General Rules

• Every Ancestry makes use of the 'Alternative Ability Boost' optional rule, ignoring any suggested boosts/flaws in the base Ancestry.

• I use the 'Free Archetype' optional rule.

• Common and Uncommon options presented in any officially published book are open to you.

• Homebrew options are acceptable, providing they are bought to me first and with the caveat that they can be nerfed or ruled out entirely if they do not play well within the rules.

• I use Milestone Leveling instead of EXP.

Atherium

Atherium is a dangerous mineral that is mined from fallen meteorites. It gives off a powerful magical energy that is harmful to be around for long periods of time.

Touching a raw source or entering an area saturated in the energy requires you to roll a save to resist its effects. Atherium loosely mimics Blightburn Sickness.

Stellar Signs

To the people of Atheria, the Stars are more than just small motes of light hanging in the sky. They have a draw, a power to them. Some people can even harness that power.

When you are born, you are born under a specific arrangement of the Stars and the Moons. This dictates your Stellar Sign. You choose this at character creation, however the suggested traits are just that, suggestions.

Sign	Traits
The Watchman	Cautious, Brave, Prepared
The Spyglass	Wanderlusted, Introverted, Knowledge Seeker
The Steed	Loner, Animal Affinity, Feral
The Needle	Compassionate, Loyal, Empathetic
The Cup	Social, Extravagant, Friendly
The Hammer	Creative, Understanding, Hands On
The Carriage	Swift, Dependable, Showboat
The Scroll	Intelligent, Linguistical, Book Worm
The Shield	Resolute, Self-sacrificing, Stubborn
The Void	Unremarkable, Trustworthy, Aloof
The Tempest	Wild, Extroverted, Restless
The Vault	Protective, Hoarder, Stoic

Faith through emotion

As there are no Gods looking down on the world of Atheria, this requires a little tweaking when it comes to the mechanics of selecting a Deity for the Classes and Archetpyes that rely on it.

The people of the world worship emotion instead. Each of the major Emotional faiths is listed below (as well as a handful of the smaller, secondary faiths) alongside their appropriate domains. When a feature asks you to select a Deity, you would instead select an emotion, then chose a Deity who shares at least one Domain with it.

Mechanically, you then use the benefits, spells and anathema granted by that Deity, but are instead bound by the initial emotion you chose. The table below covers the usual connections, but the majority of domains are changeable.

How it works in practice

For example, you are a 1st level Cloistered Cleric. You wish to be a Cleric of Reflection. You could select any deity that has the Dreams, Fate, Soul or Nature Domains as their own.

You select Desna. Mechanically, you are a Cleric of Desna, using their Domain Skill, Divine Font, Anathema ect but you flavour this around the emotion of Reflection.

Faith	Usual Domains
Church of Joy	Family, Freedom, Trickery, Sun
Path of Hope	Confidence, Healing, Repose, Knowledge
Eye of Reflection	Dreams, Fate, Soul, Nature
Bastions of Wrath	Death, Undeath, Void, Lightning
Dread Acolytes	Darkness, Secrecy, Glyph, Cold
Consortium of Avarice	Ambition, Indulgence, Wealth, Magic
The Order of Apathy	Protection, Duty, Vigil, Truth
Attendants of the Broken	Cities, Moon, Perfection, Star

Faith	Usual Domains
Grief	Nightmares, Pain, Delirium, Sorrow
Surprise	Change, Water, Time, Swarm
Contempt	Might, Tyranny, Earth
Rage	Destruction, Fire, Sun
Awe	Creation, Luck, Air
Frustration	Decay, Dust, Plague
Desire	Zeal, Passion , Travel