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=Character Benefits=
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Character benefits are perks that include many areas of character development including physical traits, education, fighting styles and magical training. Some of your most powerful abilities will often be unlocked with Character Benefits.
Character benefits are perks that include many areas of character development including physical traits, education, fighting styles and magical training. Some of your most powerful abilities will often be unlocked with Character Benefits.


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'''Character Benefit List'''
==Character Background==
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These benefits provide tangible advantage of what is related in your character's background and story and typically can only be taken at Character Creation (CC).
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! Benefit Name !! Rank !! Prerequisites !! Description
! Benefit Name !! Rank !! Prerequisites !! Description
|-
|-
| Improved Background  
| [[Improved Background]]
|| 1-2  
|| 1-2  
|| CC  
|| CC  
|| Gain 1 Rank in your choice of two benefits from the following list: Status, Fame, Income, or Language. Rank 2 increases the benefit to 2 Ranks in your choice of two benefits from the list.
|| Begin play with Status, Fame, Income, an Heirloom, or a Language.  
|-
|-
| Perfect Memory
| [[Artifact]]
|| 1-2
|| CC
|| Begin play with a minor magical item.
|-
| [[Perfect Memory]]
|| 2   
|| 2   
|| CC
|| CC
|| You have a perfect memory and may recall things with photographic clarity.
|| You have a perfect memory and may recall things with photographic clarity.
|-
|-
| Giant  
| [[Giant]]
|| 2   
|| 2   
|| CC
|| CC
|| +1 Health, -1 Dodge (may not be reduced below 1)
|| You are physically larger than normal for your racial averages
|-
| Improved Speed 
|| 1-2
||
|| +1/+2 Speed
|-
| Improved Initiative
|| 1-2
||
|| +1/+2 Initiative
|-
|-
|Toughness
|[[Favored Source]]
||1-3
||Constitution 3
||Retain consciousness until -1, -2, -3.
|-
|Armor Training
||1-2
||Improve maximum dodge for Medium or Heavy armor by 1 or 2 points.
|-
|Weapon Finesse
||1
||
||Allow use of Dexterity instead of Strength for Large weapons such as Longswords. Small and Light weapons gain this feature automatically, and weapons larger than Large size may not gain this feature.
|-
|Meditation
||1
||
||Recover mana through meditation even without a restful sleep. Normal fatigue penalties apply to rolls.
|-
|Language
||1-2
||Intelligence 3
||Rank 1: Read/Speak language, Rank 2: Fluent
|-
|Quick Draw
||1
||Dexterity 2
||Draw a weapon as a free action.
|-
|Ritual: Template Focus
||1-5
||Non-Adept Template
||Attunes you to a magical focus which provides casting bonuses.
|-
|Ritual: Familiar
||2
||2
||Sorcerer Template, Seed: Summon 1
||CC
||Permanently bind a Rank 1 Outsider from your chosen plane
||You gain access to a Source not traditionally associated with your race.
|}
 
==Fighting Styles==
These benefits are trained, earned through hard work and long hours, or literally through the blood and test of combat. They are what makes the difference between someone who knows enough about a weapon to avoid hurting themselves, and a truly skilled master of the art of weaponry.
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|-
|Ritual: Planar Gate
! Benefit Name !! Rank !! Prerequisites !! Description
||2
||Sorcerer Template, Any Seed 4
||Create a portal to your chosen plane.
|-
|-
|Ritual: Conceal Object
|[[Fighting Style: One Hand & Shield|One Hand & Shield]]
||1
||Sorcerer Template, Conceal 2
||Magically conceals an object from detection spells, and prevents it from radiating magical auras.
|-
|Ritual: Rapid Animation
||2
||Sorcerer Template, Slay 3, Animate Dead 1
||When a target is slain by Slay, it is immediately animated as if by Animate Dead. Doing so costs the additional mana of Animate Dead for each target affected.
|-
|Fighting Style: One Hand & Shield
||1-5
||1-5
||Melee Weapons 2
||Melee Weapons 2
||Defensive style focused on preventing damage and protecting nearby companions.
||Defensive style focused on preventing damage and protecting nearby companions.
|-
|-
|Fighting Style: Dual Wield
|[[Fighting Style: Dual Wield|Dual Wield]]
||1-5
||1-5
||Dexterity 3, Melee Weapons 3
||Dexterity 3, Melee Weapons 3
||Offensive style focused on dealing maximum damage to a single target.
||Offensive style focused on dealing maximum damage to a single target.
|-
|-
|Fighting Style: Assassination
|[[Fighting Style: Assassination|Assassination]]
||1-5
||1-5
||Stealth 3
||Stealth 3
||Offensive style focused on dealing a single killing blow.
||Offensive style focused on dealing a single killing blow.
|-
|-
|Fighting Style: Two-Handed Weapons
|[[Fighting Style: Two-Handed Slashing Weapons|Two-Handed Slashing Weapons]]
||1-5
||1-5
||Strength 3
||Strength 3, Melee (Slashing) 3
||Offensive style focused on dealing damage to multiple targets.
||Offensive style focused on dealing damage to multiple targets.
|-
|-
|Fighting Style: Ranged Weapons
|[[Fighting Style: Two-Handed Crushing Weapons|Two-Handed Crushing Weapons]]
||1-5
||1-5
||Ranged Weapons 3
||Strength 3, Melee (Crushing) 3
||Utility style focused on attacking single targets.
|-
|[[Fighting Style: Spears|Spears]]
||1-5
||Strength 3, Melee (Piercing) 3
||Defensive style focused on coordinated fighting and breaching enemy defenses.
|-
|[[Fighting Style: Archery|Archery]]
||1-5
||Ranged Weapons (Bow or Crossbow) 3
||Offensive style focused on improving ranged combat.
||Offensive style focused on improving ranged combat.
|-
|-
|Fighting Style: Thrown Weapons
|[[Fighting Style: Thrown Weapons|Thrown Weapons]]
||1-5
||1-5
||Thrown Weapons 3
||Thrown Weapons 3
||Offensive style focused on improving thrown weapons.
||Offensive style focused on improving thrown weapons.
|-
|-
|Fighting Style: Spellsword
|[[Fighting Style: Magitech Pistols|Magitech Pistols]]
||1-5
||1-5
||Race: Elf/Faerie, Template: Mage, Dexterity 3, Melee Weapons 3
||Ranged Weapons (Magitech) 3
||Offensive style focused on one-handed Magitech weapons.
|-
|[[Fighting Style: Magitech Rifles|Magitech Rifles]]
||1-5
||Ranged Weapons (Magitech) 3
||Offensive style focused on two-handed Magitech weapons.
|-
|[[Fighting Style: Spellsword|Spellsword]]
||1-5
||Magecraft Source, Magecraft 3, Dexterity 3, Melee Weapons 3
||Balanced style focused on merging magical prowess and bladework together.
||Balanced style focused on merging magical prowess and bladework together.
|-
|-
|Favored Template
|[[Fighting Style: Poisoner|Poisoner]]
||2
||1-5
||CC
||Dexterity 3, Craft: Poison of equal rank
||You gain access to a Template not traditionally associated with your race.
||A style for applying poisons to your weapons.
|-
|[[Fighting Style: Staves|Staves]]
||1-5
||Melee (Crushing) 3
||A style for fighting with a staff.
|-
|[[Fighting Style: Natural Weapons|Natural Weapons]]
||1-5
||Unarmed Combat (Natural Weapons) 3
||A style for maximizing your use of your natural weapons.
|-
|[[Fighting Style: Striking|Striking]]
||1-5
|| Unarmed Combat (Striking) 3
||A style for fighting with hands and feet.
|-
|-
|Bonus Template
|[[Fighting Style: Grappling|Grappling]]
||4
||1-5
||
|| Unarmed Combat (Grappling) 3
||Gain a bonus Template with a single Rank 1 power. This template is not required to be from your race’s Favored Templates.
||A style for fighting by grappling foes.
|}
|}


=Character Benefit Descriptions=
==Focus==
Focuses are the alternative to weapon styles, available for casters or other roles that don't leverage a weapon style in their character. These benefits modify an object, enhancing it appropriate to the Source of the character who possesses it.
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! Benefit Name !! Rank !! Prerequisites !! Description
|-
|[[Ritual: Channeler Focus|Channeler Focus]]
||1-5
||Channelling Source
||Attunes you to a magical focus which provides casting bonuses.
|-
|[[Ritual: Mage Focus|Mage Focus]]
||1-5
||Magecraft Source
||Attunes you to a magical focus which provides casting bonuses.
|-
|[[Ritual: Shaman Focus|Shaman Focus]]
||1-5
||Shamanism Source
||Attunes you to a magical focus which provides casting bonuses.
|-
|[[Ritual: Sorcerer Focus|Sorcerer Focus]]
||1-5
||Sorcery Source
||Attunes you to a magical focus which provides casting bonuses.
|}


==Bonus Template==
==Talents==
Talents are individual benefits that modify Source powers the character has, granting additional ability or flexibility.


Your character gains access to another character template. The new template gains only a single Rank 1 power.
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! Benefit Name !! Rank !! Prerequisites !! Description
|-
|[[Magical Disruption]]
||1-2
||Channelling, Shamanism, Magecraft, or Sorcery Source
||Gain the ability to dispel or counter spells
|-
|[[Magical Resistance]]
||1-3
||Channelling, Shamanism, Magecraft, or Sorcery Source Rank 2 or higher
||Gain a spell which grants Magical Resistance.
|-
|[[Magical Shielding]]
||1-3
||Channelling, Shamanism, Magecraft, or Sorcery Source Rank 2 or higher
||Gain a spell which grants Magical Defense.
|-
|[[Craft Item]]
||3
||Channelling, Shamanism, Magecraft, or Sorcery Source Rank 3 or higher
||Gain the ability to craft permanent magical items.
|-
|[[Craft Spell Scroll]]
||3
||Magecraft Source Rank 3 or higher AND Magecraft Skill Rank 3 or higher
||Gain the ability to prepare Blank Spellpaper and create Spell Scrolls: consumable, single-use magic items that store a known spell for later activation.
|-
|[[Magical Resonance]]
||1-2
||Adept Source, Intelligence 3 OR Willpower 3
||Gain the ability to detect and eventually identify magical auras.
|-
|[[Trance]]
||1
||Adept Source
||Enter a meditative trance to restore the body's energy more efficiently.
|-
|[[Spirit Sight]]
||1-2
||Shamanism Source
||A ritual using drugs or deep meditation to perceive the Spirit World.
|-
|[[Soulspeak]]
||1
||Shamanism Source
|| Communicate freely with nearby spirits.
|-
|[[Alter Pact]]
||1
||Shamanism Source
|| Alter the type of shaman pact a specific spirit provides.
|-
|[[Spirit Shrine]] || 2 || Shamanism Source Rank 5 or higher|| This ritual creates a temporary opening into the spirit realm at a chosen location.
|-
|[[Improved Familiar]]
||2
||Sorcery Source, Seed: Summon 2
||Caster's familiar gains improved stats.
|}


==Template Focus==
==Miscellaneous Training==
 
===Physical Training===
===Sorcerer Focus===
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! Benefit Name !! Rank !! Prerequisites !! Description
|-
| [[Quick Draw]]
||1
||Dexterity 2
||Draw a weapon as a Fast Action.
|-
| [[Improved Speed]] 
|| 1-2
||
|| Gain increased speed
|-
| [[Improved Initiative]]
|| 1-2
||
|| Gain an improvement in reaction time.
|-
| [[Armor Training]]
||1-2
||
||Improve maximum Dodge and reduce Speed penalties for Medium or Heavy armor
|-
| [[Mounted Combat]]
||1-2
||Dexterity OR Strength 3, Ride 3
||Gain bonuses when fighting on a mount.
|-
| [[Toughness]]
||1-3
||Constitution 3
||Retain consciousness when others would fall.
|}


'''req. Template Sorcerer'''
===Combat Skill Training===
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|-
|Rank 1
! Benefit Name !! Rank !! Prerequisites !! Description
||Planar Shielding
||Your magic defense against Sorcery increases by +1. Note: This does not apply to constructs, summons, or conjured weapons created by Sorcery.
|-
|-
|Rank 2
| [[Improvised Fighter]]
||Basic Focus
||1
||The focus now provides a Focus bonus to all spells from this template when wielded. The bonus is +1 (Rank 2), +2 (Rank 3-4), +3 (Rank 5). The magic imbued in this device is not compatible with enhancement bonuses, so a weapon turned into a focus could not also be enchanted with an enhancement bonus.
||
||Ignore penalties with improvised weaponry.
|-
|-
|Rank 3
| [[Master of Martial Arts]]
||Life Tap
||1
||You may voluntarily take 1 point of Mortal damage to regain Mana equal to your Magic score.
||Unarmed Combat Skill 5
||Apply existing unarmed combat skill to other unarmed combat skills.
|-
|-
|Rank 4
| [[Weapon Master]]
||Planar Power
||1
||Once per day you may grant 9-again to a spell.
||Weapon Skill 5
||Apply existing weapon skill to new weapons.
|-
|-
|Rank 5
| [[Weapon Finesse]]
||Chaos Guard
||1
||When a spell results in Backlash dice, you reduce the pool by 1.
||
||Allow use of Dexterity instead of Strength for Large and Two-Handed weapons’ attack rolls.
|}
|}


===Mage Focus===
===Mental Training===
 
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A Mage's focus is core to a mage's persona and presence for mages and wizards across endless stories and worlds. Some manifest as a staff, some as a wand, though there are other possibilities such as orbs. Not all Mages may choose to make a focus, however those that do will realize benefits to their casting. Mage staves and wands staves are unique and personal. They may take many shapes and designs, colors and carvings, metal or wood. They are anything but ordinary.
|-
 
! Benefit Name !! Rank !! Prerequisites !! Description
Only one Mage Focus may exist at a time for any one Mage, who is attuned to that Focus, and the abilities of that Focus are dependant on the Benefit rank obtained.
 
If the Mage ever loses the Focus, either separation by planar magic or by the Focus's destruction (voluntarily or otherwise), the Mage may re-create the Focus. Recreation takes 1 day for each rank previously purchased. During recreation, all mana is consumed each day and not available for any other purpose, and no break in creation is permitted. If the Mage desires, he can recreate the Focus at a lower rank than previously obtained, however future rank increases must be paid at full cost. During recreation, the Mage may change any previous choices made for the prior Focus, if applicable.
 
'''Req. Template Mage'''
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|-
|-
|Rank 1
|[[Meditation]]
||Mage Light
||1
||The mage may cause the focus, or part of the focus, to glow with light at the strength of normal torch light. This light may be any color chosen by the mage when this rank is obtained, and may not be changed afterwards. Any magical aura lit by this ability is visible to the mage as per Detect Magic.
||
||Recover mana through meditation even without a restful sleep.
|-
|-
|Rank 2
|[[Language]]
|Basic Focus
||1-2
||The focus now provides a Focus bonus to all spells from this template when wielded. The bonus is +1 (Rank 1-2), +2 (Rank 3-4), +3 (Rank 5). The magic imbued in this device is not compatible with enhancement bonuses, so a weapon turned into a focus could not also be enchanted with an enhancement bonus.
||Intelligence 2
||Read, Write, and Speak in a new language
|-
|-
|Rank 3
|[[Spell Mastery]]
||Mana Focus
|| Variable
||The mage may transfer mana into the focus that may be used at a later time. The maximum permitted mana storage is equal to the mage’s Magic score. This mana storage has no expiration. This mana is not accessible to any other creature or power, including mana drain effects. The mage must be in physical contact with the focus to use the stored mana.
||Channelling, Shamanism, Magecraft, or Sorcery Source
||Master casting of a spell to bypass verbal or somatic casting requirements.
|-
|-
|Rank 4
|[[Skill Specialization]]
|Extension Focus
|| 1
||Magecraft spells cast through the focus may have their casting attributes modified depending on what type of focus is used.
||5 ranks in Business, Craft, Perform, Knowledge, Medicine, Search, or Survival skill
Staff: Deliver Touch spells (functions as Reach), and ranged AoE spells may be altered to become point blank AoE centered on the caster but excluding the caster from the effect.
||Specialize in a particular skill granting a +2 bonus.
Wand: Deliver Touch spells (normal melee distance), and any AoE effect may have it’s width reduced by half to double it’s length, extending away from the mage.
Sphere: Maintain the concentration of a sight, sense, illusion, or divination spell for the mage (only one such spell at a time) freeing the mage from the concentration requirement.
|-
|-
|Rank 5
| [[Bonus Source]]
||Chromatic Focus
||4
||Magecraft spells requiring multiple spheres cast through the focus have their cost reduced by 1 to a minimum of 1 mana.
||
||Gain an additional Source.
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 11:33, 15 April 2024

Character benefits are perks that include many areas of character development including physical traits, education, fighting styles and magical training. Some of your most powerful abilities will often be unlocked with Character Benefits.

Character Background

These benefits provide tangible advantage of what is related in your character's background and story and typically can only be taken at Character Creation (CC).

Benefit Name Rank Prerequisites Description
Improved Background 1-2 CC Begin play with Status, Fame, Income, an Heirloom, or a Language.
Artifact 1-2 CC Begin play with a minor magical item.
Perfect Memory 2 CC You have a perfect memory and may recall things with photographic clarity.
Giant 2 CC You are physically larger than normal for your racial averages
Favored Source 2 CC You gain access to a Source not traditionally associated with your race.

Fighting Styles

These benefits are trained, earned through hard work and long hours, or literally through the blood and test of combat. They are what makes the difference between someone who knows enough about a weapon to avoid hurting themselves, and a truly skilled master of the art of weaponry.

Benefit Name Rank Prerequisites Description
One Hand & Shield 1-5 Melee Weapons 2 Defensive style focused on preventing damage and protecting nearby companions.
Dual Wield 1-5 Dexterity 3, Melee Weapons 3 Offensive style focused on dealing maximum damage to a single target.
Assassination 1-5 Stealth 3 Offensive style focused on dealing a single killing blow.
Two-Handed Slashing Weapons 1-5 Strength 3, Melee (Slashing) 3 Offensive style focused on dealing damage to multiple targets.
Two-Handed Crushing Weapons 1-5 Strength 3, Melee (Crushing) 3 Utility style focused on attacking single targets.
Spears 1-5 Strength 3, Melee (Piercing) 3 Defensive style focused on coordinated fighting and breaching enemy defenses.
Archery 1-5 Ranged Weapons (Bow or Crossbow) 3 Offensive style focused on improving ranged combat.
Thrown Weapons 1-5 Thrown Weapons 3 Offensive style focused on improving thrown weapons.
Magitech Pistols 1-5 Ranged Weapons (Magitech) 3 Offensive style focused on one-handed Magitech weapons.
Magitech Rifles 1-5 Ranged Weapons (Magitech) 3 Offensive style focused on two-handed Magitech weapons.
Spellsword 1-5 Magecraft Source, Magecraft 3, Dexterity 3, Melee Weapons 3 Balanced style focused on merging magical prowess and bladework together.
Poisoner 1-5 Dexterity 3, Craft: Poison of equal rank A style for applying poisons to your weapons.
Staves 1-5 Melee (Crushing) 3 A style for fighting with a staff.
Natural Weapons 1-5 Unarmed Combat (Natural Weapons) 3 A style for maximizing your use of your natural weapons.
Striking 1-5 Unarmed Combat (Striking) 3 A style for fighting with hands and feet.
Grappling 1-5 Unarmed Combat (Grappling) 3 A style for fighting by grappling foes.

Focus

Focuses are the alternative to weapon styles, available for casters or other roles that don't leverage a weapon style in their character. These benefits modify an object, enhancing it appropriate to the Source of the character who possesses it.

Benefit Name Rank Prerequisites Description
Channeler Focus 1-5 Channelling Source Attunes you to a magical focus which provides casting bonuses.
Mage Focus 1-5 Magecraft Source Attunes you to a magical focus which provides casting bonuses.
Shaman Focus 1-5 Shamanism Source Attunes you to a magical focus which provides casting bonuses.
Sorcerer Focus 1-5 Sorcery Source Attunes you to a magical focus which provides casting bonuses.

Talents

Talents are individual benefits that modify Source powers the character has, granting additional ability or flexibility.

Benefit Name Rank Prerequisites Description
Magical Disruption 1-2 Channelling, Shamanism, Magecraft, or Sorcery Source Gain the ability to dispel or counter spells
Magical Resistance 1-3 Channelling, Shamanism, Magecraft, or Sorcery Source Rank 2 or higher Gain a spell which grants Magical Resistance.
Magical Shielding 1-3 Channelling, Shamanism, Magecraft, or Sorcery Source Rank 2 or higher Gain a spell which grants Magical Defense.
Craft Item 3 Channelling, Shamanism, Magecraft, or Sorcery Source Rank 3 or higher Gain the ability to craft permanent magical items.
Craft Spell Scroll 3 Magecraft Source Rank 3 or higher AND Magecraft Skill Rank 3 or higher Gain the ability to prepare Blank Spellpaper and create Spell Scrolls: consumable, single-use magic items that store a known spell for later activation.
Magical Resonance 1-2 Adept Source, Intelligence 3 OR Willpower 3 Gain the ability to detect and eventually identify magical auras.
Trance 1 Adept Source Enter a meditative trance to restore the body's energy more efficiently.
Spirit Sight 1-2 Shamanism Source A ritual using drugs or deep meditation to perceive the Spirit World.
Soulspeak 1 Shamanism Source Communicate freely with nearby spirits.
Alter Pact 1 Shamanism Source Alter the type of shaman pact a specific spirit provides.
Spirit Shrine 2 Shamanism Source Rank 5 or higher This ritual creates a temporary opening into the spirit realm at a chosen location.
Improved Familiar 2 Sorcery Source, Seed: Summon 2 Caster's familiar gains improved stats.

Miscellaneous Training

Physical Training

Benefit Name Rank Prerequisites Description
Quick Draw 1 Dexterity 2 Draw a weapon as a Fast Action.
Improved Speed 1-2 Gain increased speed
Improved Initiative 1-2 Gain an improvement in reaction time.
Armor Training 1-2 Improve maximum Dodge and reduce Speed penalties for Medium or Heavy armor
Mounted Combat 1-2 Dexterity OR Strength 3, Ride 3 Gain bonuses when fighting on a mount.
Toughness 1-3 Constitution 3 Retain consciousness when others would fall.

Combat Skill Training

Benefit Name Rank Prerequisites Description
Improvised Fighter 1 Ignore penalties with improvised weaponry.
Master of Martial Arts 1 Unarmed Combat Skill 5 Apply existing unarmed combat skill to other unarmed combat skills.
Weapon Master 1 Weapon Skill 5 Apply existing weapon skill to new weapons.
Weapon Finesse 1 Allow use of Dexterity instead of Strength for Large and Two-Handed weapons’ attack rolls.

Mental Training

Benefit Name Rank Prerequisites Description
Meditation 1 Recover mana through meditation even without a restful sleep.
Language 1-2 Intelligence 2 Read, Write, and Speak in a new language
Spell Mastery Variable Channelling, Shamanism, Magecraft, or Sorcery Source Master casting of a spell to bypass verbal or somatic casting requirements.
Skill Specialization 1 5 ranks in Business, Craft, Perform, Knowledge, Medicine, Search, or Survival skill Specialize in a particular skill granting a +2 bonus.
Bonus Source 4 Gain an additional Source.
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