Guardian. You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can't put you to sleep.

Viera

The Viera may begin as part of the Wood, but it is not the only end that we may choose.

— Fran, Sky Pirate

Rava

Making their home in the Gelmore Jungle, the Rava are a tall, powerful race with an intimating presence about them. Their robust bodies and unrelenting tactics in the forest make the Rava powerful friends and even more dangerous foes.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Powerful Presence. You gain proficiency in the Intimidation skill.

Veena

Hailing from the forests which grow about the Skatay Range, the Veena defend their home with just as much vigor as the Rava, but have a much easier time if they leave their homes due to their more average size and softer appearance. With the rise of war near their homeland, many Veena left the Skatay Range, joining many pockets of civilization.

Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.

Approachable. You gain proficiency in the Persuasion skill.

Artificer

Negotiations have broken down and the goblins have drawn their blades. Before they can take a step towards her, the auri woman unleashes a lethal bullet from her gunblade, causing the goblins to squall and retreat from this unknown weaponry.

An exhausted machinist puts the finishing touches on their newest creation. They flip the switch and the small tower-shaped machine takes flight. It receives its commands and a tiny pistol lets loose a bullet, destroying the target. A smile spreads across the master tinkerer's face.

As the dragon draws in breath in preparation for a mighty spume of fire, a lalafell man throws wide his hand and sends his turret flying to his martial companion. With a few well-timed shots on their enemy, aether flickers into a shield just in time for the flame to wash harmlessly over them.

Artificers have spent many hours in the workshop to progress the art of war. From the creation of firearms, to the production of mechanical constructs for the battlefield, the artificer ensure the gears of war continue to turn ever efficiently.

Alchemist

Masters of Science and Nature, the devilish and the divine, alchemists transmogrify mundane materials into wondrous waters — from curative concoctions to potent potables.

The Eorzean school of alchemy is a highly selective group — that is to say, there are few who consider it a legitimate branch of alchemy. Rather, an Eorzean alchemist is more likely to be a mad scientist than a stuffy scholar. Especially with the way they mix aether into their concoctions! But none can argue that upon conducting their symphonies of commixing and combining, distilling and decocting, the impossible waxes possible, and miracles are born.

Gunbreaker

Renamed from Armorer

Gunbreaker artificers are enthusiastic battlers who design their entire kit, from armor to weapon. They wield gunblades, which combines a sword with a firing mechanism and emits a range of magical effects by utilizing aetherically imbued cartridges. Not only do their aetherically-charged bullets pack a wallop, but they can be fired into the blade to enhance their cutting power and the force of their strikes. Finally, they can use their gunpowder to fire a defensive barrier that can protect the wielder and their allies from harm.

The Guardian's special weapon is replaced with:

The Titanbronze. You have a gunblade with a large blade that transmits a crackling energy when it strikes a foe. It deals 1d8 lightning damage on a hit. A creature hit by the Titanbronze has disadvantage on attack rolls against targets other than you until the start of your next turn, as the blade emits a maddening zap when the creature attacks someone else.

The Infiltrator's special weapon is replaced with:

Manatrigger. You have a gunblade specialized in ranged attacks. It counts as a simple ranged weapon with a normal range of 90 feet and a long range of 300 feet, and it deals 1d6 force damage on a hit. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with it, you can deal an extra 1d6 force damage to that target.

Machinist

Renamed from Artillerist

Where all artificers are proficient in firearms, machinists specialize in using their firearms in conjunction with magic to incredible effect. Machinists works tirelessly on the development of advanced armaments and new and devastating weapons to bring to the fray. Armed with their signature firearms and a repertoire of technological marvels, machinists deploy their auto-turrets to deal massive damage on the field.

For your tool proficiency, gain proficiency with smith's tools instead of woodcarver's tools.

An machinist's Eldritch Cannon is flavored as an auto-turret rather than a cannon.

Their 5th level feature, Arcane Firearm is replaced with the following:

If you don't already have a firearm, you create one with your smith's tools. Your extensive knowledge of firearms allows you to juryrig any wand, staff, or rod into an arcane firearm, a conduit for your destructive spells. When you finish a long rest, you can use smith's tools to affix the proper equipment onto a wand, staff, or rod and thereby turn it into your arcane firearm. You only have enough in your kit for one modification at a time. If you modify a different item, the previous item falls apart. The modification otherwise last indefinitely.

You can use your arcane firearm as a spellcasting focus for your artificer spells. When you cast an artificer spell through the firearm, roll a d8, and you gain a bonus to one of the spell's damage rolls equal to the number rolled.

Sage

See next page for the full write-up of the Sage.

Tool Proficiency

3rd-level Sage feature

You gain proficiency with the herbalism kit. If you already have this proficiency, you gain proficiency with one type of artisan's tools of your choice.

Sage Spells

3rd-level Sage feature

You always have certain spells prepared after you reach particular levels in this class, as shown in the Sage Spells table. These spells count as artificer spells for you, but they don't count against the number of artificer spells you prepare.

Aether Turret

3rd-level Sage feature

You have developed an aetherically-empowered turret that sits sheathed upon your back when not in use. You can mentally command it to float over your shoulder, requiring no action, or return it to your back in the same manner.

Your Aether Turret is a magical ranged weapon that you are proficient with. It deals 1d6 force damage, with a range of 30/120 feet. When attacking with your Aether Turret, you can use your Intelligence modifier, instead of your Dexterity modifier, for the attack and damage rolls.

The Aether Turret's damage increases by 1d6 when you reach 9th level (2d6), 13th level (3d6), and 17th level (4d6).

Dialysis

3rd-level Sage feature

You have learned to achieve an arcane connection with an ally, which lets you channel aether to them during combat to help keep them invigorated and fighting ready. As an action, you choose a willing creature you can see to give them your Dialysis. This link lasts until you give it to another creature, or you finish a long rest.

Whenever you deal damage with your Aether Turret, the creature with your Dialysis gains a number of temporary hit points equal to the damage you dealt.

Shielding Tesseract

5th-level Sage feature

When you cast an artificer spell of 1st level or higher, you may choose a number of creatures you can see within 30 feet of you, up to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of 1). Roll a d6. Each of those creatures earn that many temporary hit points.

Aetheric Charge

9th-level Sage feature

When the creature with your Dialysis loses all temporary hit points they have due to taking damage, you gain an Aetheric Charge. You may only ever have one Aetheric Charge at a time, and it dissipates when you finish a short or long rest.

You have two options for how to expend your Aetheric Charge:

• Turret Overcharge. When you attack with your Aether Turret, you can expend your Aetheric Charge to increase its damage by 2d6.
• Aether Bomb. As an action, you can expend your Aetheric Charge and choose a point within 30 feet of you. Each creature within a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must make a Dexterity saving throw vs your spell save DC. A creature takes 5d6 force damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. If you damage any creature with this ability, the creature with your Dialysis gains a number of temporary hit points equal to the number you rolled for damage.

Expedient Aid

15th-level Sage feature

You have learned to manage your efforts to provide assistance to your allies faster than ever. You can make a weapon attack, throw an Aether Bomb, or cast an artificer spell as a bonus action, rather than an action.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Intelligence modifier (minimum of once), and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Indomitable Forces

Like a symbol crash in an orchestra, a barbarian is an explosive force which stands out in any situation. Their booming voice, raw strength and powerful strikes are their tools for victory. These fearless fighters are peerless in their control of a force which they call the inner beast. Barbarian bands once roamed unsettled lands as nomads, enjoying the boons which nature offers and defending the weak from those who would do them harm.

Unending Rage

Not unlike nature itself, a barbarian has the potential to become a relentless force of destruction. Like a raging forest fire, or an all-consuming tidal wave, a barbarian can unleash their inner beast to harness its fury. This state of being is known as Rage. While raging, barbarians continually chase foes and defend allies, using their bloodlust to keep themselves in the battle as a threat.

Adjustments

In addition to the base qualities of the class in the Player's Handbook, barbarians in Eorzea have the following adjustments.

A Song of Creation

In the world of Hydaelyn, words and music are not just vibrations of air, but a way to weave aether into the very fabric of Eorzea. With song, speech, and spell, a bard can summon power from a deeper vein of the Aetherial Sea and weave a new pattern into the weft and warp of their everyday reality.

However, the path of a bard is one of soulful discovery. Though a fellow bard may learn the songs of eld, it is up to each bard to find a personal and powerful way to retell them. These songs can be taught to anyone through word of mouth, but each bard may understand them differently and in so doing, sing them slightly differently and give them newfound power. Without the work of the soul, old battlesongs may just be that - songs sung by an old bard, containing only his own power.

Slings and Arrows

When folks think of a bard, they conjure images of a minstrel wandering the realm, performing at banquets and in alehouses for the pleasure of king and commoner alike. But the bards of Eorzea are born from a battle-hardened archer — one who sings her songs in the heat of combat to inspire her comrades to ever greater feats of martial prowess. In addition to songs and magic, some Eorzean bards are masters of the bow, weaving the borrowed aether of her allies into an archer's storm that bombards the battlefield with the rain of a thousand arrows.

Revival of Song

Bards have not been a part of the fabric of Eorzean life for over a century: between wars, a soldier has no need for weapons, and so the tools of the mighty Song became merely instruments of entertainment.

That is, until the Calamity. Now with the realm interrupted and the old stories becoming relevant again, bards have begun to resurface into Eorzean culture once more.

Equipment

In addition to the equipment provided in the Player's Handbook, bards of Hydaelyn start with a shortbow and 20 arrows.

Colleges

You may select from the following colleges:

College Flavors

We suggest the following adjustments to the flavors of the existing Colleges to mesh better within the world of Hydaelyn.

Bonus Proficiencies

At 3rd level, you gain proficiency with martial weapons.

If you're proficient with a simple or martial weapon, you can use it as a spellcasting focus for your bard spells.

Bardic Shot

At 3rd level, if a ranged weapon attack that you make as part of the attack action hits a creature, you can use one of the following Bardic Shot options of your choice. You can use only one type of Bardic Shot option per turn. If there is a DC required for your Bardic Shot option the DC is the same as your spell save DC.

Disarming Shot. You can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to cause the weapon to deal extra damage to the target you hit. The damage equals the number you roll on the Bardic Inspiration die. The creature must then succeed on a Strength saving throw or drop 1 held object of your choice and have that object be pushed 10 feet away from you.

Forceful Shot. You can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to cause the weapon to deal extra damage to the target you hit. The damage equals the number you roll on the Bardic Inspiration die. The creature must then succeed on a Strength saving throw or be pushed 15 feet away from you.

Menacing Shot. You can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to cause the weapon to deal extra damage to the target you hit. The damage equals the number you roll on the Bardic Inspiration die. The target must make a Wisdom saving throw. On a failed save, it is frightened of you until the end of your next turn.

Pinning Shot. You can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to pin the target, immobilizing it for a moment. You add the bardic inspiration die to the attack's damage
roll, and if the target is Large or smaller, its speed is reduced to 0. On its turn, the target can make a Strength check against your save DC to try and free itself, no action required.

Trip Shot. You can expend one use of your Bardic Inspiration to cause the weapon to deal extra damage to the target you hit. The damage equals the number you roll on the Bardic Inspiration die. The creature must make a Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Extra Attack

At 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

Master's Shot

At 14th level, whenever you use a Bardic Shot option, you can roll a d6 and use it instead of expending a Bardic Inspiration die.

Healers and Warriors

Clerics combine the helpful magic of healing and inspiring their allies with spells that harm and hinder foes. They can provoke awe and dread, lay curses of plague or poison, and even call down flames from heaven to consume their enemies. For those evildoers who will benefit most from a mace to the head, clerics depend on their combat training to let them wade into melee with the power of the Twelve on their side.

Divine Agents

Not every acolyte or officiant at a temple or shrine is a cleric. In fact, very very few can be said to have the strength of will and pure certainty that a Cleric needs to manifest the effects their god demands. When a cleric takes up an adventuring life, it is usually because his or her god demands it. Pursuing the goals of the gods often involves braving dangers beyond the walls of civilization, smiting evil or seeking holy relics in ancient tombs.

Most adventuring clerics maintain some connection to established temples and orders of their faiths. A temple might ask for a cleric's aid, or a high priest might be in a position to demand it.

Adjustments

In addition to the base qualities of the class in the Player's Handbook, Clerics in Eorzea have the following adjustments.

Arcana

A Cleric who serves the domain of Arcana is an expert in Aether. Under the guidance of the gods, they have learned to tap not only divine power, but that of arcanum too. They are experts at guiding their allies with both powers at hand.

Forge

A Cleric of the Forge is most likely to be a follower of Byregot, but a cleric can follow any god that calls to them. Forge clerics devote themselves to channeling their divine power to create relics and artifacts for all of Hydaelyn.

Like artificers, a Cleric of the Forge makes a good option for a magic-wielding Garlean (or any other race) who has learned to harness technology in service of the greater good.

Knowledge

By far the greatest concentration of Knowledge Clerics on Hydaelyn reside in Old Sharlayan. Sharlayans believe it is their task to observe — to chart the course of history, not to change it. Civilization shall not be advanced through petty conflict, but by the passing of recorded knowledge from generation to generation.

Life

A Life Cleric's power over life and healing stems from the Lifestream. Their domain tends to focus on healing and balancing vital aether in their targets. The purity of their healing and magic has lent a lot of weight to their title of White Mages.

Nature

Nature Clerics are usually based in the Twelveswood, and represent the Elementals. But though their magic comes from a more earthly source, it is no less White Magic than a Life Cleric's.

A Nature Cleric communes with the world around them, borrowing power from Elementals present throughout the world. They are by and large level-headed, respectful spell casters who are aware that overstepping one's bounds in the world of magic can lead to calamity, and seek to keep order within the magic world.

Order

A Cleric of Order is better even than most Clerics at marshaling belief. Their fervent and unyielding prayers tend to bring out the best in their allies, pushing them past their limits to extraordinary effect.

Void

Renamed from Death

Void Clerics, sometimes called Reapers, draw their power from a contract with their special voidsent ally, the Void Avatar. Using the gift of a personal macabre memento to channel dark magics, Reapers mix martial prowess with magic pulled from the void itself to bring destruction to evil doers.

Power of Nature

A druid's strength stems from an art they refer to as conjury. Conjury calls upon the elements and concentrates them to a potency through which spells can be weaved. Through practiced meditation on the essences of creation, conjurers draw forth and absorb magic from their immediate surroundings. Versed also in magicks that restore and strengthen, druids are also regarded as accomplished healers.

One With the Light

Druids find their roots in a society which once revered nature as an ally, borrowing the power of the land and Elementals to soothe wounds and protect from the wicked. However, the druids of the past abused this power, causing the
Elementals to lash out and clear the land with the
Great Flood. Alongside the damage wrought by the wizards of Mhach in the War of the Magi, Hydaelyn fell into a dark age. Today, druids are few and far between, practicing the forbidden art of White Magic to wield the powers of nature and light to drive off evil in protection of the world once more.

Adjustments

In addition to the base qualities of the class in the Player's Handbook, Druids in Eorzea have the following adjustments.

Circle of the Land

Druids who follow this Circle have been initiated into the secret, long-standing order of druids who once stood against the Black Mages of Mhach in the Sixth Umbral Era during the War of the Magi. Few are left, but the secrets of white magic live on in you and yours.

Circle of the Moon

Druids in this Circle are incredibly few and far between. Those who can take on the body of a beast are only legend in Eorzea, yet druids of the moon are not only in possession of this power, but masters of it. Are they such champions of Hydaelyn that they bear the very essence of the star in their aether? Or has something otherworldly and uncanny touched their essence and changed them for good?

Circle of the Shepherd

Shepherds are also colloquially called summoners in Eorzea. These druids are often deeply academic, using their knowledge of mathematics and arcanum to summon forth spiritual allies to aid them. The most typical summons are the Carbuncle, aetherial beings summoned forth and given form from a gemstone.

For their 2nd level ability Spirit Totem, the following changes are made, for flavor:

Circle of Stars

You live and breathe the night sky up above. Many druids of this Circle are astromancers, scholars who study the stars and constellations and their influence on life in Eorzea. While astromancy has a somewhat dubious reputation among much of the land, there are pockets of society here and there that revere them and consider them truthtellers.

Well-Rounded Specialists

Fighters learn the basics of all combat styles. Every fighter can swing an axe, fence with a rapier, wield a longsword or a greatsword, use a bow, and even trap foes in a net with some degree of skill. Likewise, a fighter is adept with shields and every form of armor. Beyond that basic degree of familiarity, each fighter specializes in a certain style of combat. Some concentrate on archery, some on fighting with two weapons at once, and some on augmenting their martial skills with magic. This combination of broad general ability and extensive specialization makes fighters superior
combatants on battlefields and in dungeons alike.

Trained for Danger

Not every member of the city watch, the village militia, or
the Grand Companies is a fighter. Most of these troops are relatively untrained soldiers with only the most basic combat knowledge. Veteran soldiers, military officers, trained bodyguards, dedicated knights, and similar figures are fighters.

Some fighters feel drawn to use their training as adventurers. The dungeon delving, monster slaying, and other dangerous work common among adventurers is second nature for a fighter, not all that different from the life he or she left behind. There are greater risks, perhaps, but also much greater rewards — few fighters in the city watch have the opportunity to discover a magic flame tongue sword, for example.

Martial Archetypes

You may select from the following Martial Archetypes:

Arcane Archer

Arcane Archers are an offshoot of bards, channeling aether through magic instead of music. They work closely with the bards in matters of war, and often aid the Gods' Quiver in the Twelveswood.

Banneret

Bannerets are few and far between, but there are
just some warriors out there who can inspire even
the most miserable wretch to greatness. It is by a
Banneret's enthusiasm and dedication that another can stay fighting in an otherwise hopeless slog — and still hope to find victory at the other end.

Eldritch Knight

Considered one of the disciplines of the Red Mage, Eldritch Knights have drawn on a multitude of techniques across the world, mixing black and white magic along with focused swordplay and style. All of these abilities have combined in this alluring mix of talent and flair, creating a hero worthy of legend. Unlike their Bladesinger counterparts in Wizardry or the Arcane Tricksters in more Roguish pursuits, knightly Red Mages have put extra focus on their martial prowess.

For their 3rd level ability Weapon Bond, the following changes are made, for flavor:

You have created from your aether an arcane accelerator. This takes the form of a floating crystal always within your space. By using your arcane accelerator, you are able to condense your personal aether into spells, and to empower your martial attacks with your Bonded Weapons.

Paladin

Clad in plate armor that gleams in the sunlight despite the dust and grime of long travel, a hyur lays down her sword and shield and places her hands on a mortally wounded man. Divine radiance shines from her hands, the man's wounds knit closed, and his eyes open wide with amazement.

A roegadyn crouches behind an outcrop, his black cloak making him nearly invisible in the night, and watches a sahagin war band celebrating its recent victory. Silently, he stalks into their midst and whispers an oath, and two fishbacks are dead before they even realize he is there.

Silver hair shining in a shaft of light that seems to illuminate only him, an auri laughs with exultation. His spear flashes like his eyes as he jabs again and again at a twisted giant, until at last his light overcomes its hideous darkness.

Whatever their origin and their mission, paladins are united by their oaths to stand against the forces of evil. Whether sworn before a god's altar and the witness of a priest, in a sacred glade before nature spirits and fey beings, or in a moment of desperation and grief with the dead as the only witness, a paladin's oath is a powerful bond. It is a source of power that turns a devout warrior into a blessed champion.

A free paladin has no master. Instead she travels all lands, and in every place takes up the cause of the unarmed and defenseless. She swears fealty not to a lord, but to herself ─ she is nobility amongst adventurers.

Deadly Hunters

Ceaselessly hunting their targets, rangers specialize in hunting the monsters that threaten the edges of civilization — be they terrible monsters, the scourge of Primals, or even those secretive cultists, the Paragons. They learn to track their quarry as a predator does, moving stealthily through the wilds and hiding themselves in brush and rubble. Rangers focus their combat training on techniques that are particularly useful against their specific favored foes.

Thanks to their familiarity with the wilds, rangers
acquire the ability to cast spells that harness the
Elements' power, much as a druid does. Their spells, like their combat abilities, emphasize speed, stealth, and
the hunt. A ranger's talents and abilities are honed with
deadly focus on the grim task of protecting the
borderlands.

Independent Adventurers

Though a ranger might make a living as a hunter, a guide, or a tracker, a ranger's true calling is to defend the outskirts of civilization from the ravages of monstrous forces that press in from the shadows. Many rangers are independent almost to a fault, knowing that, when a dragon or the Lord of Levin attacks, a ranger might be the first — and possibly the last — line of defense. Still, anyone who fights in defense of the star will have to take every tool at their disposal, and for many rangers, that means working with a party, despite their stubborn streak.

Skill and Precision

Rogues devote as much effort to mastering the use of a variety of skills as they do to perfecting their combat abilities, giving them a broad expertise that few other characters can match. Many rogues focus on stealth and deception, while others refine the skills that help them while adventuring such as climbing, finding and disarming traps, and opening locks.

When it comes to combat, rogues prioritize cunning over brute strength. A rogue would rather make one precise strike, placing it exactly where the attack will hurt the target most, than wear an opponent down with a barrage of attacks. Rogues have an almost supernatural knack for avoiding danger, and a few learn magical tricks to supplement their other abilities.

Balanced on a Blade

Every town and city has its share of rogues. Most of them live up to the worst stereotypes of the class, making a living as burglars, assassins, cutpurses, and con artists. Often, these scoundrels are organized into thieves' guilds or crime families. Plenty of rogues operate independently, but even they sometimes recruit apprentices to help them in their scams and heists. A few rogues make an honest living as locksmiths, investigators, or exterminators, which can be a dangerous job in a world where giant puddings and cancerous oozes haunt the sewers.

In Limsa Lominsa, however, there are rumors of a small group of rogues and cutthroats hidden within the Dutiful Sisters of the Edelweiss. Sometimes called the Upright Thieves, this group of good-hearted scoundrels enforce General Blofhyswyn's new pirate order — the Code. The Code is as follows: No crew would cheat another of its plunder, nor rob a fellow Lominsan, nor sell fellow men into slavery. And any cove who cross that line is like to meet the wrong end of a blade in an alleyway — or at least find themselves left trussed and humiliated, waiting for the Yellowjackets to clean up your mess.

Roguish Archetypes

You may select from the following Roguish Archetypes:

Arcane Trickster

Rounding out the fighter and wizard Red Mage triad, an Arcane Trickster knows more than anything that they need to keep their forbidden magic a secret. They are quick, sneaky, and light on their feet. The only way to accomplish your goals is to stay alive to fight another day!

Inspector

Renamed from Inquisitive

You are a crack detective — an inspector extraordinaire. If ever there was a crime to be solved, you would surely be there to crack the case. You have both a sharp eye for detail and a good read on the people around you. You excel at taking down creatures that hide among ordinary folk. Unfortunately, due to the antics of...a certain other party...in your profession, others look on Inspectors with scorn. But you can turn their underestimation into your greatest tool yet!

Swashbuckler

While they were partying, you were studying the art of the blade. ... But also partying, because let's be real: what's the point of being a great swordsman if you can't dole out the witty quips and banter at the same time? You excel at turning your charm and personality into a weapon as deft as your sword. Swarms of snippers and gads of bad guys aren't really your cup of tea: you are most at home going toe-to-toe in single combat and breaking your foe down one laughing insult at a time.

Sworn & Beholden

A warlock is defined by a pact with an otherworldly being. Sometimes the relationship between warlock and patron is like that of a cleric and a deity, though the beings that serve as patrons for warlocks are not of the Twelve gods you know. More often, though, the arrangement is similar to that between a master and an apprentice: the warlock learns and grows in power, at the cost of occasional services performed on the patron's behalf.

The magic bestowed on a warlock ranges from minor but lasting alterations to the warlock's being (such as the ability to see in darkness or to read any language) to access to powerful spells. Unlike bookish wizards, warlocks supplement their magic with some facility at hand-to-hand combat. They are comfortable in light armor and know how to use simple weapons.

Delvers into Secrets

Warlocks are driven by an insatiable need for knowledge and power, which compels them into their pacts and shapes their lives. This thirst drives warlocks into their pacts and shapes their later careers as well. Warlocks of Eorzea are few and far between, for it seems the supernatural forces of the world are very picky about whom they champion. But you are one of the oh-so-lucky few, and you are often visited by the vision of your patron in your dreams.

Once a pact is made, a warlock's thirst for knowledge and power can't be slaked with mere study and research. No one makes a pact with such a mighty patron if he or she doesn't intend to use the power thus gained. Rather, the vast majority of warlocks spend their days in active pursuit of their goals, which typically means some kind of adventuring. Furthermore, the demands of their patrons drive warlocks toward adventure.

Warlock Patrons

You may select from the following Warlock Patrons:

Expanded Spell List

The Emissary 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.

Warrior's Challenge

Starting at 1st level, you gain the ability to issue a challenge to your opponents. As a bonus action, choose one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. The target is challenged to combat for 1 minute. The challenge ends early if the target dies, you die, or you are incapacitated. Until the challenge ends, you gain the following benefits:

• You gain your proficiency bonus to damage rolls against the challenged target.
• Any attack roll you make against the challenged creature is a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 on the d20.
• If the challenged creature attacks a creature other than you, it must first succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or else make the attack roll with disadvantage.

You can't use this feature again until you finish a short or long rest.

Expanded Spell List

The Mothercrystal 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.

Bonus Cantrips

At 1st level, you learn the light and sacred flame cantrips. They count as warlock cantrips for you, but they don't count against your number of cantrips known.

Healing Light

At 1st level, you gain the ability to channel the light of the Crystal to heal wounds. You have a pool of d6s that you spend to fuel this healing. The number of dice in the pool equals 1 + your warlock level.

As a bonus action, you can heal one creature you can see within 60 feet of you, spending dice from the pool. The maximum number of dice you can spend at once equals your Charisma modifier (minimum of one die). Roll the dice you spend, add them together, and restore a number of hit points equal to the total.

Your pool regains all expended dice when you finish a long rest.

Radiant Soul

Starting at 6th level, your link to the Mothercrystal allows you to serve as a conduit for radiant energy. You have resistance to radiant damage, and when you cast a spell that deals radiant or fire damage, you add your Charisma modifier to one radiant or fire damage roll of that spell against one of its targets.

Crystalline Resistance

Starting at 10th level, you gain temporary hit points whenever you finish a short or long rest. These temporary hit points equal your warlock level + your Charisma modifier. Additionally, choose up to five creatures you can see at the end of the rest. Those creatures each gain temporary hit points equal to half your warlock level + your Charisma modifier.

Searing Vengeance

Starting at 14th level, the radiant energy you channel allows you to resist death. When you have to make a death saving throw at the start of your turn, you can instead spring back to your feet with a burst of radiant energy. You regain hit points equal to half your hit point maximum, and then you stand up if you so choose. Each creature of your choice that is within 30 feet of you takes radiant damage equal to 2d8 + your Charisma modifier, and is blinded until the end of the current turn.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Expanded Spell List

The Negotiator 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.

Negotiator's Blessing

Starting at 1st level, when you reduce a hostile creature to 0 hit points, you gain temporary hit points equal to your Charisma modifier + your warlock level (minimum of 1).

Broker Your Luck

Starting at 6th level, you can call on your patron to alter fate in your favor. When you make an ability check or a saving throw, you can use this feature to add a d10 to your roll. You can do so after seeing the initial roll but before any of the roll's effects occur. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a short or long rest.

Defy Fate

Starting at 10th level, you can choose one damage type when you finish a short or long rest. You gain resistance to that damage type until you choose a different one with this feature. Damage from magical weapons or silver weapons ignores this resistance.

Mind of the Void

Starting at 14th level, when you hit a creature with an attack, you can use this feature to instantly transport the target through the Void. The creature disappears and hurtles through a nightmare landscape. At the end of the next turn, the target returns to the space it previously occupied, or the nearest unoccupied space. If the target is not a fiend (voidsent), it takes 10d10 psychic damage as it reels from its horrific experience. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest.

Magic Through Research

Wild and enigmatic, varied in form and function, the power of aether draws students who seek to master its mysteries. Only through deep understanding of formulas and geometrical figures can they produce magical effects. Their tomes and grimoires are filled with fascinating formulas and diagrams which burst forth into powerful spells when fed aether from their own body. Ever thirsty for greater power, a wizard seeks knowledge and then puts it to the test.

Wizards live and die by their spells. Everything else is secondary. They learn new spells as they experiment and grow in experience. They can also learn them from other wizards, from ancient tomes or inscriptions, and from ancient creatures that are steeped in magic.

The Lure of Knowledge

Wizards' lives are seldom mundane. The closest a wizard is likely to come to an ordinary life is working as a sage or lecturer in a library or university. Other wizards sell their services as diviners, serve in military forces, or pursue lives of crime or domination.

But the lure of knowledge and power calls even the most unadventurous wizards out of the safety of their libraries and laboratories and into crumbling ruins and lost cities. Most wizards believe that their counterparts in ancient Allag or Mach or Amdapor knew secrets of aether that have been lost to the ages, and discovering those secrets could unlock the path to a power greater than any magic available in the present age.

Necromancy

Although there are dark and forbidden arts that are used to raise the undead, they are not used by any right-thinking, civilized people. For, in truth, when you raise the undead, you do not raise a semi-living corpse. Instead, you summon a voidsent — a demon — from the Void, and allow it to inhabit the corpse on this plane.

The School of Necromancy is not available to PCs.

Schools of Magic

You may select from the following Schools of Magic:

School of the Bladesinger

Originally founded in the 6th Umbral Era by the survivors of the War of the Magi, Red Mages are a secretive group who blend white magic, black magic, and the art of the weapon with an intricate and showy performance. Of the various disciplines that make up the red mage school of magic, bladesingers are the most devoted to mastery of magic instead of martial prowess or the dexterous dance.

Order of Scribes

Wizards hailing from Sharlayan, the scholarchy city-state to the northwest, by and large favor the Order of Scribes, which elevates their spellbook to a new level. Why bother writing your thesis when you can magically awaken your book and work on it together?

School of Invention

Wizards of this school are on the bleeding edge of aetherology and magitek engineering. While both are important fields of study on their own, these mages believe that magic can only truly be furthered by the extensive (and sometimes explosive) marriage of both. Many Eorzeans disdain this approach, as magitek has been innately tainted by its invention by the Garlean Empire.

Though most wizards are scholars who have mastered their craft through careful study and rigorous practice, these wizards would rather throw spells together, add some engineering magic, and see what happens.

For their 2nd level ability Arcanomechanical Armor, the following changes are made:

The Drowning Wench

Your local adventurer's guild proprietor is Baderon Tenfingers at the Drowning Wench, a midlander man of forty-eight winters. A skilled mercenary in his youth, he has since retired and opened a tavern in Limsa Lominsa's Upper Decks. He acts as something of a teacher, always looking to help the younger generation find its feet.

He knows you, if not by reputation then at least by sight. You're in his good graces...or not his bad ones.

• Skill Proficiencies: Persuasion, and choose one from Athletics, Acrobatics, or Arcana
• Tool Proficiencies: Two of your choice
• Languages: One common language of your choice
• Equipment: A set of traveler's clothes, stamped leveplates from past levequests, letters of appreciation, a sigil of the guild's crest, and a pouch containing 10 gp.

Feature: Guild Kickbacks

As long as you remain a member of the guild and maintain a friendly relationship with your local proprietor, you may enjoy complimentary meals and board at no charge to you or your party members. Additionally, your status as a veteran affords you a small following of local fans and admirers.

This feature extends to the other locations by establishing a friendly relationship with their respective proprietors.

Suggested Characteristics

Adventurers come from a myriad of backgrounds, and with them, their own dreams and motivations. Anyone, whether they be a helpful commoner or a seasoned fighter, can become an adventurer if they have the drive to take on the world.

Signature Item

Prior to becoming an adventurer, you spent most of your young life crawling around in the dust, pilfering relics of questionable value from crypts and ruins. Though you managed to sell a few of your discoveries and earn enough coin to buy proper adventuring gear, you have held onto an item that has great emotional value to you. Roll on the Signature Item table to see what you have, or choose an item from the table.

Feature: Name Dropping

You know and have met any number of powerful people across the land — and some of them might even remember you. You might be able to wrangle minor assistance from a major figure in the campaign, at the DM's discretion. Additionally, the common folk treat you with deference, and your heritage and the stories you tell might be good for a free meal or a place to sleep.

Suggested Characteristics

Children of Celebrity adventurers must deal with fame that's not theirs, wealth they didn't earn. and expectations they can never hope to meet. These hardships can have adverse effects, but those who cope with them can arrive at a decent attitude and a grounded worldview. Those who fail become bitter — or worse.

Defining Event:

You previously pursued a simple profession among the peasantry. But something happened that set you on a different path and marked you for greater things.

Feature: Rustic Hospitality

Since you come from the ranks of the common folk, you fit in among them with ease. You can find a place to hide, rest, or recuperate among other commoners, unless you have shown yourself to be a danger to them. They will shield you from the law or anyone else searching for you, though they will not risk their lives for you.

Suggested Characteristics

You are one of the common people, for better or for worse. Most commonfolk adventurers look on their humble origins as a virtue, not a shortcoming, and their home communities remain very important to them.

Feature: Bad Reputation

Though in recent years, you've striven to live under the Admiral's Code, in your past life, you indulged in larceny on the high seas and sent more than one deserving soul to a briny grave. Fear and bloodshed are no strangers to you, and you've garnered a somewhat unsavory reputation in many a port town.

No matter where you go, people are afraid of you due to your reputation. When you are in a civilized settlement, you can get away with minor criminal offenses, such as refusing to pay for food at a tavern or breaking down doors at a local shop, since most people will not report your activity to the authorities.

Feature: Official Inquiry

  You're experienced at gaining access to people and places to    get the information you need. Through a combination of fast-talking, determination, and official-looking documentation, you can gain access to a place or an individual related to a crime you're investigating. Those who     aren't involved in your investigation avoid impeding you or pass along your requests. Additionally, local law enforcement has firm opinions about you, viewing you as either a nuisance or one of their own.

Path to Mystery

Your first case influenced the types of mysteries you're interested in. Why was this case so impactful, personal, or   traumatic? Whom did it affect besides you? Why and how did you get involved? Was it solved? How did it set you on the path to investigating other mysteries? Roll on or choose   details from the First Case table on the next page to develop the mystery that started your career as an investigator.

Specialty

During your time as a soldier, you had a specific role to play in your unit. Roll a d8 or choose from the options in the table below to determine your role:

Feature: Military Rank

You have a military rank from your career as a soldier. Soldiers loyal to the Maelstrom still recognize your authority and influence, and they defer to you if they are of a lower rank. You can invoke your rank to exert influence over other soldiers and requisition simple equipment or horses for temporary use. You can also usually gain access to friendly military encampments and fortresses where your rank is recognized.

Suggested Characteristics

The horrors of war combined with the rigid discipline of military service leave their mark on all soldiers, shaping their ideals, creating strong bonds, and often leaving them scarred and vulnerable to fear, shame, and hatred.

Academic Major

Feature: Library Access

Sharlayan may be quite a trip away, but you still have friends and colleagues in Sharlayan who are happy to help you. You can send letters or even call your buddies over your linkpearl to ask questions whose answers can be found in the Noumenon: Sharlayan's great library. However, the restricted section remains beyond your grasp, as it contains repositories of lore that are too valuable, magical, or secret to permit just anyone immediate access.

You have a working knowledge of Sharlayan's personnel and bureaucracy, and you know how to navigate those connections with some ease.

Additionally, you are likely to gain preferential treatment at other libraries across Hydaelyn, as professional courtesy shown to a fellow scholar.

Suggested Characteristics

Sharlayan scholars are a special breed of scholar, so devoted to knowledge and its preservation that they eschew all political ties. They are defined by their extensive studies, and their characteristics reflect this. Devoted to scholarly pursuits, scholars value knowledge highly — sometimes in its own right, sometimes as a means toward other ideals.

Parents

You had parents, of course, even if they didn't raise you. To determine what you know about these people, use the Parents tables. Roll separately on the table for your mother and your father, then use the supplementary table for each parent to learn more about them.

Birthplace

After establishing your parentage, you can determine where you were born by u s ing the Birthplace table. (Modify the result or roll again if you get a result that's inconsistent with what you know about your parents.) Once you have a result, roll percentile dice. On a roll of 00, a strange event coincided with your birth: the moon briefly turning red, all the milk within a mile spoiling, the water in the area freezing solid in midsummer, or some other unusual event of your choice.

Number of Siblings

Birth Order

Family

Absent Parent

Family Lifestyle

*Use the number in this result as a modifier to your roll on the Childhood Home table.

Childhood Home

*Remember to add the modifier from Family Lifestyle.

Background

Roll on the appropriate table in this section as soon as you decide your background, or at any later time if you choose. If a background includes a special decision point, such as a commoner's defining event or the specialty of a Disciple of the Hand, it's best to make that determination before using the pertinent table below.

Artificer

Adventures

Arcane Matters

Crime

Punishment

Supernatural Events

Alignment

Cause of Death

Advancement

Characters will level on a milestone system.

Character Creation

You will start with level 2 characters, using the Standard Array of 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8. You must decide at the start of the game if you will be rolling for your hit points at each level up, or taking the average.

All approved race, class, and background content is listed in this Player Handbook supplement. Further details can be found in the official books or on our private wiki.

Team Morale ("Limit Breaks")

In this game, there is a shared stat called Team Morale, which is a single score that applies to the whole group of PCs at the table. Team Morale begins at zero. Each time one of the heroes uses the Help action in combat, and whenever one of the players rolls a 20 on the d20 for an attack, ability check, or save, your shared Team Morale score goes up by 1. Once the Team Morale score equals the number of player characters at the table, they can decide together when to spend them to use a Limit Break.

A Limit Break is a free action that all characters take together, but the catch is this: you all must use this free action to come together to combine your powers and abilities! Each player must describe how they combine their attack or power with one or more other character(s) into a combined or collaborative effect. For example, you could do a spirit bomb, like in Dragonball Z; or form an adventurer Voltron; or simply weave your powers together for greater effect. The idea is not to adhere too closely to mechanics in these moments. Rather, Limit Breaks are a great opportunity for some one-round narrative heroics, and your DM knows to let these moments really shine.

For now, though, the Team Morale stat begins at zero, so get ready to help your allies frequently!

Group-Based Initiative

In the spirit of collaborative combat, you will be able to freely coordinate within a single party initiative, changing order and working together. However, the first round of combat can be a little funky to wrap your head around until you've played through it in real life a few times.

At the start of combat, all players will roll initiative as usual, and the DM will roll a single initiative for the enemies.

During the first round, players who go before the enemies may freely coordinate their turns. Then the enemies go. After the enemies go, the party's initiative effectively squishes together into one group. You may work together, coordinate, and do tactics freely. Beware: your enemies will be doing the same!

Group Skill Checks

When the party is asked to make a check as a group (such as when Stealthing), all participants roll as normal. Then the group as a whole takes an average roll.

There are some exceptions to this rule:

• Checks where there is no way for the participants to help each other.
• Strength-based checks. Instead, the PC leading the check rolls normally and adds up the collective STR modifiers of participants. If one of the participants has a negative strength modifier, their enthusiasm to help grants them a modifier of 1.
• Special circumstances otherwise noted.

Gaining Inspiration

You no longer gain Inspiration automatically at the start of a session. Instead you can gain Inspiration points in the following ways:

• Any player who recaps the previous session by end of day Thursday in the week before game gets 1 point of Inspiration.
• During the session, as a player, you may grant Inspiration once per session to another player. Once a player has received one point of Inspiration in a session in this way, they cannot gain any more.
• The DM will grant inspiration at his or her discretion, often for clever play, good roleplaying, working together, and things that make them laugh!

Inspiration Pool

You now have a total of 2 points of Inspiration you can hold at one time. You can spend 1 Inspiration at a time on the following effects:

Gain Advantage. Before a die is rolled, you may gain Advantage.

Impose Disadvantage. Before the die is rolled, you may impose Disadvantage on a DM roll.

Reroll 1 Die. After the dice are rolled but before a result is read, you may choose to reroll 1 die.

Rule of Cool. You may bend the rules to flex your heroism and do something really cool.

I Know A Guy. When stuck or otherwise in need, you may inform the DM that you "know a guy." Describe who the "guy" is and how you know them, and make an argument for why the "guy" would be helpful to you in the current situation.

Powerful Criticals

Ordinarily on a critical hit, you would roll your damage twice and then add the appropriate modifiers. However, it's not nearly as fun to roll a critical hit and only get a 1 on each die!

With the Powerful Critical, one of the damage dice is automatically taken at max value. Say you had a longsword, and your typical damage was 1d8 + 3. Usually, you would roll 2d8 + 3 for a critical hit, but with Powerful Critical, you'd get 8 + 1d8 + 3 instead! That way, if you roll poorly, you still get a substantial damage bonus.

But watch out — your enemies get this too!

Drinking Healing Potions

Drinking a healing potion in combat by RAW requires a full action and for you to roll the amount of healing it gives you. In this campaign, you get a little bit of flexibility with potions:

• You may use a bonus action to drink a potion. If you do so, you roll for the amount of healing as normal.
• You may use an action to drink a potion. If you do so, you are healed for the maximum amount.
• You may use an action to feed a potion to someone else. If you do so, they are healed for the maximum amount.

This swifter potion drinking does not apply to non-healing potions.

Reactions

The following Reactions can also be taken during combat:

• Dive For Cover. When targeted by a ranged attack, before the attack is rolled, go Prone in your space.
• Cover Ally. When an ally within 5 feet of you is targeted by an attack, before the attack is rolled, you can use your reaction to put yourself between them and their attacker. The attack switches targets and gains Advantage. You share the same space, and your ally must move out of that space in their next turn.
• Human Shield. If you're grappling or are grappled by a creature and are targeted by an attack by a different creature, you can use your reaction to make an Athletics check to use them as a shield. On a successful check, you gain half cover for that attack. A grappled creature makes their check with Disadvantage.

Touch Spells

When you cast a spell with a range of Touch, instead of touching a creature you may "hold" the charge in your hand. While the spell is held in your hand, it does not count as being cast. You can then cast the spell by touching another creature or yourself. If the creature is unwilling, you must spend an action and succeed on a melee spell attack to touch them.

If you do not touch a creature before the end of your next turn, the spell dissipates and is lost.

Spell Scrolls

Anyone who can read and speak can use a spell scroll. If the spell is not on their spell list or is of a higher level than they can normally cast, they must make an Intelligence (Arcana) check with a DC of 10 + the spell level of the scroll. If they succeed, they cast the spell as normal. If not, they fail and the scroll becomes inert.

When a Wizard scribes a spell scroll, if they fail the roll to do so, neither the scroll nor the cost of the ink is lost.

Death Working

Necromancy cantrip for Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

• Casting Time: 1 action
• Range: 30 feet
• Components: V, S
• Duration: Up to 1 minute

This spell is a minor magical trick that novice necromancers use for practice. You create one of the following magical effects within range.

• You reanimate the corpse of a tiny beast of challenge rating 0 within range for duration. You have no control over the creature and its creature type becomes undead.
• You animate the joints in a corpse to cause a simple effect such as turning a head or opening a hand.
• You cause the ambient temperature within range to drop 5 degrees.
• You extinguish light sources no larger than a candle. Larger light sources flicker for the duration.
• Your voice takes on an echoing quality, as if multiple voices speak through you.

If you cast this spell multiple times, you can have up to three of its non-instantaneous effects active at a time, and you can dismiss such an effect as an action.

Firearms

Arquebus

Essentially a portable cannon, the recoil generated by a single firing of an arquebus can oft prove as fatal as the shot itself. To offset this, most arquebuses feature lugs on the bottom of their barrels which can be hooked to ship railing or battlements, steadying the weapon and improving accuracy.

Handgonne

Also known as the hand cannon, the handgonne is presumably one of the realm’s first firearms. Whereas early models consisted solely of single metal barrels tapered into crude handles, modern handgonnes come equipped with stocks and triggers, rendering their appearance similar to other firearm types.

Musketoon

By significantly reducing barrel length from that of a handgonne, gunmakers were finally able to create a weapon that, while lacking in force, could be aimed and fired with a single hand, leaving the off hand free to carry a shield, grasp rigging, or even fire a second musketoon. Their compact size and ease of use made them popular amongst sailors who did not require the power or range of a long rifle when confined to the deck of a ship.

Revolver

For many years, the use of firearms in battle was limited, the reloading of a weapon too time-consuming to see it fired more than once or twice before armies finally clashed. The invention of the revolver and its mechanically indexing cylinder by the Garlean Republic changed all this, allowing for a swift, continuous barrage of lead without the burden of constant reloading.

Crystals

Crystals are physical manifestations of aether that have been aspected with a particular element. By holding the crystal in your hand and spending 1 bonus action to take on the aether contained within, you can absorb its effects. Once used, the crystal disintegrates.

Crystal of Darkness. Rare. When absorbed, a creature gains 5 temporary HP that last for 10 minutes as well as the effects of the bless spell (no concentration required) for the same duration.

Crystal of Earth. Uncommon. A crystal that when absorbed, grants a creature resistance to one type of damage for 10 minutes. The DM chooses the damage type.

Crystal of Fire. Uncommon. When absorbed, a creature can use its bonus action to exhale fire at a target within 30 feet. The target must take 2d6 fire damage or succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw to halve the damage. The effect ends after exhaling fire once, or after 1 hour.

Crystal of Ice. Uncommon. Upon absorption, a medium or smaller creature is covered in a thin sheen of ice; 10 minutes to let it fully cover you. Creature gains the effect of a freedom of movement spell for 1 hour. The crystal can also be shattered on the ground, covering a 10-foot square, creating the grease spell effect for 1 hour.

Crystal of Light. Common. When absorbed, a creature regains 1d4+1 HP.

Crystal of Lightning. Very Rare. When absorbed, a creature gains the effect of the haste spell for 1 round (no concentration required).

Crystal of Water. Uncommon. When absorbed, a creature can breathe underwater for 30 minutes.

Crystal of Wind. Very Rare. When absorbed, a creature gains a flying speed equal to half its walking speed for 1 hour.

Packs

Common

Instead of choosing an Equipment Pack, you can instead decide to pick up an Adventurer's Pack. The Adventurer's Pack weighs 30 lbs, and costs 25 gp. When you get an Equipment Pack from your class or background, you can exchange it for an Adventurer's Pack at no extra cost.

Each Adventurer's Pack has 5 uses and a Theme. You can expend a use to pull any non-magical item with a value of up to 10 gp that adheres to the Theme. The items pulled out are permanent (add them to your inventory list) and can include any item in the Adventuring Gear section, or whatever you can come up with, subject to DM discretion.

Different Themes will allow different possible items, like the Entertainer theme can contain a disguise kit but an Explorer theme will not.

Each time you expend a use of your Adventurer's Pack, its weight is reduced by 5 lbs. Once you've pulled five items out of your Adventurer's Pack, it is fully expended and just counts as an empty backpack.

Magic Items

Glamour Prism

Wonderous item, common

A glamour prism is a crystalline prism that has been enchanted to project the image of one thing onto another. For example, a glamour prism can be used to make a set of leather armor look like anything from a summer dress to a set of magitek armor.

You can use an action to glamour the image of an item in your possession onto another item in your possession, consuming the glamour prism in the process. The items must be similar in nature and shape to one another. A shirt can be made to look like armor, and an arcane book can made to look like a cookbook, but a shirt could not be made to look like a book. The objects cannot be more than 6 feet in any dimension.

The changes wrought by this item fail to hold up to physical inspection. If someone attempts to touch the glamored object, their hand will go through the illusion and feel the item underneath. Once glamored, the illusion can be removed by using another glamour prism or by casting Dispel Magic on the object.

Seekers of the Sun Tribes

Xaela Tribes

Roegadyn Translations