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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Yes, the page numbers keep resetting, but I have no idea how to fix it)
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................... 2
00 Introduction ....................................................... 7
01 How to Play ...................................................... 8
General Rules .................................................... 8
Dice ................................................................... 8
Attacks, Checks, and Saves ............................... 8
Modifier .......................................................... 9
Accuracy and Difficulty ................................... 9
Combat and Narrative Scenes ........................... 9
How the Game Works ........................................ 9
The Setting ........................................................ 9
02 Building Beacons .............................................11
The Beacons.....................................................11
Character Creation............................................11
Title ..................................................................11
Background Skills .............................................11
Ability Points .....................................................12
Talents..............................................................12
Ancestry ...........................................................12
Class ................................................................13
Anatomy of a Beacon ........................................13
Levels ...........................................................13
Size ..............................................................13
Scope ...........................................................13
Armor............................................................13
Save Target ..................................................13
Abilities .........................................................13
Grit................................................................13
HP and Wounds ............................................14
Recoveries ....................................................14
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Dodge .......................................................... 14
Speed .......................................................... 14
Stress Cap and Overstress ........................... 14
Memory ........................................................ 14
Aetheric Defense (A-Def).............................. 14
Mana ............................................................ 14
Weapons.......................................................... 14
Weapon Size................................................ 14
Weapon Type ............................................... 15
Support Items................................................... 15
Techniques ...................................................... 15
Ultimate ........................................................... 16
03 Narrative Play ................................................. 18
Skill Checks ..................................................... 18
Downtime Activity ............................................. 18
Create a Ritual ............................................. 18
Cut Loose..................................................... 19
Dungeon Dive .............................................. 19
Gain Contacts .............................................. 19
Get Something ............................................. 19
Hit the Books................................................ 19
Make Something .......................................... 20
Run an organization ..................................... 20
Shop ............................................................ 20
Training ........................................................ 20
Advantages ...................................................... 21
Changing Narrative Play Systems .................... 23
04 Quests ............................................................ 24
Goal ................................................................. 24
Stakes.............................................................. 24
Stages ............................................................. 24
Prep ................................................................. 25
 Approach ..........................................................25
Scout ............................................................25
Whittle...........................................................26
Infiltrate .........................................................26
Sway .............................................................27
Avoidance .....................................................27
Research / Plan ............................................28
Adversity...........................................................29
05 Combat Play ....................................................31
06 Combat Order ..................................................31
Combat Summary .............................................31
Phases .............................................................31
Actions..............................................................31
Surge ............................................................32
The Actions.......................................................32
Cast ..............................................................32
Channel + Release .......................................32
Defend ..........................................................32
Delay ............................................................33
Fight .............................................................33
Push .............................................................33
Grapple .........................................................33
Full Attack .....................................................33
Hide ..............................................................33
Mark .............................................................34
Ready ...........................................................34
Recover ........................................................34
Rush .............................................................34
Search ..........................................................34
Volley............................................................34
Reactions..........................................................34
Opportunity Attack.........................................35
Interpose .......................................................35
Counterattack................................................35
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Free Actions..................................................... 35
07 Combat Rules ................................................. 37
Characters Versus Objects ............................... 37
Allies and Enemies ....................................... 37
Terrain ......................................................... 37
Ability Checks and Saves ................................. 37
Attacks ............................................................. 37
Weapon Attacks ........................................... 37
Spell Attacks ................................................ 38
Auto-Hit ............................................................ 38
Critical Hits....................................................... 38
Reroll Table ..................................................... 39
Range, Reach, and Area of Effect .................... 39
Range .......................................................... 39
Reach .......................................................... 39
Area of Effect ............................................... 39
Targeting.......................................................... 39
Line of Sight ..................................................... 39
Determining Line of Sight ............................. 40
Cover ............................................................... 40
Soft Cover .................................................... 40
Hard Cover................................................... 40
Determining Cover ....................................... 40
Movement ........................................................ 41
Obstruction................................................... 41
Splitting Up Movement ................................. 41
Forced Movement ........................................ 41
Engagement ................................................. 41
Teleportation ................................................ 41
Difficult Terrain ............................................. 42
Dangerous Terrain ....................................... 42
Falling .......................................................... 42
Flying ........................................................... 42
Swimming .................................................... 42
 Underwater or Zero Gravity ...........................43
Jumping ........................................................43
Climbing........................................................43
Squeezing .....................................................43
Environmental Factors ......................................43
Damage ............................................................45
Damage ........................................................45
Special Damage: Stress ................................46
Bonus Damage .............................................46
Armor, Resistance, and Immunity ..................46
Order of Damage ..........................................46
Conditions & Status ..........................................46
Condition ......................................................47
Status ...........................................................47
Wounds and Overstress ....................................49
Wounds ........................................................49
Overstressed ................................................50
Defeat ...........................................................50
Resting .............................................................51
Short Rest .....................................................51
Long Rest .....................................................51
08 Character Options ............................................52
Ancestry ...........................................................52
Avian ............................................................53
Dragonborn ...................................................54
Dwarf ............................................................55
Elemental ......................................................56
Elf .................................................................57
Gigan ............................................................58
Gnome ..........................................................59
Goblin ...........................................................60
Halfling..........................................................61
Human ..........................................................62
Kobold ..........................................................63
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Lycanthrope ................................................. 64
Machina ....................................................... 65
Orc ............................................................... 66
Tiefling ......................................................... 67
Class................................................................ 68
Aegis.............................................................. 2
Alchemist ....................................................... 1
Arsenal ........................................................... 1
Assassin ........................................................ 2
Berserker ....................................................... 2
Chronomancer ............................................... 2
Demon Hunter ................................................ 2
Demonologist ................................................. 2
Dragon Rider .................................................. 2
Druid .............................................................. 2
Gravewalker ................................................... 2
Gunslinger...................................................... 2
Hexblade........................................................ 2
Paladin ........................................................... 1
Phoenix .......................................................... 1
Seeker ........................................................... 2
Shadow Dancer .............................................. 2
Shapeshifter ................................................... 2
Skald.............................................................. 2
Stitch.............................................................. 2
Thunderclaw .................................................. 2
Tidecaller ....................................................... 2
Warden .......................................................... 1
Warlord .......................................................... 2
Talents ............................................................... 5
Archmage....................................................... 5
Armored Defender .......................................... 5
Artificer........................................................... 5
Artillerist ......................................................... 6
 Brawler .......................................................... 6
Breaker .......................................................... 6
Called Shots .................................................. 6
Commander ................................................... 7
Dervish .......................................................... 7
Duelist............................................................ 7
Enchanter ...................................................... 8
Great Weapon Master .................................... 8
Hospitaler ...................................................... 8
Juggernaut ..................................................... 9
Lancet ............................................................ 9
Leyline Walker ............................................... 9
Lichdom ........................................................11
Parkour .........................................................11
Shadow.........................................................11
Slasher .........................................................11
Sniper ...........................................................12
Speedster .....................................................12
Spellbreaker..................................................12
Spotter ..........................................................12
Summoner ....................................................12
Sun Blotter ....................................................13
Technician ....................................................13
Thaumaturge ................................................13
Warcaster .....................................................14
Equipment ........................................................15
Weapons ......................................................15
Support Items................................................17
Techniques .......................................................19
Signature Equipment.........................................21
Tags .................................................................22
09 GM Guide ........................................................24
Setting up the Game .........................................24
Creating the Setting & Session 0 .......................24
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Safety Tools ................................................. 24
Designing a Setting ...................................... 25
GM Tips ....................................................... 25
Loot and Rewards ........................................... 26
Assigning Loot .............................................. 26
Building a Loot Cache .................................. 26
Narrative Rewards........................................ 27
10 Building a Quest .............................................. 27
11 Combat Scenes............................................... 28
Combat Types.................................................. 29
Acquire......................................................... 29
Assassinate .................................................. 29
Control ......................................................... 29
Defend ......................................................... 29
Elimination ................................................... 30
Escort........................................................... 30
Holdout ........................................................ 30
Raid ............................................................. 31
Rescue ......................................................... 31
Seek ............................................................ 31
Survive ......................................................... 31
12 Non-Player Characters (NPCs)........................ 34
Combat Play NPCs .......................................... 34
Unit Type ......................................................... 34
Unit Templates ................................................. 34
Unit Tiers ......................................................... 34
Unit Initiative .................................................... 34
Unit Actions...................................................... 35
Unit Special Rules ............................................ 35
Encounter Building ........................................... 35
Designing an NPC............................................ 35
Unit Types ........................................................... 36
Aviator ............................................................. 36
Charger ............................................................ 38
Cleaver .............................................................40
Commander ......................................................42
Elementalist ......................................................44
Expendable.......................................................46
Firebug .............................................................48
Giant.................................................................50
Gunner .............................................................52
Healer ...............................................................55
Mindreaver........................................................57
Mirage ..............................................................59
Protector ...........................................................61
Ranger..............................................................63
Rogue ...............................................................65
Siphon ..............................................................67
Sniper ...............................................................69
Specter .............................................................71
Summoner ........................................................73
Swarm ..............................................................75
Vulture ..............................................................77
Warmage ..........................................................79
Universal NPC Features....................................81
Templates .........................................................83
Celestial ........................................................83
Dragon ..........................................................84
Elemental ......................................................85
Elite ..............................................................85
Minion ...........................................................86
Mounted........................................................87
Ooze .............................................................88
Solo ..............................................................89
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Undead ........................................................ 91
Vampiric ....................................................... 92
Veteran ........................................................ 93
13 Setting ............................................................ 96
The Source and its Shards ............................... 96
Shards ............................................................. 97
Crystal Warriors ........................................... 97
Moontouched ............................................... 98
Landfall ........................................................ 99
Soul Guard ................................................. 100
Custom Shards .......................................... 101
Scope of Stories............................................. 101
14 Appendix ....................................................... 102
LOOT ............................................................. 102
By Number ................................................. 102
By Type...................................................... 110
By Rarity .................................................... 110
COMBAT QUICK GUIDE ................................... 111
PHASE 1: BOLSTER ..................................... 113
PHASE 2: CHANNEL ..................................... 113
PHASE 3: SKIRMISH ..................................... 113
PHASE 4: REPOSITION ................................ 113
PHASE 5: BRAWL ......................................... 114
PHASE 6: RELEASE...................................... 114
PHASE 7: FULL ATTACK .............................. 114
PHASE 8: DELAY .......................................... 114
SPECIAL ACTIONS: READY ......................... 114
REACTIONS .................................................. 114
REROLL TABLE ............................................ 114
 BEACON RPG
By: Tim Gonzalez, Pirate Gonzalez Games
Art: MJ Barros, Kyle Hebert, Cosmixian, Venus Jaw, Matthew Sargent
Lancer class templates by Hellaspooks
Early Playtest Material

00 Introduction
Beacon is a high fantasy role playing game inspired by the Lancer RPG and the 4th edition of the most popular
fantasy role playing game.
Beacon is a game all about choices and freedom. The game is divided into two types of play: narrative and
combat. In narrative play you will tell stories about your characters and the world you play in, and in combat play
you will use the features and abilities that you’ve picked to overcome challenges.
Beacon’s narrative play is rules-light. Alternatively, combat play is rules-heavy. The majority of the book is
devoted to combat play, but because the two modes of play are separated, you can replace the narrative play
rules here with a different set of rules without problem.
Design Intent
This game was designed as a hack of the Lancer RPG (which is an AMAZING game, you should check it out).
Other influences include Final Fantasy 14, Starcraft, and Warcraft.
Lancer’s combat system is fun and tactical, with varied options that matter. One of the best parts of that system is
how you build your mech, combining equipment gathered from different licenses. You can build in any way you
want, and I wanted to bring that into a fantasy setting.
There are changes I wanted to make in the conversion from a mech-based RPG to a fantasy-based one. The
introduction of mana as a resource you spend during combat, ancestries with equipable traits, and the
introduction of support items are some of the major changes.
The combat order system is different from Lancer. I use the PHASE system, where actions can only be taken
during certain phases of combat. Instead of having to decide everything during your turn, you can instead break it
down into smaller segments. “Do I want to defend or recover? No? Ok, how about SKIRMISH?”. It introduces
smaller decision points for players.
With all that in mind, I hope you enjoy this game!
Feedback
Feedback can be sent to PirateGonzalezGames@gmail.com . At the moment, please only send feedback on
game balance suggestions. This document has not been edited, so spelling and formatting mistakes will be
plentiful and not a valuable use of your time.

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 01 How to Play
Beacon is a table top role-playing game (TTRPG).
There are two roles that participants take: The Game
Master (GM), and the Players.
The goal of all participants is to tell a shared story,
and have fun doing so. The players create a single
character, called a player character (PC), and
explore the game through that character’s story. The
game master (GM) controls all of the non-player
characters, sets up combat encounters, and helps
shape the narrative.
General Rules
1. The wellbeing and fun of the group, players
and Game Master (GM) included, is the top
priority.
2. Specific text takes precedent over general
text.
3. The game does not model reality or real-life
physics, and does not intend to.
4. Narrative play and combat play are two
distinct modes of play. The ability to do
something in one mode does not
automatically grant the ability for it to
happen in another mode.
5. In combat play, if an ability lets the player do
something, they can do it even if it doesn’t
make narrative sense. It is the duty of the
players and GM to explain HOW something
happens, not to find reasons why it can’t
work. Basically, work backwards. If you are
in a cave, and a player calls down a
lightning bolt from the sky, it happens. Now
figure out how or why the lightning bolt
struck from the sky. Is the cave large
enough to have clouds? Did it break through
the roof? Was there a tiny hole?
6. Round up to the nearest whole number.
Dice
Characters in Beacon will use dice during narrative
and combat play to determine success, failure, and
other interesting decisions.
Beacon uses two types of dice. A 20-sided die (d20)
and a 6-sided die (d6). Some effects might reference
a d3. You can use a d6 to represent a d6. A 1-2 on
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the d6 equals a 1, 3-4 equals a 2, and 5-6 equals a
3.
A number in front of a die indicates how many dice
of that type to roll. 3d6 means you roll 3 six-sided
die.
Attacks, Checks, and
Saves
Attack rolls, skill/ability checks, and saves all utilize a
d20. To make one of these rolls, you will roll a d20
and add the appropriate modifiers to the number
rolled. The final result in your total roll.
Attacks: Attacks are hostile actions taken against
another character in combat scenes. Attacks are
usually made with weapons, spells, or skills. Attacks
add a character’s GRIT to the attack roll.
Checks: There are two types of checks in Beacon:
Skill Checks and Ability Checks. The target
number to succeed on a check is 10, meaning a roll
(after modifiers) must equal or exceed 10.
Contested checks are rolled by opposing characters
during combat mode. Whoever has the highest
result succeeds. Ties result in a stalemate.
 Skill Checks are used in narrative play. If a
character has a background that would be
beneficial to the roll they are making, they
can add their rank in that background as a
modifier. Only one background can be
applied at a time.
 Ability Checks Ability checks are used in
combat play. Ability checks use a
character’s BULK, AGILITY, MIND, or
MAGIC score as a modifier.
Saves: Saves are used to resist effects during
combat play. An effect that causes a save will
indicate which ability score (BLK/AGI/MND/MGK)
will be used as a modifier. Characters have their
own save target, which is the number that must be
met or exceeded when rolling a save. If no save
target is indicated, the target number is 10.
 Modifier
There are three types of modifiers in Beacon. When
applied, a modifier increases or decreases your
result of a die roll.
 Accuracy (ACC)
 Difficulty (DIF)
 Static modifiers (+1, -4, etc.)
Accuracy and Difficulty
Accuracy and Difficult are modifiers applied to a d20
roll. A character can have multiple instances of
accuracy or difficulty (ex: +4 ACC, +2 DIF). Accuracy
and Difficulty cancel each other out on a 1-to-1
basis. For example, if an attack has +4 ACC and +2
DIF, the final result would be +2 ACC. The 2 points
of Difficulty are canceled by 2 points of Accuracy.
Determine the final amount of Accuracy or Difficulty
before rolling any dice.
For each point of Accuracy or Difficulty, roll a d6 and
take the single highest result out of the d6s rolled.
If you were rolling with Accuracy, the number is a
positive modifier. If you were rolling with Difficulty,
the number is a negative modifier.
The Setting
The GM and players will work together to build their
own setting. Chapter 14 has guidelines on how to
build a setting together, but there are common
themes across most games of Beacon.
 The world is filled with action and
adventure.
 Magic is widely available.
 Technology and magic have been
combined into magitech devices.
 The player characters are beacons, which
mean that they act as a source of
inspiration to others, regardless of any
heroic or villainous inclinations.
 The Scourge is a recurring threat in the
world.
 Crystals hold some area of significance.
Other details, like the species, cultures, and types of
magic are purposely left for the players and GM to
decide together.

Combat and Narrative

Scenes
Beacon is broken into two modes of play, narrative
and combat. Effects and abilities from one mode
don’t carry over to the other.
Narrative play is rules light. Players will make skill
checks during this mode. Small duels or fights can
occur during this mode, but will be handled through
checks instead of a full combat scene.
Combat play is rules heavy. Players will use their
combat statistics and equipment during this mode.
Combat play is for important or tactically challenging
fights, not for every minor skirmish.

How the Game Works

Beacon play revolves around quests. During
narrative play, characters will collectively tell their
stories and explore the world. The GM will provide
quests for the characters to undertake to further
these stories, and combat scenes to play.

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 02 Building Beacons
The Beacons
Your character in Beacon is a special adventurer- a
Beacon. We call them beacons because of their
ability to act like a shining light to others. A Beacon
doesn’t need to act a specific way, but no matter
what, they will always find themselves in a position
to inspire or help others.
The exact nature of a beacon is different in each
setting. In some settings a beacon might be a
mystically empowered person born under a strange
star, or they might be a normal person with an
abundance of charisma.
Beacons don’t need a reason to be special in your
game. The fact that they are controlled by a player
already makes them special, and means they have
the opportunity to influence and change the story
being told. One group might be about a band of
heroes destined to save the world, and another
might be about a found family, fighting to keep
themselves safe.
The only constant between different groups and
settings is that Beacons inspire. Maybe your
character is cowardly or timid, but as a group, they
have the opportunity to give hope to others.
Chapter XX will detail some example settings, as
well as the role of Beacons within it.
Character Creation
Each character starts at level 1. A level 1 character
gains the following:
 1 Title
 4 Background Skills
 2 Ability Points
 3 Rank 1 Talents
 Ancestry
 Class
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Title
(x1 Title at 1st level)
When the stories of you and your fellow beacons
become legend, how will your character be
remembered? What will they be called when their
name falls into obscurity, and all that survives is their
deeds?
Create a title for your character. People will
recognize you by this title, even if they don’t know
your name. Titles can reference your fighting style, a
physical trait, or even your aesthetic.
Examples include: The Green Knight, The Herald
of Silence, The Bosstown Bludgeon, Moonfang, The
Timeless Bard.
Background Skills
(x4 Background Skills at 1st level)
Your background skills represent your history and
training, and help you succeed at skill checks.
Whenever you make a skill check (not ability check),
if one of your backgrounds would apply, you can add
its bonus to your roll. A skill check can only benefit
from one background at a time.
Your backgrounds can be anything you want, so be
sure to make them evocative. Instead of just
“acrobat”, make it interesting like “Acrobat performer
for the Demon Circus”. When you create a
background, think of what situations it might apply its
bonus to. If it seems like it would apply to every skill
check you might make, you should narrow its focus
more.
Create FOUR backgrounds with a +2 bonus each.
Backgrounds have 3 ranks, and provide a flat bonus
depending on the number of points you’ve assigned.
Rank 1=+2, Rank 2= +4, and Rank 3= +6.
When you gain a new background point, you can
either increase the rank of one of your existing
backgrounds, or create a new one.
Making a Skill Check
Roll 1d20 + an appropriate background. If you equal
or exceed 10, you succeed.
See chapter 03 for more information on skill checks.
Ability Points
(x2 Ability Points at 1st level)
Your character has four ABILITIES that represent
their ability to fight:
 Bulk (BLK)
 Agility (AGI)
 Mind (MND)
 Magic (MGK)
Ability scores range from +0 to +6. Abilities
represent your combat training, and have no effect
on Skill checks using your backgrounds.
Each Ability also provides bonuses to other
statistics.
Bulk
Your BULK determines how tough and sturdy you
are in combat.
Bulk affects your statistics in the following ways:
 +2 HP for every point of BULK
 +1 RECOVERY for every two points of
BULK
Agility
Your AGILITY is how fast and evasive you are in
combat.
Agility affects your statistics in the following ways:
 +1 DODGE for every point of AGILITY
 +1 SPEED for every two points of AGILITY
Mind
Your MIND determines how much STRESS you can
handle, and how many techniques or spells you can
learn at a time.
Mind affects your statistics in the following ways:
 +1 STRESS CAP for every point of MIND
 +1 MEMORY for every two points of MIND.
Magic
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Your MAGIC affects your magical defenses and
amount of mana.
Magic affects your statistics in the following ways:
 +1 AETHER DEFENSE for every point of
MAGIC.
 +1 MANA for every two points of MAGIC.
Making an Ability Check or Save
Roll 1d20 + the indicated ability score for whatever
triggered the roll. Ability checks need to equal or
exceed 10 to succeed. Ability saves need to equal or
exceed the save DC of the character that forced the
save. If there is no save DC indicated, saves need to
equal or exceed 10 to succeed.
Talents
(x3 Rank 1 Talents at 1st level)
Talents are abilities a beacon can acquire that aren’t
tied to a class, and don’t need to be equipped. Once
a talent is learned, you always have access to that
talent and its abilities.
Talents have 3 ranks. When you gain a talent, you
gain the rank 1 ability of that talent. If you continue
to assign points into the talent, you gain access to
the rank 2, and finally the rank 3 abilities of that
talent.
Whenever a beacon gains a level, they can reassign
up to all of their ranks in one talent, to another talent.
Ancestry
Your ancestry represents the species you come
from. Your ancestry determines your size, and gives
you a list of combat abilities to choose from.
Think of ancestries as a collection of common traits,
and not a literal requirement of how a character
looks or acts. For example, the Avian ancestry
allows for flight, but maybe you are a human with a
jetpack. Because ancestries are just combat traits,
use Avian instead of Human.

Class
Classes are the training and skills you have learned
for combat. Each class has 3 levels to it, which
provide additional abilities for you to use.
You can gain levels in multiple classes, and mix and
match their abilities as you see fit.
Whenever you go on a quest, you can “equip” one of
your known classes. Regardless of what class you
use, you still have access to all of the gear and
techniques you’ve unlocked from other classes.
[sidebar] if it helps, think of a class as a style or
approach to combat that can be changed, not as a
summation of everything you’ve learned.
Anatomy of a Beacon
Levels
There are two types of levels each beacon has:
Their character level, and their class level.
A beacon’s character level represents their overall
growth and strength. A class level represents the
focused training they’ve devoted to a specific class.
A beacon’s character level is equal to the sum of all
of their class levels. A 1st level beacon has 1 class
level.
Whenever a beacon finishes a quest, regardless of
whether it was successful or not, they gain a level.
Each time a beacon gains a level, they can either
increase an existing class by one level (to a
maximum of 3) or gain a new class at level 1.
Leveling Up
Whenever a beacon gains a level, they gain the
following:
 +1 level in an existing or new class
 +1 Ability Point
 +1 Background skill rank or a new
background skill
 +1 Talent rank or new talent
Changing Choices
Whenever a beacon gains a level, they can change
the following aspects of their character:
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 Reassign up to all of their ranks in one talent
to another talent
 Reassign up to all of their levels in a class to
another class
Size
A character’s size is between ½ and 3. A beacon’s
ancestry will determine their starting size.
A character’s size determines how many spaces
they take up in a grid, and abstractly represents how
much space or control they exert on a battlefield. It
does not indicate exactly how tall or how heavy a
character is.
Scope
Scope is the maximum range that a character can
detect HIDDEN characters, attack with spell attacks,
and use other abilities.
Armor
Armor reduces incoming damage by the indicated
amount. Armor does not apply to Damage Over
Time (DOT) or Stress.
A beacon’s armor value cannot exceed 4.
Save Target
When a character forces another target to make a
saving throw, their target number to equal or exceed
is the initiator’s save target.
Abilities
Bulk, Agility, Mind, and Magic are the four abilities,
with a value between 0 and 6. Players assign ability
points to these four abilities.
Abilities influence other aspects of a character, and
also provide a bonus equal to their value to their
ability checks and ability saves.
Grit
Starting at level 2 and every 2 level after, characters
gain a point of GRIT (level 2, 4, 6, etc.). Grit is a
passive bonus that applies to the following
attributes:
 HP: +1 HP per GRIT.
 Save Target: +1 save DC per GRIT.
 Attack Rolls: +1 attack bonus per GRIT.
 Memory: +1 MEM per GRIT.
 HP and Wounds
Characters have hit points (HP), which are reduced
when they take damage.
Characters can also take WOUNDS. Beacons have
a WOUND CAP of 4. Whenever their HP reaches 0,
they take a WOUND and reset their HP. They also
have to make a wound check to see what
additional penalties they suffer.
When a character’s current HP is equal to or less
than half of their HP maximum (rounded up), they
are considered BLOODIED.
See chapter 07 for additional information.
Recoveries
Recoveries represent the resources you have to
heal yourself and repair your equipment. The
RECOVER action and other abilities allow you to
spend recoveries to heal yourself.
Temporary HP (Temp HP)
Temp HP is a separate pool of HP outside of your
normal HP. Whenever you take damage, if you have
temp HP, the damage is subtracted from your temp
HP pool first. Any remaining damage applies to your
HP as normal.
Temp HP doesn’t stack, you only apply temp HP if it
is larger than the current amount of temp HP you
have. For example, if you have 2 temp HP and
would gain 4 temp HP, you now have 4 temp HP,
not 6.
Temp HP can’t be healed through healing effects.
Temp HP reductions happen at the same time as
normal HP reductions, and of the same amount, so
armor and resistance still apply.
Dodge
Dodge is how hard you are to hit with attacks. An
attack has to equal or exceed your dodge to hit you.
Speed
Speed is how fast your character can move. Your
character can move a number of spaces equal to
their speed when they take their standard
movement during their turn.
Stress Cap and Overstress
Characters have a stress cap. Whenever they take
stress, it accumulates until it reaches their stress
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cap. If a character goes over their stress cap, they
gain an OVERSTRESS.
Beacons have an OVERSTRESS CAP of 4.
Whenever they exceed their stress cap, they gain an
OVERSTRESS, and reset their stress to 0. They
also have to make an overstress check to see what
additional penalties they suffer.
When a character’s current stress is equal to or
higher than half of their stress cap (rounded up),
they are considered BREAKING.
See chapter 07 for additional information.
Memory
Your memory (MEM) indicates the maximum
number of abilities you can equip. Each ability has
its own MEM cost, and the combined value of all of
your equipped abilities cannot exceed your memory
score.
Aetheric Defense (A-Def)
A-Def is how hard you are to hit with aetheric
attacks. An aetheric attack (an attack with the
aetheric tag) has to equal or exceed your a-def to hit
you.
Mana
Certain abilities require mana to activate. You must
have the indicated mana available to use that ability,
and they are spent once the ability is activated. You
can regain mana with the RECOVER action.
Parry
Parry is a temporary resource gained during combat
scenes. Parry can be spent for certain effects, like
the INTERPOSE reaction. Parry starts at 0, and has
no cap. All parry is lost at the end of a scene.
Weapons
Each class has weapon slots. These indicate the
number and type of weapons you can equip for a
quest.
Weapon Size
There are three weapon sizes, from smallest to
largest: LIGHT, MAIN, HEAVY.
You can equip a weapon into a slot if it is the
indicated size or smaller. For example, if you have a
[MAIN] weapon slot, you can equip a [MAIN] or
[LIGHT] weapon in it.
Linked Weapons
If a weapon slot has a ‘/’ or ∞, like [LIGHT ∞ LIGHT],
those two weapons are linked. When you make an
attack with a linked weapon, you can also attack
with the linked weapon as part of the same action,
regardless of what phase the 2nd weapon would
normally be used during (except for SLOW attacks).
Linked attacks after the primary attack can’t benefit
from bonus damage.
A weapon can only be linked to one other weapon at
a time. Both weapons count as linked to each other.
Linked weapons count as two separate weapons,
and each one can hold an enchantment. However, if
one is destroyed, so is the other.
How do Linked Weapons Look?
Linked weapons can be interpreted a
number of ways. Some characters view it
as dual wielding weapons, weapons
literally connected by links, or two
weapons fused together, like a double-
bladed sword
Free Weapons
Some abilities may allow you to reduce a weapon’s
size below LIGHT, to FREE. FREE weapons don’t
take up a weapon slot when equipped. However,
only a single copy of a weapon can be equipped for
free. You can’t keep equipping free copies of the
same weapon. You can have multiple different
weapons equipped for free, and a weapon equipped
for free can still be equipped in other weapon slots.
Weapon Type
Each weapon falls into one of the following types:
 Blade. Swords, axes, daggers. Blades are
of any size and are balanced, basic
weapons.
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 Bow. Bows and crossbows. Weapons in this
category are typically ranged and often have
the arcing tag.
 Club. Maces, warhammers, and other blunt
weapons fall under this category. These
weapons are often slow or inaccurate, but
hit hard. Unarmed attacks are also
considered clubs.
 Artifact. Wands, staffs, and other magical
implements are considered artifacts.
Artifacts are often aetheric.
 Magitech. This is a special category for
weapons mixing technology and magic.
Shardguns are the most common type of
magitech.
 Longarm. Spears, javelins, and other
weapons with an extended reach are
considered longarms.
Support Items
There are three support item sizes, from smallest to
largest: LIGHT, MAIN, HEAVY.
You can equip a support item into a slot if it is the
indicated size or smaller. For example, if you have a
[MAIN] support slot, you can equip a [MAIN] or
[LIGHT] support slot in it.
Free Support Items
Some abilities may allow you to reduce a support
item’s size below LIGHT, to FREE. FREE support
items don’t take up a support slot when equipped.
However, only a single copy of a support item can
be equipped for free. You can’t keep equipping free
copies of the same support item. You can have
multiple different support items equipped for free,
and a support item equipped for free can still be
equipped in other support slots.
Techniques
Techniques are the skills and spells that a beacon
knows.
Techniques have a Memory (MEM) cost, and each
beacon has a maximum amount of memory
available. A beacon can only equip a technique if
they have available Memory.
Free Techniques
Some abilities may allow you to reduce a
technique’s MEM cost to 0, also known as a free
technique. Free techniques don’t take up any MEM
when equipped. However, only a single copy of a
Ultimate
technique can be equipped for free. You can’t keep Each class has an ultimate ability that can be used
equipping free copies of the same technique. You once per quest. These are powerful abilities that can
can have multiple different techniques equipped for alter the course of a combat scene.
free, and a technique equipped for free can still be
equipped for its normal MEM cost.

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 03 Narrative Play
Skill Checks
When you attempt something that has a chance of
failure, you roll 1d20. If your result is equal to or
higher than 10, you succeed.
If you have a background that would help, you can
add its bonus to the results.
If your Title would assist, you can also add +1 ACC
to the roll.
On a roll below 10, the skill check misses. The GM
will narrate what happens. In general, just “failure”
isn’t exciting. Instead, a miss should lead to
additional complications or decisions for the players
to make. For example, if a character is attempting to
pick a magical lock placed by the Azure Archmage
and they miss, just having their attempt fail is boring.
Instead, perhaps they open the lock but it was
trapped, or it alerts, the Azure Archmage. Feel free
to offer suggestions to the GM.
Downtime Activity
When Beacons have enough free time, they can
take downtime activities. Downtime can be taken
in-between missions or even during long breaks
within a quest.
There is no specific length of time needed for a
downtime activity, but at least a day is a good
guideline. Some downtime activities are dependent
on resources or other people existing, and might not
be available even if enough time exists for that
activity.
Whenever the GM declares downtime, the PCs can
either choose one of the available downtime
activities, or explain what they want to do with their
downtime. With the latter, the GM and other players
will then try to match that PCs activity with an
existing downtime activity, or create a custom
activity on the fly.
Downtime activities use these basic principles:
 Goal. What does the player (not character)
hope to achieve?
 Roll. Roll a skill check appropriate to the
actions the character is taking
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 Results. Results typically fall into 3
categories: A MISS, HIT, or CRIT.
o Miss (9 or less). Partial success at
a significant cost. You don’t get
exactly what you want, and there’s a
cost you don’t want to pay.
o Hit (10-19). Success with a cost.
You get what you want, but there is
some sort of cost.
o Crit (20+). Total success. You get
what you want with no drawbacks,
or get more than you were hoping
for.
PBTA Terminology
It’s no coincidence that we use these
terms hit and miss, they are taken from
Powered by the Apocalypse (PBTA)
games. Because of the way these
downtime activities are designed, you
could easily import other PBTA moves
into Beacon, or use an entirely different
rules system for narrative play.
Here are some downtime activities:
Create a Ritual
Rituals are complicated magical creations that can
be customized to create whatever effects the caster
wants. However, due to their complicated nature,
they are not easy to perform, and can have
dangerous side effects if not done correctly. When
you create a ritual to overcome an obstacle or
hurdle, use this activity. Once you’ve created a
ritual, you can do so again without rolling if you meet
the requirements. Record your answers and the
complications as the ‘recipe’ for the ritual.
Answer the following questions, and roll:
 What is the cost to cast the ritual?
 How is the ritual performed?
 What could go wrong?
9 or Less (Miss): There’s a problem with the ritual,
and it’s worse than you thought. When you use the
ritual, the GM will describe what goes wrong.
10-19 (Hit): The ritual is more complicated than you
expected. You and the GM each choose 1 of the
following complications.
 It takes longer to make. You can
automatically finish it when you next take
this downtime activity, and all other
conditions are met.
 It goes wrong like you expected.
 The cost isn’t sufficient. The GM will add an
additional cost that must be paid to perform
the ritual.
 The effects are unreliable or temporary.
 The ritual is considered forbidden or taboo.
20+ (Crit): You successfully create the ritual with no
complications.
Cut Loose
Sometimes you just need to cut loose and relax.
Name what you are doing to relax, and roll:
9 or Less (Miss): You went too far. Choose two.
 You lost your money.
 You made a fool of yourself.
 You made a deal you shouldn’t have.
 You’re hurting.
10-19 (Hit): Gain one of the following, and one from
the above list.
 A contact.
 A piece of information.
 A reputation of your choice.
20+ (Crit): You get one of the above list, with no
drawbacks.
Dungeon Dive
Dungeons and ruins are a great place to find
interesting gear and supplies. Use this activity when
you want to acquire Advantages or Loot for your
next quest.
Roll:
9 or Less (Miss): It was a rough expedition. The
GM will choose an Advantage or Loot for you, or
choose a random one.
10-19 (Hit): The expedition was a success. The GM
will choose 3 Advantages or Loot, and you can
choose one.
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20+ (Crit): Jackpot! You can pick two Advantages or
Loot for the next quest, and can give one of them to
another PC.
Gain Contacts
Contacts are relationships that you can leverage for
an immediate or later benefit. A contact can have
any relationship with a Beacon, from close friends to
rivals or even mortal enemies. Regardless of the
relationship, a contact can get you something you
want.
When you want to gain contacts, use this activity.
Name either a specific individual you want as a
contact, or a general category (dock worker,
business executive, town guard, etc.) and ROLL:
9 or Less (Miss): You gain this contact, but they will
ask for something from you before doing a favor for
you.
10-19 (Hit): You gain this contact, and they will
perform one favor for you, but ask for something in
return after doing so.
20+ (Crit): You gain this contact, and they will
perform one favor for you.
Get Something
When you want to acquire something important,
use this activity.
Name what you want, and roll:
9 or Less (Miss): You can get it, but it’s going to
cost you. You have to do something for someone
first.
10-19 (Hit): You can get it, but you owe someone a
favor.
20+ (Crit): You can get it, no strings attached. If you
try to Get Something from the same group or
organization in the future and get this result, treat it
as a 10-19 instead.
Hit the Books
When you want to research or learn about
something, use this activity.
Say what you think the answer is, and roll.
9 or Less (Miss): The information is wrong in some
way, but you think it’s correct.
10-19 (Hit): The GM can either add something to 9 or Less (Miss): The organization skill gains -2
your answer, or change it in some way. point.
20+ (Crit): Your answer is correct. The GM can add 10-19 (Hit): The organization skill gains +1 point.
something to it, but it can’t contradict or nullify your
20+ (Crit): The organization skill gains +2 points.
answer. (Generally, the GM can’t use the word ‘but’
if adding to the answer). The organization skill can gain points up to +6. If it
ever reaches -6, the organization is destroyed.
Make Something
The organization can be used as a background skill
When you want to make something special, use
in areas that match its specialty. Whenever you do
this activity. If it’s something simple, you can just do
so, reduce its score by 1. During Narrative Play, you
it. This action creates a narrative object, not usable
can also spend points from your organization for the
in combat. Once you’ve made an item, you can do
following effects. You can still spend points if your
so again without rolling if you have the ingredients.
organization skill would be negative, but only once
Record your answers as the ‘recipe’ for the item.
per downtime:
Answer the following questions and roll:
1 Point
 What does it do?
 Pocket Money. Cash in and gain enough
 Why is it special?
money to cover all the basic needs,
 What is it made of?
equipment, and resources for your
9 or Less (Miss): The GM picks 2 of the below organization and group.
options.  Preparation. Create, buy, or obtain an
Advantage.
10-19 (Hit): The GM picks 1 of the below options.
2 Points
20+ (Crit): The GM picks 0 of the below options.
 Loaded. Gain a large influx of money.
 It’s expensive
 Gear. Acquire a new unlock.
 It requires a rare or unique ingredient
 It’s unreliable or temporary Shop
 It takes longer to make. You can When you want to spend money or barter for
automatically finish it when you next take
something easily available, you can go shopping.
this downtime activity, and all other
When you want to acquire something easily
conditions are met.
available or replenish resources, use this activity.
 You need help from _____
Name what you want to acquire, and roll:
Run an organization
9 or Less (Miss): You can’t find exactly what you’re
Beacons might have jobs, like running a shop or
looking for. The GM will tell you what your available
acting as a guild leader. When you want to create or
options are.
run an organization/business, use this activity.
Once you’ve created an organization, you must roll 10-19 (Hit): You find one of the things you were
this activity during each downtime for free. looking for. You can pick an Advantage for the next
quest.
Answer the following:
20+ (Crit): You found a deal! You can pick two
 What is the name of the organization?
Advantages for the next quest, and can give one of
 What does the organization specialize in?
them to another PC.
The organization is created, and counts as a special
Training
Background Skill that starts at +0. When the
organization is created, and whenever this activity is Training allows a character to improve or gain new
selected, roll: skills, or even train in a class. When you want to
learn something new or improve an existing
ability, use this activity.
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Pick one of the following to Train:
 A Skill
 A Class
Skill: You either gain a new skill at rank 1 (+2), or
improve an existing skill by one rank.
Class: Roll:
9 or Less (Miss): It is hard to take anything practical
from this class. The GM will pick a weapon, support
item, or technique from that class that you can use
for the next quest.
10-19 (Hit): You’ve made progress in the class. You
can choose a weapon, support item, or technique
from that class that you can use in the next quest.
20+ (Crit): You’ve begun to master the intricacies of
the class. You can choose to equip that class for the
next quest, and you can choose a weapon, support
item, or technique from that class that you can use
in the next quest as well.
GENERAL
High Spirits
Temporary Gear
Practice
Audit Class
Information
Well Equipped
Advantages
Advantages are temporary benefits that beacons
can obtain through downtime or as narratively
appropriate.
Advantages can only be used once, and only last for
one quest. Once obtained, most advantages expire
at the end of the next quest, whether they were used
or not.
The GM might decide that some advantages can be
reused in another quest if they weren’t consumed.
However, this shouldn’t be a common occurrence,
since for gameplay purposes, we don’t want players
saving all of their advantages for one quest and then
just steamrolling through it.
The below list of advantages is sorted by theme, but
can be reflavored or obtained through any means.
Start the next combat scene with 5 temp HP.
Gain access to a weapon or support item from a class.
It still needs to be equipped as normal.
Gain access to a technique from a class. It still needs to
be equipped as normal.
You gain access to a class, and can choose to equip it
for your next quest.
Choose one of the following pieces of information to
learn:
 The number of stages in the next quest.
 The combat types that might occur in the next
quest.
 The unit types that might appear in the next
quest.
Gain +2 Recoveries.

Companion A friendly NPC will aid you in one combat scene. They
will use an NPC unit type decided by the GM.

ALCHEMY
Elixir of Strength +1 to BULK for the duration of a quest.
Elixir of Agility +1 to AGILITY for the duration of a quest.

Elixir of Wisdom +1 to MIND for the duration of a quest.

Elixir of Magic +1 to MAGIC for the duration of a quest.

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Trollblood Infusion For one combat scene, you regain 1 HP at the start of
each of your turns while you are undefeated.
Swiftness Potion +1 SPEED for one combat scene.

Free Action Potion You are immune to the SLOWED condition for one
combat scene.
Catseye Elixir For a quest, you automatically detect any HIDDEN
characters within range 3 of you.
Stoneskin Elixir Gain +1 armor for one combat scene.

Invisibility Potion 1/quest you can become INVISIBLE as a free action.

The invisibility lasts until you make an attack, deal
damage, or force a save.
Elixir of Giants 1/quest as a free action, your size increases by +1 (to a
maximum of 3) until the end of the scene.
Mageblood Elixir For one combat scene, you regain 1 mana at the start of
each of your turns.
Flask of Life Your current and maximum HP is increased by +5 for
one combat scene.
Spellshield Flask For one combat scene, you gain resistance to all
damage from spells.

LEATHERWORKING
Leather Kit Gain +1 armor for one combat scene.
Ammo Pouch 1/quest you can reload a LOADING weapon as a free
action.
Backpack Gain an additional LIGHT support slot for one quest.

Wild Armor Gain two random +1 bonuses to BULK, AGILITY, MIND,

or MAGIC checks and saves for a quest. Both bonuses
can go into the same ability score.
Shadowed Leather While in an area of darkness, you can HIDE as a Quick
Action.
Dragonstrike Gloves You score a critical hit on weapon attacks if the attack
total is 19+, instead of 20+.
Scorpion Armor You gain resistance to [toxic] damage and immunity to
the DAZED condition for a quest.
Reins You gain a mount for a quest, which counts as an NPC.
The mount’s size is 1 larger than your size, has HP
equal to your BLOODIED value, 0 armor, 8 DODGE/A-
DEF, and a SPEED of 6. The mount can carry 1
character at a time that is smaller than it. The mount
moves during PHASE 4: REPOSITION, and can only
use their standard movement and RUSH. If the mount is
reduced to 0 HP, it is defeated.

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Changing Narrative Play
Systems
Because Beacon’s two modes of play, narrative and
combat, don’t overlap, you could use any other
system you want for narrative play. Does your
narrative play focus on heists? Maybe use Blades in
the Dark for narrative play. Are the Beacons in this
story young teens trying to figure out their identity
and place in the world? Perhaps Masks would fit.
This game’s basic narrative system is meant to be
quick and easy, and facilitate stories between
combat scenes. We won’t mind if you decide to use
another system you like better for narrative play.

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 04 Quests
Quests are the structure around which Beacons
operate. Quests are activities that beacons
undertake to further their goals and the story.
A quest is a large undertaking, requiring
planning and preparation. Most quests involve
multiple steps, and lead to combat encounters.
A quest is made of the following:
GM Decided
 Goal: The goal of the quest.
 Stakes: What could happen on a
success or failure.
 Stages: How many combat scenes take
place during the quest. Most quests
have between 2 to 4 combat scenes.
 Rewards: What rewards, if any, exist
upon completing the quest. Rewards
specify if they require completing the
quest, or specifically succeeding on it.
PC Provided
 Preparation: The beacons prepare for
the quest.
 Approach: The specific approaches
being used for the quest or stage, if an
approach can be used.
Quests lead the players between narrative play
and combat play, and will switch between the
two at different stages of the quest.
Goal
The quest goal is what you need to do in order
to succeed at the quest. This can include things
like:
 Destroy the occupying force at the
castle.
 Prevent the archmage from crashing the
moon.
 Assassinate the faction leader.
 Rescue your captured friend.
Each quest has a clearly defined goal that is
known to the characters.
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Stakes
The quest stakes are what can happen if the
quest is a success or failure. Examples include:
Goal: Destroy the occupying force at the castle.
 Success: The nearby town is safe and
doesn’t have to worry about extortion.
 Failure: The occupying force retaliates
and destroys the town.
Goal: Prevent the archmage from crashing the
moon.
 Success: The moon stays where it is.
 Failure: The moon crashes. Bad things
follow.
Goal: Assassinate the faction leader.
 Success: The faction is weakened and
is likely to be destroyed or assimilated.
 Failure: The faction becomes
emboldened, gaining more followers
and strengthening their position.
Goal: Rescue your captured friend.
 Success: They are returned safely.
 Failure: They become the vessel of a
parasitic psychic entity.
Each quest needs specific stakes, although the
GM can keep them broad or vague. Either way,
the players should have a good understanding
of what the stakes are. Stakes can’t be hidden
from the players.
Depending on the actions of the players, it’s
possible for them to achieve a mixed result. The
GM can decide upon any mixed results, which
don’t need to be specified ahead of time.
Stages
A quest is broken down into multiple stages.
Stages represent distinct combat scenes, with
potential narrative scenes before and after them.
Each quest usually has between 2 to 4 combat
scenes. Fewer combat scenes allow the players
to expend limit abilities freely to overcome the
challenge faster, and too many combat scenes
can slow down the feeling of progression and
become stale.
The first stage of a quest might involve scouting
for the villain’s lair, and contending with guards
or native fauna. The second stage might be
confronting the villain, and then fleeing the
collapsing lair.
Prep
Beacons prep for a quest by picking the abilities
and equipment they want to bring to the quest.
Beacons prepare by doing the following:
 Pick a class
 Pick an Ancestry Trait
 Pick equipment (weapons and support
items)
 Pick techniques (skills and spells)
Approach
Beacon doesn’t focus on dungeon crawling
room-by-room or small battles. Instead, this
game focuses on action, adventure, and
important battles.
A quest approach is where beacons use
narrative play to explore, gain information, and
better prepare themselves for combat play
during a quest.
As a group, collectively decide on the approach
you are going to take. Only one approach can
be taken at the start, but some quests might
have the opportunity for multiple approaches
during them. When in doubt, a majority vote
decides the approach, with a coin flip deciding a
tie.
Once an approach has been decided, each
beacon narrates what they do to assist with the
approach, and roll a skill check related to their
action. The skill check does NOT have to be
directly related to the approach, but instead
assists that approach. For example, if the
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beacons decide to INFILTRATE, one beacon
could create a loud diversion to help everyone
else sneak. Creating a loud diversion isn’t very
sneaky on its own, but it helps the overall
approach.
Each skill check success allows the player to
pick one of the options under the approach.
Options marked [GROUP] can only be chosen
once per approach. If at least half of the players
succeed, they can also choose options from the
bonus list. While only PCs that succeed on the
check can pick an option, if the choice gives a
benefit to a PC, they can give that benefit to
another PC, if they are willing. Choices can be
held until the start of the next combat within the
same quest.
Scout
Scouting gives you information about the
number and types of foes you might be facing,
or the objectives.
General
 [GROUP] You know how many enemies
will deploy during the next combat, and
how many of them are minions.
 [GROUP] You know how many enemies
are in reserve, and how many of them
are minions.
 You know all the statistics and abilities
of one NPC of your choice in the next
combat.
 You can switch out one weapon,
support item, ancestry trait, or technique
you have equipped, including a
destroyed one, with a DIFFERENT
choice.
 [GROUP] Enemies can’t start the next
combat HIDDEN or INVISIBLE and can’t
become HIDDEN or INVISIBLE during
their first turn.
 1d3 enemies of your choice start the
next encounter MARKED.
 Bypass an adversity that this approach
can counter.
Bonus
 [GROUP] Enemies deploy first in the
next combat. In addition, at the start of
 each round, the GM must declare
exactly where any reinforcements will
arrive during the next round.
 [GROUP] You know the current HP and
Stress of all hostile NPCs during the
next combat.
 [GROUP] Escape Plan. Create a 4x4
zone along the edge of the map. Any
PCs that end their turn in the area safely
escape from the encounter.
 [GROUP] One enemy of your choice is
VULNERABLE until the end of their 1st
turn.
Whittle
Take out foes and cut your way through to your
destination.
General
 One NPC of GM’s choice starts at their
BREAKING POINT in the next combat.
 [GROUP] The GM prepares one fewer
reinforcement than normal. The PC that
chooses this option loses one recovery.
 One NPC of player’s choice is
WEAKENED until the end of their 1st
turn.
 [GROUP] Reinforcements deploy one
round later than normal.
 [GROUP] Enemies are frightened of all
the PCs during the 1st round of combat
and are unable to move closer to them.
 One PC gains resistance to damage
during the 1st round of combat.
 Bypass an adversity that this approach
can counter.
Bonus
 [GROUP] One non-minion NPC of GM’s
choice starts BLOODIED.
 [GROUP] The GM prepares one fewer
reinforcement than normal.
 One PC’s first CHANNEL ability during
the next combat is instantly released
instead of waiting until PHASE 6:
RELEASE.
 One PC can FULL ATTACK with
SKIRMISH actions during PHASE 3:
SKIRMISH, or with BRAWL actions
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during PHASE 5: BRAWL once during
the next combat.
Infiltrate
Gain advantageous position by moving
undetected.
General
 One PC can deploy up to range 5 from
the deployment area.
 One PC can roll twice on their first
attack roll during the next combat and
use either result.
 One PC can start the next combat
HIDDEN.
 One PC can take their 1st turn during
PHASE 1: BOLSTER and use any
action during that phase.
 Shadowy. Attacks against one PC gain
+1 DIF during the 1st round of the next
combat.
 Traps. You can place a single Size 1
trap on the map in an empty space
within range 10 of a deployed PC. This
trap can’t be adjacent to another trap. A
character that triggers the trap takes [6
damage] and must pass an AGI save or
be SLOWED until the end of their next
turn.
 Bypass an adversity that this approach
can counter.
Bonus
 [GROUP] All PCs start the next combat
HIDDEN.
 One PC starts the next combat
INVISIBLE, which lasts until they make
an attack, deal damage, or force a save.
 [GROUP] PCs can deploy anywhere on
the map, but can’t be within range 5 (or
some other value) of an enemy. PCs
must be within range 5 of another PC if
outside of normal deployment zone.
 One NPC of the PCs choice is
VULNERABLE to a single PC until the
NPC takes a BOLSTER action.
 Sway
Bluff, lie, or charm your way to your destination.
General
 An NPC of your choice won’t target a
PC of your choice with a harmful attack
until they initiate a harmful action on
someone or the target passes a MND
check at the end of its turn as a free
action.
 One NPC of your choice is DISARMED
or SILENCED until the end of their 1st
turn.
 Your current and max recoveries are
increased by 2 until the next approach.
 An NPC of your choice takes their first
turn during PHASE 8: DELAY.
 One NPC of your choice is WEAKENED
until the end of their 1st turn.
 During the next combat, enemies take 1
Stress every time they deal damage to a
PC of your choice.
 Bypass an adversity that this approach
can counter.
Bonus
 [GROUP] All NPCs are DAZED until the
end of their 1st turn.
 A PC can deploy adjacent to an enemy
of their choice. The NPC can’t have the
elite or solo template.
 An NPC of your choice is
VULNERABLE until the end of their 1st
turn.
 [GROUP] An NPC ally will assist during
the next combat.
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Avoidance
Avoid or bypass whatever you come across.
General
 A PC can RUSH as a free action during
their 1st turn.
 Attacks against a PC have +1 DIF
during the first round.
 A PC ignores engagement and
opportunity attacks during the 1st round.
 An NPC of your choice is SLOWED until
the end of their 1st turn.
 An NPC of your choice can’t take
reactions until the end of their 1st turn.
 One PC can start the next combat
HIDDEN.
 Bypass an adversity that this approach
can counter.
Bonus
 [GROUP] PCs can move through the
spaces of enemy characters during the
next combat.
 [GROUP] The PCs have access to a
vehicle or transportation of some sort for
the next combat.
 A PCs speed is increased by 1 during
the next combat.
 A PC ignores difficult terrain and can
climb over obstacles and terrain at their
normal speed during the next combat.
Research / Plan
General
 A PC starts the next combat with 3
PARRY.
 A PC’s first ability that costs mana in the
next combat costs 1 less mana.
 A PC starts the next combat with 4 temp
HP.
 [GROUP] The PCs know which
enemies in the next combat are
vulnerable, resistant, or immune to any
damage and what that damage type is.
 The PCs know all the statistics and
abilities of one NPC of your choice.
 You can switch out one weapon,
support item, ancestry trait, or technique
you have equipped, including a
destroyed one, with a DIFFERENT
choice.
 Bypass an adversity that this approach
can counter.
Bonus

 Pick an NPC in the next combat. They

are VULNERABLE to either astral or
lunar damage, decided randomly. You
can take 2 Stress to re-determine the
damage type until you stop.
 Your SURGE stress cost is halved for
the next combat.
 [GROUP] The PCs get a preview of the
map for the next combat, without NPC
placement.
 NPCs can’t take the first action in any
phase during the next combat.

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 Effects
Adversity 1. Bumps and Bruises, Party. All PCs
Quests might have dangerous obstacles, traps, must make a skill check to try avoiding
and battles to overcome. These are a form of or mitigating the effects. On a failure,
adversity, and create a difficulty or penalty for they lose 1 recovery.
players. 2. Bumps and Bruises. One PC must
make a skill check to try avoiding or
Each adversity has a type and an effect. The
mitigating the effects. On a success,
adversity type is a generalization of the they lose 1 recovery. On a failure, they
adversity’s theme. The adversity effect is lose 2.
mechanical impact that adversity bestows. 3. Captured. Enemies choose 1 PC
Adversities can occur at any time during a quest deploys, in any empty space that isn’t
outside of combat. An adversity can have any dangerous terrain.
4. Delayed. One PC doesn’t deploy at the
type of effect associated with them.
next combat until the beginning of round
Certain approaches can bypass specific 2
adversity types as an option. For example, the 5. Discovered. All PCs start the next
SCOUT approach has an option to bypass combat MARKED.
TRAP adversity types. 6. Drained. All PCs SURGE level is
increased by one step.
If an adversity is bypassed, the effect does not 7. Exhausted. One PC is WEAKENED
happen. until the end of their 1st turn.
Quests might have multiple adversities in a row. 8. Hurt. One PC starts the next combat at
their BLOODIED value.
Types 9. Mana Tapped. PCs start the next
1. Barrier. Countered by AVOIDANCE, encounter with 0 mana.
10. Surprised. PCs take their 1st turn in the
INFILTRATE, SWAY
2. Betrayal. Countered by next combat during PHASE 8: DELAY,
and can’t take reactions or free actions
RESEARCH/PLAN, SWAY, WHITTLE
3. Environment. Countered by before that.
AVOIDANCE, RESEARCH/PLAN,
WHITTLE
4. Getting Lost. Countered by
RESEARCH/PLAN, SCOUT, SWAY
5. Guard. Countered by INFILTRATE,
SWAY, WHITTLE
6. Illusion. Countered by INFILTRATE,
RESEARCH/PLAN, SCOUT
7. Lookout. Countered by INFILTRATE,
SCOUT, WHITTLE.
8. Render Help. Countered by
AVOIDANCE, SWAY, WHITTLE
9. Trap. Countered by AVOIDANCE,
RESEARCH/PLAN, SCOUT
10. Travel. Countered by AVOIDANCE,
INFILTRATE, SCOUT

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 05 Combat Play
Combat is the main focus of Beacon, and the rules for it are detailed. This chapter will detail how combat
scenes work, and the rules and terminology used in combat.

06 Combat Order
Combat Summary
Combat in BEACON is composed of a few
different periods of time:
 Scene: An entire combat happens
within a scene. Once the combat is
over, the scene ends.
 Round: A round is composed of
numerous phases. Each character
takes a turn during one of these
phases. Once each phase has been
cycled through, the round ends, and
then another round begins.
 Phase: Characters take their turns
during a phase. Each phase determines
which actions can be taken. Once all
characters that want to take an action
during a phase have done so, play
progresses to the next phase.
 Turn: A character can take one turn in a
round. The action they want to take on
their turn determines which phase they
act in. A character can take their
standard movement, one action, and
one quick action. Turns alternate
between PCs and NPCs, with priority
going to whichever side (PC or NPC)
hasn’t acted most recently. PCs can
take the 1st turn in the 1st phase of a
combat scene.

Phases
The phases of combat are as follows:

PHASES ACTIONS
1: BOLSTER DEFEND RECOVER
2: CHANNEL CHANNEL
VOLLEY CAST
3: SKIRMISH MARK SEARCH
4: REPOSITION RUSH HIDE
5: BRAWL FIGHT PUSH
GRAPPLE
6: RELEASE RELEASE
7: FULL ATTACK FULL ATTACK
8: DELAY DELAY

 Standard movement: Move up to their

speed.
 Standard action: Take an action.
Actions  Quick action: A special type of action.
A character can do the following during their turn Abilities, equipment, and traits might
in any order: provide quick actions to use.

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Certain abilities will indicate the action or phase
required to use it, like BOLSTER (phase) or
DEFEND (action). If an ability lists an action,
like CAST, you use that action to activate it, and
it counts as a use of that action. If an ability lists
a phase, it requires an action to use during that
phase, but it doesn’t qualify as one of the
underlying actions for the purposes of triggered
effects.
Surge
A character can SURGE 1/round to take a 2nd
action as a free action. Doing so costs an
increasing amount of stress, resetting during a
LONG REST.
A SURGE action can either a) be activated
during your turn to take a 2nd action from that
phase, or b) be activated during a following
phase to take an available action during that
phase. This is resolved as if it was another PC
turn, but doesn’t count as a turn for any effects
that care.
A character can’t SURGE before they’ve taken
their turn. If they didn’t use their standard
movement or Quick Action on their turn, they
can use it during their SURGE action turn.
The stress cost for surging is listed below. The
cost does not progress past 1d6+4.
1. 1 Stress
2. 1d3 Stress
3. 1d6 Stress
4. 1d6+4 Stress
The Actions
Cast
CAST
You make a spell attack against a target within
Scope.
Spell Attack Rolls
Roll 1d20 + your GRIT. If your attack equals or
exceeds the target’s DODGE (or A-DEF for aetheric
attacks), it hits.
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Channel + Release
CHANNEL
Abilities with an action of CHANNEL begin on this
phase. The effect is released and goes into effect
during PHASE 6: RELEASE. If you take any
damage while channeling a spell (after armor), you
have to make a BLK save against the initiator’s save
DC (a Concentration save). You can only channel
one ability at a time. You can’t READY a
CHANNEL. You can take your standard move
either when you CHANNEL or RELEASE.
RELEASE
When this phase happens, any character using a
CHANNEL ability can RELEASE it. This is a free
action and does not use a turn. A character can
decide to CHANNEL for another turn instead of
releasing. Releasing effects still alternate between
players and NPCs. You can take your standard
move if you didn’t take it during CHANNEL.
Defend
DEFEND
Gain PARRY equal to 1d3 + ARMOR. Until the start
of your next turn, attacks against you gain +1 DIF,
and you can use the INTERPOSE and
COUNTERATTACK reactions multiple times in the
same turn until the start of your next turn.
Interpose
Interpose
Reaction, Parry 1
Trigger: An ally within Range 3 is targeted by an
attack.
Effect: You can move up to 2 spaces, ignoring
reactions. If you end this movement next to the
targeted ally, you can choose to become the target
instead.
Counterattack
Counterattack
Reaction, Parry 1
Trigger: You are hit by an attack.
Effect: You can make a melee weapon attack
against the character that hit you.
Delay
DELAY
The last chance to take an action during this round.
If you wanted to take an action but the phase had
already passed, you act on this phase.
Fight
Fight
You make a melee or improvised weapon attack.
Attack Rolls
Roll 1d20 + your GRIT. If your attack equals or
exceeds the target’s DODGE (or A-DEF for aetheric
attacks), it hits. Improvised attacks deal 1d3
physical on a hit.
Push
PUSH
Make a melee attack against an adjacent target. +1
ACC for every size larger than the target you are, or
+1 DIF for every size smaller. On hit, chose one of
the following:
 Push them 1 space.
 Knock them prone.
Grapple
GRAPPLE
Make a melee attack against an adjacent target. On
a hit, both characters are GRAPPLED.
 Count as ENGAGED
 Can’t take reactions
 If you are the same size as the target, you
count as the larger one during the turn you
grapple them.
 Larger character can move normally.
Smaller character is drug along.
 Smaller character can’t move.
 Same size or smaller can make a BLK
check during their turn to see if they can
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move, dragging the other along.
GRAPPLED ends if:
o Characters are no longer adjacent to each
other.
o The initiator ends it as a free action
o Smaller characters succeed on an opposed
BLK check during the SKIRMISH phase.
Full Attack
FULL ATTACK
You can VOLLEY, CAST, or FIGHT with any
combination of two different equipped weapons or
techniques. This action can only be taken 1/round.
Why Can’t I Attack With The Same
Weapon/Technique Twice?
To force variety. If you could use the
same weapon, you’ll likely just use
your best weapon twice, and only use
secondary options when the primary
breaks. This way you are forced to
use different options, and because of
that, look for interesting synergies.
How Does Attacking With Two
Different Weapons Look?
Beacon rounds have no set length of
time. They could be 6 seconds,
minutes, or even days. You can flavor
it however you want. Maybe you dual
wield. Maybe you swap them out.
Maybe one gets stuck in your foe, and
you draw the new one. It’s up to you,
and doesn’t matter mechanically.
Hide
HIDE
You gain the HIDDEN condition. To hide, you can’t
be ENGAGED and either must be outside of any
enemy LINE OF SIGHT, within HARD COVER or
totally inside SOFT COVER, or be INVISIBLE.
Mark
MARK
A character you can see and within your Scope
gains the MARKED condition.
Ready
READY
To ready an action, you specify an action that
happens as a reaction when certain criteria are met.
Determine the action you want to take, like “I want
to shoot them with my bow”. Then determine the
trigger, like “When they become visible.”
You set the action during the normal phase when it
could occur. When the trigger is met, you can
activate the action as a reaction.
The readied action lasts until the start of your next
turn. When readying an action, you can’t take any
other reactions.
Recover
RECOVER
Choose one of the following:
 Spend a recovery to regain all your HP.
 Clear all your stress.
Then choose one of the following:
 Reload all RELOADING weapons/abilities.
 Remove all DoT on you.
 Clear a condition or effect on you that
wasn’t caused by yourself.
 Clear a condition or effect on an adjacent
ally that wasn’t caused by them.
 Regain all your mana.
Rush
RUSH
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In addition to your free movement, you can either
(A) not provoke reactions from movement, or (B)
move again.
Search
SEARCH
Choose an enemy within Scope and pick one. (A) If
the character is HIDDEN, make a contested MND
check vs their AGI. On a success, they are no
longer HIDDEN. (B) You learn the target’s statistics,
abilities, and equipment.
Volley
VOLLEY
You make a ranged weapon attack.
Ranged Attack Rolls
Roll 1d20+your GRIT. If your attack equals or
exceeds the target’s DODGE (or A-DEF for aetheric
attacks), it hits.
Reactions
In addition to actions, characters also have
access to reactions. Reactions are a special
type of action that are taken in response to a
specific trigger.
Each character can take 1 reaction per turn,
but there’s no limit on how many times a specific
reaction can be used, unless it specifies a limit
like 1/round.
If a character can take more than 1 turn in a
round (typically for elite or solo NPCs), reaction
limitations like 1/round or 1/phase reset at the
start of each of their turns AND at the start of a
new round.
Each reaction has a trigger and an effect. The
trigger is the event or occurrence that needs to
happen for the reaction’s effect to happen. The
effect is what happens when the trigger is met.
Generally, a reaction resolves AFTER the trigger
unless otherwise noted. A trigger of “When
attacked” resolves after the attack happens, but
a trigger of “when targeted” or “when an attack is
declared but before the roll is made” would
happen before the attack happens.
Opportunity Attack
Opportunity Attack
Reaction, 1/round

Trigger: A hostile character begins a movement or

standard movement inside one of your weapon’s
reach.
Effect: You can immediately VOLLEY or FIGHT
against them.

Interpose
Interpose
Reaction, Parry 1
Trigger: An ally within Range 3 is targeted by an
attack.
Effect: You can move up to 2 spaces, ignoring
reactions. If you end this movement next to the
targeted ally, you can choose to become the target
instead.

Counterattack
Counterattack
Reaction, Parry 1
Trigger: You are hit by an attack.
Effect: You can make a melee weapon attack
against the character that hit you.

Free Actions
A character can take an unlimited number of
free actions during their turn, within reason.

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Characters Versus
Objects
Beacon combat places everything into two
categories: characters and objects.
Character
Player characters, beacons, summons, and
NPCs are all considered characters. Generally,
a character is an entity that is capable of taking
some kind of actions, either personally or at the
command of another character.
Object
An object is anything that isn’t a character or
part of a character. The terrain, environment,
and deployed items are all objects.
Only objects with the above definition count as
objects for game terminology. For example,
while a character’s sword is considered an
object in conversational language, in game
terms it is not, because it is part of a character.
You couldn’t target or affect the sword with
abilities that target objects.
Allies and Enemies
Characters in combat are either allies or
enemies of each other. A character’s status as
an ally or enemy depends on their relationship to
you, regardless of how you perceive them. A
character does not count as an ally to
themselves.
Terrain
Terrain is a specific subset of objects that
include the environmental objects in a combat
encounter. Trees, walls, and rocks would be
considered terrain. Deployed objects, like a
quick-folding wall, would not be terrain, but
would still be an object.
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The GM determines what counts as an object,
and what counts as terrain.
Ability Checks and
Saves
Ability checks and saves are used in combat,
and utilize your ability scores (BLK, AGI, MND,
MGK). Backgrounds, Grit, and your Title don’t
apply.
To make an ability check or save, roll 1d20 +
the ability score (BLK, AGI, MND, MGK) + /-
ACC or DIF.
Checks need to equal or exceed 10 to succeed.
Saves need to equal or exceed the save DC of
the initiator, or 10 if not otherwise specified.
Attacks
Characters can make attacks during combat,
using certain actions like VOLLEY, CAST,
FIGHT, and FULL ATTACK. There are 2 types
of attacks: Weapon and Spell. Each of these
attacks can be further categorized as either
Melee Attacks or Ranged Attacks.
To make an attack, roll 1d20 + GRIT. Attacks
may be modified by accuracy, difficulty, or other
effects. The number you need to roll to
successfully hit the target will depend on the
type of attack.
Weapon Attacks
Weapon attacks are attacks made with an
equipped weapon, skill, or an unarmed attack.
Weapon attacks can be melee or ranged.
To make a weapon attack, roll 1d20 + GRIT +/-
ACC or DIF.
Melee Weapon Attacks
To make a melee weapon attack, select a target
within the weapon’s Reach. If your attack result
equals or exceeds the target’s DODGE, the
attack is a hit. Melee attacks ignore cover.
Ranged Weapon Attacks
To make a ranged weapon attack, select a
target within the weapon’s Range. If your attack
result equals or exceeds the target’s DODGE,
the attack is a hit.
Weapons with Range and Reach
Some weapons have both a Range and a
Reach. All attacks with these are considered
ranged attacks, the reach in this case is used for
Opportunity Attacks.
If a weapon has both a range and a reach, but
they are separated by an ‘or’, like “Range 10 or
Reach 1”, then the weapon can make ranged
attacks at its range, or melee attacks at its
reach.
Spell Attacks
Spell attacks are magical attacks using abilities
or effects that are classified as spells. Spell
attacks can be melee or ranged.
To make a spell attack, roll 1d20 + GRIT +/-
ACC or DIF.
Melee Spell Attacks
To make a melee spell attack, select a target
within the spell’s indicated Reach. If your attack
result equals or exceeds the target’s A-DEF, the
attack is a hit.
Ranged Spell Attacks
To make a ranged spell attack, select a target
within your Scope. If your attack result equals or
exceeds the target’s A-DEF, the attack is a hit.
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Attacks vs Attack Rolls
An attack can be composed of attack
rolls, or in the case of AOEs, multiple
attack rolls.
An attack roll is a portion of an attack,
and is against a single target.
Anything that mentions an attack
references all of the attack rolls as
part of that attack.
Anything that mentions an attack roll
references a single roll, even if the
attack has multiple attack rolls.
Auto-Hit
Certain abilities (often CHANNEL abilities) auto-
hit, meaning they automatically hit their targets,
with no attack roll. Abilities with an auto-hit are
considered an attack, even though the attack roll
doesn’t take place.
Not every ability that deals automatic damage is
an attack, only effects that specify auto-hit count
as attacks.
Critical Hits
A critical hit is a when an attack roll is equal
to or greater than 20. A critical hit is
independent of the actual result of the dice. As
long as the attack roll is equal to or greater than
20 (after ACC, DIF, and other modifier), the
attack is considered a critical hit.
A critical hit can do more damage than a normal
hit. When you score a critical hit, roll all
damage dice twice, and take the highest
result. All damage dice, including bonus
damage, are rolled twice. For example, if an
attack deals 2d6+2 physical damage, you would
roll 4d6, take the highest two, and add +2. (i.e.
[4, 2, 6, 3], use the [4 and 6]).

Reroll Table
When you fail an attack roll, ability check, or
saving throw in combat, you can pick one of the
following options to reroll. Each option can only
be chosen 1/round.
o Take 1d3 stress to reroll.
o Become MARKED to reroll. You can’t
use this option if you are MARKED.
o If you are within a hostile character’s
reach, provoke an OPPORTUNITY
ATTACK from them and reroll.
Range, Reach, and
Area of Effect
Range
Range is measured in the number of spaces on
a grid. Range 1, for example, covers 1 space
from the starting point. When a character
measures range, they measure from one of the
spaces they occupy.
There are different types of ranges, like weapon
range and class range, but they are all
measured the same way.
Range with Vertical Elements
You might encounter targets that are vertically
higher or lower than you. To determine range to
a target at a different elevation, determine how
many spaces they are away horizontally and
then vertically. Use the highest number to
determine the range.
No need to use the Pythagorean theorem. If a
character is 20 spaces away and 10 spaces
high, they count as being 20 spaces away.
Reach
Reach is similar to range, and is measured the
same way. Reach is also used for opportunity
attacks.
Area of Effect
An Area of Effect (AOE) affects more than 1
target or space. An effect can have an area of
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effect instead of a range/reach, or in addition to
it.
AOEs affect all targets within the area. If the
effect is an attack, attack rolls are made
against each target in the area. Damage is
only rolled once, and apply to every affected
target.
If an effect has a range/reach AND an area of
effect, the range indicates the maximum point
that the area of effect can be centered on. For
example, if you have a Range 10, Line 5 effect,
the Line 5 can be centered on any point within
range 10.
Blast X: Affects all characters within a radius of
X spaces from the center space, including the
center space. Cover and line of sight are
calculated from the center space of the AOE.
Burst X: Affects all characters within a radius of
X spaces from the occupied spaces of the
target, excluding the target. Cover and line of
sight are calculated from the occupied space of
the target.
Cone X: Affects all characters within a cone X
spaces long and X spaces wide at its furthest,
starting at 1 space long and wide and increasing
evenly from there.
Line X: Affects all characters within a straight
line, x spaces long.
Targeting
To target something, it must be:
 Within line of sight.
 Within range or reach.
 A character, space within the scene, or
object.
Characters can’t attack themselves unless
otherwise indicated.
Line of Sight
Most attacks and effects require line of sight to
the target. To determine line of sight, you must
be able to draw a straight line to some part of
the target. If something blocks the line, then
either cover applies or line of sight does not.
Line of sight does not literally require sight. For
example, a character with no eyes can still draw
line of sight unless an ability or effect specifies
otherwise, and a transparent wall of magical
force would still block line of sight even though
you can see through it.
You can consider line of sight and line of effect
the same thing. If you don’t have line of sight to
something, you can’t target it. If you can’t target
something, you don’t have line of sight to it.
Certain effects allow you to bypass the line-of-
sight rules, like arcing or homing attacks.
These are exceptions to the rules.
Determining Line of Sight
To determine line of sight for a target, use the
following:
 Can you draw an unbroken line from the
center of one of the spaces of the origin
to the center of one of the spaces of the
target?
o If yes, line of sight is made.
o If no, can you draw an unbroken
line to the center of any of the
non-cover spaces adjacent to
the target, including vertical?
(Soft cover doesn’t block line of
sight).
 If yes, Line of Sight
exists and cover might
apply (see COVER)
 If no, line of sight can’t
be made.
Generally, Line of Sight goes both ways. If you
could draw Line of Sight to a target, the target
has the ability to draw Line of Sight to you too.
Cover
Cover is a type of obstruction that may make
attacks harder to hit, or block them entirely.
There are 2 types of cover: soft cover and hard
cover.
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Cover is most often an object. Effects that
create a piece of cover create objects that
provide cover. Some abilities provide cover
without creating an object, like shields.
The size of a piece of cover follows the same
rules as size for a PC. Size 1 fills 1 space. Size
2 fills a 2x2 space, etc.
Characters in cover can shoot around their
cover if they are the same size as the cover, or
are at an edge of cover. They can ignore their
cover when attacking.
A character can’t benefit from cover if they are
larger than a piece of cover. For example, a size
2 character doesn’t gain any benefits from size 1
pieces of cover.
Soft Cover
Soft cover either partly covers a character, or
isn’t strong enough to fully block attacks, like
smoke or thin walls. Soft cover provides +1 DIF
on attacks against a target benefiting from it.
Soft cover doesn’t block line of sight.
Hard Cover
Hard cover is large or strong enough to reliably
block attacks, like thick walls. Hard cover
provides +2 DIF on attacks against a target
benefiting from it.
To benefit from hard cover, A character must
be adjacent to the source of cover. Otherwise, it
only provides soft cover.
Determining Cover
To determine if a target benefits from cover,
draw a line from the center of one of the
attacker’s spaces to the center of one of the
target’s spaces. If the line crosses a piece of
cover, and the target is the same size as the
cover or smaller:
 If the cover is soft cover, the target
benefits from soft cover.
 If the cover is hard cover, the target
benefits from hard cover if they are
adjacent to the cover. Otherwise, they
have soft cover.

Movement
Characters can move up to their speed during
their turn. This is called a standard move. A
character must move at least 1 space to be
considered moving. Standing up from PRONE
does not count as movement
Movement can be made in any direction the
character has the capability to do so. For most
characters, this is horizontally unless they can
fly. Movement is measured in spaces, and the
direction does not matter. For example, diagonal
movement costs the same amount of movement
as any other direction.
Characters can move into any space that isn’t
obstructed.
Obstruction
An obstruction is anything that blocks movement
into its space. The environment and other
characters can be obstructions.
An obstruction prevents movement into its space
if the obstruction is the same size as the
character or lager. If an obstruction is smaller
than a character, they can move through it
normally. Additionally, if a character has a
special type of movement that allows them to
climb over obstacles, they can do so.
A character can’t end their turn sharing space
with another character or obstruction.
Characters can move through the spaces of
their allies, but can’t end their turn sharing a
space with them.
Splitting Up Movement
A character can split up their voluntary
movement with actions or attacks. For example,
a character with a SPEED of 6 can move 2
spaces, take an action, and then move 4
spaces.
If a character can make multiple attacks with
one action, they can move in between each
attack.
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Forced Movement
Forced movement is a type of involuntary
movement. There are three types of forced
movement: Push, Pull, and Slide.
 Push: All movement must in a straight
line directly away from the origin.
 Pull: All movement must be in a straight
line directly toward the origin.
 Slide. The movement can be in any
direction.
Forced movement does not provoke reactions
and ignores engagement. A character can’t be
subject to forced movement into a space they
cannot enter.
Forced movement can only involve horizontal
movement, not vertical, unless otherwise
specified. For example, you can’t PUSH a
character upward.
A character may be able to subject themselves
to a push, pull, or slide effect. Even though they
may be willingly doing so, it still counts as
forced movement and ignores engagement
and reactions.
Engagement
When two enemy characters become adjacent
to each other, they become ENGAGED, which is
a status.
When a character becomes ENGAGED with a
larger character, the smaller character’s
movement ends and they lose any unused
movement. Once ENGAGED, a character can
begin new movements normally. Moving
adjacent to a character you are already
ENGAGED with doesn’t stop the movement.
The movement ending only happens when
ENGAGED is applied.
While a character is ENGAGED, they gain +1
DIF to all ranged attacks.
Teleportation
Teleportation is a special type of movement, that
allows for instant transportation between two
spaces.
A character can teleport to any space they could
normally enter. For example, a character that
can’t fly is unable to teleport to an empty space
in the air.
Teleportation does not require line of sight,
doesn’t provoke reactions, and ignores
engagement.
Teleportation counts as movement, and always
counts as moving 1 space, regardless of the
distance traveled. IMMOBILIZED characters
can’t teleport, since they can’t take any
movement.
If a character tries to teleport into a space they
can’t occupy, the teleport fails and the action is
lost.
Difficult Terrain
Difficult terrain is any type of terrain that slows
movement, like mud or thick grass.
Difficult terrain costs twice the movement speed
to enter and move through, so it typically costs 2
spaces of movement to enter or move through 1
space of difficult terrain. Leaving difficult terrain
doesn’t increase the movement cost, only
entering a space of difficult terrain.
Dangerous Terrain
Dangerous terrain is any type of terrain that can
cause damage, like lava or thorns.
Characters that enter dangerous terrain for the
first time in a turn or start their turn within it must
make an ability check, typically AGI. On a
failure, they take 5 damage of a type determined
by the GM. This can include Stress or DOT. A
character only makes this check 1/round.
Falling
Falling from a large enough height might cause
damage.
Characters that fall 3 or more spaces take falling
damage. The amount of damage taken is equal
to the spaces fallen, and the damage is AP
physical. A character that falls 1 or 2 spaces
takes no falling damage.
Characters fall at a rate of 10 spaces per round,
which is the ceiling cap of most maps.
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Flying
Flying is a special type of movement with the
following rules:
 A character that can fly can move up to
a number of spaces equal to their speed
horizontally AND vertically when they
move.
 All flying movement must be in a straight
line. New instances of movement can
change directions, but splitting up a
movement must follow the original path.
 A flying character must move at least 1
space or fall.
 Flying characters are immune to
PRONE.
 Flying characters immediately fall if they
become IMMOBILIZED, STUNNED, or
are otherwise unable to move.
 Flying characters that take a WOUND or
OVERSTRESS must pass an AGI check
or begin falling.
 Flying characters can’t carry characters
or objects larger than size ½.
The Ceiling
Flying characters can’t fly more than 10 spaces
above a surface and still contribute to a battle. If
a character has taken any actions in a turn, they
can’t go above this height. If they do go above
this height, the only actions they can take are
their standard movement and RUSH, and they
can’t take any reactions. They can’t take any
other actions or reactions until they start a turn
under the 10-space ceiling.
Hovering
Hovering is a type of flight with the following
changes:
 Hovering characters don’t need to move
in a straight line when they fly.
 Hovering characters don’t need to move
at least 1 space during their turn or
begin falling.
Swimming
Deep enough bodies of liquid can count as
difficult terrain. If water is deep enough for a
character to submerge under (the depth of the
water equals or exceeds a character’s size),
they gain soft cover while within it, but have +1
DIF on all attacks, checks, and saves while
within it.
Unless a combat takes place entirely
underwater, the depth of a body of water isn’t
calculated except for determining if it grants soft
cover.
Underwater or Zero Gravity
Combat encounters that take place completely
underwater treat every character as flying.
However, unless they have an ability to swim or
fly, they are SLOWED. Characters in these
combat environments can’t fall.
Jumping
Character can jump when they take their
standard movement (if they are capable of
jumping). A character can make either a high
jump or a long jump. If a character ends their
jump in the air, they begin falling (unless they
can fly).
High Jump
Characters can jump a number of spaces
vertically up to their size, and up to 1 space
horizontally.
Long Jump
Characters can jump a number of spaces
horizontally up to half their speed, ignoring
ground-based obstacles and objects that can be
jumped over, like pits or certain types of
dangerous terrain.
Climbing
Climbing is considered moving over difficult
terrain, and costs twice the normal movement to
enter a space while climbing.
Squeezing
Characters can fit in spaces smaller than them
by squeezing. A character can fit in open spaces
smaller than them, but treat the area as difficult
terrain when doing so.
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Environmental
Factors
Environmental factors alter combat scenes.
Some might apply to the entire combat scene,
while others might affect smaller zones, like
individual traps.
Here are some common environmental factors.
Darkness
Darkness affects how far characters can see,
and makes it easier to HIDE. Darkness generally
applies to an entire combat scene, but could
apply to specific zones. Darkness has the
following effects.
 Characters can ignore any of the
prerequisites for taking the HIDE action.
 Scope and weapon ranges are reduced
by half. Reach and area of effect zones
are not affected.
Difficult / Dangerous Terrain
See page xxx for detailed information on difficult
and dangerous terrain. A summary is provided
below.
 Difficult Terrain. Entering a space of
difficult terrain costs 2 movement,
instead of one.
 Dangerous Terrain. Characters that
enter dangerous terrain for the first time
in a turn or start their turn within it must
pass an ability check or take 5 damage
of a type determined by the GM. This
can include Stress or DOT.
Locks
Doors, gates, and treasure chests can all be
locked. An entrance like a door that is locked
can’t be moved through. Chests or other objects
that are locked can’t be accessed. Unlocking
something requires a successful AGI check as a
quick action.

Low Gravity
Low gravity environments or zones have the
following effects:
 Falling damage is reduced by half.
 Jumping distances are doubled.
Mana Zones
Mana zones either apply to an entire combat
scene or are specific, smaller zones. Mana
zones affect the cost of spells, depending on the
type of zone they are. There are two types of
mana zones:
 Mana Field. A mana field reduces the
mana cost of all spells cast within the
zone by -1, to a minimum of 0.
 Mana Void. A mana void increases the
mana cost of all spells cast within the
zone by +1. This applies to spells that
normally have a mana cost of 0.
Traps
Traps are interactable objects in a combat
scene. Traps have the TRAP tag, which is
reproduced below. When using generic, non-
NPC or PC specific traps, you can use the
following guidelines:
 Damage. Triggering character takes
[6/8/10] damage.
 Damage, Area. When triggered, creates
a Burst 1 zone. All characters in the
area must make an ability save, taking
[6/8/10] damage on a failure, or half
damage on a success.
 Condition. The triggering character
gains a condition based on the type of
trap. IMMOBILIZED, SLOWED, and
BLINDED are common conditions.
 Condition, Area. When triggered,
creates a Burst 1 zone. All characters in
the area must make an ability save,
gaining a condition on a failure.
 TRAP TAG: Items or abilities with this
tag can be placed in an empty adjacent
space. When a character moves
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adjacent to a trap, it activates.
Characters leaving an adjacent space
don’t trigger the trap. Traps are
HIDDEN, but can be detected with the
SEARCH action. A detected trap can be
disarmed as a Quick Action when
moving adjacent to one by passing an
AGI check. On a failure, the trap
activates as normal.
Why do traps trigger when
adjacent, instead of only when you
are on their space?
If a trap only triggered when a
character moved over their space,
they would be much easier to avoid. I
don’t see the trap as being EXACTLY
in that one space. Instead, I see it as
the trap is hidden within an area, and
moving adjacent, instead of directly on
it, reveals where the trap was, and
what its effect is.
Underwater / Zero Gravity
Combat encounters that take place completely
underwater treat every character as flying.
However, unless they have an ability to swim or
fly, they are SLOWED. Characters in these
combat environments can’t fall.
Water
Deep enough bodies of liquid can count as
difficult terrain. If water is deep enough for a
character to submerge under (the depth of the
water equals or exceeds a character’s size),
they gain soft cover while within it, but have +1
DIF on all attacks, checks, and saves while
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Damage
Damage
There are Four main types of damage:
 Physical
 Force
 Astral
 Lunar
Physical: Represents slashing, bludgeoning,
piercing, and similar types of damage.
Force: Explosions and pure arcane energy are
considered force damage.
Astral: Elemental damage that can be
associated with the heat, light, or energy of the
stars. Fire, light, and electricity are commonly
associated with the Astral.
Lunar: Elemental damage that can be
associated with the cold, darkness, or stillness
of the moon. Ice, dark, and toxic damages are
commonly associated with the Lunar.
Damage Over Time (DOT)
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Damage over time, or DOT, changes the way
that damage is normally taken. A DOT is a
damage or stress source that continues to apply
its damage or stress every round.
Whenever a character takes a DOT, they take
the damage or stress immediately, and it is
considered armor piercing (AP). At the end of
each turn while they have a DOT, the character
makes a save depending on the type of DOT,
which will indicate which save is needed. If the
save is successful, all DOT is cleared from
them. If they fail, they take the damage from the
DOT, which is always armor piercing.
DOT effects stack. For example, if you have 2
DOT physical, and gain another 2 DOT Physical,
you have a total of 4 DOT Physical.
An example of DOT would be: 4 DOT physical
(BLK)
DOTs only stack if they use the same save. If
you are subject to multiple DOTs that use
different saves, you make saves against them
separately. For example, if you have 1 DOT
Astral (AGI) and 3 DOT Physical (BLK), you
would make two saves at the end of your turn.
Once for AGI, and once for BLK.
SIMPLE DOT
Here’s an alternate way to handle
Damage Over Time to make
gameplay faster:
 One Save: Instead of making
multiple DOT saves, you only
make one save at the end of
your turn against the highest
source of DOT. If you
succeed, you clear all DOT,
regardless of the save. If you
fail, you take all of the DOT,
regardless of the save. This is
useful if a character is subject
to multiple sources of DOT
that take time to resolve.
 Special Damage: Stress
There are two special types of damage, stress
and Damage Over Time (DOT). An effect that
modifies damage does not modify these two
special damage types unless specified.
Stress
Stress is a special type of harm that doesn’t
count as “damage”, and doesn’t affect a
character’s HP.
Stress ignores armor. Instead of subtracting
from your HP, stress is accumulated up to your
stress cap. If you exceed your stress cap, you
become overstressed.
If a character doesn’t have a stress cap (like
summons), they instead take force damage
equal to the stress.
An effect that modifies damage doesn’t modify
stress unless otherwise indicated. Taking stress
doesn’t count as taking damage.
Bonus Damage
Bonus damage is extra damage that is added to
existing damage (not a separate source of
damage). Bonus damage is only applied to
successful attacks or abilities that deal
damage. Bonus damage can only be Physical,
Astral, Lunar, or Force damage (not stress or
DOT). If something deals bonus damage, the
damage is of the same type as the underlying,
normal damage, unless otherwise indicated. If
the normal damage has multiple types, like
Physical and Lunar, the attacker picks one.
Effects that target more than one character, like
AOE attacks, deal half bonus damage to targets.
Notably, this applies only if there was more than
one target, not if there COULD be multiple
targets. If you attack with a Blast 1 explosion
and only have one target in the AOE, they take
the full bonus damage. If there were two targets,
the bonus damage is halved.
When fighting with a linked weapon (like
LIGHT∞LIGHT), bonus damage is only applied
to the first hit.
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Armor, Resistance, and Immunity
Armor reduces incoming damage from physical,
astral, lunar, and force damage by the indicated
value from a single source. For example, an
armor of 2 would reduce physical damage taken
from an attack by 2. Armor does NOT apply to
stress or DOT.
Resistance halves the damage taken from the
indicated damage type or stress (rounded
down). Resistance applies to DOT as well. If you
have 2 DOT astral (AGI), and have resistance to
astral damage, you would only take 1 DOT
astral instead of 2.
Immunity means you do not take the damage or
stress from whatever you have immunity to. You
can have immunity to any damage type or
stress.
Order of Damage
To determine the final amount of damage taken
by a character, after all forms of armor and other
mitigation, use the following steps in order.
1. Damage is rolled.
2. Reductions or increases to damage
from conditions or statuses, like
WEAKENED or VULNERABLE apply.
3. Reduce damage by armor
4. Reductions from the target like
RESISTANCE apply next.
5. The remaining damage (rounded up) is
taken by the target.
Conditions & Status
Conditions and status are effects that are
applied to characters.
Conditions are generally negative effects. Most
conditions indicate when their effect ends, like
“until the end of the target’s next turn.”
Conditions can be cleared through certain
effects, like RECOVER.
Statuses are states that describe a character,
and may be positive or negative. Statuses can’t
be removed unless specific actions or taken, or
their requirements no longer apply.
Condition
 Blinded: BLINDED characters can only
draw line of sight to adjacent spaces.
 Dazed: DAZED characters have +1 DIF
on attacks, checks, and saves.
 Disabled: DISABLED characters can’t
make attacks or cast spells.
 Disarmed: DISARMED characters can’t
make weapon attacks except for
improvised attacks.
 Sundered: SUNDERED characters
can’t benefit from armor or resistance.
 Immobilized: IMMOBILIZED characters
can’t take any movement, but can still
be subjected to forced movement.
 Marked: When a MARKED character is
attacked, the attacker can choose to
consume the mark, removing it to gain
+1 ACC on that attack. A character can
only have one mark at a time.
 Silenced: SILENCED characters can’t
use spells.
 Slowed: SLOWED characters can only
move with their standard movement,
can’t RUSH, and their turns happen
during PHASE 8: DELAY.
 Stunned: STUNNED characters can’t
SURGE, move, or take any actions
including free actions. Their DODGE
and A-DEF become 5, and they
automatically fail any BULK and
AGILITY checks and saves. Their turns
happen during PHASE 8: DELAY.
 Vulnerable: VULNERABLE characters
take double damage from physical,
astral, lunar, and force damage. Stress
and DOT are not doubled.
 Weakened: WEAKENED characters
deal ½ damage (rounded up).
Status
 Bloodied: BLOODIED characters are at
half of their HP maximum or less.
 Breaking: BREAKING characters are at
half of their Stress cap or more.
 Engaged: Characters that move
adjacent to a hostile character are
ENGAGED while adjacent to each
other. Ranged attacks made while
engaged gain +1 DIF. If you become
ENGAGED by a character larger than
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you, your movement ends and you lose
any unused movement.
 Grappled: Grapples happen between
two or more characters. All grappled
characters are ENGAGED with each
other. GRAPPLED characters can’t take
reactions. The larger character in the
grapple can move normally, and drag
the smaller characters with them. The
smaller characters in a grapple can’t use
their movement. If a character is the
same size or smaller than the opposing
character in the grapple, they can make
an opposed BULK check during their
turn as a Quick Action to be considered
the larger character during that turn on a
success. The GRAPPLED status ends
when the characters are no longer
adjacent to each other, the initiator ends
the grapple as a free action, or if the
target of the grapple succeeds on an
opposed BULK check as a BRAWL
action.
 Hidden: HIDDEN characters can’t be
targeted by hostile attacks or actions
unless they have an area of effect, and
they don’t cause ENGAGEMENT. If a
HIDDEN character attacks, forces a
save, or targets a character with a
hostile effect, their HIDDEN status is
removed after the action resolves.
HIDDEN can be removed by the
SEARCH action, if the cover allowing for
the HIDDEN status is destroyed, or if a
hostile character can draw line of sight
to the HIDDEN character.
Hidden characters can still be seen by
players during combat.
 Invisible: Attacks against INVISIBLE
characters have a 50% miss chance.
INVISIBLE characters can always HIDE,
even if they’re not in cover.
 Prone: Attacks against PRONE targets
have +1 ACC. A PRONE character
counts all movement as difficult
terrain. A PRONE character can stand
instead of taking their standard
movement, unless they are
IMMOBILIZED. Standing doesn’t count
as a form of movement.
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 make a wound check, and resets their HP to
Wounds and full. Any remaining damage is carried over.
Overstress When a character’s wounds equal their wound
cap, they are defeated.
Characters can become wounded or overstress
in combat. The more wounds or overstress they When a character takes a wound, they make a
accumulate, the more likely they are to be wound check. Roll 1d6 per wounds taken,
defeated. including the wound just taken. Choose the
lowest result.
Wounds
Player characters have a Wound Cap of 4.
When a character 0 HP, they take 1 wound,
1 Wound 2 Wound 3 Wound 4 Wound
Die Roll Die Roll Die Roll Die Roll Description
4-6 5-6 6 You are DAZED until the end of your
next turn.
1-3 2-4 3-5 Roll 1d6. On a 1-3, one of your
weapons is destroyed. On a 4-6, one
of your support items is destroyed. If
there are no valid options remaining,
this becomes the next option below.
Items or abilities with the
LIMITED/CONSUMABLE tag and no
charges remaining are not valid
options. If there are no valid options
in one category, use the other
category (weapon/support).
1 1-2 You are STUNNED until the end of
your next turn.
1-6 You are Defeated

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 Overstressed When a character’s overstress equals their
Player characters have an Overstress Cap of 4. overstress threshold, they are defeated.
When they take stress damage, it accumulates When a character exceeds their stress cap, they
until it exceeds their stress cap. When this make an Overstressed check. Roll 1d6 per
happens, they gain an overstress. They then overstress taken, including the overstress just
clear stress equal to their Stress Cap. If this taken. Choose the lowest result.
leaves them over their stress cap again, they
gain another overstress.
1 Overstress 2 Overstress 3 Overstress 4 Overstress
Die Roll Die Roll Die Roll Die Roll Description
4-6 5-6 6 You are DAZED until the end of your
next turn.
1-3 2-4 3-5 Roll 1d6. On a 1-3, become
unfocused and unequip one of your
techniques. On a 4-6, you become
WEAKENED until the end of your
next turn. Techniques with the
LIMITED/CONSUMABLE tag and no
charges remaining are not valid
options. If there are no valid
techniques, this becomes the next
option below.
1 1-2 You are VULNERABLE until cleared.
1-6 You are Defeated

Defeat
A defeated character is unable to contribute to a
scene. The character may be unconscious,
fleeing, or hopeless.
When a player character is defeated, they can
narrate how they are defeated. They are then
removed from play and unable to directly
contribute to the scene, but can still take
narrative actions.
NPCs are typically killed or knocked
unconscious when defeated, chosen by the
character that defeated them. The GM can
choose a different option for an NPC, but they
can’t kill an NPC that a PC wanted to keep alive,
unless the player gives permission to the GM for
the change.

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Resting
Resting allows characters to heal, recover
resources, and swap equipment.
There are two types of rests: short rests and
long rests. During gameplay, the GM will
determine when characters are able to take
rests. Players can’t declare they are taking
rests unless the GM allows it.
When an ability references a rest, it applies on
either short or long rests.
Short Rest
A short rest is taken during a quest, and only
requires the characters to take a few moments
to catch their breath. Generally, short rests are
available between combat scenes.
Long Rest
A long rest is an extended period of rest and
recovery, typically between missions. A long rest
must be long enough for characters to sleep,
eat, and repair equipment.
Characters always benefit from a long rest at
some point between missions. During long
missions, there might be time for a long rest, but
that is for the GM to decide.
During a long rest, characters do the following:
 Reset to their normal values (full HP,
Mana, no stress/conditions, etc.)
 Can change their class
 Can change their loadout
(equipment/techniques)
 Can change their Ancestry trait

During a short rest, characters do the following:

 Clear all stress.
 Regain all mana.
 Remove all conditions, statuses, and
effects (except for bloodied/breaking
point, if still applicable).

They can also spend Recoveries for the

following:
 1 Recovery: Regain all HP.
 1 Recovery: Regain a destroyed or
forgotten equipment or technique.
 2 Recovery: Remove 1 WOUND or
OVERSTRESS.
 2 Recovery: Reduce your SURGE level
by 1.
 2 Recovery: Change your equipped
CLASS. Your HP, STRESS, MANA, and
Recoveries remain at their current
values unless the new class’s maximum
is lower, at which point they are reduced
to their maximum. If the new class
doesn’t have space for the current
weapons, support items, or techniques,
you must unequip items and techniques
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 08 Character Options
This section documents all the player choices, such as Ancestry, Talents, Classes, and Equipment.
Ancestry
A character’s ancestry represents their species
or unique grouping. Within the game of Beacon,
ancestry just determines a beacon’s size and a
special ancestry ability they can choose.
In narrative play, an ancestry can provide
whatever abilities or powers work with your
setting. For examples, elves might be immortal,
and machina don’t need to eat or sleep. Those
are flavorful abilities that impact narrative play,
but don’t affect combat play unless you pick an
ability that says otherwise.
Half Ancestry
Some characters might have more than one
ancestry, representing two different ancestries in
their history.
Such a character still picks an ancestry and an
ancestry ability as normal, but they might have
narrative abilities from the other ancestry.
Additionally, if a GM is willing, they can allow a
character to take the size of one ancestry, and
create a list of four ancestry abilities (two taken
from each ancestry) as their pool of potential
ancestry abilities.
Even if a GM doesn’t allow mixing ancestry
abilities, a character is still allowed to have traits
or features from multiple ancestries for narrative
play.
Custom Ancestry
You can easily create your own ancestry by
choosing a size between ½ and 3, and creating
a pool of any 4 existing ancestry traits.
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Using Ancestry in Settings
Not every ancestry will be used in every setting.
Some settings only feature humans, while others
have a limited number of ancestries
represented.
Just because an ancestry doesn’t exist in a
setting, doesn’t necessarily mean it still can’t be
used mechanically. In an all-human setting, for
example, there are huge variances between
people. Maybe your human with the goblin
ancestry is a small teen, or a group of kids in a
trench coat (Swarm trait). A human with the
avian ancestry could have a magic item that
allows them to fly, or built a jetpack.
Overall, an ancestry is a set of mechanical
bonuses for combat play, and it’s an important
part of the game. Just because there isn’t a
species in the setting that matches the ancestry,
doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be used. Beacon is a
game about choices, and severely restricting the
ancestry choices for combat play takes away
that part of the system.
In summary:
 Ancestry does not have to equal
species.
 Ancestry and Ancestry Traits only have
mechanical impact on combat play.
 Don’t overly limit the ancestries players
can choose for combat play.
 Your setting can have as many or as
few ancestries as you want.
 Avian but no wings. These celestos find life among the
mountaintops hard, as their homes weren’t designed
for the flightless. These wingless celestos usually
leave their homes to find a more suitable life among
the other flightless civilizations, or take up defensive
or supportive roles.

Flightless Celestos
If you want to play a flightless celestos,
you can either use the Orc ancestry, or
switch out the avian FLIGHT trait with a
trait from the Orc ancestry.

Mechanics
When you choose the Avian ancestry, you gain the
following statistics:
 Size: 1
Choose one of the following traits.
Avians are a bird-like people, with physical FLIGHT
characteristics that can look like any type of flying
creature. Not every avian can fly, and some are You can fly, but you take 1 stress at the end of a
completely wingless. turn in which you do so.

 What sort of bird or flying creature do your

people look similar to?
FLOCK TACTICS
 Where do your people live and what kind of
environment does it have? 1/round you gain +1 ACC on a melee attack roll if
 What type of food do your people eat, and the target has one of your allies adjacent to them.
what is a delicacy to your people?
 Are avians without wings or flying capability
treated differently than those that do?
GET THE FLOCK OUTTA THERE
Example Shard: Garuda
[Reaction, 1/scene] Trigger: You take damage or
Name: Celestos stress from an attack action. Effect: You slide up to
The celestos of Shard: Garuda live atop the highest your speed.
mountains, where they are bathed in radiant energy
from the sky. Because of this, they are able to better
control these energies, and grow resistant to them. GUST
Celestos culture places great emphasis on wings, [SKIRMISH] Characters in a Line 5 area must pass
and those that are born with additional sets of wings a BLK save or take [1d6 force]. This is a spell
are seen as people with great potential. Two wings attack.
are the most common, with four wings being rare,
and six or more wings being almost unheard of.
Alternatively, some celestos are born with a mutation
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 Dragonborn DRAGONFIRE
Dragonborn are people with draconic traits like SKIRMISH [Cone 3] [1d6 Astral or Lunar]
scales, tails, or wings. The physical characteristics of
dragonborn depend greatly on the setting and how You breath dragonfire in a cone as a Weapon
dragons are represented. Attack. This attack cannot be DISARMED or
DISABLED. Choose whether it deals Astral or Lunar
 What is a threat that humans face that is damage when you select this trait.
only an inconvenience to your people?
 What do your people think of dragons, or
what is their relationship to dragons?
DRAGON SCALES
 Are dragonborn associated with one
element or many, and what element are You gain either astral or lunar resistance.
your people associated with?
 What monument or building of your people
has endured through multiple disasters?
INNER FIRE
Example Shard: Io
Name: Drakhal When you take the RECOVER action, you regain
1d6 HP before choosing any other effects.
The drakhal of Shard: Io primarily dwell in volcanic
regions, which run the gambit from barren
wastelands to tropical islands teeming with life.
DRACONIC WINGS
The most powerful groups of drakhal are those in
possession of an ancient dragon egg. Each egg is You can fly, but you take 1 stress at the end of a
massive, and must be incubated inside the turn in which you do so.
temperatures of an active volcano. Each group of
drakhal believe they are the inheritors of that specific
dragon’s legacy, which explains the physical
differences between each group of drakhal. Some
have tails, some have wings, some have few scales,
etc.
Each of the growing dragons is already named, like
Bahamut, Phoenix, and Nidhogg. The drakhal
believe that when their dragon hatches, it will
change the world in their favor. One dragon might
destroy all enemies of their drakhal, while another
might bring prosperity and bountiful harvests across
the world. Once the dragon has changed the world,
it returns to its lair, where a new shell forms around
it, and it waits until its next hatching.
These ancient dragons rarely awaken, and each at
their own pace. It is likely, due to the cyclical nature
of these dragons, that one (or more) of them is the
Scourge of Shard: Io.
Mechanics
When you choose the dragonborn ancestry, you
gain the following statistics:
 Size: 2
Choose one of the following traits.

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 Dwarf exploring and meeting each other through
discovered tunnels both natural and made by
unknown forces. However, danger lurks in the
depths, beyond old tunnels long abandoned.
Monsters, creatures of chaos lurk in the depths, and
surge their way upward. Every civilization moves
ever upward, trying to stay ahead of the Scourge
Beneath. The dwarves have excelled at this, moving
upward while maintaining strongholds to hold back
the Scourge, but no matter what they do, the
darkness always advances…
Mechanics
When you choose the dwarf ancestry, you gain the
following statistics:
 Size: 1
Choose one of the following traits.

KEEP MOVING FORWARD

Your Speed isn’t reduced by support items with the

[armor] tag.

RESILIENCE

You have resistance to lunar damage and +1 ACC

on BLK saves.

Dwarves are commonly depicted as shorter-than-

human, stocky people. They are known for their UNYIELDING
mental and physical fortitude.
1/encounter you can RECOVER as a free action.
 What great work of art or construction did
your people make?
 What do your people value, that others
envy? STURDY
 What type of actions do your people
respect? When you would be forcibly moved, such as from
 What is something your people lost, and can push, pull, or slide, you can move one space less
it be reclaimed? than normal. If this reduces the forced movement to
0, the movement doesn’t happen.
Example Shard: Umbra
The dwarves of Shard: Umbra are in a constant race
upward, fleeing the ever-encroaching darkness from
below.
There is no surface in this shard, or at least none
discovered. The sky is stone, and it never runs out.
The dwarves and other people of this shard live
comfortably on whatever levels they carve out,
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 Elemental In this shard, two important individuals are always
born or created within a few years of each other:
The Weaver and the Cultivator.
The Weaver can manipulate multiple elements, and
seeks to unify the elemental nations under one
banner, and one element.
The Cultivator seeks to keep each of the nations and
elements separate, and to grow them individually.
The Weaver and Cultivator are always in conflict
with each other, as their purpose and philosophies
are opposed. Each approach has pros and cons,
and each individual firmly believes in their role.
To complicate matters, each cycle either the Weaver
or Cultivator is the Scourge, and there appears to
be no pattern as to which one it is.
Mechanics
When you choose the Elemental ancestry, you gain
the following statistics:
 Size: 1
Choose one of the following traits.
ENERGY RESISTANCE

You gain either astral or lunar resistance.

ENERGY AURA

As a Reaction when you are hit by an attack roll by

an adjacent enemy, you can spend 1 mana to deal
1d3 Astral or Lunar damage to them (chosen when
this trait is selected).

Elementals are people with a strong connection to a ELEMENTAL NOVA

specific element, like fire or water. They can either
[BRAWL] Make a burst 1 spell attack centered on
have bodies fully made of the element, or just yourself, dealing 1d6 astral or lunar damage
features like burning hair. (chosen when this trait is selected) on a hit.
 What element are you associated with?
 Where do elementals of your elemental
ELEMENTAL FORM
association come from?
 What are the offspring of elementals from
When you take a WOUND or OVERSTRESS, you
different elementals like? gain Hard Cover until the start of your next turn.
 What emotion do your people value?

Example Shard: Convergence

The elementals of Shard: Convergence live in
separate nations, each with their own unique culture.

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 Elf painful lessons when adapting to life on this new
planet, but things have started to become more
stable.
The elves of this shard absorb magical energy into
their bodies throughout their life, gaining physical
characteristics based on the type of magic they
experience. Elves with an abundance of primal
magic might grow leafy tattoos, and those with an
abundance of arcane magic might gain glowing
eyes. Divine magic, however, did not exist on the
planet Fey. The youngest generations of elves are
starting to exhibit new traits from this alien type of
magic.
Mechanics
When you choose the elf ancestry, you gain the
following statistics:
 Size: 1
Choose one of the following traits.

ELVEN ACCURACY

1/encounter you can roll an extra d20 when making

an attack roll, using either result. Any rerolls allow
you to reroll both dice.

NATURE STEP
Elves are traditionally depicted as long-lived or
immortal people with pointy ears. You ignore the movement penalties of difficult
terrain.
 How long can your people live for?
 What type of magic or creations are your
people known for?
FAST MOVEMENT
 What kind of skill or art do you wish you
were better at? +1 speed
 What tradition do your people follow that you
feel is outdated?

Shard: Moontouched
FEY STEP
The elves of Shard: Moontouched hail from a distant
planet called Fey. The planet was destroyed and 1/encounter, you can teleport 5 spaces as a free
shattered by a cataclysm. The inhabitants fled action.
through teleportation magics and flying cities, hurling
themselves through space in the hope of finding
safety.
Many elves came to a planet filled with powerful
civilizations, an abundance of magical energy, and a
moon with an uneven orbit. There have been many

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 Gigan people of this shard have gathered their power and
resources to create weapon platforms called Anti-
Titan Suits, or ATS. The ATS are strong enough to
fend off the titans, but are too large to be used by
anyone but the gigan.
Whenever a titan appears, a gigan pilot with a
dedicated support team must don their ATS and do
battle. Their support team either keeps the ATS
functional, or directly fights in the field.
The Scourge of this shard is a unique titan that
threatens the stability of society and pushes the
gigan and their ATS to the limit.
Mechanics
When you choose the Gigan ancestry, you gain the
following statistics:
 Size: 2
Choose one of the following traits.
BIG EQUIPMENT

One support slot increases by one size (LIGHT to

MAIN, MAIN to HEAVY).

ENDURANCE

1/encounter as a free action, gain resistance to all

damage until the end of your next turn.

OVERSIZED WEAPONS

1/encounter you can ignore the SLOW tag on a

weapon.
The gigan are usually the tallest people in any
setting, and are commonly called half-giants. The
features of gigans depend on the role of true giants
GIANT LINEAGE
in the same setting.
 What are giants like? What type of giants You gain either astral or lunar resistance.
are your people most similar to?
 What creatures do your people fear or
respect?
 What do your people think of the smaller
civilizations?
 What food is a staple or delicacy for your
people, that others find off-putting?
Example Shard: Titan
Giant monsters roam this shard, the titans,
destroying cities and empires in their rampage. The

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Gnome The maji of Shard: Conduit led the most powerful
civilization on the shard for centuries, propelling the
world with their technological innovations. Then they
messed it all up with one cataclysmic mistake.
Either through hubris, oversight, or ignorance, the
maji unleashed what was to be their greatest
achievement, only to have it backfire. They were the
Scourge.
But the shard and the maji survived. Now they want
to either fix their mistake, or fix the world they ruined.
Can they make amends, or will others even let
them? And can they do so before the next Scourge
arises?
Mechanics
When you choose the Gnome ancestry, you gain the
following statistics:
 Size: 1/2
Choose one of the following traits.
INSTINCTUAL STEALTH

You can start each combat scene HIDDEN.

FADE AWAY

[REACTION, 1/scene] Trigger: You are targeted by

an attack. Effect: You become INVISIBLE after the
action until the end of your next turn.

TUMBLE

You can move through the space of hostile

characters that are larger than you.
Gnomes are a short people often depicted with an
appreciation for technology or nature.
TINKER TOY
 What have you made or done that you are
most proud of?
Quick: 1/scene, you create a summoned toy within
 What types of skills or professions do your Scope. Allies making an attack roll against a
people value? character adjacent to your summon gain +1 ACC on
 How do your people defend themselves the attack. (Size ½, 5 HP, evasion/a-def of 10).
against larger threats?
 What is the most dangerous thing your
people have done?
Example Shard: Conduit
Name: Maji

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 Goblin The 3rd form is the bugbear, which is even stronger
and begins to develop wildly varied appearances like
fur, extra arms, or a thick hide.
The exact reasoning for why only some goblins go
through metamorphosis, and only some of the
stages, is unknown. The leading theory is that it’s a
genetic mutation.
There is rumored to be a stage of metamorphosis
above bugbear, called an urgoblin. There have been
no recorded cases of an urgoblin, but if it is stronger
than the bugbear stage, it must be incredibly
powerful.
Mechanics
When you choose the Goblin ancestry, you gain the
following statistics:
 Size: 1/2
Choose one of the following traits.
SCURRY

When a melee attack misses you, you can slide 1

space if you aren’t IMMOBILIZED.

SWARM

Your Size becomes 2, but you can still benefit from

Size 1 or larger cover. You have resistance to
physical damage, but are always VULNERABLE to
force damage. Each recovery can represent a
goblin in your swarm.
Goblins are a short people, often depicted with
shorter-than-human lifespans. In many settings they
are viewed as ‘monsters’, although that’s usually NIMBLE ESCAPE
because those settings want cannon-fodder for
heroes to murder. Hopefully you’ll do better than that 1/scene you can RUSH as a free action.
in your setting.
 How do your people approach or view their
short lifespans? BITE
 What do your people have a deep-seated
fear of? You deal [1 physical] AP at the start of your turn to
 What do your people use for transportation? any character grappling or grappled by you unless
 How many siblings do you have? you are STUNNED.
Example Shard: Moontouched
Goblins on Shard: Moontouched can undergo
sudden metamorphosis, rapidly changing their size
and abilities. The most common and starting form is
goblin, which is also the smallest. Hobgoblins are
the 2nd stage, where they grow in size and strength.
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 Halfling hospitality chains, branding their establishments like
“Rin’s Roadstop.”
Mechanics
When you choose the Halfling ancestry, you gain the
following statistics:
 Size: 1/2
Choose one of the following traits.
LUCKY

[REACTION, 1/scene] Trigger: You are hit by an

attack roll. Effect: You force the attacker to reroll
the attack roll, using the 2nd result.

NIMBLE

Reaction attack rolls against you have +1 DIF.

BRAVE

When you SURGE, you gain +1 ACC on an attack

roll, check, or save caused by the SURGE action.

Halflings are a short people, typically depicted with a TUMBLE

strong will and friendly demeanor.
You can move through the space of hostile
 What did your people do that other people characters that are larger than you.
respected?
 How comfortable is the world to someone of
your size?
 What is something your people refuse to let
go of?
 What do your people think of the taller
civilizations?
Example Shard: Rhombus
Name: Ruppit
On Shard: Rhombus, the ruppit set up small
hospitality stations alongside long, dangerous roads.
These ruppits value service to others, and happily
create establishments in dangerous areas. Many a
traveler has been saved by an unlikely but much
needed Ruppit inn.
No matter where in the world, whether in the desert
or tundra, you’ll find a ruppit hospitality
establishment. Some ruppits have even set up

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 Human Mechanics
When you choose the Human ancestry, you gain the
following statistics:
 Size: 1
Choose one of the following traits.
STRONG SAVES

You gain +1 ACC on all saves.

HANG IN THERE

Whenever you make a WOUND or OVERSTRESS

check, you can reroll the dice 1/encounter, taking
either result.

HEARTY

You gain +3 HP

ADRENALINE

1/scene you can SURGE without increasing the

SURGE cost.

You are, presumably, a human.

 What type of clothing or fashion do your
people wear?
 How widespread are human cultures?
 What type of weapon is associated with your
people?
 What spell did your people invent?
Example Shard: Nimbus
Name: Hyul
The Scourge poisoned the land, so the hyul and
other survivors of Shard: Nimbus created flying
airships, capable of supporting hundreds of people.
Everyone now lives in the skies, only venturing to
the surface to scavenge tech and supplies, wearing
special suits to avoid breathing the poisonous
atmosphere.
While society tries to survive, the Scourge plans its
next move below…

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 Kobold
gain +1 ACC on checks to disable them.
Kobolds are a short people, typically depicted with
lizard-like or dragon-like features.
 What sort of craftsmanship are your people EVASIVE
highly regarded in?
 What type of environment did you grow up Cone, line, blast, and burst attack rolls against you
gain +1 DIF.
in?
 What is or was the family business?
 What is your favorite thing you’ve ever
made?
Example Shard: Keystone
Name: Drik
When Shard: Keystone was fractured, the drik held it
together. Piece by piece, they were able to pull
fragments of the shard together with chains, bolts,
and glue. Now the drik maintain their world, keeping
everything running as best as they can for the
survivors of their shard.
Mechanics
When you choose the Kobold ancestry, you gain the
following statistics:
 Size: 1/2
Choose one of the following traits.
TRAP ARRAY

You gain an array of traps as a support item, with

the [Consumable 2] tag, that doesn’t take up a
support slot. As a Quick Action, you can use one
of the following traps.
 Snare Trap. Triggering character must
succeed on an AGI save or be
IMMOBILIZED until the end of their next
turn.
 Explosive Trap. [Burst 1] Characters take
[1d6+3 force]
 Paint Marker. [Burst 1] Characters in the
area are MARKED.

DISTRACT

1/scene as a Quick Action, you can MARK all

adjacent enemies.

TRAPMASTER

You don’t set off traps unless you want to, and you

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 Lycanthrope Tiger, Clan Crab, The Antler Kingdom, etc. Each
group of lycanthropes are guarded by a powerful
primal spirit, but it can only physically exist for short
periods of time.
The lycanthropes collect crystals, which can be
consumed as energy for summoning their primal
spirit. The lycanthropes seek to gather as many
crystals as possible, mining or stealing them as
needed. Some groups use their primal spirit for
defensive purposes, while others use it to
aggressively expand.
Mechanics
When you choose the Lycanthrope ancestry, you
gain the following statistics:
 Size: 1
Choose one of the following traits.
DEFENDER STRAIN

1/scene as a Quick Action, you manifest your

lycanthropic heritage. You gain 1d3 PARRY.

PACK TACTICS

1/round you gain +1 ACC on a melee attack roll if

the target has one of your allies adjacent to them.

SNEAKY FORM

As a Quick Action, you assume a small sneaky

Lycanthropes are people who have the ability to
assume an animal form and their normal form, and
sometimes a hybrid form. Some lycanthropes have
the ability to do this naturally, and sometimes
lycanthropy is a disease or curse.
 What other ancestry are your people
descended from, or is it a mix?
 What parts of your personality does your
animal form enhance?
 Do your people primarily have the same
strain of lycanthropy, or can you each
assume different animal forms?
 Which form feels most comfortable to you,
and which one do your people primarily
use?
form. Your size becomes ½ if it was larger and you
can HIDE as a free action 1/round. You can’t cast
spells or make attacks in this form. You can revert
to your normal form as a Quick Action. You can
only benefit from one form at a time.
TRAVEL FORM
1/round as a Quick Action, you assume a travel
form. Your speed increases by +2, but you can’t
cast spells or make attacks. You can revert to your
normal form as a Quick Action. You can only
benefit from one form at a time.

Example Shard: Enkidu

The lycanthropes of Shard: Enkidu are ordered by
the type of animal they can transform into. Tribe
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 Machina The procedure was a success and their people
survived, but their old ways of life were destroyed or
made irrelevant. Now calling themselves the beyo,
they have to decide what the next chapter of their
history looks like with their new bodies.
Mechanics
When you choose the Machina ancestry, you gain
the following statistics:
 Size: 1
Choose one of the following traits.
MECHANICAL BODY

You have +1 ACC on saves against DOT.

ARMORED

You have +1 armor.

SUPERCHARGER

Pick astral or lunar damage. When you take that

damage, you gain +1 ACC on all attack rolls, saves,
and checks until the end of your next turn.

INTEGRATED WEAPON

Pick one of your equipped weapons. This weapon

becomes integrated, and can be used even while
DISARMED or DISABLED.
Machina are an artificial, robotic people. Whether
made from technology or magic, machina are now a
free-thinking people.
 Who or what made you?
 Were you made to fulfill a specific purpose?
 Do you have anyone you consider family?
 How long can you live for, and how long do
your memories last?
Example Shard: Luna
Name: Beyo
The machina of Shard: Luna were once living,
breathing creatures. When the Scourge threatened
to destroy their civilization, they leveraged their
scientific and magical skills to ensure they would
survive. They constructed artificial bodies and
transferred their consciousness into it.

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 Orc as individual bands of pirates, eventually brought
together by the charismatic pirate Captain
Broadsides in order to defeat one of the incarnations
of the Scourge.
After their victory, Captain Broadsides was able to
maintain control of the pirate fleets and earn
recognition as a sovereign nation.
Mechanics
When you choose the Orc ancestry, you gain the
following statistics:
 Size: 2
Choose one of the following traits.
SECOND WIND

1/scene when you become BLOODIED, gain 4 +

your GRIT temp HP.

CHARGE

When you RUSH to move gain, you can move +2

spaces.

FURIOUS

1/turn you can take 1d3 Stress to reroll all the dice
from one of your damage rolls.

WORK OUT ROUTINE

You gain +1 ACC on BLK checks and saves.

Orcs are a tall people, typically portrayed as taller
and bulkier than humans. They sometimes have
tusks or horns, and have skin tones outside of the
human range, like green or grey.
 What was the greatest achievement by your
people that everyone knows about?
 What is a tradition your family or people
follow, and how do you feel about it?
 What emotion do you sometimes have
problems controlling?
 What is your favorite type of contest or
game to either watch or participate in?

Example Shard: Leviathan

Name: Mar’orc
The mar’orc of Shard: Leviathan control the largest
and most powerful naval fleet. Their origins began

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 Tiefling Example Shard: Diablos
Name: Azin
The azin of Shard: Diablos are one of the many
people that live on the Umbral Plane, but one of the
few that can easily cross into the Astral Plane.
Most azin will only make the journey with a strong
contract in place, a practice from a hard lesson
learned long ago.
Azin mercenaries, guards, and scouts are highly
sought after for their unfamiliar umbral powers,
which seem strange and frightening to those native
to the Astral Plane.
Mechanics
When you choose the Tiefling ancestry, you gain the
following statistics:
 Size: 1
Choose one of the following traits.
BLOODHUNTER

Gain +1 ACC on attacks against BLOODIED

characters.

INFERNAL RESISTANCE

You gain either astral or lunar resistance.

Tieflings are a people with infernal traits like horns,
tails, or cloven hooves. The amount and type of
infernal influence depends on the setting, but they
are often distant descendants with their own unique WRATH
cultures.
Gain +1 ACC on attacks against a character if they
 What part of your people’s history do others hit you since the end of your last turn.
still hold against you, and are their feelings
warranted?
 What good thing did you do that others FIENDISH WINGS
disbelieved or doubted your intentions for?
 What was a hard bargain your people had to You can fly, but you take 1 stress at the end of a
make? turn in which you do so.
 What place did your people use to live in but
now don’t, and why don’t they live there?

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Class
Class provides the skills, items, and abilities that a
beacon uses in combat.
Each class has three levels, starting at level 1 and
ending at level 3. Whenever a beacon gains a level,
including at first level, they can pick a class level to
learn. Beacons learn classes in order, starting at
level 1, then level 2, and finally mastering the class
at level 3.
A beacon can pick any class when they gain a level,
but start at level 1.
A beacon can only play as one of their known
classes at a time, but they have access to any of the
abilities and equipment they unlocked from their
other classes and can equip them.
Class Breakdown
Classes are broken down into the following:
 Role: Each class has a role that
summarizes how they act in combat.
o Artillery: Long range damage
dealer.
o Controller: Manipulate their foes or
the battlefield to gain an advantage.
o Defender: Protects their allies or
draws attention to themselves.
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o Striker: Close to medium range
damage dealer.
o Support: A supportive role for their
allies, either healing, mitigating
damage, or enhancing their allies.
 Size: Provided by Ancestry
 Scope: Scope is the distance that certain
abilities can be used, like CAST.
 Armor: Provided by support items
 Save: The target number a character has to
meet or exceed when making a saving throw
this character forced.
 Abilities: The starting values provided by
this class. They are modified by your ability
scores.
 Traits: Abilities that are unique to that class
and are granted when you play as that
class. If you change your class, you lose
access to the traits from your current class,
and gain the traits of the new one.
 Weapon Slots: The number and size of the
weapons you can equip when using this
class.
 Support Slots: The number and size of the
support items you can equip when using this
class.
 Ultimate: The ultimate ability you have
when using this class. An ultimate is a
powerful ability that can be used once per
quest.
 Aegis

Aegis
Defender
Defense oriented spellcaster focusing on shields. Puts up barriers and
shields to protect others or wall out foes.

An aegis is a defensive spellcaster, focusing on creating barriers and mitigating damage. Aegises rely on their
mana-efficiency to keep their barriers up for prolonged periods of time, and groups of them can maintain a
citywide barrier for the duration of a siege.
While the primary purpose of an aegis’ barriers is protection, they can also be used offensively. A well-placed
barrier can split a group of enemies, or cut off an avenue of attack. Aegises find themselves in high demand,
especially in militaristic organizations and cities. An aegis’ value is increased when there are people to protect, so
they are seldom alone.
Aegises use many methods to extend their mana capacity or lessen the cost of spells. Magical tattoos that act as
miniature leylines, mana batteries and potions, and arcane familiars are all used by different schools of aegises.
 What are your barriers made of, and how do they look?
 When did you fail to protect someone or something?
 What does it feel like when one of your barriers breaks?
 What is the longest one of your barriers has lasted for?

Ward
Abilities [SPELL] Reaction
Size: __ Armor: __ Trigger: You or character within Scope takes
Scope: 10 Save: 10 damage.
BULK MIND
Effect: You move your Abjurer’s Ward onto the
HP: 6 Stress Cap: 7
character, which takes the damage instead. The
Recoveries: 3 Memory: 7
ward remains with them until you move it or the
AGILITY MAGIC end of the scene. A character can only have one
Dodge: 7 A-Def: 10 ward on them at a time.
Speed: 5 Mana: 5
WEAPON | SUPPORT SLOT
TRAITS
MANA SHIELDS MAIN LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT
|
The Aegis can spend Mana as if it were PARRY.
ULTIMATE
ABJURER’S WARD Perfect Shield
Ultimate, Free Action
The Aegis has a magical ward with 3+GRIT HP
which can be placed on other characters. When a You place an Abjurer’s Ward on every character of
warded character takes damage (after your choice within scope until the end of the scene.
armor/resistances), the ward takes the damage first, Spending mana to restore HP to a ward applies to
and the character takes any remaining damage. At one ward at a time. A character can only have one
the end of any character’s turn, the Aegis can spend ward on them at a time.
1 mana to restore the ward to its HP max if it is on a
character within Scope.
Whenever the Aegis RESTS, the ward is restored to
its HP max. Gain the Ward reaction.

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Ablative Armor
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Defend, Parry X
One character within Scope gains armor equal to
the PARRY you spend using this ability. A
character’s armor cannot exceed 4. Whenever the
character takes damage, their armor is reduced by
1, to a minimum of its normal value.
Layers of magical armor provide temporary
protection, before being torn asunder.
LEVEL 2:
Proximity Shield
[SKILL] 2 MEM, Quick
1/turn as a Quick Action, you can spend 1 Parry
or Mana to place a proximity shield in a space
within Scope. Any character standing on this space
gains resistance to damage. You can only have 1
proximity shield at a time. Any new proximity
shields end the old one.
Quickly deploy a magictech disk, pre-
infused with mana, which materializes a
forcefield for anyone standing on it.
LEVEL 3:
Dome Barrier
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Channel, Mana 3
Release: Create a Size 4 dome barrier within
Scope. Characters fully inside gain soft cover from
attacks that originate outside it. The barrier has 20
HP. Whenever an attack misses a character
inside, it deals damage to the barrier instead.
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Aetheric Cube
[SPELL] 1 MEM, Skirmish or Channel, Mana
1
Gain the following abilities:
Skirmish: Create 1 piece of Size 1 soft cover in an
empty space within Scope.
Release: Create up to 3 pieces of Size 1 hard
cover in empty spaces within Scope.
Coalesce raw aether into a physical form,
hard enough to provide cover and
protection.
Offensive Shielding
[SPELL] 2 MEM [CAST]
Gain the following spell attacks:
Shield Crush: [Aetheric] [2 Stress] On Hit: The
target is SUNDERED until the end of their next
turn.
Stasis Field: [Aetheric] [1 Stress] On Hit: The
target must make a MGK save. On a failure, they
are IMMOBILIZED until the end of their next turn,
or SLOWED on a success.
An Aegis’ shielding can be used
offensively, just as any shield can.
Being surrounded by shields is basically
being trapped in a room.
Force Shield
[SUPPORT] [Light]
When you DEFEND, your armor is increased by 1
until the start of your next turn, to a maximum of 4.
 Alchemis t

Alchemist
Support
A master of potions and consumables. Alchemists bring a wide array of
support items into combat, and can use their support items on allies.
Bubbling cauldrons, explosive concoctions, and brightly colored liquids are the telltale signs of an alchemist.
Alchemists mix together ingredients and magic to create powerful potions that can be used by anyone.
Merchant alchemist have a few recipes they can produce reliably, but Beacons are a step above. They have the
skill and knowledge to produce rarer and more varied effects that can’t be found in a potion shop.
Techniques from other classes can be flavored as alchemy. A fireball could be an explosive vial, and a healing
spell could be a healing potion. The unlocks from this class don’t have to be the only alchemy your beacon uses.
 What was your first concoction supposed to do, and what did it actually do?
 What is a signature element of your concoctions, like an ingredient, flavor, or effect?
 What type of ingredients do you prefer to use? Plants, monster parts, etc.
 What is the ultimate creation you want to perfect, but haven’t yet?

Abilities WEAPON SLOTS

Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 5 Save: 11
MAIN
BULK MIND
HP: 7 Stress Cap: 7
Recoveries: 5 Memory: 5 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 7 A-Def: 10
Speed: 5 Mana: 3 LIGHT MAIN MAIN

TRAITS
LIFE ESSENCE EXTRACT
As a Quick Action, the Alchemist can spend 1 of
their recoveries to regain all uses of a
CONSUMABLE technique or equipment.
POTION INJECTOR
The Alchemist’s CONSUMABLE techniques and
support items can be used up to [Range 10], even if
their effects would normally only benefit the user
(like Healing Potions). Willing targets are
automatically affected.
SANITIZING VAPORS
At the end of the Alchemist’s turn, an adjacent ally
can clear 1 Stress.
MAIN
ULTIMATE
Philosopher Stone
Ultimate, Free Action
During your turn as a free action, you create a
philosopher’s stone and give it to yourself or an ally
within Scope. A creature that holds the stone gains
+1 ACC on all attack rolls, saves, and checks. They
can use the stone as a free action to restore all of
their HP or clear all stress, as a reaction to negate
one wound, or as a quick action to transfer it to
another ally within Scope. When the philosopher’s
stone is used in one of these ways, the stone
transfers to another ally within [range 10]. Each
character can only receive the stone once. If it can’t
be transferred to anyone, it transfers back to you if
you haven’t received it. Otherwise, this effect ends.

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Infusions
[SUPPORT] [Light] Consumable 3, Quick
You gain the following options:
 Panacea. You or an adjacent ally clears
all DOT and a condition.
 Vigor. Your or an adjacent ally gains
1d6+1 temp HP and gains +1 ACC on
their next ability check or save.
LEVEL 2:
Scorpion Gauntlet
[WEAPON] Main Magitech
[Reach 1] [2 DOT Lunar (BLK)]
On Crit: You regain 1 use of a CONSUMABLE
technique or equipment.
LEVEL 3:
Grand Infusions
[SUPPORT] [Main] Consumable 1, Quick
You gain the following options usable on yourself
or an adjacent ally:
 Cleanse. Clear all conditions from the
target.
 Expertise. Roll 2d6. The target’s next
attack roll, check, or saving throw can’t be
below this number. You can spend 1
mana to reroll one of the dice. You can
reroll multiple times.
 False Life. Until the end of the target’s
next turn, if they are reduced to 0 HP or
below, or are over their stress cap, they
don’t take the WOUND/OVERSTRESS.
Damage and stress still continue to
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Smoking Cauldron
[SKILL] 2 MEM [Channel, Mana 2, Summon]
(Size ½, 5 HP, Dodge/A-Def 10).
Release: You summon a smoking cauldron within
Scope. It creates a [Blast 2] zone of fog centered
on itself. Characters fully inside the smoke have
soft cover, but can’t target characters outside of it.
The smoke disappears when the cauldron is
destroyed.
Volatile Mixtures
[SUPPORT] [Light] [Consumable 3, Quick]
Volatile Mixtures. You gain the following options:
 Explosive Concoction. [Thrown 5] When
thrown, creates [Blast 1]. All targets in
area must pass an AGI save or take [1d6
Astral].
 Sticky Bomb. [Thrown 5] Throw at a
target. On a hit, character is
IMMOBILIZED.
accumulate. If, at the end of their next turn
they are still at 0 HP or less or over their
stress cap, they then take the
WOUND/OVERSTRESS.
 Restore. The target clears one WOUND
or OVERSTRESS.
Mutagen
[SUPPORT] [Main] [Reaction, Consumable 3]
Trigger: You or a character within Scope fails an
attack roll, saving throw, or check.
Effect: Roll 1d6 and add the result to their total,
potentially turning a failure into a success.
 Arsenal

ARSENAL
Striker/Support
A walking arsenal of weapons. Arsenals can summon new weapons at a
moment’s notice, surrounding themselves in a nimbus of steel.
An arsenal is a walking armory. They can infuse weapons with mana, creating a bond between themselves and
the weapon. The weapon can then be manipulated with mana, flying around at the arsenal’s command, or
diffusing into raw mana to be summoned at a later time.
Arsenals are dangerous opponents and hard to fight against. Fighting a single one can feel like fighting an entire
squad, their weapons changing as soon as you think you’re getting used to it.
 What is your favored weapon or weapon type, and why?
 How are you weapons summoned? Directly into your hand, floating around you, enlarged or shrunk, etc.?
 How would you describe your fighting style?
 What mythical weapon do you wish you could add to your arsenal?

Abilities
Size: __ Armor: __ WEAPON SLOTS
Scope: 5 Save: 10
BULK MIND
HP: 10 Stress Cap: 5 MAIN MAIN HEAVY
Recoveries: 5 Memory: 5
AGILITY
Dodge: 8
MAGIC
A-Def: 6
SUPPORT SLOTS
Speed: 6 Mana: 3
LIGHT LIGHT MAIN
TRAITS
FIELD REPAIR
ULTIMATE
When you RECOVER, you can spend a recovery to Cycle Weapons
repair one of your or an adjacent ally’s destroyed Ultimate, Free Action
equipment. During a SHORT REST, you can use
your recoveries to repair the destroyed equipment of Repair all of your destroyed weapons. Make an
allies. attack with every weapon you have, including
SLOW weapons.

BREAK AWAY WEAPON

You gain the Break Away Weapon reaction.

Break Away Weapon

[SKILL] Reaction, 1/round
Trigger: You would take damage.
Effect: Spend 1-3 mana to roll a die and reduce
the damage taken by the rolled amount. 1 mana
rolls a d3, 2 mana rolls a d6, and 3 mana rolls 2d6.

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Weapon for the Job
[SKILL] 1 MEM
When you make an attack with a weapon, you can
change the damage type to another damage type
of your choice (Physical, Astral, Lunar, or Force).
This new damage type remains until you use this
ability again.
LEVEL 2:
Mana Siphon
[SUPPORT] [Light] [Enchantment]
Any Weapon: Crits with this weapon drain 1
mana from the target, and you regain 1 mana.
LEVEL 3
Masamune
[WEAPON] Heavy Blade, Reliable 5, Slow
[Reach 2] [3d6+2 Physical]
Whenever you roll a 1 on any damage dice with
this weapon, you take 1 stress and roll that die
again. This effect can trigger on the same die
multiple times. It’s not optional.
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Gunblade
[WEAPON] Light Blade
Melee Profile: [Reach 1] [1d3+1 Physical]
Gun Profile: [Range 5] [1d3 Lunar]
You can VOLLEY with the gun profile, or FIGHT
with the melee profile. 1/turn when you attack with
one of the profiles, you can spend 2 mana to also
attack with the other profile.
Dancing Blade
[WEAPON] Main Blade, Summon
[Reach 1] [1d6 Physical]
Quick: You can to deploy this weapon as a
SUMMON. You can make attacks with this
weapon from its space. During your turn, you can
move it up to your speed. If the dancing blade is
reduced to 0 HP, it is destroyed and returns to
your character. You can recall the weapon as a
free action. The blade is size ½, 10 HP, and
DODGE/A-DEF of 10.
Disarming Strike
[SKILL] 2 MEM, BRAWL, Stress 1 (Self)
Make an attack roll with a melee weapon. On Hit:
The target takes half the normal damage and must
pass a BLK save or be DISARMED until the end of
their next turn.
 Assassin

Assassin
Striker
Assassins are stealthy attackers that are adept at taking out isolated
or vulnerable targets.
Assassins deal in death. Their skills are used for taking lives through stealth, subterfuge, or force.
Any person can commit murder. An assassin’s strength comes from being undetected and getting away with it.
They rely on their skills and training to stay hidden for as long as possible, choosing the right time to strike. Magic
isn’t needed for an assassin, but many find spells helpful. These assassins branch out into other classes, picking
and choosing items and techniques that enhance their unique approach.
 Who was the first person you killed, and how did you do it?
 What is your signature style or approach for dispatching targets?
 Do you operate secretly, publicly, or under an alias?
 How did you become an assassin, or why do you have their skills?

Abilities
Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 5 Save: 10 WEAPON SLOTS
BULK MIND
HP: 8 Stress Cap: 5
Recoveries: 3 Memory: 6 MAIN MAIN ∞ LIGHT
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 11
Speed: 6
A-Def: 7
Mana: 3
SUPPORT SLOTS
LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT
TRAITS
ASSASSINATE
ULTIMATE
1/round deal 1d6 bonus damage on a melee attack Exterminate
if the target has no adjacent characters, or if the Ultimate, Free Action
Assassin is the only adjacent character.
Pick one character you can see. Until the end of the
scene, you ignore the HIDDEN and INVISIBLE
NIMBLE status on them. You gain +2 ACC on attacks vs
them, and your crits vs them deal the maximum
The Assassin has +1 ACC on AGI checks and
damage. If the character is within your Scope and
saves.
moves, as a reaction after their movement ends you
can move up to your speed.

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Throatcutter
[WEAPON] Light Blade, Thrown 5 Master of Stealth
[Reach 1] [1d3+1 Physical] [SKILL] 2 MEM
You can attack with this weapon as a VOLLEY or During your turn, you don’t lose HIDDEN while
FIGHT. moving if you end your movement in cover.

LEVEL 2:

Death Mark Sap

[SKILL] 2 MEM, Channel
Release: One character in Scope takes [2 Stress]
and is SUNDERED until they are hit by an attack.
This ability doesn’t break HIDDEN or INVISIBLE.
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Mana 2
When you hit with a weapon attack roll, 1/turn you
can force the hit character to pass a BLK save or
be STUNNED until the end of their next turn. Each
character can only be stunned by this ability
1/scene.

LEVEL 3

Untraceable Armor Death Strike

[SUPPORT] [Light] Armor, Quick [SKILL] 4 MEM
+1 Armor. 1/round, when you crit against a BLOODIED
Quick: Can spend 1 mana to become INVISIBLE character, they must succeed on a BLK save or
until the start of your next turn or until you target immediately take a WOUND or OVERSTRESS,
something with a hostile effect. depending on whether the attack deals damage or
stress. If the attack does both damage and stress,
choose either a WOUND or OVERSTRESS.

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 Bers erker

BERSERKER
Striker
Berserkers are reckless fighters, able to unleash devastating attacks
with little regard to their own safety.
Berserkers are most often associated with rage, but any emotion can be fuel for a berserker. Most have one
specific emotion they use as fuel, but others can use multiple emotions.
Berserkers tend toward fast movement and heavy weapons in order to defeat targets quickly. Maintaining
extreme emotions can be draining for a berserker, and the longer a fight lingers, the harder it is to maintain the
necessary levels of emotion.
 What causes you to lose your composure and act recklessly?
 What change happens when you give into your emotions? Eyes turn red, vision turns black-and-white
except for your target, etc.
 When was a time you acted without thinking, and regretted the outcome?
 What sign of a past battle do you carry with you?

Abilities WEAPON SLOTS

Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 5 Save: 10
HEAVY MAIN
BULK MIND
HP: 16 Stress Cap: 6
Recoveries: 6 Memory: 4 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 8 A-Def: 6
Speed: 6 Mana: 1 LIGHT LIGHT

TRAITS
ENDLESS ENDURANCE
Removing a WOUND or OVERSTRESS during a
SHORT REST only costs the Berserker 1 Recovery.
RECKLESS
1/round, the Berserker can deal +1d6 bonus
damage with a melee attack. If the Berserker uses
this ability, attack rolls against the Berserker gain +1
ACC until the end of its next turn.
ULTIMATE
Primal Strike
Ultimate, Free Action
Activate this ultimate as a free action when you hit
with a melee attack, causing all dice to be treated as
if they rolled the maximum number once. Until the
end of the scene, deal bonus damage equal to your
GRIT+2 on melee attacks.

RELENTLESS
1/round when the Berserker scores a critical hit,
they can make an attack as a free action.

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Charge
[SKILL] 2 MEM, RUSH, Unique
You take the RUSH action. If all movement from
this action is in a straight line, you can make a
single melee attack when you end the movement.
Victory Rush
[SKILL] 1 MEM, Unique
When you defeat an enemy or give them a
WOUND, gain temp HP equal to your GRIT + 2.

LEVEL 2:

Bloodrage Armor Cut Through

[SUPPORT] [Light] Armor [SKILL] 3 MEM
While BLOODIED, you gain +2 armor. 1/round, when you make a character BLOODIED,
you can immediately slide up to half your speed if
you aren’t IMMOBILIZED. All adjacent characters
of your choice when you end this movement are
MARKED.

LEVEL 3:

Berserker Axe
[WEAPON] Heavy Blade, Inaccurate, Slow Brutal Critical
[Reach 2] [4d6+3 Physical] [SKILL] 2 MEM, Unique
If you use the REROLL TABLE with this weapon, You deal +1d6 bonus damage on critical hits.
all attacks against you can’t miss until the end of
your next turn.

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 Chronomancer

CHRONOMANCER
Controller
Chronomancers manipulate time to avoid or mitigate damage. They can
alter the flow of time for individual characters.
Chronomancy is the most powerful form of magic. With the ability to alter time to your will, there’s nothing you
can’t do. Right?
Shard: Midnight is controlled by an entity known as The Inevitable. They have complete mastery and control
over time, and have transcended into a four-dimensional being. They have infinity at their disposal, and their
shard is merely a toy to them.
When The Inevitable discovered the existence of other shards, they were surprised to find that they could not
reach them. For some reason, they were bound to their shard. Trying countless times with an infinite number of
variations, they just CAN’T leave their shard. They realized that some…thing had changed a rule of the universe.
The Inevitable cannot leave their shard, no matter what point in time they travel to.
The Inevitable has complete control over time, but has no power to alter the fundamental rules of the universe. So
now they find themselves trapped in a prison, a living god discovering that there is more beyond their walls,
forever out of their reach.
If The Inevitable were ever able to leave their Shard, they win. Whatever that means.
 What does time look like to you? Individual threads, a spinning wheel, interlocking gears, etc.
 What is something you have or know of from a different timeline?
 How do you think the timeline should be handled? Protected, changed, cultivated, etc.?
 What is something you wish you could change in the timeline, and what prevents you from being able to
do it?

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Abilities WEAPON SLOTS
Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 10 Save: 12
LIGHT LIGHT
BULK MIND
HP: 6 Stress Cap: 6
Recoveries: 3 Memory: 6 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 8 A-Def: 9
Speed: 6 Mana: 5 LIGHT LIGHT

TRAITS
UNDO
Before you have taken an action in a round, you can
declare that you want to take an action from any
previously passed phase, and take it immediately
instead of during the last phase. You take 1 Stress
for every phase that has passed since the action’s
normal phase.
PLUCK THE THREADS OF TIME
You gain the following reaction.
ULTIMATE:
TIME STOP
Time Stop
Ultimate, Free Action
You can take two actions per round for the rest of
the scene. Each action must be on a different
phase. Your turn happens on the first phase you
act. Your 2nd action is resolved as if it was another
PC turn, but doesn’t count as a turn for any effects
that care.

Pluck The Threads of Time

[SPELL] Reaction, 1/round
Trigger: A character within Scope makes an
attack roll, saving throw, or check.
Effect: Spend 1 mana to force them to reroll the
die, taking the 2nd result.

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Unwinding Beam Slow

[SPELL] 2 MEM, Cast [SPELL] 2 MEM, Channel, Mana 1
[Aetheric] [1d3+3 force] Release: A character in Scope and Line of Sight is
On Hit: You can teleport the target up to 2 spaces. auto-hit, taking 2 Stress and is SLOWED until the
end of their next turn.

LEVEL 2:

Haste
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Channel, Mana 2 Front of the Timeline
Release: 1 ally within Scope has their speed [SKILL] 1 MEM
doubled and gains resistance to any Stress taken You can always go first in any phase you act in if
from using SURGE. They can take their turns you want to. This does not count as a PC slot.
before PHASE 1, using any action. This effect lasts
until the target takes damage.

LEVEL 3:

Rewind Borrowed Time

[SPELL] 2 MEM, Channel, Mana 2
Release: Place a marker in the spot where one
character you can see within Scope is. Each
character can only have 1 marker. Gain the
following Reaction.
Trigger: The character takes damage or starts
their turn.
Effect: Negate any damage taken and teleport
them back to the marker. Remove the marker. If
they are unwilling, they can make a MGK save to
resist the effects. If they resist, the marker is
removed.
[SKILL] 3 MEM, Unique
You can take an extra action during a scene. At
the start of each round after doing so, roll a MGK
save against your save target. On a failure, you
are removed from play for that round, appearing in
the same location or nearest unoccupied location
at the start of the next round. While removed from
play, you can’t take any damage, or be affected by
anything. You take no turn.
You can’t use this ability again until you fail the
saving throw.

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 Demon Hunter

DEMON HUNTER
Striker
A demon hunter walks a dark path, willingly accepting corrupting
influences in exchange for greater power. To hunt demons, they need the
power of demons.
Demon hunters are outcasts of society. They are shunned by the world that they have decided to protect. Many
demon hunters fall to temptation, giving into the corruption that slowly eats away at their soul. There is no happy
ending for you. You will either lose to corruption, or die fighting.
Demon hunters play a dangerous game. They want to gain stress to increase their corruption, but they risk
overexerting themselves and becoming OVERSTRESSED. Increase your stress cap, or find ways to lessen your
stress levels.
 What changes does your body go through as it acquires corruption?
 What do you fear happening if your corruption overwhelms you?
 What weapon, spell, or feature of a demon do you feel a connection to?
 What demon continues to elude you?

DEMON FORM
Abilities
When you activate this form, you transform into a
Size: __ Armor: __ demon until the start of your next turn. Your size
Scope: 10 Save: 10 increases by 1 (max of 3), and any adjacent
BULK MIND characters are pushed to the nearest empty space
HP: 8 Stress Cap: 8 to accommodate your new size. Your reach with
Recoveries: 3 Memory: 5 melee attacks increases by 1, and you deal 1d3
AGILITY MAGIC bonus damage on all attacks or abilities that deal
Dodge: 8 A-Def: 9 damage. You gain resistance all damage, and you
Speed: 6 Mana: 2 can fly.

TRAITS WEAPON SLOTS

CORRUPTION
You have a corruption die, a d6, that starts at 1.
1/turn when you take STRESS, increase the MAIN ∞ LIGHT LIGHT
corruption value by 1, to a maximum of 6. During
your turn as a free action, you can consume
corruption to gain one of the following benefits that
SUPPORT SLOTS
your level of corruption meets or exceeds. After
consuming corruption or after a LONG REST, the LIGHT LIGHT
die resets to 1.
 4 Corruption: Your reach with melee
attacks increases by 1 until the start of your ULTIMATE
next turn.
 5 Corruption: You deal 1d3 bonus damage Become the Monster
on an attack or ability that deals damage. Ultimate, Free Action
 6 Corruption: You can activate your
Demon Form until the start of your next You consume your corruption to immediately
turn. assume your Demon Form. Until the end of the
scene, your corruption die resets to 3 instead of 1.

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Moon Blade Immolation

[WEAPON] Light Blade [SPELL] 1 MEM, Mana 1, Unique
[Reach 1] [1d3 Physical] During your turn as a free action, you can activate
You can attack two targets at the same time. a burning aura. Any character that ends their turn
adjacent to you takes [2 Astral]. The aura lasts
until the start of your next turn

LEVEL 2:

Demon Leap
[SKILL] 2 MEM, REPOSITION, 1 Stress Aether Sight
(Self) [SKILL] 1 MEM
Pick an empty space on the ground within a range You can see invisible characters, ignoring the
of twice your speed. Fly to that point and land, INVISIBLE status. You gain +2 ACC to SEARCH
ignoring opportunity attacks. All adjacent checks.
characters when you land must pass an AGI save
or take [1d6 Physical].

LEVEL 3:

Sinbow
[WEAPON] Main Bow, AP, Reloading, Stress Let Loose
1 (Self) [SKILL] 3 MEM
[Range 10] [1d6 Physical] While you are BREAKING, you have resistance to
Deals bonus damage equal to the stress the Stress.
target has.

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Demonologist

DEMONOLOGIST
Controller
Demonologists call forth fiends and spirits from outside the world and
manifest them in their reality. Masters of summoning magic, demons are
merely pawns for a Demonologist to use.

DEMON LEXICON (CONTINUED)

Abilities Voidheart. (Size 2, 10 HP, 0 Armor, Dodge/A-
Size: __ Armor: __ Def=yours, Speed 4) This summon provides hard
Scope: 10 Save: 11 cover for its allies. Allied characters that start their
BULK MIND turn adjacent to it gain 1 PARRY.
HP: 6 Stress Cap: 7
Recoveries: 3 Memory: 6
AGILITY MAGIC SACRIFICE
Dodge: 7 A-Def: 12
Speed: 5 Mana: 4 As a Quick Action, the Demonologist can destroy
one of their summons within Scope. When they do
so, they can choose one of the following:
TRAITS  Boost. The Demonologist gains +1 ACC on
attacks, checks, and saves until the end of
DEMON LEXICON their next turn.
The Demonologist has the following SUMMONS  Essence Explosion. All characters within
they can create as a CAST action, costing 2 mana. Burst 1 of the summon must make an AGI
These summons have the Demonologist’s Dodge save, taking [2d6 Force] on a failed save, or
and A-Def, can move up to their speed during the half damage on a success.
Demonologist’s turn, and add the Demonologist’s  Life Link. The Demonologist gains 4
GRIT to their HP. The Demonologist can only temporary HP and regains 1 Mana.
summon one of these demons at a time. The
Demonologist can dismiss these summons as a free WEAPON SLOTS |
action.
 Flameskipper. (Size ½, 5 HP, 0 armor,
Dodge/A-Def=yours, Speed 3) At the end
SUPPORT SLOTS
of the Demonologist’s turn, the
Flameskipper chooses one target within MAIN
Range 5, who must pass a MGK save or | MAIN LIGHT

take [3 Astral].
 Painlash. (Size 1, 8 HP, 0 Armor,
Dodge/A-Def=yours, Speed 4) At the end
ULTIMATE
of the Demonologist’s turn, enemies
adjacent to the Painlash must pass a BLK Legion
save or be DAZED and SLOWED until the Ultimate, Free Action
end of their next turn.
When the Demonologist uses Demon Lexicon, they
 Soultracker. (Size 1, 5 HP, 0 Armor, can summon 2 demons at once, and can have 2
Dodge/A-Def=yours, Speed 5) Enemies demons from this ability active at the same time for
that start their turn adjacent to this summon the rest of the scene.
must pass a MGK save or be MARKED.

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Agony
[SPELL] 2 MEM, CAST
[Aetheric] [1 Stress DOT (MND)]
The target has +1 DIF on concentration checks
triggered from this damage.
LEVEL 2:
Gert’s Backbone
[WEAPON] Main Longarm, Summon
[Reach 2] [1d6 Lunar]
As a quick action you can deploy this weapon as
a SUMMON at an empty space within Scope.
(Size 1, 10 HP, 0 armor, Dodge/A-def 10). You
can make attacks with this weapon, but from the
summon’s current space and using its line of sight.
The summon can also use Opportunity Attacks
from its space, which use its reaction instead of
yours. If the summon is destroyed, so is the
weapon. You can return the summon to a weapon
as a quick action if it is within Scope, but any
damage it has taken remains until you REST.
LEVEL 3:
Book of True Names
[SUPPORT] [LIGHT] Summon
When you create a SUMMON, you can spend 1-3
mana. The summon gains armor equal to this
mana you spent. The summon can’t have more
than 3 armor.
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Corruption Fiend
[SPELL] 2 MEM, CHANNEL, Mana 2
(Size ½, 5 HP, 0 Armor, Dodge/A-Def 10, Speed
2)
Release: Summon a corruption fiend in an empty
space within Scope. Enemies that start their turn
adjacent to it must pass a MND save or take [1
DOT Lunar (MND)].
Skull of Kroldar
[SUPPORT] [Main]
When a character or summon within Scope is
defeated, gain 1 soul essence, to a max of 6.
Unused soul essence is lost during a LONG
REST. Soul essence can be spent for the
following effects:
 Summoning Essence. Soul Essence can
be spent in place of mana for abilities with
the SUMMON tag.
 Summoned Infusion. As a quick action,
spend 1 soul essence. One allied
summon within Scope regains 1d6 HP.
Ravager
[SPELL] 3 MEM, CHANNEL, Mana 2
(Size 2, 8 HP, 1 Armor, Dodge/A-Def 10, Speed 2)
Release: Summon a ravager in empty spaces
within Scope. Enemies that start their turn adjacent
to it must pass an AGI save or take [3 Physical] and
be Pushed 1 space.
 Dragon Rider

DRAGON RIDER
Striker
This aerial fighter dashes around the sky, impaling foes with their
spears.
Dragon riders are trained to fight against aerial creatures, using spears to increase their reach and equipment or
techniques to stay mobile. The best dragon riders are allowed to magically bond with a companion creature
(typically a dragon), to ride into battle.
A dragon rider’s bond with their companion isn’t just emotional, but magical. When a dragon rider calls for their
companion, it can answer the call across any distance, and adapt to any environment. Their aether fields become
entwined, and they are of one mind. This special calling can only be maintained for a short period of time, before
their aether fields begin separating again.
 What is your companion’s name, and what are they like?
 What type of aerial threat were you trained to fight against?
 Where is your companion’s natural habitat?
 What do you or your companion fear fighting?

Abilities WEAPON SLOTS

Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 5 Save: 11
HEAVY MAIN LIGHT
BULK MIND
HP: 10 Stress Cap: 5
Recoveries: 5 Memory: 5 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 8 A-Def: 6
Speed: 6 Mana: 3 MAIN MAIN

TRAITS
FORCEFUL JAB
When the Dragon Rider hits with a melee longarm
attack, the target is pushed until they are a number
of spaces away the Dragon Rider equal to the
weapon’s reach.
IMPALE
[SKILL] Reaction
Trigger: The Dragon Rider falls 3 or more spaces.
Effect: The Dragon Rider can make a melee
weapon attack before hitting the ground. The
attack deals bonus damage equal to the current
amount of falling damage the Dragon Rider would
take at that moment, before resistances or
immunities.
ULTIMATE
Call Dragon
Ultimate, Summon, Quick
Dragon: Size 3, 15 HP, 0 armor, 10 dodge/a-def,
speed 6.
Quick: The Dragon Rider summons their dragon
companion in empty spaces within Scope. The
dragon is a summon that can fly, and can move up
to its speed during the Dragon Rider’s turn. The
Dragon Rider or an ally can share a space with the
dragon, and when doing so, they move when it
does. The Dragon lasts until the end of the scene or
until destroyed.
The Dragon gains the following SKIRMISH action
weapon attack, and adds the Dragon Rider’s GRIT
to the attack rolls.
Dragon’s Breath Weapon. [SKIRMISH] The
Dragon makes a Cone 5 attack that deals [1d6+2
Astral] on a hit.

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Jump Pads
[SKILL] 2 MEM, SKIRMISH, Mana 1
Create 2 jump pads in empty spaces within Scope. Winged Boots
When you or an ally enter a jump pad’s space, [SUPPORT] [MAIN]
they can immediately fly up to 5 spaces. Enemies
must pass an AGI save or you can fly them up to 5 You are immune to falling damage. You can fly
spaces in any direction. If they can’t remain flying when you RUSH, but you begin falling at the end
at the end of their turn, they fall. Each pad is of the turn.
destroyed after being used, and using this ability
again destroys the old pads. Jump pads last until
the end of the scene.

LEVEL 2:

Extending Enchantment Transfuse

[SUPPORT] [MAIN, Enchantment] [SPELL] 2 MEM, CAST
[2 Stress]
One weapon that has reach gains +1 reach.
On Hit: If target is BLOODIED, gain 4 temp HP. If
target is BREAKING, gain 2 mana.

LEVEL 3:

Crash
[SKILL] 2 MEM, CHANNEL, Mana 2
Channel: Fly 10 spaces straight up and hover. If Longinus
you can’t fly 10 spaces (for example, because you [WEAPON] Heavy Longarm
are in a small corridor), this ability fails. [Reach 3] [1d6+4 Physical]
Release: You fly up to 10 spaces and must end
this movement on the ground, ignoring reactions This weapon gains AP if attacking a target at the
and ENGAGEMENT. All characters within a Burst weapon’s maximum reach.
1 area of where you land must make an AGI save,
taking [2d6 Physical] on a failure, or half damage
on a success.

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 Druid

DRUID
Controller
Druids control the forces of nature, moving foes around with storms or
flora.
A whispering wind that grows into a howling hurricane. A morning dewdrop falling into a rushing river. The seed
whose leaves reach the heavens. These are the primal forces of nature, the power that a druid uses.
Druids use their mana to manipulate or control nature, which includes the weather and flora. Fauna are outside
the domain of a druid, since their powers don’t control living creatures.
Druids are flexible spellcasters, able to mix between CAST and CHANNEL abilities. Druids that seek to command
the fauna of their shard pick up the companion support item and summoning classes, while those that seek to
transform their bodies pick up the Shapeshifter class.
 How have the primal forces of nature marked you?
 What type of terrain do you feel most connected to? Forest, desert, artic, etc.
 What type of weather makes you feel calm, and what type of weather makes you feel alive?
 What is considered taboo by other druids?

Abilities WEAPON SLOTS

Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 10 Save: 11
MAIN LIGHT
BULK MIND
HP: 9 Stress Cap: 6
Recoveries: 4 Memory: 6 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 7 A-Def: 9
Speed: 5 Mana: 3 LIGHT LIGHT

TRAITS
ROOT
You gain the Root reaction.
Root
[SPELL] Reaction, 1/round
Trigger: A character would trigger an Opportunity
Attack from you.
Effect: You IMMOBILIZE the target until the start
of their next turn.
BRIAR PATCH
When you subject a character to forced movement,
you leave a briar patch in the spaces they occupied
and through (excluding their ending positions). The
patch is difficult terrain, and 1/turn deals [1d6
physical] to any character that enters the space.
The patch lasts until the start of your next turn.
ULTIMATE
Tempest Storm
Ultimate, Channel
Channel a furious storm.
Channel: All adjacent characters of your choice are
pushed 1 space away from you. If you stop
channeling this ability before releasing for any
reason, the ultimate is not expended.
Release: Create a Size 4 zone within Scope, that
reaches to the scene ceiling. Characters inside the
zone take [1d6 Force] when it is created and when
they enter the zone. A character can’t take this
damage more than 1/turn. If a character ends their
turn partly within the zone, you can slide them up to
3 spaces. The area inside the storm is difficult
terrain. As a Quick Action, you can spend 1 mana
to move the zone up to 3 spaces in a straight line.
The zone lasts until the end of the scene.

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Vine Whip
[WEAPON] Light Longarm
[Reach 4] [1d3 Physical]
On Crit: You can slide the target 3 spaces.
LEVEL 2:
Wall of Thorns
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Channel, Mana X
Release: Summon a wall of thorns. You can
summon X pieces of Size 1 soft cover, where X is
the amount of mana you spend, up to a maximum
of 4 mana. You can place the cover in any empty
spaces within Scope. This cover can be moved
through. A character that moves through one of
these spaces takes [4 physical], 1/turn.
LEVEL 3:
Create Elemental
[SPELL] 3 MEM, Channel, Mana X
Release: Target a piece of cover within Scope.
You can temporarily animate it, causing it to move
and/or attack a character adjacent to it. The mana
cost of this ability is equal to the size of the cover
(up to Size 3), plus an additional mana if you
attack with it. The cover can move up to 5 spaces.
If it attacks, it is considered a melee weapon attack
against the target’s dodge. Add your GRIT to the
attack roll. It deals [3 physical] per size (so 3
damage for Size 1, 6 damage for Size 2, etc.). The
animate cover retains any other properties it had,
like a Wall of Thorn’s damage. The elemental
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Gust of Wind
[SPELL] 1 MEM, Cast or Channel
Gain the following options:
Cast: [Push 1] [1d6 force]
Release: One target in Scope is auto-hit, taking
[2d6 force] and is slid 2 spaces.
Entangle
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Cast or Channel
Gain the following options:
Cast: [Mana 1] [1d6 physical] On Hit: The target
must pass an AGI save or be IMMOBILIZED until
the end of their next turn.
Release: [Mana 2] Create a Blast 1 area within
Scope. This area is difficult terrain until the end of
the scene or until you dismiss it as a free action.
All characters in the area when released are
IMMOBILIZED until they RUSH.
reverts to a piece of cover at the end of your turn.
Skybeam
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Skirmish, Arcing, Mana 1
Call down a beam of energy from the sun or moon.
Make a [line 10] spell attack within your Scope,
dealing [2d6 force] on a hit. This attack ignores
cover.
 Gravewalker

Gravewalker
Defender
A manifestation of the slow, lumbering specter of death that follows all
living things. The Gravewalker uses the power of necromancy to stave off
death.
Gravewalkers stride the line between life and death. They have a close relationship with death, and use their
necromantic magic to protect their allies. When you are friends with a Gravewalker, you die when they allow it.
Gravewalkers are slow, and armor can slow them down further. To counteract this, they can provide protection
from range. Gravewalkers can either seek out ranged options to get around their slow speed, or get heavy
weapons to make devastating attacks when within range.
 How did you die the first time, and how did you come back to life?
 What does the personification of death look like to you, and what are they like?
 How can you tell when someone has been touched by death?
 How do you travel between the world of the living and the world of the dead?

Written Name
Abilities [SKILL] Reaction
Size: __ Armor: __ Trigger: A character within range 5 of a tombstone
Scope: 10 Save: 10 takes damage.
BULK MIND
Effect: Spend 1 PARRY to grant them
HP: 10 Stress Cap: 5
RESISTANCE to that source of damage. If the
Recoveries: 6 Memory: 5
triggering damage was from an AOE, you can
AGILITY MAGIC continue to use this reaction on targets in the AOE.
Dodge: 6 A-Def: 8
Speed: 4 Mana: 2

TRAITS WEAPON SLOTS

HARVEST
HEAVY MAIN LIGHT
1/round when a hostile character within Scope is
defeated, the Gravewalker gains 2 PARRY.
SUPPORT SLOTS
TOMBSTONE
As a Quick Action, the Gravewalker can spend 1 HEAVY MAIN
mana to summon a tombstone in a free space within
Scope. The tombstone is a summon (Size ½, 5 HP,
Dodge/A-Def 10). You gain the Written Name
ULTIMATE
reaction. That Which is Already Dead
Ultimate, Free Action
Until the end of the scene, the Gravewalker can’t
take a 4th WOUND. When they would take their 4th
wound, they roll a wound check as if they were
taking their 3rd WOUND. Then they return to their
HP maximum, and carry over any excess damage.

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Gravedigger’s Shovel
[WEAPON] Heavy Club
[Reach 1] [2d6+1 Physical] Touch of the Grave
Deals double damage to objects, terrain, and [SKILL] 1 MEM
summons. You gain resistance to Lunar damage.

Dig a grave in any terrain, and bury

anything that stands in your way.

LEVEL 2:

Entomb STRESS each time they fail the BLK check.

[SPELL] 3 MEM, Channel, Mana 2
Release: A character within Scope must make a
BLK save. Success: They take 1 Stress and are
SLOWED until the end of their next turn. Failure:
They are pulled underground. The entombed
character has no line of sight to other characters,
Psychopomp
and other characters have no line of sight to them.
[SPELL] 1 MEM, Reaction, 1/round
Entombed characters can’t move, can’t attack, and
can’t be attacked or take damage except for DOT Trigger: A character within range 20 is defeated.
they already had. They can make a BLK check at Effect: You teleport to the closest unoccupied
the end of each of their turns to reappear above space adjacent to them.
ground in the nearest free space. They take 1

LEVEL 3:

Specter of Sins Unliving Armor

[SKILL] 2 MEM, Summon, Mana 2
(Size= your size, HP= your HP when you
RECOVER, 0 armor, Dodge/A-Def=0)
When you RECOVER, you can Summon a ghostly
manifestation of your sins in a free space within
Range 5. As long as you are within Range 2 of the
specter, it takes any damage that you would take
before resistances and armor, and you take none
of the damage. The damage the specter takes
can’t be reduced in any way. The specter’s HP is
equal to your current HP when you RECOVER.
You can only have one specter at a time.
[SUPPORT] [Heavy] Armor, Unbreakable
+3 armor, -1 Speed and Dodge. When you take a
WOUND, you become immune to all damage and
when you OVERSTRESS you become immune to
all stress. Both effects last until the start of your
next turn. When you are defeated, you gain 1d6
charges at the start of each round. When your
charges equal or exceed your hit point maximum,
you return to action with full HP and 0 Stress and
clear either 1 WOUND or OVERSTRESS to
become undefeated. You are permanently DAZED
until you take a LONG REST.

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 Gunslinger

GUNSLINGER
Artillery
The Gunslinger is a master of firearms. Their quick hands can draw,
fire, and reload in the blink of an eye.
You are the bullet. The trigger is your breath. Breathe in. Squeeze. Breathe out.
Gunslingers are firearm specialists. Their insight into their weapons lets them reload faster than normal,
recharging or replacing ammo with their aether. Gunslingers often modify their weapons and ammunition to suit
their style and environment.
Gunslingers lean towards weapons with the RELOADING tag, as their traits helps them mitigate that penalty.
Increasing their mana pool can also allow them to reload more often.
 How were you taught to aim without sight?
 What unique modification have you made to your weapons?
 What place have you sworn to never return to, and why?
 What is your motto or code?

QUICK DRAW
Abilities [SKILL] Reaction
Size: __ Armor: __ Trigger: Another character makes an attack roll.
Scope: 15 Save: 11
Effect: The Gunslinger can attack them with a
BULK MIND
weapon before their attack.
HP: 8 Stress Cap: 5
Recoveries: 3 Memory: 5
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 10 A-Def: 6
Speed: 5 Mana: 3 WEAPON SLOTS
TRAITS LIGHT∞LIGHT MAIN HEAVY

FAST RELOAD
1/round when the Gunslinger attacks with a
RELOADING weapon, roll a d6. On a 6+, it reloads.
The Gunslinger can spend mana to increase the SUPPORT SLOTS
result of this roll, at +1 per 1 mana spent.
LIGHT LIGHT
STARE DOWN
When a weapon is reloaded, the Gunslinger gains
access to the Quick Draw reaction until they use it,
or until start of their next turn.

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Customized Ammo
Ultimate, Free Action
Until the end of the scene, you gain access to the
following special ammunition types. Each piece of
ammunition can be used once. You can choose to
us a piece of ammunition when making an attack
with a ranged weapon.
 Hotshot. Create a [Cone 5] area at any
point of the attack’s range, pointed in the
direction of attack. Characters in the area
must make an AGI save, taking [2d6 Astral]
on a failure, or half damage on a success.
The area becomes dangerous terrain (AGI
Save, 5 Astral damage) until the end of the
scene.
 Mindjack Round. On Hit: Until the end of
the target’s next turn or until they are dealt
damage by you or your allies, they consider
you and your allies as its allies, and its
former allies as enemies. On Miss: The
target is DISABLED and unable to target
you with hostile effects until the end of its
next turn.
 Piercer. The attack gains AP and becomes
a Line attack with a distance up to attack’s
range. The attack gains Reliable 10 against
objects and terrain.
 Shock Round. On Hit: The target is
STUNNED until the end of their next turn.
On Miss: The target is SLOWED and can’t
take reactions until the end of their next
turn.

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Curve Ammo Slugthrower

[SUPPORT] [LIGHT] [Enchantment] [WEAPON] Main Magitech, Reloading,
Reliable 2
Enchantment: Any weapon with range.
[Range 8] [2d6 Physical]
Effect: Ranged attacks with this weapon ignore
DIF from cover. This weapon can use the This weapon fires solid pieces of metal.
HOMING tag, but gains +2 DIF when doing so.

LEVEL 2:

Aim with Heart Splinter

[SKILL] 3 MEM, Unique
You can make ranged attacks when others could
not. When making a ranged attack roll against a
target within your Scope, you ignore up to 1 DIF.
When you are BLINDED, you can draw line of
sight up to your Scope.
[WEAPON] Light Magitech, Reloading
[Range 5, Reach 3] [1 Physical]
On Hit: Roll 1d3+4. Deal this weapon’s damage
that many times to the target.
Instead of one shot, Splinter fires many

LEVEL 3:

Gun Kata
[SKILL] 2 MEM, Unique Widowmaker
You have a gun kata die, a d6 that starts at 0. [WEAPON] Heavy Magitech, Accurate,
Whenever you make a ranged weapon attack, you Reloading
increase the value of the die by 1, to a maximum of [Range 15] [3d6 Physical]
6. Ranged attacks against you gain +1 DIF for
On Crit: The damage from this weapon is Armor
every point on the die. Whenever you are attacked
Piercing.
or take damage, reduce the value of the die by 1.
The die resets to 0 when you take a BOLSTER One shot, one kill.
action or at the end of a scene.

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 Hexblade

HEXBLADE
Striker
The hexblade sows curses and discord among its foes, weakening them
while growing stronger from their misery.
You know pain and misery better than most. A hexblade can take the suffering in their soul and use it to power
curses and hexes. To a hexblade, their soul is just another power source.
Hexblades mix weapon and spell attacks together. They can focus on taking one target down at a time, or
spreading conditions to multiple targets.
 What’s the worst luck you had?
 How does the shape and appearance of your soul alter your weapons and techniques?
 What’s your favorite curse to put on people?
 How do you get under people’s skin?

Abilities WEAPON SLOTS

Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 15 Save: 11
MAIN LIGHT∞LIGHT
BULK MIND
HP: 8 Stress Cap: 5
Recoveries: 4 Memory: 6 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 8 A-Def: 8
Speed: 5 Mana: 3 LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT

TRAITS
HEX
1/turn the hexblade can place a hex on a character
within Scope as a Quick Action. The hex lasts until
the end of the scene or until the hexed character is
defeated, and you can’t hex another character while
your hex is still active. 1/round you deal 1d6 bonus
damage on a successful weapon attack roll against
a hexed character. If you defeat the hexed character
or give them a WOUND/OVERSTRESS, you gain 4
temp HP.
MISERY
The Hexblade gains +1 ACC on attack rolls against
characters that have a condition.
ULTIMATE
Oscillating Hex
Ultimate, Free Action
Your hex is upgraded for the rest of the scene.
While a character is hexed by you, they suffer from
the below effects, starting at rank 1. At the start of
each round after activation, the effect moves one
rank higher until after rank 6, at which point it then
repeats at rank 1. This effect continues to progress
every round after activation, even if no character is
currently hexed. You can spend 1 mana to move
your hex to another character during your turn as a
Quick Action.
1. They are MARKED, and the Mark isn’t
removed when consumed while this effect is
active.
2. They are DAZED.
3. They are SLOWED.
4. They are SUNDERED.
5. They are WEAKENED.
6. They are STUNNED.

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Curse Bolt
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Cast
Gain the following spell attacks:
[Cast, Aetheric] On Hit: The target takes [3 force]
and is DAZED until the end of their next turn.
[Cast, Aetheric] [2d6 force].
LEVEL 2:
Curse of Weakness
[SKILL] 2 MEM
When you MARK a character, they are
WEAKENED until the end of their next turn.
LEVEL 3:
Shard of Doubt
[SPELL] 2 MEM
1/turn when you MARK or hit a character with a
spell attack or AETHERIC effect, you can implant a
shard of doubt in them. As a [Channel] action,
when you RELEASE, all characters with a shard of
doubt must make a MGK save, taking [1d6 force]
AP on a failure, or half damage on a success. A
character can only have 1 shard at a time, and
shards are consumed when you use this channel-
release ability.
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Edge of Darkness
[WEAPON] Main Blade
[Reach 1] [1d6 Lunar]
When a character within Range 5 is defeated or
takes a WOUND/OVERSTRESS, increase this
weapon’s damage by +1, to a maximum of +6.
This extra damage lasts until you REST.
This weapon feeds on souls
Bound Weapon
[SUPPORT] [Light, Enchantment]
The enchanted weapon can’t be destroyed, and
returns to you if thrown after the attack resolves.
This weapon can be used even if you are
DISARMED.
Soul Strike
[SPELL] 3 MEM, Mana 1
When you make a weapon attack, you can turn it
into a soul strike for 1 mana. The attack gains the
Aetheric tag. On a hit, the damage is halved, but
deals Stress instead of its normal damage type.
 Paladin

PALADIN
Defender
Paladins draw upon their resolve to protect their allies and smite their
foes. Paladins can manifest beneficial auras that enhance nearby allies.
Paladins are motivated individuals, driven by their beliefs. What makes someone a paladin is the ability to turn
their resolve into power, gaining strength through their convictions.
As Defenders, Paladins should look for high armor and other damage mitigation effects. With their Auras and
Retribution, they work best when close to their allies.
 Who or what would you give your life to protect?
 What is a belief you hold onto strongly?
 What sensation or emotion do people have when they’re near you?
 When did you stand up for something, and what did it cost you?

RETRIBUTION
Abilities
Size: __ Armor: __ When the Paladin uses DEFEND, they can choose
Scope: 5 Save: 10 an ally within Scope. Until the start of the Paladin’s
BULK MIND next turn, if the ally is targeted by an attack, the
HP: 10 Stress Cap: 7 Paladin can spend 1 PARRY to immediately attack
Recoveries: 6 Memory: 5 the attacker with a weapon if they are within the
AGILITY MAGIC weapon’s reach as a free action.
Dodge: 6 A-Def: 7
Speed: 5 Mana: 2
WEAPON SLOTS
TRAITS MAIN HEAVY
AURA OF INSPIRATION
Paladins have an aura that inspires their allies. The
Paladin and all their allies within [Range 5] gain the
SUPPORT SLOTS
benefit of this aura. The Paladin can only have one
aura active at a time, and they gain the below aura. MAIN HEAVY
The Paladin can change an aura as free action once
during their turn.
ULTIMATE
Aura of Inspiration. Characters gain +1 ACC on
saves. Manifest Resolve, Be Unbroken
Ultimate, Free Action
OATH OF PROTECTION The Paladin’s vessel is temporarily shattered,
leaving only their power and drive. Until the end of
When the Paladin uses INTERPOSE, if they end their next turn, the Paladin has RESISTANCE to all
their movement next to the attacker, they can push damage, their reach with all weapons that have
them 1 space after the attack. reach increases by +2, and they can INTERPOSE
allies up to range 5 an unlimited number of times
each turn without needing to spend PARRY.

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Smite
[SKILL] 2 MEM, Mana 1, Unique
When you hit with a weapon attack, deal 1d6
bonus Astral damage.
LEVEL 2:
Holy Avenger
[WEAPON] Heavy Blade
[Reach 1] [2d6+1 Astral]
On Crit: One character of your choice within
[Range 5] can end a condition or DoT on
themselves.
LEVEL 3:
Auras of Protection
[SPELL] 2 MEM
You gain the following auras, which affect you and
all allies within [Range 5]. You can only have one
aura active at a time. You can change an aura as
free action once during your turn.
Aura of Protection: Gain +1 armor (up to a max
armor of 4).
Aura of Retribution: When a character under the
effects of this aura is hit by an attack, they deal
1+GRIT Astral damage to the attacker.
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Auras of Resistance
[SPELL] 2 MEM
You gain the following auras, which affect you and
all allies within [Range 5]. You can only have one
aura active at a time. You can change an aura as
free action once during your turn.
Aura of Energy Resistance: Gain resistance to
Astral or Lunar damage (chosen when activated).
Aura of Freedom: Immunity to the SLOWED
condition and GRAPPLED status.
Lay on Hands
[SKILL] 2 MEM, QUICK, Mana 1
Quick: You or an adjacent ally can spend a
recovery to regain HP equal to half their HP
maximum (rounded up).
Stalwart Shield
[SUPPORT] [Main, Unbreakable]
+1 Armor. You provide hard cover to allied
characters. If you are within an enemy’s AOE, the
AOE’s size is reduced to extend no further than
your spaces. For example, if you are adjacent to
an enemy and are size 1, a Burst 2 effect
becomes Burst 1.
 Phoenix

PHOENIX
Artillery
Phoenixes conjure fiery destruction from afar, spreading lingering
burning damage among their enemies.
A phoenix is an elite spellcaster specializing in elemental fire. Their training uses the mythical phoenix as their
inspiration, focusing on the different facets of fire like destruction and rebirth. To become a phoenix, you must
give over your aetheric field to the raw forces of fire. If you prepared correctly, it will be returned to you infused
with fire. If not, your aether is consumed.
Phoenixes synergize with damage over time effects, regardless of the damage type. Their large mana pool and
long scope means they are well suited to channel effects and spells which allow them to attack safely from afar.
 What color and shape do your flames have?
 What aspect of fire do you respect the most? Destruction, warmth, rebirth, etc.
 How has fire affected or shaped your life?
 What makes your connection to fire stronger, and what makes it weaker?

Abilities WEAPON SLOTS

Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 15 Save: 11
LIGHT MAIN
BULK MIND
HP: 6 Stress Cap: 7
Recoveries: 3 Memory: 6 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 6 A-Def: 10
Speed: 5 Mana: 5 LIGHT LIGHT

TRAITS ULTIMATE
BURNING SPELLS Meteor
Ultimate, Free Action
Abilities that deal DOT deal +1 DOT
You gain the meteor spell for the rest of the scene.

HEAT RESISTANCE
You have resistance Astral damage. Meteor
Channel, Mana 3, Arcing
BURN PROOF Release: Create a [blast 2] area within Scope and
Line of Sight. Characters and objects in the area
You have resistance to DOT. are auto-hit, taking [3d6 Astral]. Objects take the
damage as AP damage.

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Immolate Solar Flare

[SPELL] 1 MEM, Cast [WEAPON] Main Artifact
[Aetheric] [1 Astral DOT (BLK)] [Range 10] [1d3 Astral]+[1 stress]
If the target already has a DoT, the damage +1 ACC on the attack if the target has a DoT.
increases to 1d3 instead.

LEVEL 2:

Fireball Vent Heat

[SPELL] 2 MEM, Channel, Mana 2 [SKILL] 2 MEM. Unique
Release: All characters in a [Blast 2] area within When a character successfully saves against a
Scope must make an AGI save, taking [2d6 Astral] DoT you inflicted or clear it, they and all characters
on a failure, or half damage on a success. within burst 1 of them take 2 AP Astral damage.

LEVEL 3:

Phoenix Armor
[SUPPORT] [LIGHT] [Armor, Limited 1,
Unbreakable]
+1 Armor. When you would take your last Wildfire
WOUND, you are not defeated and do not take [SKILL] 3 MEM
the WOUND. Instead, you return to your full HP, A character that ends their turn next to a character
but are permanently DAZED until you take a taking DoT from you must pass an AGI save or
LONG REST. All characters adjacent to you when gain the same DoT.
this happens must pass an AGI save or take [2d6
Astral], or half on a success. All of your support
items are destroyed.

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 Seeker

SEEKER
Artillery / Controller
Trackers and hunters that always find their prey. Seekers call out
priority targets for their allies.
Seekers are warriors that form a bond with a primal spirit, which imparts upon them a fraction of its power. In
return, they act as an extension of that spirit, operating beyond its normal boundaries.
Seekers are highly accurate, and can imbue their ranged attacks with magic. They are extremely effective when
marking targets for their allies, as anyone near them feels their senses heightened.
 How do you see and know the exact spots to shoot?
 What primal spirit do you have a connection with?
 What aspects of your primal spirit do you have?
 What is the most dangerous expedition you’ve been on?

Abilities WEAPON SLOTS

Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 15 Save: 12
HEAVY MAIN
BULK MIND
HP: 6 Stress Cap: 4
Recoveries: 3 Memory: 6 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 9 A-Def: 9
Speed: 5 Mana: 3 LIGHT MAIN

TRAITS
MARKSMAN’S EYE
The Seeker and their allies gain +2 ACC instead of
+1 ACC when consuming a MARK on an attack roll
against a target within the Seeker’s Scope.
ULTIMATE
An arrow shot into the sky disappears into a rapidly
spreading dark cloud. Lightning cracks, and rain
begins to fall. Each blue raindrop, an arrow that seeks
a home. There is no escape until the storm passes.

Heavenly Starfall
SEEKER’S SIGHT Ultimate, SKIRMISH

The Seeker can spend 1 mana to MARK as a
Quick Action.
GUIDED SHOT
You gain the Guided Shot reaction.
Guided Shot
[SKILL] Reaction
Trigger: You or an ally miss with a ranged or
thrown attack roll against a target within Scope.
Effect: Repeat the attack roll against a different
character within range 5 of the original target.
Create 4 [Blast 2] zones within range 40 that can’t
overlap, and don’t require Line of Sight. All
characters of your choice in those areas must make
an AGI save, taking [1d6+2 Force] on a failure, or
half damage on a success. As a quick action on
subsequent turns, you can force all characters of
your choice in those zones to repeat the save. At
the end of each of your turns, one of the zones
disappears.

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Heartseeker Chain Shot

[WEAPON] Main Bow, Homing [SPELL] 2 MEM, Cast
[Range 15] [1d3 Force + 1 DOT Force [Aetheric] [1d3 Lunar]
(MGK)] On Hit: The target must pass a MGK save or be
If you consume a mark, this weapon gains AP for IMMOBILIZED until the end of their next turn. You
the attack. can spend 1 mana to force all characters adjacent
to the target to make the save as well.

LEVEL 2:

Spectral Shot
[SKILL] 2 MEM, Mana 1
Your single target ranged attacks can phase
through objects. If you have Line of Sight on a
target, you can ignore cover when attacking. If you
don’t have Line of Sight, you can still attack, but
the target benefits from Hard Cover.
Swarming Shot
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Cast
[Aetheric, Blast 1] [1 Stress]
On Hit: Target is DAZED until the end of their next
turn. The blast area becomes a zone until the start
of your next turn. Any character that enters the
zone is DAZED until the end of their next turn.

LEVEL 3:

Astral Barrage Coiling Shot

[WEAPON] Heavy Bow, Reload, Unique
[Range 20] [2d6 Force]
When you attack with this weapon, you can attack
every MARKED character within the weapon’s
range before needing to reload. You take 1 Stress
for every additional target attacked beyond the 1st.
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Cast
[Aetheric] [2d6 Force]
On Hit: A spectral serpent coils around the target.
Until the end of their next turn, if the target ends
their turn next to an allied character, the ally takes
[1d6 force] and is DAZED until the end of their next
turn.

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 Shadow Dancer

SHADOW DANCER
Striker
Shadow dancers cloak themselves with darkness, moving unseen across the
battlefield. Their special connection with shadows allows them to
teleport between areas of darkness.
Shadow dancers train in the dark, increasing their attunement to the power of darkness. When they finish their
training, their shadow is different. It moves different, feels looser, and seems darker. All shadows look different to
the shadow dancer, as they realize that they’re all connected.
Shadow dancers are high mobility attackers, moving across the battlefield to attack precisely when they need to,
before disappearing into a pool of darkness.
 How are shadows linked, and how do you exploit that?
 What is your favorite type of dance?
 Why do you feel more comfortable in the dark?
 What makes your shadow stronger, and what happens if it gets too strong?

Abilities WEAPON SLOTS

Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 10 Save: 10
LIGHT MAIN
BULK MIND
HP: 8 Stress Cap: 4
Recoveries: 4 Memory: 6 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 12 A-Def: 7
Speed: 7 Mana: 3 LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT

TRAITS ULTIMATE
Eclipse
SNEAK ATTACK Ultimate, Free Action

1/round, the Shadow Dancer can deal +1d6 bonus The light in the scene dims, and shadows grow
damage with an attack roll if the Shadow Dancer is longer. For the rest of the scene, you can teleport
HIDDEN, or if an active ally of the Shadow Dancer when you use your standard movement or RUSH.
is adjacent to the target.

TUMBLE
Reaction attacks against the Shadow Dancer gain
+1 DIF.

GRACEFUL
+1 ACC on AGI checks and saves.

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Shadow Step
[SKILL] 2 MEM, Mana 1
When you RUSH, you can teleport the distance
instead, and if you end your movement in hard
cover, you can HIDE as a free action.
LEVEL 2:
Cloak of Darkness
[SKILL] 2 MEM
You automatically become HIDDEN when not in
Line of Sight and behind hard cover.
LEVEL 3:
Shadow Meld
[SKILL] 2 MEM, Quick, Mana 2
Quick: You become INVISIBLE until you make an
attack or force a save.
Shadow Clones
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Channel, Summon, Mana 3
(size=your size, 5 HP, 10 dodge/a-def)
Release: You create 3 shadow clones of yourself
within Scope. They have your speed and size, and
you can choose to move them instead of yourself
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Strangle
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Cast, Mana 1
[Aetheric] [2 Stress]
On Hit: Target must pass a BLK save or be
SILENCED and unable to CHANNEL during their
next turn. If they are currently channeling, they have
+1 DIF on the save to maintain when hit by this
attack.
Flash Step Dagger
[WEAPON] Light Blade, Accurate, Thrown 3
[Reach 1] [1d3+1 physical]
On Hit: You can teleport to an unoccupied space
adjacent to the target. This weapon returns to your
hand when thrown.
with your standard move. As a free action once on
your turn, you can teleport to one of your clones’
spaces, destroying the clone.
If you RUSH, you can also move all of your
shadow clones.
You can destroy any shadow clones during your
turn as a free action.
You can’t have more than 3 shadow clones at
once. If you use this ability again, you only
summon new clones until you have 3 (you can
always destroy existing ones).
 Shapes hifter

SHAPESHIFTER
Support
Shapeshifters are able to assume various forms to overcome any obstacle.
They can transform their entire body or individual parts as needed.
Shapeshifters can change their body, taking on features from other creatures or turning into a different one
altogether. The earliest shapeshifters were lycanthropes studying the way their transformations worked. Over
time, they discovered how to transform only parts of their body, and eventually how to change what they
transformed into.
A shapeshifter’s different forms make them very versatile in combat play, and with FORM FOR THE OCCASION
they don’t need to worry about changing their loadout based on the environment.
 What does it look like when you transform?
 What physical trait carries over to each form you assume?
 When was the first time you changed your shape, and what was it?
 What form or changes feel most natural to you?

Abilities WEAPON SLOTS

Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 10 Save: 10
LIGHT HEAVY
BULK MIND
HP: 8 Stress Cap: 6
Recoveries: 4 Memory: 5 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 8 A-Def: 7
Speed: 6 Mana: 4 LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT

TRAITS
BEAST WEAPONS
You have the following integrated weapon, and it
cannot be destroyed, DISARMED/DISABLED, or
enchanted.
Light Club. [Reach 1] [1d3 Physical] At the end of
your turn, if you didn’t make an attack that turn, you
can attack with this weapon as a free action.
FORM FOR THE OCCASION
You ignore difficult terrain. You can climb, swim, or
fly equal to your speed, but you take 1 stress at the
end of a turn in which you did so.
ULTIMATE
Perfect Form
Ultimate, Free Action
You assume a perfect form. You gain the following
effects. This lasts until the end of the scene or until
you end it as a free action. This form works with any
other forms.
 You gain +1 ACC on all attack rolls, checks,
and saves.
 You can take 1 stress to remove any
condition on yourself as a free action.
 When you MARK a creature, they take 1
stress.
 Eye of the Beast. You gain the Eye of the
Beast reaction.

SOOTHE
Eye of the Beast
When a character within Scope consumes a MARK, [SKILL] Reaction
the Shapeshifter can clear 1 stress from them. Trigger: A MARK is consumed against a character
within Scope.
Effect: The target takes 1 stress.

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Scout Form
[SKILL] 2 MEM, Quick, Mana 2
Quick: You assume a scouting form. Your size
becomes ½. Your speed increases by 2, and
attacks against you have +1 DIF, but you can’t
make attacks or cast spells. As a Quick Action Keen Senses
while in this form, you can MARK a character in
[SKILL] 1 MEM
Scope. This form lasts until the end of the scene or
until you end it as a free action. You can only You gain +2 ACC to SEARCH rolls and attack rolls
benefit from one form at a time. against HIDDEN or INVISIBLE targets.

LEVEL 2:

Defender Form
[SKILL] 2 MEM, Quick, Mana 3 Apex Weapon
Quick: You assume the form of a defender [WEAPON] Heavy Club
creature, like a bear. Your size and armor increase [Reach 1] [2d6+2 Physical]
by 1 (to a max of 3 each), and you gain 4 temp HP.
On Hit: You can GRAPPLE the target as a free
As a Quick Action while in this form, you can
action. They take [1 AP physical] at the start of
spend 1 mana to gain 2 temp HP. The form lasts
each of their turns while remaining grappled by
until the end of the scene or until you end it as a
you. This weapon can’t be DISARMED.
free action. You can only benefit from one form at
a time.

LEVEL 3:

A Face You Know

[SPELL] 2 MEM, Channel, Mana 1
Release: You assume a form that is friendly or
important to your foes until the start of your next
turn. Any character that attacks you in this form
takes 1 Stress. You can extend this effect for
another turn by spending 1 mana. Any attacks you
make in this form gain +1 DIF. You can only
benefit from one form at a time.
Snarl and Bite
[SKILL] 2 MEM, Reaction, 2 Stress (Self)
Trigger: A melee attack hits or misses you.
Effect: You can make a melee attack against the
attacker.

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Skald

SKALD
Support
Skalds are warrior poets, weaving magic into songs. A skald’s songs can
enhance their allies, providing powerful benefits.
There is magic in a song. There is magic in a dance. Any performance where you put some of yourself into it is
magical. Skalds know this, and push can push it to its extremes. Stories come to life and move people, or draw
out a specific emotion. Performance is the weapon of a skald.
Skalds use their performances to improve their allies, moving them around the battlefield or strengthening them.
 What type of performance is your specialty?
 What weapon and instrument have you combined? Songbow, Hammerhorn, etc.?
 What does your entrance music sound like, or what is the key instrument in it?
 Who was moved by your performance that you didn’t expect to be?

TEMPO
Abilities [SKILL] Reaction
Size: __ Armor: __ Trigger: An ally within Scope is missed by an
Scope: 10 Save: 11 attack.
BULK MIND Effect: You can slide the ally 1 space.
HP: 7 Stress Cap: 6
Recoveries: 4 Memory: 6
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 8 A-Def: 9
Speed: 5 Mana: 4 WEAPON SLOTS
TRAITS MAIN

INSPIRE
As a Quick Action, the Skald can spend 1 mana to
grant a character within Scope +1 ACC on their next
SUPPORT SLOTS
attack roll. A character can only benefit from one
Inspire at a time. LIGHT MAIN

TEMPO
Gain the Tempo reaction.

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ULTIMATE
Ballad
Ultimate, Free Action
The Skald begins weaving a legendary
performance. When this ultimate is activated and at
the start of each of the Skald’s turns, pick a verse.
The effects of chosen verses are applied to the
Skald and all allies within their Scope. Each verse
can only be chosen once. Instead of picking a
verse, or when there are no more verses to select,
the Skald selects a Finale. The finale affects the
Skald and all allies within Scope. After the finale, the
ultimate ends. If the Skald is SILENCED, the effects
of all verses are suppressed, and the Skald doesn’t
choose any new verses or finales until the
SILENCED condition is removed.
Verses
 Verse of Heroes. +1 ACC on attack rolls.
 Verse of Journey. +2 Speed.
 Verse of Relaxation. Gain resistance to
Stress.
 Verse of Teamwork. +1 ACC on all checks
and saves.
Finale
 The Last Stand. Gain 1d6+4 PARRY.
 The Storm Fades. Regain all mana.
 Legends Never Die. Regain all HP.
 A New Beginning. Clear all stress and
remove all conditions.
 The New World. Each character slides
themselves up to their speed.

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Mock
[SPELL] 2 MEM, SKIRMISH
An enemy within Scope must make a MND save.
Success: They take 1 Stress. Failure: They must
move their speed straight toward you, or take [2
stress] and be MARKED.
LEVEL 2:
Parrying Dagger
[SUPPORT] [Main, Parry 1] [Reaction,
1/round]
Trigger: You are targeted by an attack that
targets your DODGE. Effect: Make an opposed
attack roll with a weapon against the attacker. If
you tie or win the contest, the attack misses you.
LEVEL 3:
Song of Rest
[SPELL] 3 MEM, CHANNEL
Release: Allies within Burst 3 can spend a recovery
to regain all their HP. During subsequent turns, you
can spend 1 mana to use the following Quick
Action until you take a turn and don’t use this quick
action. Quick: All allies within a Burst 3 area gain 3
temp HP.
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Wit
[WEAPON] Main Bow, Aetheric
[Range 15] [1d3+1 Force]
On Hit: The target is DAZED until the end of their
next turn and MARKED.
Song of Defense
[SPELL] 2 MEM, CHANNEL
Release: You and all allies within range 5 gain 1
PARRY. During subsequent turns, you can spend 1
mana to continue using this ability as a quick
action. If you don’t maintain this ability as a quick
action, it reverts to a CHANNEL action as normal.
Soundwave
[SPELL] 2 MEM, CHANNEL, Mana 1
Release: Create a Blast 1 zone within Scope, and
choose one of the following effects:
 Characters are SILENCED while partly
within the area.
 Characters fully within the area are immune
to all spells and spell effects. Existing spell
effects are not affected.
Zones last until the end of the scene or until you are
SILENCED, DISABLED, or STUNNED. You can
have up to 3 zones in play at once. You can dismiss
a zone as a free action during your turn.
 Stitch

STITCH
Support
Stitches are battlefield medics that weave flesh together. They can keep
people active and fighting even through deadly injuries.
Stitches have a unique insight into aetheric fields, and can use magic to heal wounds instantly. This knowledge
also makes stitches dangerous fighters, as they know exactly how to hurt or incapacitate threats and turn their
own aetheric field against them.
Stitches have many ways of keeping their allies healthy during a fight, from temporary hit points to pure healing.
Stitches can combine with any other classes for a truly unique and customized playstyle.
 What mark is left behind on those you’ve healed?
 What type of effects or injuries do you find difficult to fix?
 What do aetheric fields look like to you, and how is yours different?
 What is the worst injury you’ve saved someone from?

Abilities WEAPON SLOTS

Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 10 Save: 12
MAIN
BULK MIND
HP: 7 Stress Cap: 7
Recoveries: 10 Memory: 6 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 7 A-Def: 10
Speed: 5 Mana: 4 LIGHT LIGHT

TRAITS
HEALER’S PACT
During a SHORT REST or when a character within
[range 5] spends/loses a recovery, you can choose
to spend your recoveries for them instead.
HEALING BEACON
When you or an ally within Scope consumes a
mark, they regain 1d6 HP.
ULTIMATE
Second Life
Ultimate, Channel
Release: Choose one active or defeated allied
character within Scope. The character is restored to
their HP maximum, regains all of their recoveries,
clears all their stress, and removes 1 WOUND or
OVERSTRESS.

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Soul Shield
[SPELL] 2 MEM, SKIRMISH Stolen Life
A character within Scope gains 1d3 temporary HP. [SPELL] 2 MEM, Cast
A character that has temporary HP from this ability [Aetheric] [2 Stress]
doesn’t need to make Concentration Checks to On Hit: You or a character within range 5 of you
maintain a CHANNEL ability as long as they had regains 1d3 HP. You can spend 1 mana to
the temp HP when the check was triggered. You increase the healing to 1d6 instead.
can spend 1 mana to increase the temporary HP
gained to 1d6.

LEVEL 2:

Restore Sewing Needle

[SPELL] 1 MEM, Channel
Release: Choose one of the following:
 Remove all conditions and DoT from a
character within Scope.
 One character within Scope takes 2 Stress
and cannot benefit from ACC or DIF and
can’t use a MARK until the end of their
next turn.
[WEAPON] Light Blade, AP
[Range 5, Reach 3] [1d3 Force]
On Hit: If the target is BLOODIED, they are
IMMOBILIZED until the end of their next turn. Any
BLOODIED characters of your choice adjacent to
the target are SLOWED until the end of their next
turn.
The needle itself is rarely seen. The
shining thread, made of magical force,
is usually seen instead.

LEVEL 3:

Heal Healing Well

[SPELL] 3 MEM, Skirmish, Mana 1 [SPELL] 2 MEM, Channel, Mana 3
One character within Scope can spend a recovery Release: Create a [blast 1] zone of healing energy
to heal all their HP. within Scope. Any character that starts their turn in
the area regains 1d6 HP. The zone lasts until the
end of the scene or until you use this ability again.

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 Thunderclaw

THUNDERCLAW
Striker
Thunderclaws have mastered electricity, and can use it to enhance their
physical abilities, resulting in explosive speed and power.
Thunderclaws are named after the elite lycan warriors that created the fighting style. Training atop a mountain in
the Thunderfields, they gained a unique insight into the properties of lightning. They learned how to either
generate and channel it through their bodies, or to hold it within to enhance their physical abilities.
Thunderclaws are highly mobile, with abilities that allow them to quickly move around a battlefield, and others that
require specific positioning to maximize their effects.
 What is unique about your fighting style?
 Where did you train, and why can’t anyone else train there now?
 What is the most dangerous technique you know, and why is it dangerous?
 What does it feel like to hold lightning within yourself?

Abilities WEAPON SLOTS

Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 5 Save: 10
BULK MIND
MAIN LIGHT ∞ LIGHT
HP: 8 Stress Cap: 5
Recoveries: 5 Memory: 6 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 10 A-Def: 7
Speed: 6 Mana: 3 MAIN LIGHT

TRAITS ULTIMATE
BALANCE
Living Lightning
Once during their turn, the Thunderclaw can convert Ultimate, Free Action
any amount of Flurry to an equal amount of PARRY,
or vice versa. The Thunderclaw channels lightning directly into
their body, pushing them past their physical limits.
The Thunderclaw immediately gains 6 Flurry. Until
DASH the end of the scene, their Dash trait doesn’t cost
mana. When they spend 6 Flurry to stun a
As a Quick Action, the Thunderclaw can spend 1
character, the character is automatically STUNNED
Mana to RUSH.
(no save). Each character can be affected by the no
save STUNNED condition 1/scene.
FLURRY
The Thunderclaw has a Flurry Score, which starts at
0 and has a maximum of 6. Whenever the
Thunderclaw hits with a melee attack, they gain +1
Flurry. 1/round when they hit with a melee attack
roll, they can expend 1 Flurry to deal 1d6 bonus
damage, or expend 6 Flurry to force one of the
targets to make a BULK save. On a failure, they are
STUNNED until the end of their next turn.

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Bottled Lightning Chakram

[SUPPORT] [LIGHT] [Consumable 2] [WEAPON] Main Blade, Thrown 5
[Reach 1] [2 Physical]
Quick: Create a zone that includes your spaces
and a Burst 2 area. The zone lasts until the end of When thrown, this weapon gains ARCING and
your next turn. Characters are BLINDED while deals +1 damage for every space traveled beyond
partly within the zone. range 1.

This thin disc of metal is made of a

rare alloy that allows it to bounce off
of surfaces and around corners.

LEVEL 2:

Lightning Bolt Wolf Claws

[SPELL] 2 MEM, Skirmish, Mana 1 [WEAPON] Light Club
Create a Line 10 area. All targets in the area must [Reach 1] [1d3 Physical]
make an AGI save. Fail: [1d6 Astral] and they are You can Slide yourself a number of spaces equal
unable to take Reactions until the end of their next to the damage rolled. If you end this movement
turn. Success: Half damage. next to a different hostile character, you can deal
Your body is the generator. You direct [1 Physical] to them.
the flow.
Wolf claws are tipped with an
indestructible material, allowing them
to tear through anything.

LEVEL 3:

Chain Lightning Strikes

[SKILL] 3 MEM, FULL ATTACK Kinetic Redistributor
Make a melee attack against an adjacent target. [SUPPORT] [Main] [Reaction, 1/round]
On a hit, you can slide yourself 3 spaces and
Trigger: You are targeted by a ranged attack.
repeat the attack against a different target. Each
Effect: Choose to either impose +1 DIF on the
hit deals [3 Astral], and a target can only be
attack, or gain 2 PARRY.
attacked by this ability 1/turn.

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TIDECALLER
Controller/Support
Tidecallers command the oceans and water. They can manipulate currents
to reposition allies and hinder enemies.
Common knowledge states that only a fool braves the seas without a tidecaller. Their command over water and
insight into weather patterns makes them an invaluable addition to any seafaring vessel.
Tidecallers use spells to move their allies and enemies around the battlefield. They have a powerful group healing
spell, but aren’t the most mana-efficient healers.
 What secret about the ocean do you know?
 How do you accurately predict the weather?
 What underwater-dwelling person do you owe a favor to?
 How do people commonly travel across open water?

Abilities WEAPON SLOTS

Size: __ Armor: __
Scope: 5 Save: 12
LIGHT MAIN
BULK MIND
HP: 7 Stress Cap: 6
Recoveries: 4 Memory: 6 SUPPORT SLOTS
AGILITY MAGIC
Dodge: 7 A-Def: 10
Speed: 5 Mana: 4 LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT

TRAITS ULTIMATE
AQUATIC
Tidal Wave
The Tidecaller can swim and breathe underwater. Ultimate, Skirmish
A wave of water washes from one side of the map
to the other. Choose one edge of the map (generally
DOWNRIVER either north, south, east, or west). All enemies in the
scene must make a BLK save, being pushed 1d6+2
As a Quick Action, the Tidecaller can create a
spaces in a straight line toward the chosen side of
[Line 8] zone. This is a river current, and the
the map on a failed save, or half as many spaces on
Tidecaller decides which end of the line it flows
a successful one. Characters that fail the save are
toward. 1/turn whenever an ally enters the zone,
DISABLED until the end of their next turn. A
they can choose to teleport to an empty space in the
character that hits an obstacle takes [1d6 physical].
zone in the direction of the flow. This zone lasts until
the Tidecaller creates a new one, is defeated, or
starts a round STUNNED.

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Rainfall
[Spell] 1 MEM, Channel
Gain the following CHANNEL options:
Soothing Rain: Release: Create a [Blast 1] zone
within Scope. When a character starts their turn in
the zone, they remove all DOT and clear 1 Stress.
This zone lasts until you use this ability again.
Downpour: Release: Create a [Blast 1] zone
within Scope. Characters are BLINDED while fully
within the zone. This zone lasts until the end of
your next turn, but can be extended by another
round by spending 1 mana during your turn.
LEVEL 2:
Abyssal Scepter
[Weapon] Main Artifact, Aetheric
[Range 8 or Reach 1] [1d3+2 Lunar]
On Hit: You can spend 1 mana to cause all
characters within a Burst 2 centered on the target
to be pulled to an empty space adjacent to the
target.
LEVEL 3:
Drown
[Spell] 1 MEM, Cast
[Aetheric] [1 DOT Stress (MGK)]
The target is SILENCED while taking this DOT.
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Storm Surge
[Spell] 2 MEM, Skirmish, Arcing,
Aetheric, Mana 1
Make a Line 4 Aetheric spell attack within Scope,
facing any direction. On a hit, targets take [2
stress] and are pushed to the end of the line. You
can spend 1 mana to force all hit targets to make a
BLK save, falling PRONE on a failure.
Tidal Healing
[Spell] 2 MEM, Channel, Mana 2
Release: One ally within Scope heals 2d6 HP.
Another ally within Range 5 of them heals half of
that amount. Roll 1d6. On a 5+, you can continue
healing new allies within Range 5 of the last target
for half of the previous amount. You can keep
repeating this until you roll a 1-4, there are no
other allies within range 5 of the last target, or the
healing reaches 1. A character can only benefit
from this healing 1/turn.
Whirlpool
[Spell] 2 MEM, Channel, Mana 3
Release: Create a blast 2 zone within Scope. You
can move any character within the area to any
empty space within the area. All characters within
the area are DAZED and IMMOBILIZED, and any
character that enters the area gains these
conditions. A character in the area can make a
BLK save at the end of each of their turns to end
these conditions on themselves. The zone lasts
until you dismiss it as a free action or use this
ability again.
 Warden

WARDEN
Defender
The earth heeds the call of the wardens, rising to restrict their foes
while the wardens endure with the planet’s lifeforce.
Wardens are connected to the lifeforce of the planet, controlling the elements of earth and rock. They feel what
the planet feels, and when it cries out in pain, they rise to defend it. In return, they can draw upon the strength of
the planet itself to protect themselves.
Wardens can connect and attune to any planet or plane they travel to, although their powers may look or work
differently. Traveling to a dimension of fire, for example, a warden might find their hair turning to flame, and their
powers becoming fire themed.
 What earthlike features do you have? Rocky skin, stone hair, etc.
 What creature or spirit did you learn from?
 How does the planet communicate with you?
 What are the unique properties of the tree one of your pieces of equipment is made from?
 What types of plants spring to life under your feet?

GRASPING VINES
Abilities The Warden can choose to make a character that
Size: __ Armor: __ starts their turn adjacent to the Warden SLOWED
Scope: 5 Save: 11 until the end of the character’s next turn. The
BULK MIND Warden can’t use this ability if they are STUNNED,
HP: 12 Stress Cap: 5 DISABLED, or SILENCED.
Recoveries: 6 Memory: 5
AGILITY
Dodge: 6
MAGIC
A-Def: 8 WEAPON SLOTS
Speed: 5 Mana: 2
MAIN HEAVY
TRAITS
EARTHEN SLIDE SUPPORT SLOTS
When the Warden uses INTERPOSE, if they end
their movement adjacent to the attacker, the LIGHT LIGHT MAIN
Warden can choose to make them SLOWED until
the end of their next turn.
Gain the earthen slide reaction.

Earthen Slide
[SKILL] Reaction
Trigger: A character within your Scope starts their
turn.
Effect: You can spend 1 PARRY to slide them 2
spaces.

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Gaia’s Wrath
Ultimate, Free Action
You become an avatar of nature. You gain the
following benefits, which lasts until the end of the
scene or until you end it as a free action.
 Your size increases by 1 (max of 3) and
any adjacent characters are pushed to the
nearest empty space to accommodate your
new size.
 You gain 1d3 PARRY at the start of each of
your turns.
 When you hit a creature with any attack,
they are SLOWED until the end of their
next turn. A character that is already
SLOWED is also IMMOBILIZED until the
end of their next turn.

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Lifeblood Inner Reserves

[SKILL] 1 MEM [SKILL] 2 MEM
When you would take DOT, you can immediately When you RECOVER, you gain 2 parry and until
make the DOT’s save. On a success, you don’t the start of your next turn can INTERPOSE /
take the DOT. COUNTERATTACK an unlimited number of times
each turn.

LEVEL 2:

Nature Vortex
[SPELL] 2 MEM, Channel, Mana 1
Release: All characters of your choice within Earthwarden’s Shield
[Burst 3] are auto-hit and PULLED to the closest [SUPPORT] [Main]
empty adjacent space to you and IMMOBILIZED
them until the end of their next turn. If there are no +1 Armor. When you INTERPOSE, you can spend
available adjacent spaces, pull them to the closest an additional PARRY to gain resistance to any
empty space to you. damage from the attack.

LEVEL 3:

Greatoak Mauler
[WEAPON] Heavy club, Slow Weight of Earth
[Reach 1] [4d6 physical] [SKILL] 2 MEM
On Hit: All enemies adjacent to you take physical When you hit a creature with a reaction attack roll,
damage equal to the lowest d6 roll for this they are IMMOBILIZED until the start of their next
weapon’s damage. turn.

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 Warlord

WARLORD
Support
Warlords are commanders of the battlefield. They lead their allies to
victory, making them better fighters.
Tacticians and leaders, warlords are the glue that holds a group together. They feel the rhythm of battle, and can
adjust their plans, tactics, and people accordingly.
Warlords can either be a backline strategist, supporting their allies with intelligence and positioning, or lead by
example and get into the thick of battle.
 Why are people willing to follow your command?
 When did one of your decisions save the day?
 What tactical mistake have you promised to never let happen again?
 What tactical secrets do you wish you knew?

Abilities
Size: __ Armor: __ WEAPON SLOTS
Scope: 10 Save: 10
BULK MIND
HP: 10 Stress Cap: 5 MAIN HEAVY
Recoveries: 5 Memory: 7
AGILITY
Dodge: 8
MAGIC
A-Def: 6
SUPPORT SLOTS
Speed: 5 Mana: 2
LIGHT LIGHT MAIN
TRAITS
FOCUSED PLAN
ULTIMATE
When you MARK a character, an ally of your choice Follow My Lead
can VOLLEY, CAST, or BRAWL against the marked Ultimate, Free Action
character as a reaction.
Until the end of the scene, 1/round when you take
an action, another character of your choice can take
TAKE A BREATHER another valid action from that phase as a reaction.
When you or an ally within Scope RECOVERS,
another character of your choice within Range 10 of
them gains 1d6+1 temp HP.

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Command Standard of Courage

[SKILL] 2 MEM, Skirmish
Choose an ally within Scope. They can
immediately Volley/Cast/Brawl with +2 DIF. If you
take 1 Stress, they do not gain the DIF from this
skill.
[SUPPORT] [Main] Summon, Limited 1, Quick
(Size ½, 5 HP, 0 armor, 10 Dodge/A-Def)
Quick: You plant this summon in an empty
adjacent space, which emits a Burst 2 zone. You
and all allied characters in the zone gain +1 ACC
on attack rolls, checks, and saves while within the
zone. You and allied characters that start their
turn in the zone gain 1d3 temp HP. During your
turn, you can pick up and move the flag when you
move, placing it in another empty adjacent space.

LEVEL 2:

Frontline
[WEAPON] Main Longarm Lead from the Front
[Reach 2] [1d6+2 Physical] [SKILL] 1 MEM, Unique
On Crit: You can teleport one willing creature When you FIGHT, one ally of your choice within
within your Scope up to 5 spaces. Scope gains 1d3 temp HP.

LEVEL 3:

Focus Target Rally

[SKILL] 2 MEM, Unique [SKILL] 2 MEM, Reaction
When an ally within Scope consumes a MARK, Trigger: An ally within Scope takes a WOUND or
another ally of your choice within Scope can OVERSTRESS.
VOLLEY/CAST/BRAWL the target as a reaction. Effect: They gain 4 temp HP and clear any DOT
and conditions.

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Talents
Talents are bundles of abilities that beacons can
learn, that aren’t specific to a class. When a
beacon learns a talent, they always have access
to that talent.
Talents come in three ranks: rank 1, rank 2, and
rank 3. Talents must be taken in order; you must
have rank 1 of a talent in order to take rank 2.
Archmage
Archmages stand at the pinnacle of aetheric
research. They can manipulate magic in ways
that others can only dream of.
1. Spell Sculptor. When you cast a spell
with an area of effect (Blast, Burst,
Cone, Line), you can spend 1 mana to
exclude 1 target from the area.
2. Arcane Turret. When you are
CHANNELING, your armor increases by
+2, to a maximum of 4.
3. Focused Caster. The following option is
added to the REROLL TABLE:
a. Spend 1 mana to reroll.
Armored Defender
Armor keeps you alive. The stronger and more
reliable your armor is, the longer you stay alive.
1. Reinforced Plating. When you
DEFEND, until the start of your next turn
you gain +1 armor from all support items
that provide armor (to a maximum of 4
armor).
2. Adamantine Armor. If one of your
support items with the [armor] tag would
be destroyed, such as from a WOUND,
ignore that result and you are instead
DAZED until the end of your next turn.
3. Fitted Armor. Your DODGE and
SPEED isn’t reduced by support items
with the [armor] tag.
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Artificer
You have been building your own magitech
weapon, and while it’s not what most would
consider ‘stable’, it’s good enough for field
testing.
1. Experimental Weapon. When you gain
this talent and during a Long Rest, you
create an experimental weapon. You
can equip this weapon for FREE. You
can only have one experimental weapon
at a time.
Experimental Weapon
[WEAPON] Main Magitech, Unique
[Custom Range] [1d6+1 Damage]
When this weapon is created and during a Long
Rest, you can choose to change the following:
 Range: Reach 1 (Counts as melee
weapon) or Range 10 (counts as ranged
weapon)
 Damage Type: Physical, Astral, Lunar, or
Force
After you use this weapon roll a d6. On a 4-6 the
weapon malfunctions and must be RELOADED
before being used again.
2. Improvements. Your experimental
weapon malfunctions on a 5-6. When
you create your experimental weapon or
during a Long Rest, choose two of the
following improvements to your weapon.
 Tags (Can be Chosen Twice).
Your Experimental weapon
gains one of the following tags:
Accurate, Aetheric, Arcing, Push
1, Reliable 2, Thrown 5.
 Area Pattern. When you attack
with your experimental weapon,
you can choose to make it one
of the following AOEs instead of
a normal attack. If you do so,
you roll twice to determine
malfunction and keep the
highest result.
 i. Ranged Weapon: Cone
3, Line 8, or Blast 1 with
weapon’s range.
ii. Melee Weapon: Burst 1
3. Perfection. Your experimental weapon
only malfunctions on a d6. When you
create your experimental weapon or
during a Long Rest, choose one of the
following improvements to your weapon.
 Increased Range. If your
weapon is melee, it gains +1
reach. If it is ranged, it gains +5
range.
 Increased Damage. Your
weapon’s damage becomes
1d6+3
 Punch Through. Your weapon
gains AP.
Artillerist
Shooting your enemy before they can shoot you
is a critical advantage. Artillerists can squeeze
out every inch of range from their weapons.
1. Rangefinder. Your weapons with range
have their range increased by 3.
2. Bombard. You gain the following
CHANNEL ability. Channel: Create a
Blast 1 Zone centered within the range
of one of your weapons. Release: You
make an attack with one of your
weapons into the zone, including SLOW
weapons. The attack cannot miss.
3. Rain Fire. When you use your
BOMBARD ability from this talent, you
can create up to 2 blast 1 zones within
range instead of one. The zones cannot
be adjacent to each other. When you
release, you can attack into either zone.
Brawler
The unarmed gladiator leagues of Bastion are
among its most popular. The league draws in
competitors from dozens of different fighting
styles, which makes the bouts dynamic and fun.
Gladiators in the league assume over the top
personas, and quickly amass dedicated fans.
1. Quick Hands. When you hit with an
IMPROVISED ATTACK, you can take 1
stress to automatically GRAPPLE the
target.
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2. Fisticuffs. Your IMPROVISED ATTACK
deals 1d6 physical. On a crit, choose
one:
o The target is DAZED until the
end of their next turn.
o You can automatically succeed
on a PUSH against the target.
3. Submission. You gain the following
CHANNEL ability, usable on a grappled
character. Channel: A character
grappled by you becomes
IMMOBILIZED as long as this ability is
channeled, regardless of size. Release:
The grappled character must make a
BLK save. On a failure, they take [2d6
Physical] and are DISABLED until the
end of their next turn, or half damage on
a success. If the target is no longer
grappled, this effect fails.
Breaker
Clubs are highly effective weapons against
armor. Worse case scenario, their powerful
blows can dent and deform armor, restricting
their opponents’ movements. Best case
scenario, they crush them inside their armor.
1. Sunder Armor. When you crit with a
club, the target is SUNDERED until the
end of their next turn and their armor is
decreased by 1 (to a minimum of 0) until
the end of the scene.
2. Dazing Blows. 1/round when you hit a
character with a club, the target must
pass a BLK save or be DAZED until the
end of their next turn.
3. Ring the Bell. You gain the following
CHANNEL ability. Release: Make a
melee attack with a club, including
SLOW ones. On Hit: The weapon deals
its normal damage and effects, and the
target must succeed on a BLK save or
be STUNNED until the end of their next
turn.
Called Shots
Everyone knows that hitting a specific body part
is better than attacking whatever you can get,
but putting that into practice during a real fight is
incredibly difficult. Those with the speed, skill,
and accuracy to reliably do so can end a fight
quickly.
1. Body Parts. On a crit with a weapon
attack, you can choose one of the
following additional effects:
a. Arm. Target is DISARMED until
the end of their next turn.
b. Throat. Target is SILENCED
until the end of their next turn.
c. Head. Target is DAZED until the
end of their next turn.
2. Precision. 1/round you can take +1 DIF
on an attack roll. If the attack hits, you
ignore their armor for that attack. In
addition, the head body part now grants
DAZED until they use an action during
any phase to remove it.
3. Pinpoint Lethality. The following
options are added to the body parts list:
a. Heart. Target must pass a BLK
save or be STUNNED until the
end of their next turn. A target
can only be subject to this effect
1/scene.
b. Leg. Target is IMMOBILIZED
until the end of their next turn.
c. Body. Target is knocked
PRONE.
d. Eye. Target is BLINDED until
the end of their next turn.
Commander
The difference between a good commander and
a bad one is trust. A bad commander issues
orders and expects them to be followed because
of their rank. A good commander knows their
team and trusts them to follow orders, and the
team trusts the commander to keep them alive.
1. Commander’s Mark. When you MARK
a character, you can make it a special
COMMANDER’S MARK. It functions as
a normal mark, but when a character
consumes it, they roll 1d6. On a 5+, the
COMMANDER’S MARK remains. You
can only have 1 COMMANDER’S
MARK at a time, and placing a new one
turns the old one into a normal mark.
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2. Planning. When an ally takes stress to
reroll an attack against your
COMMANDER’S MARK target, the
stress cost is reduced by 1. The
COMMANDER’S MARK remains on a
4+ instead of a 5+.
3. Order. When you MARK a target, you
can announce an action that you want
any ally to take against that target. The
first ally that takes that action against
the target while it is MARKED gains 2+
your GRIT temp HP.
Dervish
The history of the dervishes can be traced to a
group of humanoids that lived near air
elementals. The two cultures grew together, and
the dervish dance was of their creations, where
a humanoid and an air elemental would dance
together in a beautiful whirlwind.
When a Herald of the Scourge threatened their
home, the humanoids and elementals fought
together, using their dance as way for two
creatures to fight as one. The style has been
adapted over time to be used without the help of
air elementals, although to a lesser effect.
1. Tempo. Every weapon attack after your
first attack in a turn gains +1 ACC,
cumulative to a max of +6 ACC. Attacks
with an AOE count as one attack.
2. Dual Wielder. A [MAIN] or
[LIGHT∞LIGHT] weapon slot becomes a
[MAIN∞LIGHT] slot, or a [LIGHT] slot
becomes a [LIGHT∞LIGHT] slot. Every
weapon attack after your first attack in a
turn deals +1 damage, cumulative.
Attacks with an AOE count as one
attack.
3. Twin Strike. If you hit with both attacks
from a linked weapon, the 2nd attack
deals +1d3 bonus damage.
Duelist
Professional duelists see a duel as a dance,
carefully attacking or defending in response to
their opponent’s own moves. Duelists can take
their time to figure out their opponent’s style and
steps, capitalizing on the perfect opening.
 1. Seize Initiative. You gain +1 ACC on
the first melee attack roll you make on
your turn.
2. Riposte. You can spend parry to
COUNTERATTACK when you are
missed by an attack.
3. Flourish. You gain the following
additional options for
COUNTERATTACK, instead of making
an attack:
 Disarm: The target must
succeed on an AGI save or be
DISARMED until the end of their
next turn.
 Deflect: You gain resistance to
all damage and stress from the
attack.
 Trip: The target must succeed
on an AGI save or fall PRONE
 Disengage: You ignore
opportunity attacks from the
target until the end of your next
turn.
Enchanter
Infusing an item with aether allows it gain unique
traits. Enchanted weapons are always better
than their unenchanted counterparts.
1. Enchantments. Each quest, you can
equip one of the following
ENCHANTMENT Support Items for free.
 Keen [any weapon]. On Crit,
deal +1d3 bonus damage.
 Variable [any weapon]. Before
each quest and when you
RECOVER or REST, you can
change the damage type of the
weapon between [physical,
force, Astral, Lunar]. Only these
damage types can be changed,
and only between each other.
 Aspected [armor]. This armor
grants +1 ACC to checks and
saves with BULK, AGILITY,
MIND, or MAGIC, chosen when
you equip this enchantment.
2. Portfolio of Formulas. The support slot
cost of enchantments is reduced by one
size (Heavy -> Main -> Light), to a
minimum of LIGHT. The following
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enchantments are added to your list of
available enchantments from rank 1 of
this talent.
 Vorpal [any melee weapon].
When you roll the maximum
damage on a die with this
weapon, roll the die again and
add that result to the total
damage. This effect can trigger
multiple times. Only the damage
from the weapon triggers this
effect, not any bonus damage.
 Speed [any weapon without
SLOW]. You can use this
weapon during PHASE 1:
BOLSTER.
 Adamant [any armor]. As a
Quick Action, gain 1 PARRY.
3. Master Enchanter. One item of your
choice can hold two enchantments at a
time, instead of just one. You can equip
a single support item with the
ENCHANTMENT tag for free, including
an additional one from this talent.
Great Weapon Master
Heavy weapons use their great size to their
advantage, allowing powerful swings to create
space.
1. Momentum. You can use the stress
option from the REROLL TABLE an
unlimited number of times per turn when
attacking with a heavy melee weapon.
2. Carry Through. Your attacks with a
heavy melee weapon gain RELIABLE
equal to the number of times you use
the REROLL TABLE for that attack.
3. Cleave. 1/round when you defeat a
character with an attack from a heavy
melee weapon, you can immediately
make another attack with that same
weapon as a free action against a
different target.
Hospitaler
The battlefield is no place for proper medicine
and care, but in a pinch, a hospitaller can be the
difference between life and death.
 1. Reserves. When you RECOVER, you 3. Impale. 1/turn when you attack with a
can pick 2 options from the 2nd set of longarm, you can turn the attack into a
choices. line attack with a length equal to the
2. Help. When you RECOVER, you or an weapon’s reach.
adjacent ally gain 3 + your GRIT temp
HP. Leyline Walker
3. Medic. When you RECOVER, you can Leylines are seams of aetheric density that that
spend 1 recovery to allow an adjacent crisscross the world. Leyline walkers can sense
ally to also gain the benefits of whatever these areas, and tap into their power.
options you selected.
1. Leyline Sensor. At the start of a
Juggernaut combat, create 3 [Blast 1] zones
Never stop moving. If something stands in your centered on empty spaces on the map.
These are leylines. A character that
way, run them over. You are unstoppable.
starts their turn partly within one of
1. Leverage. You are considered one size these zones rolls a d6. On a 5+, they
larger for PUSH, and you don’t suffer gain 1 mana.
DIF from being smaller. If you succeed 2. Leyline Drain. 1/round as a reaction
on a PUSH, you can decide to push the when a character enters a leyline zone,
target up to 3 spaces instead of 1. you can force them to make a MGK
2. Locomotion. If you PUSH a character save. On a failure, they lose 1d3 mana,
into another character or object, they and you regain mana equal to the
take [1d6 physical]. If they are pushed amount they lost. A character regains
into another character, both must mana in these zones on a 4+ of the d6.
succeed on an AGI save against your 3. Leyline Transportation. Create 4
save target or fall PRONE. leylines at the start of combat instead of
3. Runaway Train. You gain the following 3. While you are standing in a leyline,
RUSH action: you can use a PHASE 4: REPOSITION
RUSH: You move up to your speed in a action to teleport to another leyline. The
straight line, and can move through the leyline you left is destroyed.
space of other characters. Deal [10 AP
Physical] per your size (minimum 10) to
any objects in your path. If an object is
destroyed, you continue moving. You
ignore engagement and difficult terrain.
1/turn If you move through a character,
they must succeed on an AGI or be
automatically affected by a PUSH from
you.
Lancet
The lancets are an elite group of dragon riders.
As the final stage of membership, the inductee
must procure a piece of astral ore, which is used
to forge their Lancet Spear.
1. Quick Step. When you attack with a
longarm, you can SLIDE yourself 1
space after the attack.
2. Poke and Prod. When you crit with a
longarm, the target is WEAKENED until
the end of their next turn.

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Liches are arcanists that have discovered a path
to immortality. By creating a device called a
phylactery, they can make a copy of their soul
and store it inside. Upon death, a new body is
formed around the phylactery, and the process
can begin anew.
1. Phylactery. You gain a Phylactery,
which is a free Support Item with the
Consumable 1 tag. As a Quick Action,
you can expend a charge to create a
phylactery in an empty space adjacent
to you. The phylactery is a size ½ object
with 10 HP. While your phylactery is on
the scene, you gain the following
reaction:
 Reformed. [Reaction] Trigger:
You would take damage or
stress. Effect: Negate the
damage / stress and any other
effects. Immediately teleport to
your phylactery, destroying it.
2. Demilich. Whenever you defeat a
character, you regain 1 charge of your
Phylactery support item. During a
SHORT REST, you can remove
WOUNDS or OVERSTRESS with 1
RECOVERY.
3. Living Phylactery. When you would be
defeated, your body disappears and you
become a size ½ object that occupies
one of your spaces. This is your living
phylactery, and it has 10 HP. A
phylactery can take no actions and can’t
move. At the start of each round, roll a
d6 and gain that many charges. Once
you have 6 charges, the phylactery is
replaced by you, and you return with full
HP, mana, and 0 Stress. If you would
have 4 or more WOUNDS /
OVERSTRESS, you go to 3 instead.
Parkour
Parkour is a movement style focused on
travelling between two points in the fastest, most
efficient way. Runners can jump, roll, and climb
over any obstacle.
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1. Limber. You have +1 ACC on AGI
checks and saves, and you ignore
difficult terrain.
2. Tumble. You can move through the
spaces of hostile characters, but can’t
end your movement in them. At the start
of your turn, you can slide yourself 1
space if you aren’t IMMOBILIZED.
3. Free Movement. You can climb vertical
surfaces when you move and can jump
horizontally up to your speed, and
vertically either up to half your speed or
your size (whichever is higher). You can
run across non-solid surfaces like water
as long as you end your movement on
solid ground.
Shadow
“Shadows cloak and conceal. Keep us safe.
Keep us hidden. Stay in the shadows. The light
reveals to us our deaths.”
-Shadowdancer mantra
 Blend. You have +1 ACC on your first
attack roll while hidden. You can HIDE
in soft cover.
 Hunt. You don’t lose HIDDEN while
moving, and you can HIDE even when
in Line of Sight of an enemy. You still
lose HIDDEN if you end your turn within
Line of Sight or out of cover
 Infiltration. You can deploy in any
empty space within range 5 of an edge
of the map. If you defeat a foe while
HIDDEN, roll a d6. On a 5+, you remain
HIDDEN.
Slasher
Swords are the standard upon which all other
weapons are weighed against. Axes are slower
but hit harder. Spears have more reach, but are
worse at close range. Most cultures have their
own unique versions of the sword.
1. Bleeding Cut. 1/round when you hit
with a blade attack, you can take 1
stress to MARK the target.
2. Hamstring. 1/round when you crit with a
blade weapon, the target must pass a
BLK save or be SLOWED until the end
of their next turn.
 3. Slash Stance. As a quick action, you
assume one of the following stances or
deactivate one. You can only benefit
from one stance at a time.
o Aggressive. You gain +1 ACC
on attack rolls with blade
weapons, but whenever you
take physical, force, astral, or
lunar damage, roll 1d6 and take
extra damage equal to the
number rolled.
o Defensive. You gain 1 PARRY
whenever you attack with a
blade weapon.
o Lunging. Your reach with
blades is increased by +1, but
you are permanently SLOWED
while in this stance.
Sniper
Snipers are deadly marksmen. One shot, one kill
is their motto, regardless of how long it takes.
1. Steady Shot. At the start of your turn,
you can choose to IMMOBILIZE yourself
until the start of your next turn. If you do
so, you gain +1 ACC on all ranged
attack rolls until the start of your next
turn.
2. Zero In. If you miss with a ranged attack
roll, you gain +1 ACC on ranged attack
rolls until you hit with one. This effect
stacks.
3. Pinpoint Shot. On a crit with a ranged
attack, you ignore armor and resistance.
Speedster
Go fast. Embrace speed. Put your problems
behind you, and never stop running, or they’ll
catch you.
1. Zig Zag. You gain soft cover when you
RUSH until the start of your next turn.
2. Sprint. When you move or
REPOSITION, you can move 1d6
spaces further, but you take stress
equal to half of the extra movement.
3. Tactical Reposition. When you RUSH,
you get both options instead of
choosing.
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Spellbreaker
Spellbreakers are anti-mages. Their job is to
shut down enemy spellcasters, which they do
with surprising efficiency.
1. Broken Focus. When you force a
character to make a concentration save,
they have +1 DIF on it.
2. Spell Evasion. If you succeed on a
save against a spell that has a reduced
effect on a save, you don’t suffer those
effects.
3. Break. 1/round as a reaction when a
character begins channeling within one
of your weapon’s reach, you can make
an attack against them with that
weapon.
Spotter
Spotters are paired with snipers. The sniper is
the gun, and the spotter is the eye. Together,
you are dead.
1. Shotcaller. When you MARK a target,
they must succeed on a MND save or
be SUNDERED until the end of their
next turn.
2. Radar. You gain the following FULL
ATTACK action. [FULL ATTACK] You
can MARK twice.
3. Quick Call. At the start of your turn, you
can take 1 stress to MARK as a free
action.
Summoner
Pull creatures from other shards and
dimensions, or coalesce aether into solid forms.
You have a close connection to your summons,
which allows them to perform beyond
expectation.
1. Strong Summons. Your summons gain
+5 HP. As a Quick Action, you can
move one of your summons up to 4
spaces as long as they are within your
Scope.
2. Defender Summons. Your summons
may spend your PARRY, and they have
access to the INTERPOSE reaction.
3. Tend to the Swarm. As a Quick
Action, you can spend 1 mana to
 restore 1d6 HP to one of your summons
within your Scope.
Sun Blotter
“It rained for 3 days, an endless barrage of
death. Our soldiers drowned in the deluge, and
we were broken.”
-Ardentine soldier recounting the battle of Idol.
1. Overdraw. As a Quick Action, you
increase the range of your next bow
attack by +5. You are IMMOBILIZED
until you fire a bow or dismiss this effect
as a free action.
2. Rain of Arrows. Whenever you attack
with a bow, you can take 1 stress to turn
an empty space adjacent to the target
(or space within the attack’s area of
effect) into dangerous terrain (AGI),
dealing physical damage. The
dangerous terrain is triggered when a
character enters any vertical spaces
above it as well. The terrain lasts until a
character moves into or above the
space.
3. High Shot. Whenever you fire a bow,
you fire another shot into the air.
Whenever you make an attack with a
bow, gain 1 ARROW. Anytime you
attack with a bow, you can consume all
of your ARROWS, rolling an extra d20
for each shot and using the highest
result for the attack roll. All ARROWS
expire at the end of the scene.
Technician
Magitech weapons utilize technology to achieve
magical results. Different civilizations have
created their own power sources for magitech,
from electrical currents to soul gems.
1. Growing Power. Whenever you crit
with a magitech weapon, you get a
Power Die, which is a d6. You can have
up to 6 Power Die, and they last until the
end of a quest or until spent. Whenever
you make an attack or damage roll, after
the dice are rolled, you can expend any
number of Power Die and roll them. The
highest number rolled is added to the
attack or damage roll.
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2. Mana Ammo. When you hit with a
magitech weapon, you can spend up to
6 mana to deal +1 damage per mana
spent.
3. Unstable Power Core. 1/round when
you crit with a magitech weapon, you
can apply one of the following effects:
o Magnetic. The target is
DISARMED until the end of their
next turn.
o Shielded. You gain 1d3
PARRY.
o Shock. The target is DAZED
and SLOWED until the end of
their next turn.
o Soul Gem. The target is
WEAKENED until the end of
their next turn and MARKED.
o Volatile. The target is
SUNDERED until the end of
their next turn and knocked
PRONE.
Thaumaturge
Artifacts are the weapons of spellcasters. Tomes
filled with arcane rituals, dueling wands, and
powerful staves can amplify their wielders mana.
1. Magical Charges. On a crit with an
artifact, regain 1 mana.
2. Overcharge. You gain the following
CHANNEL / RELEASE action. Release:
Make an attack with an artifact weapon,
including SLOW ones. The attack can’t
miss.
3. Empowerment. 1/round when you hit a
target with an artifact, you can spend 1
mana for one of the following effects:
o Cold: Target is SLOWED until
the end of their next turn.
o Dark: Target is must pass a
MGK save or be BLINDED until
the end of their next turn.
o Fire: Target takes 1 AP Astral
damage for every space they
move until the start of their next
turn.
o Force: Attack gains PUSH 1
and the target is DAZED until
the end of their next turn.
o Light: Target is MARKED.
 o Lightning: Target is unable to
take any reactions until the end
of their next turn.
o Toxic: Target is DAZED until
the end of their next turn. Any of
their allies that become adjacent
to them while they have this
condition become MARKED.
Warcaster
Using magic on the battlefield is nothing like
learning it academically. Battlemages sacrifice
spell flexibility power in order to cast spells
quickly. A warcaster has to learn how to keep
focus regardless of what is happening around
them or to them. Pain is a distraction that leads
to death.
1. Maintain. You gain +1 ACC on BLK
saves to maintain a Channel ability. You
don’t suffer +1 DIF for ranged spell
attacks while engaged.
2. Spellfighter. You can make opportunity
attacks with spells if they have a
SKIRMISH or BRAWL action.
3. Focus. You gain resistance to physical,
astral, lunar, and force damage while
channeling.

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 equipment, even if they are not technically
items, like a companion or living weapon.

Equipment Weapons

Equipment are things that Beacons equip for a Every beacon has access to an array of starting
quest, specifically weapons and support items. weapons. These are common weapons that can
All weapons and support items are considered be easily found, crafted, or bought for no cost.
Name Size Type Tags Range/Reach Damage Dmg type
Coil Whip Light Longarm - Reach 3 1d3+1 Lunar
Halberd Heavy Longarm - Reach 3 2d6+1 Lunar
Hand Crossbow Light Bow AP Range 5, Reach 3 1d3 Physical
Longbow Heavy Bow Arcing Range 15 2d6 Physical
Maul Heavy Club inaccurate, Push 1 Reach 1 3d6 Physical
Moonbolt Heavy Bow AP, Reloading Range 10 2d6+3 Physical
Morningstar Main Club Inaccurate Reach 1 2d6+1 Astral
Photon Axe Heavy Blade Reliable 4 Reach 2 2d6+2 Force
Rapier Light Blade AP Reach 1 1d3+1 Physical
Shardgun Cannon Heavy Magitech Reloading, Slow, Reliable 4 Range 15 3d6+1 Force
Shardgun Pistol Light Magitech Reliable 1 Range 5, Reach 3 1d3 Lunar
Shardgun Rifle Main Magitech Reliable 2 Range 10 1d6+1 Lunar
Shortbow Main Bow Arcing Range 10 1d6 Physical
Spark Dagger Light Blade Accurate, thrown 3 Reach 1 1d3+1 Astral
Spear Main Longarm Thrown 3 Reach 2 1d6+2 Physical
Staff Heavy Artifact Blast 1, Reloading Range 10, Blast 1 2d6 Astral
Sword Main Blade - Reach 1 1d6+2 Physical
Tome Main Artifact Arcing, Aetheric Range 15 1d3+2 Force
Wand Light Artifact Homing, Aetheric Range 5 1d3 Astral

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 Support Items
Every beacon has access to an array of starting
support items. These are common items that
can be easily found, crafted, or bought for no
cost.
Support Items come in three sizes; light, main,
and heavy. Each class has a certain number of
support item slots, each with their own size. You
can equip a support item in a support slot if it is
of the same size or smaller.

Name Size Tags Effect

Arcana Crystal Light Consumable 2 Gain +1 ACC on all attack rolls from a spell.
Armor, Heavy Heavy armor +3 Armor (to a max of +4). -1 Speed and Dodge
Armor, Light Light armor +1 Armor (to a max of +4).
Armor, Medium Main armor +2 Armor (to a max of +4). -1 Dodge
Caltrops Light Consumable 1, Creates a [blast 1] zone. Whenever a character walks into the
Thrown 5, Quick zone, they must pass an AGI save or take 1d6 AP physical. The
first time a character takes damage from this effect, the zone
ends.
Companion Main [Limited 1, Companion: Size ½, 5 HP, 0 armor, 10 dodge/a-def, speed 5.
Summon], Quick Your companion can be a beast, friend, or anything else that is
willing to aid you in combat. Your companion is deployed to a
free space within Scope.
During your turn, you can move your companion up to their
speed.
1/turn when you attack a character adjacent to your
companion, the companion deals [3 physical] to them.
Healing Potion Light Consumable 1, Spend a recovery and regain half of your HP maximum
Quick (rounded down).
Lore Book Main Mana 1, Quick Quick: You can identify an enemy unit in the scene. You learn
all of their statistics and abilities.
Mana Potion Light Consumable 1, Regain 1d6 mana
Quick
Poison Light Consumable 1 Expend a charge when you hit a weapon attack. The target
must pass a BLK save or take [2 Stress], get MARKED, and be
DAZED until the end of their next turn.
Resistance Potion Light Consumable 1, Resist astral or lunar damage until the end of your next turn.
Quick
Shield Main You provide soft cover to allied characters.

Shield, Tower Heavy You provide hard cover to allied characters.

Smoke Bomb Light Consumable 3, Create a [blast 2] zone of smoke that provides soft cover to
Thrown 5, Quick anything fully inside the zone until the end of your next turn.
Stoneskin Potion Main Consumable 3, Quick: You gain 1d6 PARRY.
Quick
Sunrod Light You ignore all darkness penalties.
Thieves Tools Light You can automatically open locked doors as a free action and
don’t set off traps.

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Trap Main Consumable 3, Triggering character must succeed on an AGI save or take 2d6
Trap, Quick damage of a type you choose when equipping this item, or half
damage on a success.
Water Light You can swim, and don’t suffer the +1 DIF for being
Maneuverability submerged. You can breathe underwater.
Whetstone Light Consumable 2 Expend a charge when you hit with a weapon attack. You deal
the maximum damage.

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 levels, they may learn additional techniques that
Techniques are added to their list. Whenever a Beacon
Techniques are skills or spells that Beacons prepares for a quest, they can equip some of
equip for missions. Spells are magical in nature their known techniques.
and skills are not, although you can describe
your techniques however you want.
Each Beacon has access to the following list of
basic techniques. As a beacon gains class
Arcane Bolt Glancing Blow
[SPELL] 1 MEM, Cast [SKILL] 2 MEM, Reaction
[Aetheric, accurate] [1d3 force] Trigger: You would take damage.
- Effect: You can reduce the damage by 1 for every
point of PARRY you spend.

Arcane Explosion
[SPELL]2 MEM, CHANNEL Hinder Spell
[SPELL] 1 MEM, CAST
Release: All characters within a Blast 1 area within
[Aetheric] [2 Stress]
Scope are auto-hit, taking [1d6 force]. You can
spend 1 mana to increase the damage to [2d6 On Hit: Target is DAZED until the end of their next
force]. turn.

Armor Training
[SKILL] 2 MEM, Unique
Magic Missile
Reduce the support slot size need to equip a piece of [SPELL] 2 MEM, VOLLEY, Mana X
armor by 1 step (heavy to main, main to light, light to
free). For every mana spent, a different character you
can see within Scope takes [1d6 Force].

Block
[SKILL] 2 MEM, Reaction, 1/round Mana Reserves
[SKILL] 1 MEM
Trigger: You are hit by an attack roll.
You gain +1 mana.
Effect: Increase your DODGE by 1. You can
increase your DODGE by +1 for every additional
PARRY you spend. If this brings your DODGE
above the attack roll, the attack misses. Two Weapon Fighting
[SKILL] 2 MEM, Unique

1/round when you make an attack with a LIGHT

Endurance weapon, you can make a 2nd attack with another
[SKILL] 1 MEM LIGHT weapon.

+2 HP.

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Weapon Training, Basic Weapon Training, Heavy
[SKILL] 2 MEM [SKILL] 3 MEM

You can equip a single MAIN weapon in a LIGHT You can equip a single HEAVY weapon in a MAIN
slot. slot.

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Signature Equipment
At levels 3, 6, and 9, you can make a piece of
equipment or technique signature, which
means it is a core part of your character’s
identity.
Signature equipment and techniques are easier
to equip than their non-signature versions.
 Signature weapons can be equipped in
a weapon slot one size smaller than
normal, to a minimum of FREE. This
doesn’t change the size of the weapon.
 Signature support items can be
equipped in a support slot one size
smaller than normal, to a minimum of
FREE. This doesn’t change the size of
the support item.
 Signature techniques have their MEM
cost reduced to 0.

Signature equipables are indicated with a star *,

like *Masamune.

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Tags
Equipment and abilities might have tags
associated with them. Below is a list of tags and
their effects.
 Accurate. Attacks with this tag gain +1
ACC.
 Aetheric. Attacks with this tag target A-
Def instead of Dodge, and ignore cover.
 Arcing. Attacks and effects with this tag
Ignore Line of Sight and can be fired
over obstacles, but cover still applies.
 Armor Piercing (AP). Damage ignores
armor.
 Armor. The item is considered armor. A
character can only have one piece of
equipment with this tag equipped.
 Blast X. Attacks and effects with this tag
affect characters within a radius of X
spaces, drawn from a point within the
indicated range and Line of Sight. Cover
and line of sight are calculated based on
the center of the blast, rather than the
attacker’s position.
 Burst X. Attacks and effects with this
tag affect characters within a radius of X
spaces, centered on and including the
space occupied by the user (or target).
The user or target is not affected unless
otherwise indicated. Cover and Line of
Sight are calculated from the character.
If a Burst effect is ongoing, it moves with
the character at its center.
 Cone X. Attacks and effects with this
tag affect characters within a cone, X
spaces long and X spaces wide at its
furthest point. The cone begins 1 space
wide.
 Consumable X. Items or abilities with
this tag can only be used X times per
quest.
 Damage over Time (DoT) X. Damage
over time is ongoing damage. A
character that takes DOT takes the
indicated damage or stress immediately,
and it is considered armor piercing
(AP). At the end of each turn while they
have a DOT, the character makes a
save indicated by the DOT. On a
successful save, all DOT is cleared from
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them. On a failure, they take the DOT
damage, which is always armor
piercing.
 Enchantment. An enchantment
modifies a weapon or support item.
Each weapon or item can only have one
enchantment at a time. Enchantments
can be applied to a new weapon / item
during quest preparation.
 Homing. Attacks and effects with this
tag ignore cover and line of sight. The
attack can hit targets as long as there is
a path to them.
 Inaccurate. Attacks with this tag gain +1
DIF.
 Integrated. Integrated items can’t be
destroyed or modified.
 Limited X. Items or abilities with this tag
can only be used X times per quest.
 Line X. Attacks and effects with this tag
affect characters in a straight-line X
spaces long and 1 space wide.
 Parry X. This weapon or ability costs x
parry to use.
 Pull X. Attacks or abilities with this tag
move the target X spaces straight
toward the point of origin (generally the
attacker or center of a Blast).
 Push X. Attacks or abilities with this tag
move the target X spaces directly away
from the point of origin (generally the
attacker or center of a Blast).
 Quick. This item or ability requires a
quick action to activate.
 Range x. The range at which a ranged
attack or ability can be used.
 Reach X. The range at which a melee
attack or ability can be used. Weapons
with reach can be used to make
Opportunity Attacks.
 Mana X. This weapon or ability costs X
mana to use.
 Reliable X. Attacks with this tag always
deal X damage, even on a miss or if the
damage roll would be less. Reliable
damage inherits other tags, like AP.
 Reloading. A weapon or ability with this
tag must be reloaded after each use.
The RECOVER action and other
abilities allow reloading.
 Slide X. Attacks or abilities with this tag
move the target X spaces in any
direction. Sliding doesn’t provoke
reactions.
 Slow. Items with this tag can ONLY be
used during Phase 7: FULL ATTACK,
and can be the only attack used that
action (unless otherwise indicated).
 Summon. Summons are temporary
characters under the control of another
character. Summons have the follow
statistics unless otherwise indicated:
Size 1, 5 HP, 10 Dodge/A-DEF, 0
armor. When summoned, they are
brought into play in an unoccupied
space within Scope and line of sight.
They can be dismissed as a free action
during your turn. Summons can’t move
unless they have a SPEED or ability that
allows them to move. If they do have
actions or speed, they occur during their
summoner’s turn. As characters, they
can benefit from cover and other
defenses, and make all checks and
saves at +0. A summon reduced to 0 HP
is destroyed. All non-destroyed
summons are restored to full HP during
a rest. Summons persist until the end of
the scene, until destroyed, or until
otherwise indicated.
An ability that creates summons can
only have 1 summon from that instance
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of that ability at a time, unless otherwise
indicated. If a summon is defeated, new
ones can be made from the same ability
unless it is LIMITED / CONSUMABLE
and all charges have been expended.
 Thrown X. A weapon with this tag can
be thrown, making a melee attack
against a character within X spaces and
landing in a space adjacent to the target
(thrower’s choice). Thrown attacks can
be affected by cover. Before being used
again, the weapon must be picked up as
a free action while adjacent to it.
 Trap. Items or abilities with this tag can
be placed in an empty adjacent space.
When a character moves adjacent to a
trap, it activates. Characters leaving an
adjacent space don’t trigger the trap.
Traps are HIDDEN, but can be detected
with the SEARCH action. A detected
trap can be disarmed as a Quick
Action when moving adjacent to one by
passing an AGI check. On a failure, the
trap activates as normal.
 Unbreakable. This item cannot be
destroyed. Ignore any results that would
destroy it.
 Unique. Each character can only have
one copy of an item or ability with this
tag.
 Zone. A zone is a lingering area of
effect.
 09 GM Guide
This section is for people that are interested in
running a game of Beacon. Congratulations!
These sections will be written more casually, as
they focus on how to make a game of Beacon
enjoyable for players AND yourself, which isn’t
as precise of a situation as game rules are.
Setting up the Game
Before you play a game of Beacon, you’ll want
to figure out what type of game you want to play.
This is a higher-level decision than determining
the type of game your players want to play. This
isn’t about the setting or characters, but about
the type of gameplay that you are going to
present to your players.
Beacon is good at
Beacon is a high-fantasy game, where magic is
commonplace and all players have access to it.
Combat is an important part of Beacon, and
most of the rules in the book are devoted to
combat.
If you are running a game of Beacon, combat is
an important tool for resolving conflict. It’s not
meant to solve every problem, but it is used as a
tool to further the story.
 High Fantasy
 Action
 Interesting, tactical battles
Beacon is NOT good at
Beacon isn’t meant for games focusing on
subterfuge, intrigue, or horror. These are
situations often about avoiding fights, and
Beacon very much about fights.
That doesn’t mean that Beacon can’t have
moments of subterfuge or intrigue. It very much
can, and often does. But if the game is going to
have that as a focus, there are honestly other
games that would do a better job of capturing
the feeling of those stories.
 Subterfuge and heists
 Intrigue and social manipulating
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 Horror
 Quick battles
Creating the Setting &
Session 0
Once you know the type of game you want to
play, you can present this information to your
players and begin working on your setting. This
information is usually presented during the first
player meeting, before you actually begin
playing the game. This is commonly referred to
as a Session 0.
During a Session 0, you will go over the type of
game you are running, establish safety tools,
and design your setting.
Safety Tools
Safety tools are tools and resources you can
use in your game to ensure all of the people
playing are having fun and feel safe.
There are a number of things that can make a
person feel unsafe, but in TTRPGs unsafe
situations often come from the content of a
game.
Utilize some form of safety tool to find out which
themes, topics, and scenes you players don’t
feel comfortable playing, and then RESPECT
THOSE DECISIONS.
For example, maybe a player has a phobia of
spiders, which is quite common. They may
request that your game doesn’t feature spiders.
If they do so, YOU DON’T PUT SPIDERS IN
THE GAME, regardless of whether you are a
player or GM. Had an idea for a giant spider
archvillain? Change them.
You should use safety tools even with people
you already know.
Below are summaries of common safety tools.
X Card
(Created by John Stavropoulos)
The X card is a card or object that people can
touch or raise. Whenever there is a scene that
makes them uncomfortable, they can raise/touch
the X card, and you STOP THAT SCENE. You
can then discuss next steps, but you don’t
require the person who used the X card to
explain their reasoning unless they want to.
There are other variations of the X card,
including fast forward, pause, and rewind
options.
You can find more about the X card here:
http://tinyurl.com/x-card-rpg
Lines and Veils
(Created by Ron Edwards)
Before the game, you establish lines and veils
with all the players.
A line is something that should not be crossed.
This is something you don’t want in the game at
all. For example, if someone places ‘torture’ as a
line, torture does not happen in the game in any
way, shape, or form.
A veil is hinted at, but not shown. It gets put
behind a veil or curtain. Things established as a
veil can happen, but we won’t show it. For
example, if someone places ‘love scenes’ as a
veil, love scenes can happen in the story, but
we’re not going to show it or dwell on it.
Designing a Setting
Some GMs have prepared settings that they
use, while others design one around the
characters their players make.
For Beacon we suggest including your players in
any discussion around the setting. Providing
some structure or outline can help focus player
ideas, but in general players can get more
invested in a setting if they have some say in it.
Part of the problem with a setting that the GM
created in isolation is that the GM is the only
person familiar with the setting. Players have to
ask questions about things their characters
might know. On the flip side, if the players
created some locations or organizations, they’re
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more invested in it. Additionally, it’s a signal to
the GM about what things the players are
interested in.
Below I’ll include some basic prompts to use
when creating a setting together with players.
Additionally, in Chapter XXX we have some pre-
established, interesting settings. Like mentioned
here, they provide some guidelines, but still ask
players to contribute aspects of the setting.
Prompts
 How do people live? Cities, towns,
nomadic, etc.?
 How do people commonly travel long
distances?
 What is the fastest mode of travel?
 How does magic work?
o This can spin off into a whole
separate discussion about
magic systems.
 What species exist or are commonly
encountered? Humans, elves, machina,
etc.
 What supernatural creatures exist?
Vampires, werewolves, fiends, etc.
 What is the currency used?
o Beacon doesn’t care about
currency. Nothing in the game
rules use currency, and
narrative play only talks about
currency in broad strokes.
Basically, do you have enough
at this moment for what you
want?
 Do deities exist, or do people believe
they exist?
 What great disaster is still in everyone’s
mind?
 What is a secret about the world that
people don’t know?
GM Tips
Running a game can be hard, so here are some
general tips that might help.
 Ask the players questions
 Allow the players to decide or answer
things.
  When a player is struggling to explain
their action, or you are having problems
understanding or deciding how to rule a
decision, ask the player for their intent.
What do they hope to accomplish, or
what do they hope happens out of this?
 When a player has a cool idea, try to not
say no to it. Try to say “yes”, “yes AND”,
or “no, BUT”. If you have to shut
something down, try to offer an
alternative.
 Root for the players, and try to help their
plans work.
 If the PCs want to fight each other, first
evaluate WHY. If it’s an out-of-character
conflict, see if you can find a
compromise or change a story element
to appease everyone. After all, the most
important thing is that everyone is
having fun. It is ok to change things. If
it’s an in-character conflict, the best way
to handle that is through narrative play.
BEACON combat isn’t set up for or
balanced around player-versus-player
fights.
 You should want your players to win and
be awesome. Your job isn’t to try and
have them fail, but put challenges in
front of them to either overcome or
adapt to.
 Never put your players in a combat
scene that you want them to lose. If you
want them to lose a fight, evaluate why.
If you think it’s the best thing for the
story, then handle it in narrative play.
Combat is too involved to waste with a
hopeless situation. You can still have
PCs “win” a combat scene and have
negative story outcomes. Holdout
scenes are great for that, where you are
trying to outlast an overwhelming
number of foes. Success could be trying
to avoid the worst-case scenario,
instead of a straight up good one.
Loot and Rewards
Characters can receive additional rewards
outside of their class-based rewards. Some
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rewards can be narrative, like gaining the trust
or backing of a powerful organization, and
others are mechanical, like loot.
Assigning Loot
Players receive loot after each quest. Each
player receives their own set of options.
Players receive either a loot cache if the quest
was overall a success, or a single piece of
random loot per player if it wasn’t.
A loot cache is a set of 3 randomized pieces of
loot, from which they can select 1 piece to add
to their list of available equipment and
techniques.
Narrative Loot
Whenever you feel appropriate, you can give
players a specific item to add to their loot, or
give them a free loot cache.
For unique, one-of-a-kind pieces of loot, you can
give one copy to the group, and have the
players decide who gets that one item.
For loot that is less unique, you can
automatically give each player that specific
piece of loot.
Building a Loot Cache
Loot caches are a set of randomized choices for
a player. Each cache has 3 different options,
with different chances for rarer items.
Roll a percentile die to determine the types and
rarities and each slot, and then use a random
number generator to pick the actual loot options.
Loot can be found in chapter XX.
Loot Cache
GENERAL LOOT
SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3
 TYPE CHANCE
34% Technique 34% Technique 34% Technique
33% Weapon 33% Weapon 33% Weapon
33% Support 33% Support 33% Support Narrative Rewards
RARITY CHANCE Players can obtain non-mechanical rewards
0% legendary 20% legendary 35% legendary through narrative play. The backing of a
powerful organization, an airship, or a base of
25% Rare 50% Rare 65% Rare operations can all be rewards that shape the
75% Uncommon 30% Uncommon 0% Uncommon story, but don’t provide a direct impact on
combat.

10 Building a Quest
Beacon revolves around quests. Beacons will
prepare for quests and use narrative and
combat play to either succeed or fail at a quest.
Quests are staged like beats in a story, with
combats as the highlight or leading toward the
highlight. Each quest should reveal something
about the story.
Quests usually have between 2 and 4 combat
scenes, with narrative scenes between them.
The final combat scene should be the dramatic
high point of the quest.
The completion of a quest should also further
the main story, even if not directly. Perhaps the
players learn an important fact about the
Scourge when they complete this quest, or
maybe they take out an important agent of the
Scourge.
Here are some ideas for quests.
 Rescue. Someone needs to be
rescued. Locate them, work your way
through the kidnappers, and bring them
back safely.
 Eradicate. A dangerous threat has
arisen, and needs to be destroyed or
routed.
 Recon. You need information that
someone has. You either need to get
away with the information, or someone
that knows the information. This type of
quest usually involves some level of
stealth or subterfuge.
 Liberate. An area or group of people
are under the oppressive rule of
another. Free them by destroying the
occupying force. This quest differs from
rescue in that the point of the quest isn’t
to get people away from a dangerous
situation, but to remove the dangerous
situation.
 Obtain. You need to get something that
someone has, and they won’t willingly
part with it. This might be an artifact,
weapon, or family heirloom.
 Relocate. An object or person needs to
be safely transported from one location
to another. There will be hostile forces
that wish to destroy or steal whatever is
being located.

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 11 Combat Scenes
Combat scenes are where beacons engage in
combat against hostile forces. As a tactical
game, combat is the focus of Beacon.
Combat in Beacon uses information
transparency. The goal isn’t to hide information
from your players or trick them, but rather to
allow them to make informed decisions.
During a combat scene, you share the following
information with players.
 The unit class and templates of all
enemies.
 The location of HIDDEN and INVISIBLE
characters
 Where enemies are on the map at all
times, regardless of line of sight
 Whether enemies are BLOODIED or at
the BREAKING POINT.
 The combat type and all relevant goals.
 The location of traps.
 The mechanics of any abilities or items
that an NPC uses.
Other information is restricted unless specifically
accessed like an NPCs stats and equipped
features. Certain items or abilities, like the Lore
Book support item, can access restricted
information.
Make Them Interesting
Beacon combats should be more than just a
battle against faceless minions. These should be
stakes, a reason for the fight, and features that
make it interesting.
Is the fight on rocks floating in lava?
Keep Players Active
Depending on the actions a player takes each
round, there might be a decent amount of time
between their turns. Try to minimize effects or
situations that would take a player out of a fight.
Instead of falling into a pit and having to waste
multiple turns climbing out, remove a recovery,
take away HP, or impose a condition on them to
reflect the time and energy spent returning to the
fight.
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Beware STUNNED
The STUNNED condition is rare, but powerful.
Abilities that impose STUNNED on PCs are
limited, because it’s not fun to lose a turn. Don’t
go too heavy on NPCs with stun abilities, and try
not to keep one player stunned too often. This is
one of the cases where you DON’T want to play
too optimally.
Size and Terrain
On average, maps should be at around 25x25
spaces on each side. This gives enough room
for a tight, efficient scene.
Avoid combats in plain, open fields. Place terrain
and objects around the combat to give people
opportunity to find cover and avoid line of sight.
Play Smart
Beacon isn’t a game that asks GMs to alter their
tactics based on the intelligence of the enemies.
GMs are encouraged to act intelligently,
attacking vulnerable characters or avoiding
dangerous situations.
PCs in Beacon have the ability to actively
defend, so they don’t need the GM to focus
attacks on them because they’re the “tank”. If
they want to protect their allies, they can use the
DEFEND action or other abilities to keep them
safe.
That being said, you don’t HAVE to do this. You
can play a berserker as someone that only
attacks the closest PC. I just want GMs to know
that the game is designed around the idea that
you can attack intelligently as a GM.
But remember. Be rooting for your players to
win.

Combat Types
Each combat scene uses a combat type. These
are designed to make combat more engaging
that just “destroy all enemies”. Many feature
solutions that allow a combat scene to be ended
quickly.
The default combat type is elimination.
Acquire
Get to the control zone and hold it for 8 rounds.
Goal: At the end of the 8th round, if there are
more PCs than enemies in the control zone, the
PCs win.
Setup: PCs have a deployment zone. Create a
control zone, which is also the enemy
deployment zone. The control zone should be
fortified with cover. Place reinforcement zones.
Rules: At the end of the 8th round, determine if
there are more enemies in the control zone than
PCs. Solos count as 4 characters, Elites count
as 2, Minions count as 1/4, and summons count
as 0.
GM Prep: The GM prepares the normal number
of enemies, but holds half as reinforcements.
Deployment: NPCs deploy first.
Reinforcements: At the end of the first round,
the GM deploys all reinforcements in any
reinforcement zones.
Assassinate
Must destroy a specific character before round
6.
Goal: Destroy the target by the end of round 6.
Secondary Goal: Destroy all enemies or
escape.
Setup: Enemies are deployed anywhere on the
map. PCs have a deployment zone. An
extraction zone is created on the map, generally
somewhere between the PC deployment zone
and the assassination target. Reinforcement
zones are created.
Rules: The assassination target will either try to
flee or fight. Only the PCs and target can
extract. They can do so as an action during
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PHASE 8: DELAY while inside the extraction
zone. Once the target is defeated, the quest
ends only when either a) all enemies are
defeated, b) all undefeated PCs extract, or c) the
PCs are defeated.
GM Prep: The GM prepares twice the normal
number of enemies. Half are deployed at the
start of combat, and the other half are
reinforcements.
Deployment: Enemies deploy first.
Reinforcements: At the start of any round, the
GM can deploy 1 NPC (or up to 4 minions) in
any reinforcement zone.
Control
Hold control points
Goal: Have more points than the enemy teams
at the end of the 6th round.
Setup: Create a PC deployment zone and
enemy deployment zone at opposite ends of the
map. Create 4 control zones, evenly spaced
between the PC and enemy deployment zones.
Rules: At the end of each round, determine if a
control zone is controlled by a team. A zone is
controlled if only characters of that team are
present in the zone. A team gets 1 point for
every zone controlled. If a team controls all 4
zones, they gain +1 point. At the end of the 6th
round, the team with the most points win.
GM Prep: The GM prepares the normal number
of enemies. If any are used as reinforcements,
they are deployed in the enemy deployment
zone.
Deployment: 50% chance PCs deploy first;
50% enemies deploy first.
Defend
An objective must be protected for 6 rounds, and
will be attacked.
Goal: The objective must be undefeated at the
end of the 6th round. If the objective is defeated,
the quest immediately fails.
Setup: Create a PC deployment zone near the
center of the map, which is fortified with cover,
and an enemy deployment zone near an edge of
the map. Create the objective, which is a
character with the following stats: (Size=1/2 to 2,
HP=15 per size (minimum 10), armor=0,
Dodge/A-Def=10)
Rules: Enemies will focus on attacking the
objective. When a character begins their
standard movement adjacent to the objective, it
moves along with them. If objective is adjacent
to two characters from different sides, it stops
moving and won’t move further. This is
considered contested. The objective doesn’t
move on its own.
GM Prep: The GM prepares the normal number
of enemies. If any are used as reinforcements,
they are deployed anywhere near the edge of
the map at the start of a round.
Deployment: PCs deploy first, and they also
deploy the objective in their deployment zone.
Elimination
The most basic type of combat, two or more
teams fight until all enemies are defeated or
routed.
Goal: Defeat all enemies.
Setup: Create a PC deployment zone and
reinforcement zones if there are reinforcements.
Rules: No special rules.
GM Prep: The GM prepares the normal number
of enemies. If any are used as reinforcements,
they are deployed in reinforcement zones at the
start of a round.
Deployment: 50% chance PCs deploy first;
50% enemies deploy first.
Escort
Safely escort the objective to the extraction
zone.
Goal: PCs win if the objective has been
extracted by the end of the 8th round.
Setup: Create a PC deployment zone, enemy
deployment zone, extraction zone, and
reinforcement zones. Create the objective,
which is a character with the following stats:
(Size=1/2 to 2, HP=10 per size (minimum 10),
armor=0, Dodge/A-Def=10)
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Rules: Enemies will not willingly attack or
damage the objective. When a character begins
their standard movement adjacent to the
objective, it moves along with them. If objective
is adjacent to two characters from different
sides, it stops moving and won’t move further.
This is considered contested. The objective
doesn’t move on its own.
PCs can extract at the extraction zone as a free
action at the end of their turn. The VIP extracts
if it is adjacent to a PC that extracts and it isn’t
contested.
GM Prep: The GM prepares twice the normal
number of enemies. Half are deployed at the
start of combat, and the other half are
reinforcements.
Deployment: PCs deploy first, and they also
deploy the objective in their deployment zone.
Reinforcements: At the start of any round, the
GM can deploy 1 NPC (or up to 4 minions) in
any reinforcement zone.
Holdout
Survive 6 rounds, keeping enemies out of the
control zone.
Goal: Have a score of 1 or higher at the end of
round 6.
Setup: The PCs have a control zone, which is
also their deployment zone. The control zone
should be fortified with cover.
Rules: The PCs start with a number of points
equal to the number of PCs. At the end of the 6th
round, the PCs lose 1 point for every enemy in
the control zone. The PCs win if their score is 1
or higher. Summons don’t count.
GM Prep: The GM prepares twice the normal
number of enemies. Half are deployed at the
start of combat, and the other half are
reinforcements.
Deployment: PCs deploy first.
Reinforcements: At the start of any round, the
GM can deploy up to 2 NPCs (or up to 4
minions) anywhere near the edge of the map.
 Raid
Open a certain number of caches before the end
of round 8.
Goal: PCs win if they can open X caches before
the end of round 8, where X = the number of
PCs.
Setup: Create a PC deployment zone, NPC
deployment zone, and reinforcement zones. The
GM prepares caches equal to the number of
PCs + 2 and places them around the map.
Rules: To open a cache, a PC must be adjacent
to it and use a Quick Action. Caches can be
Locked, which means they need a successful
AGI check as a Quick Action to successfully
access the cache.
GM Prep: The GM prepares twice the normal
number of enemies. Half are deployed at the
start of combat, and the other half are
reinforcements.
Deployment: PCs deploy first.
Reinforcements: At the start of any round, the
GM can deploy 1 NPC (or up to 4 minions) in
any reinforcement zone.
Rescue
Rescue the objective and successfully extract it
before the end of the 8th round.
Goal: PCs win if the objective has been
extracted by the end of the 8th round
Setup: PCs have a deployment zone, which is
also their extraction zone. Create reinforcement
zones around the map. Place the objective
deployment zone far away from the PC
deployment zone.
Rules: The objective is a character with the
following stats: (Size=1/2 to 2, HP=10 per size
(minimum 10), armor=0, Dodge/A-Def=10)
Enemies will not willingly attack or damage the
objective. When a character begins their
standard movement adjacent to the objective, it
moves along with them. If the objective is
adjacent to two characters from different sides, it
stops moving and won’t move further. This is
considered contested. The objective doesn’t
move on its own.
PCs can extract at the extraction zone as a free
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action at the end of their turn. The VIP extracts
if it is adjacent to a PC that extracts and it isn’t
contested.
GM Prep: The GM prepares twice the normal
number of enemies, but all of them are
reinforcements.
Deployment: PCs deploy first.
Reinforcements: At the start of any round, the
GM can deploy up to 2 NPC (or up to 4 minions)
in different reinforcement zones. They can’t
same use the same reinforcement zone twice in
a row.
Seek
An objective is hidden in one of four control
zones and must be found. The PCs must control
the true objective at the end of the 6th round.
Goal: If the PCs control the true objective at the
end of the 6th round, they win.
Setup: The enemy deployment zone is in the
middle of the map. The PCs have a deployment
zone on one end of the map, and the
reinforcement zone is on the opposite end.
There are four control zones on the map, one of
which is secretly the true objective.
Rules: To determine if a control zone holds the
true objective or not, while within one a PC can
take an action during any phase to learn
whether it is the true objective or not.
To control the true objective, only PCs can be in
that control zone. Otherwise, it is contested.
GM Prep: The GM prepares the normal number
of enemies. If any are used as reinforcements,
they are deployed in the reinforcement zone.
Deployment: PCs deploy first.
Reinforcements: At the start of any round, the
GM can deploy up to 1 NPC (or up to 4 minions)
in the reinforcement zone.
Survive
Survive 8 rounds.
Goal: Have at least 1 PC undefeated by the end
of the 8th round.
Setup: The PCs have a deployment zone.
Rules: At least 1 PC has to be undefeated at the Deployment: PCs deploy first.
end of the 8th round.
Reinforcements: At the start of any round, the
GM Prep: The GM prepares twice the normal GM can deploy up to 2 NPCs (or up to 4
number of enemies. Half are deployed at the minions) anywhere near the edge of the map.
start of combat, and the other half are
reinforcements.

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 12 Non-Player Characters (NPCs)
Characters not controlled by a player are called
non-player characters, or NPCs. An NPC can
be a friend, foe, beast, or anything else that the
GM presents.
In narrative play, NPCs don’t roll dice or have
statistics. Instead, they react to actions taken by
the players.
In combat play, NPCs are characters with their
own set of rules that are slightly different from
the players.
Combat Play NPCs
Beacon doesn’t use unique statistics for every
single character and monster the players might
face. Instead, we use a number of general
frameworks to place each NPC into, called a
Unit Type.
Unit Type
Units are a collection of abilities and statistics
that represent a general theme. For example,
the firebug class could be used for a fire
breathing dragon or a magitech pyromancer.
Units fall into a few basic roles:
 Striker: damage dealer
 Artillery: long range attacks or support.
Accurate but fragile.
 Controller: Effects that control the
battlefield and the positions/status of
enemies. Limited direct damage.
 Defender: Defends allies, tough and
hard to take down.
 Support: Effects and abilities that
supports allies. Limited direct damage.
Unit Templates
Templates are additional features that can be
added to a unit. Units have the ability to equip
templates, which can drastically alter how they
play. Some templates, like the Elite or Solo
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templates, change how many units can be
deployed in a combat scene.
Unit Tiers
There are three tiers of unit. Tier 1, tier 2, and
tier 3.
Each unit has a tier. Higher tiered units are
stronger and tougher than lower tiered
characters. Each of the three unit tiers are
meant to provide a challenge to characters of
certain levels.
 T1: Level 1-4
 T2: Level 5-8
 T3: Level 9-10
Units of a higher tier than the PC’s current level
can be encountered, but they represent a harder
challenge.
Within a unit, their tier will change certain
values. Three values separated by a slash, like
+1/+2/+3, indicate what value is used by which
tier. T1 uses the first value, T2 the middle value,
and T3 the last value.
Unit Initiative
Units take their turns in a different way than PCs
do. Instead of taking a turn during a phase that
contains the action they wish to take, each unit
specifies which phase they take their turn
during. The unit can take ANY action during that
phase, regardless of what actions are normally
available during that phase.
For example, a firebug unit’s initiative is PHASE
5: BRAWL. They take their turn during this
phase, and can take any action during it.
Some unit templates, like solo units, might have
traits that let them use the normal action-phase
rules of PCs.
  Units have an overstress cap of 1, and
Unit Actions are VULNERABLE while they exceed
Units have access to the same actions as PCs, their stress cap instead of making an
but with some changes. Unit actions are listed overstress check. If a unit has an
overstress cap of 2 or higher, they follow
below. Units can’t use the REROLL TABLE or
the normal overstress rules of PCs.
SURGE unless otherwise specified.
 If a unit doesn’t have a stress cap, they
1. BOLSTER take stress damage as force damage, or
 Defend: Attacks against this unit lunar damage if immune to force.
have +1 DIF until the start of  Units can’t use the REROLL TABLE.
their next turn.  Units can’t SURGE.
 Recover: Clear all stress and
either a) Regain all mana, b)
reload all RELOAD weapons Encounter Building
and abilities, or c) Clear a  One or two units per PC
condition.
 4 minions per PC
2. CHANNEL: As normal
 1 elite per 1 or 2 PC
3. SKIRMISH
 1 ultra per 4 PC
 Volley: As normal
 Cast: As normal
 Mark: As normal Designing an NPC
 Search: As normal
4. REPOSITION When designing an NPC, do the following:
 Rush: As normal  Pick a unit type
 Hide: As normal  Choose 0-2 extra features
5. BRAWL o Extra features are provided by
 Fight: As normal. the universal unit features, the
 Push: As normal, but with a class, and some templates.
[+1/+2/+3] attack bonus.  Choose a tier
 Grapple: As normal, but with a  Decide whether to add templates
[+1/+2/+3] attack bonus.
6. RELEASE: As normal An NPC can look or act like anything. The
7. FULL ATTACK: As normal GIANT unit type can be a literal frost giant, or a
8. DELAY: As normal giant spider.

Special Actions Tinkering with NPCs

 Ready: As normal In general, you can change the source of an

NPCs features between weapon, skill, and spell
Reactions without altering gameplay too much. For
 Opportunity Attack: As normal. example, changing the GUNNER’s repeater
from a weapon to a spell isn’t a big change.

Unit Special Rules

Units have some additional differences between
them and PCs.
 Units are defeated at 1 wound, unless
they have certain templates.

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Unit Types
Aviator
Support
Aerial support that marks targets with ranged magic.
Aviators hover high above the battlefield, marking enemies for destruction. With their magical prowess
and speed, they remain not only in the air, but as far away as possible to keep themselves safe while
channeling their powerful abilities. Aviators are well defended against magical attacks, but if they can be
attacked with weapons, they’ll quickly fall.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: any (1)  Size: any (1)  Size: any (1)
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 15  Scope: 15  Scope: 20
 Save DC: 11  Save DC: 14  Save DC: 18
 Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:
CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk -1 Mind 1 Bulk -1 Mind 2 Bulk -1 Mind 3

Agility 0 Magic 2 Agility 1 Magic 3 Agility 1 Magic 5

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 10 Stress 8 Hp 10 Stress 9 Hp 10 Stress 10

cap cap cap
Dodge 8 A-def 12 Dodge 10 A-def 15 Dodge 11 A-def 18

Speed 6 Mana 4 Speed 7 Mana 5 Speed 8 Mana 6

Offense

Eye in the Sky Manawell

[Skill] [Channel, Recharge 5+] [Spell] [Cast, Aetheric, Blast 1]
Release: Mark all characters of choice within [+1/+2/+3 vs A-Def] [1/2/3 Stress]
Scope. On Hit: Target is MARKED.

Stressful Gaze
[Spell] [Channel, Mana 1]
Release: All Marked enemies in Scope take [3/4/5
stress].

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Base Features

Hover
[Trait]
The Aviator can fly and hover.

Extra Features

Counterspell
[Spell] [Reaction, Mana 1]
Trigger: An enemy within Scope makes a spell
attack or channels a spell effect.
Effect: They must pass a MGK save or the effect
is cancelled.
Mana Ward
[Spell] [Reaction, 1/round, Mana 1]
Trigger: The Aviator would take damage.
Effect: The Aviator spends 1 mana to reduce the
damage taken to 1.
Momentum
[Trait]
When an ally within Scope of the Aviator consumes
a mark, they can slide up to their speed.
Propel
[Spell] [Skirmish, Mana 1]
The Aviator targets one character within Scope it
can see. If the character is an ally, they can fly up
to 6 spaces in a straight line. If the character is an
enemy, they must pass a MGK save or be slid 6
spaces in a straight line.

Meteor Crash Thunderbolt

[Spell] [Channel] [Weapon] [Main Artifact]
Channel: Pick a point within Scope and create a [+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
Blast 1 zone that lasts while Channeling. The zone [Range 15] [3/5/7 Astral]
is difficult terrain. Release: All characters within
the zone must make an AGI save, taking [8/9/10 This weapon does double damaging when
Astral] on a failure, or half on a success. The zone consuming a MARK.
then disappears.

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Charger
Striker
The charger is a fast-moving, close-range attacker. They can quickly close the gap between them and
their target, and are protected while doing so.
Chargers are fast moving strikers that utilize hit and run tactics. Chargers should always be moving, and
gains benefits when using RUSH. Their main weapon has reach, which lets them avoid engagement and
pivot on later turns to a new target. Preventing a Charger from moving shuts down many of their abilities
and leaves them vulnerable.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: any (1)  Size: any (1)  Size: any (1)
 Armor: 1  Armor: 1  Armor: 1
 Scope: 5  Scope: 5  Scope: 5
 Save DC: 10  Save DC: 12  Save DC: 14
 Initiative: PHASE 4  Initiative: PHASE 4  Initiative: PHASE 4
REPOSITION REPOSITION REPOSITION

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk 1 Mind 0 Bulk 2 Mind 1 Bulk 4 Mind 1

Agility 1 Magic 0 Agility 2 Magic 0 Agility 1 Magic 0

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 15 Stress 6 Hp 18 Stress 6 Hp 21 Stress 6
cap cap cap
Dodge 10 A-def 7 Dodge 12 A-def 7 Dodge 14 A-def 7
Speed 7 Mana 2 Speed 8 Mana 2 Speed 9 Mana 2

Offense

Axe Lance
[Weapon] [Heavy Longarm, Reliable 2/3/4] Run Through
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] [Skill] [FIGHT, Recharge 5+]
[Reach 2] [6/8/10 physical] Make a line 5 attack with [+1/+2/+3]. On hit,
characters take [4/6/8 physical] and are
WEAKENED until the end of their next turn.

Base Features
Charge Attack against them as a free action.
[Trait]
When the Charger uses RUSH, all movement that
turn can be in a straight line. If they end this Speed Shield
movement adjacent to an enemy and move at least [Support] [Main]
3 spaces, they can make a single weapon attack

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 When the Charger uses RUSH, they gain turn.
resistance to damage until the start of their next

Extra Features
Dangerous Path
[Spell] [RUSH, Mana 1]
The Charger moves up to their speed in a straight
line, creating a zone in the spaces they moved.
This area becomes dangerous terrain. The zone
disappears when the Charger is defeated.
Trample
[Trait]
The Charger can move through the spaces of
hostile characters. It deals [2/3/4 Physical] to
enemies it moves through, 1/turn.

Tipped Explosive
Javelin
[Support] [Main]
[Weapon] [Main Longarm]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] The Charger’s lance gains Push 3. If a pushed
[Range 5 or Reach 3] [5/7/9 physical] character colliders with another character or
object, they stop moving and take an additional
[3/4/5 Physical].

Wild Charge
Retaliation
[Skill]
[Skill]
When the Charger uses RUSH, if it ends its turn
Characters that make an Opportunity Attack
next to a hostile character, it can force them to
against the Charger become MARKED.
make a BLK save or fall PRONE on a failure.

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Cleaver
Striker
Close range brawler with hard hitting, wide swinging attacks.
Cleavers are physical brutes with dangerous attacks. Cleavers want to position themselves near as many
foes as possible and attack as often as they can, to maximize their WIDE ARC trait. Defending against
Cleavers is difficult, as they increase the cost of PARRY abilities, or even outright destroy them. Cleavers
are dependent on melee attacks, and have no abilities that work at range. Engage cleavers at range, or
target their weak A-Defense and Stress Cap scores.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: 2+  Size: 2+  Size: 2+
 Armor: 2  Armor: 2  Armor: 2
 Scope: 5  Scope: 5  Scope: 5
 Save DC: 10  Save DC: 12  Save DC: 14
 Initiative: PHASE 5:  Initiative: PHASE 5:  Initiative: PHASE 5:
BRAWL BRAWL BRAWL

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk 2 Mind 0 Bulk 3 Mind 0 Bulk 5 Mind 1

Agility 0 Magic 0 Agility 1 Magic 1 Agility 1 Magic 1

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 16 Stress 5 Hp 20 Stress 5 Hp 25 Stress 5
cap cap cap
Dodge 8 A-def 6 Dodge 9 A-def 6 Dodge 10 A-def 6
Speed 5 Mana 1 Speed 5 Mana 1 Speed 5 Mana 1

Offense

Cleaver Whirlwind
[Weapon] [Heavy Blade] [Skill] [BRAWL, Recharge 6+]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] All characters within a Burst 2 area centered on
[Reach 1] [5/7/9 Physical] the Cleaver must make an AGI save, taking [5/6/7
physical] on a failure, or half on a success. Any
On Crit: The Cleaver make another Cleaver attacks against the Cleaver until the start of its next
attack, and can use their WIDE ARC trait again. turn while adjacent to it trigger its Wide Arc trait as
if it had attacked, 1/turn.

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Base Features

Break Guard Wide Arc

[Skill] [Trait]
The Cleaver increases the PARRY cost by 1 of 1/turn, When the cleaver makes a melee attack, all
any effects triggered by or targeting the Cleaver. adjacent enemies take [2/3/4 physical].

Extra Features

Energy Cleaver
[Weapon] [Heavy Magitech, AP]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] Shatter Weapon
[Reach 1] [4/6/8 Astral] [Skill] [Recharge 5+]
When the Cleaver hits with a weapon attack, the
target must pass a BLK save or be DISARMED
until the end of their next turn.

Shred
Giant Cleave
[Trait]
[Skill] [BRAWL, Recharge 5+]
The Cleaver creates a Cone 3 zone that lasts until When the Cleaver crits with a melee weapon, the
the end of the scene. The zone is Difficult Terrain. target is SUNDERED until the end of their next turn.
Any characters in the zone when it is created must
make an AGI save. Fail: [4/6/8 Force] Success:
Half damage.
Wind Up
[Skill] [BRAWL, Recharge 6+]
An adjacent character must make a BLK save.
Hook
Success: They take [5/6/7 Physical] and lose 1
[Support] [Heavy] PARRY. Fail: They take [10/12/14 physical], lose
As a Quick Action, make a ranged attack against all their PARRY and are SUNDERED until the end
a character within range 5 with a [+1/+2/+3] of their next turn.
bonus. On a hit, they are pulled to the closest
space adjacent to the Cleaver.

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Commander
Support
Commands allies and looks for advantageous positions.
Commanders are traditionally back-line support units. Their strength is their ability to command their allies
to take actions, or call out Advantageous Positions. The presence of a Commander can allow a unit to
attack more often than they would normally be able to. Which can lead to dangerous combos. On their
own, however, Commanders have no special defenses and rely on positioning and defensive units to
keep them safe.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: any (1)  Size: any (1)  Size: any (1)
 Armor: 2  Armor: 2  Armor: 2
 Scope: 10  Scope: 12  Scope: 15
 Save DC: 11  Save DC: 13  Save DC: 15
 Initiative: PHASE 3:  Initiative: PHASE 3:  Initiative: PHASE 3:
SKIRMISH SKIRMISH SKIRMISH

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk 1 Mind 1 Bulk 1 Mind 2 Bulk 1 Mind 3

Agility 0 Magic 0 Agility 1 Magic 1 Agility 2 Magic 2

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 14 Stress 8 Hp 16 Stress 8 Hp 18 Stress 8
cap cap cap
Dodge 7 A-def 7 Dodge 8 A-def 8 Dodge 9 A-def 9
Speed 5 Mana 3 Speed 5 Mana 4 Speed 5 Mana 5

Offense [Range 5, Reach 3] [5 Physical]

Advantageous Position
[Skill] [SKIRMISH] At T2, you can attack twice with this weapon. At
The Commander creates a [blast 1] zone within t3, you can attack three times.
Scope. Any allies fully inside the zone gain +1
ACC on attacks, checks, and saves. This zone
lasts until the Commander uses this ability again or Focused Attack
is defeated. [Skill] [CHANNEL, Recharge 5+]
Channel: Pick an enemy within Scope and Line of
Sight. Release: All allies of the Commander
Crossbow adjacent to the target can make an Opportunity
[Weapon] [Main Bow] Attack against the target with +1 DIF.
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]

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Base Features

Advanced Targeting
[Trait]
When an ally within Scope consumes a mark, roll a
d6. On a 5-6, the mark remains.

Extra Features

Hit Them Move!

[Skill] [SKIRMISH] [Skill] [SKIRMISH, Mana X]
One ally in Scope can make an attack with +1 DIF. Each mana the Commander spends allows one
ally within Scope to move up to their speed.

Inspiring Presence
[Trait] Priority
[Skill] [MARK, Mana 1]
Adjacent allies gain +1 ACC on attacks, saves, and
checks. Roll 1d3. MARK up to that many characters within
Scope.

Hit Them Spear

[Skill] [SKIRMISH] [Weapon] [Main Longarm]
One ally in Scope can make an attack with +1 DIF. [+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
[Reach 3] [5/7/9 Physical]

Miasma Field
[Spell] [CHANNEL, Mana 1]
Release: All characters in a blast 1 area within
Scope take [2/3/4 stress] and are DAZED until the
end of their next turn.
Weak Point
[Skill] [MARK, Mana 1]
The Commander MARKS a character in Scope.
The target must make a MND save. Success: [1
Stress] Fail: [1 Stress] and they are VULNERABLE
to the first attack that consumes that mark.

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Elementalist
Defender
The elements themselves rise up to defend the Elementalist's allies.
Elementalists protect their allies with magic, supporting them with summoned defenders and area denial
effects. Elementalists work from the backlines, as they have no direct defenses themselves, and are
easily overwhelmed. The Elementalist is also heavily dependent on mana, and negating their ability to
regain it, or causing them to burn through it too quickly can cause them to waste actions.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: any (1)  Size: any (1)  Size: any (1)
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 10  Scope: 10  Scope: 15
 Save DC: 10  Save DC: 12  Save DC: 14
 Initiative: PHASE 1:  Initiative: PHASE 1:  Initiative: PHASE 1:
BOLSTER BOLSTER BOLSTER

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk 0 Mind 1 Bulk 0 Mind 2 Bulk 0 Mind 3

Agility 0 Magic 1 Agility 1 Magic 2 Agility 1 Magic 4

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 14 Stress 8 Hp 14 Stress 9 Hp 16 Stress 10
cap cap cap
Dodge 8 A-def 8 Dodge 8 A-def 9 Dodge 8 A-def 10

Speed 5 Mana 6 Speed 5 Mana 7 Speed 5 Mana 9

Offense

Woodland Staff
[Weapon] [Main Artifact]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
[Range 10] [1/2/3 DOT Astral or Lunar]

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Base Features

Conjure Elemental move it up to speed 2. The elementalist can only

[Spell] [DEFEND, Summon, Mana 3] have 1 elemental at a time.
(Size 2, 20 HP, 10 Dodge/A-DEF).
The Elementalist summons a size 2 elemental in
empty spaces within Scope. Allies adjacent to it Elemental Shield
have all damage reduced by half (after armor and [Spell] [DEFEND, Mana 1]
resistances), and the elemental takes the other The Elementalist or an ally within Scope gains
half, which can’t be reduced. If an adjacent ally is
4/6/8 temp HP. While they have this temp HP, they
attacked, the elemental can use a reaction 1/round
gain resist energy. A character that hits them with
to make a melee attack against them with reach 2
an attack while they have temp HP from this ability
and a [+2/+3/+4] bonus, dealing [4/5/6 Astral or
takes [3/4/5 Astral or Lunar].
Lunar]. During the Elementalist’s turn they can

Extra Features

Dual Shields Unstable Elemental

[Skill] [Trait]
The Elementalist’s Elemental Shield can target two The Elementalist’s summons create a Burst 1 area
allies at a time. upon defeat, dealing [2/3/4 Astral or Lunar] to
enemies in the area.

Quake
[Spell] [CHANNEL, Mana 1]
Vortex
Channel: The Elementalist creates a Blast 2 zone [Spell] [DEFEND, Mana 1]
within Scope, which lasts while channeling. The
zone is difficult terrain. Release: All enemies in the The Elementalist creates a blast 1 zone within
zone are DAZED until the end of their next turn Scope. Enemy attacks that pass through this zone
and must make an AGI save. Fail: They are have +2 DIF. The zone lasts until the Elementalist
knocked PRONE and SLOWED until the end of is SILENCED, DISABLED, STUNNED, or
their next turn. Success: They are SLOWED until defeated.
the end of their next turn.

Walls
Resistance [Spell] [DEFEND, Mana 1]
[Trait] Create a line 3, size 3 high wall within Scope.
Choose one: 1) The wall provides soft cover.
The Elementalist and its summons have resistance Characters can walk through the wall, but they
to Astral or Lunar. take [3/4/5 Astral or Lunar] 1/turn if they move
through it or start their turn in it. 2) The wall
provides hard cover and is an obstacle. The
Elementalist can only have one wall active at a
time.

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Expendable
Striker
Expendable units who overwhelm their foes with numbers.
Expendable units are cannon fodder, a step above minions. Because they are deployed in pairs, they try
to use their superior numbers to defeat their foes. Expendables aren’t expected to survive an encounter,
and try to either deal as much damage as they can, or hinder their foes so their allies can take them out.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: any (1)  Size: any (1)  Size: any (1)
 Armor: 1  Armor: 1  Armor: 1
 Scope: 5  Scope: 5  Scope: 5
 Save DC: 10  Save DC: 12  Save DC: 14
 Initiative: PHASE 5:  Initiative: PHASE 5:  Initiative: PHASE 5:
BRAWL BRAWL BRAWL

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk 2 Mind -2 Bulk 3 Mind -2 Bulk 4 Mind -2

Agility -1 Magic 0 Agility 0 Magic 0 Agility 1 Magic 1

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 6 Stress 5 Hp 8 Stress 5 Hp 10 Stress 5

cap cap cap
Dodge 7 A-def 7 Dodge 9 A-def 9 Dodge 11 A-def 11

Speed 5 Mana 1 Speed 5 Mana 1 Speed 6 Mana 1

Offense

Claws
[Weapon] [Main Club]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] Gnaw
[Reach 1] [3/4/5 Physical] [Skill] [BRAWL]
The Expendable deals [5/7/9 physical] to a
On Hit: Target is grappled. This weapon can be grappled character.
used while DISARMED.

Base Features

Swarm
[Trait]
The Pack Descends
The Expendable is two separate, identical units
instead of one unit. Whenever you deploy an [Trait]
Expendable, you deploy two instead. Expendables While two or more Expendables are adjacent to an
always count as BLOODIED. enemy, the enemy is SUNDERED.

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Extra Features

Basic Bow
[Weapon] [Main Bow, Arcing]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] Hunt by Scent
[Range 8] [4/5/6 Physical] [Trait]
The Expendable automatically detects any HIDDEN
or INVISIBLE creatures in Scope when it uses
SEARCH.

Clutch
[Skill]
While the Expendable is grappling a target, they
are unable to attack any characters except for the
Expendable. Characters that end their turn
grappled by an Expendable take [2/3/4 Physical].
Lash
[Support] [Heavy]
The Mindless can GRAPPLE with a reach of 3. On
a successful grapple, the target is pulled adjacent
to the Mindless if they are the same size or
smaller than the Mindless, otherwise the Mindless
is pulled adjacent to the target.

Exploder
[Trait]
Scramble
When the Expendable is defeated, they unleash a [Trait]
burst of energy. All characters in a Burst 1 area
take [3/4/5 Force]. The Expendable can willingly When the Mindless uses RUSH, they can climb at
defeat themselves as a Quick Action. If they do their normal speed and ignore difficult terrain.
so, the damage becomes [6/8/10 Force].

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Firebug
Striker
A frightening striker that overwhelms foes with damage over time.
While commonly associated with fire, the Firebug class can be reskinned into utilizing any energy type.
They use devastating damage over time effects, which can quickly grow out of control. Firebugs are
focused on close range, area of effect attacks. Spread out and take them down from range, but watch out
for their high armor.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: 2+  Size: 2+  Size: 2+
 Armor: 2  Armor: 2  Armor: 2
 Scope: 5  Scope: 5  Scope: 10
 Save DC: 10  Save DC: 12  Save DC: 15
 Initiative: PHASE 5:  Initiative: PHASE 5:  Initiative: PHASE 5:
BRAWL BRAWL BRAWL

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk 1 Mind 1 Bulk 2 Mind 2 Bulk 4 Mind 2

Agility -1 Magic 1 Agility -1 Magic 2 Agility -1 Magic 3

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 12 Stress 8 Hp 14 Stress 8 Hp 16 Stress 8
cap cap cap
Dodge 8 A-def 8 Dodge 10 A-def 10 Dodge 12 A-def 12

Speed 5 Mana 4 Speed 5 Mana 5 Speed 5 Mana 6

Offense

Destructive Breath
[Weapon] [Heavy Artifact, Mana 1]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
[Cone 5] [3 DOT Astral or Lunar (AGI)]

On Hit: Target is SUNDERED. Clearing all DOT

also clears SUNDERED.

Base Features

Burnproof Firebug chooses Astral or Lunar damage. They are

[Trait] immune to this damage and all DOT. All of their
effects that deal astral or lunar damage deal this
damage.

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Fuel Tank
[Support] [Heavy]
The Firebug regains 1 mana at the start of each of
their turns. This item can be attacked, using the
Firebug’s DODGE/A-DEF, but at +3 DIF. It has 1
HP, armor equal to the Firebug’s current armor,
and is immune to stress and damage from AOEs.
If reduced to 0 HP, it is destroyed. When this
Extra Features
Contagious
[Trait]
When a character takes ongoing DOT damage from
the Firebug (not the upfront damage), enemies
adjacent to them take damage equal to the amount
of DOT and of the same damage type (this damage
isn’t a DOT, and isn’t AP).
Distracting Burns
[Trait]
Whenever a character takes the ongoing DOT
damage from the Firebug (not the upfront damage),
they become MARKED.
Growing Flames
[Trait]
When a character fails the save to clear a DOT
inflicted by the Firebug, one of their DOTs
increases by +1.
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support item is destroyed, either through direct
damage or WOUND damage, the Firebug is
considered BLOODIED until defeated.
Uptick
[Skill]
As a Quick Action, the Firebug can spend 1 Mana
and target a character within Scope that has DOT.
Increase the amount of DOT by +1.
Siegebreaker
[Skill] [BRAWL, Recharge 5+]
The Firebug creates a Blast 2 area within Scope.
All characters in the area must pass an AGI save
or take [4/6/8 Astral or Lunar] + [2/3/4 DOT Astral
or Lunar (AGI)].
Ring of Fire
[Skill]
The Firebug is surrounded by a Burst 2 aura.
Characters that start their turn within the aura, or
enter it for the first time during a turn take [2/3/4
Stress] Characters within burst 1 of the Firebug are
immune to this effect (Basically, there is a Burst 1
safe zone).
Terrify
[Skill] [BRAWL, Recharge 5+]
Characters within burst 1 must make MND save.
Fail: [4/5/6 stress], MARKED, and DAZED.
Characters can attempt to remove the DAZED
condition with a MND save as a Quick Action,
removing the condition on a success, or taking an
additional [1 Stress] on another failure. Success:
[1 stress].
Giant
Defender
This towering defender can tear up the terrain for cover.
Giants are slow, aggressive defenders that use their size and impressive strength to protect their allies.
Giants can manipulate the terrain, creating pieces of cover when they attack. Giants want to attack as
often as possible, either with their Tree Club or Skyfall, since each one lets them create beneficial cover.
Between their created cover and their size, a Giant’s allies can position themselves strategically. Keeping
them separated from their allies can lessen the effectiveness of their traits, and destroying their cover
negates most of their defensive benefits.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: 3  Size: 3  Size: 3
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 10  Scope: 10  Scope: 10
 Save DC: 11  Save DC: 14  Save DC: 16
 Initiative: PHASE 5:  Initiative: PHASE 5:  Initiative: PHASE 5:
BRAWL BRAWL BRAWL

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk 3 Mind 0 Bulk 4 Mind 1 Bulk 6 Mind 1

Agility -1 Magic 0 Agility -1 Magic 1 Agility -1 Magic 2

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 25 Stress 8 Hp 30 Stress 10 Hp 35 Stress 12

cap cap cap
Dodge 6 A-def 6 Dodge 6 A-def 6 Dodge 6 A-def 6
Speed 4 Mana 2 Speed 4 Mana 2 Speed 4 Mana 3

Offense

Skyfall Tree Club

[Skill] [VOLLEY, Arcing, Mana 1] [Weapon] [Heavy Club, Push 2]
Create a size 2 piece of hard cover (with 5 HP) in [+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
empty spaces within Scope. Allies adjacent to this [Reach 2] [6/7/8 Physical]
cover gain resistance to all damage. Enemies
adjacent to it when created must make an AGI On Hit: Target must pass a BLK save or be
save, falling PRONE on a failure. knocked PRONE.

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Base Features
Bulky
[Trait]
The Giant counts as hard cover for its allies.
Create Cover
[Skill]
When the Giant attacks, they can create a size 1
piece of hard cover (with 5 HP) adjacent to them.
Extra Features
Crush
[Skill] [GRAPPLE]
The Giant makes a GRAPPLE attack against a
character within reach 2, with +1 ACC per size the
Giant is larger than the target (in addition to the flat
+1/+2/+3 bonus). On a hit, the character is
PULLED adjacent to the Giant and becomes
DAZED, IMMOBILIZED, and PRONE. These
conditions last until the grapple ends, the Giant
grapples another character, or the Giant becomes
STUNNED.
Hurl Stone
[Weapon] [Heavy Club, Arcing]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
[Range 15, Blast 1] [5/6/7 Physical]
On Hit: The target is DAZED until they hit the
Giant with an attack, deal damage to it, or it is
defeated.
Infused Terrain
[Trait]
When a piece of cover the Giant created is
destroyed, it creates a Burst 1 area, dealing [2/3/4
Lunar] to enemies in the area.
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Allies adjacent to one of these pieces of cover gain
resistance to damage.
Heavy
[Trait]
The Giant is immune to forced movement from
smaller characters.
Rumbling
[Spell]
Cover created by the Giant creates a Burst 1 Zone.
Enemies that start their turn in the zone, or enter it
for the first time in a turn must pass a MGK save or
be SILIENCED until the end of their next turn. The
zone lasts until the cover is destroyed, and the
zone is suppressed while the Giant is SILENCED.
Stomp
[Skill]
When the Giant makes a melee attack, all adjacent
enemies must pass an AGI save or fall PRONE.
Throw
[Skill] [Recharge 5+]
When the Giant hits a character with a melee
attack, the target must pass a BLK save or be
pushed 5 spaces away in a straight line. If they are
pushed into an object or character, they fall
PRONE. If they are pushed into a character, the
other character must pass a BLK save or fall
prone.
Gunner
Artillery
With a wide array of special bullets, the Gunner can inflict status effects from a distance.
Gunners are long distance fighters whose damage is dependent on their mana. As artillery, they want to
position themselves far away from any danger, leveraging their long range to keep them safe and
stationary. Gunners can regain mana while stationary, which allows them to attack for longer before
needing to regain mana. Gunners can be heavily customized based on their special bullets, which have
a variety of effects. Effects that DISARM the gunner reduce their maximum mana, which can weaken
them during a long fight. Hit them hard, use cover to your advantage, and deplete their mana if possible.
Artwork is a gunslinger with a hat with an eye on it. Beholder Gijinka
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 15  Scope: 15  Scope: 15
 Save DC: 10  Save DC: 13  Save DC: 16
 Initiative: PHASE 7:  Initiative: PHASE 7:  Initiative: PHASE 7:
FULL ATTACK FULL ATTACK FULL ATTACK

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk -1 Mind 1 Bulk -1 Mind 2 Bulk -1 Mind 2

Agility 1 Magic 1 Agility 2 Magic 2 Agility 4 Magic 3

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 12 Stress 6 Hp 14 Stress 7 Hp 16 Stress 8

cap cap cap
Dodge 10 A-def 10 Dodge 12 A-def 10 Dodge 14 A-def 10
Speed 5 Mana 6 Speed 5 Mana 8 Speed 5 Mana 10

Offense

Barrage Repeater
[Skill] [FULL ATTACK, Recharge 6+] [Weapon] [Light Magitech, Mana 1]
The Gunner can attack with their Repeater twice. [+2/+3/+4 vs Dodge]
[Range 15] [X Force]

This weapon’s damage is equal to the Gunner’s

current mana. This weapon can attack 2 different
targets at once (1 mana per action, not attack for
this weapon).

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Base Features

Backup Weapons
[Trait]
Steady Reloading
The Gunner has a number of weapons (“eyes”)
equal to their maximum mana. If the Gunner would [Skill]
be DISARMED or have their weapon destroyed or a At the start of the Gunner’s turn, if they haven’t
skill unfocused, they instead lose 1 mana and their moved since the start of their last turn, they regain
maximum mana is reduced by 1. 1 mana.

Extra Features

Antimagic Field
[Trait]
Death Bullets
At start of each of their turns, The Gunner can aim [Support] [Light, Recharge 6+]
a CONE 5 zone from themself. Spells can’t be cast
in the area. If Gunner is BLINDED or STUNNED, On Hit: Target must pass a BLK save or take 1
the zone disappears until reactivated at the start of WOUND instead of the normal damage.
a turn when not under these conditions.

Dissolving Bullets
Hover [Support] [Light]
[Trait] On Hit: Target is SUNDERED until cleared.
The Gunner can Fly and Hover.

Special Bullets
[Support] [Light]
The Gunner can spend +1 mana when making a
repeater attack for one of the following effects.
Each attack can only benefit from one special
bullet at a time, and the effects apply to all attacks
made by the repeater that turn. Each special bullet
counts as a separate feature.
Charm Bullets
[Support] [Light]
On Hit: Target must pass a MND save or the
Gunner picks one of the following: a) Moves the
target up to their speed, which doesn’t count as
forced movement, or b) target makes an attack
with a weapon of the Gunner’s choice against a
target of the Gunner’s choice.
Fear Bullets
[Support] [Light]
On Hit: Target must pass a MND save or be
unable to move closer to the GUNNER, and are
DAZED while they have Line of Sight to the
Gunner. The target can repeat the save at end of
each of their turns to end this effect.
Freezing Bullets
[Support] [Light]
On Hit: Target must pass a BLK save or be
IMMOBILIZED and DAZED. The target can repeat
the save at end of each of their turns to end this
effect.

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Punch Through Bullets
[Support] [Light]
On Hit: Deals double damage to summons,
objects, and terrain. Stun Bullets
[Support] [Light, Recharge 6+]
On Hit: Target must pass a BLK save or be
Slow Bullets STUNNED until the end of their next turn.
[Support] [Light]
On Hit: Target is SLOWED. The target can make
a MGK save at end of each of their turns to end
this effect.
Weakening Bullets
[Support] [Light]
On Hit: Target is WEAKENED. The target can
make a BLK save at end of each of their turns to
end this effect.

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Healer
Support
Healers keep their allies healthy with healing and support magic.
Healers are vulnerable support units that can keep their allies alive longer. The longer a Healer remains
on a field, the more they can restore HP to their allies. They have little physical defense, although as a
spellcaster their aetheric defense is higher than average. Healers need to be properly defended to gain
the most use out of them. Take them down quickly to make the rest of the fight easier, or inflict enough
damage on their allies to destroy them outright. Watch out for Healers with the Resurrect ability,
especially when an Elite or Solo enemy might be brought back to the fight.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 10  Scope: 10  Scope: 15
 Save DC: 11  Save DC: 13  Save DC: 15
 Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:
CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk 0 Mind 1 Bulk 0 Mind 2 Bulk 0 Mind 3

Agility 0 Magic 1 Agility 0 Magic 3 Agility 0 Magic 5

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 12 Stress 10 Hp 14 Stress 11 Hp 16 Stress 12

cap cap cap
Dodge 6 A-def 10 Dodge 8 A-def 12 Dodge 10 A-def 14
Speed 6 Mana 4 Speed 6 Mana 5 Speed 6 Mana 6

Offense

Healing Beacon Rebuking Word

[Spell] [MARK]
Mark a target in Scope. The first character to
consume that mark regains 4/5/6 HP.
[Spell] [CAST, Aetheric]
[+1/+2/+3 vs A-Def] [1 Stress]
On Hit: Until the end of their next turn, If the target
ends their turn closer to the Healer, they take [2
Stress]. If they end their turn adjacent to the
Healer, they take an additional [2 Stress].

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Base Features

Bless
[Skill] [SKIRMISH]
One ally within Scope becomes blessed. They gain Heal
+1 ACC on attacks, checks, and saves, and deal [Spell] [CHANNEL, Mana 1]
+1d6 bonus damage on a critical hit. This effect Release: One character within Scope regains
lasts until the Healer is STUNNED, defeated, or 10/12/14 HP.
uses this ability again.

Extra Features

Drain Strength Relief

[Trait] [Spell] [CHANNEL, Mana 1]
When the Healer MARKS a character, they must Release: Remove all conditions and negative
pass a MGK save or be WEAKENED until the end effects from one character within Scope. They can
of their next turn. immediately SLIDE up to their speed.

Resurrect
Dual Cast
[Spell] [CHANNEL, Mana 2, Recharge 6+]
[Trait]
Channel: The Healer selects a defeated ally within
The Healer can use Heal on two characters at once, Scope. Release: The character returns to play as
but the healing amount is halved for each character. if new, but their HP cannot exceed their
BLOODIED value, and their stress cannot be
below their BREAKING value.
Healing Zone
[Spell] [CHANNEL, Mana 1]
Shield
Release: Create a Blast 1 zone within Scope.
[Spell] [CHANNEL]
Allies that start their turn within the zone regain
4/5/6 HP. The zone lasts until the Healer is Release: One ally within Scope gains 4/6/8 temp
defeated or uses this ability again. HP. While they have this temp HP, they have
resistance to damage and stress.

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Mindreaver
Controller
Psionic controllers that can destroy or manipulate minds.
Mindreavers infiltrate the minds of their foes, altering what they perceive and placing stress on their
psyche. Fighting against a mindreaver means having to make tough choices, choosing the least harmful
option at the moment. Mindreavers inflict high amounts of stress and can receive a lot of stress in return,
but are fragile in close range.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 15  Scope: 15  Scope: 15
 Save DC: 12  Save DC: 15  Save DC: 18
 Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:
CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk -1 Mind 3 Bulk -1 Mind 4 Bulk -1 Mind 6

Agility -1 Magic 1 Agility 0 Magic 2 Agility 0 Magic 3

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 12 Stress 10 Hp 14 Stress 12 Hp 16 Stress 13
cap cap cap
Dodge 8 A-def 10 Dodge 8 A-def 12 Dodge 10 A-def 14

Speed 5 Mana 4 Speed 5 Mana 5 Speed 5 Mana 6

Offense

Enthrall Mind Worms

[Skill] [CHANNEL, Mana 1, Recharge 6+]
Release: The Mindreaver can move one target
within Scope and line of sight up to their speed and
indicate an action to take, including picking any
targets. The affected target can choose to take this
indicated action as a reaction. If they refuse, they
take [4/5/6 Stress]. If they are unable to take the
Read Mind
indicated action, nothing happens. Any movement
caused by this ability doesn’t count as involuntary
movement.
[Spell] [CAST, Aetheric]
[+2/+3/+4 vs A-Def] [1 DOT Stress (MND)]
Targets are DAZED while taking DOT from this
ability.
[Skill] [CHANNEL, Mana 1]
Release: One character within Scope and line of
sight takes [2/3/4 stress] and the Mindreaver picks
a phase except for PHASE 8: DELAY. The target
either takes their next turn during that phase or
PHASE 8: DELAY.

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Spread Nightmare
[Skill] [SKIRMISH, Mana 1]
All characters in Scope currently taking DOT
Stress create a burst 1 area. Enemies in this area
must pass a MND save or be automatically hit by
Mind Worms.

Base Features

Extra Features

Balance
[Skill] [CHANNEL]
Release: The Mindreaver selects two characters
within Scope and line of sight. They can move all
stress from one of the characters to the other.
Hamper
[Spell] [CAST, Aetheric]
[+1/+2/+3 vs A-Def] [2/3/4 Stress]
On Hit: Target must make a MND save. Fail:
Target is DISARMED or SILENCED until the end
of their next turn, Mindreaver’s choice.

Brain Drill
[Weapon] [Heavy Magitech] Mind Spike
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] [Spell] [CAST, Aetheric]
[Reach 1] [4/6/8 Physical] [+1/+2/+3 vs A-Def] [2/3/4 Stress]
On Hit: Target is MARKED, and takes 2 stress
On Hit: Target loses 1 mana. On Crit: Target every time they make an attack or cast a spell until
loses all of their mana. the end of their next turn.

Pain
Focused [Skill] [CHANNEL, Mana 1, Recharge 5+]
[Trait]
Release: One target within Scope and line of sight
1/turn the Mindreaver can take 1 stress to reroll an must make a MND save. Fail: Target is STUNNED
attack, check, or save. until the end of their next turn. Success: Target is
DISABLED until the end of their next turn.

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Mirage
Controller
Illusionists that create false images around the battlefield.
Mirages are battlefield illusionists, altering perception. Invisibility and misdirection are their defensive
tools, and they can befuddle foes by manipulating positioning. Mirages are hard to hit, and can Redirect
the rare successful hit against them. Abilities that deal automatic damage and DOTs are effective against
these low HP enemies.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 10  Scope: 10  Scope: 10
 Save DC: 11  Save DC: 14  Save DC: 17
 Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:
CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk -1 Mind 0 Bulk -1 Mind 1 Bulk -1 Mind 1

Agility 1 Magic 2 Agility 2 Magic 3 Agility 4 Magic 4

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 10 Stress 6 Hp 10 Stress 6 Hp 10 Stress 6
cap cap cap
Dodge 10 A-def 10 Dodge 14 A-def 14 Dodge 18 A-def 18

Speed 6 Mana 3 Speed 6 Mana 4 Speed 7 Mana 5

Offense

Flicker Blade Phantasm

[Weapon] [Light Blade] [Skill] [CHANNEL]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] Channel: The Mirage creates an illusion in an
[Reach 2] [3/5/7 Physical] empty space within Scope that lasts until released.
Release: Any enemies adjacent to the illusion take
The Mirage can switch places with the target, [3/4/5 Stress] and become DAZED until the end of
teleporting both of them. their next turn.

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Base Features
Displacement
[Trait]
Attacks against the Mirage gain +2 DIF. This effect
is suppressed until the start of the Mirage’s next
turn when it takes damage, or while STUNNED.
Extra Features
After Image
[Skill] [RUSH]
The Mirage can RUSH. Until the end of the turn,
whenever the Mirage starts any movement
(standard movement, RUSH movement, etc.), they
leave behind an illusion in the space they were in.
Illusions explode if they are touched, attacked, or
take any damage (attacks against illusions
automatically hit). Illusions explode in a [Blast 1]
area, and all characters in the area must make an
AGI save, taking [6/7/8 Force] on a failed save, or
half damage on a success.
Endless Maze
[Spell] [CHANNEL]
Release: One enemy within Scope is MARKED
and BLINDED until cleared. A character BLINDED
by this ability can clear it by allowing the Mirage to
control their next standard movement.
Invisibility
[Skill] [QUICK, Mana 1]
Quick: The Mirage becomes INVISIBLE until the
start of their next turn.
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Redirect
[Skill] [Reaction, 1/round]
Trigger: The Mirage is hit by an attack.
Effect: An adjacent character is hit by the attack
instead of the Mirage.
Masque
[Spell] [CHANNEL, Mana 1]
Release: 1 ally within Scope appears like one of
the PCs. Until the end of the next round, any
character that attacks or targets this ally with a
hostile effect takes [2/3/4 Stress].
Replace
[Skill] [CHANNEL, Summon, Mana 1]
Release: 1 ally within Scope can move up to their
speed. A decoy illusion is created in their starting
space. As long as this decoy remains, the ally is
INVISIBLE. (1 HP, Dodge/A-Def 10, Size =
target’s size).
Reveal Position
[Spell] [CHANNEL, Mana 1]
Release: The Mirage targets up to two allies within
Scope, or 1 enemy. The Mirage can teleport them
up to 4 spaces. The Mirage can target itself with
this ability in place of an ally.
Protector
Defender
Armored defender that positions themselves in front of attacks meant for their allies.
Protectors are defensive units focused on taking damage on behalf of their allies. They are best
positioned near vulnerable units, like Support classes or units that CHANNEL. Protectors need to be as
close as possible to their allies, so altering their positioning bypasses many of their abilities.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: 2+  Size: 2+  Size: 2+
 Armor: 3  Armor: 3  Armor: 4
 Scope: 10  Scope: 10  Scope: 10
 Save DC: 10  Save DC: 12  Save DC: 14
 Initiative: PHASE 1:  Initiative: PHASE 1:  Initiative: PHASE 1:
BOLSTER BOLSTER BOLSTER

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk 2 Mind 0 Bulk 3 Mind 1 Bulk 5 Mind 2

Agility -1 Magic 1 Agility -1 Magic 2 Agility -1 Magic 2

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 20 Stress 5 Hp 25 Stress 6 Hp 30 Stress 8

cap cap cap
Dodge 6 A-def 7 Dodge 6 A-def 7 Dodge 6 A-def 7

Speed 4 Mana 1 Speed 4 Mana 1 Speed 4 Mana 2

Offense

Sword and Shield

[Weapon] [Main Blade, Push 1]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
[Reach 2] [2/3/4 Physical]

This weapon’s damage is increased by the phase

number it is used in (+1 for PHASE 1, etc.).

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Base Features

Guardian
[Trait]
Vigilant Gaze
The Protector grants soft cover to adjacent allies. [Skill] [DEFEND]
Attacks against the Protector gain +1 DIF. Until the
start of the Protector’s next turn, as a reaction
when an ally within range 3 is targeted by an
Threatening Attacks attack, the Protector can move up to 2 spaces and
[Trait] choose one: 1) the attack targets the Protector if
they are adjacent to the targeted ally, or 2) the
When the Protector hits with a reaction attack, the protector can make a weapon attack against the
target is MARKED. attacker before the triggering attack happens.

Extra Features

Armored Zone
[Skill] [QUICK, Mana 1]
Retaliatory Stance
Quick: The Protector creates a [Burst 2] zone [Skill]
centered on itself. All allies in the zone gain +1
armor, to a max of 4. The zone lasts until the The Protector deals [3/4/5 physical] to any
Protector is SUNDERED or defeated. character that hits the Protector with a melee
weapon. This ability is suppressed while the
Protector is DISARMED, DISABLED, STUNNED,
or GRAPPLED.
Energy Aura
[Spell]
Enemies that start their turn adjacent to the Sidearm
Protector take [3/4/5 Lunar]. [Weapon] [Light Magitech, Reliable 1]
[+0/+1/+2 vs Dodge]
[Range 8] [2/3/4 Lunar]
Pinning Attack
[Skill]
This weapon gains +1 ACC and deals +3 damage
If the Protector hits with a reaction attack, the when not used during PHASE 1: BOLSTER.
target’s movement stops and unused movement is
lost.

Waste Energy
[Skill] [Recharge 4+]
A character that hits the Protector with a melee
attack becomes WEAKENED until the end of their
next turn.

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Ranger
Striker
Highly mobile ranged striker that can easily move through terrain.
Rangers are highly mobile ranged damage dealers. With their speed and ranged weaponry, they utilize
hit-and-run tactics to harass their foes. They can easily move around the battlefield, flanking enemies and
maneuvering around cover. Only the fastest of characters will be able to catch and pin down a Ranger,
but once engaged, a Ranger is vulnerable.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)
 Armor: 1  Armor: 1  Armor: 1
 Scope: 10  Scope: 10  Scope: 10
 Save DC: 10  Save DC: 12  Save DC: 14
 Initiative: PHASE 3:  Initiative: PHASE 3:  Initiative: PHASE 3:
SKIRMISH SKIRMISH SKIRMISH

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk 0 Mind 0 Bulk 0 Mind 1 Bulk 0 Mind 1

Agility 2 Magic 0 Agility 3 Magic 1 Agility 5 Magic 2

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 12 Stress 7 Hp 14 Stress 7 Hp 16 Stress 7
cap cap cap
Dodge 8 A-def 8 Dodge 10 A-def 10 Dodge 12 A-def 12

Speed 6 Mana 3 Speed 6 Mana 3 Speed 6 Mana 3

Offense

Flush Them Out Marksman Bow

[Spell] [CAST, Aetheric, Arcing] [Weapon] [Main Bow, Arcing]
[+2/+3/+4 vs A-Def] [2 Stress] [+1/+2/+3 + 1 ACC vs Dodge]
If the target ends their next turn in cover, they take [Range 10] [6/8/10 Physical]
[4/6/8 energy].
On Miss: Target is MARKED.

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Base Features

Snap Shot Sure Foot

[Skill] [Trait]
When the ranger REPOSITIONS, they can deal The Ranger ignores difficult terrain and can climb
[2/3/4 Physical] to a character within Scope. and swim at their normal speed.

Extra Features

Bear Trap Grapple

[Support] [Main, Quick, Trap] [Support] [REPOSITION]
Quick: The Ranger deploys a bear trap in an The Ranger can fly up to twice their speed in a
adjacent space. When activated, the character straight line. They fall at the end of this movement
must pass an AGI save or be IMMOBILIZED until if not on solid ground.
they remove the condition or succeed on a BLK
save as an action during any phase. The Ranger
can only have 3 Bear Traps deployed at a time.
Homing Shot
[Skill]
The Ranger’s ranged attacks against MARKED
Explosive Shot characters gain the HOMING and RELIABLE 2/3/4
[Skill] [Mana 1] tags.
The Ranger can spend 1 mana to give their
Marksman Bow Blast 1 for one attack.
Twin Blades
[Weapon] [Light Blade]
Fall Back [+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
[Skill] [Reaction, 1/round] [Reach 1] [4/5/6 Physical]
Trigger: An enemy moves adjacent to the Ranger.
Effect: The Ranger can SLIDE up to 3 spaces and The ranger can attack twice with this weapon.
trigger their Snap Shot skill. They can SLIDE themselves 1 space before,
between, or after the attacks.

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Rogue
Striker
A sneaky striker that stays hidden before attacking vulnerable targets.
Rogues are opportunists, taking advantage of any vulnerabilities in their enemies. They use their speed
and cover to remain hidden until the right time to strike. Rogues have a versatile toolkit of conditions they
can inflict on their foes, and deal increased damage when attacking enemies with conditions. They are
primarily close-range attackers, so attacking them while they are moving between cover or pinning them
down can leave them vulnerable.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (1/2)  Size: Any (1/2)  Size: Any (1/2)
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 10  Scope: 10  Scope: 10
 Save DC: 10  Save DC: 12  Save DC: 14
 Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:
CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk -1 Mind 1 Bulk 0 Mind 1 Bulk 0 Mind 2

Agility 2 Magic 0 Agility 4 Magic 0 Agility 6 Magic 0

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 12 Stress 6 Hp 14 Stress 6 Hp 16 Stress 6

cap cap cap
Dodge 10 A-def 8 Dodge 13 A-def 8 Dodge 16 A-def 10
Speed 6 Mana 1 Speed 6 Mana 1 Speed 6 Mana 1

Offense

Shiv
[Weapon] [Light Blade]
[+1/+2/+3 & +1 ACC vs Dodge]
[Reach 1 or Range 5] [5/7/8 Physical]

If the target has a condition, this weapon deals +3

damage and gains AP.

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Base Features

Flanking Effect: The Rogue can SLIDE up to 2 spaces and

[Trait] HIDE as a free action they end this movement next
to cover.
+1 ACC on attacks when an ally is adjacent to the
target.

Stalker
[Trait]
Shifty
[Skill] [Reaction, 1/round] Rogues are HIDDEN when deployed. When the
Rogue uses RUSH, they can HIDE as a free action
Trigger: The Rogue is hit or missed by an attack. if they end their movement next to cover. They gain
+1 ACC on attacks while HIDDEN.

Extra Features

Blinding Strike Sticky Trap

[Skill] [Recharge 5+]
When the Rogue hits with a weapon attack, the
target must pass an AGI or be BLINDED. The
target can repeat the save as a Quick Action to
end this condition. The Rogue can then SLIDE 2
spaces.
[Support] [QUICK, Trap, Recharge 4+]
Quick: The Rogue sets a trap in an empty
adjacent space. When triggered, the trap creates
a Burst 1 zone. All enemies in the area must make
an AGI save. Failure: They are IMMOBILIZED
until cleared. Success: They are SLOWED until
the end of their next turn.

Deadly Crit
[Trait]
Stink Sling
When the Rogue crits, they can inflict any condition [Weapon] [Light Club, Reliable 2/3/4]
or on the target except for DISABLED or [+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
STUNNED. Conditions from this trait last until the [Range 10] [6/8/10 Physical]
end of the target’s next turn.
On Hit: The target is DAZED until the end of their
next turn and MARKED. While DAZED by this
Kidney Shot attack, any allies they become adjacent to also
[Skill] [FIGHT, Recharge 6+] become MARKED.
One adjacent character the Rogue can see must
pass a BLK save or be STUNNED until end of their
next turn. Trap Master
[Trait]

Smoke Bomb The Rogue does not trigger traps, and can
automatically disarm them as a Quick Action.
[Support] [QUICK, Recharge 6+]
Quick: The Rogue creates a Blast 1 zone
centered on itself. Characters fully inside the zone
are considered INVISIBLE to characters fully
outside it. The zone lasts until end of the Rogue’s
next turn.

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Siphon
Defender
An anti-magic defender that drains mana directly from their foes.
Siphons are specialized anti-spellcaster defenders. All creatures have some amount of mana, but those
with more mana are vulnerable to the Siphon’s Mana Drain ability. Siphons are excellent at enduring
magical attacks, and can even turn themselves into the focal point of nearby spells. They can keep their
allies safe from magical attacks, or pose a serious threat to any enemy spellcasters. Take them down with
nonmagical attacks.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)
 Armor: 1  Armor: 1  Armor: 2
 Scope: 10  Scope: 12  Scope: 15
 Save DC: 10  Save DC: 13  Save DC: 16
 Initiative: PHASE 3:  Initiative: PHASE 3:  Initiative: PHASE 3:
SKIRMISH SKIRMISH SKIRMISH

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk 0 Mind 0 Bulk 1 Mind 0 Bulk 2 Mind 1

Agility 0 Magic 2 Agility 0 Magic 4 Agility 0 Magic 5

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 18 Stress 10 Hp 21 Stress 12 Hp 24 Stress 14

cap cap cap
Dodge 6 A-def 12 Dodge 6 A-def 15 Dodge 6 A-def 18

Speed 5 Mana 5 Speed 5 Mana 6 Speed 5 Mana 7

Loadout

Mana Drain
[Spell] [CAST, Aetheric]
[+1/+2/+3 vs A-Def] Pain Club
On Hit: Target must make a MGK save. Failure: [Weapon] [Main Club]
They lose all of their remaining mana and are [+2/+4/+6 vs Dodge]
SILENCED until the end of their next turn. They [Reach 1] [5/6/7 Physical]
take AP Force damage equal to the mana lost.
Success: They lose mana equal to half of their
On Hit: Target has +2 DIF on concentration
mana maximum. They take AP Force damage
checks triggered by this attack.
equal to the mana lost.

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Base Features

Magic Resistance Spellshield

[Trait] [Support] [QUICK]
The Siphon has resistance to all damage and Quick: The Siphon emits a Burst 3 zone. Spells
stress from spells. and spell attacks cast at targets within the zone
instead target the Siphon or use it as the
centermost target. Allies within the zone gain
resistance to all damage and stress from spells
during this time. The zone lasts until the start of
the Siphon’s next turn, and they are SLOWED
while this zone is active. The zone ends if the
Spellshield is SILENCED, DISABLED, or
STUNNED.

Extra Features

Aethercaster
[Weapon] [Heavy Bow, Homing]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] Recycle Mana
[Range 15] [4/5/6 Force] [Trait]
When the Siphon causes a character to lose mana,
This weapon deals bonus damage equal to the it gains temp HP equal to the mana lost.
mana the target currently has.

Reflect
Break Spell [Skill] [Reaction]
[Skill] [Reaction] Trigger: The Siphon is missed by a spell attack.
Trigger: An enemy takes a CHANNEL action. Effect: The Siphon reflects the spell back at the
Effect: The Siphon can BRAWL against them. caster, using the same attack bonus or save DC.

Mana Void Voiceless

[Skill] [CHANNEL, Mana 2]
Release: The Siphon creates a Blast 2 zone within
Scope. Spells can’t be cast in the area, and any
spells that attempt to be cast in the area fail. The
zone lasts until the Siphon is defeated, or it uses
this ability again.
[Skill] [CHANNEL]
Release: One character the Siphon can see in
Scope takes [2 Stress] and is SILENCED until
cleared.

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Sniper
Artillery
A deadly foe that can kill from a great distance with pinpoint shots that pierce defenses.
Snipers are dangerous sharpshooters, able to eliminate enemies with great precision from extreme
distances. Snipers can take their time to line up a shot, delivering massive damage if not contested.
Using cover might cause some of the Sniper’s worst effects to miss you, but unless you can out-range the
Sniper, you’ll need to carefully move forward while dodging their attacks.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 20  Scope: 20  Scope: 25
 Save DC: 10  Save DC: 12  Save DC: 14
 Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:
CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk -1 Mind 1 Bulk 0 Mind 1 Bulk 0 Mind 2

Agility 2 Magic 0 Agility 3 Magic 1 Agility 5 Magic 1

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 10 Stress 5 Hp 12 Stress 5 Hp 14 Stress 6
cap cap cap
Dodge 10 A-def 8 Dodge 12 A-def 8 Dodge 14 A-def 8

Speed 5 Mana 3 Speed 5 Mana 3 Speed 5 Mana 3

Offense

Fusion Rifle Sniper Shot

[Weapon] [Heavy Magitech, Reliable 3/4/5] [Skill] [CHANNEL]
[+2/+4/+6 vs Dodge] Channel: Pick a target in Scope. Release: Make a
[Range 20] [3/5/7 Force] Fusion Rifle attack with +1 ACC. On a hit, if the
target is not in cover, they gain 1 wound instead of
Instead of firing this weapon, the Sniper can begin the normal damage.
Channeling, and can Release during any phase.
This weapon’s damage increases by +1 for every
phase it was channeled, to a maximum of +5
damage during PHASE 7.

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Base Features

Fade Cloak
[Support] [QUICK, Mana 1]
Steady Shot
Quick: The Sniper becomes INVISIBLE until the [Trait]
start of its next turn.
If the sniper hasn’t moved since the start of their last
turn, they gain +1 ACC on their next ranged attack.

Extra Features

Absolute Precision Faerie Fire

[Skill]
When the Sniper scores a critical hit with the
Fusion Rifle, the damage can’t be reduced in any
way except for immunity.
Arrow Relays
[Skill] [VOLLEY, Summon, Mana 1]
(Arrow Relay: Size ½, HP 5, Evasion/A-Def 10)
The Sniper conjures up to two arrow relays in
empty spaces within Scope. When created and at
the start of each of the Sniper’s turns, they fire
spectral arrows between each other in a line. Make
an attack against enemies in the line with a
[+1/+2/+3] bonus, dealing [4/5/6 force]. They
Sniper can only have two relays at a time, and
when they use this ability again, they can destroy
any existing ones. The Sniper can move their
relays up to 4 spaces as a free action during their
turn by spending 1 mana.
[Spell] [VOLLEY, Mana 1]
Create a Blast 1 area within Scope. All enemies in
the area are MARKED and cannot benefit from
INVISIBLE or HIDDEN while they have this mark.
They must also pass a MGK save or take [2
Stress].
Poke Shot
[Skill] [Reaction, 1/round]
Trigger: A character within Scope moves and isn’t
in cover.
Effect: The Sniper can attack them with the Fusion
Rifle or begin channeling it.
Seeker Shot
[Skill] [FREE ACTION, Mana 1]
The Sniper’s Fusion Rifle gains HOMING until they
hit with it.

Wristbow
[Weapon] [Light Bow]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
[Range 5, Threat 3] [4/6/8 Physical]

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Specter
Controller
Incorporeal beings that can phase through solid objects and drain energy from other creatures.
Specters are ghostly controllers that can move through terrain. Cover and terrain are an advantage for
Specters instead of a defense against them. Basic Specters have a simple attack pattern, either attacking
through cover or preventing movement. Their extra features give them a lot more customization, including
the fearsome Possess ability. Find out what kind of Specter you are fighting against if you can, and
whatever you do, don’t deal physical damage to them.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 10  Scope: 10  Scope: 10
 Save DC: 12  Save DC: 15  Save DC: 18
 Initiative: PHASE 3:  Initiative: PHASE 3:  Initiative: PHASE 3:
SKIRMISH SKIRMISH SKIRMISH

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk -2 Mind 2 Bulk -2 Mind 3 Bulk -2 Mind 4

Agility 1 Magic 1 Agility 2 Magic 2 Agility 3 Magic 3

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 10 Stress 8 Hp 10 Stress 9 Hp 12 Stress 10
cap cap cap
Dodge 8 A-def 10 Dodge 10 A-def 11 Dodge 12 A-def 12
Speed 5 Mana 4 Speed 5 Mana 4 Speed 6 Mana 4

Offense

Frightful Appearance Withering Touch

[Skill] [VOLLEY]
One character in Scope must pass a MND save or
take [2/3/4 Stress] and be unable to move closer to
the Specter on their next turn.
[Weapon] [Main Artifact]
[+2/+4/+6 vs Dodge]
[Range 5 or Reach 1] [3/4/5 Stress]
This weapon ignores cover and can attack without
line of sight, as long as the target is within range
or reach. On Hit: Target is WEAKENED until the
end of their next turn.

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Base Features

Ectoplasm Incorporeal
[Trait] [Trait]
The Specter has resistance to physical damage. The Specter can move through characters,
obstacles, and terrain, but can’t ends its turn in
these spaces. The Specter ignores difficult and
dangerous terrain.

Extra Features

Drain Life Force Possess

[Trait]
Characters that end their turn adjacent to the
Specter take [3/5/7 AP Force], and the Specter
regains that much HP.
Moved Object
[Skill] [VOLLEY]
The Specter makes a ranged weapon attack with
[range 10] and a [+1/+2/+3] bonus to hit. If the
Specter is next to an object or piece of terrain, they
gain +1 ACC. The attack deals [4/6/8 physical] with
Push 1 and SUNDERS a hit target until the end of
their next turn.
[Skill] [CHANNEL, Mana 2, Recharge 6+]
Release: A character within range 5 of the Specter
is possessed. While possessed, the target’s turns
happen during PHASE 8: DELAY and the Specter
controls their movement and picks the action they
want the character to take on their turn, including
aiming and picking any targets. If the possessed
character doesn’t take the indicated action, they
take [4/5/6 stress]. They can’t refuse the
movement. They can make a MND save as a
Quick Action to end this effect. The Specter
counts as having Hard Cover while possessing a
character, and shares their space and moves with
them. The Specter can end this effect during their
turn, but can take no actions or reactions while
possessing a character. If the Specter is defeated,
this effect ends.

Painful Phase
[Skill]
Reform
When the Specter moves through a character, they [Skill] [REPOSITION, Mana 1]
can deal [2/3/4 Force] to that character 1/turn.
The Specter is removed from play. At the start of
the next round, they return to play in any empty
spaces within range 20 of their former position.

Wail
[Skill] [VOLLEY, Mana 1]
All enemies in Burst 2 must make a MND save.
Fail: They must immediately move their speed
away from the Specter and take [4 stress].
Success: They take 2 stress.

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Summoner
Artillery
Summoners conjure allies to assist them in battle, overwhelming their foes with numbers if allowed to
spiral out of control.
Summoners are expert conjurers, able to summon a variety of creatures under their command.
Demonologists, necromancers, and beastmasters are all summoners that specialize in one type of
summon, called conscripts.
Summoners stay in the back and place their conscripts in front of them, whittling down enemies.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 8  Scope: 10  Scope: 15
 Save DC: 11  Save DC: 13  Save DC: 15
 Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:
CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk -2 Mind 2 Bulk -2 Mind 3 Bulk -2 Mind 4

Agility 0 Magic 2 Agility 0 Magic 4 Agility 0 Magic 6

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 8 Stress 8 Hp 10 Stress 8 Hp 12 Stress 8

cap cap cap
Dodge 10 A-def 12 Dodge 10 A-def 15 Dodge 6 A-def 18
Speed 5 Mana 3 Speed 5 Mana 5 Speed 5 Mana 7

Offense As a Quick Action, the Summoner spends 1

Skydrop
[SPELL] [CHANNEL, Arcing]
Release: The Summoner creates a Blast 1 area
within Scope. Characters within the area can
choose to either A) Take 2/3/4 Stress and allow
the Summoner to move them up to 3 spaces
(which doesn’t count as forced movement), or B)
take [6/8/10 Force].
mana and can summon a conscript in an empty
space within Scope. The Summoner can have up
to 6 Conscripts at a time. During the Summoner’s
turn, conscripts make a ranged weapon attack
against the closest enemy within [Range 10],
attacking with a +1/+2/+3 bonus and dealing [3/4/5
Physical] on a hit. All conscripts are defeated when
their Summoner is defeated.

Focus Fire
Base Features [Trait]
Conjure Conscript When the Summoner MARKS an enemy, their
[SPELL] [Quick, Mana 1, Summon] conscripts will attack that target instead of the
nearest one, if possible.
(Conscript: Size ½, HP 5/8/10, Evasion/A-Def
10)

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Extra Features

Bodyguard Improved Summons

[Trait] [Trait]
Conscripts can INTERPOSE 1/round without When the Summoner creates a conscript, they can
spending PARRY. choose one of the following improvements for it:
 Reliable. Conscript gains RELAIBLE 1 on
its attacks.
Dual Summon  Explosive. When defeated, conscript
[Trait] explodes in a Burst 1 area, dealing [2/3/4
Force] to characters in the area.
The Summoner can summon two Conscripts with  Melee. Conscript auto-hits adjacent
Conjure Conscript, spending 1 mana for each, but enemies.
they only have 1 HP.
 Armored. Conscript has 3/4/5 armor.

Imbue
Mana Tap
[SPELL]
[SPELL] [CAST, Aetheric]
The Summoner can spend 1 mana during their [+2/+3/+4 vs A-Def] [2 Stress]
turn to apply or change an IMPROVED
On Hit: The Summoner regains 2 Mana.
SUMMONS improvement on a conscript within
Scope.

Transposition
[SPELL] [Quick]
As a Quick Action, the Summoner can spend 1
mana and teleport all conscripts of their choice
within Scope up to 4 spaces.

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Swarm
Controller
This controller is many of countless smaller parts, forming a deadly nimbus.
Swarms are controllers that force enemies to reposition away from their dangerous forms. Each Swarm is
surrounded by their Swarm Body, which can cause negative effects for enemies caught inside. They can
also summon drone units at a long distance, which force enemies to reposition or take damage. Either
through their body or drones, Swarms force enemies to choose between moving or suffering
consequences. Swarms are highly resistant to physical attacks, and their high armor can eat up even
more damage. However, they are vulnerable to force damage, and their low Stress cap means they can
easily become OVERSTRESSED.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (2)  Size: Any (2)  Size: Any (2)
 Armor: 2  Armor: 2  Armor: 2
 Scope: 15  Scope: 15  Scope: 15
 Save DC: 11  Save DC: 14  Save DC: 17
 Initiative: PHASE 4:  Initiative: PHASE 4:  Initiative: PHASE 4:
REPOSITION REPOSITION REPOSITION

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk 2 Mind -2 Bulk 3 Mind -2 Bulk 4 Mind -2

Agility 2 Magic 0 Agility 3 Magic 1 Agility 4 Magic 2

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 14 Stress 5 Hp 16 Stress 6 Hp 18 Stress 7

cap cap cap
Dodge 10 A-def 6 Dodge 12 A-def 6 Dodge 12 A-def 8

Speed 6 Mana 3 Speed 6 Mana 3 Speed 6 Mana 4

Offense
Drones
Infestation
[Support] [QUICK, Summon, Mana 1]
[Weapon] [Main Magitech, Homing]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] (Size ½, HP = 1, Speed = 2, DODGE/A-DEF =
[Range 10] [3 Stress] 10).
Quick: The Swarm summons two drones in empty
spaces within Scope. The Drones deal [2/3/4
On Hit: Target is DISABLED until the end of their Physical] to adjacent enemies that make an attack
next turn. or cast a spell. The Swarm can have an unlimited
number of drones summoned at a time. Drones
can move up to their speed during the Swarm’s
Base Features turn, and are defeated when the Swarm is.

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Swarm Body Swarm Form
[Trait] [Trait]
The Swarm is surrounded by a Burst 2 zone. The Swarm is resistant to Physical damage and
Enemies are DAZED while partly within the zone, immune to the GRAPPLED condition, but is
and take [2/3/4 Stress] if they start their turn within VULNERABLE to Force damage.
the zone. While the Swarm is BLOODIED, the zone
is reduced to a Burst 1, and it shuts off while the
Swarm is STUNNED.

Extra Features

Blinding Swarm Latch Drones

[Trait]
Enemies are BLINDED while fully within the
Swarm’s Swarm body area.
Buzzing Body
[Trait]
Allies fully within the Swarm’s Swarm Body area
gain Soft Cover. As a Quick Action, the Swarm can
choose to IMMOBILIZE itself until the end of its next
turn. When it does so, its Swarm Body size
increases by one (Burst 2 to Burst 3, Burst 1 to
Burst 2).
[Trait]
When a character takes damage from a done, the
Swarm can choose to attach that drone to the
character. The drone shares their space, and moves
when they do. A drone can be detached with a BLK
check as a Quick Action.
Shredding Swarm
[Trait]
Enemies are SUNDERED while partly within the
Swarm’s Swarm Body area.

Sting
Disperse [Weapon] [Main Club]
[Skill] [RUSH] [+2/+3/+4 vs Dodge]
The Swarm turns into a line area, whose length [Reach 3] [2 DOT Lunar (BLK)]
equals their current Swarm Body size x 5 (so Burst
1 equals Line 5, Burst 2 equals Line 10, etc.). If the target is within the Swarm’s Swarm Body
Enemies in the area must pass an AGI save or area, the attack gains +1 ACC and on a hit leaves
take [2 Stress] and be MARKED. The Swarm can the target VULNERABLE until the start of their
then reform in any space in the line’s area, which next turn.
counts as teleporting.

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Vulture
Controller
A flying menace that nimbly avoids attacks while dragging victims around.
Vultures are aerial harassment units. They can move fast and easily avoid attacks with their Barrel Roll
reaction. They specialize in moving their foes out of position, putting them into dangerous situations.
Attacking a Vulture multiple times can wear it down, and its A-Def is much lower than its DODGE.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 10  Scope: 10  Scope: 10
 Save DC: 11  Save DC: 14  Save DC: 17
 Initiative: PHASE 3:  Initiative: PHASE 3:  Initiative: PHASE 3:
SKIRMISH SKIRMISH SKIRMISH

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk -2 Mind 0 Bulk -2 Mind 1 Bulk -2 Mind 2

Agility 4 Magic 0 Agility 5 Magic 1 Agility 6 Magic 2

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 8 Stress 6 Hp 8 Stress 6 Hp 10 Stress 6

cap cap cap
Dodge 12 A-def 8 Dodge 15 A-def 10 Dodge 18 A-def 8

Speed 7 Mana 2 Speed 7 Mana 2 Speed 8 Mana 3

Offense

Skyhook
[Weapon] [Main Longarm]
[+1/+3/+5 vs Dodge]
[Range 5, Reach 3] [5/7/9 Physical]

On Hit: The Vulture can pull the target 2 spaces.

Base Features

Barrel Roll
[Skill] [Reaction, 1/round, Recharge 5+]
Trigger: The Vulture is hit with an attack.
Effect: The attack misses and the Vulture can fly
up to 3 spaces.

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Flier Flyby
[Trait] [Trait]
The Vulture can fly. Opportunity attacks against the Vulture gain +1 DIF.

Extra Features

Bio Mine Heavenly Chains

[Support] [QUICK, Trap, Mana 1]
Quick: The Vulture deploys a trap on solid ground
below it. The Vulture can have up to 3 of these
traps deployed at a time. When triggered, it
creates a Blast 1 area centered on itself. All
characters in the area must make an AGI save.
Failure: [6/8/10 Lunar] and MARKED. Success:
Half damage.
[Spell] [VOLLEY, Summon, Mana 1]
The Vulture summons a pillar of chains in an
empty space within scope. Any character that
starts their turn adjacent to the pillar must pass a
BLK save or be IMMOBILIZED and WEAKENED.
These conditions last as long as a character is
adjacent to the pillar.
(Size ½, HP=5, DODGE/A-DEF=10).

Hover Mode
Dive Bomb
[Trait]
[Skill] [REPOSITION]
The Vulture can fly up to twice its speed in a The Vulture can hover. They are immune to the
straight line. It can make 1 attack during this PRONE status and can’t take falling damage.
movement as a reaction.

Lure
Drag and Drop
[Skill] [SKIRMISH]
The Vulture makes a melee weapon attack against
an adjacent character with a [+1/+2/+3] bonus, and
can then SLIDE up to 4 spaces. On a hit, the target
is drug along, counting as a slide and remaining
adjacent to the Vulture.
[Skill] [CHANNEL]
Release: One character in Scope takes [2 Stress],
is SILENCED until the end of their next turn,
immediately moves their speed straight toward the
Vulture, and must make a MND save. Failure: The
target is also DAZED until cleared. While DAZED,
all of the target’s movement during their turn must
be directly toward the Vulture, and they must move
at least 1 space during their turn. This ability can’t
be used while the Vulture is STUNNED,
SILENCED, or DISABLED and all existing effects
end if it is.

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Warmage
Artillery
A spellcaster designed for explosive combat. Their powerful channeled abilities can destroy groups.
Warmages are AOE spellcasters, raining fire and destruction from afar. Their channel abilities can quickly
destroy groups of enemies, and their Battlemage trait allows them to spend mana and retain focus. They
have little defense against physical attacks, so try to close the distance quickly and spread out.
TIER 1 TIER 2 TIER 3
 Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)  Size: Any (1)
 Armor: 0  Armor: 0  Armor: 0
 Scope: 15  Scope: 15  Scope: 15
 Save DC: 12  Save DC: 14  Save DC: 16
 Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:  Initiative: PHASE 2:
CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL

ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE ABILITY SCORE

Bulk -1 Mind 1 Bulk -1 Mind 2 Bulk -1 Mind 3

Agility 0 Magic 2 Agility 0 Magic 4 Agility 1 Magic 5

STATS STATS STATS

Hp 12 Stress 10 Hp 12 Stress 11 Hp 14 Stress 12

cap cap cap
Dodge 8 A-def 12 Dodge 8 A-def 14 Dodge 10 A-def 17

Speed 5 Mana 6 Speed 5 Mana 7 Speed 5 Mana 8

Offense

Explosion
[Spell] [CAST, Aetheric, Blast 1]
[+2/+4/+6 vs A-Def] [6/8/10 Force]
Flamestrike
[Spell] [CHANNEL, Mana 1]
Release: Create a Blast 1 area within Scope.
Characters in the area are automatically hit by a
spell attack, taking [8/10/12 Astral]. Any targets
above this area are also hit.

Power Word KILL

[Spell] [CHANNEL, Recharge 6+]
Release: One character in Scope makes a BLK
save. Fail: They gain 1 wound. Success: They
take [4/5/6 stress].

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Base Features
Battlemage
[Trait]
If the Warmage would lose focus on a channel, they
can spend 1 mana to reroll their save 1/turn.
Extra Features
Chain Death
[Spell] [CHANNEL, Mana 1]
Release: Choose up to 3 different characters
within Scope, and designate them as target 1,
target 2, and target 3. Draw a straight line from
target 1 to target 2, and from target 2 to target 3.
These characters, and any targets within one of
these lines, must make a MGK save. Failure:
[6/7/8 Lunar] and targets are WEAKENED until
they regain any HP. Success: Half damage and
WEAKENED until the end of their next turn.
Cone of Cold
[Spell] [CHANNEL]
Release: [8/10/12 Lunar] to characters in a [CONE
5] and targets must succeed on a BLK save or be
IMMOBILIZED until the end of their next turn.
Escape
[Spell] [REPOSITION, Mana 1]
The Warmage teleports up to twice their speed.
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Mind Fog
[Spell] [CAST, Aetheric]
[+1/+2/+3 vs A-Def] [2 Stress]
On Hit: The target is DAZED and treats the
Warmage as INVISIBLE until the DAZED condition
is cleared.
Mirror Self
[Spell] [VOLLEY, Summon, Mana 1]
Create a mirror image of self within Scope.
Whenever the Warmage uses a spell or ability,
they can use the mirror image’s position instead of
theirs for determining range and scope.
(HP=5, Dodge/A-Def=10, Size= Warmarge’s
size).
Wave of Death
[Spell] [CHANNEL, Mana 1]
Release: All enemies within a burst 2 area must
make a MGK save. Failure: [10/15/20 Lunar] and
target is unable to regain HP until the end of their
next turn. Success: Half damage.
 Guardian
Universal NPC [Trait]
Features The unit provides hard cover for allies.

Universal features can be applied to any NPC

unit.

Amorphous Heavy Blast

[Trait]
Ignore difficult terrain. Can move through spaces
smaller than it without squeezing, and can move
through the spaces of other characters.
[Weapon] [Heavy Any, Arcing, Reloading]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
[Range 8, Blast 2] [5 Damage]

Backup Melee
[Weapon] [Light Any]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] Hover
[Reach 1] [4/5/6 Damage] [Trait]
The unit can hover.

Immunity
Deadly Attacks [Trait]
[Trait] The unit gains immunity to a damage type, stress,
Gain Reliable 3/4/5 on weapon attacks. or DOT.

Incorporeal
Double Crossbow [Trait]
[Weapon] [Main Bow] The unit ignores difficult and dangerous terrain.
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] They can move through characters and objects, but
[Range 8, Reach 3] [4 Physical] can’t end their turn within.

Can make two attacks at a time, or 3 attacks at

T3. Juggernaut
[Trait]
The unit is immune to the DAZED and SLOWED
Enhanced conditions.
[Trait]
Gain +1 ACC on all checks and saves with a
specific stat (BLK, AGI, etc.). Long Weapon
[Weapon] [Main any, Reliable 2/3/4]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
Flight [Range 10] [6/7/8 Damage]
[Trait]
The unit can fly. Can attack two different targets attacking with this
weapon.

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Opportune Weapon
[Weapon] [Main any]
[+1/+2/+3 & +2 ACC vs Dodge]
[Reach 2] [4 Damage]

This weapon deals double damage to PRONE,

IMMOBILIZED, STUNNED, or SUNDERED
targets.

Phalanx
[Trait]
+1 ACC on all attacks, checks, and saves when
adjacent to an ally.

Regenerator
[Trait]
The unit regains 1/2/3 HP at the start of each of
their turns, as long as they have at least 1 HP.

Resistance
[Trait]
Gain resistance to a damage type, stress, or DOT.

Seeker Blast
[Spell] [CAST, Aetheric, Blast 1,
Seeking]
[+1/+2/+3 vs A-Def] [4/5/6 Damage]

Tough
[Trait]
The unit gains +5 HP.

Trample
[Trait]
When the unit moves, they can move through the
space of characters their size or smaller.
Characters they move through this the way take
[3/4/5 damage] 1/turn.

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 Flight
Templates [Trait]
Templates are thematic features that can be The Celestial can fly.
applied to an NPC. An NPC can have multiple
templates, although some templates specify that
they can’t be combined with others.
Templates might provide base features and Healing Aura
extra features. An NPC with a template gets the [Skill]
listed base features, and adds the extra Allies that start their turn within range 5 of the
features to the pool of features they can choose Celestial regain 2 HP.
from.
Celestial Unblemished
Celestials are angelic or divine creatures. They [Trait]
are associated with the element of light and The Celestial is immune to DOT.
healing effects.
Base Features

Celestial Nature
[Trait]
The unit gains resistance to Astral damage.

Extra Features

Banish
[Spell] [CHANNEL, Mana 1, Recharge 5+]
Release: One character within Scope and line of
sight is banished until the end of their next turn.
While banished, they don’t count as an obstruction
and can’t affect anyone or be affected by anything.
Any existing effects on them are suppressed until
they are no longer banished. Banished characters
can still move.

Divine Light
[Spell] [CAST, Arcing, Blast 1]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge][4/6/8 Astral]

Divine Shield
[Spell] [SKIRMISH]
One character within Scope and line of sight gains
5 temp HP.

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 Dragon
Draconic creatures are either types of dragons
or creatures with draconic features, like scales,
claws, wings, or breath attacks.
Characters that start their turn adjacent to the
Dragon take [2/3/4 Astral or Lunar]. This effect is
suppressed while the Dragon is DISABLED or
STUNNED.

Base Features

Chromatic Scales Flight

[Trait] [Trait]
Gain Astral or Lunar resistance. The Dragon can fly.

Natural Weapons Swallow

[Weapon] [Heavy Club] [Skill] [BRAWL, Recharge 5+]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge] The Dragon makes a melee attack against an
[Reach 2] [5/7/9 Physical] adjacent character smaller than it with a [+2/+3/+4]
bonus. On a success, the target is swallowed and
moved into the Dragon’s space. They are DAZED
This weapon can’t be DISARMED.
and IMMOBILIZED, and unable to draw Line of
Sight outside of the dragon’s space. They move
when the Dragon moves. A swallowed creature
can make a BLK save as an action to break free of
Extra Features the dragon, or are freed when it takes a WOUND /
OVERSTRESS.
Breath Weapon
[Skill] [BRAWL, Recharge 5+]
The Dragon breathes energy in either a [Line 10]
or [Cone 5] area, chosen when this skill is
selected. All characters in the area must make an
AGI save, taking [8/10/12 Astral or Lunar] on a
failure, or half damage on a success.

Change Size
[Spell] [QUICK]
As a Quick Action, the dragon can change its size
to any size between ½ and 3, or back to its normal
size.

Draconic Bloodline
[Trait]
When the Dragon rolls a recharge die, they can
spend mana to increase the result by 1 for every
mana spent.

Energy Aura
[Trait]

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 Elemental Elite
Elementals are creatures tied to an energy type, Elites are units meant to take on small groups at
like fire or ice. Their forms are often made of this once. They are able to act multiple times in a
element. combat.
Base Features Base Features

Death Burst Elite Actions

[Trait] [Trait]
When the Elemental is defeated, they unleash a The Elite takes 2 turns each round.
burst of energy in a Burst 2 area. All characters in
the area must make an AGI save, taking [4/5/6
Astral or Lunar] on a failure, or half as much on a
success.
Enhanced
[Trait]

Elemental Nature The Elite gains +1 ACC on all checks and saves for
[Trait] an ability (BULK, AGILITY, MIND, or MAGIC).

The Elemental gains immunity to Astral or Lunar

damage, but is vulnerable to the other one.
Incompatible
[Trait]

Extra Features The Elite can’t take the Veteran, Minion, or Solo
template.
Elemental Nimbus
[Skill]
The Elemental emits a Burst 2 zone. Hostile Sturdy
characters treat the area as difficult terrain. [Trait]
The Elite gains +1 WOUND and OVERSTRESS
Energy Absorption cap.
[Trait]
When the Elemental takes Astral or Lunar damage
that it is immune to, it regains that much damage as Unpredictable
HP. [Trait]
The Elite doesn’t use Initiative, and instead uses the
PC combat rules for turn order.
Energy Form
[Trait]
The Elemental can move through the spaces of
other characters, dealing [2/3/4 Astral or Lunar] Extra Features
1/turn to a creature it does so to.
Dangerous
[Trait]
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Surge Minion
[Trait] Minions are cannon fodder, meant to be weak
The Elite can SURGE. Their cost is always 1d6 individually, but threatening in a group.
Stress.
Base Features

Incompatible
[Trait]
The Minion can’t take the Veteran, Elite, or Solo
templates.

One Hit
[Trait]
The Minion has 1 HP and 1 Stress Cap. When they
take any damage or stress, they are defeated. A
Minion that succeeds on a save takes no damage
from the effect.

Minion Traits
[Trait]
Minions can’t have more than 1 WOUND or
OVERSTRESS.

Extra Features

Fanatical
[Trait]
When a character adjacent to the minion would take
damage or stress, the minion can take the damage
for them as a reaction. The minion can’t use this
ability if they are STUNNED or IMMOBILIZED.

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 Mounted Mounted Weapon
Mounted creatures are riding something, like a [Weapon] [Light Club]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
horse or motorcycle. They are fast, but lost most
[Reach 1] [3/4/5 Physical]
of their features when injured, which represents
the thing they are riding being destroyed.
The Mounted can attack with this weapon as a
Base Features Quick Action. They lose this feature when they
gain a WOUND or OVERSTRESS.

Hard Fall
[Trait] Run Over
When the Mounted is PRONE, they are [Skill]
VULNERABLE. When the Mounted uses Gallop, they can move
through the spaces of any hostile characters. Any
enemies they move through must pass an AGI
save or take [3/4/5 Physical].
Gallop
[Trait]
The Mounted can RUSH once during their turn as a
free action, but all movement that turn after doing so
must be in a straight line. This trait doesn’t function
while PRONE.

Mounted Speed
[Trait]
The Mounted gains +2 Speed.

Two in One
[Trait]
The Mounted gains +1 WOUND and
OVERSTRESS cap. When they take a WOUND or
OVERSTRESS, they lose Mounted Speed and
Gallop.

Extra Features
Impact Lance
[Weapon] [Main Longarm, Push 2]
[+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
[Reach 2] [5/6/7 Force]

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 Ooze
Oozes are creatures with an amorphous body.
Often composed of acid, gel, or water, they can
move through small opening or around other
creatures and objects.
Base Features
Amorphous
[Trait]
The ooze can move through and end its turn in the
spaces of other creatures.
Ooze Body
[Trait]
The ooze has resistance to PHYSICAL damage,
but is vulnerable to Astral damage.
Extra Features
Acid Body
[Trait]
Characters that attack the ooze with a melee attack
while adjacent to it take [2 Lunar] AP damage.
Corrosive Lob
[Skill] [SKIRMISH, Arcing]
The ooze makes a ranged weapon attack against
a target within Scope with a +1/+2/+3 bonus. On a
hit, the target has +1 DIF on attacks with one of
their weapons (target’s choice). This effect stacks
until a weapon gains 3 DIF, at which point the
weapon is destroyed. This effect can be removed
by spending recoveries as an action or during a
short rest. Each recovery spent removes one
stack of this effect. Otherwise, the effects last until
the target takes a long rest.
Engulf
[Skill]
When a character starts their turn partly within the
ooze’s space, they take [2 Lunar] AP damage.
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Split
[Trait]
The ooze’s WOUND and OVERSTRESS cap are
increased by +1. When the ooze takes a WOUND, it
splits into two copies of itself and clears all
conditions, statuses, and effects. The copies have
their current and maximum HP equal to the ooze’s
original BLOODIED value, and their size is 1 smaller
than the original ooze (to a minimum of ½). This trait
only triggers once per ooze, and doesn’t trigger for
any copies. This template can’t be combined with
the Solo template.
Split, Solo
[Trait]
This feature can only be taken in conjunction with
the Solo template. The ooze’s WOUND and
OVERSTRESS cap are 1. The ooze’s size
increases by +1. When it would take a WOUND, it
instead splits into two copies of itself and clears all
conditions, statuses, and effects. The copies have
their current and maximum HP equal to the ooze’s
original BLOODIED value, and their size is 1 smaller
than the original ooze (to a minimum of ½). When
these oozes are reduced to 0 HP, they split again
into 4 copies of itself with the Minion template. New
oozes from a split have their size reduced by 1 each
time, to a minimum of ½, and can only take 1 action
per round.
Sticky Climbing
[Trait]
The ooze can climb at its normal speed, and can
stand on walls or ceilings.
Transparent
[Trait]
The ooze is INVISIBLE. It loses this invisibility until
the start of its next turn whenever it moves or is
moved.
Solo Unpredictable
Solos are fearsome opponents, meant to take [Trait]
on large groups of enemies at once. They have The Solo doesn’t use Initiative, and instead uses the
unique and dangerous features that can PC combat rules for turn order.
drastically alter their playstyle.
Base Features
Optional Features
Elite Actions
[Trait] Armory
[Trait]
The Solo takes 2 turns each round.
The solo can use an unlockable piece of PC
equipment or technique.

Endurance
[Trait] Dangerous
[Trait]
The solo clears one condition and repairs one
item/forgotten technique at the start of each of their The Solo can use the REROLL TABLE.
turns.

Enhanced Deadly
[Trait] [Trait]

The Solo gains +1 ACC on all checks and saves for The Solo deals +1d6 damage on critical hits.
an ability (BULK, AGILITY, MIND, or MAGIC).

Hardened Expert Caster

[Trait] [Trait]

The Solo gains +3 WOUND and OVERSTRESS The Solo is immune to the SILENCED condition,
cap. and deals +2 stress with spells.

Reflexes Expert Fighter

[Trait] [Trait]

The solo can Opportunity Attack an unlimited The Solo is immune to the DISARMED condition,
number of times each round. and deals +2 damage on weapons and skills that
deal damage.

Tough
[Trait] Fanatical Allies
[Trait]
The solo has +5 HP.
When the solo would take damage, an adjacent ally
that isn’t STUNNED or IMMOBILIZED can take the
damage instead.

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Focused
[Trait]
Masterwork Ranged Weapon
The Solo can’t lose concentration on CHANNEL [Weapon] [Main any, Accurate, Reliable
effects. They take 1 Stress whenever they would 4/6/8]
lose concentration. [+1/+2/+3 vs Dodge]
[Range 20] [4/6/8 Force]

Invulnerability This weapon deals bonus damage equal to the

[Spell] [DEFEND, Recharge 6+]
The Solo gains immunity to all damage (not
stress). Whenever it would take damage, it loses 1
mana. This effect ends when the solo has 0 mana.
Keen Eye
[Trait]
The Solo can SEARCH as a Quick Action.
highest die roll of any accuracy die.
Meteor Swarm
[Spell] [CHANNEL, Arcing, Recharge 5+]
Channel: The Solo creates 4 Blast 2 zones within
Scope, which can’t overlap. Release: All
characters within the zones must make an AGI
save, taking [14/17/20 Astral] on a failure, half on a
success. The zones disappear.

Second Wind
Last Stand
[Skill] [RECOVER, Limited 1]
[Trait]
As a free action, the Solo regains all HP, clears all
When the Solo takes their last WOUND or stress and conditions, and regains all mana.
OVERSTRESS, they are not defeated. Instead,
they will become defeated at the end of their next
turn. Nothing can prevent them from being
Seize Initiative
defeated at that time.
[Trait]
The Solo can take any actions during PHASE 1:
BOLSTER.
Masterwork Armor
[Support] [Main Support, Armor]
The Solo has +4 armor and can exceed the
Surge
normal armor cap. Whenever they are hit by an
attack or effect that would deal damage, they [Trait]
reduce their armor by -1, to a minimum of 0 (after The Solo can SURGE. Their cost is always 1d6
reducing damage by armor). At the start of each Stress.
round, they regain all lost armor.

Unfazed
Masterwork Melee Weapon [Trait]
[Weapon] [Main any, Accurate, Reliable
6/8/10] The Solo is immune to the STUNNED,
[+2/+3/+4 vs Dodge] VULNERABLE, and WEAKENED conditions.
[Reach 2] [6/8/10 Force]

This weapon deals bonus damage equal to the

highest die roll of any accuracy die.

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 Undead
DAZED if the target is still DAZED, and they
Undead are reanimated or ghostly creatures. continue to spread the condition further. Characters
There are many varieties of undead, but in most can make a BLK save at the end of each of their
cases they are able to endure greater injuries turns, ending this condition on a success.
than living creatures.
Base Features
Phylactery
Undead Fortitude [Support] [Main Support]
[Trait] At the start of a combat scene, place up to 4
When the Undead would take a WOUND, roll 1d6. phylacteries in empty spaces on the map, but no
On a 6, they don’t take the WOUND and go to 1 closer than range 10 of each other. These are
HP. Asstral damage and damage from critical hits objects with 6 DODGE/ A-DEF, 5 HP, and a Size
ignore this trait. equal to the Undead’s size. Whenever the Undead
is defeated, they aren’t removed from the scene.
Instead, at the start of each round, roll 1d6. On a
5+, the Undead reforms in the space of one of the
Undead Nature phylacteries, destroying it. The Undead returns to
[Trait] 1 WOUND / OVERSTRESS, with full HP and no
Stress. If there are no phylacteries for the Undead
The Undead gains Lunar resistance. to return to, it remains defeated.

Extra Features

Curse of Death
[Spell] [CAST, Aetheric]
[+2/+4/+6 vs A-Def] [4/6/8 Lunar]
On Hit: The target can’t regain HP until the end of
their next turn.

Ghostly
[Trait]
The Undead is immune to Physical damage.

Horde
[Trait]
The Undead gains +1 ACC on attacks if an ally is
adjacent to the target.

Infect
[Trait] [Recharge 3+]
When the Undead hits with a melee weapon attack,
the target becomes DAZED. Any of the target’s
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Vampiric every space they move until the end of their next
Vampiric creatures drain blood or energy from turn.
their enemies. They are a type of undead, but
unique enough to count as their own template.
Hypnotize
Base Features [Skill] [CHANNEL]
Bleed Release: Slide a character in Scope up to their
speed. If they end their turn next to one of your
[Trait]
allies, the ally can use a reaction to VOLLEY or
When the Vampire deals damage with a weapon, FIGHT against the target.
the target takes [1 Physical DOT (BLK)].

Misty Escape
Undead Nature [Skill] [Reaction, 1/round]
[Trait] Trigger: This creature is hit by a crit or take a
WOUND / OVERSTRESS.
Gain resistance to Lunar damage.
Effect: This creature can teleport up to 10 spaces.

Regeneration
Optional Features
[Trait]
Agents of the Night This character regains HP equal to their weapon
[Spell] [CHANNEL, Summon, Mana 2] damage dealt.
Release: Summon one of the following options in
empty spaces within Scope.
 Carrion. Create a 3 swarm, which can
share spaces with other characters. Siphon
Enemies that start their turn inside the [Spell] [CAST, Aetheric]
summon’s space take [2/3/4 physical]. The [+2/+4/+6 vs A-Def] [4/6/8 Force]
summon has resistance to damage that On Hit: This character regains HP equal to the
isn’t from an AOE. (Size 3, 5 HP, 10 damage dealt.
DODGE/A-DEF, 3 SPEED).
 Wolf. Create a size 1 summon. When an
adjacent enemy makes an attack, the wolf
can make an opportunity attack with
[+2/+4/+6] that deals [4/6/8 physical]. (Size
1, 5 HP, 10 DODGE/A-DEF, 5 SPEED).

Amplify
[Skill] [SKIRMISH, Recharge 6+]
All enemies within Scope must immediately make
a save vs their DOT, or take the damage again.
This character regains HP equal to all of the DOT
taken.

Hemorrhage
[Skill] [FIGHT]
An adjacent character must make a BLK save. On
a failure, they take [1 DOT Physical (BLK)] for
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Veteran Fighter
Veterans are experienced units. They are harder [Trait]
to defeat, and have a wide array of unique The Veteran deals +2 damage on weapons and
features. skills that deal damage.
Base Features

Enhanced Fortified Armor

[Trait] [Support] [Heavy Support, Armor]
The Veteran gains +1 ACC on all checks and saves The Veteran’s armor increases by +2. They take
for an ability (BULK, AGILITY, MIND, or MAGIC). -1 damage from DOTs.

Incompatible Keen Eye

[Trait] [Trait]
The Veteran can’t take the Minion, Elite, or Solo The Veteran can SEARCH as a Quick Action.
templates.

Sturdy Last Stand

[Trait] [Trait]
The Veteran gains +1 WOUND and OVERSTRESS When the Veteran takes their last WOUND or
cap. OVERSTRESS, they are not defeated. Instead, they
will become defeated at the end of their next turn.
Nothing can prevent them from being defeated at
Extra Features that time.

Caster
[Trait]
Second Wind
The Veteran deals +2 Stress with spells. [Skill] [RECOVER, Limited 1]
As a free action, the Veteran regains all HP, clears
all stress and conditions, and regains all mana.

Dangerous
[Trait] Seize Initiative
[Trait]
The Veteran can use the REROLL TABLE.
The Veteran’s initiative becomes 1.

Deadly
[Trait] Surge
[Trait]
The Veteran deals +1d6 damage on critical hits.
The Veteran can SURGE. Their cost is always 1d6
Stress.

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 13 Setting
It is important to understand that the Scourge is
The Source and its a recurring threat, not an evil. Every shard is
unique, and sometimes a scourge is a force of
Shards evil, and sometimes it’s not. Either way, the
The game of Beacon takes place within The Scourge represents a threat that has to be dealt
Source, a wellspring of endless potential. The with.
Source is represented as a giant crystal, with an Most stories revolve around that shard’s
infinite number of facets. Each one of these Scourge, but sometimes the Scourge isn’t the
facets, and the pieces of crystal orbiting The real threat of that story.
Source, are called shards.
Crystals
Shards are unique worlds and realities, each a
Crystals are items of significance. Within each
different reflection of The Source. There is an
shard, crystals hold a unique role. In some
infinite number of shards, and each game of
shards, they contain raw magical energy. In
Beacon takes place within a shard. Each shard
others, they are used as a form of currency.
can have their own history, size, and physics.
Essentially, each shard counts as its own The fact that The Source is seen as a crystal,
separate universe. and that crystals have a significant role on each
shard, can’t be a coincidence.
While there is an infinite number of stories that
can be told, there are common themes that exist
within The Source, and therefore each of its
shards.
Beacons
Heroes. Paragons. Chosen. The common name
for these legendary figures across all shards is
beacon. Anyone can be a beacon, but each
shard has a common category that beacons fall
within, unique to that shard.
Beacons exist on each shard, and are called
beacons because they provide the glowing light
to that shard. Within a shard, beacons are
inspiring or guiding figures. Beacons can be
heroes, villains, or anybody. What makes them
truly special is that, one way or another, people
look to them in times of trouble.
The Scourge
The Scourge is a recurring threat, a guaranteed
event in every shard. Their form and nature can
be different, but it always exists (or existed) in
every shard. They may not always be the
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 or a humanoid form. You can use the below
table to generate the unique elements of the
new Scourge:
Shards
1. Undeath
In this section, we will provide a number of pre- 2. Time
designed shards that you can use, as well as 3. Corruption
suggestions for creating your own shard. 4. Poison
Crystal Warriors 5. Fire
6. Cold
Summary 7. Storm
A crystal warrior is someone that can attune to 8. Earth
job crystals, quickly gaining access to a wealth 9. Divine
10. Water
of knowledge and power. They are the destined
11. Space
heroes that must fight against the Scourge when
12. Technology
it arises, defeating it and bringing a period of
peace. Unknown to them, however, they are Role of Crystals
perpetuating a cycle of death.
Job crystals are magical artifacts that contain
Beacons knowledge of how to perform specific tasks.
Attuning to a crystal grants access to that
In this shard, beacons are known as crystal
knowledge, and the continued use of a job
warriors. They have access to job crystals,
crystal allows a person to access the full depths
which allow them to use special abilities tied to
of knowledge stored inside.
that crystal. Although anyone can use a job
crystal, crystal warriors are able to do with great Anyone can attune to a job crystal. A blacksmith
ease, and can access and use multiple job might use one to gain access to recipes from an
crystals. age long past, or a former tax collector could
start a new life as a doctor, completely
In peaceful times, crystal warriors are free to do
dependent on the job crystal to do anything.
as they please. However, when a new Scourge
arises, they are the only ones that can do battle Unknown to most of the world, job crystals are
with it and its heralds. It can be a shock to some formed from Crystal Warriors that are defeated
crystal warriors to find out that the fate of the by the Scourge. That is why most job crystals
world rests on their shoulders. feature offensive skills.
Scourge Themes
The Scourge lies dormant once defeated, This shard features widely available magic and
reforming and building strength over magitech. Airships, trains, and other fantastical
generations. Once the Scourge is close to elements exist around the world, and amazing
reawakening, it sends out heralds to gather structures have been built in ages both past and
information on start setting plans into motion. present.
The appearance of heralds also signals to the
Because of the widespread availability of magic,
world that a new Scourge is at hand, and the
technology, and job crystals, communities can
Crystal Warriors must be brought together.
grow large and take care of the people living
The Scourge is different every time it appears, within.
but it does have common themes. Work with
This shard is designed for the “rule of cool”.
your players to come up with what the common
Don’t worry about realism and physics, and just
themes of the Scourge is. Examples can include
focus telling engaging stories with cool things.
a cold aura, multiple eyes, aquatic adaptations,

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Description
This shard is based on the inevitable cycle of the
Scourge. It arises, causes destruction and
chaos, is defeated by crystal warriors, recedes
into the background for just long enough to
surprise people, and then arises again.
Crystal warriors have a duty to stand against the
Scourge, as only a crystal warrior can defeat it.
However, unbeknownst to most, crystal warriors
defeated by the scourge or its heralds eventually
become a job crystal. In addition, whichever
crystal warrior dealt the blow that defeats the
Scourge is automatically sacrificed, their life
essence drawn from their body and used to
“destroy” the Scourge. Essentially, their body
becomes a large job crystal, which serves as the
new host for the next Scourge.
Many stories about the crystal warriors revolves
around them discovering and coping with the
fact that at least one of them WILL die defeating
the Scourge. Those that look for an alternative
might discover the dark truth about the cycle,
and instead focus on how to break the cycle.
Either way, the Scourge has to be dealt with,
and time is ticking.
Moontouched
Summary
Long ago the moon fell from the sky, but brave
heroes stopped it from crashing into their planet.
The moon remains unstable, and its influence
causes abnormalities of the inhabitants of the
planet. These individuals are known as the
moontouched, and exhibit supernatural powers.
Beacons
Beacons are known as the moontouched.
Through birth or accidents with magical energy,
they have gained supernatural powers, such as
enhanced strength, flight, or telekinesis.
It is believed the moon’s influence has created
the moontouched. Generally, people are fearful
and distrustful of the moontouched, because of
their unpredictable and potentially dangerous
powers.
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Scourge
The moon is a prison for a great elder evil, The
Scourge. In order to prevent its cycle of
destruction, it was sealed inside a massive tomb
in ancient history, which became the moon.
The Scourge is stirring, and forces aim to
release it from its prison. They almost
succeeded when the moon fell from the sky. Will
their next attempt succeed?
Role of Crystals
Crystals contain raw magical energy, sometimes
with an elemental aspect (fire, cold, lightning,
etc.). Crystals are used to power many magical
devices, and are a prominent feature of
magitech devices.
Soul gems are a special type of crystal designed
to capture a unique form of energy; souls.
Themes
The moontouched are similar to superheroes or
mutants from comics. There are also numerous
factions that exert influence in the world, and
every beacon has to content with these forces in
some way.
Description
There are 13 individuals who represent powerful
factions or organizations. Their influence
spreads far, and beacons are guaranteed to
interact with their allies and enemies.
The Alchemist. The most powerful and
knowledgeable spellcaster. Replaced the
previous royal archmage when they saved the
Child Emperor from a deadly illness. They now
lead the Academy, the Empire’s legendary
magical university.
The Baroness of Blood. The self-proclaimed
leader of all elves and refugees from the
destroyed planet of Fey. As a Ta’ir, she has
been on the world since before the destruction
of fey, and was possibly one of the first
explorers from that planet. She manages
relations between the different groups of fey and
the rest of the Empire from her flying castle.
The Beastmaster. The Beastmaster is the
champion of nature and the master of primal
magic. They push against anyone that seeks to
expand into pristine nature. However, their
attention is divided as their forces are the only
ones fighting against the Blight.
The Child Emperor. The Child Emperor took
the throne after their mother, the Warrior
Empress, unexpectedly died. Young and
idealistic, the Child Emperor grew up with tales
of heroes and is a frequent patron of
adventurers. They want to grow up to be just like
their mother, which can be good or bad
depending on how you view the Warrior
Empress.
The Conduit. Without the Conduit, there is no
divine magic. The Conduit acts as a connection
between the world and a source of energy that
can be used by divine spellcasters. There is only
ever one Conduit at a time, and they always
hold an incredible amount of influence. The
current Conduit is very outspoken, and focuses
on self-empowerment. They have been very
critical of the Empire.
The Dragon Queen. The Dragon Queen is the
enemy of the Empire, and ruler of all dragons.
Long ago the Dragon Queen ruled over the area
the Empire currently resides in, but a
combination of a catastrophic volcanic eruption
and rebellion sent their dynasty into decline. She
has recently united all the draken clans under
her command, and has declared war on the
Empire.
The Goblin King. The Goblin King, also known
as the King of Monsters, grants protection to any
‘monsters’ or creatures deemed monstrous that
swear loyalty to them. The Goblin King made
their presence known when, out of nowhere,
they invaded a castle with an army of goblins.
They held the castle against attacks from the
Empire, and leveraged their position to gain
induction into the Empire.
The Inquisitor. The Inquisitor’s job is to hunt
down and eliminate forbidden, dangerous things
that could threaten the Empire. They are a
ruthless zealot, and see the moontouched as a
threat to eliminate. Very few like the Inquisitor
and their forces, but they are seen as a
necessary evil.
The Justicar. The Justicar is the leader of a
group of elite, questing warriors. They seek to
eradicate evil from the world, and to make it a
safer place. Justiciars tend to work alone,
wandering the Empire searching for people in
need of help.
The Machinist. The Machinist is the face of
innovation and technology in the empire. By
reverse-engineering old magitech, she has
created numerous technological advances for
the Empire in a short period of time. Which are
then sold to the highest bidder, of course.
The Masked Cult. The Masked Cult is a
mysterious organization whose claimed goal is
to bring harmony to the world. Their current
method of doing so is to release the evil bound
within the moon, so that the world has to band
together to fight it. They believe that the
moontouched are important assets that should
be protected.
The Spy. The Spy is the eyes and ears of the
Empire. Their job is to protect the Empire from
threats before they happen. No one knows the
true identity of the Spy.
The Undead Pharaoh. The Undead Pharaoh
rules one of the oldest remaining civilizations.
Long ago they were killed by the Empire, but
returned in undeath. They made an arrangement
to join the Empire, in return for the removal on
the ban of necromancy. Since then, the Undead
Pharaoh’s kingdom has become a haven for
sentient undead.
Landfall
Summary
There are 3 nations in conflict over a small
amount of land. At unpredictable times, large
landmasses rise out of the sea, and the nations
scramble to claim and hold the land for
themselves.
Beacons

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Beacons are important assets to one of the
three nations, who assist with claiming newly
formed landmasses.
The Scourge
The Scourge is either one or all of the leaders of
the 3 nations, artificially creating conflict. The
nations could live in peace, and there are
enough resources for all if they worked together,
but the Scourge ensures they act independently.
Role of Crystals
Crystals are a power source used in ships,
vehicles, and large machinery. Larger crystals
provide more power, and are highly sought after.
Newly formed landmasses are covered in crystal
deposits, which contributes to the rush to claim
new land.
Themes
Exploration and competition are early themes of
this setting, with nations scrambling to claim
land in an aggressive way. As the story
progresses, it begins to reveal the dark and
destructive themes fueling this shard, and how
the people in charge profit off of the suffering of
others and artificially imposed scarcity.
Description
Landfall takes place on a water world, with few
landmasses compared to the endless expanse
of water. Three nations control all of the
available land, and are constantly in conflict with
each other over resources.
Unpredictably, new landmasses suddenly rise
from the ocean floor. When this happens, a race
begins among the three nations, to see who can
first discover the new landmass, and who can
seize control over it.
Wars aren’t fought on the existing, established
landmasses. It takes fewer resources to
establish a foothold on a newly appeared
landmass, than it does to break through a
nation’s established defenses.
Each nation has an area of strength, and an
area of weakness. One nation’s weakness is
another nation’s strength, and it is no accident
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that if they all worked together, they would
compliment each other perfectly. Instead, the
selfish rulers of each nation hoard their gifts and
fight against their neighbors.
Behind the scenes, the Scourge manipulates the
three nations, keeping them in eternal conflict.
What benefit does the Scourge gain from this?
Why does the Scourge fear the nations working
together? What does the Scourge hope to
accomplish while everyone’s attention is focused
on fighting?
Soul Guard
Summary
Dangerous monsters arise from the Mistlands,
an area saturated with the souls of the dead
from a long-forgotten cataclysm that befell the
shard. The Soul Guard trains to fight these
monsters and protects the last surviving city
from them.
Beacons
Beacons are leading members of the Soul
Guard. Each Beacon leads an arm of the Soul
Guard, with their own specialty such as city
defense, research, or Mistland expeditions.
Scourge
The Scourge is an intelligent Mistland creature
attempting to cause another cataclysm,
expanding the borders of the Mistlands.
However, their motives are deeper than what the
beacons are originally told…
Role of Crystals
Crystals are able to keep back the mist from the
Mistlands. The city’s wall has the largest crystals
which keep a wide area safe. A few roads have
crystal posts to improve visibility, but they’re not
strong enough to keep the monsters away.
Themes
Stories begin focusing on the threat of the
Mistlands, either the monsters that spawn in it or
the dangers of exploring it.
As leaders of the Soul Guard, the Beacons have
to cope with politics and bureaucracy, which
increases as they discover the truth about the
cataclysm, the Mistlands, and the history of their
city.
Description
The Soul Guard is the last bastion of civilization,
survivors of a calamity that nearly destroyed
their shard. Beyond the walls of the city lies the
Mistlands, and endless landscape filled with
dangerous horrors.
The truth of this shard’s history lies in the
Mistlands, and troubling clues are being brought
into the light as the Scourge puts their plans into
motion.
The exact history of the shard is for each group
to decide, but one truth is this: The city is not
alone, and their actions during the calamity were
not as benign as history says.
Custom Shards
When you want to create a custom shard, you
can use the following format to flesh it out. You
can also build the setting together with all the
players, which can be fun.
You can also refer to chapter xxx for additional
prompts for building out a setting.
Format
 Summary. Short elevator pitch of the
shard.
 Beacons. What role do beacons have in
the shard?
 Scourge. What is the Scourge, or how
does it work?
 Role of Crystals. What role do crystals
hold?
 Themes. What are the major themes of
the shard?
 Description. This is the longer, more
detailed description of the shard.

Scope of Stories
Most stories are contained within a shard, or
might deal with a handful of shards. Few stories If shards are reflections of The
deal with The Source as a whole, and the scope Source, does that mean The Source
of existence. If you do, here are some ideas: is just a shard of a different, larger
source? That’s probably a question for
 Unification: Bringing shards together, philosophers.
or trying to combine everything into one
truth, instead of limitless potential
 Separation: Destroy the source, and let
shards develop on their own, untethered
to the truths within the Source.
 Rogue Shard. A rogue shard threatens
the others. Perhaps the shard can
consume other shards, growing more
powerful.
 Darkness: Darkness is dimming the
light of all beacons within shards.
Without beacons, the Source will grow
dark, and hope will be lost.

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14 Appendix Reaction to add your armor to your DODGE or A-
DEF against the attack, potentially turning a hit
into a miss.
LOOT # 007. Animated Shield
[Rare]
This section contains the equipment and Light , Summon, Quick
techniques that can be obtained as loot.
You provide soft cover to allied characters. Quick:
By Number Deploy the shield to an empty adjacent space.
# 001. Absorption The shield moves when you move, staying
[Uncommon] adjacent to you. Attacks against you gain +1 DIF
Main Artifact - while you are adjacent to the shield. You can
[Reach 1] [1d6+1 Physical] return the summon to a normal shield as a quick
action while adjacent to it. (Size ½, 5 HP, 1 armor,
On Crit: Target’s current mana is reduced by 1, 10 Dodge/A-Def)
and you gain 1 mana.
# 008. Armor of Growing Endurance
# 002. Adamantine Armor [Rare]
[Rare] Light , Enchantment
Heavy , Armor
Any Armor: When you gain a wound, gain temp
+3 armor (to a max of +4). -1 Speed and Dodge. HP equal to your BLOODIED value.
Gain resistance to damage from critical hits.
# 009. Backstabber
# 003. Adamantine Construction [Uncommon]
[Legendary] Light Blade Accurate
Free , Enchantment, Unique [Reach 1] [1d3 Physical]
Any Armor: The armor gains +1 armor and is On Crit: +1d6 bonus damage.
UNBREAKABLE.
Any Weapon: The weapon ignores armor and is
UNBREAKABLE. # 010. Bag of Holding
[Rare]
# 004. Aether Flask Free , Unique
[Uncommon]
Light , Consumable 1 One of your other support slots increases by one
size (light to main, main to heavy).
You become suffused with aether. Until the end of
your next turn, you cannot make attacks or cast # 011. Barbed Enchantment
spells, and are immune to physical and force [Rare]
damage. You can move through solid objects as if Light , Enchantment
they were difficult terrain, but you can’t end your Any Armor: You gain +1 ACC on GRAPPLE
turn inside one. If you end your turn inside or checks. When you end your turn grabbing or
partly inside an object, you are moved to the last grappled by a character, they take [2 Physical].
space you occupied.
# 012. Barkskin Armor
# 005. Amulet of Health [Rare]
[Uncommon] Main , Armor, Quick
Light , -
Quick: Spend X mana to increase your armor by
+1 ACC on BLK checks and saves. the mana spent, to a maximum armor of 4.
Whenever you take damage, reduce your armor
# 006. Angelsteel Armor by 1 until its normal value.
[Legendary] # 013. Beam Saber
Heavy , Armor [Rare]
+3 armor, -1 SPEED and DODGE. When you are Main Blade -
hit by an attack, you can spend 1 mana as a [Reach 1] [1d6+1 Light]

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You ignore all darkness penalties the ground. You must spend 1 mana at the end of
each turn that you remain in the air using these
boots.
# 014. Belt of Giantkind
[Uncommon] # 021. Boots of Speed
Light , - [Rare]
Light , Quick, Stress 1
You count as one size larger for PUSH and
GRAPPLE. Quick: You can take 1 stress to RUSH.
# 015. Black Hole
[Rare] # 022. Broom of Flying
Light Artifact - [Rare]
[Range 5, Reach 3] [1d3 Force] Main , -
On Hit: Can spend 1 mana to make the target You can fly, but you must spend 1 mana at the
SLOWED until the end of their next turn. end of each turn during which you fly.
# 016. Blackiron Armor # 023. Caduceus Staff
[Rare] [Rare]
Heavy , Armor Main Artifact -
[Range 8] [2 Stress]
+3 Armor (to a max of +4). -1 SPEED and
DODGE. You gain resistance to [fire] and [dark] On Hit: One ally within scope gains 1d3 temporary
damage. HP.
# 017. Bloodstone Armor # 024. Class Change Crystal
[Uncommon] [Legendary]
Light , Armor, Limited 1 Main , Limited 1, Unique
+1 armor. When you become BLOODIED, you During a rest, you can expend a charge to change
can expend a charge to gain resistance to all your class. Your current stats remain the same
damage until the end of your next turn. You can unless they are higher than your new maximum.
regain 1 charge of this item during a SHORT
# 025. Cloak of Elvenkind
REST by spending 1 recovery.
[Uncommon]
# 018. Blur Main , -
[Legendary] -
SEARCH checks against you gain +1 DIF.
1 MEM, Unique
You gain +2 DODGE. # 026. Cloak of Protection
[Uncommon]
# 019. Bonecaller Armor Main , Quick
[Rare] Quick: Gain 1 PARRY.
Main , Armor, Summon, Quick
+1 Armor. Quick: Summon a shambling skeleton # 027. Conductor's Baton
in an empty adjacent space. Enemies that end [Rare]
their turn adjacent to the summon take [3 Light Artifact -
Physical]. (Size 1, 5 HP, DODGE/A-DEF 10, [Range 8] [1d3 Force]
SPEED 2).
On Hit: Spend 1 mana to force the target to make
# 020. Boots of Levitation a MGK save. On a failure, they are SILENCED
[Uncommon] until the end of their next turn.
Light , Quick
# 028. Cursesong Armor
Quick: You can fly a number of spaces directly [Rare]
upward equal to your speed and hover there. You Main , Armor, Limited 1
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+1 armor. As a reaction when a character within As a reaction when you are hit by an attack, you
scope and Line of Sight that hits you with an can spend 1 mana to teleport 1d3 spaces.
attack, you can expend a charge to give them +3
# 036. Dragon Mask
DIF on all attacks, checks, and saves. This DIF is
[Uncommon]
reduced by 1 at the end of each of their turns.
Main , Mana 2
# 029. Darkleaf Armor
[Rare] Volley: Make a cone 5 attack, dealing [1d6
Light , Armor energy].
# 037. Durable Construction
+1 armor. 1/round when you are hit by a melee
[Uncommon]
attack, you can spend 1 PARRY as a reaction to
deal 1d3 dark damage to the attacker. Light , Enchantment, Unique

# 030. Darksight Armor Any Weapon or Armor: The item gains the
[Uncommon] UNBREAKABLE tag.
Light , Armor # 038. Elemental Burst Armor
[Rare]
+1 armor. You ignore all darkness penalties.
Main , Armor

# 031. Death's Gambit +2 armor, -1 DODGE. Gain an elemental damage

[Uncommon] resistance. You automatically succeed at all saves
Light , - against DOT that shares that damage type. When
you do, you create a Burst 1 area. All enemies in
When you make a WOUND check, you can roll the area take damage equal to the amount of DOT
twice and take either result. cleared, of the DOT’s damage type.
# 032. Defending Enchantment # 039. Elemental Enchantment
[Rare] [Legendary]
Light , Enchantment Light , Enchantment, Unique
Any Weapon: 1/turn when you hit with this Any Weapon: The weapon deals +1d3 energy
weapon, you gain 1 PARRY. damage.
# 033. Demigod # 040. Escape Enchantment
[Legendary] - [Uncommon]
1 MEM, Unique Free , Enchantment
Any Armor: As a Quick Action, you can escape
You are immune to the DAZED condition, and
from any grapple.
your stress cap increases by +2
# 041. Exploding Heart
# 034. Desync [Legendary] BRAWL
[Legendary] - 3 MEM, -
1 MEM, Unique
Make a melee attack against an adjacent
Whenever you take a WOUND or OVERSTRESS, character. On a hit, they must make a BLK save.
you can choose to be removed from play until the On a failure, they immediately take Stress equal to
start of your next turn. You can’t be affected by their BREAKING POINT value and are STUNNED
anything or take any damage or stress while until the end of their next turn. On a success, they
removed from play. You enter play in the space take [3 Stress] and are SLOWED until the end of
you left, or the nearest empty space. their next turn. A character can only be affected by
# 035. Displacer Cloak this ability 1/scene.
[Rare]
# 042. Feather Token
Main , Mana 1
[Uncommon]
Light , -

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You are immune to falling damage. # 049. Hamstring
[Rare] BRAWL
2 MEM, -
# 043. Feel No Pain
[Rare] - Make a melee attack against an adjacent
1 MEM, Unique character. On a hit, they take [3 stress] and an
additional [2 stress] every time they make an
When you have 3 or more WOUNDS, you gain
attack or cast a spell until the end of their next
resistance to all damage. When you have 3 or
turn.
more OVERSTRESS, you gain resistance to
Stress. When at 4 WOUNDS / OVERSTRESS, # 050. Headband of Intellect
you aren’t defeated and can keep acting as [Rare]
normal. Roll 1d6 whenever you take damage or Light , -
Stress in this state. On a 1, you are defeated. You Gain +1 MEM and +1 ACC on MIND checks and
can’t regain HP in this state until you REST. saves.
# 044. Firebrand # 051. Heavy Draw
[Legendary] [Rare] -
Main Blade - 1 MEM, Unique
[Reach 1] [1d6 Physical + 2 DOT Fire
(BLK)] Your weapons with range gain +3 range.
-
# 052. Helm of Teleportation
[Legendary]
# 045. Flamethrower Main , Limited 3, Quick
[Rare]
Heavy Magitech - Quick: Teleport up to 2d6 spaces.
[Cone 5] [3 DOT Fire (AGI)]
- # 053. Hydra Helmet
[Rare]
Main , -
# 046. Flash Step
[Legendary] - When you take a WOUND or OVERSTRESS, you
regain 4 HP at the start of your next turn, and 2
2 MEM, Unique
HP at the start of the next turn after that one.
You can teleport your standard move. You take 1 # 054. Invisibility Cloak
stress when you do this. [Legendary]
Main , Quick, Mana 1
# 047. Fleetfoot Armor
[Rare] Quick: Spend 1 mana to become INVISIBLE until
Light , Armor, Quick you make an attack, force a save, or take a hostile
action.
+1 Armor. Quick: Spend up to 3 mana. Increase
your speed by the mana you spent until the end of # 055. Justicar Armor
your next turn. [Uncommon]
Free , Enchantment
# 048. Ghostwalker Armor
[Uncommon] Any Armor: Gain resistance to Force damage.
Light , Armor, Quick
+1 armor. Quick: Spend 2 mana to be able to # 056. Lifedrinker Armor
move through characters and objects until the end [Rare]
of your turn. Main , Armor
+1 Armor. Gain resistance to two energy types.
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types, you can spend 1 mana to gain 1d6+1 temp # 064. Mithral Construction
HP. You can spend an additional mana to give all [Legendary]
allies within range 5 the same amount of temp HP. Free , Enchantment, Unique

# 057. Lightning Bolt Any Weapon or Armor: The item's size is reduced
[Rare] by one stage, to a minimum of free.
Main Longarm Thrown 8 # 065. Momentum
[Reach 2] [1d6+1 Lightning] [Rare]
When thrown, the attack becomes a Line 8 area. Heavy Club Thrown 8
[Reach 1] [2d6+2 Physical]

# 058. Living Leyline When thrown, this weapon returns to you

[Legendary] - automatically after the attack.
1 MEM, Unique # 066. Monitor's Pivot
You gain +1 ACC on MGK checks and saves, and [Legendary] -
+2 A-DEF. You lose these benefits while 1 MEM, Unique
SILENCED.
+1 on MND checks and saves. +1 reach with all
# 059. Lucky weapons that have reach.
[Legendary]
Main Blade - # 067. Mountainous Armor
[Reach 1] [1d6+2 Physical] [Uncommon]
Heavy , Armor
On Miss: You can spend 1 mana to reroll the
attack. +3 armor, -2 speed. Reduce all forced movement
on you by 3.
# 060. Mace of Terror
[Rare] # 068. Multitasker
Main Club - [Rare] -
[Reach 1] [1d6+1 Physical] 1 MEM, Unique
On Crit: Target is DAZED until the end of their
Your SURGE cost never goes above 1d6+2
next turn and can’t willingly move closer to you or
attack you while DAZED in this way. Stress.

# 061. Mana Battery # 069. Oathbow

[Legendary] - [Legendary]
1 MEM, Unique Main Bow Arcing
[Range 10] [1d6+1 Physical]
You regain 1 mana at the start of each of your
turns while you aren't SILENCED. When you consume a MARK when attacking with
this weapon, the attack gains HOMING.
# 062. Meteor Staff
[Legendary] # 070. Orb of Power
Heavy Artifact Mana 1 [Uncommon]
[Range 10, Blast 2] [1d6+2 Fire] Light , Limited 3

- 1/turn as a free action, expend a charge to impose

+1 DIF on a save against one of your effects.

# 063. Mind Lasher # 071. Oversized Enchantment

[Uncommon] [Rare]
Light Longarm - Main , Enchantment, Unique
[Reach 2] [3 Stress] Any Weapon: This weapon deals 1 additional die
On Crit: Deal +1d3 Stress of physical, force, or energy damage. If the
weapon has multiple damage types, pick one of
them. If the weapon doesn't use damage dice, this
enchantment has no effect.

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# 072. Overwhelming # 079. Potion of Size
[Legendary] - [Rare]
1 MEM, Unique Light , Consumable 1, Quick
Quick: Change your size to ½, 1, 2, or 3 until the
Your save target is increased by +2. Whenever a
end of the scene.
character fails a save against you, they take [2
Stress] # 080. Power Armor
[Legendary]
# 073. Paragon Heavy , Armor
[Legendary] -
+3 armor, and you don’t need to breathe while this
1 MEM, Unique armor is equipped. You gain the following
You can pick two ancestry traits each quest. VOLLEY attack: [Range 10] [1d6 Force].
# 081. Razorwire Enchant
# 074. Perfect Accuracy [Rare]
Light , Enchantment
[Legendary] -
2 MEM, Unique Any Armor: As a Quick Action, you can spend 2
mana. Until the end of your next turn, when an
You can use the REROLL TABLE options an adjacent enemy hits you with a melee attack, they
unlimited number of times per turn, as long as the take [2 Physical].
conditions are met for each option. # 082. Recall Stone
# 075. Piercer [Uncommon]
[Rare] Light , Limited 1, Quick
Heavy Bow - During narrative play, you can expend a charge to
[Range 15] [2d6 Physical] abandon the mission and return this character to a
On Hit: 1/turn this weapon attacks all characters in base. During combat, as a quick action this
a line 3 area in the direction opposite from the character can expend a charge to successfully
attacker. extract.

# 076. Portable Cover # 083. Regeneration

[Uncommon] [Legendary] -
Heavy , Limited 2, Quick 1 MEM, Unique
Quick: Deploy a piece of size 1 hard cover in an Heal 1 HP at the start of each of your turns while
adjacent space. Each piece has 10 HP and 5 you are undefeated.
dodge/a-def. Each piece can be picked up as a
quick action. You can expend both charges at the # 084. Revive Kit
same time. [Uncommon]
Main , Consumable 1, Quick
# 077. Potion of Climbing
[Uncommon] Quick: One defeated ally can spend 1 recovery to
Light , Consumable 2, Quick clear 1 WOUND or OVERSTRESS and return to
play with their HP equal to their BLOODIED value.
Quick: Until the end of the scene, you can climb
any surfaces at your speed. # 085. Ring of Regeneration
[Uncommon]
# 078. Potion of Giants
Light , -
[Legendary]
Light , Consumable 1, Quick At the start of each of your turns while
BLOODIED, you regain 1 HP.
Quick: Your size increases by +1, and you gain +2
ACC on BLK checks and saves, and your reach # 086. Rocket Sledge
with all effects with reach increases by +1. These [Rare]
effects last until the end of the scene. Heavy Club Push 1, Reloading
[Reach 1] [3d6+4 Physical]

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- # 094. Shock Glove
[Rare]
Light Magitech Mana X
# 087. Scarab Staff [Reach 1] [1d3 Lightning]
[Rare]
Heavy Artifact - On Hit: The target can’t take Reactions until the
[Range 10, Blast 1] [2 Stress] end of their next turn. You can spend 1 mana to
make this attack against a target adjacent to the
On Hit: The target is DAZED until the end of their hit target. You can trigger this effect multiple
next turn. times, but each character can only be attacked
# 088. Scimitar of Speed 1/turn this
[Uncommon] # 095. Skeleton Key
Light Blade - [Uncommon]
[Reach 1] [1d3+1 Physical] Light , -
You can FIGHT with this weapon during PHASE Quick: You automatically open locks.
3: SKIRMISH
# 089. Scope # 096. Snare Trap
[Uncommon] [Uncommon]
Main , Quick Light , Consumable 3, Trap
Quick: Spend 1 mana to MARK a character within Quick: Place a trap in an empty adjacent space.
scope. The first character that enters the space is
# 090. Scroll of Protection IMMOBILIZED until the end of their next turn.
[Legendary] # 097. Spacewarp Enchant
Light , Consumable 1, Quick [Uncommon]
Light , Enchantment
Quick: One ally within scope and line of sight
becomes immune to all damage until the end of Any Armor: Increase the range of all teleports by
your next turn. your armor.
# 091. Sharkskin Armor # 098. Spider Staff
[Rare] [Legendary]
Light , Armor Heavy Artifact -
[Range 10] [2d6 Toxic]
+1 armor. You can breathe underwater, swim, and
ignore water penalties. Characters that Gain the following CHANNEL ability. [CHANNEL]
successfully grapple you take [1d3 Physical]. Release: Spend 1 mana. One character you can
# 092. Shatterstone see within scope takes [1d6 Toxic] and must make
[Uncommon] an AGI save. On a failure they are IMMOBILIZED
Light , Consumable 2, Quick until the end of their next turn. On a success, they
are SLOWED inst
Quick: Make a ranged attack against a character
# 099. Sprinter's Potion
within [Range 5]. On a hit, they are SUNDERED
[Uncommon]
until the end of their next turn.
Light , Consumable 1, Quick
# 093. Shield of the Evil Eye
[Rare] Quick: Your speed is doubled until the end of your
Main , Mana 1 next turn.
# 100. Starbow
You provide soft cover to allied characters.
[Uncommon]
1/round when you are missed by an attack, you
Main Bow -
can spend 1 mana to force the attacker to pass a
MND save or be DAZED until the end of their next [Range 20] [1d6 Light]
turn. -

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# 101. Super Mode Main Club Inaccurate, Reliable 4
[Legendary] - [Reach 1] [4d6 Force]
2 MEM, Unique On Hit: Target must pass a BLK save or be
STUNNED until the end of their next turn. On
When you use your ultimate, you also regain all
Miss: Target is DAZED until the end of their next
HP, remove all stress, and roll 1d20. On a 20, turn.
your ultimate recharges.
# 109. Timber
# 102. Super Speed [Uncommon]
[Legendary] - Heavy Blade -
1 MEM, Unique [Reach 1] [2d6+1 Physical]

When you RUSH, you can move +2 spaces. Does +1d3 bonus damage against characters that
are larger than you.

# 103. Swordbreaker # 110. Titan Blooded

[Uncommon] [Rare]
Main Blade - Light , Unique
[Reach 1] [1d6+1 Physical] Your size increases by 1, to a maximum of 3. You
This weapon gains +1 ACC on attacks against a can’t be knocked PRONE or suffer forced
character with a blade equipped. movement from smaller characters.

# 104. Tentacle Rod # 111. Tomblink Armor

[Uncommon] [Legendary]
Light Club - Heavy , Armor
[Reach 2] [1d3+1 Physical] +3 armor, -1 speed and dodge. Gain the following
If you hit with an opportunity attack with this Reaction. Trigger: An ally within range takes
weapon, the target is DAZED until the end of their damage. Effect: Spend 1 Recovery. They regain
next turn. HP equal to their BLOODIED value.

# 105. Tetherknot # 112. Toughness

[Uncommon] [Legendary] -
Light , Consumable 1, Quick 1 MEM, Unique
Quick: Throw this ball of wire at a character within You gain +5 HP.
[Range 5]. They must succeed on an AGI save or
be IMMOBILIZED until the end of their next turn.
# 113. Twin Death
# 106. The Unblinking Eye [Legendary]
[Legendary] - Light , Enchantment, Unique
2 MEM, Unique Light or Main Weapon: The weapon becomes a
1/round as a reaction at the start of any allied linked weapon, and is linked with a LIGHT
weapon.
character’s turn, you can MARK as a free action.
# 114. Unbreakable Skin
# 107. There is No Escape
[Legendary] -
[Rare] -
1 MEM, Unique
1 MEM, Unique
You gain +1 armor, to a max of 4 armor.
You have +1 ACC on GRAPPLE attacks and
checks. You can still take reactions while
# 115. Unyielding
grappling.
[Rare] -
# 108. Thunderstruck 1 MEM, Unique
[Legendary]

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Increase all forced movement you inflict by +1, Light Artifact Accurate, Homing
[Range 8] [1d3 Force]
and you can reduce forced movement on you by 1
(to a minimum of 0). -
# 116. Venom
[Uncommon] # 124. Warstaff
Light Blade Thrown 5 [Uncommon]
[Reach 1] [1d3 Toxic] Main Artifact -
[Reach 2] [1d6+2 Physical]
On Hit: Target is DAZED until the end of their next
turn. -
# 117. Vicious Enchant
[Rare] # 125. Weapon Ring
Light , Enchantment [Rare]
Main , Limited 3
Any Weapon: The weapon deals +1d6 bonus
damage on crits. During a REST or as a quick action, you can
expend a charge to replace one of your equipped
# 118. Voidspace Pockets weapons with a different weapon you have
[Legendary] - unlocked.
1 MEM, Unique
# 126. Weave Magic
You gain an additional MAIN support slot. [Legendary] -
1 MEM, Unique
# 119. Voidspace Weapon You gain +2 Mana.
[Legendary] -
1 MEM, Unique
# 127. Wind Boomerang
You gain an additional MAIN weapon slot. [Rare]
Light Club -
# 120. Vorpal Enchant [Range 5, Reach 3] [1d3 Force]
[Legendary] On Hit: Spend 1 mana to force all characters
Light , Enchantment adjacent to the target to make a BLK save.
Blade, Magitech: When you roll the maximum Failure: Target is pushed 1 space away from the
damage on a die with this weapon, roll the die primary target.
again and add that result to the total damage. This # 128. Windsprint Armor
effect can trigger multiple times. Only the damage [Rare]
directly from this weapon can trigger this effect, Light , Armor
not any bonus damage.
+1 Armor. When you REPOSITION, you are
# 121. Wallbreaker INVISIBLE until the end of your movement.
[Rare]
Heavy , Quick
Quick: Deal 10 damage to a piece of cover, or By Type
automatically destroy a size ½ or 1 piece of cover.
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# 122. Wand of Fireballs
[Legendary] By Rarity
Light Artifact Reloading
[download LOOT spreadsheet]
[Range 5, Reach 3, Blast 2] [1d6+1 Fire]
-

# 123. Wand of Magic Missiles

[Uncommon]

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 If you do, go back and forth with the opposing
COMBAT QUICK GUIDE team, each side having one character take a
Combat is broken into periods of time. Each
turn, then the other, until everyone that wants to
period is composed of smaller units of the period
take a turn has.
below it. A scene is composed of rounds, a
round is composed of phases, and a phase is Play then proceeds to the next phase. Once all
composed of turns. phases have been cycled through, begin a new
round, and start at PHASE 1: BOLSTER.
TIME PERIODS
SURGE
SCENE
↓ 1/Round you can take a 2nd Action as a free
action at the cost of an increasing amount of
ROUND
stress, resetting during a LONG REST.
↓
PHASE A SURGE action can either a) be activated
during your turn to take a 2nd action from that
↓
phase, or b) be activated during a following
TURN phase to take an available action during that
WHAT YOU DO phase. This is resolved as if it was another PC
You take 1 Turn each round. During your turn, turn, but doesn’t count as a turn for any effects
you can do the following in any order: that care.
A character can’t SURGE before they’ve taken
YOUR TURN their turn. If they didn’t use their standard
movement or Quick Action on their turn, they
ACTION MOVE QUICK can use it during their SURGE action turn.
Surge Cost
Your turn is taken during the phase that has an Times Used Stress Cost
action you want to take. 0 1
ORDER 1 1d3
2 1d6
Whenever a new phase begins, decide if you 3+ 1d6+4
want to take your turn during this phase. If not,
wait for another phase.

PHASES ACTIONS
1: BOLSTER DEFEND RECOVER
2: CHANNEL CHANNEL
VOLLEY CAST
3: SKIRMISH MARK SEARCH
4: REPOSITION RUSH HIDE
5: BRAWL FIGHT PUSH
GRAPPLE
6: RELEASE RELEASE
7: FULL ATTACK FULL ATTACK
8: DELAY DELAY

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PHASE 1: BOLSTER
DEFEND
Gain PARRY equal to 1d3 + ARMOR. Until the start
of your next turn, attacks against you gain +1 DIF,
and you can use the INTERPOSE and
COUNTERATTACK reactions multiple times in the
same turn until the start of your next turn.
Interpose
Reaction, Parry 1
Trigger: An ally within Range 3 is targeted by an
attack.
Effect: You can move up to 2 spaces, ignoring
reactions. If you end this movement next to the
targeted ally, you can choose to become the target
instead.
Counterattack
Reaction, Parry 1
Trigger: You are hit by an attack.
Effect: You can make a melee weapon attack
against the character that hit you.
RECOVER
Choose one of the following:
 Spend a recovery to regain all your HP.
 Clear all your stress.
Then choose one of the following:
 Reload all RELOADING weapons/abilities.
 Remove all DoT on you.
 Clear a condition or effect on you that
wasn’t caused by yourself.
 Clear a condition or effect on an adjacent
ally that wasn’t caused by them.
 Regain all your mana.
PHASE 2: CHANNEL
CHANNEL
Abilities with an action of CHANNEL begin on this
phase. The effect is released and goes into effect
during PHASE 6: RELEASE. If you take any
damage while channeling a spell (after armor), you
have to make a BLK save against the initiator’s save
DC (a Concentration save). You can only channel
one ability at a time. You can’t READY a
CHANNEL. You can take your standard move
either when you CHANNEL or RELEASE.
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PHASE 3: SKIRMISH
VOLLEY
Ranged weapon attacks and abilities/items with the
VOLLEY tag happen on this phase. Weapon attacks
use their listed range, while abilities use your class
range unless otherwise noted.
Ranged Attack Rolls
When making an attack roll, roll 1d20+your GRIT. If
your attack equals or exceeds the target’s DODGE
(or A-DEF for aetheric attacks), it hits.
CAST
You make a spell attack against a target within class
range.
Spell Attack Rolls
Roll 1d20 + your GRIT. If your attack equals or
exceeds the target’s DODGE (or A-DEF for aetheric
attacks), it hits.
MARK
A character you can see and within your range
gains the MARKED condition.
SEARCH
Choose an enemy within Scope and pick one. (A) If
the character is HIDDEN, make a contested MND
check vs their AGI. On a success, they are no
longer HIDDEN. (B) You learn the target’s statistics,
abilities, and equipment.
PHASE 4: REPOSITION
RUSH
In addition to your free movement, you can either
(A) not provoke reactions from movement, or (B)
move again.
HIDE
You gain the HIDDEN condition. To hide, you can’t
be ENGAGED and either must be outside of any
enemy LINE OF SIGHT, within HARD COVER or
totally inside SOFT COVER, or be INVISIBLE.
PHASE 5: BRAWL
FIGHT
You make a melee or improvised weapon attack.
Attack Rolls
Roll 1d20 + your GRIT. If your attack equals or
exceeds the target’s DODGE (or A-DEF for aetheric
attacks), it hits. Improvised attacks deal 1d3
physical on a hit.
PUSH
Make a melee attack against an adjacent target. +1
ACC for every size larger than the target you are, or
+1 DIF for every size smaller. On hit, chose one of
the following:
 Push them 1 space.
 Knock them prone.
GRAPPLE
Make a melee attack against an adjacent target. On
a hit, both characters are GRAPPLED.
 Count as ENGAGED
 Can’t take reactions
 If you are the same size as the target, you
count as the larger one during the turn you
grapple them.
 Larger character can move normally.
Smaller character is drug along.
 Smaller character can’t move.
 Same size or smaller can make a BLK
check during their turn to see if they can
move, dragging the other along.
GRAPPLED ends if:
o Characters are no longer adjacent to each
other.
o The initiator ends it as a free action
o Smaller characters succeed on an opposed
BLK check during the SKIRMISH phase.
PHASE 6: RELEASE
RELEASE
When this phase happens, any character using a
CHANNEL ability can RELEASE it. This is a free
action and does not use a turn. A character can
decide to CHANNEL for another turn instead of
releasing. Releasing effects still alternate between
players and NPCs. You can take your standard
move if you didn’t take it during CHANNEL.
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PHASE 7: FULL
ATTACK
FULL ATTACK
You can VOLLEY, CAST, or FIGHT with any
combination of two different equipped weapons or
techniques. This action can only be taken 1/round.
PHASE 8: DELAY
DELAY
The last chance to take an action during this round.
If you wanted to take an action but the phase had
already passed, you act on this phase.
SPECIAL ACTIONS:
READY
READY
To ready an action, you specify an action that
happens as a reaction when certain criteria are met.
Determine the action you want to take, like “I want
to shoot them with my bow”. Then determine the
trigger, like “When they become visible.”
You set the action during the normal phase when it
could occur. When the trigger is met, you can
activate the action as a reaction.
The readied action lasts until the start of your next
turn. When readying an action, you can’t take any
other reactions.
REACTIONS
Opportunity Attack
Reaction, 1/round
Trigger: A hostile character begins a movement or
standard movement inside one of your weapon’s
reach.
Effect: You can immediately VOLLEY or FIGHT
against them.
REROLL TABLE
REROLL TABLE
o Take 1d3 stress to reroll.
o Become MARKED to reroll. You can’t use
this option if you are MARKED.
o If you are within a hostile character’s reach,
provoke an OPPORTUNITY ATTACK from
them and reroll.
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