Basic Gameplay

Basic Gameplay mirrors classic DnD, specifically 5E.

1. The DM describes the environment
2. Players describe what they want to do (their approach)
3. DM adjudicates and narrates the results of the adventurer’s actions

The D20

The Brew operates off a classic d20 mechanic, where the d20 is rolled and specific modifiers and bonuses are added to the roll as applies. Difficulty Class is handled slightly differently as outlined below.

Difficulty Class: For a task with an uncertain outcome, the DM sets a Difficulty Class (DC) and will call for a check. If the die plus applicable bonuses meets or exceeds the DC number, the attempted Action is successful.

• Base DC: The DM assigns a DC depending on the relative difficulty of the task using the table below as a guide

• DC Tilt: Depending on the approach of the player’s attempted Action, the DM might say that the attempt becomes Very Easy (-5), Easy (-3), Hard (+3), or Very Hard (+5). This is intended to promote negotiation and flexibility.
• Negotiating DC: Katey the Rogue wants to climb up a sheer cliff. The DM says that would be a DC 15 Strength check. Katey asks if she uses her climbing gear if it would be Easy. The DM agrees, and the DC is 12.
• Fail by Five: When a check fails by 5 or more, the DM may impose a more severe consequence.
• Monster DC: Monsters will generally be Very Bad (-5), Bad (-3), Good (+3), or Very Good (+5) at a particular ability.

Campaigns, Adventures, and Tiers of Play

Play consists of adventures completing a Campaign. Each party defines the goals for the Campaign in working with the DM. The Campaign is composed of a series of Adventures to achieve the goal.

These Adventures are sorted into different Tiers of Play as the players advance, defining how the characters face more difficult challenges as the game progresses. There may be a time skip between different Tiers of Play as the characters advance. The levels this encompasses are listed in parenthesis.

Apprentice (1-2) - Adventurers are often still being mentored and have not come into their defining skills and abilities. Challenges are often harrowing and deadly and not all characters survive. Surviving these challenges drives the adventurers to further hone their skills through training. Think Luke Skywalker in the beginning of A New Hope, where he gets wrecked by Tusken Raiders.

Journeyman (3-5) - Adventurers spend some time training, discover their powers and now seek to test themselves. By the end of this tier, they really come into their own at level 5. Think Luke Skywalker in the beginning of Empire Strikes Back, where he can use the force to summon his lightsaber and free himself from the wampa, and by the end of the movie he is able to hold his own against Darth Vader (for a time).

Veteran (6-8) - Adventurers are done training and are now growing their competence through their own experiences. Think Luke Skywalker at the beginning of Return of the Jedi, where he has come into his full power and is able to competently rescue his friends from Jabba the Hutt using a wide range of skills and abilities.

Champion (9-10) - Adventurers have mastered their abilities and are prepared to face their toughest challenges yet. Think Aang in Last Airbender when he faces off against the Fire Lord.

Epilogue (11-20) - These levels are made available to allow some slack if a Campaign is not ready to be completed and needs additional advancement, so that players can dream about their characters continuing on, or to run a one-off after a time skip to see how characters may have changed and advanced. These levels are not balanced for ongoing challenging play.

Strength

• Natural athleticism and bodily power
• Determines attack bonus for most melee weapons
• Can carry additional weapons equal to your Strength modifier

Constitution

• Health, stamina, vital force
• Increases amount of HP per level

Dexterity

• Physical agility, reflexes, balance, poise
• Increases bonus to Light Armor
• Increases bonus to Dodge
• Determines attack bonus for ranged weapons

Wisdom

• Awareness, intuition, insight

Intelligence

• Mental acuity, information recall, analytical skill
• Increases Skill Points

Charisma

• Confidence, eloquence, force of personality
• Used often for social checks

Luck

• Things work out when they shouldn’t
• Allows a failed dice roll to be rerolled once a day for each point of Luck.

Human

Naturally Gifted
You are naturally gifted in your particular abilities, and have 2 additional Ability Points to spend. You cannot add more than 2 to an individual Ability Score and you cannot exceed a score of 16.

Dwarf

Darkvision
From years spent in tunnels beneath the earth, you can see in the dark as clearly as in daylight
Dwarven Toughness
You start with three additional SP and gain three additional SP per level which count toward your Recovery. You also gain one addtitional Recovery Point.

High Elf

Arcane Training
You have been taught in the ways of magic since you were a child. You gain the Arcanist talent as well as two Magic talents. Magic talents do not count against qualifying for Master of Might or Uncannily Cunning.

Wood Elf

Elven Accuracy
Life in the forest has honed your reflexes. Whenever you have Advantage on an attack roll using Dexterity, you can reroll one of the dice once.

Half-Elf

Unmatched Versatility
A child of two worlds, you have learned to adapt to diverse circumstances. You start with two additional Skill points and learn one additional skill when you level up to an even numbered level. Your Skill maximum is 20, regardless of your Intelligence score.

Dark Elf

Arcane Ambusher
You grew up in a kill or be killed society. You cannot be Surprised, and you deal one additional damage die from spells when attacking while Hidden or Stealthed.

Halflings

Unassuming
Your small stature makes you seem less of a threat. When targeted by an enemy, you may use this trait to have the enemy attack an ally it can see that is closer to the enemy than you. This trait may fail if you have dealt significant damage during the encounter.

Beast-folk

Choose one of the following traits:

Bestial Speed
You are built for speed, and have a movement speed of 40ft.

Natural Armor
You have a scaly hide or shell. When Unarmored, you have 14 AC.

Flight
You have vestigial wings. You take no damage from falling and can use your wings to jump great distances.

Motivation

Your Motivation has two parts. A small seed and a big seed. This is designed to provide a starting place for your character’s personality, but also be flexible enough to allow it to be discovered during play.

Big Seed

The other seed – the big seed – is a single, short sentence. A single fact about your character. A single belief your character holds. A single idea. A single memory. A single desire or fear. It doesn’t have to be anything big or fancy or Earth-shattering. In fact, the smaller and simpler it is, the better. It should be short enough to write on the front of an index card in big letters. Or to write across the top of your character sheet. Because that’s what you want to do. You want to write it down big enough that you can read it at a glance.

One player – she was playing a tiefling wild magic sorcerer – wrote, “I hate and fear my uncontrollable magic.” That’s it. Short. Simple. To the point.

Fears and Flaws

During the first adventuring tier (Levels 1-2) choose one fear or flaw below for your character, or feel free to pitch your own to the DM.

Facing your Fears and Flaws

As you face your fears over time and continuously over adventuring tiers, the DM might award a boon of courage. For example, after a check involving your fear, you might gain a temporary point of Luck that lasts until you take a Long Rest.

Fears

You can end the effect of a fear for one round by spending a Luck point and succeeding on a DC 10 Wisdom check. The Luck point grants Advantage on the check.

Acrophobia
You are afraid of heights and feel nauseous and dizzy when you are high off the ground.

Aquaphobia
You cannot swim, and quickly drown in water greater than your height.

Bibliophobia
You are afraid of books and reading.

Entomophobia
You are afraid of insects.

Hemophobia
You can’t stand the sight of blood. You can’t stand the sight of blood. This affects you when a creature has the Bleeding condition.

Ophidiophobia
You are scared of snakes.

Necrophobia
You are afraid of death. This affects you when stabilizing downed companions as well as when facing undead.

Nyctophobia
You are afraid of the dark.

Bulwark

An Aegis protects their allies by shielding them from damage by forming a Bulwark.

• You have a number of Bulwark points equal to 5x your level + 5.
• Whenever you use the Loyal Sacrifice ability, points are first deducted from your Bulwark before they are deducted from your SP and HP.
• You recover all Bulwark on a Long Rest.
• When an Aegis Critically Fails on spell roll or attack roll, you experience Dishonor. While Dishonored, you cannot use your Loyal Sacrifice ability until you have successfully landed a Smite.

Armor is a Second Skin

• You ignore the Bulky and Cumbersome properties of Heavy Armor

Masterful Defensive Feint

• When you miss an attack, you may use your Reaction to roll a d6 and add it to your AC until the beginning of your next turn.

Sacred Protector

• You get the Loyal Sacrifice talent for free
• Talent Points spent in Thaumaturgy do not disqualify you from Master of Might

Smite

• You have the ability to Smite your foes.
• A Smite represents your ability to empower yourself with supernatural strength to wreak havoc on your foes.
• You might use your Smite to wreathe your weapon in thunder or fire, release a flash of radiant light to blind your foe, or send an enemy flying with a kick to the chest full of divine energy.
• You declare your intended outcome with the Smite as well as the desired damage type.
• Prior to an attack roll, you can declare a Smite. For the attack roll, you roll your normal attack die as well as a Smite die determined by the amount of Smite Points being spent.
• You have a number of Smite Points equal to your Level.
• The Smite die is 2d10 for one Smite Point, plus 1d10 for each additional Smite Point spent.
• The Smite die is added to the attack roll and damage roll.
• The declared Smite does not increase the damage of the attack other than the Smite die, but could have some other combat effect. See the example Smites at the end of this section.

Faith

Clerics devote their lives to a path of Faith, usually centered upon a certain deity, which comes with certain abilities and limitations. You must work with your DM to determine the beliefs and deity your character is devoted to.

Stamina

Fighters use discipline and training to outwit their opponents in battle using their Stamina.

• You have a certain amount of Stamina equal to your Constitution modifier + your level.
• Using a Maneuver costs one Stamina point per attack.
• You recover all Stamina on a Long Rest.
• When you Critically Fail on an attack roll, you Fumble.
• You may spend 1 Stamina to double your Movement

Battle Features

Maneuvers

• A Maneuver represents your prowess and ingenuity.
• You might use your Maneuver to disarm an enemy with the next attack, trip the opponent, or smash them backward to open access to a nearby corridor.
• Prior to an Action (most commonly the Attack Action), you can declare a Maneuver.
• For the attack roll, you roll your normal attack die as well as a Combat Superiority die determined by character level.
• The Superiority die is added to the attack roll and damage roll.
• The declared Maneuver does not increase the damage of the attack other than the Superiority die, but could have some other combat effect: pushing back an enemy, tripping or entangling him, temporarily blinding him, and so on.

Magic Resistance

• Your Willpower is 20
• You have Resistance to any damage caused by magic equal to your Level x 5

Severed from the Source

• You may not put any Talents in the Magic Talent tree.

The Fowler’s Gauntlet

• Whenever magic occurs or is cast Near you, you may absorb the ambient magic into your Gauntlet.
• • Each time this happens, you gain 1 Charge.
• Note: For allies, this only counts for the First Height or higher elevations and you gain 1 Charge per Height.
• Charges deplete after a Long Rest.
• These Charges can be spent for different benefits outlined below
• You may spend 1 additional Charge to use an ability as a Reaction

Resourceful

• Without magic to rely on, you ingeniously weave any tools you can find to give you an advantage.

Wild Move

• A Wild Move represents your feral instincts, abilities unleashed as you become one with the beast.
• You might use your Wild Move to pounce on an enemy and knock them down, grip a jugular with vice-like jaws, or lift an enemy into the air with your talons.
• Prior to an attack roll, a Keeper can declare a Wild Move. For the attack roll, you roll your normal attack die as well as a Wild die determined by your current form. The Wild die is added to the attack and damage rolls.
• Your original and Quick Flyer forms roll a d4, Hulk rolls ad6, Elemental form rolls a d12, and all others roll a d8
• The declared Wild Move does not increase the damage of the attack, but could have some other combat effect: pushing back an enemy, tripping or entangling him, temporarily blinding him, and so on.
• You can Wild Move a number of times a day equal to your Wisdom modifier + 2. This ability is restored on a Long Rest.

Restore Ruin

• Keepers are tasked by Nature to Restore Ruin they find in the world.
• Whenever a Druid Restores Ruin, such as driving a blight from a forest, healing an ensorcelled animal, or defeating a villain using unnatural methods, they may learn or create a new talent or spell.

Shillelagh

• You can use your Wisdom modifier for attacks with a Quarterstaff.

Natural Attunement

• Talent points in the Old Ways talents do not disqualify you from achieving Master of Might

Natural Defender

• You start with the Loyal Sacrifice talent

Tiny Creatures

• Bugs, rats, and cats are Tiny Creatures, creatures that are hard to detect and blend in with their environment.
• Tiny Creatures are not suitable for high intensity combat.
• If you take damage as a Tiny Creature (stepped on, kicked, etc), your survival instincts kick in and shift you back to your human form.
• If the damage would be negligible to your human form, you take no damage, but if it would cause harm to your human form (stab wound, fireball, etc) then that damage is applied.

Hulk

• Bears, owlbears, and drakes are Hulks, creatures that are brutally strong and difficult to take down.
• As a Hulk, you take half damage from all sources, and your AC becomes 11
• You have a walking and climbing speed of 40ft
• You use your Wisdom modifier for Strength checks and use your own statistics for all other rolls.
• Your Fortitude is Very Hard (+5) to hit.
• Your damage is 1d6 + WIS

Predator

• Panthers, wolves, and displacer beasts are Predators, creatures that eviscerate foes.
• As a Predator, your AC becomes 11 + WIS.
• You have a walking speed of 50ft and climbing speed of 40ft
• You use your Wisdom modifier for Dexterity checks and use your own statistics for all other rolls.
• Your Reflex is Very Hard (+5) to hit.
• Your damage die is 1d8 + WIS, and successful attacks inflict the Bleeding condition, and it is a Finesse weapon
• You may use the Disengage action as a Quick Action.
• You have Advantage on Stealth checks

Magical Ability

• Magisters are highly skilled in their connection with Magic.
• Rather than having a unique resource for their Class, they are instead defined by their Magical Talents.
• You must place at least 1 Talent into the Magic Talent tree at each level.

Health

• Starting SP: 6 + CON (Lightweight)
• SP each level up and Recovery: 2 + CON

Starting Talents

• Magic Talent Progression
• Innate Magical Talent
• Higher Heights
• Arcanist

Equipment

You start with the following equipment:

• a Basic Pack and Spell Pack
• a quarterstaff

Energy

Pugilists use Energy to empower their attack and defense.

• You have a certain amount of Energy determined by your level.
• Using a Form costs one Energy point per attack.
• You recover all Energy on a Long Rest.
• When you Critically Fail on an attack roll, you become Distracted; all Forms cost twice as much Energy until you meditate for 1 hour.

Unarmored Defense

• Beginning at 1st level, while you are wearing no armor and not wielding a shield, your AC equals 8 + DEX + WIS
• Your Reflex is Hard (+3) to hit

Focused Fighting

• At 1st level, your practice of Focused Fighting gives you mastery of incorporating your whole body in your fighting style, punctuating your attacks with kicks, elbows, and head butts.
• You can use Dexterity instead of Strength for your attack and damage rolls and add your Dexterity modifier to the damage roll
• Your damage die for all Simple weapons becomes 1d6 at 1st level, 1d8 at 5th level, and 1d10 at 7th level and 1d12 at 10th level
• You can make an attack with an Unarmed Strike with a Quick Action, regardless of whether or not the other weapon you attacked with had the Light property
• Momentum: After you move 15ft, you gain a Quick Action with which you may only Unarmed Strike

Lightning Reflexes

• Starting at 2nd level, you have two Reactions per round.

Forms

At 2nd level, you can focus your Energy into the following Forms to empower your attacks

Redirection

At 3rd level, you master the art of redirecting attacks back against your opponents.

Rage

Reavers use raw muscle and frenzied energy to overpower their opponents with their Rage.

• You generate two points of Rage each time you take damage, when you kill an enemy, and when you Critically Strike.
• Using a Power Move costs Rage according to the Rage Die table.
• Rage makes you Blind to Pain, reducing incoming damage.
• You keep all points of Rage until you heal, whether from magical healing or that of a Short or Long Rest.
• When you Critically Fail on an attack roll, you Fumble.
• Your Rage cannot go higher than your level + 2.
• While you have at least one point of Rage, you have Advantage on Strength ability checks.
• If you miss an attack while you have 0 Rage, you gain 1 Rage.
• You may spend 1 Rage to double your Movement

Power Move

• A Power Move represents your near superhuman strength and primal fury. You might use your Power Move to shove an enemy into boiling lava, climb on top of a dragon, or send an enemy flying backward into another enemy.
• Prior to an attack roll, you can declare a Power Move.
• For the attack roll, you roll your normal attack die as well as a Rage die determined by the amount of Rage points being spent.
• The Rage die is added to the attack roll and damage roll.
• The declared Power Move does not increase the damage of the attack other than the Rage die, but could have some other combat effect: pushing back an enemy, tripping or entangling him, temporarily blinding him, and so on.

Reaver Features

Inspiration

Rhapsodists draw upon the intrinsic aesthetic energy of the world, weaving it through their passions and the passions of others to Inspire them to greatness.

• You have an amount of Inspiration determined by your level. This Inspiration is spent for various Rhapsodist abilities.

Rhapsodist Class Features

Cunning

Rogues use skill and training to make their own luck using their Cunning.

• You have a certain amount of Cunning determined by your level.
• As a Rogue, you may spend Cunning to tilt the result of a check in your favor.
  Example: The DC is 15 to pick a lock, and the Rogue rolls a 12. She then spends 3 Cunning to make the roll a 15 and succeeds.
• You may spend 1 Cunning to Dash or Disengage once per turn.
• You recover all Cunning on a Long Rest.
• When you Critically Fail on a check, you gain 5 Cunning

Roguish Features

Ferocity

You use raw primal fury to ravage your opponents with Ferocity.

• You generate one point of Ferocity every time you use a Feat of Fury or other certain abilities.
• Ferocity increases the amount of damage you do and the amount of damage you take by your current Ferocity amount. You add your Ferocity to your damage done, in addition to the relevant attribute modifier, as well as adding it in addition to whatever damage your DM tells you to take.
• When you Critically Fail on an attack roll, you Fumble.
• You have a max Ferocity of your level x2. You cannot use abilities that would put you above your maximum Ferocity - you are too frenzied to focus and use those abilities.
• Your Ferocity returns to 0 after 1 minute of not attacking an enemy

Arcane Strike

• You may cast spells with a Quick Action rather than an Action if you also make a Melee attack that turn.
• Use the same d20 roll for the magic check and the attack roll.
• When you cast spells this way, use a d6 when you are otherwise instructed to use a d10.

Martial and Magic Discipline

• You must put an equal number of Talents outside the Magic Talent tree as you do inside it.

Health

• Starting SP: 8 + CON (Middleweight)
• SP each level up and Recovery: 3 + CON

Starting Talents

• Magic Talent Progression
• Innate Magical Talent
• Higher Heights
• Light Armor Proficiency
• Medium Armor Proficiency
• Heavy Armor Proficiency
• Shield Proficiency
• Martial Weapon Proficiency
• Great Weapon Proficiency
• Improved Attack
• Arcanist

Equipment

You start with the following equipment:

• a Basic Pack and Spell Pack
• (a) Traveling Leathers, (Medium) (b) Gambeson (Light), or (c) Iron Chain Shirt (Heavy Mail)
• a simple weapon
• (a) a martial weapon or (b) a great weapon

Elemental Arrows

• You tie a small piece of an elemental stone to your arrow, either Brimstone, Boltstone, Glacierstone, or Tremorstone, imbuing it with an elemental effect.
• These Trick Arrows deal an additional 1d10 damage of their respective elemental as well as an additional effect.

Hornthistle Arrows

• You craft arrows from hornthistle, a carnivorous plant with creeper fines that attacks creatures with living vines and viciously sharp thorns. You can achieve the following effects with these arrows:

Insightful Fighter

• The more you fight a particular foe, the better you read its strengths and weaknesses and learn to exploit them.
• On your turn, you mark a type of enemy. For each attack you make after the first against that enemy type, roll an additional die and add the results to your attack roll.
• This die begins as a d4 and increases to a d6, d8, d10, and d12 on each successful hit.

Multishot

• At 2nd level, you gain the ability to shoot a number of arrows equal to your DEX modifier with your attack Action.
• You have a -2 penalty to your Attack roll for each additional arrow shot
• You make one attack roll for all of the arrows
• You do not add your Dexterity modifier for damage
• This does not benefit from Improved Attack
• Each damage die represents one arrow, and you can allocate the damage die among targets or stack them on to one target

Field Dressing

• Wayfinders are able to harvest parts of creatures they have slain to help them better face their foes.
• These resources can be used to increase the level of Insightful Fighter at the beginning of a battle or Upgrade a Trick Arrow. For example, you might coat your blade in dragon’s bile to sear the skin of a frost giant.

Packs

• Each character must carry a Basic Pack. A Healer’s Pack must be carried by at least one character for the party to be able to Short Rest.
• The DM may assign an overhead cost for each pack that is carried
  
  
  
  
  

General

Skilled - You may only add your Strength or Dexterity modifier to weapons you are Skilled with.

Dual Wielding - To dual wield one handed weapons, roll the damage die for both and take the higher number. All weapon abilities apply, but they do not stack.

Conditional Effects - Certain weapon effects are conditional. Damage for the conditional effect is shown as base damage/conditional damage.

Improvised Weapons - If you have Simple weapon Skill, use a d4. If you have Martial weapon Skill, use a d6. You may suggest a weapon ability that make sense, such as a hot poker having the Blazing property.

Changing Weapons - You may change weapons at the beginning of your turn or with a Quick Action if the weapon is one handed.

This means that if you make a Ranged attack with a two handed bow, you are going to be wielding the bow at the end of your turn, and attacks against you will have Advantage

Range - Each weapon shows its Ranges.

• When attacking a target outside its listed ranges, you have Disadvantage on the attack roll.
• Attacks against a creature wielding a weapon that does not have the Melee Range have Advantage.
• Making an Attack with a Range of Near or Far has Disadvantage and provokes attacks of opportunity.
  

Throwing any and all weapons - This means all weapons can be thrown, but melee weapons are thrown with Disadvantage.

In the bushes - Thrown weapons with a Near range can be recovered after the battle unless their attack misses.

Attribute bonuses - A weapon with a range of Melee uses the Strength modifier for attack and damage, while weapons with only a range of Near or Far use Dexterity.

Weapon Abilities

Reach - Adds 5 feet to your Melee attack range

Opportunistic - Can make an Opportunity Attack immediately when an enemy comes into range

Ammunition - This weapon requires access to ammunition; bolts, arrows, etc.

Loading - Because of the time required to load this weapon, you must use your Reaction to load another piece of ammunition

Cleave - If an attack meets the AC of two creatures within 15ft of each other, you may apply the damage to each of them.

Parry - When facing an attacker with a weapon, you may use your Reaction to roll a contested Attack against the creature attacking you. You may do this after you know what their Attack roll is. If you win the contest, the attack fails and the creature is Staggered.

Defensive - Gives +1 to AC

Bleed - After a successful hit, the target takes 2 damage per adventuring tier at the end of each of its turns (Bleeding condition) until it takes some Action to staunch the bleeding. Does not work on creatures that do not bleed. Does not stack.

Blazing - After a successful hit, the creature is On Fire

Charge - (Conditional) Deals extra damage if you moved 10ft in straight line before attack

Ambushing - (Conditional) Deals extra damage while Stealthed and in certain cases may kill outright

Versatile - (Conditional) Can be used 1h or 2h

Dueling - Adds +3 (Easy) to attack rolls if no other creatures are adjacent to you or your opponent

Finesse - When Making an Attack with a finesse weapon, you use your choice of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the Attack and damage rolls. You must use the same modifier for both rolls.

Bludgeoning - Makes it Very Easy (+5 bonus to attack rolls) to hit targets in Heavy Armor. Damage is doubled against certain brittle materials such as wood, clay, or bone.

Shield breaker - If your attack beats the target's Fortitude, the shield is bashed and the enemy is Staggered. On a Critical Hit, destroys shield, does full Critical Damage, and the opponent is Dazed and Staggered.

Unarmored

If you are not wearing armor, your AC is 8 + DEX.

Light

• Made from supple and thin materials such as cloth or leather, Light Armor favors agile adventurers since it offers some protection without sacrificing mobility.
• Your AC is 10 + DEX while wearing Light armor.
• Supple: This armor provides cushion to allow for more near misses. Your Dodge bonus is +5 while wearing this armor.
• Spellcasting is Hard(-3) unless you are Proficient as specified in your class description.

Medium

• Made from thick armor like hide or boiled leather.
• Your AC is 12 while wearing Medium armor.
• Spellcasting is Hard(-3) unless you are Proficient as specified in your class description.

Heavy Mail

• Made from interwoven rings like chain mail or banded mail.
• Your AC is 14 while wearing Heavy Mail.
• Noisy: You have Disadvantage on Stealth checks while wearing this armor.
• Bulky: You do not add your DEX modifier to your Dodge rolls.
• Spellcasting is Very Hard(-5) unless you are Proficient as specified in your class description.

Heavy Plate

• Full body armor made of interlocking plates, the classic knight style.
• Your AC is 16 while wearing Heavy Mail*.
• Noisy: You have Disadvantage on Stealth checks while wearing this armor.
• Bulky: You do not add your DEX modifier to your Dodge rolls
• Cumbersome: You automatically fail attacks against Reflex and have Disadvantage on Dexterity checks in this armor.
• Block: Incoming damage is reduced by your Strength modifier.
• Spellcasting is Very Hard(-5) unless you are Proficient as specified in your class description

Shields

• Held in one hand, give a +2 bonus to AC.
• Sacrifice Shield: Can sacrifice your shield to reduce incoming damage to 0, destroying the Shield in the process.

Armor Characteristics

Proficiency - If you are not Proficient in armor as listed in your class description, your speed is reduced by 5ft and the armor has the Bulky and Cumbersome properties applied.

Block - Incoming damage is reduced by your Strength modifier.

Bulky - You do not add your DEX modifier to your Dodge rolls.

Cumbersome - You automatically fail attacks against Reflex and have Disadvantage on Dexterity checks in this armor.

Noisy - Disadvantage on Stealth checks.

Projectile Blocking - You are Very Hard(+5) to hit with projectile attacks.

Resist - Incoming damage of the type listed is reduced by the amount in parenthesis.

Supple - This armor moves with you easily, making your Dodge bonus +5.

Vulnerable - Incoming damage of the type listed is increased by the amount in parenthesis.

Durable - This armor is especially well made and has a certain number of Durability charges. Each charge can be spent to reduce 5 points of damage. Charges can be repaired by a blacksmith for a price.

Reinforced - This armor is specially crafted to withstand blows and impact. Add +3 to Fortitude.

Sacrificial Sunder - Applies to all armor. You may reduce the damage of one incoming attack by AC x 2 damage, but the Sundered condition applies to the armor until it is repaired. This may only be applied to physical damage.

Time and Tension Die

When needed, the DM will provide a reasonable estimate of time passed from a specific activity. In certain circumstances, time is tracked more carefully.

• Combat: For gameplay, combat takes place in terms of rounds and turns, with each round taking 6 - 10 seconds.
• Note: This is a helpful abstraction, but in the fiction of the game this time represents more of an average and may actually be longer or shorter.
• Tension: When hostile or dangerous forces are in play, the DM may use Tension Die to keep track of time. Each Tension Die represents ten minutes of time. When six Tension Die have been added to the pool, an hour has passed, and the DM rolls all the die. If any of the die shows up as a 1, an adverse circumstance affects the party.

Environment

Rest

There are two types of rest - Short Rests and Long Rests.

Long

• A period of extended downtime in a safe location, such as an inn in a town, which includes sleeping and eating lasting 8 hours.
• If you have spent more than 6 hours traveling that day, you cannot benefit from a Long Rest.
• All HP, SP, and Recovery Points are restored to full.

Bleeding

You take 3 damage per adventuring tier at the end of every turn. To staunch the bleeding you can use an Action make a DC 10 Wisdom check, use a Healer’s Kit, or receive magical healing.

Blinded

You can’t see. Attack rolls against you have Advantage and you attack with Disadvantage.

Bloodied

You are at half your health.

Burned

Your Max SP is reduced by 5 per Adventuring Tier

Charmed

You don’t believe the charmer is hostile. You can’t harm the charmer and the charmer has Advantage on social checks against the charmed.

Dazed

You are disoriented, and must choose between Move, Action, or Quick Action. You cannot take reactions or free actions.

Dispirited

Your Fighting Spirit is broken. You have Disadvantage on Attack rolls and offensive spells which target enemy creatures.

Deafened

You can’t hear

Ensnared

You’re tied up with something. Your Movement is 0, and you can escape with an Action.

Exhausted

You are very tired. There are multiple levels of Exhaustion and effects stack. Reduced by 1 level after a Long Rest with food and drink.

Each level of Exhaustion reduces checks by 1 and speed by 5ft.

Frightened

You are scared of something. You have Disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls while you can see what you’re scared of and you won’t move closer to it because it’s too scary.

Slowed

Your movement is slow and sluggish. Your movement speed is halved and you cannot take Quick Actions or Reactions.

Grabbed

You have a grasp on someone, holding them in place. The Grabbed creature’s speed becomes 0.

Grappled

You are tied up with something, wrestling it. You and the creature that is Grappled have Disadvantage on all attacks except unarmed strikes. You must succeed on a Strength check against their Fortitude to move (at half speed because of dragging).

Hidden

Enemies are not sure of your exact location, only your general direction. Enemies tend to target creatures that are not Hidden, unless the Hidden creature has demonstrated themselves to be a serious threat

Invisible

You can’t be seen, but you can still be detected by noise and tracks. Attack rolls against you have Disadvantage, and your attack rolls have Advantage.

On Fire

You take damage at the beginning of your turn, starting at 3 damage and doubling each turn that the fire is not doused. The condition can be ended by dousing the flames with water or using your full movement and dropping prone (stop, drop, and roll).

Paralyzed

You can’t take actions, move, or speak. Attacks against you have Advantage and melee attacks always score a Critical Hit.

Solidifying

You are being turned solid, perhaps into ice or stone. The following effects you at the beginning of your turn (use a d4 to track):

Initiative

• All creatures engaged in the encounter roll a Dexterity check to determine the order in which they take their turn.
• You may choose to Wait and take your turn at a later point in the order, but you retain that order for the rest of the combat.

Hit Points and Fighting Spirit

• Instead of traditional hit points as in 5E, you now have two pools to represent your health.
• The first is your Fighting Spirit (SP or Spirit), which operates like traditional hit points, and represents your guard, glancing blows, and endurance in battle.
• Once your Fighting Spirit reaches zero, you have a number of Hit Points (HP) equal to 5 + your level.
• Damaging hit points represents being cut, stabbed, crushed, etc.
• During combat, damage dealt to SP does not spill over into HP. For example, if a character takes 10 damage and they have 3 SP, they take 3 SP and now only have their HP remaining.
• When you take any damage to your hit points, roll on the Lingering Injury table to see what injury you have received.
• When your SP is 0, you have the Dispirited condition. When you are Dispirited, you have Disadvantage on Attack rolls and spells that target enemy creatures (offensive spells). Now that your Fighting Spirit is broken, your focus becomes on self-preservation above all else.
• If your Hit Points reaches 0, you begin to die (see rules for dying).
• When you receive healing, the healing may be applied to HP or SP, but not both.

Movement

• On your turn, you can move your speed and can break up your movement between attacking.
• Most characters can move 30 feet, or 6 squares of movement.

Upgrading and Downgrading Dice

• When directed to Upgrade or Downgrade dice, consider the dice as a chain from d4 -> d6 -> d8 -> d10 -> d12 -> d4 + d12 -> d6 + d12 etc.
• Upgrading a dice causes it to go up a step on the chain, whereas Downgrading a dice causes it to go down a step on the chain

Actions in Combat

Stealth

• In order to become Stealthed from enemies, a creature must make a Dexterity check, with a DC based on the encounter and the terrain being crossed.
• Plush carpet might be Very Easy (-5) to cross, stone would be the encounter DC, while crunchy leaves or gravel would be Very Hard (+5).
• The DM can always adjust the DC depending on conditions (such as a good distraction), and in certain circumstances may say that hiding is impossible (wide open areas).
• Attacks while Stealthed have Advantage.
• Creatures with special senses (blindsight, keen smell) may be able to detect a Stealthed enemy even if a check is successful, causing them to become Hidden (see below).

Hiding

• Creatures may use their Quick Action to Hide, becoming Hidden if no enemy creatures have line of sight.
• If creatures regain line of sight (either you attacked or they moved to find you) you are no longer Hidden and you cannot Hide in the same place again; you must move to a new hiding spot.
• When you lose the Hidden condition, you have Advantage on your next Attack Action
• If you start combat and no enemies have line of sight of you, you are Hidden
• The order in which you Hide and Attack matters.
  
  Example 1: You run up to some crates, slide down behind them and Hide, then pop out of the right hand side and Attack with your Crossbow with Advantage. At the end of your turn, you are no longer Hidden, but may have Cover from the crates, because you are still sticking out from them.
  
  Example 2: You Attack with your Crossbow, then run behind some crates and Hide. On your next turn, you Attack with Advantage, then run behind another set of crates and Hide again.

Grab

• A Grab involves grasping your target with a free hand so that they are unable to move freely.
• In order to Grab a creature, you must use a Quick Action to make a Strength check; it chooses its Reflex or Fortitude, although Fortitude is Very Hard(+/-5) (you need only be slightly fast to dodge a Grab, but very strong to shrug it off). You must have a free hand to do so.
• On a success, the target is Grabbed (speed reduced to 0).
• The creature can escape the Grab by using its Quick Action to make a Fortitude/Strength check; it chooses its Reflex or Fortitude, although Fortitude is Very Hard(+/-5). You must have a free hand to do so.

Grapple

• A Grapple involves entangling yourself with your opponent so that they cannot attack freely. This may look like a wrestling tie up, trapping their weapon with yours, etc.
• In order to Grapple a creature, you must use a Quick Action to make a Strength check; it chooses its Reflex or Fortitude, although Fortitude is Very Hard(+/-5) (you need only be slightly fast to dodge a Grapple, but very strong to shrug it off)
• This check is Very Easy (+5) if the target is Grabbed.
• On a success, you and the target are Grappled (attacks other than Unarmed with Disadvantage, Fortitude/Strength check to move).
• The creature can escape the Grapple by using its Quick Action to make a Fortitude/Strength check against your Fortitude.
• Attempts to Grapple a creature larger than you may be Hard (+3) or Very Hard (+5) depending on its size.
• Grapple does not require a free hand.

Submission

• You can perform a technique on a Grabbed and Grappled creature to manipulate pressure points so that you have full control over it, called a Submission.
• You must use your Action to make a Fortitude/Strength check against its Fortitude defense to do so.
• On a Success, the target is Restrained and Grabbed and you no longer have the Grappled condition.
• The creature can escape the Submission with a Very Hard (+5) Fortitude check against your Strength class.

Choking

• A choke is a specific type of Submission.
• When using this type of Submission, the Fortitude/Strength check for the Submission roll is Hard (+3).
• If the roll is a success, the target is under Submission and begins Suffocating as long as it is under the Submission condition.

Downed

• If a player decides to be Downed they become Unconscious and are helpless, unable to take any actions
• The player must make a Death Check each turn, throwing the die behind the DM screen so that they cannot see the result.
• A death check is 1d20 where 10 or above is a success. On a 20 the player stands up with one hp. If a player accumulates 3 failures they die. If a player accumulates 3 successes they no longer accumulate failures.
• The player accrues one point of Exhaustion for each failed death check.
• If the player fails the death check by 5 or more, they take an additional Lingering Injury.

Death’s Door

• If a player goes to death’s door they immediately roll 1d20. On a 1 they die.
• Every time after that the player takes damage while at 0 hp, the player rolls a smaller die by one die size and on a 1 they die.
• The die size to be rolled resets on a Long Rest.
• At the end of Death’s Door, the player accrues one point of Exhaustion for each time they rolled a die.
• While at Death’s Door, you do not have the Dispirited condition

Misc. Rules

• In either case if a given player takes their full Spirit Points in damage while at Death’s Door or Unconscious, the player dies.
• Any healing received in either case first sets the player’s health to 0 and then applies the healing.
• Once a given player has taken fatal damage and gone to death’s door or gone unconscious if they take damage that would reduce the player character below 1 hp again within the same encounter, they do not choose again, and instead take whatever option they took last.

Death Penalty

• When you die, your new character comes back at the lowest level of the current adventuring tier.
• This is to give the player time to get used to the new character’s abilities and provide a player penalty for death.
• The new character earns experience at twice the normal rate until they catch up to the same level as the party, and then they continue with the party’s progression.

How to use Skills

• The Skills below are designed to be used in a wide variety of creative and ingenious ways.
• Always assume the Skill applies to more situations than are listed, and feel free to stretch the category as far as you can make an argument for the GM to allow
• The player can propose an application of the Skill and the GM adjudicates resolution
• The player can ask if a Skill applies after an ability check has been called for, and the GM can decide impact on the difficulty
• The GM may decide certain Skills passively allow the players to discover information
• When you apply a skill training to any ability check you gain a +2 bonus to your roll. If multiple skill trainings apply to a given check, this effect stacks.
• You may take any skill training up to twice. If you take a skill training twice you are considered an expert in that skill and add a +4.

ANIMAL BEHAVIORIST

You are adept in reading the underlying emotions of animals. After working with beasts you begin to pick up on the tells of their inner motivations and feelings.

ANIMAL MIMICRY

You are able to accurately mimic animals you know well. You are able to replicate the smells, sounds and tracks of animals from memory with little practice or supplies.

BEAST HEALER

You are skilled in the application of first aid when it comes to animals’ burns, bleeding, and sicknesses. Discerning ailments, applying bandages and poultices, and setting broken wings, legs, and tails are all within your training.

BEAST TAMER

You are easily able to train small willing beasts to follow simple verbal or motion commands. Fetch, stay, guard, attack, and others are all commands you are able to instill upon simple beasts with practice and repetition.

MONSTER AFFINITY

When you choose this skill training choose a type of monster (which must be approved by your DM).. You are able to apply all of your animal handling skill training to that monster type as though it were a beast.

Arcana

SUGARCOAT

You are talented at making bad things sound far less horrible than they are in reality. This includes finding the silver lining, distracting with good news, or raw optimism.

IDENTITY THEFT

You are skilled at taking on the persona of another. This might include masquerading as a guard, pretending to be a guild member, or creating a fictitious character that fits the situation.

POKER FACE

You are talented at hiding what you are really thinking or feeling. You know how to hide your tells, keep a straight face, and manage body posture.

FAST TALK

You are good at rapid conversation that sounds good but is full of fluff. This rapid discourse is meant to confuse and overwhelm your audience, making them more susceptible to your suggestions.

OBFUSCATION

You are good at setting up a situation to hide the reality. This may involve hiding evidence, planting evidence to point to someone else, and otherwise suggesting a scenario through manipulation of a scene.

Insight

DEDUCTION

You are talented at deductive reasoning and determining whether or not information is relevant. You are good at identifying clues and when the facts don’t fit together.

SLEUTH

You are talented at investing crimes and finding clues at crime scenes. This includes an understanding of criminal behavior, forensics, and knowledge of similar cases.

READ LIPS

If you can see a creature's mouth while it is verbally speaking a language you understand, you can interpret what it's saying by reading its lips.

DUNGEONEERING

You are talented at considering the construction of ruins and dungeons. This helps you anticipate the location of traps, secret doors, and the general layout of these locations.

RESEARCHER

You are skilled at finding information in tomes and checks. You read through material quickly and thoroughly and come away with exceptional understanding.

INVENTIVE

You are curious and like to know how and why things work the way they do. You are good at disassembly and reassembly and theorization on why things work the way they do, how they could be recreated, and how they could be disabled.

Medicine

STREET PERFORMER

You know how to attract and entertain a crowd of commoners with your talents. You might gather a crowd for tips, trade a stay at an inn for a night of performing, or delight a town for a warmer welcome.

COURT MINSTREL

You are skilled in the music of the court as well as etiquette for being invited to perform and entertain an aristocratic audience. You are able to play for courts, balls, galas, and other events of nobility, and are familiar with music popular with the upper class.

TELLER OF TALES

You are familiar with legends and lore and know how to weave them into a compelling tale. You may recall fables or fairy tales that relate to your present circumstances.

CULTURAL POLYMATH

You are familiar with the arts of many cultures, and are able to understand or infer cultural practices and values from unfamiliar cultures. This makes it easier to adapt new performances as well as understand ancient art found in dungeons or ruins.

ACTOR

You are able to portray believable characters and scenes. This may include impersonating others or using drama to make others believe certain circumstances are real.

CHIVALRY

You know how to conduct yourself with honor, dignity, and grace. This allows you to win over those who share your values, gaining respect and admiration even from foes.

Persuasion

ARCHITECTURAL SCHOLAR

You know how buildings are designed, their potential weak spots, and the functions of their parts.

ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS SCHOLAR

You know about lost humanoid civilizations and ancient cultures. Additionally you know the habits, behavior, environment, and physiology of these cultures.

ENGINEERING SCHOLAR

You know about mechanical constructions and devices, their design and creation, and potential weak points. Additionally you know the habits, environment, design, and behavior of constructs.

GEOGRAPHY SCHOLAR

You know about physical geography and geology, and the uses of natural resources.

LAW SCHOLAR

You know about laws, legal codes, legal procedures, and various functionaries responsible for enforcing laws.

LINGUISTIC SCHOLAR

You know about the structure and evolution of languages, written or spoken. You also know about runes and their usages. When you take this scholarship you learn two languages of your choice.

MILITARY SCHOLAR

You know about military structure, rank, strategy, and tactics.

OCCULT SCHOLAR

You know about the occult - aberrations, celestials, & fiends - including their habits, environment, physiology, and behavior, or their associated cults.

POLITICAL SCHOLAR

You know about politics, nobility, social class, heraldry, and government organization.

PLANAR SCHOLAR

You know about the planes of existence. Additionally you know the habits, environment, physiology, and behavior of elementals.

RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR

You know about deities, religious orders and sects, as well as religious rites and practices. You also have knowledge of the undead, including their habits, environment, creation, physiology, and behavior.

CRYPTOGRAPHER

You are skilled at creating cyphers that other creatures find all but impossible to understand. Given time, you can encode and decode messages in a cypher you’ve created, as well as teach others how to communicate using them.

RESEARCHER

You know how to navigate and conduct an effective study. You are skilled in reviewing and undertaking research given the proper materials. You find it easy to produce knowledge about topics when either given materials to perform a study, or a knowledge base such as a library or arcanum.

Sleight of Hand

CROWDSURFER

You are especially skillful at keeping yourself hidden in crowded urban environments. You are able to keep an appropriate distance when tailing a creature as well as create subtle distractions to remove attention from allies.

BURGLAR

You are skilled at breaking and entering into homes or lairs. You have an idea of where guard patrols might be and where keys and treasure might be stored.

ONE WITH THE WOOD

You are skilled at hiding yourself and allies in the wilderness. You notice tracks and signs left by your party, and are able to cover up stray noises and disturbed earth and fauna.

SHADOW’S INSTINCT

You are skilled at knowing when your sneaking efforts are not working and making corrections to your path. You have a sixth sense for when someone is aware of your presence.

STEALTH LEADER

You are skilled at helping allies stay hidden. You are able to consider their strengths, weaknesses, and size and account for those when sneaking together.

Survival

ALCHEMIST’S SUPPLIES

Alchemist’s supplies enable a character to produce useful concoctions, such as acid or alchemist’s fire. Alchemist‘s supplies include two glass beakers, a metal frame to hold a beaker in place over an open flame, a glass stirring rod, a small mortar and pestle, and a pouch of common alchemical ingredients, including salt, powdered iron, and purified water.

BREWER’S SUPPlES

Brewing is the art of producing beer. Not only does beer serve as an alcoholic beverage, but the process of brewing purifies water. Crafting beer takes weeks of fermentation, but only a few hours of work. Brewer's supplies include a large glass jug, a quantity of hops, a siphon, and several feet of tubing.

CALLIGRAPHER’S SUPPLIES

Calligraphy treats writing as a delicate, beautiful art. Calligraphers produce text that is pleasing to the eye, using a style that is difficult to forge. Their supplies also give them some ability to examine scripts and determine if they are legitimate, since a calligrapher’s training involves long hours of studying writing and attempting to replicate its style and design. Calligrapher’s supplies include ink, a dozen sheets of parchment, and three quills.

CARPENTER’S TOOLS

Skill at carpentry enables a character to construct wooden structures. A carpenter can build a house, a shack, a wooden cabinet, or similar items. Carpenter’s tools include a saw, a hammer, nails, a hatchet, a square, a ruler, an adze, a plane, and a chisel.

CARTOGRAPHER’S TOOLS

Using cartographer’s tools, you can create accurate maps to make travel easier for yourself and those who come after you. These maps can range from large-scale depictions of mountain ranges to diagrams that show the layout of a dungeon level. Cartographer’s tools consist of a quill, ink, parchment, a pair of compasses, calipers, and a ruler.

COBBLER’S TOOLS

Although the cobbler’s trade might seem too humble for an adventurer, a good pair of boots will see a character across rugged wilderness and through deadly dungeons. Cobbler’s tools consist of a hammer, an awl, a knife, a shoe stand, a cutter, spare leather, and thread.

COOK’S UTENSILS

Adventuring is a hard life. With a cook along on the journey, your meals will be much better than the typical mix of hardtack and dried fruit. Cook’s utensils include a metal pot, knives, forks, a stirring spoon, and a ladle.

DISGUISE KIT

The perfect tool for anyone who wants to engage in trickery, a disguise kit enables its owner to adopt a false identity. A disguise kit includes cosmetics, hair dye, small props, and a few pieces of clothing.

FORGERY KIT

A forgery kit is designed to duplicate documents and to make it easier to copy a person’s seal or signature. A forgery kit includes several different types of ink, a variety of parchments and papers, several quills, seals and sealing wax, gold and silver leaf, and small tools to sculpt melted wax to mimic a seal.

GAMING SET

Skill training with a gaming set applies to one type of game, such as Three-Dragon Ante or games of chance that use dice. A gaming set has all the pieces needed to play a specific game or type of game, such as a complete deck of cards or a board and tokens

GLASSBLOWER’S TOOLS

Someone who is trained with glassblower’s tools has not only the ability to shape glass, but also specialized knowledge of the methods used to produce glass objects. The tools include a blowpipe, a small marver, blocks, and tweezers. You need a source of heat to work glass.

HERBALISM KIT

Skill training with an herbalism kit allows you to identify plants and safely collect their useful elements.An herbalism kit includes pouches to store herbs, clippers and leather gloves for collecting plants, a mortar and pestle, and several glass jars.

JEWELER’S TOOLS

Training with jeweler’s tools includes the basic techniques needed to beautify gems. it also gives you expertise in identifying precious stones. Jeweler’s tools consist of a small saw and hammer, files, pliers, and tweezers.

LAND OR WATER VEHICLES

Proficiency with land vehicles covers a wide range of options, from chariots and howdahs to wagons and carts. Proficiency with water vehicles covers anything that navigates waterways. Proficiency with vehicles grants the knowledge needed to handle vehicles of that type, along with knowledge of how to repair and maintain them. In addition, a character proficient with water vehicles is knowledgeable about anything a professional sailor would be familiar with, such as information about the sea and islands, tying knots, and assessing weather and sea conditions.

LEATHERWORKER’S TOOLS

Knowledge of leatherworking extends to lore concerning animal hides and their properties. It also confers knowledge of leather armor and similar goods. Leatherworker’s tools include a knife, a small mallet, an edger, a hole punch, thread, and leather scraps.

MASON’S TOOLS

Mason’s tools allow you to craft stone structures, including walls and buildings crafted from brick. Mason’s tools consist of a trowel, a hammer, a chisel, brushes, and a square.

Talent Points

• You acquire Talent Points based on your class as you level up determined by your Class
• These Talent Points represent how you specialize with your training
• These Talent Points can be spent to purchase Talents, unique abilities that you develop over time
• Talents can only be purchased once unless otherwise specified

Focus Feats

• You gain a bonus for only putting points into Cunning or Might. This represents the additional training that someone without magic would need to survive a life of adventuring.
• Talents granted by Class or Species do not disqualify you from your Focus Feat
• Certain Classes will list exceptions to this rule and you may take Talents that will not disqualify you

Master of Might

• Qualify by only taking Talents in Might
• Available at Level Three

Uncannily Cunning

• Qualify by only taking Talents in Cunning
• Available at Level Three

A Little Lucky

• If you have no points in the Magic tree, gain one point of Luck. Even someone highly skilled needs a little Luck without magic in this world.

Offensive Specializations

Light Armor Proficiency

• You have proficiency with Light Armor.

Medium Armor Proficiency

• You have proficiency with Medium Armor.

Heavy Armor Proficiency

• You have proficiency with Heavy Armor.

Shield Proficiency

• You have proficiency with Shields.

Loyal Sacrifice

• You use your Reaction to interpose yourself in front of an ally within 5 feet that has been hit by a melee attack, taking the damage instead.

Break the Pain

• When struck by an attack, you can sacrifice 1 AC of Heavy Armor to Block 3x the normal amount of damage from that attack. You can regain the AC lost this way by repairing the armor in a safe location over a period of four hours.

Throw Shield

• Using your Reaction, you may use the Sacrifice Shield ability to prevent damage to an ally that is Near you.

Blade Lock

• You have Advantage on Parry rolls.

Iron Will

• Your Willpower is Very Hard (+5) to hit. You may use your Reaction to share this bonus with an ally Near you.

Shield Bash

• You may bash an enemy with an equipped Shield as a Quick Action, rolling Strength for the attack roll and d6+STR for the damage roll.

Taunt

• Using your Reaction, you draw the ire of enemies who can hear you, changing their target from an ally to you.

Tough

• Your Fortitude is Very Hard (+5) to hit and you have Resistance to all damage equal to your Constitution modifier.

Hard to Kill

• You gain +1 Resistance to all damage. You may take this talent multiple times up to a maximum of 5.

Versatility Specializations

Living Shield

• When you use the Loyal Sacrifice ability, you may move up to your Movement as part of your Reaction.

Vengeance

• When you take damage to Bulwark, you may make an Opportunity Attack against the foe that caused the damage.

Broken Upon Stone

• Striking you is as if striking a stone. Enemies that deal damage to your Bulwark with melee attacks are Staggered and also Dazed if their Fortitude is less than 15.

You Shall Not Pass

• If a creature attempts to move within 15ft of you you may use your Reaction to Move to them and attempt to Grab them with Advantage.

Hold the Line

• You may Grapple as many creatures as are within 10ft of you. You do not have Disadvantage on Attacks due to being Grappled.

Bash of Bulwark

• When you take melee damage to Bulwark you smash back the enemy causing the damage, dealing half of the damage they caused back to them.

Shield Wall

• When you Are adjacent with two other allies, you all gain +2 AC

Lay on Hands

• You channel your vigor to a creature you touch, healing 1 SP for 1 Bulwark as a Quick action.

Extreme Heft

• You can wield Great Weapons as Light weapons

Vengeance

• When an ally is hit with an Attack by an enemy Near you, you may use a Power Move to move to that enemy and make an Opportunity Attack with Advantage and add the appropriate Rage die.

Smash

• When you use a Rage die, you may Push the enemy up to a distance of the Rage die result x5. If they collide with another creature, they are both knocked Prone. Creatures with Fortitude 15 or higher are immune.

Relentless

• When you drop to 0 SP, as a Reaction you can spend a Rage die and heal SP for the result of the die. If you are adjacent to the creature who dropped you to 0 SP you can make an Opportunity Attack against that creature using the Rage die result you just rolled as part of the Attack.

Enraged Leap

• When you spend a Rage die for a Power Move you can Jump a distance of 5x the Rage die result as part of the move. This does not detract from your Movement. If your attack succeeds, the target is knocked Prone in addition to other effects. If you are already adjacent to a creature with a Fortitude of 15 or under, you can drag them with you as part of the Leap.

Uppercut

• When you spend a Rage die for a Power Move you can choose to first knock up an enemy a distance of 5x the Rage die result, some combination of vertically and horizontally.
• If you knock them completely vertically, popping them up, you can make an Opportunity Attack against them with Disadvantage but adding the Rage die result.
• If it succeeds, they are knocked away from you at a vertical and horizontal distance of 5x the Rage die like a home run ball.
• If it fails, they still take the fall damage.
• Creatures with Fortitude 15 or higher are immune.

War Cry

• When you spend a Rage die you let out a zealous battle cry, downgrading enemy’s damage die a number of levels equal to the Rage spent for one round. Enemies with Willpower 15 or higher are immune.

Whirling Death

• When you take this ability, you also gain the Whirling Cleave talent
• Cleave weapons now strike all enemies within 15ft of you.

Weapon Master

• You can discern the correct weapon to use against a specific enemy at any point in time. When you encounter a new enemy, you may ask the DM what their Weapon Weakness is. Write it down. Whenever you use that weapon type against that enemy, Upgrade the damage dice twice.

Swiss Army Knife

• The amount of weapons you can carry is not limited by your Strength score.

Dig Deep

• You may spend Stamina to lower the die roll needed for a Critical Hit after you have already made the Attack roll.

Grit

• You can spend one point of Stamina to re-roll a Superiority die once.

Size Up

• You are good at sizing up your foe. As a Quick Action, you may ask the DM information about an enemy such as current HP, AC, abilities, or Defense information.

Feint

• As a Quick Action, you may spend 1 Stamina to Feint to attempt to distract your enemy from your true attack. Make an Attack roll against the enemy’s Willpower.
• If you succeed, you may use your Action to make an Attack roll assuming the maximum result of your Superiority die is adding to the attack and damage roll.

Exploit Opening

• You may spend 1 Stamina to make an Opportunity Attack against an enemy that missed you

Warlord

• You may use a Quick Action and spend 2 Stamina to command an Ally to make an Attack against an enemy with their Reaction.

Wings of Terror

• You sprout wings when in your Hybrid and Beast form and can hover 15ft in the air. If you Attack a creature while flying you can move past them without provoking Opportunity Attacks.

Venomous

• If your Attack roll is higher while in Hybrid or Beast form than a creature’s Fortitude they are Poisoned

Predator’s Gaze

• If your Attack roll while in Hybrid or Beast form is higher than a creature’s Willpower, they are Frightened.

Stalk the Long Grass

• When you attack from being Stealthed or Hidden, you may use a Wild Move and add the result to your damage in addition to your Ferocity.

Flay the Fleeing

• If a creature moves away from you while in Hybrid or Beast form and you use your Reaction to Intercept, you move 10ft for every 5ft they move and may make an Opportunity Attack as soon as you are adjacent to them.

Savage Claws

• In your Beast form, your Claws use a d8

Cursed One

• Creatures like werewolves and vampires are Cursed Ones, receiving the gift of transformation as initiation into a hidden circle or an unfortunate accident of a berserking monstrosity.
  
  In your Hybrid form, you get access to the Fangs weapon. Fangs: 1d10, 2h, Melee, Bleed, Grappling Leech: Attacks with your Bite or Fangs heal you for the Ferocity damage dealt.

Unleash the Beast

Prerequisite: Level 7

• You harness your Ferocity to ravage your foes.
• After a successful attack roll, instead of rolling normal weapon damage, roll a number of d8s equal to your current Ferocity.
• After this attack, your Ferocity drops to 1.

Enraged Hulk

• You can take an Attack of Opportunity against the target when using your Loyal Sacrifice ability

Sharpened Claws

• Your damage die is 1d10 while in Predator form

Prey on the Weak

• You deal an extra 1d8 to Grabbed creatures in the Entangler form

Thick Hide

• Your AC is 14 while in Hulk form

Ravaging Predator

Prerequisite: Level 5

• You use twice as many damage die while you Attack in Predator form

Stop Wriggling

• The DC for the Choking Submission is Normal instead of Hard (+3)
• Note: This may represent poison, the constriction of a snake, the vice-like grasp of a crocodile’s jaws, etc.

Pounce

• If your attack roll while transformed beats the target’s Fortitude, they are knocked Prone and Staggered

Snatching Talons

• You have Advantage on Grab and Grapple checks while in Great Flyer form. That makes it easier to pick up foes in your talons and drop them from great heights.

Bladework

Jack of All Trades

• You gain the skill Jack of All Trades

• This Skill allows you to ‘fake it ‘til you make it’ and attempt to do something you normally wouldn’t do. You must give a brief justification of why your vast experiences might allow you to apply the skill in this circumstance.

• The justification is encouraged to be outlandish bravado and fictional at best where appropriate.

Vicious Mockery

• 1h, Near, Action. You unleash a string of insults, dealing 1d6+CHA emotional damage and causing Disadvantage on the creature’s next attack.

• When you do this, as a player you must verbally say the insult your character says.

• Roll Charisma against Willpower. The creature must be able to understand what you’re saying.

Woodcraft

Stealthy

• You are adept at staying silent and hidden. When attempting to Stealth, roll with Advantage. You can Hide as long as you break line of sight and do not need to use a Quick Action.

Ambush

• You can Hide in the same place twice and still gain the Hidden condition. You also Dash whenever you are coming out of the Hidden condition.

Assassin

• Any hit you score against a creature that is Surprised is a Critical Hit.
• You have Advantage on creatures that have not yet acted in combat

Toxicologist

• You always deal max damage with Venoms.

Mithradatism

• You have consumed small bits of poison over time to build immunity. You are Immune to Poison damage.

Gadgetcraft

Maestro

• You gain an additional Reaction that may only be used for Harmonizing.

Warsong

• You may play one of the following songs during battle. Requires a Quick Action to begin and Concentration, lasts for two rounds. You are Staggered while you are playing. Costs 1 Inspiration.

Forte

• You channel your Muse to vigorously encourage an ally to the heights of their strength. You or an ally near you may upgrade all damage die for their turn. Costs 1 Inspiration, may spend up to two additional Inspiration for up to two additional upgrades. Quick Action.

Pianissimo

• You channel your Muse to inspire despondency in an enemy. You downgrade all their damage die for their turn. Costs 1 Inspiration, may spend up to two additional Inspiration for up to two additional downgrades. Quick Action.

Incisive Insults

If you take this Talent, you also gain the Vicious Mockery Talent.

• When you use Vicious Mockery, use a d12 instead of a d6. On a success, the target not only has Disadvantage but is Staggered.

Disparaging Taunt

• As a Reaction, you attempt to distract a creature to be aggressive toward you with vicious insults and indignities. Make a Charisma check (if they are attacking an ally the DC is the attack roll) and the DM may grant Advantage if you come up with a particularly clever wordplay. If you succeed, the creature stops what it is doing and directs its attention toward you. It has Disadvantage on all attacks against you and is Slowed and Staggered. It does not need to understand what you’re saying. Costs 1 Inspiration.

This Rhymes of the Tale

• You recall a Tale that reminds you of your current predicament, and give a short recounting of that tale including its Ending (make it up, it doesn’t have to be amazing). Make a Charisma check against a DC set by the DM based on how outlandish the Ending is and how much rhyming was used in your story. You may spend a point of Inspiration for Advantage. If you succeed, the Ending occurs in a somewhat similar fashion. Takes an Action and costs 3 Inspiration.

• Example: Orcs surround you and your party at the base of a cliff. You say, “This Rhymes of the Tale of Pliny the Older, an old lucky knight with a chip on his shoulder, they say that one time when he fought a beholder, the monster was struck by a runaway boulder.” The Ending here is ‘the monster was struck by a runaway boulder. If the check is successful, the DM may have boulders roll down from above, crushing the orcs or blocking their way.

Bladedancer

• Bladedancers entertain through daring feats of weapon prowess. They perform stunts such as sword swallowing, knife throwing and juggling, and mock combats. Though they use their weapons to entertain, they are also highly trained and skilled warriors in their own right.

Intuitive Learner

• You have honed your mind for constant intuitive learning.
• From this level onward, use WIS instead of INT to determine your Skill Points.

Intuitive Fighter

Prerequisite: Level 5

• You add your WIS modifier to damage dealt in addition to STR or DEX.

Know Thine Enemy

• You have honed your martial discipline to observe and exploit your enemy's patterns. For any enemy you attacked during a previous round you may use the next highest Focused Fighting die (d4->d6->d8 etc)

Manipulate Momentum

• When an enemy misses, you have Advantage on your next attack against that enemy

Close Quarters Specialist

• You have Advantage on Unarmed Attacks while Grappled and deal maximum damage.

Brutal Blows

• When you use Flurry of Blows, Upgrade the damage die (d6->d8 etc.)

Parting Gift

• After you use Leaf in the Wind to redirect an Attack, you may make an Opportunity Attack against that enemy. If it succeeds, they are Staggered.

Punching Bag

• You have Resistance(5) to all damage when you are adjacent to more enemies than allies.

Elemental Arrowheads

• You no longer simply attach the elemental stones to the arrow, but fashion the stones themselves into arrowheads. You deal an additional 1d10 damage with Elemental Arrows.

Venomous Hornthistle

• You find a unique species of Hornthistle with venom encrusted thorns. Foes hit by your Hornthistle arrows take an additional 1d10 damage and are Poisoned.

Armor Piercing Arrows

• You reinforce your bowstring, giving your arrows the Bludgeoning property

Bloodstone Arrows

• You fashion arrowheads from the vampiric bloodstone. These Trick Arrows deal 1d10 additional damage and heal you for the amount of additional damage done.

Bow Mastery

• Your damage die with a Longbow is a d10

• The Shortbow gains the Light property, allowing you to attack with your Quick Action but not add your modifier.

Insightful Defense

• Your Insightful Fighter die applies to your Dodge as well, and successful Dodges increase the die used.

Exploit Weakness

• If you roll a 4 or higher on your Insightful Fighter die and successfully hit, add that number to your damage roll.

Fey Step

• You can pass through the Feywild on your way to foes. If your Insightful Fighter die is 4 or higher, you can teleport up to 10 feet before or after you attack and make one additional attack.

• If you attack at least two different creatures with the Action, you can teleport up to 10 ft and make one additional attack with it against a third creature.

Tricky Multishot

• You can Multishot and Trick Shot at the same time. You spend one Trick Shot arrow for each arrow that is being Multishot. If the attack misses, all the arrows are spent.

Rakish Audacity

• You gain an additional way to use your Sneak Attack; you don’t need Advantage on the Attack roll to use your Sneak Attack against a creature if you are within 5 feet of it, no other creatures are within 5 feet of you, and you don’t have Disadvantage on the Attack roll.
• All the other rules for Sneak Attack still apply to you.

Fight Dirty

• You never fight fair. You have Advantage against a Staggered opponent.

Throw Sand

• You may use your Quick Action to throw sand in the eyes of an enemy. They are Blinded and Staggered until your next turn. Enemies with Fortitude 15 and above are immune. Costs 1 point of Cunning

Below the Belt

• You may use your Quick Action to strike an enemy below the belt. They are Dazed and Staggered until your next turn. Enemies with Fortitude 15 and above are immune. Costs 1 point of Cunning.

Sucker Punch

• You deal maximum damage when attacking after being Hidden. Costs 5 points of Cunning.