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Species Languages of the Han’Arai
Each species in the Han’Arai Galaxy are talented
and capable, with various strengths and
weaknesses. The species available for play are:
Ardaxian – Purple-skinned humanoids from the
planet Ardax, Ardaxians are lithe and agile,
charming and intelligent. They make excellent
researchers, socialites, and investigators. They
love team sports and tend to be secretive about
their homeworld.
Ceralissian – Bulky humanoids covered in short
fur and sometimes sporting tusks. Ceralissians
come from the cold planet of Ceraliss, and they
make skilled explorers, pilots, and gunmen.
Ceralissians are almost always devoted to their
voyager god, Korgath, the Mariner of the Stars.
Human – Run-of-the-mill homosapiens from the
planets Idris, Eravice, and Gargaren. Widespread,
resilient, and adaptable. Relatively new to
interstellar travel, but also instrumental in the
establishment and prosperity of the Council of
Allied Systems.
Irokian – Short, amphibious humanoids with
large eyes, thick tails, and the ability to scale most
surfaces with their sticky hands and feet. Irokians
make excellent mechanics, opportunists, and
spacers.
Minix – Another species under 4ft tall, Minix are
feline-humanoids with thick fur of various colors
and patterns. They have heightened senses,
causing them migraines while in crowded areas.
Minix tend to wear sealed spacesuit helmets in
busy markets and spaceports for this reason.
Palorian – Large lizard-like humanoids with
sharp teeth, claws, and a resistance to hot or arid
environments. Palorians are physically powerful,
making them great Cybermancers, Protectors,
Gladiators, and Mercenaries.
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There are dozens of languages throughout the
Han’Arai Galaxy. Listed below are some of the
languages the crew is more likely to come across
in their adventures in the Astral Tides
Roleplaying Game.
Common Languages in the Council of Allied
Systems
● Bratallish Basic. The native language of
Irokians and Palorians, originating from
the world of Bratirin.
● Cericash. The language of the
Ceralissians.
● Galactic Trade. The language of the
Ardaxians, now the most common and
widely spread language in the galaxy.
● Leranic. The language of the Sebekians
of Lerath, as well as the default language
of most Independent Robotic Entities.
● Narssian. A soft, almost whispered
language spoken by the Minix of Narss.
Common Languages in the Fora-Tahn Union
● Antollish. Language used by the worlds
of the Versian Drift.
● Fasam. Language of the Confederate
Worlds of the Berith Vast.
● Kiirin. The language of the worlds of the
Fora Cluster.
● Seltoruk. An unspoken language of
gestures and facial expressions used
widely on Talrinda and Cobrion.
● Tahnnish. The most common language
of the Tahn Threshold.
Exotic Languages of the Han’Arai Galaxy
● Ghresh. Sacred language of the religious
Order of Ghresh.
● Mordish. Long, melodic syllables
reminiscent of whale-song, spoken by the
Mordai of Pionus.
● Parallish. An official trade language
used by the residents of the worlds in the
Pollis Verge.
● Shadow Hand. An offshoot of Seltoruk,
used primarily by underground crime
network.
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Ardaxian Names
From the planet Ardax, the Ardaxian names tend to be two
Ardaxians are humanoids with or three syllables and have a
skin of various shades of way of rolling off the tongue,
purple and hair of all ranges of favoring soft consonants.
color. They are of slender- Female names often pair
build, generally shorter height vowels together, and where a
than humans. Ardax is ruled by male name would use a
an aristocracy of noble houses, singular ‘s’, the same name
and members of the noble caste with a double ‘s’ would be a
are marked with various facial feminine moniker. Ardaxian
tattoos, while common surnames represent the house
Ardaxians go without such from which they descend.
markings.
Male Names
Ardaxians hold a love for Amulo, Brullus, Caelus,
community, finding strength in Derumel, Enricus, Farlio,
their connection to those Galeris, Ocaviter, Tulnus
around them. An Ardaxian that
belongs to a Noble House Female Names
wears that association with Palonia, Duroria, Maxina,
pride, with adults gaining Vilea, Lutaana, Darssala,
facial tattoos of their house's Arnessi, Trissala, Tarina
insignia. Common House
Ardaxians – while wielding House Names
less political and social power Halarean, Erilian, Paligius,
– are still no less fierce in their Dardascus, Aurn, Udorien,
devotion to their house. Even Teil, Surnis, Aetlin, Helsis,
Ardaxians who have chosen Druslin, Fein, Tigatus, Adraso,
the life of wanderers, Episo, Ignalus, Relm
explorers, and travelers show a
strong devotion to a house of Species Features
sorts – either to their home
house, or to the crew or Languages
company with which they Ardaxians know Galactic
travel. Trade as well as one additional
language of your choice.
Ardax is known across Council space for its
secrecy towards off-worlders. This planetary Size & Movement
secrecy exists because of the Ardaxian belief that Ardaxians have a size of 2 and a Movement of
preservation of culture is paramount to their 30ft.
identity as a society, and to their success in the
galaxy at large. Visitors to Ardax are forced to Social Butterfly
enter the planet through one of a dozen different You begin the game with one additional Contact
Gateway Cities, where the wait for Ardaxian of your choice (see Backgrounds later in this
customs release can take days or even weeks. But chapter). Additionally, when you succeed at the
the wait is not entirely unenjoyable – many Carousing downtime action, you may gain one
Ardaxian Common Houses make fortunes by piece of information as if you had succeeded a
providing queued visitors with all sorts of Research action, in addition to the normal action
entertainment. results.

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Ceralissian
A physically large and imposing race of
mammalian humanoids, Ceralissians stand
between six and seven feet tall, are broad-
shouldered. Hailing from the cold planet of
Ceraliss, the Ceralissians evolved from a
nomadic way of life and are among the most
religious of all the Council races – their
religious leaders also hold the highest positions
within their theocratic government.

Ceralissian culture is as rich and diverse as the

nomadic tribes from which they progressed, yet
there are still many similarities shared by each
of these facets to thoroughly define Ceralissian
culture. The lines drawn in the past by various
tribes have all but disappeared, but many
Ceralissians still wear the colors or crests of
their heritage tribes as a symbol of their
commitment to tradition. While families and
organizations will claim a tribe as their own,
there is no known record of which bloodlines
belonged to which tribes.

Most other species will know the Ceralissians

as conquerors. Some Ceralissians still embody
the ideals of their ancestors, yet such ideals are
largely kept in check by the Ceralissians'
devotion to the Council.
In the present day, Ceralissians' love of combat
and desire to prove their strengths to Korgath
come out in streamed boxing and wrestling
matches. Ceralissians of every class and social
stature are known to participate in tournaments,
and simple local tournaments are treated as
seriously as planet-wide events. In the absence of
an established tournament, some may attempt to
set one up on their own, which has led to small
'tournaments' taking place on ships with a
Ceralissian presence.
Names
Ceralissian names are gender neutral, and the
common pronoun for Ceralissians is they/them.
Ceralissians of notable social status often alter
their names to feature the double A, pronounced
as if it were hyphenated. Ceralissian surnames
consist of three letters with an apostrophe, and
then Gath, such as Doz’Gath, Kel’Gath, or
Oro’Gath.
Ceralissian Names
Darkod, Kyrdaan, Torgan, Mardath, Forgaath,
Mok, Gan, Nathar, Sagak, Bodath, Pargan
Species Features
Languages
Ceralissians know Galactic Trade as well as
Cericash, their native tongue.
Size & Movement
Ceralissians have a size of 3 and a Movement of
30ft.
Tundra Survivalist
You gain a +1 bonus to Defense. Might
Resistance tests made to resist the effects of cold
environments gain a bonus die.

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Human
The most diverse and widespread race in the
galaxy, Humans have spread to the farthest
reaches of Council Space, Union Space, and
everything in-between. Humans have shown the
greatest ambition out of all the galactic races to
explore the vast reaches of space. Descendants of
ancient Earth, children of the great exodus over a
thousand years ago, Humanity entered into the
Han’Arai Galaxy after a journey that lasted eons
on their generational starships. Now, Humanity
has spread to more worlds than any other race,
though when it comes to their presence in the
Council of Allied Systems, their influence can be
found primarily on three of the Core worlds
Eravice, Gargeren, and Idris.
Humans, as a pillar species of the Council, enjoy
a healthy presence in the Core of the Han'Arai
galaxy. Three different Core worlds are
considered to be human worlds - Idris, Gargeren,
and Eravice. From these three worlds, humanity
has extended its reach to the farthest reaches of
the galaxy.
A world of sprawling metropolises and beautiful
beaches, Eravice is a human planet ruled by a
bureaucratic government. The planet with the
most space ports in all of the Core, if not all of the
galaxy, Eravice is the best place to look for work
within Council Space, as most ships, crews, and
corporations have some sort of presence on the
planet.
Less welcoming to outsiders than Eravice, but
even more technologically advanced, is
Gargeren. A militocratic human world that has
become the center of the Council Security Forces,
Gargeren is home to thick jungles, winding
coasts, and expansive mountain ranges.
Where Eravice is for the decadent and Gargeren
is for the dogmatic, Idris represents the industrial
side of humanity. A human bureaucratic world
and the single leading producer of the cutting-
edge starship fuel liquid masorium, Idris is a
bustling industrial world often on the outer edges
of the Core.
Outside of the Core Humans can no longer claim
the largest population on a single world, but they
can claim the largest combined population across
all the worlds of the Midrim. The Midrim lacks
the established manufacturing plants of the Core,
forcing a wider reliance on interplanetary trade.
Names
Human names are similar to how they’ve always
been back on Earth. Some humans have even
begun to name their children using alien
conventions.
Species Features
Languages
Humans know the Galactic Trade language and
one additional language of your choice.
Size & Movement
Humans have a size of 2 and 30ft of movement.
Adaptable
Choose one Attribute. You gain a Bonus Die
when testing that Attribute’s Resistance.
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Irokian Palorians, and Irokians have

One of the two interstellar races harbored a suspicion and
from the planet Bratirin, the distrust of the Palorian species
Irokians evolved around the ever since.
humid coastal regions.
Resembling large amphibious Names
reptilian-humanoids, with large Irokian Names are always two-
black eyes, skin ranging in all syllable first names followed by
sorts of colors, and some even a single syllable surname. The
have cartilaginous combs use of a double I in Irokian
extending from the top of their names produces a long E sound.
heads in various arrays. Their Irokian surnames are short, and
short stature (generally between 3 they are passed down from the
and 4 feet tall) and history as Irokian matriarch who birthed
engineers make them excellent their clutch.
ship's mechanics.
Irokian Male Names
Irokians have a unique biological Merez, Arnas, Varkaz, Rasiz,
adaptation that limits their Tirik, Arnaz, Nimiz, Follum,
reproductive capabilities. Only Podgle, Werex
female Irokians who remain on
Bratirin for a period of three to Irokian Female Names
five consecutive years become Pela, Naly, Pernne, Aila, Vela,
viable for reproduction. As such, Valenne, Nayla, Brin, Orla,
female Irokians tend to have a Toly
pilgrimage period where they
wander the galaxy, learning what Irokian Surnames
they can from other planets and Lingh, Norn, Lihd, Prehnk,
peoples while they are still relatively young. Mingh, Moir, Tehnk, Tahng, Norl, Delm
Then, female Irokians who seek to bear offspring
will eventually return to Bratirin, at which point Species Features
they will often court and reproduce with many
suitors and produce a clutch of between 30 and Languages
100 Irokian eggs. Irokians know both Galactic Trade and Bratallish
Basic.
A matriarchal society at home, Irokians naturally
carry this reverence for the female gender when Size & Movement
they travel. However, Irokians who are more Irokians have a Size of 1 and a Movement of 30.
experienced in the ways of the galaxy at large will
generally lose their inherent reverence towards Amphibious
the female gender and begin treating all genders Irokians can breathe both air and water, and their
equally - for better or worse. movement speed is not reduced by swimming.

One cultural habit that is much more difficult to Wall Crawler

leave behind, however, is the Irokian’s cultural
rivalry with the Palorians. When the Ardaxians
brought the secret of interstellar travel to Bratirin,
it was first brought to the Palorians. In fact, it took
multiple decades before the Irokians were able to
secure the knowledge of Superspace from the
Irokians have sticky pads on their hands and feet
which allow them to climb most surfaces and
even scale along ceilings with relative ease. Your
Athletics tests made to climb gain a Bonus Die,
and you gain +5ft of Climb movement.

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Minix
Generally between three and four feet tall, Minix
come from the world of Narss and display a great
many feline qualities. Covered in fur of various
colors, the Minix have developed incredibly
advanced senses, able to detect micro changes in
air density on their sensitive whiskers. This also
results in the occasional migraine headache in
area of dense populations. Minix-founded
settlements tend to be sprawling blankets of low
buildings and wide streets, occupying a great
array of landscape. Minix who spend
considerable time among the cities of other
species, however, tend to wear sealed helmets
even while in breathable atmosphere.
A traditional Minix believes that only the most
accomplished are worthy of authority over others,
and thus their society has become a meritocracy.
Minix schools and academies present a wide
variety of studies for all prospective students, and
many Minix continue to learn for most of their
lives. Basic education for Minis begins at three
Narssian years and continues until a Minix is 13,
at which point they may choose to either enter the
workforce or continue schooling. The more terms
spent in advanced education, and the better
their performance in those terms, the higher
position a Minix can expect to attain right
out of school.
Minix Male Names
Aldazar, Aditun, Orledan, Izarul, Zerazeth,
Noldoro, Giderath, Edrozo, Rastera, Mardolo
Minix Female Names
Illindra, Otylzia, Izrullu, Utiras, Muryne, Nyzria,
Imegyn, Zarnan, Hyldria
Species Features
Languages
Minix speak their native language of Narssian, as
well as Galactic Trade.
Size & Movement
Minix have a Size of 1 and a Movement of 30.
Secure Landing
You receive half damage from falling, and you
gain +5ft of Balance movement.
Heightened Senses
Your Wits + Awareness tests gain a bonus die.
Additionally, increase the Doom cost for the GM
to interrupt your turn in combat by 1.

Minix value proof of skill above all else. If

among a crew of starsailors, a Minix often
finds it easiest to follow the command of
any other crew member who has proven
their mastery over a set of skills. If a Minix
views themselves as a master of a particular
set of skills, they may behave under the
assumption that others will inherently
follow their lead.

Names
Traditional Minix names are always three
syllables, borrowing one syllable from each
parent and ending with a unique syllable.
The name Bazara, for instance, would take
‘Ba’ from their mother Banora, ‘za’ from
their father Mizalos, and the final ‘ra’ as a
unique syllable to finish out the name.
Minix lack surnames.

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Palorian
From the planet Bratirin, the Palorians
are traditionally very reptilian in
appearance - long, crocodile-like
snouts, small, dark eyes, scales, and
natural claws on their feet and hands.
Their natural affinity for dryer
climates makes them excellent at
overland travel, as they consume less
food and water than most others.

Palorians are the natural end result of

a society and species that has evolved
through survival of the fittest. Coming
from the arid highlands of the world of
Bratirin, the Palorians that exist now
are the descendants of reptilian folk
who had to fight for their survival,
who had to adapt or die out. That
history is baked into Palorian genes,
manifesting as an instinct that
Palorians find difficult to shake, even
if they want to.
same name repeatedly, resulting in an entire
This results in Palorians bringing an interesting
brood of Aveks or Kilgans. Palorians have no
outlook into Council worlds. They believe that
surnames, though Palorians who have found
strength and cunning are the signs of a good
safety and security in a specific territory or ship
leader, and they know little of honor or duty.
may adopt the name of that location as their
They know loyalty only to those who can
surname.
outsmart them and outfight them. Despite their
knack for cunning, they naturally have little
Palorian Names
concept of deceit. Since survival is so strongly
Zuma, Srytis, Tygnis, Vrulos, Brulevo,
woven into their history, they see any attempt at
Vrugartad, Ravnit, Stordon, Zagdimond,
deception as the sign of an organism undeserving
Vobreon
of survival.

These, of course, are extreme examples. The Species Features

more that Palorians have intermingled with other
races over centuries past, the more these base
impulses have been dulled, or even eradicated
completely. Now some Palorians can find it
difficult to not give in to the benefits of a
comfortable life. Some Palorians are still learning
the limits of what is appropriate in any given
setting, as they struggle to navigate the emotional
minefield of dealing with other species.
Names
There is no ceremony to traditional Palorian
naming, and Palorian parents may even use the
Languages
Palorians know both Galactic Trade and
Bratallish Basic.
Size & Movement
Palorians have a Size of 3 and a Movement of 30.
Desert Survivalist
Your unarmed attacks gain a damage bonus of
+1. Additionally, Might Resistance tests made to
resist the effects of hot or arid environments gain
a Bonus Die.

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Aspects long blades with which you like to dance around

your foes.
No small amount of the Astral Tides Roleplaying
Game is combat. Your Aspect shows how your Table 2.1: Aspect Overview
crew member approaches combat. The various
Aspects are as follows: Aspect Key Magic? Best Suited For…
Attribute
Agent – You are a master at insertion, striking
from the shadows, and then making a swift Agent Agility No Control, Damage
retreat, all before security systems even pick up a
Channeler Spirit Yes Control, Damage,
disturbance.
Support
Channeler – Every living thing is connected to Cybermancer Might Yes Damage, Tank
one or more cosmic beings. You can not only see
those connections, but you can pull on them to Gladiator Spirit No Control, Tank
create supernatural effects.
Mastermind Wits No Control, Support
Cybermancer – You are outfitted with extensive
cybernetic modifications, which you can activate Mentalist Wits Yes Control
to cause one of a variety of effects.
Mercenary Agility No Damage
Gladiator – You are a member of an
entertainment network, and you turn your Operator Wits No Control, Support
dangerous life into someone else’s evening show.
Protector Might No Tank
Mastermind – You are your crew’s planner and
Star Sorcerer Spirit Yes Support, Tank
tactician. You support your team from a distance
and correct their errors on the fly. Swashbuckler Agility No Damage
Mentalist – You are gifted with psionic abilities,
tapping into the untapped potential of your mind Control. Aspects that excel at control will offer
to influence physical space around you. many Talents and Powers that limit enemies.
Applying conditions, reducing damage dealt, and
Mercenary – You excel at one thing: violence. applying negative modifiers to tests are just some
You love big guns and big explosions. ways an Aspect can control their enemies.

Operator – You see standard drones as clunky Damage. Aspects that focus on damage do just
and cumbersome. Instead, you employ an ever- that – deal damage. They can often make quick
growing swarm of microdrones on your enemies. work of most enemies.

Protector – You are trained to be a bulwark for
your crew, keeping them together and alive.
Star Sorcerer – You are a strange phenomenon,
born with a connection to the mystical forces that
bind the celestial bodies of the universe. You
embody the life cycle of the stars themselves.
Swashbuckler – Your confidence and your
panache are your weapons. Well, those and the
Support. Support Aspects have an array of buffs
and boons to apply to their allies, as well as
removing damage, wounds, and stress where
possible.
Tank. If an Aspect is built to get face to face with
their enemies, they will often have the Tank role.
Tanks soak and prevent damage. A good Tank
will command enemy focus, allowing their allies
the freedom to move about unhindered.

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Agents are spies, infiltrators, assassins, and
thieves. They are masters of their own discipline,
keeping calm under pressure and always
calculating their odds with deadly efficiency,
even in the heat of battle. They know how to
remain unseen, whether that means blending into
a crowd or hiding in the shadows. And they time
their strikes perfectly, finding the weaknesses of
their enemies and exploiting those weaknesses in
powerful and devastating fashion.
Agents can specialize in many skills and talents
that center around subterfuge and assassination.
An Agent can sight their targets down the scope
of a long-range rifle, the thunder of their gunshot
and the death of their quarry the only sign of their
presence as they slink away into the shadows. Or
an Agent may use their specially modified
datapad to hack into enemy electronic systems,
disabling weapons, escape shuttles, security
systems, and more. Finally, if caught in melee
combat, the Agent can unleash a storming flurry
of swift attacks that leave their enemies
disoriented and disabled, giving the Agent time to
escape.
Aspect Complexity
The Agent is a relatively simple Aspect to play,
capable of dealing significant damage or
hindering your opponents without burning your
brain.
Agents in action. Agents can come from a wide
variety of professions. An agent could be a
member (or ex-member) of Council Security
Special Forces, or even one of the infamous
Huntmasters. An operative with the skills of an
Agent would be highly coveted by the CSF, and
would likely be sent on long range, covert
missions.
Agents can also be problem-solvers for mega-
corporations, business entities that have grown so
vast and powerful that they almost have their own
police force. Working to protect corporate
interests in the galaxy would be made easier with
the talents of an Agent.
Finally, Agents are often employed by
independent vessels of the Outer Rim. Their
knack for observation and skill with ranged
weapons make them handy in almost any
situation that a smuggler, trader, or even pirate
might find themselves in.
Should you play an Agent?
Consider playing an Agent if any of the following
resonate with you.
● You never miss your target.
● You’d prefer to observe others
silently before engaging.
● A sound plan is more important to
you than ‘thrilling heroics.’
● You often see your allies as
stumbling into success.
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Creating an Agent
If you want to create an Agent, follow the steps below.
1. Assign your Attributes
You begin with 10 attribute points to distribute among
your four attributes as you see fit. Each attribute must
start at a minimum of 1, and your starting attributes
cannot exceed 3. Agility is the Agent’s key attribute,
however, so it can start as high as 4.
Listed below are four recommended starting attribute
distributions. Select one of these or create your own.
Agility: 4, Might: 3, Wits: 2, Spirit: 1
Agility: 4, Might: 2, Wits: 2, Spirit: 2
Agility: 4, Might: 1, Wits: 3, Spirit: 2
Agility: 4, Might: 2, Wits: 1, Spirit: 3
2. Select your Skills
Select five skills and give each of those skills a value of
1. Of those five skills, at least three of them must be
from the Agent Skill List, listed to the right. The
remaining two skills may any two skills of your choice.
You cannot select the same skill twice.
Listed below are four recommended sets of starting
skills. Select one of these or create your own.
Athletics, Awareness, Navigation, Piloting, Stealth
Athletics, Awareness, Engineering, Savvy, Stealth
Awareness, Analysis, Operate, Stealth, Survival
Athletics, Awareness, Influence, Medicine, Savvy
3. Select your Talent
Agents provide you with three starting Talents, of
which you choose one and record on your character
sheet. See Agent Talents on the following page.
4. Select your Favored Downtime Action
How does your Agent like to relax between missions?
Select one of the Downtime Actions – Carousing,
Maintenance, Research, or Scrounging. Each time
you take the chosen Downtime Action, you may remove
1 Stress.
5. Record your starting Resources
Finally, record your character’s resources – Guile.
These are detailed in the section titled Resources to the
right.
Agent Features
Key Attribute: Agility
Skill List: Athletics, Awareness, Operate, Savvy,
Stealth
Stress Reduction
Choose one of the following Downtime actions:
Carousing, Maintenance, Research, or
Scrounging. Each time you perform the chosen
action during a Downtime scene, you reduce your
Stress by 1.
Resources
Agents are masters of subtlety and stealth,
observing their targets while remaining
undetected, and carefully planning their next
move. This is represented by the Agent’s resource
pool, Guile. Agents have a pool of Guile equal to
their Agility value.
An Agent’s pool of Guile resets to full after each
Downtime scene. At the start of each scene, if an
Agent has fewer than their maximum number of
Guile, they gain 1 Guile.
When creating an Agent, you gain access to a
pool of Guile equal to your Agility value. After
you roll an Influence or Stealth test, you may
spend 1 Guile to reroll all dice used in that test.
You must keep the new total. Your Guile will also
gain additional uses as you gain additional Agent
Talents.
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Agent Talents
Starting Talents
When creating your Agent, choose one of the
three Talents below and record it on your
character sheet.
Combat Trick
Action: Full Action
Description: You may spend Guile to reroll
melee attack tests, as described in the Resources
section above. Additionally, when you are
engaged with an enemy, you may spend your Full
Action to attempt a Combat Trick. Make an
Agility melee attack against that target. This
attack is unarmed unless you are equipped with a
light melee weapon. If that attack is successful,
you may spend 1 Guile to immediately move up
to 10ft and make a second unarmed Agility melee
attack against a target. This movement doesn’t
provoke opportunity attacks.
Advancement: Future Talents can enhance this
talent, such as Dirty Trick, and Extended Trick.
Infiltration
Action: Full Action
Description: You may spend Guile to reroll
Awareness and Operate skill tests, as described in
the Resources section above. Additionally, while
you are equipped with your datapad, you may use
your Full Action to attempt to hack one device,
console, interface weapon or interface gear
within 60ft. If the target does not have a Security
rating, treat it as a Wits mental attack against the
bearer of the device, weapon, or gear. Otherwise,
test Wits + Operate against the target’s Security.
If successful, you quickly disrupt the software of
the target, rendering it Broken until the end of the
next round.
Precise Shot
Action: Full Action
Description: You may spend Guile to reroll
ranged attack tests, as described in the Resources
section above. Additionally, while you are
equipped with a ranged weapon and unengaged,
you may reduce your Movement to 0 until the end
of your next turn and use your Full Action to fire
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a precision shot at a target within your weapon’s
range. Make an Agility ranged attack against the
target’s Defense. This attack gains a bonus equal
to your Wits value.
2nd Level Talents
When you ascend to second level, choose one of
the following Talents and add it to your character
sheet. Or you may instead choose another
Starting Talent, rather than choosing one of the
talents listed below.
Dismantle
Action: Quick Action
Description: After you deal damage to an enemy
with an unarmed melee attack, you may use your
Quick Action to dismantle a Ranged weapon
equipped by that enemy. The weapon is
considered Broken until the end of your next
turn.
Phantom Program
Action: Quick Action
Description: When you avoid detection by a
construct or digital character, or a device (such as
a handheld scanner, a scanner attached to a
weapon, or a character wearing interface gear),
you may use your Quick Action and spend 1
Guile to feed false information to that character
or device. If this information would indicate your
position, you may choose to show your position
at any point within 60ft of yourself, rather than
your actual position. This false information lasts
for up to a minute, or until you are detected.
Send it Back
Action: Quick Action
Description: When a grenade lands within 10ft of
you, you may drop prone and make an Agility +
Athletics Test (10) to knock it away before it
goes off. If you succeed, you send the grenade
10ft in a direction of your choice, plus an
additional five feet for each point above ten
scored on your test. The grenade then explodes in
its new position.
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5th Level Talents
When you ascend to fifth level, choose one of the
following Talents and add it to your character
sheet. Or, you may instead choose another Talent
from a previous level, rather than choosing one of
the talents listed below.
Chink in the Armor
Action: Full Action
Description: On your turn you may spend your
Full Action and make an Agility melee or
ranged attack against an Armored target within
range of your equipped weapon. If the attack is
successful, you may spend 1 Guile to ignore
Armored when resolving this attack.
Deactivation
Action: Full Action
Description: On your turn you may spend your
Full Action and make an Agility melee or
ranged attack against a Powered target within
range of your equipped weapon. If the attack is
successful, you may spend 1 Guile and reduce the
damage you deal to 1. If you do, you hit the target
in a weak spot, disrupting their defenses for a
short time. Until the end of the next round, the
target is considered to have basic defenses.
Frigid Strike
Action: Full Action
Description: On your turn, you may use your Full
Action to make an Agility melee or ranged
attack against a target within range of your
equipped weapon. If the attack is successful, you
may spend 1 Guile to deal cryo damage for this
attack.
8th Level Talents
When you ascend to eighth level, choose one of
the following Talents and add it to your character
sheet. Or, you may instead choose another Talent
from a previous level, rather than choosing one of
the talents listed below.
Blend In
Action: Passive
Description: You know how to stay out of the
limelight. As long as special attention has not
been drawn to you, such as by the actions of your
crew, you are considered to have a natural Stealth
value of 16. This value may only be used if there
are other people around you for you to blend in
with, such as in a local dive bar, walking along a
public sky pier, or in the middle of a crowded
street. This natural stealth value cannot be used if
you, or you and your crew, are the only
individuals in a certain location, such as breaking
into a docked frigate after hours, or finding a
hiding spot in a warehouse.
Dirty Trick
Requires: Combat Trick
Action: Passive
Description: When you successfully deal damage
to an enemy with your Combat Trick, you may
spend 1 Guile to force that enemy to make a Wits
Resistance test or gain the Blinded condition.
Expertise
Action: Passive
Description: Select two of your skills with a
value of 1 or more. You may spend Guile to reroll
tests for the chosen skills, as described in the
Resources section above.
14th Level Talents
When you ascend to fourteenth level, choose one
of the following Talents and add it to your
character sheet. Or, you may instead choose
another Talent from a previous level, rather than
choosing one of the talents listed below.
Extended Trick
Requirements: Combat Trick
Action: Passive
Description: When you spend Guile to activate
your Combat Trick, you resolve one additional
attack. The extra attack provided by this Talent is
an unarmed Agility melee attack. You may
move up to 10ft before resolving this additional
attack. This movement does not provoke attacks
or opportunity.
Hidden Shot
Action: Passive
Description: Ranged attacks you attempt while
Hidden from your target gain a damage bonus of
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+3 (if you hit your target, increase the amount of
damage dealt by 3).
Lightning Reflexes
Action: Passive
Description: At the end of each of your turns, if
you have no Quick Actions remaining, you gain
one Quick Action. If not used, this Quick Action
is lost at the start of your next turn.
17th Level Talents
When you ascend to seventeenth level, choose
one of the following Talents and add it to your
character sheet. Or, you may instead choose
another Talent from a previous level, rather than
choosing one of the talents listed below.
Evasion
Action: Passive
Description: You gain a +1 bonus to your
Defense, and your Agility Resistance tests gain a
Bonus Die.
Mentalist’s Bane
Action: Passive
Description: You gain a +1 bonus to your Mental
Defense, and your Wits Resistance tests gain a
Bonus Die.
19th Level Talents
When you ascend to nineteenth level, choose one
of the following Talents and add it to your
character sheet. Or, you may instead choose
another Talent from a previous level, rather than
choosing one of the talents listed below.
Calculating
Action: Passive
Description: When you become Hidden in
combat, you regain up to 2 spent Guile. Once this
talent has been used, it may not be used again
until you complete a Downtime scene.
Ever Vigilant
Action: Passive
Description: You cannot be surprised while
conscious, and you always have a turn in combat
even if the rest of your crew is surprised.
Slippery
Action: Passive
Description: On your turn, you may spend 1
Guile. If you do, for the rest of your turn, you do
not provoke attacks of opportunity.

Into Shadow
Action: Full Action
Description: While there are no enemies within
30ft of you, you may spend your Full Action and
1 Guile to become Hidden. When hiding in this
manner, only a Wits + Awareness test (16+) will
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Channelers are instruments of a higher power. All
living things are connected to a cosmic being of
some sort, whether they know it or not. What
makes Channelers special is their ability to draw
upon those connections to create supernatural
effects. They pull on the Threads of the cosmos
to accomplish great feats and miracles, or to bring
unforgiving destruction on their foes.
Not all Channelers are religious, or even spiritual.
The Channeler can see and manipulate the
threads which connect all life to one or more
cosmic entities. This is a fact of life for the
Channeler, not a matter of belief or faith,
although some particularly spiritual Channelers
see this fact as an indicator that they have some
sort of divine purpose, depending on the entity
they are tethered to.
The entities to which Channelers are connected
are mysterious. They would be considered no
more than myths if their Channelers did not
manifest unique supernatural powers. Such
entities instill a variety of emotions in their
Channelers, and these emotions can influence the
Channelers’ motivations and goals.
Aspect Complexity
The Channeler some challenge, with less direct
Talent choices than an Agent or Mercenary.
Channelers in action. Channelers often find
themselves in positions of significant influence.
Their force of will and social presence means
they have often enjoyed leadership roles of some
sort. While most Channelers disapprove of the
constructs of Core world corporatism, others
embrace the system and ascend the ranks of the
corporate ladder.
While they have the social capacity to survive and
thrive as Colonial Administration, officers on a
vessel, or even as battlefield commanders, most
Channelers tend to prefer the unofficial approach
towards leadership. You are more likely to find a
Channeler acting as an advisor to a person in
power than as the one in power. Channelers have
a knack for finding and pulling on threads –
whether those are from their cosmic connection
or from their relationships with others. All of this
boils down to mean that a good Channeler is a
good influencer, and each Channeler learns how
to use their skills in different ways.
Should you play a Channeler?
Consider playing a Channeler if any of the
following resonate with you.
● You feel an undeniable pull to see the
wider universe.
● You believe your actions are guided
by a force greater than yourself.
● You like to have the option to learn
new skills, or to enhance the skills
you already know.
● You often wonder – or dread – what
lies in the spaces between stars.
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Creating a Channeler
If you want to create a Channeler, follow the steps
below.
1. Assign your Attributes
You begin with 10 attribute points to distribute among
your four attributes as you see fit. Each attribute must
start at a minimum of 1, and your starting attributes
cannot exceed 3. Spirit is the Channeler’s key attribute,
however, so it can start as high as 4.
Listed below are four recommended starting attribute
distributions. Select one of these or create your own.
Agility: 3, Might: 2, Wits: 1, Spirit: 4
Agility: 1, Might: 3, Wits: 2, Spirit: 4
Agility: 2, Might: 1, Wits: 3, Spirit: 4
Agility: 2, Might: 2, Wits: 2, Spirit: 4
2. Select your Skills
Select five skills and give each of those skills a value of
1. Of those five skills, at least three of them must be
from the Channeler Skill List, listed to the right. The
remaining two skills may any two skills of your choice.
You cannot select the same skill twice.
Listed below are four recommended sets of starting
skills. Select one of these or create your own.
Awareness, Influence, Piloting, Savvy, Stealth
Athletics, Awareness, Medicine, Navigation, Savvy
Awareness, Analysis, Influence, Operate,
Navigation
Awareness, Athletics, Influence, Piloting, Savvy
3. Select your Talent
Channelers provide you with three starting Talents, of
which you choose one and record on your character
sheet. See Channeler Talents on the following page.
4. Select your Favored Downtime Action
How does your Channeler like to relax between
missions? Select one of the Downtime Actions –
Carousing, Maintenance, Research, or Scrounging.
5. Select your Cosmic Connection and Spells
Refer to the section to the right titled Cosmic
Connections. Read through that section and make all
necessary selections.
6. Record your starting Resources
Refer to the section to the right titled Resources to
learn about the Channeler’s resource pool, Threads.
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Channeler Features
Key Attribute: Spirit
Skill List: Analysis, Awareness, Influence,
Navigation, Savvy
Stress Reduction
Choose one of the following Downtime actions:
Carousing, Maintenance, Research, or
Scrounging. Each time you perform the chosen
action during a Downtime scene, you reduce your
Stress by 1.
Resources
Channelers have established a connection to their
superior cosmic beings, which is represented in
their resource pool, Threads.
When a Channeler begins their pilgrimage, they
have a number of Threads equal to their Spirit
value. Threads are used with the sole purpose of
activating the powers granted to you by your
superior being.
A Channeler’s pool of Threads resets to full after
each Downtime scene. At the start of each scene,
if a Channeler has fewer than their maximum
number of Threads, they gain 1 Thread.
Cosmic Connections
Choose one of the four Cosmic beings to whom
you are connected, as detailed below. Each
Cosmic Connection will inform the creation of
your character, as well as outline what changes
you make to your character as they advance in
level.
Character Creation: Of the spells provided by
your Cosmic Connection, choose three to know
at character creation and record these spells on
your character sheet. Do not record the upgrades
for these spells.
Level Up: Do each of the following once at 3 rd
level, 6th level, 13th level, and 16th level:
● Choose two spells you know. Apply
one upgrade to each spell.
● Choose a new spell to learn.
The Elements of the Universe
While most Channelers get their powers from one
cosmic being or another, Elemental Channelers
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can harness the raw, terrestrial power of the The Preserver

universe itself. Elemental Channelers call upon
The Channelers of the Preserver are those who
the powers of air, earth, fire, and water to enhance
seek to protect and preserve all life in the
their own abilities or to bring destructive wrath
universe. Channelers of the Preserver often
upon their enemies.
become wandering humanitarians, seeking to aid
as many as they can across the galaxy. When they
The Elements of the Universe provide Channelers
are met with opposition, a Preserver will often
with a wide array of powers. Fire Channelers tend
seek to redirect their foe’s energy rather than
to be radical and destructive, while Earth
meet it with force. Though sometimes the
Channelers are protective and stoic. Air
Preserver’s Channelers have no choice but to
Channelers are mobile controllers, and Water
respond to violence with violence – and under
Channelers heal and restore their allies.
such lamentable circumstances, the Preserver
ensures their Channeler is not without resources.
Spells: Acidic Splash, Cleansing Waters,
Firebolt, Immolation, Stone Skin, Stone Wall,
The Preserver provides the widest selection of
Wispy Form
restorative powers amongst all Cosmic Beings.
The Preserver also offers powers which calm the
The Temporal Cosmos minds and hearts of others and help to turn
When the Nuani War was nearing its anti- individuals away from violence.
climactic conclusion, there were some planets
that they conquered early on that were not Spells: Banish Darkness, Close Wounds, Dispel,
decimated like Folir. Some of the people who Energy Beam, Preservation Aura, Restorative
continued to live in the presence of the Nuani Aura, Sanctuary
even adopted their faith, following a deity they
called ‘The Temporal Cosmos’. It is unclear if The Forgotten Pantheon
Iyrnith’Urgakra represents a pantheon, a singular
A mysterious pantheon of animalistic deities
being, or just the mysteries of spacetime itself.
whose ruined temples are found on many frontier
worlds, though any worship they receive now is
The Irynith’Urgakra provides access to magical
from travelers seeking to embrace the past. There
abilities which warp spacetime around the
is no knowledge of what their original dogma
Channeler, often resulting in effects which
consisted of, as scholars have so far been
control the flow of battle rather than deal direct
unsuccessful in translating any Phosmis texts. In
harm.
the present day, Channelers recognize the
Phosmis not as a pantheon of gods, but as an
Spells: Enhanced Reflexes, Folds in Space,
enigmatic cosmic force which mirrors – or
Paralytic Awareness, Quickened Aging, Restrict
influences – the behaviors and physicality of
Motion, Targeted Wormhole
alien wildlife.

The Phosmis provide access to magical abilities

which alter the Channeler’s physical form,
making them capable of absorbing or dealing
incredible amounts of physical damage.

Spells: Arkadasaur’s Beckon, Arkadasaur’s

Bellow, Gargoloth’s Tenacity, Scytheclaw’s
Ferocity, Terrorwing’s Speed, Thunderbeast’s
Resilience

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Channeler Talents
Starting Talents
Choose one of the three Talents below and record
it on your character sheet.
Fraying Threads
Action: Full Action
Description: You locate the Threads of Creation
that connect to a nearby enemy, and you pluck at
them mercilessly. Make a Spirit melee attack
against an enemy within 5ft. When you use this
Talent, you may spend 1 Thread to increase the
range of this effect from 5ft to 15ft, or to gain a
damage bonus of +2.
Mortal Threads
Action: Full Action
Description: On your turn, you may spend your
Full Action and 1 Thread to choose a crew
member within 30ft. You channel your cosmic
connection into the chosen crew member,
connecting your life force with them. Whenever
one of you would receive physical or mental
damage, the damage is split as evenly as possible
between the two of you, with the original target
taking the greater amount of damage if an even
split is impossible. This effect lasts until one of
you receives a Wound or a Stress, until you are
more than 30ft from each other, or if you use this
Talent again.
Advancement: Future Talents can enhance this
talent, such as Calming Connection and Resistant
Threads.
Restorative Touch
Action: Full Action
Description: You locate the Threads of Creation
that connect to a nearby ally, and weave and
repair them. Target an ally within 5ft and make a
Spirit + Influence test against a target number of
10. If successful, you remove up to X damage,
where X is the number of points you scored above
10. When you use this Talent, you may spend 1
Thread to either increase the range from 5ft to
15ft, or to allow this Talent to remove a Wound.
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2nd Level Talents
When you ascend to second level, you gain the
talent listed below. Or you may instead choose
another Starting Talent, rather than choosing one
of the talents listed below.
Resistant Threads
Requires: Mortal Threads
Action: Quick Action
Description: As a Quick Action on your turn, you
may spend 1 Thread to grant yourself and the
crew member connected via your Mortal Threads
shielded defenses until the end of your next turn.
Spiritual Shield
Action: Quick Action
Description: When you receive physical damage,
if you have 1 or more Threads, you may use your
Quick Action to take it as mental damage instead.
Woven Escape
Action: Quick Action
Description: When you would receive damage,
you may use your Quick Action and spend 1
Thread to cancel the damage and immediately
teleport to an unoccupied space up to 10ft away.
5th Level Talents
When you ascend to fifth level, choose one of the
following Talents and add it to your character
sheet. Or, you may instead choose another Talent
from a previous level, rather than choosing one of
the talents listed below.
Sever Thread
Action: Full Action
Description: You attempt to target an individual
and sever their threads to the cosmos. Spend your
Full Action making a Spirit mental attack
against a target within 30ft. If successful, this
mental attack gains a Damage Bonus of +1. When
you use this Talent, you may spend 1 Thread to
increase the range of this effect from 30ft to 60ft,
or to increase the damage bonus from +1 to +3.
You cannot use this Talent if you have 0 Threads.
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Shared Threads
Action: Full Action
Description: On your turn, you may spend a Full
Action and 1 Thread to instill positive emotions
into one target within 30ft. The target must
attempt a Spirit Resistance test or gain the
Charmed condition.
Stargazer
Action: Full Action
Description: Being under the open sky grants you
greater connection to Cosmic Threads. As a Full
Action on your turn, you may refill your pool of
Threads to its maximum. This may only be used
while you are under the open sky or out in the
vastness of space. Once it has been used, you may
not use this Talent again until after the next
Downtime scene.
8th Level Talents
When you ascend to eighth level, choose one of
the following Talents and add it to your character
sheet. Or, you may instead choose another Talent
from a previous level, rather than choosing one of
the talents listed below.
Cosmic Knowledge
Action: Passive
Description: While you are resting, you may
reach out to your cosmic connection and gain
insight into the cosmos at large. At the end of a
Downtime scene, you may choose one of the
following skills: Analysis, Awareness,
Influence, Navigation, or Savvy. Increase your
skill value for the chosen skill by +1 (to a
maximum of +4). This effect lasts until the start
of your next Downtime scene.
Star Walker
Action: Passive
Description: While you have 1 or more Threads
available, you are immune to the harmful effects
of outer space. While in outer space or on a world
with thin or no atmosphere, you may spend your
movement action to fly for 20ft.
Wholeness of Spirit
Action: Passive
Description: While you have 1 or more unspent
Threads, your Spirit and Wits Resistance tests
gain a Bonus Die.
14th Level Talents
When you ascend to fourteenth level, choose one
of the following Talents and add it to your
character sheet. Or, you may instead choose
another Talent from a previous level, rather than
choosing one of the talents listed below.
Calming Connection
Requires: Mortal Threads
Action: Quick Action
Description: As a Quick Action on your turn, you
may attempt to reduce the strength of one
Condition afflicting the character connected to
you via your Mortal Threads. You test Spirit
Resistance against that Condition, rather than the
Resistance determined by the Condition.
Guidance
Action: Quick Action
Description: When an allied crew member within
10ft attempts a skill test, if you have 1 or more
Threads, you may use your Quick Action to grant
that crew member a bonus to the skill test equal
to your Spirit value (this cannot be used to boost
a test that doesn’t involve a skill).
Thread Network
Action: Full Action
Description: You may spend your Full Action
and 1 Thread to weave together the mortal threads
of yourself and all crew members within 30ft.
Each crew member targeted with this talent gains
a +2 bonus to Defense and Mental Defense until
the end of the next round. If a crew member
benefiting from this bonus moves further than
30ft from you, that crew member loses this bonus.
If no crew members are within 30ft of you before
this bonus ends, then you lose this bonus.
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17th Level Talents
When you ascend to seventeenth level, choose
one of the following Talents and add it to your
character sheet. Or, you may instead choose
another Talent from a previous level, rather than
choosing one of the talents listed below.
Additional Connection
Action: Passive
Description: During your Downtime, you may
contact another cosmic connection. Reduce your
maximum possible Threads by 1 to add a spell to
your spell list that belongs to a different Cosmic
Connection than yours. You gain access to that
spell until the start of your next Downtime scene.
Glimpse Immortality
Action: Passive
Description: When you would receive a Wound,
you may spend 2 Threads to prevent that Wound
and reduce the damage you receive by 5. If this
reduces you to 0 Threads, you gain 1 Stress.
Threads of Doom
Action: Quick Action
Description: As a Quick Action on your turn
while you have at least 1 Thread available, you
may choose a combatant within 30ft who is
afflicted with either Charmed, Frightened, or
Stunned. That combatant must make a Spirit
Resistance test. If failed, increase the strength of
one of the above conditions afflicting the target
by +1 (to a maximum of 5).
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19th Level Talents
When you ascend to nineteenth level, choose one
of the following Talents and add it to your
character sheet. Or, you may instead choose
another Talent from a previous level, rather than
choosing one of the talents listed below.
Cosmic Traversal
Action: Full Action
Description: As a Full Action, you and up to X
willing characters within 30ft, where X is your
Spirit value, are teleported from your current
location to the last location where you resolved a
Downtime scene.
Threads of Fate
Action: Passive
Description: Increase your Thread pool by +2.
Weaver’s Regeneration
Action: Full Action
Description: As a Full Action on your turn, you
may spend 1 Thread to immediately remove 1
Wound.
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Connection Spells
Below is the complete spell list for the Channeler
aspect. When you are 1st level, you will choose
two spells from the list below which belong to
your Cosmic Connection. As you level, you may
have the opportunity to choose additional spells,
or to apply upgrades to your current spells.
The Elements of the Universe
Acidic Splash
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You reach out and release a burst of
acidic water from your outstretched hand. Choose
a 10ft by 10ft area adjacent to you. Each
combatant within the chosen area must make an
Agility Resistance test, suffering Thermal
damage equal to the difference.
Upgrades:
• Corrosive Splash: Combatants who fail
their Agility Resistance test also no
longer add their Gear bonus to their
Defense until the end of the following
round.
• Powerful Splash: The difficulty of this
Agility Resistance test increases by +2.
Cleansing Waters
Action: Quick Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You reach out and release a stream
of cleansing waters from your outstretched hand.
When you activate this spell, remove up to X
physical damage from a target within 10ft of you,
where X is twice your Spirit value. If fewer than
X damage was removed in this way, remove up
to X physical damage from an additional target
within 10ft of the original target.
Upgrades:
• Empowered Waters: Increase the
physical damage removal of this spell to
X+3.
• Reaching Waters: The range of
Cleansing Waters - for both its original
target and its secondary target - increases
to 20ft.
Firebolt
Action: Full Action
Cost: N/A
Description: You fling a ball of burning fire
towards one target you can see within 60ft. Make
a Spirit ranged attack against the target. This
attack deals Thermal damage. After your first
Firebolt hits or misses, you may spend 1 Thread
to hurl a second Firebolt as part of the same
action. The second Firebolt may be thrown to the
same target or to a different target within range.
Upgrades:
• Reaching Firebolt: The range of Fire
Bolt increases from 60ft to 90ft.
• Multiple Firebolts: Upon casting the
spell, you now hurl two Firebolts at the
same or different targets. If you spend 1
Thread, you hurl two additional
Firebolts, again at same or different
targets.
Immolation
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You spend your Full Action and 1
Thread choosing an enemy within 30ft who you
can see. The chosen enemy must succeed at a
Might Resistance test. If failed, the target ignites
in open flame, taking 5 thermal damage and
suffering from Burning (see Chapter Five: The
Game for details). If the test is successful, the
target takes 3 thermal damage and does not burn.
Upgrades:
• Broadened Immolation: Immolation
now targets up to X enemies within
range, where X is your Spirit value.
• Improved Immolation: Immolation
gains a damage bonus of +2.
Stone Skin
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You cover yourself or one ally
within 5ft in a casing of stone armor. While this
spell is active, the target crew member ignores all
damage from the next X successful attacks, where
X is your Spirit value. After the armor ignores the
damage from the last successful attack, it shatters
and it lost.
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Upgrades:
• Sturdy Stone Skin: The armor now
ignores all damage from two additional
attacks.
• Explosive Stone Skin: When the armor
shatters, it explodes outward. All
combatants within 5ft must make an
Agility Resistance test, taking 1 damage
for each point the Resist test fails by.
Stone Wall
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You create a wall of stone that can
block line of sight and ranged attacks. Choose a
straight line that is 5ft wide and 30ft long,
originating from a space adjacent to you. All
combatants in the chosen line must make an
Agility Resistance test. Those who succeed step
5ft in a direction of their choice without
provoking attacks of opportunity. Those who fail
take 1 physical damage for each point the test
failed by and are forced to move to an adjacent
space of their choice. While active, the stone wall
blocks line of sight and reaches 10ft in height.
The stone wall has a Defense of 10 and Vitality
of 15. When the Stone Wall takes 1 Wound, it is
destroyed.
Upgrades:
• Sturdy Stone Wall: The Stone Wall may
now take up to 2 Wounds, with 15
Vitality per wound.
Wispy Form
Action: Quick Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: As a Quick Action on your turn, you
may spend a Thread to take on a form of wispy
vapor. Until the end of your next turn, you are
immune to physical damage, you cannot deal
physical damage, and your Movement increases
by 15ft. While in this form, you do not provoke
attacks of opportunity and may move through a
space as narrow as 1 inch, but you must end your
movement in an unoccupied space.
Upgrades:
• Swift Form: Your movement speed
increases by 30ft instead of 15ft.
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The Forgotten Pantheon
Arkadasaur’s Beckon
Action: Quick Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: Choose an enemy within 30ft and
make a Spirit mental attack against that enemy.
If successful, that enemy is pulled 15ft towards
you in a straight line. This movement does not
provoke attacks of opportunity, and the
movement stops if it strikes a solid object, other
character, or a hazard that deals damage to the
target.
Upgrades:
• Reaching Beckon: Arkadasaur’s
Beckon now has a range of 50ft and pulls
the target 20ft towards you.
• Broadened Beckon: Arkadasaur’s
Beckon now targets up to X individuals
at once, where X is your Spirit value.
Arkadasaur’s Bellow
Action: Quick Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You may spend your Quick Action
and 1 Thread to unleash a powerful bellow. Each
enemy within 30ft of you must make a Might
Resistance test, and each enemy who fails is
pushed back from you 10ft.
Upgrades:
• Reaching Bellow: Arkadasaur’s
Bellow’s range increases from 30ft to
50ft.
• Frightening Bellow: Characters affected
by Arkadasaur’s Bellow also gain the
Frightened Condition.
Gargoloth’s Tenacity
Action: Quick Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: After you deal damage to an enemy
within 5ft, you may spend your Quick Action to
remove X damage, where X is the amount of
damage you dealt.
Upgrades:
• Quickened Tenacity: Gargoloth’s
Tenacity no longer costs a Quick Action.
It now resolves on a Free Action which
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you may utilize once per round, on your
turn.
Scytheclaw’s Ferocity
Action: Quick Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: When you would deal basic damage
to an enemy within 5ft, you may spend your
Quick Action to increase the damage dealt by X,
where X is your Spirit value.
Upgrades:
• Quickened Ferocity: Scytheclaw’s
Ferocity no longer uses your Quick
Action, and instead uses a Free Action
once per round, on your turn.
Terrorwing’s Speed
Action: Free Action (once per round)
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: On your turn, you may spend 1
Thread to move up to 30ft by flying.
Upgrades:
• Blinding Speed: Your movement made
on the same turn as using Terrorwing’s
Speed no longer provokes attacks of
opportunity.
• Empowering Speed: If you make a
Melee attack after moving at least 30ft
with Terrorwing’s Speed, that attack
gains a Bonus Die.
Thunderbeast’s Resilience
Action: Quick Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: When you would receive physical
damage from an attack made by an enemy within
5ft, you may spend your Quick Action and 1
Thread to reduce the amount of damage you
would take by X, where X is your Spirit value.
Upgrades:
• Improved Resilience: Thunderbeast’s
Resilience can now reduce damage from
attacks made by enemies within 30ft.
• Potent Resilience: Thunderbeast’s
Resilience now reduces damage from
attacks by an amount equal to double
your Spirit value.
Wyrakax’s Haste
Action: Quick Action
Cost: 2 Threads
Description: You gain an additional Full Action
on the turn you cast this spell.
Upgrades:
• Efficient Haste: Wyrakax’s Haste now
costs 1 Thread to cast.
The Preserver
Banish Darkness
Action: Quick Action
Cost: N/A
Description: An orb of bright light forms in your
outstretched hand and orbits around your head.
This orb generates 10ft of bright light and 20ft of
dim light and remains active for up to an hour or
until you dismiss it as a free action.
Upgrades:
• Rallying Light: When you cast this
spell, you may spend 1 Thread to reduce
the Frightened condition by 1 Strength
in all characters within the orb’s light.
• Burning Light: Enemy creatures within
the orb’s bright light must make an
Agility Resistance test, suffering 1 point
of thermal damage for each point they
fail by.
Close Wounds
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You weave the threads of the
universe around an ally, restoring their vitality.
Choose a combatant within 30ft. The chosen
combatant removes all physical damage and 1
Wound.
Upgrades:
• Deeper Heal: The chosen combatant
now removes up to 2 Wounds instead of
just one.
• Lasting Heal: After one or more
Wounds are removed with this spell, the
chosen combatant gains a +2 bonus to
Defense until the end of the following
round
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Dispel
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: Choose a crew member within 30ft
and make a Spirit Resistance test. If successful,
reduce the strength of one Condition on the target
by X, where X is your Spirit value.
Upgrades:
• Quickened Dispel: Casting this spell
costs you a Quick Action instead of a Full
Action.
• Powerful Dispel: Succeeding on your
Spirit Resistance test now removes one
condition of your choice.
Energy Beam
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You harness your connection to the
threads of life in order to deny that connection to
another, manifesting as a beam of starlight from
your outstretched hand. Make a Spirit ranged
attack against a target within 60ft, dealing
thermal damage.
Upgrades:
• Searing Bolt: This spell gains a damage
bonus equal to half your Spirit value,
rounding down.
• Illuminating Bolt: When a target
receives damage from this attack, they
glow with lingering starlight. The next
attack made against that target gains a
bonus die.
Preservation Aura
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You project an aura of protective
cosmic energy. You and each crew member
within 30ft of you gain +1 Defense. This effect
lasts until the end of the scene, or until you
receive a wound or a stress.
Upgrades:
• Enduring Aura: When you would
receive a wound or a stress, you may test
Spirit Resistance. If successful, you
maintain the aura.
• Empowered Aura: Increase the Defense
bonus from +1 to +2.
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Restorative Aura
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You project an aura of restorative
cosmic energy. At the end of each of your turns,
you and each crew member within 15ft of you
remove X physical and mental damage, where X
is half of your Spirit value (rounding down). This
effect lasts until the end of the scene, or until you
receive a wound or a stress.
Upgrades:
• Deeper Restoration: Your aura now
removes an amount of physical and
mental damage equal to your Spirit
value.
• Enduring Aura: When you would
receive a wound or a stress, you may test
Spirit Resistance. If successful, you
maintain the aura.
• Extending Aura: The range of this aura
increases from 15ft to 30ft.
Sanctuary
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You project an aura that calms
emotions and instills a peaceful mind in those
around you. At the end of each of your turns,
choose a combatant within 30ft of you. Until the
start of your next turn, enemies cannot attack the
target of this spell unless they succeed at a Spirit
Resistance test. This effect ends if the target of
the spell resolves an attack, deals any amount of
damage, or moves further than 30ft away from
you.
Upgrades:
• Extending Sanctuary: The range of
Sanctuary increases from 30ft to 60ft.
• Broadened Sanctuary: You may now
choose up to X combatants to be targeted
by Sanctuary, where X is your Spirit
value.
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The Temporal Cosmos
Enhanced Reflexes
Action: Quick Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You spend your Quick Action to
slow the flow of time around yourself. All Agility
Resistance tests you attempt gain a Bonus Die,
and you gain a +2 bonus to Defense. This effect
lasts until the end of the scene, or until you take
any amount of damage, whichever comes first.
Upgrades:
• Improved Enhancement: Enhanced
Reflexes grants a +3 bonus to Defense
instead of +2.
• Reliable Enhancement: When you take
physical damage while Enhanced
Reflexes is active, you may maintain the
effect if you succeed a Spirit Resistance
test.
Folds in Space
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You target yourself or a crew
member within 5ft, and then choose an
unoccupied space within 50ft. You fold
spacetime around the target, causing them to
disappear from their current position and
reappear in the chosen space.
Upgrades:
• Quickened Folds: Folds in Space uses a
Quick Action instead of a Full Action.
• Broadened Folds: Folds in Space now
targets a number of individuals equal to
the Channeler’s Spirit value, as long as
all are within 5ft of each other. All
chosen individuals reappear within 5ft of
each other.
Glimpse Beyond
Action: Quick Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You may spend your Quick Action
and 1 Thread to bend spacetime around yourself,
allowing you to perceive reality as if you were in
a different time or place. When you cast this spell,
specify one of the following options listed below.
For the next minute, you perceive the world as if
you were at the chosen point. While you are
perceiving in such a manner, you are Hidden (to
all characters in normal space as well as in the
area of your perception) and time in normal space
is brought to a halt until you finish.
● Up to 24 hours in the past, in
your exact position.
● Up to 24 hours in the future, in
your exact position.
● Up to 100ft in any single
direction from your exact
position (including through
walls, and other barriers).
Upgrades:
• Quickened Glimpse: Glimpse Beyond
now uses a Free Action (once per round
on each of your turns) instead of your
Quick Action.
• Reliable Glimpse: After you use
Glimpse Beyond, you may test Spirit
Resistance. If successful, you regain the
Thread you spent to cast Glimpse
Beyond.
Paralytic Awareness
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You target one enemy within 30ft
and spend your Full Action. The target must
succeed at a Spirit Resistance test or gain the
Stunned condition as their eyes are opened to the
maddening infinity of the cosmos.
Upgrades:
• Broadened Awareness: Paralytic
Awareness may now target up to X
enemies within 30ft, where X is your
Spirit value.
• Disrupting Awareness: Paralytic
Awareness has the chance to destroy the
mind of an affected enemy. Each enemy
targeted by Paralytic Awareness who
rolls a result of 9 or lower on their Spirit
Resistance test immediately takes 10
mental damage.
Quickened Aging
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You choose an enemy within 30ft
who must succeed at a Might Resistance test.
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If they fail, the target ages rapidly. Until the end

of the next round, the target suffers a -1 to
Defense.
Upgrades:
• Broadened Aging: Quickened Aging
may now target up to X individuals
within 30ft, where X is your Spirit value.
• Potent Aging: Quickened Aging now
reduces Defense by -1 for each point the
Resistance test failed by, up to a
maximum of -3.

Restrict Motion
Action: Full Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: You choose an enemy within 30ft
and force that enemy to make an Agility
Resistance test. If failed, the target gains the
Restrained condition.
Upgrades:
• Broadened Restrict: Restrict Motion
may now target up to X individuals
within 30ft, where X is your Spirit value.

Targeted Wormhole
Action: Quick Action
Cost: 1 Thread
Description: When you or a crew member within
30ft would take damage from a ranged physical
attack, you may spend your Quick Action to open
a wormhole in spacetime between the projectile
and its intended target, causing the attack to miss.
Upgrades:
• Reaching Wormhole: Targeted
Wormhole’s range increases from 30ft to
60ft.
• Redirecting Wormhole: When
Targeted Wormhole is used, you may
spend 1 additional Thread to open the
other end of the wormhole near an
enemy, causing the ranged attack to
strike that enemy instead. The targeted
enemy must also be within the range of
this spell.

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Filled to the brim with cybernetic upgrades,
Cybermancers are two steps ahead of other
cybernetically enhanced individuals. Whether
their rig consists of powerful software or
unmatched hardware, whether it is a sleek
aesthetic or literally cobbled together,
Cybermancers are part organic, part machine, and
all power.
Such mastery over both biology and technology
can create a number of effects that simple ‘meat-
heads’ would only understand as magic. But these
effects are not magic. Instead, they are physical
manifestations of a powerful combination of
digital code powered by the biological processes
of the Cybermancer. The greater their physical
fitness and health, the further they can push their
programming and the more they can accomplish.
Cybermancers also greatly customize the way in
which these programs appear. Two different
Cybermancers could execute the same program,
and it would look vastly different from one to the
next. A Cybermancer could write their programs
to appear as beams of neon lights shooting forth
from their outstretched hands, while another
could write theirs to resemble holographic
animals charging at their targets. For the
trappings of Cybermancer powers, the stars are
the limit.
Aspect Complexity
The Cybermancer’s excessive modularity make it
one of the most challenging Aspects in the game.
Cybermancers in action. Cybermancers have a
way with tech, and this deep technological
understanding means that they are often
surrounded by all manner of devices, vehicles,
gear, and systems. Cybermancers from the Core
could be on the R&D team of a mega-corporation,
or maybe they fled their former employers with
some experimental tech.
The powers of a Cybermancers are nearly
indecipherable to others, and while a wary ship
captain may recognize the skill a Cybermancer
has, they may still not promote that Cybermancer
to Chief Engineer out of fear of what the
Cybermancer is capable of.
Cybermancers on the Outer Rim tend to be
unpredictable and wild in their actions and
motives – the term ‘gear crazy’ being thrown
around by meatheads. In truth, Cybermancers on
the Rim are not bound by the cybernetic
restrictions and regulations of the Core and
Midrim.
Should you play a Cybermancer?
Consider playing a Cybermancer if any of the
following resonate with you.
● You treat every obstacle as if it were
a puzzle.
● You like to mix and match different
actions to create customizable
effects.
● Others treat your skills with
machines and computer software as
if it were a magical gift.
● You have the right tools for any job,
you just don’t always bring them
with.