Aspects

Angels of light who serve the Creator or one of his loyal spirits. Aeliokos shine with a supernatural glow and are known to be uncompromising guardians against all forms of evil.

• Effect: Set Erihal language fluency to 10 with literacy in Erihal script. Learn celestial servant ability with a spirit directly or indirectly loyal Chronos/El/equivalent - work with the GM to determine identity. Cannot learn [dark] abilities - remove any [dark] abilities and refund any XP spent on them. Apply constant aura of light and lightstrike to self. If, at the GM's discretion, the character commits any evil act replace with daimonas aspect.

• Effect: Choose a ship. The ship does not generally change throughout the spirit's lifetime. When taking physical form (e.g. when summoned) the spirit takes the form of that ship. The spirit counts as that ship for all purposes. Any natural creatures aboard the ship when it disappears for any reason die and travel to the afterlife.

Being is a member of the agkelos race.

Being is a member of the anthegal race.

Being can fly, but only for short distances.

• Effect: Can use brief flight.

Being originates from the celestial realms outside of the physical world and does not inherently have a physical body, though they may inhabit a temporary body when in a physical space.

• Effect: Trained skills and abilities may be swapped when the champion is introduced or a spirit pact is made. Abilities should generally be swapped with abilities of the same or lower tier.

Demonic agkelos who serve evil spirits and seek to dominate weaker spirits, ultimately to overthrow the power of the Creator or relish their own particular evil without concern for others.

• Effect: Set Krivkhal language fluency to 10 with literacy in Krivkhal script. Choose three [character flaw] afflictions. Learn or re-assign celestial servant ability to a spirit directly or indirectly in opposition to Chronos/El/equivalent - work with the GM to determine identity. Cannot learn [light] abilities - remove any [light] abilities and refund any XP spent on them. Apply constant aura of dark and darkstrike to self. If, at the GM's discretion, the character genuinely seeks redemption replace with sek-agkelos aspect.

• Effect: Apply constant dark-strike to self.

• Effect: Cannot be targeted by [interrupt] abilities.

• Effect: Ignore up to [aspect level] vital wounds.

• Effect: +[aspect level] deflection to all damage types.

Being is physically or spiritually connected to dragons.

Being is a member of the dragoon race.

Literally "Voice of Dragon" - drakuncion represent the majority of dragoons and are spiritually linked with their clan's guardian dragon.

• Effect: Learn spirit link ritual ability with guardian dragon - work with the GM to determine identity. -1 received vitality and stamina damage (minimum one), +2 received focus damage.

• Effect: Apply constant earth-strike to self.

Literally "Voice of goddess" - eleycion are dragoons that seek to unite their kind against the tyranny of the dragons by pledging their soul to the goddess of freedom.

• Effect: -2 XP cost per tier for [magic] abilities. +2 magic backlash severity.

• Effect: Apply constant ethereal to self.

Being is fully in a state of imperfection or sin.

• Effect: Choose two [character flaw] afflictions.

• Effect: Apply constant fire-strike to self.

• Effect: Apply constant levitated to self.

Being can fly for long distances and an extended period of time.

• Effect: Can use fly.

• Effect: Apply constant glowing with range [aspect level] to self.

Being has a dominant hand that they prefer to use in most, if not all, situations.

• Effect: Pick a hand (or roll 2D6 - if less than 10 pick right hand, otherwise pick left hand). Add off hand affliction to all other hands.

Being is a member of the human race.

Being may be killed, but does not physically age beyond maturity and will never die of old age.

• Effect: May continue unfinished movement after defending against interrupting attacks.

• Effect: Apply constant light-strike to self.

• Effect: May use [magic focus] skill in place of unarmed skill.

Object is a creation of magical energies, and can use magical abilities granted by its creator.

• Effect: Apply constant manticore vision to self.

Being ages and will eventually die of natural causes.

Being originates from the physical world and has a physical body integrally linked to their spirit.

• Effect: Immune to nature damage that does not affect the magic (MP) measure.

Literally "Voice of Nothing" - dragoons without a spirit link are often viewed with contempt or as harbingers of doom.

• Effect: -4 attitude to drakuncion and eleycion dragoons.

Being has the ability to originate thoughts and words in a creative capacity. A requirement for using magical power.

• Effect: Apply constant poison-strike to self.

• Effect: Immune to all fatigue effects. The spirit counts as a container but all items are held, visible, and exposed to the environment. May carry up to (6 * [endurance] skill, minimum 1) weight without penalty - every 3 weight carried above the limit reduces move range by 1. Cannot make attacks.

• Effect: May choose to deal piercing damage with [unarmed] attacks.

• Effect: Gain [aspect level] primary actions per turn instead of 1. Starting or completing a full action requires only a single primary action.

From an ancient word for the first tyrants that relished in their superiority over the common man, anthegals claim the title nephilim for themselves both as an boast of their special abilities, and as a reminder of the evil that would result were they to abuse that power.

• Effect: Choose one [character flaw] affliction. For abilities with MP cost, increase total MP cost by one. Reduce magic backlash total severity by one (minimum one). If, at the GM's discretion, the character commits any evil act replace with stained nephilim aspect.

• Effect: Gain [aspect level] secondary actions per turn instead of 1.

Angels of chaos, sek-agkelos have freed themselves from the spiral of evil but can not regain the perfection they had as aeliokos. Doomed to wander without a master to serve, the spiritual fate of sek-agkelos kind is unclear.

• Effect: Set Omankhal language fluency to 10 with literacy in Omankhal script. Choose two [character flaw] afflictions. Remove celestial servant ability. Remove any [dark] abilities and refund any XP spent on them, though they may be re-purchased. 1 XP discount per tier (minimum 1 XP per tier) learning [blood] abilities. If, at the GM's discretion, the character gives up on redemption replace with daimonas aspect.

• Effect: Being is a ghost of a once living person. Being cannot interact or be affected physically, and is mostly transparent. Choose 2 languages, usually based on languages the being spoke while alive. Set fluency rating to 10 for those languages with literacy as desired. +1D6 [stealth] skill rolls. move ability has the [stealthy] tag.

Being is a member of the shapeshifter race.

• Effect: +1D6 [chaos magic] rolls. +1 total magic backlash severity.

• Effect: May choose to deal piercing or slashing damage with [unarmed] attacks.

• Effect: Apply constant aura of blood to self.

• Effect: Apply constant aura of dark to self.

• Effect: Apply constant aura of earth to self.

• Effect: Apply constant aura of fire to self.

• Effect: Apply constant aura of light to self.

• Effect: Apply constant aura of poison to self.

Being has been given permission to use the holy magic authority.

• Effect: Apply constant aura of water to self.

• Effect: Apply constant aura of wind to self.

• Effect: Choose [draft animal], [pack animal], or [vehicle] animal. The animal does not generally change throughout the spirit's lifetime. When taking physical form (e.g. when summoned) the spirit takes the form of that animal. The Spirit counts as that animal for all purposes.

• Effect: May spend 1 MP in place of 1 FP or up to 2 SP.

• Effect: Choose a weapon with a melee attack. The weapon does not generally change throughout the spirit's lifetime. When taking physical form (e.g. when summoned) the spirit takes the form of that weapon. The spirit counts as that weapon with quality ([magic focus] skill value) for all purposes, but may also perform melee attacks as if holding a weapon of that form. When ethereal attacks are still ethereal-aligned but can also do damage to non-ethereal targets.

Anthegals that fall to evil are overcome with the same form of the sickness that turns shining aeliokos to blighted daimonas, albeit in a milder form. This usually makes the anthegal physically weaker, but more in tune with their supernatural power. The term stained nephilim comes from the fact that the fallen anthegals often take their pure brethren's obsession with bloodlines to an even further extreme, which in turn leads to bloodshed.

• Effect: Choose two [character flaw] afflictions. Reduce fatigue track thresholds by one. For abilities with MP cost, reduce total MP cost by one (minimum one). If, at the GM's discretion, the character genuinely seeks redemption replace with pure nephilim aspect.

• Effect: Being does not have the ability to move or be moved.

• Effect: May remain in occupied locations.

• Effect: Add sun petrification affliction.

Being inhabits a body that is already dead, yet is still able to move through some unnatural force.

• Effect: Add immortal aspect. Ignore effects from death, fatigue, and bleeding. Being may be destroyed through criteria specified by other [undeath] aspects (or GM determined). When destroyed being removes this aspect, suffers the normal effects of death immediately, and their body decays suddenly based on when natural death occurred in the past. Ignore effects from consuming non-[magic] items. Ignore all HP healing effects unless effect specifies healing undead HP. Unless otherwise specified the effects of undeath are obvious to observers.

Being is an undead creature that drinks and gains strength from the blood of others.

• Effect: Add undead aspect. Add vampirism, blood thirst, and sun dread afflictions. Creature is destroyed if decapitated, which can occur by spending a critical damage point when the neck body area is hit. Creature is destroyed if piercing damage to the chest body area from a [wood] material weapon would otherwise cause a vital wound. Creature is destroyed if heat, nature, fire-aligned, or light-aligned damage would otherwise cause a vital wound.
• Tags:
  • Undeath

• Effect: +[aspect level] maximum HP to all body areas.

• Effect: Apply constant water-strike to self.

Being is an undead creature, with its previous natrual yearnings twisted into hatred of light, warmth, friendship, and all the good things of life.

• Effect: Add undead and spirit of dark aspects. Lower maximum HP of body areas for each point of fire- or light-aligned damage, heat damage, nature damage, or magic damage. Creature is destroyed if any body area is reduced to less than one maximum HP. Undead healing HP also heals maximum HP by the same amount. Add sun infirmity affliction. Each full night spent underground heals all undead HP, SP, and FP at dawn.
• Tags:
  • Undeath

• Effect: Apply constant wind-strike to self.

Is a personal practitioner of a religion, philosophy, or set of beliefs.

• Effect: Work with GM on creed identity. +2 attitude modifier to others friendly to creed, -1 attitude modifier from those opposed to creed. +2D6 to [knowledge] rolls related to creed.

While others spend time learning practical languages, you've focused on academic or mystical languages instead.

• Effect: Remove all non-native languages. Add a total of 1.5x fluency rating removed between dead or academically valuable languages. May add literacy in one script for each chosen language.

Has worked as a laborer in some skilled craft.

• Effect: Choose a [trade] skill: -4 extraction and production design difficulty when using that skill. -1 [persuasion] skill modifier.

Has worked as a ranking member of priesthood or religious organization.

• Effect: +2 lore skill modifier, -1D6 [knowledge] rolls related to outside faiths or creeds. -1 attitude modifier to non-pious civic elites.

Has lived as part of the 'unwashed masses' below the elite sections of society.

• Effect: +2 attitude modifier to other commoners, -1 attitude modifier to elites.

Has worked in a position within a ruling court, administration, or bureaucracy.

• Effect: +1 [persuasion] skill modifier. -1 maximum stamina.

Is known to have broken the law at some point.

• Effect: -2 attitude modifier to elites, +1 attitude modifier to other criminals.

You've either had an untraditional upbringing or ignored basic childhood lessons to spend time on pursuits more worthy of your time.

• Effect: Remove all literate scripts, add illiterate affliction. Choose: +2 maximum stamina, or +1 skill modifier to a non-[reading] skill of your choice.

Has worked as a member of a merchant guild, caravan, or other trade-oriented profession.

• Effect: +2 commerce skill modifier. -1 attitude modifier to elites and poor.

Has served as a member of the aristocracy or other elite level of society that is inaccessible to most people.

• Effect: +2 attitude modifier to other elites, -1 attitude modifier to commoners.

Has been a known member of a political group, ideological faction, or organized social movement.

• Effect: Work with GM on faction identity. +2 attitude modifier to others friendly to faction, -1 attitude modifier from those opposed to faction. +2D6 to [knowledge] rolls related to faction.

Has professional experience with nautical voyages.

• Effect: +1 athletics skill modifier, +1 offshore skill modifier. Reserve 1 SP when on land.

Savants are able to achieve extraordinary feats in a given field, but often at the expense of basic competence in the rest of life.

• Effect: Add [savant] tag a non-[combat] skill when taking this background. +2D6 to [savant] skill rolls, -1D6 to all non-[savant] skill rolls.

Has worked as an academic, scribe, or some other form of knowledge-work.

• Effect: +1 maximum focus. -1 [knowledge] skill XP cost, +1 [combat] skill XP cost.

You've already had less-than-noble adventures or get-rich-quick schemes, but have thus far outrun some of their consequences.

• Effect: +2 [deception] skill modifier, +10% starting currency. -1 attitude modifier, work with GM to determine an appropriate debt, bounty or other unfinished liability.

Has worked as a professional warrior, with or without a cause.

• Effect: +1 maximum stamina, -1 [combat] skill XP cost, +1 non-[combat] skill XP cost,

Whether born under a bad omen, cursed by foul spirit, or through some other ill means, you've never been known anything but bad luck.

• Effect: +2 maximum magic. +1 total magic backlash severity.

Survivor of many battles; your scars are deep but have made you stronger.

• Effect: Add one [veteran] affliction. Add one talent.

Far you have wandered; much you have learned.

• Effect: Add a total of 15 fluency rating between non-native languages. May add literacy in one script for each chosen language. -1 maximum focus, reserve 1 FP when staying in a given town or location for over a week.

You've lived isolated from society, living off the land.

• Effect: +1D6 navigation skill modifier, +1 maximum stamina. -1D6 community skill modifier, -1 maximum focus.