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Contents
Welcome Aboard ��������������� 9
What is Sunken Stars? .........10
Core Principles .....................14
A Brief Cosmology ���������� 17
How the stars fell .................18
The Courts ...........................22
Born of Salt and Stars ��� 25
Character Statistics ..............26
Creating a Character ............30
Example Character ..............44
Character Advancement .......48
Fame ....................................52
Death and Legacy ................54
Ship Statistics ......................56
Ship Creation .......................58
Origins ����������������������������� 61
Eledon..................................62
Alzaru ..................................68
Makalu .................................74
The Freeports ......................80
Garunn ................................86
Dobromir .............................92
Chactun ...............................98
Yfalos ................................ 104
Species���������������������������� 111
Life Among the Wreckage... 112
Humans .............................. 114
Fishmen ............................. 116
Frogfolk.............................. 118
Simians .............................. 120
Backgrounds ������������������ 123
Before the Sea .................... 124
In Alphabetical Order ........ 126
Acolyte ........................... 126
Alchemist ....................... 127
Assistant ........................ 128
Astrologer ....................... 129
Barrister ........................ 130
Beggar ........................... 131
Blacksmith ...................... 132
Bounty Hunter ................ 133
Carpenter ....................... 134
Charlatan ....................... 135
Confidence Man .............. 136
Crow Knight ................... 137
Cultist............................ 138
Engineer ........................ 139
Exorcist ......................... 140
Fisherman ...................... 141
Footman ......................... 142
Gambler ......................... 143
Guild Messenger .............. 144
Hunter ........................... 145
Knight ........................... 146
Labourer ......................... 147
Lord/Lady ...................... 148
Marine ........................... 149
Mercenary ...................... 150
Merchant ........................ 151
Monk/Nun ...................... 152
Musician ........................ 153
Nethersmith .................... 154
Nurse ............................. 155
Pawner .......................... 156
Pickpocket ...................... 157
Priest/Priestess .............. 158
Procurer ......................... 159
Prostitute ....................... 160
Puppeteer ....................... 161
Rat Catcher .................... 162
Rune Carver ................... 163
Scout ............................. 164
Sky Miner ...................... 165
Slave .............................. 166
Smuggler ........................ 167
Spy ................................ 168
Squire ............................ 169
Student .......................... 170
Tailor ............................ 171
Thug .............................. 172
Tree Tender .................... 173
Tutor ............................. 174
Witch Doctor .................. 175
Classes ��������������������������� 177
Swashbuckler ...................... 178
Gunner ............................... 182
Scoundrel ........................... 186
Captain .............................. 190
Barber ............................... 194
Navigator ........................... 198
Patrons �������������������������� 203
Court of the Sun ................ 204
The Lightbringer ............. 206
The Plague of Iron .......... 210
The Scorched .................. 214
The Notary ..................... 218
The Twins ...................... 222
The Crocodile .................. 226
The Rainbow Snake ......... 230
The Giant Turtle ............. 234
The Golden Hog .............. 238
The Bull......................... 242
The Beast Master ............ 246
The Healer ..................... 250
The Sanguine Roar .......... 254
The Stone Carver ............ 258
The Devourer .................. 262
The Rooster .................... 266
The Roots ....................... 270
The Soaring Eagle ........... 274
The Behemoth ................. 278
The Rumbling Earth ........ 282
Court of the Moon ............. 286
The Rebel Shadow............ 288
The Crescent Edge ........... 292
The Frostbitten ............... 296
The Shoe Thief ............... 300
The Mirror ..................... 304
The Panther ................... 308
The Chandler .................. 312
The Weightless ................ 316
The Inevitable Rust ......... 320
The Seer ........................ 324
The Wraith ..................... 328
The Poisoner .................. 332
The Infection .................. 336
The Painter .................... 340
The Endless Knot ............ 344
The Whisperer ................ 348
The Withering Decay ....... 352
The Owl ......................... 356
The Cogs ........................ 360
The Grim Reaper ............ 364
Rules������������������������������ 369
General Principles .............. 370
Dice Rolls ....................... 370
Time Frames ................. 372
Combat .............................. 373
Sequence ........................ 373
Actions .......................... 374
Reactions ....................... 376
Free Actions ................... 376
Injuries & Death ............. 376
Combat Example................ 378
Recovery ............................ 382
Conditions.......................... 384
Navigation ......................... 386
Navigation Example ........... 388
Naval Combat .................... 390
Sequence ........................ 390
Manoeuvres .................... 391
Engagements ................... 391
Sea Beasts ...................... 392
Naval Combat Example ...... 394
Ports .................................. 396
Port Round ..................... 396
Port Activities ................ 396
Port Listing .................... 399
The Market ������������������� 401
Selling and Buying ............. 402
Currencies ...................... 402
Rarity ............................ 403
Used Goods ..................... 403
Cargo and Supplies .......... 403
Equipment ......................... 404
Weapons ......................... 404
Armor ............................ 408
Specialized Equipment ...... 409
Substances ...................... 410
Services .......................... 412
Cargo ................................. 414
Ship Upgrades .................... 416
Sunkee Pidgin����������������� 421
Common Phrases ............. 422
Nautical Terms ............... 424
Cargo & Trade ................ 425
Insults & Slang ............... 426
Religion ......................... 427
Part 1
—Anne Carson, Decreation
“Here we go mother on the shipless ocean.
Pity us, pity the ocean, here we go.”
Welcome Aboard
10 Part 1 • Welcome Aboard What Is Sunken Stars? 11
My grandparents
used to live by the
North Sea coast,
and I spent a significant
part of my childhood on
rather cold beaches covered
in gray sky. The opaque water, especially after dark,
held great terrors, visions
of expressionless giants rising from the abyss to take
me and my sister from the
bunk beds we used to spend
our holiday nights in. They
would come quietly, announced only by the growing furor in the crashing of
the waves. We knew to remain awake, and ready to
run for our lives.
Luckily, the children’s room
was guarded by a life-sized
statue of The Crocodile
God Tigowi, acquired by my
grandfather sometime in the
seventies. Surely he would
protect us and not devour
us in our sleep. Right?
He must have. The giants
never got us after all. These
things, that used to terrify
me as a child, have come to
enthrall me as a grown man.
The secrets hidden deep beneath the waves, the solitude of a horizon filled with
ocean and the wild thrill of
the knowledge that the only
thing between you and certain death is deck you’re
standing on. Those are the
guttural things Sunken
Stars is about, the magnetism of fear, of wanting to
climb over the edge into the
unknown. Those moments
we wander out past the
light, to where the jagged
black begins.
Anyway, this book is a role
playing game with an oldschool and rogue-like feel
to it. The players take on
the role of sailors imbued
with strange powers and a
lust for the wild life. This
means...
Exploration
Naval Combat
Weird Sea Beasts
Strange Islands
Pirates
Mystery
and a dash of Horror
The world of Sunken Stars
is not pretty and definitely not fair. Where only the
very luckiest are born in positions of relative comfort,
most lives are forged in the
crucibles of cruelty and oppression. Slavery is common
and the ruling class inbred
and petty. It is a world where
abandoning yourself to the
dangers of the dark oceans
is often more appealing
than dwelling on the shores
they border. Death may be
swift and likely, but we are
here for the opportunity to
carve out our own path and
to commandeer our destiny
into greatness.
Aesthetically, the world has
a definite late age of sail
vibe, resembling our own
early to mid 19th century. New technologies such
as electric lights, radio and
chain guns are starting to
slowly bubble their way
through the scum, but these
are the prototypes rather
than the tried and tested
products that would shape
a modern or even steampunk world. The ideas are
there, but we’re not quite
Victorian yet.
So how about magic? The
orthodox wizards and fireballs are missing. However,
there are strange forces that
permeate the air: the mysterious courts that bestow superhuman powers, the cauldron magic of witches and
What is Sunken Stars?
12 Part 1 • Welcome Aboard What Is Sunken Stars? 13
the bewildering weirdness
of the islands that are collectively named The Sunken Stars. In short, magic
exists, but in a less formulaic way than it would in a
more classical high fantasy
game.
Inspiration
™ Film & TV: Taboo (BBC), Black Sails (Starz),
Pirates of the Caribbean (Disney), Vikings (History),
1899 (Netflix)
™ Books: Gentlemen Bastards Series (S. Lynch), One Piece
(Eiichiro Oda), H. P. Lovecraft’s collected works, Moby
Dick (H. Melville), Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series
™ Games: Sunless Sea, Dishonored, Sid Meier’s Pirates!
“Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.”
—William Ernest Henley, Invictus
14 Part 1 • Welcome Aboard Core Principles 15
Zooming In and Out
Sunken Stars comes with a couple of systems that favor
zooming in and out of the action.
™ Navigation is generally a zoomed out process where
many days go by at once until something happens that
the player characters have to deal with.
™ Naval Combat is relatively zoomed in, but still focuses
on the ships involved rather than the characters. The
time scale is hours rather than days.
™ Ports can be a mix of both zooming in and out, as some
actions can be resolved with random tables, but it might
be interesting to zoom into other situations when they
provide for interesting roleplay.
™ Anything else will usually follow a zoomed in approach:
exploring ruins, islands or even dungeons.
Core Principles
3D6 Roll High
Most actions in Sunken Stars are resolved with a roll of
three six-sided dice (3D6). To succeed, you need to roll
a total that meets or exceeds a target number set by the
GM. Add any relevant attribute modifier (such as Power,
Grace, Sense, etc.) to your roll to increase your chances.
Wild Dice
Players have the option to replace D6s with Wild Dice, with
certain rolls, special abilities in particular; requiring a minimum amount of Wild Dice to be substituted in.
If a Wild Die rolls a ⚅, you roll it again and add the new
result to your total — a chance for an exceptional success.
However, if the Wild Die rolls a ⚀, a complication occurs,
which could mean a partial failure or an unexpected consequence, even if the overall roll succeeds.
Advantage & Disadvantage
Granting Advantage or Disadvantage on a roll is always at
the GM’s discretion. Having Advantage on a roll means that
you roll additional D6s depending on how large your advantage is and keep the 3 highest ones. Disadvantage works the
same, except you pick the 3 lowest results.
—Terrence Mckenna
“It is the night sea journey, the lone fisherman on
a tropical sea with his nets, and you let these nets
down— sometimes, something tears through them
that leaves them in shreds and you just row for shore,
and put your head under your bed and pray.”
A Brief Cosmology
Part 2
18 Part 2 • A Brief Cosmology How The Stars Fell 19
All peoples have
their stories of the
sun and the moon,
of how the stars fell from
the sky.
In Eledon, the druids tell
of strange spirits inhabiting
both the sun and the moon,
constantly trying to topple each other for position
in the skies. They believe
that in her own surreptitious way, the moon’s court
was plotting to cripple the
sun and expel him from the
sky forever. The sun came
to be saved through the acts
of a simple fisherman, who,
noticing the moon slowly
sneaking up on the sun in
broad daylight, made way
to the horizon where the
sun meets the sea in the nick
of time to warn him of the
moon’s ploy. The sun, full
of anger at this betrayal,
launched itself at the moon
in full brutish force, and the
collision drove the moon
back into the night. Some of
the stars, shaken by the impact, lost their purchase in
the sky and fell down to the
ocean, and that is how the
sunken stars came to be.
There is a Quectian prayer
that goes:
“The sun burns the man that
the moon hunts at night. To
sate the hunger of the sun,
a thousand men must burn,
to quench the thirst of the
moon, a thousand more bled
dry.”
The empire of the Immortal Empress believes the
sun to have crashed into the
moon, as she lingered about
at dawn an instant too long.
The crash was so fierce that
the moon was cracked and
charred bits of her white
fur were dropped down into
the ocean. That is how the
sunken stars came to be.
According to Makalunian shamans, the sun and
the moon are lovers. The
sun, of a jealous nature,
became obsessed with the
moon spending all her time
around the stars, and refused to visit her during the
night. The moon, only being
able to visit the sun during
the day on rare occasions
tried to call him back to her
during the night, shining as
bright as she could. Despite
her best efforts the sun still
refused to meet her, and
on one particularly dark
night, her sorrow beyond
all measure, she could no
longer hold her tears. They
fell down to the ocean, and
that is how the sunken stars
came to be.
The Drasnikan people are
believed to be the ancestors
of the Eledonians, and this
is in some ways confirmed
by their shared beliefs concerning the Sunken Stars.
Their story is slightly different, as the fisherman from
Eleni myth is an explorer in
the Drasnik story. He sailed
the oceans and seas looking
for the edge of the world,
and when he finally found
it, he could not steer his
boat away, and sailed into
the darkness beyond. The
Moon took pity on to the
poor sailor and invited him
in amongst her court rather
than let him fall forever over
the edge of the world. The
man in time learned about
her plot to push the Sun
out of the sky and found his
ship and sailed towards the
rising Sun, in time to warn
him of the Moon’s betrayal.
The Sun and his court laid
an ambush for the Moon at
dusk.
How the stars fell
20 Part 2 • A Brief Cosmology How The Stars Fell 21
Their battle shook the astral dome so tremendously that some stars could
not hold their balance in
the heavens, falling straight
down to the ocean, and that
is how the Sunken Stars
came to be.
The scientists of Alzaru of
course know that these are
mere stories, as our Earth is
but a celestial body and so
are the Moon and the Sun.
The Earth orbits the Sun
and the Moon orbits us. The
Sunken Stars are remarkable as a phenomenon, nevertheless they are only the
fragments of broken celestial bodies hurtling through
the cosmos for a thousand
years that then crashed into
the ocean.
And that, is how the Sunken
Stars came to be.
22 Part 2 • A Brief Cosmology The Courts 23
Some folk are possessed by the denizens of the courts,
the Others. They might
have come across a relic, or
just been in the wrong place
at the right time, while others yet seek out possession
because of the power it provides. Unsurprisingly, this
comes at a cost. The blessings of the courts are as
fickle as the tides. These
possessions are not merely the occupation of one’s
body by another entity but
a merging of essences, a
blending of the mortal coil
with the ethereal whims of
the courts. This symbiosis
can grant powers beyond
the ken of normal folk, imbuing them with abilities
that echo the domain of
their possessor—whether it
be the frosty resilience of
Winter’s Queen or the searing insight of the Summer
King. Yet, such gifts are
never without their price.
The possessed often find
themselves at the mercy of
their patron’s desires, their
dreams filled with cryptic
messages and their actions
subtly influenced towards
ends not entirely their own.
The courts, for all their
majesty and power, are
realms of emotion and concept made manifest; they do
not think or feel as mortals
do. What might be a whim
to them could be a cataclysm to the human world.
Coexistence with the courts
requires a delicate balance,
a constant negotiation between the mortal and the
otherworldly. For those who
seek out possession, the reasons vary as widely as the
stars in the sky. Some crave
the power for noble causes,
to protect their lands or to
heal the sick. Others seek
it for personal gain, for the
allure of strength and control. But all quickly learn
that the power of the courts
is not a tool to be wielded
lightly.
The courts themselves are
indifferent to the fates of
individuals, concerned more
with the grand tapestry of
belief and story that feeds
them. Yet, within their indifference lies the potential
for great deeds, for in the
hands of the right individual, the power of the courts
can shape the world.
The Courts
—Lord Byron, The Selected Poetry of Lord Byron
“Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean - roll!
Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;
Man marks the earth with ruin - his control
Stops with the shore.”
Born of Salt and Stars
Part 3
26 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Character Statistics 27
Characters are described by a set of statistics defining their capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses in
the world of Sunken Stars.
Attributes
These define the baseline physical and mental abilities of
the character. There are six attributes: Power, Grace, Lore,
Sense, Salt and Tides.
An attribute is associated with a modifier, which is the bonus added to attribute rolls.
• Power •
The physical strength, size
and muscularity of the
character.
• Lore •
The schooling the character had, its learnedness and
skill at academics.
• Salt •
The grit, leadership and
sheer strength of will of the
character.
• Grace •
How elegant, agile, refined
and beautiful the character
is and looks.
• Sense •
The quality of the character’s wit, its perception and
quick thinking.
• Tides •
The character’s favor with
the gods and more importantly, the ocean and seas.
Derived Attributes
Each of the three resistances is derived from two attributes
by taking the sum of the two and adding 11. It serves as a
target number the GM needs to roll when attempting various actions against the character.
• Defense •
Power + Grace + 11
The character’s ability to
evade or parry attacks.
• Vigilance •
Sense + Tides + 11
The attention to its surroundings, hidden enemies
or secret treasures.
• Composure •
Salt + Lore + 11
This represents the cool of
a character in the face of
intimidation, seduction or
negotiation, as well as its
resistance to mind-altering
effects and substances.
Initative is derived from three attributes by taking their
sum, and Speed is Grace + 6.
• Initiative •
Grace + Sense + Tides
How fast it acts in combat.
• Speed •
Grace + 6
How fast it moves.
Nerve and Attack are both derived from the character’s
class.
• Nerve •
Used to mitigate damage or
activate certain abilities.
• Attack •
Added to any attack roll the
character makes.
Character Statistics
28 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Character Statistics 29
Traits
A character has a number of abilities owing to its Background, Origins, Species and Class. These are collectively
known as Traits.
Origin
There are a number of large and powerful island nations
along the edges of the Sea of Sunken Stars. A character’s
origin determines where they’re from, and yields a related
Trait and belongings. See Origins, p. 61.
Species
While the predominant seafaring species is human, a few
others inhabit the islands and seas. Humans regularly interact with the fishmen, with some fishmen even living above
land and among humans. The powerful apes from the fallen
Simian Kingdom are also found throughout human settlements, as close cousins to humans themselves. Spoken of
in more quiet voices are the frogfolk, tiny frog-like humanoids with the sinister ability to control corpses. Your species
grants another Trait to the character. See Species, p. 111.
Background
The profession the character was engaged in prior to becoming what it is now. It provides a Trait , belongings and
access to certain Port Amenities. See Backgrounds, p. 123.
Class
There are six classes for a player to choose from for their
character: Swashbuckler, Gunner, Quartermaster, Captain,
Doctor and Navigator. Classes provide five Traits that are
unlocked as the character advances in levels 1 through 5.
The character’s class also provides Nerve and Attack scores.
See Classes, p. 177.
Port Amenities
You will have access to specific Port Amenities through
your Background. These provide certain benefits and are
available to your character in any port that has them. They
include: Tavern, Hospital, Shipyard, Aristocracy, Admiralty,
Pirate Council, Slave Market, Trade Houses and University.
See Port Activities, p. 396.
Patron, Powers & Afflictions
Each player character in Sunken Stars has a Patron that is
randomly chosen. This is one of the members of the Courts
of the Sun and Moon that has bestowed a gift upon the
character.
The patron has a separate leveling track from the character that is much faster. Each time the patron gains a level,
it grants a Power to the character. The catch is that if the
character is unlucky, the patron also bestows an Affliction
upon the character. These afflictions usually involve the
character slowly losing itself to the domain of the patron,
rarely in a good way. See Patrons, p. 203.
30 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Creating A Character 31
You’ll need a character sheet, a pencil and dice.
Grab 3D6, a D100, a D20 and let’s get started!
When creating your character, try to savor the
random elements and build around them. It’ll be fun, pinkie promise!
1. Roll Attributes
Attribute Modifiers
Roll Modifier
3 -4
4-5 -3
6-7 -2
8-9 -1
10-11 0
12-13 +1
14-15 +2
16-17 +3
18 +4
Roll 3D6 six times, once
for each attribute, in order:
Power, Grace, Sense, Lore,
Salt and Tides.
Look up your modifiers for
each attribute roll and write
them down.
You can start over if the
sum of modifiers is less than
-1.
2. Choose Origin
There are 8 origins, each granting you a specific Trait and
cultural belongings. See Origins, p. 61 for more details
on each origin.
Origin Summary
Origin Trait Belongings
Eledon Druid
Little Chest with Various Seeds,
Miniature Steam Engine, Fashionable
Black Clothes
Alzaru Scholar Turban, Djellaba, Babushas, Jambiya,
Converging Lens
Makalu Animist Spirit Mask, Box of D6 Body Paints
The Freeports Outlaw Fancy Hat, Frilly Clothes, Heirloom
Pistol, Mysterious Tattoo
Garunn Whaler Harpoon, Warm Waterproof Clothing
Dobromir Thespian Tragic Wooden Puppet, Accordion,
Colorful but Mismatched Clothing
Chactun Camazotz 2D6 Small Vials of Blood, Exquisite
Clothing and Gold Jewelry
Yfalos Deep Ally 4D6 pieces of Shell and Coral Jewelry,
Shaped Algae Wet suit
3. Choose Species
Now that you know your origin, let’s choose one of the
four species. Keep in mind
that Frogfolk and Simians
are relatively rare and not
fully accepted everywhere.
See Species, p. 111.
Species Summary
Species Trait
Humans Versatile
Fishmen Amphibious
Frogfolk Corpse Thief
Simians Great Ape
Creating a Character
32 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Creating A Character 33
4. Roll Background
Next, roll a D100 for your Background, each of these provide you with another Trait, belongings, gold sol ($) and
access to Port Amenities. See Backgrounds, p. 123.
Background Summary
Roll Background Belongings Trait
1-2 Lord/Lady Luxury Clothing, Family
Signet, Rapier, 2D100$
Voice of
Command
Port Amenities: Aristocracy
3-4
Knight
Luxury Clothing, Travel
Clothing, Rapier, Musket,
1D100$
Impenetrable
Port Amenities: Aristocracy
5-6
Squire
Luxury Clothing, Pistol,
Dagger, Gaming Set,
2D10$
Only The Best
for Milord
Port Amenities: Aristocracy
7-8
Tutor
Simple Clothing, Abacus,
1D6 Books, Spectacles,
2D10$
Patient
Teacher
Port Amenities: University
9-10
Assistant Fine Clothing, Pistol,
Contact List, 2D10$
Second Pair of
Hands
Port Amenities: All
11-12
Labourer Simple Clothing, Work
Tools, 1D10$ Blood & Tears
Port Amenities: None
13-14
Slave Ragged Clothing, Broken
Shackles Escape Artist
Port Amenities: Slave Market
Background Summary
Roll Background Belongings Trait
15-16
Beggar Ragged Clothing, Beggar’s
Bowl, Staff, 1D6$
Ear to the
Ground
Port Amenities: Pirate Council
17-18
Pickpocket
Simple Clothing, 1D6
Empty Purses, Dagger,
1D10$
Faerie Fingers
Port Amenities: Pirate Council
19-20
Procurer Fine Clothing, Walking
Stick, Pistol, 4D10$ Black Market
Port Amenities: Slave Market, Pirate Council
21-22
Prostitute
Fine Clothing, Fan,
Cosmetics, Dagger,
1D20$
Seduction
Port Amenities: Pirate Council
23-24
Gambler Fine Clothing, Gaming Set,
Pistol, 1D100$
Risk &
Reward
Port Amenities: Aristocracy
25-26
Pawner Travel Clothing, Dagger,
Pistol, Ledger, 2D20$
Profitable
Exchange
Port Amenities: Trade Houses, Pirate Council
27-28
Charlatan
Fine Clothing, 1D6 Fake
Potions, 1 Vial of actual
Snake Oil, 1D20$
Placebo
Port Amenities: Pirate Council
29-30
Confidence Man
Luxury Clothing, Fine
Clothing, Simple Clothing,
Rapier, Pistol, 1D6 Fake
IDs, Set of fake Mustaches,
1D100$
The Long Con
Port Amenities: All
34 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Creating A Character 35
Background Summary
Roll Background Belongings Trait
31-32
Smuggler Travel Clothing, Rapier,
Pistol, 2D10$ Hidden Caches
Port Amenities: Trade Houses, Pirate Council
33-34
Thug
Simple Clothing, 2
Daggers, 2 Pistols, Brass
Knuckles, 1D10$
Dirty Fighter
Port Amenities: Pirate Council
35-36
Footman
Simple Clothing, Breast
Plate, Halberd, Musket,
1D10$
Formation
Tactics
Port Amenities: Admiralty
37-38
Spy
Luxury Clothing, Fine
Clothing, Simple Clothing,
Travel Clothing, Rapier,
Pistol, 1D6 Fake IDs,
1D6 Vials of Poison (D4
damage), 1D10$
Spycraft
Port Amenities: All
39-40
Scout
Travel Clothing, Spyglass,
Dagger, Pistol, Hunting
Bow, 1D10$
Reconnaissance
Port Amenities: Admiralty
41-42
Mercenary
Travel Clothing, Breast
Plate, 2 Daggers, 2 Pistols,
Musket, 1D10$
Varied Tactics
Port Amenities: Admiralty, Pirate Council, Trade Houses
43-44
Marine
Navy Uniform, Simple
Clothing, Dagger, Pistol,
Musket, Cutlass, 1D6$
Expert
Boatsman
Port Amenities: Admiralty
Background Summary
Roll Background Belongings Trait
45-46
Bounty Hunter
Travel Clothing, Dagger,
Pistol, Manacles, D6 Arrest
Warrants, 1D20$
Blood Hound
Port Amenities: Admiralty, Pirate Council, Slave Market
47-48
Blacksmith
Simple Clothing,
Hammer, Tongs, Apron
Small Anvil, 1D6 knives,
1D20$
Master of Steel
Port Amenities: Trade Houses
49-50
Musician
Travel Clothing,
1D6 Musical Instruments,
Song Book, 1D20$
Hopeful
Sonnet
Port Amenities: Trade Houses, Pirate Council
51-52
Merchant
Fine Clothing, 1D6
Rings, Fancy Hat, Rapier,
Stocks worth 1D6x100$
in Various Trading
Companies, 4D20$
Trade
Contacts
Port Amenities: Trade Houses
53-54
Fisherman Simple Clothing,
Fishing Rod, Net, 1D6$ Worthy Catch
Port Amenities: Trade Houses
55-56
Carpenter
Simple Clothing,
Wood Chisel, Hammer,
Bag of Nails, 1D10$
Woodworking
Port Amenities: Trade Houses
36 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Creating A Character 37
Background Summary
Roll Background Belongings Trait
57-58
Tailor
1D6 sets of Fine Clothing,
1D10 sets of Simple
Clothing, Travel Clothing,
Pin Cushion,
1D20 Needles,
100 yards of Thread,
1D10$
Needle &
Thread
Port Amenities: Trade Houses
59-60
Hunter Travel Clothing, Dagger,
Hunting Bow, 2D20$
Nature’s
Bounty
Port Amenities: Trade Houses
61-62
Rat Catcher
Simple Clothing,
Rat Basket,
Club,
1D4 Vials of Rat Poison,
1D6$
Pest Control
Port Amenities: Trade Houses
63-64
Engineer
Fine Clothing, Simple
Clothing, Pistol, Wrench,
2D20$
Gun Perfection
Port Amenities: Trade Houses, University
65-66
Nurse
Fine Clothing, Medical
Tools, Jar of Leeches,
1D3 Antimony Pills,
1D20 Quicksilver Pills,
2D20$
Proper
Medicine
Port Amenities: University
67-68
Barrister Fine Clothing,
Court Apparel, 4D20$ Facts
Port Amenities: Trade Houses, Pirate Council
Background Summary
Roll Background Belongings Trait
69-70
Alchemist
Fine Clothing, Alchemical
Glassware and Supplies,
1D20$
Transmuter
Port Amenities: University
71-72
Astrologer Fine Clothing,
Star Charts, 1D10$ Horoscope
Port Amenities: University
73-74
Student
Simple Clothing,
1 Ounce of Moonweed,
1D4 Books
Quick Study
Port Amenities: University
75-76 Priest/Priestess
Simple Clothing, Habit,
Religious Symbol,
Book of Prayers,
Incense, Writing
implements, 1D10$
Blessings
Port Amenities: None
77-78
Acolyte
Simple Clothing, Acolyte’s
Robes, Religious Symbol,
Writing implements,
1D20 Paper sheets,
1D6$
Forbidden
Knowledge
Port Amenities: University
79-80 Monk/Nun Habit, Walking Stick
Crafts of the
Abbey/Priory
Port Amenities: None
81-82
Cultist
Fine Clothing, Sacrificial
Knife, Ritual Mask,
1D20$
Sacrifice
Port Amenities: Aristocracy, University, Trade Houses
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Background Summary
Roll Background Belongings Trait
83-84
Witch Doctor
Simple Clothing, 1D10
Needles, 1D4 prepared
Voodoo Dolls, Large Pouch
of Medicinal Herbs,
1D10$
Boil & Bubble
Port Amenities: Pirate Council
85-86
Rune Carver Simple Clothing,
1D6 Carving Knives
Scarification
Port Amenities: University
87-88
Puppeteer Fine Clothing,
1D6 Puppets, 1D20$
Sentient
Puppets
Port Amenities: None
89-90
Exorcist
Travel Clothing, Pouch of
Salt, 1D6 Wooden
Stakes, Dagger, 1D20$
Wards
Port Amenities: University
91-92
Tree Tender
Ritual Robes, 1D6 Pouches
of Various Seeds, Sickle,
Small Branch of the World
Tree, 2D20$
Sacred
Botanist
Port Amenities: University
93-94 Guild Messenger
Travel Clothing, Exotic
Vehicle, Messenger’s Box,
1D20$
Messenger’s
Mark
Port Amenities: All
95-96
Sky Miner
Simple Clothing, Climbing
Harness, Parachute,
1D6 small Floating Rocks,
1D10$
Prospector
Port Amenities: Trade Houses, Pirate Council
Background Summary
Roll Background Belongings Trait
97-98
Nethersmith Smith’s Animist Mask,
Ritual Hammer, 1D10$ Spiritforging
Port Amenities: None
99-100
Crow Knight
Travel Clothing, Breast
Plate, Cavalry Saber, Rifle,
Eleni Crow, 1D10$
Crow Friend
Port Amenities: Admiralty, Aristocracy
40 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Creating A Character 41
5. Choose Class
The character can be one of six classes. Each of these fill a
specific role on the ship. See Classes, p. 177 for additional
information. Choose one of the Traits of the class as your
starting Trait and write down your Nerve and Attack.
Class Summary
Class Traits Nerve Attack Role
Swashbuckler
Duelist, Acrobat,
Dazzler, Sea dog,
Blood & Guts
5 2
Resilient and
flashy melee
fighter
Gunner
Sniper, Pistolero,
Spotter,
Cannoneer, Sapper
4 2
Long range
fighter and
scout
Scoundrel
Dealer, Godfather,
Cutthroat, Pirate,
Mudslinger
4 1
Debuffer,
stealthy and
underground
connections
Captain
Commander,
Beacon,
Ambassador,
Occultist,
Vindicator
4 1
Charismatic
leader, crucial
to naval combat
Barber
Alienist, Surgeon,
Pathologist
Torturer, Tonics
3 0
Support healer
and information
gatherer
Navigator
Astronomer,
Cartographer,
Numerologist,
Helmsman,
The Courtways
3 0
Support for
navigation,
ship repair
and scientific
questions.
6. Roll Patron
First, choose between the Court of the Sun and the Court
of the Moon. Next, roll a D20 to determine the character’s
Patron. The Patron is Level 1, and provides the character
with its first Power, only usable during the day for the Sun,
and at night for the Moon. See Patrons, p. 203.
Court of the Sun
Roll Patron Level 1 Power
1 The Lightbringer Revelation
2 The Plague of Iron Spike Surge
3 The Scorched Hellfire Pulse
4 The Notary Free Real Estate
5 The Twins Double
6 The Crocodile Transformation: Crocodile
7 The Rainbow Snake Transformation: Rainbow Snake
8 The Giant Turtle Shell of the Ancients
9 The Golden Hog Transformation: Wild Hog
10 The Bull Transformation: Minotauros
11 The Beast Master Eyes in the Shadows
12 The Healer Bodily Fluids
13 The Sanguine Roar Echo of Creation
14 The Stone Carver The Chisel
15 The Devourer Gravitational Maw
16 The Rooster Herald of the Dawn
17 The Roots Plant the Seed
18 The Soaring Eagle Transformation: Giant Eagle
19 The Behemoth Colossus
20 The Rumbling Earth Tremor
42 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Creating A Character 43
The Patrons of the Court of the Moon are below.
Court of the Moon
Roll Patron Level 1 Power
1 The Rebel Shadow Shadow Bind
2 The Crescent Edge New Moon
3 The Frostbitten Ice in the Veins
4 The Shoe Thief Tangled Laces
5 The Mirror Mirror Vision
6 The Panther Transformation: Panther
7 The Chandler Waxy Transfusion
8 The Weightless You Gain Some, You Lose Some
9 The Inevitable Rust Rusty Touch
10 The Seer Material Resonance
11 The Wraith Possess
12 The Poisoner Poisonous Suppurations
13 The Infection Disease Vector
14 The Painter Brush of Life
15 The Endless Knot Fisherman's Knot
16 The Whisperer Seed of Doubt
17 The Withering Decay Draw out the Rot
18 The Owl Transformation: Owl
19 The Cogs Minor Adjustment
20 The Grim Reaper Visions of Death
7. Note Derived Attributes
Write down your resistances.
Resistances
Resistance Calculation
Defense Power modifier + Grace modifier + 11
Composure Lore modifier + Salt modifier + 11
Vigilance Sense modifier + Tides modifier + 11
Do the same for your initiative and Speed.
Initiative Calculation
Initiative Grace + Sense + Tides modifiers
Speed Grace modifier + 6
8. Add Final Touches
Finally, it’s time to flesh out the character. It needs a name,
maybe a gender, a description of its looks and a story. Here
are a few leading questions to help with this.
™ Who was their best childhood friend?
™ How did their Patron take notice of them?
™ Do they have any siblings? Are their parents alive?
™ What are they most proud of? And most ashamed?
™ What’s their favorite food, book and color?
™ Have they ever been in love?
™ Have they ever killed?
44 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Example Character 45
Let’s go through character creation together! We’ll
discover the character together as this section is
being written. Just like it’s supposed to be.
1. Roll Attributes
We roll 3D6 six times, yielding our attribute modifiers. We
note these down.
 Roll Total Modifier
™ Power ⚄ ⚁ ⚂ = 10 +0
™ Grace ⚅ ⚃ ⚃ = 14 +2
™ Lore ⚁ ⚅ ⚁ = 10 +0
™ Sense ⚅ ⚀ ⚁ = 9 -1
™ Salt ⚅ ⚁ ⚄ = 13 +1
™ Tides ⚀ ⚀ ⚀ = 3 -4
A graceful and gritty character! Something of an Anne Bonny but way unluckier. Let’s see where this takes us next.
2. Choose Origin
The high Grace and the Salt scores would give us an interesting cutlass-wielding and flashy pirate, so let’s go with
The Freeports for our origin. This gives us the Outlaw trait,
and a couple of items: a Fancy Hat, Frilly Clothes, Heirloom
Pistol and a Mysterious Tattoo of particular interest.
3. Choose Species
For this character, we’ll keep things simple and choose Human. This gives us the Versatile trait, allowing us to swap
out one of our class traits for one from another class.
4. Roll Background
We roll a D100 for our character’s background... 76, a
priest(ess)! An image starts to form of a pious woman leading her flock out into the unknown, in search for traces of
the divine among the Sunken Stars.
She gains the trait Blessings, allowing her to cure mental
ails as well as improve morale aboard the ship. As a priestess, she gains no access to Port Amenities, and only modest
belongings: A Habit, Incense, Writing Implements, Her Religious Symbol, A Book of Prayers and 7 Gold Coins.
5. Choose Class
For the class, we choose Captain, and as a first Trait,
Occultist seems like the obvious pick. This allows her to use
her knowledge of the occult to divine the weather, further
providing support to the ship and its crew.
6. Roll Patron
We choose the Court of the Moon and roll a D20, getting
a 7, The Chandler, a Patron that provides hope to those
around him. The first Power she gets is Waxy Transfusion,
allowing her to use wax to heal an ally’s injuries.
Example Character
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7. Note Derived Attributes
We calculate her resistance and initiative scores, we’re almost done!
™ Defense = 11 +0Power +2Grace = 13
™ Composure = 11 +0Lore +1Salt = 12
™ Vigilance = 11 -1Sense -4Tides = 6
™ Initiative = +2Grace -1Sense -4Tides = -3
™ Speed = 6 +2Grace = 8
8. Add Final Touches
Our character’s traits are Outlaw, Blessings, Versatile and
Occultist and her starting power is Waxy Transfusion. This
paints a picture of a rough cult leader that might read the
entrails of a seagull every so often, but also of someone that
can actually make good on esoteric promises.
‟She is Brennivin, named so
for the fire in her soul that
burns too hot, and her demeanor too bitter for most
to swallow. Once, she had
wandered the world utterly
alone, a stray soul adrift on
the currents of a vast and
uncaring sea. Even now,
though she serves the dark
tides, the ancient gods sneer
at her from their unseen
thrones.
Whatever favor she might
have held with those who
rule these shadowed depths
was severed the day she was
marked by the symbols of
the courts, sigils that burned
and twisted upon her skin
like living things. Yet she is
not without a following—a
ragtag congregation of outcasts and wretches, drawn
to the strange, smoldering
light she now bears.
This meager ember of hope
has not gone unnoticed. The
Chandler, the ancient maker of wax and flame, has
turned his gaze upon her.
Beneath his baleful influence, Brennivin leads her
grimy flock into the waiting
maw of the ocean, toward
the unseen source of her
strange, flickering light—a
light that grows ever brighter, ever hungrier, as it calls
her deeper into the abyss.”
48 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Character Advancement 49
Characters all start out at level 1 with no experience. They evolve over the course of their adventures, gaining power and dragging along injuries.
Experience
When a character survives an adventure, they gain experience for the difficult situations they have been confronted
with. This includes exploration, combat, tricky negotiations
and more.
Surviving an adventure and coming back to a safe haven always grants 1 point of experience.
Additional points can be awarded at the GM’s discretion
and following are a couple of examples of what could warrant extra rewards.
™ Solid and engaging roleplay.
™ Engaging with risky situations head on, or in a clever
way.
™ Finding noteworthy treasure.
™ Surviving a challenging combat encounter.
™ Drawing a beautiful map, or keeping an entertaining
journal of the adventure.
All of the experience rewards are given to all of the players,
so if one player takes good notes or roleplays well, everyone
else is also rewarded.
Example
The crew gets back from a dangerous journey, they survived
a tricky fight with a giant crab, and one of the players drew
a map of the island they found the crab on.
Each player would then get:
1Survival + 1Combat + 1Map = 3 Experience Points.
Spending Experience
Experience points can either be spent on the character’s
Class Track, or on the Patron Track, player’s choice. Below
is the experience cost for each level on both tracks. This is
the cost excluding what was already spent on the previous
levels.
Class Track
Level Cost Reward
1 0
Gain Class
Trait each
Level
2 3
3 6
4 9
5 12
6 15 +1 Resistances
7 18
Gain Trait:
Famous
8 21 +1 Resistances
9 24 +1 Resistances
10 27
Gain Trait:
Legend
Patron Track
Level Cost Reward
1 0
Gain Patron
Power each
level
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
The Patron Track only
has 5 levels that are much
cheaper than the ones on
the Class Track. Be wary
though, the Patron Track
holds considerable danger if
it is advanced too quickly.
Character Advancement
50 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Character Advancement 51
When the Patron consumes the Character
When a player spends experience on their Patron Track,
there is always a risk of the Patron consumes the character in some way. This takes the form of the Patron offering
a Affliction to the character. These Afflictions are usually nothing short of the Patron slowly taking control of the
character’s body.
Whenever a player gains a level in its Patron Track, they
roll
D6 + Class Level - Patron Level
On a roll of 2 or less, in addition to their new Power, the
character also receives a Affliction from its Patron. On a
roll of 3 or more, the character receives their new Power
and nothing else happens. A 1 on the die always results in
a Affliction, regardless of the total outcome.
Patron Level Gain
Roll Result
⚀ ⚁ or Natural ⚀
Receive an Affliction from the Patron,
and gain the Power from leveling as
normal
⚂ ⚃ ⚄ ⚅ + Gain the Power from leveling as normal
Brennivin had felt the
change creeping upon her
like a sickness of the soul,
a slow, insidious corruption
that began at the edges of her
being and worked its way inward. At first, it was nothing but a curious warmth in
her veins, a sensation like
candle wax dripped upon her
skin—warm, almost soothing in its oddity. But soon,
that warmth turned to fire,
and her flesh began to shiver with strange, unwelcome
tremors.
The others saw it too. The
crew who dared not speak of
what they saw in her now
haggard face, the way her
steps left traces of melted
wax on the deck, how the air
around her seemed to flicker
with the dim light of phantom candles.
The Chandler was claiming
her, molding her into something else. Each day, more
of her body succumbed, waxen and dripping, bit by bit,
to make room for its new
master.
52 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Fame 53
Fame is both a blessing and a curse. Stories travel
as fast as the winds, carried by sailors, merchants,
and whispers at portside taverns. To be known is
to carry power; allies seek you out, enemies plot your downfall, and strangers already have an opinion before you say
a word. The higher your reputation, the greater the echoes
of your deeds—whether glorious or grim. Fame doesn’t just
open doors; it changes the way the sea itself responds to
you.
A captain with a name known from Ferris to Yfalos finds
opportunities, challenges, and expectations that would never be placed on a lesser sailor. Those who reach the highest
echelons of fame become legends, figures whose tales outlive
them, woven into the fabric of sea lore itself.
Traits of Fame: Famous and Legend
Famous
Your name is known in every port, and stories of your
deeds are spoken over tankards and whispered in dark
corners.
™ Recognition: Your character gains Advantage 1
to Salt or Grace checks
made to persuade, seduce, bargain or intimidate. Port officials,
rival captains, and
common sailors may be
swayed simply by your
reputation.
™ Mixed Reactions: Fame
cuts both ways. Roll
1D6 whenever you enter
a new port:
⚀ ⚁ ⚂: The attention
is positive; you receive
advantageous treatment
You gain Advantage
2 on checks to recruit
crew and all goods are
20% cheaper.
⚃ ⚄ ⚅: Infamy follows;
you attract unwanted attention, such as
challenges from rivals
or extra scrutiny from
authorities.
™ Conspicuous Presence:
Attempting to go unnoticed is harder when
you are known. Any
stealth or deception
checks in populated areas are made at with
Disadvantage 1 unless
efforts are made to obscure your identity.
Legend
You have become a living
myth, a name spoken with
awe or dread from the docks
of Ferris to the mysterious
tides of Yfalos.
™ Mythical Status: Your
legendary reputation
grants you Advantage 3
to Salt or Grace checks
made to persuade,
seduce, bargain or
intimidate.
™ Whispers of the
Deep: Your fame has
drawn the attention
of mysterious and
supernatural forces.
When rolling a critical
success or failure, there
is a 10% chance that
an unforeseen event
tied to your reputation
occurs—whether aid
from a hidden ally or an
encounter with a cursed
admirer.
Fame
54 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Death And Legacy 55
In Sunken Stars, death does not mark the end but is
instead the gateway to a continuing legacy. When
a character dies, they pass elements of their experience and abilities to a new character.
Legacy Inheritance
Upon the death of a character, the player may select
certain elements to carry
forward into the new character. These inherited aspects are called Legacies.
Each time a character dies,
the player may choose one
additional legacy from the
list below, gradually retaining more with each subsequent character death.
™ Class Trait: Choose one
class trait from the deceased character. This
trait becomes a permanent part of the new
character.
™ Item: Select one item
of significance from the
deceased character’s inventory. This item is
transferred to the new
character, with any enhancements or history
attached to it remaining
intact.
™ Patron: The new character may adopt the deceased character’s Patron, along with the
Patron’s level. However, inheriting a Patron
in this way immediately
triggers a roll for potential Afflictions.
Legacy Progression
Each time a player experiences a character death,
they gain an additional
Legacy option for their new
character. For instance:
™ First Death: The player chooses one Legacy
(e.g., Class Trait).
™ Second Death: The
player chooses two Legacies (e.g., Class Trait
and Item).
™ Third Death: The player
chooses three Legacies,
and so on.
This gradual increase in inheritance rewards players
who face the dangers of the
world and encourages attachment to the ongoing
narrative of each successive
character.
Afflictions
Inheriting certain Legacies,
especially the Patron, may
come with risks. When a Patron is inherited, the player
immediately rolls to determine any Afflictions the Patron might inflict upon the
new character. This roll reflects the latent tension and
danger in carrying forward
such a powerful, supernatural bond. Patrons are not always keen on shifting their
allegiance.
Death and Legacy
56 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Ship Statistics 57
Every ship is defined by its Attributes along with
Hold, and Morale. Attributes represent the ship’s
strengths and weaknesses, rolled during creation.
They range from -4 to +4, following the same 3D6 rolling
method as character attributes.
Attributes
These are the baseline qualities of the ship: Sails, Guns,
Hull and Crew.
An attribute is associated with a modifier, which is the bonus added to attribute rolls.
• Sails •
Speed and maneuverability, used in naval combat for
getting in a favorable position or getting away.
• Guns •
Firepower and effectiveness
in naval combat. A higher Guns attribute gives the
ship better aim and damage
capacity with its weaponry.
• Hull •
The ship’s structural integrity and resilience to damage. This score determines
how much damage the ship
can absorb before it sinks.
• Crew •
Reflects the skill and coordination of the crew. High
Crew scores benefit boarding actions.
Hold and Morale
Apart from its four attributes, a ship also has a Hold score
and a Morale score. These scores are not rolled and instead
depend on different factors, such as amount of cargo and
supplies on board, or event outcomes.
• Hold •
Starts at 6
The hold starts with a base
score of 6, representing the
slots available for cargo and
supplies. Each point in the
Hold allows for one unit of
cargo. Additional hold space
can be purchased through
ship upgrades.
• Morale •
Starts at 0
A score starting at 0 that
reflects the current mood
and motivation of the crew.
Certain events, conditions,
or choices can affect morale,
either inspiring the crew or
bringing them down. A positive Morale offers bonuses,
while a negative Morale introduces complications.
The Morale score is added
to ALL rolls made for the
ship.
Ship Type and Upgrades
The Ship Type and the Ship Upgrades provide a ship with
benefits, usually in the form of increased attributes or bonuses during Navigation or Naval Combat. See Ships and
Upgrades, p. 416 for details on the options that can be
purchased during play.
Ship Statistics
58 Part 3 • Born Of Salt And Stars Ship Creation 59
Acrew typically starts with a single ship that serves
as their home, transport, and primary weapon on
the seas.
Some campaigns may call for different circumstances, and
the GM may choose to begin without a starting ship if it
aligns better with the crew’s origin story or goals. This creates a journey where the crew must first earn, steal, or build
a ship before venturing into the Sea of Sunken Stars.
Whether starting with a ship or working towards one, follow these steps to define its attributes and type.
1. Roll Ship Attributes
Attribute Modifiers
Roll Modifier
3 -4
4-5 -3
6-7 -2
8-9 -1
10-11 0
12-13 +1
14-15 +2
16-17 +3
18 +4
Roll 3D6 four times, once
for each attribute, in order:
Sails, Guns, Hull and Crew.
Look up your modifiers for
each attribute roll and write
them down.
You can start over if the
sum of modifiers is less than
-1.
2. Write Down Starting Hold and Morale
Hold 6
Morale 0
3. Choose a Ship Type
Once the attributes are
rolled, choose a Ship Type
that reflects your vessel’s
purpose and grants an additional bonus to one of its
key attributes. Ship Types
range from small, nimble
Sloops to imposing, heavily-armed Frigate.
Select the type that best
aligns with your intended
playstyle and crew needs.
Each Ship Type offers
unique strengths but may
come with trade-offs to balance the ship’s effectiveness.
Ship Descriptiopn Bonus
Sloop A light, fast ship known for
excellent maneuverability +1 Sails
Brigantine Balanced ship, versatile for both
trade and combat +1 Crew
Galleon Large and resilient, built to
withstand heavy damage +1 Hull
Frigate Medium-sized warship with
formidable artillery +1 Guns
Merchantman Built for trading, with ample
cargo space but slower movement +2 Hold, -1 Sails
Clipper A sleek, fast ship designed for
long-distance travel +2 Sails, -1 Hull
Whaler Specially outfitted for hunting
large sea creatures
+1 Crew, +1 Hull, -1
Hold
Ship Creation
—Ari Berk, Death Watch
“In life, a person will come and go from many
homes. We may leave a house, a town, a room,
but that does not mean those places leave us. Once
entered, we never entirely depart the homes we
make for ourselves in the world. They follow us, like
shadows, until we come upon them again, waiting for
us in the mist.”
Origins
Part 4
62 Part 4 • Origins Eledon 63 Eledon The Druid’s Warning In the heart of
Elen, beneath the
towering spires of
basalt that pierce the sky,
the land whispers of discon
-
tent. Our city, majestic in
its might, stands as a tes
-
tament to the ambition of
its people. Druidism, once
a path to understanding
and living in harmony with
the natural world, has been
twisted into a tool for pro
-
duction. The fields and for
-
ests around our great basalt
port city yield bounties they
were never meant to bear,
forced by our will and the
potent enchantments of our
druids.
But nature is a force that re
-
fuses to be bound. The same
soil that burgeons with un
-
natural harvests murmurs
with unrest, and the sea
that nourishes our trade
routes roils with anger.
There’s a story, not often
spoken aloud, that captures
the essence of our plight. It
is said that when the stars
fell, one found its resting
place not in the depths of
the ocean but in the heart
of Elen. This star, imbued
with the raw essence of the
cosmos, became a beacon for
our druidic practices, am
-
plifying our abilities to ma
-
nipulate the land.
Yet, this power comes at a
grave cost. The land itself
has begun to revolt, its spir
-
it strained beyond endur
-
ance. Vines creep over our
buildings, reclaiming stone
and wood alike; the waters
around our port city grow
64 Part 4 • Origins Eledon 65
tempestuous, denying passage to all but the bravest sailors. And within the
earth, a deeper unrest stirs,
as if the star’s presence
has awakened something
ancient, something that
watches us with growing
disdain.
I have seen, in the
depths of my visions,
a reckoning. A day
when the land itself will rise to reclaim
what has been taken, to restore the balance we have
so carelessly disrupted.
As a druid of Elen, it is
my duty to warn my
people — we must
change our ways,
return to the
path of harmony and respect
for the natural world.
For if we do not, we risk
not only the wrath of the
land but the loss of the very
essence that makes Elen
great.”
—Eirian, Druid of Elen Belongings
Little Chest with D100 Various Seeds, Miniature Steam Engine, Fashionable Black Clothes
Origin Trait: Druid
Growing up, you were taught
to commune with vegetal and
animal life. As such, you often
just know what plants need to
grow, and how animals are feeling. More impressively, in some
cases you know how to get them
to do exactly what you want.
™ When making a Lore or
Sense check concerning
any plant or animal
life, you gain
Advantage 2.
™ As an action, you
can make a Salt
check against an
animal’s Composure,
if this succeeds, you
can issue a guttural
command that it will
follow, as long as it
doesn’t put it in
deadly danger.
66 Part 4 • Origins Eledon 67
Eledon Trivia
Flag
Government
™ Autocratic Monarchy
™ Ruler: King Sigdæg
Population
™ Human 90%
™ Fishman 5%
™ Simian 4%
™ Frogfolk 1%
Noble Houses
™ Hilçekin: Royal family
™ Saelfolc: Navy officers,
ship builders
™ Fulcrad: Control most
of the Eleni industry
Names
D10 Male Female
1 Æthelstan Beornwyn
2 Cynwulf Ealdgyth
3 Leofric Hilda
4 Oswin Eadith
5 Aelfric Frida
6 Wulfstan Wynfrith
7 Theobald Mildreth
8 Ethelred Rheda
9 Godric Aetheltryth
10 Ealhstan Oswith
Fashion
D10 Male Female
1 Black high-necked coat with
silver lace trim.
Lace bodice in deep forest green,
paired with fingerless gloves.
2 Formal frock coat with subtly
embroidered vine patterns.
High-waisted skirt with a silver
buckle and side pocket.
3 Fitted black waistcoat, ivory
buttons and a delicate cravat.
Silk blouse tucked into a highwaisted, layered skirt.
4 Midnight-blue waistcoat with
subtle silver leaf embroidery.
Loose, layered skirt in charcoal
with patterned underskirts.
5 Long overcoat with a single
decorative chain at the shoulder.
Veil draped over a lace bonnet,
worn even on ordinary days.
6 Dark tunic and trousers, tied
with a heavy leather belt.
Corseted top with sleeves flaring
out near the wrists.
7 Double-breasted long coat with
clasps at the collar and cuffs.
Layered petticoats under a dark
dress with a braided belt.
8 Floor-length coat with braided
leather detailing on sleeves.
Floor-length black shawl with
fine embroidery at the edges.
9 Tunic layered under a finely
woven black shawl.
Woolen wrap with a single clasp
shaped like a leaf.
10 Open-front cloak with subtle,
vine-patterned trim.
Close-fitting jacket with small
lapels, worn over a light
chemise.
Cultural Foods
Smoked Fish, Pickled Roots, Stewed Rabbit,
Mushroom Pottage, Nut Butter Spread, Cabbage and Apple Slaw, Berry Preserves
68 Part 4 • Origins Alzaru 69 Alzaru The Scholar’s Reflection In Alzaru, where
the air hums with
the discourse of the
learned, we seek to under
-
stand the cosmos through
the lens of reason. Here,
amid endless scrolls and
echoing halls, the fall of the
stars is not merely a tale of
wonder but a subject of rig
-
orous study. Our island, a
beacon of scholarship in a
sea of mystery, thrives on
the pursuit of knowledge,
each discovery a testament
to the power of the human
mind.
The phenomenon of the
stars’ descent, a specta
-
cle that has inspired awe
and speculation across the
world, is approached with
a measured curiosity in
Alzaru. Astronomers and
philosophers gather under
the open sky, their instru
-
ments trained on the heav
-
ens, seeking patterns in the
chaos. They debate in the
cool of the marble court
-
yards, their discussions a
blend of ancient wisdom
and emerging theories.
’We are not swayed by the
superstitions that ensnare
other lands,’ I often remark
to my pupils. ’For in the
movement of the stars, in
the ebb and flow of the tides,
there lies a code, a language
of the universe waiting to
be deciphered.’ Our schol
-
ars believe that the Sunk
-
en Stars, those fragments
of celestial bodies now nes
-
tled in the ocean’s embrace,
offer keys to understanding
the greater cosmos. It is this
70 Part 4 • Origins Alzaru 71
belief that drives our expeditions, our studies, and our
experiments.
Yet, our quest for knowledge
is tempered with respect for
the unknown. ’To study the
stars is to study ourselves,’
the elders say, a reminder that our pursuit is
as much about understanding our place
in the universe as
it is about unraveling its mysteries. In Alzaru, where
reason and
i n q u i r y
light our
w a y ,
w e
stand as guardians of a legacy that bridges the divide
between the seen and the
unseen, the known and the
unknowable.”
—Mistress Bakar,
Head Scholar of
Alzaru
Belongings
Turban, Djellaba, Babushas, Jambiya, Converging Lens, D6
Books on a chosen discipline
Origin Trait: Scholar
Your schooling was rigorous and
harsh by times, but it pays
its dividends now. You are
among the most knowledgeable people in the world,
matched only by the great
minds of your homeland.
™ You always have
access to the
University port
amenity, regardless
of your Background.
™ You gain Advantage 1
on any Lore check.
™ You start the game
with knowledge
of a powerful or
otherwise very
valuable artifact
and its location.
Determine the
details of this with
your GM.
72 Part 4 • Origins Alzaru 73
Alzaru Trivia
Flag
Government
™ Autocratic Monarchy
™ Ruler: Sultan Azaim
Population
™ Human 95%
™ Fishman 4%
™ Simian < 1%
™ Frogfolk < 1%
Famous Scholars
™ Al Fazul: first explorer
to navigate to Chactun
™ Bakar: recorded many
conversations with
Patrons
Names
D10 Male Female
1 Azaim Layla
2 Farid Safiya
3 Najir Noor
4 Rami Dalia
5 Sulayman Hana
6 Azhar Nura
7 Sharif Rahma
8 Malik Nadia
9 Rafik Sahar
10 Tahir Farah
Fashion
D10 Male Female
1 Long robe with intricate gold
embroidery along the cuffs.
Long, flowing dress with silver
thread and beaded edges.
2 Sleeveless robe with detailed,
geometric patterns.
Jewel-toned robe with golden
accents on the sleeves.
3 Sandals and a short cloak,
fastened with a brass clasp.
Fitted, ankle-length dress with
geometric embroidery.
4
Flowing blue robe with
embroidered stars along the
hem.
Light, long-sleeved dress with a
golden sash.
5 Loose, wide-legged trousers and
a fitted jacket with silver trim.
Silken trousers with a highwaisted belt and tunic.
6
Turban with a small ornamental
pin.
Linen dress with star motifs
embroidered along the collar.
7 Long, light robe adorned with
constellation-like symbols.
Wrap skirt with embroidered
floral designs and wide belt.
8
Embroidered headband worn
with a casual outer garment.
Belted dress with elegant floral
stitching and a soft scarf.
9 Light, open-front coat with a
sun symbol stitched on the back.
Beaded necklace paired with a
silk scarf and tunic.
10 Light tunic with a woven sash
and embroidered vest.
Sleeveless tunic with silverstudded sandals.
Cultural Foods
Spiced Lamb Stew, Saffron Rice, Stuffed Dates,
Rosewater Pudding, Cucumber Mint Salad, Orange Blossom Syrup, Honey-Lavender Tea
74 Part 4 • Origins Makalu 75
Sun Scorches, Moon Weeps
Circle of the Sun and Moon
Sun scorches, Moon weeps,
Over Makalu, the silence creeps. “Sun scorches,” land does moan,
“Moon weeps,
” through night’s bone.
In the dance of eternal chase,
Sun’s fury, Moon’s grace,
“Sun scorches,
” shamans say,
“Moon weeps,
” night and day.
Harsh the land, under Sun’s gaze,
Cold the night, in Moon’s phase, “Sun scorches,” deserts burn, “Moon weeps,” tides turn.
Jealous Sun, with fire’s breath,
Loving Moon, shadow’s wraith, “Sun scorches,” world on bier, “Moon weeps,” tear by tear.
Between the burn, between the sigh,
Makalu under sprawling sky, “Sun scorches,” so we chant,
“Moon weeps,
” a haunting cant.
—Elder Amina, Shaman of Makalu Makalu
76 Part 4 • Origins Makalu 77
Belongings
Spirit Mask, Box of D6 Body Paints, Simple Clothing and
Furs
Origin Trait: Animist
You are among those who speak with the spirits. Through
your mask, you see the echoes of the past. You see where
the water once ran in a riverbed now dry, you see the spirits of the dead.
™ You must choose a name with which you walk through
the spirit world. While wearing your spirit mask, you
assume this identity, and you hear
and see the spirit world,
experiencing things as
they were in the past.
This also allows you
to interact with
the spirits of
the dead,
and them
with you.
78 Part 4 • Origins Makalu 79
Makalu Trivia
Flag
Government
™ Feudal Theocracy
™ Ruler: Elder Amina
Population
™ Human 80%
™ Fishman 15%
™ Simian 4%
™ Frogfolk 1%
Ancient Masks
™ The Ivory Crow: said
to bring the wearer
wisdom from the
nether.
™ The Blooded Serpent:
worn by those who
know venom and cure.
Names
D10 Male Female
1 Bakari Amina
2 Jabari Chipo
3 Kamau Siti
4 Chike Hasina
5 Dumo Nyota
6 Amadi Nia
7 Ekene Tumaini
8 Obasi Safiya
9 Langa Farai
10 Tau Zahara
Fashion
D10 Male Female
1 Embroidered tunic with designs
symbolizing animal spirits.
Flowing skirt with layered beads
and shell anklets.
2 Loose pants with a patterned
sash around the waist.
Tunic dress with intricate
embroidery down the sides.
3 Simple tunic with embroidered
cuffs and collar.
Wrap dress tied with a leather
cord at the waist.
4 Earth-toned pants with woven
leg wraps for durability.
Sleeveless dress with an
embroidered sash.
5 Loose, earth-toned trousers and
a short-sleeve tunic.
Long, patterned scarf worn over
one shoulder.
6 Decorative chest wrap under a
short robe with woven patterns.
Head wrap with geometric
designs in contrasting colors.
7 Open-front vest with braided
trims and a sun pendant.
Long, loose tunic with a braided
belt.
8 Woven shawl draped over one
shoulder, tied with leather.
Open-front robe with vibrant
stitching along the seams.
9 Tunic layered under a finely
woven black shawl.
Cloth belt adorned with feathers
and bone charms.
10
Wide-sleeved shirt decorated
with geometric motifs.
Ankle-length dress with woven
trim at the hem.
Cultural Foods
Spiced Yam Stew, Grilled Fish, Groundnut
Soup, Bean Cakes, Honeyed Plantains, Soursop
Juice, Smoked Meat Kebabs, Hibiscus Tea
80 Part 4 • Origins The Freeports 81 Sing: The Buccaneer’s Haven Between the swirling mists of the sea
lies an archipelago
where freedom isn’t just a
concept, but the way of life.
The Freeports, a collection
of small islands, a haven for
those who live by their own
code. Here, amidst the salt
and spray, pirates and pri
-
vateers find solace and ca
-
maraderie. To dock at the
Freeports is to cast away the
yoke of tyranny.
Each port, though small,
brims with tales taller than
the masts of a galleon. We
govern ourselves, answer
-
able only to the collective
will of the Freeports’ coun
-
cil. It’s a precarious bal
-
ance, a dance on the edge
of a cutlass, but it’s ours.
The Sunken Stars? They’re
beacons of fortune, guiding
the daring to hidden trea
-
sures beneath the waves and
promising adventure to any
who dare to seek them out.
Our world is one of constant
motion, of sails against the
horizon and the creak of
wood beneath our feet. Here,
in the freedom of the open
sea, alliances are forged and
destinies are shaped. The
Freeports stand as a testa
-
ment to the spirit of inde
-
pendence, a reminder that
even in a world bound by
rules, there are places where
the wild heart can roam
free.
”
—Jarek, Pirate
The
Free
ports
82 Part 4 • Origins The Freeports 83
Moravita: An Innkeep’s Words
Here, in Moravita,
the sea’s our law
and the wind’s our
voice. Kráka, she wasn’t
just a pirate; she was the
tempest herself. Her legacy? It’s the air we breathe,
the storms we chase.
We’re born from saltwater and rebellion. At
The Squall’s End, tales
of her feats aren’t
just stories; they’re
lessons, the kind
that fuel our veins.
We stand free, fierce,
with the horizon
in our eyes. That’s
Moravita for you. Not
just an island, but a
promise of freedom.”
—Garrick,
Keeper of The Squall’s
End
Belongings
Fancy Hat, Frilly Clothes, Heirloom Pistol, Mysterious
Tattoo
Origin Trait: Outlaw
As an Outlaw, you live by your own
rules, riding the tides and winds
with a reckless grin, seizing fortune wherever it dares to hide.
™ You always have access to
the Pirate Council port
amenity if it is available,
regardless of your
Background.
™ When you make an
attack using your
Heirloom Pistol, you
gain 1 Nerve. Any
Nerve exceeding your
maximum is lost after
combat ends.
™ You can spend Nerve
to give yourself
Advantage when you
make Salt checks. Each
point of Nerve spent this
way gives you 1 Advantage.
84 Part 4 • Origins The Freeports 85
Freeports Trivia
Flag
Government
™ Democracy
™ Rulers: Council of Tides
Population
™ Human 40%
™ Fishman 35%
™ Simian 10%
™ Frogfolk 15%
Infamous Captains
™ Krákka, the Crow: Said
to have navigated to
the center of the Sea of
Sunken Stars
™ Jarek, one of the
founders of the Council
of Tides
Names
D10 Male Female
1 Caliban Sable
2 Flint Kaida
3 Drake Isara
4 Cassian Lira
5 Marlin Nessa
6 Orion Odessa
7 Axton Faye
8 Jarek Yara
9 Solomon Liana
10 Kai Alara
Fashion
D10 Male Female
1
Loose linen trousers and a wide
belt with a bronze buckle.
Long skirt with pockets, worn
with a wide sash belt.
2 Striped sash tied over a simple
tunic, worn with tall boots.
Sleeveless tunic over a fitted
blouse, accented with beads.
3 Open leather vest over a fitted
shirt, accessorized with beads.
Lightweight shawl with fringes,
wrapped over the shoulders.
4
Cotton shirt with rolled sleeves
and a colorful scarf.
Blouse with loose sleeves, tucked
into high-waisted trousers.
5 Dark trousers with patches,
paired with a woven belt.
Layered skirts with a sash,
paired with beaded necklaces.
6 Rolled-up trousers and sandals,
often worn while dockside.
High-collared blouse with a lace
trim, practical yet stylish.
7 Loose-fitting trousers and a sash
with a small satchel.
Long, dark coat with rolled
sleeves and a decorative brooch.
8 Simple trousers and a shirt with
a leather wrist cuff.
Vest with wave-like embroidery
over a lightweight shirt.
9
Sleeveless shirt with a brassbuckled belt and small pouches.
Layered scarves and shawls,
adapted to changing
temperatures.
10 Beaded necklace and an openfront vest made of sturdy fabric.
Lightweight robe with
embroidered seashell designs.
Cultural Foods
Crab Gumbo, Salted Fish, Coconut Rice, Black
Bean Stew, Shellfish Skewers, Taro Chips, Hot
Pepper Sauce
86 Part 4 • Origins Garunn 87 The Wall Garunn, wrapped
in its eternal win
-
ter, stands defiant
against the unseen. Here,
where the cold bites into
your bones and the auroras
paint our night skies, our ex
-
istence hinges on the runes.
These are not mere marks;
they are our shields, our
swords against the courts,
”
explains Halvar, a seasoned
rune carver whose hands
have etched protections into
the very bones of the island. “In the silence of the snow,
our ancestors learned to lis
-
ten to the whispers of the
earth, to carve their warn
-
ings into stone, into the ice,
ensuring no courtly spir
-
it dares cross our thresh
-
olds. Our walls, lined with
these ancient sigils, serve as
a constant reminder of our
vigilance.
”
“Craftsmanship here is sur
-
vival, not art. Each rune
stone, each carved sigil, is
a testament to our resolve,
a battle won against the en
-
croaching shadows. Our iso
-
lation is our strength, the
freezing winds our allies.
We’ve become masters of the
elements, not out of desire,
but necessity. The Garunn
way is one of resilience, of
facing the darkness with the
light of our runes,
” he con
-
tinues, his eyes reflecting
the glow of runes in the dim
light of his workshop. “Our lore tells us that bal
-
ance is a fool’s errand, that
the only way to live with
the courts is to keep them
G
arunn
88 Part 4 • Origins Garunn 89
at bay. Thus, we carve, we
etch, and we stand guard,
generation after genera
-
tion. Garunn does not seek
harmony with the courts; it
demands separation, sover
-
eignty. In the heart of our
icy fortress, we do not fear
the cold or the dark; we
fear the silence that comes
when the runes fail. That
is a fate we work tire
-
lessly to prevent, ensur
-
ing our island remains
an impenetrable bastion
against the courts,
” Hal
-
var concludes, embody
-
ing the unwavering spir
-
it of Garunn’s people.
Belongings
Harpoon, Warm Winter Clothes,
Runic Tattoos, Simple Iron Jewelry Origin Trait: Whaler
Virtually nothing grows
on your island, bar winter
wheat. Garunn demands of
its people to be compe
-
tent fishermen, lest star
-
vation make short work of
them. ™ When fighting an
aquatic creature, you
can use Nerve to gain
Advantage. Each point of
Nerve spent in this way
gives you Advantage 1. Additionally, any
damage to these
creatures inflicted with
your Harpoon always
inflicts an injury,
regardless of their
remaining Nerve
.
90 Part 4 • Origins Garunn 91
Garunn Trivia
Flag
Government
™ Mercantile Oligarchy
™ Rulers: Ting of Crafts
Population
™ Human 99%
™ Fishman < 1%
™ Simian < 1%
™ Frogfolk < 1%
Names
D10 Male Female
1 Bjorn Sigrid
2 Eirik Solveig
3 Sten Astrid
4 Rurik Freya
5 Ingmar Runa
6 Hakon Brynhild
7 Thorfinn Tora
8 Kjell Edda
9 Olav Dagmar
10 Aksel Thyra
Fashion
D10 Male Female
1
Thick wool tunic with leather
shoulder pads.
Wool skirt with fur trim for
warmth and durability.
2 Heavy fur-lined cloak for
warmth during long journeys.
Long, belted tunic, practical for
movement.
3
Sleeveless leather vest over a
wool shirt.
Heavy cloak with leather ties,
fastened at the shoulders.
4 Large wool scarf wrapped
around the neck and shoulders.
Layered skirt for warmth, worn
with thick leggings.
5 Open-front vest made from
rough-spun fabric.
Decorative headscarf for
protection from cold winds.
6
Necklace with a small hammer
or fish pendant.
Dark wool dress with leather
cuffs at the wrists.
7
Fur-lined hat for cold weather
protection.
Heavy apron worn over regular
clothing for outdoor work.
8 Lightweight wool tunic with
decorative stitching.
Tunic dress with a leather cinch
belt.
9 Simple, woven tunic with a
durable leather belt.
Fur-lined vest with intricate
stitching on the hem.
10 Leather gauntlets for handling
tools or weapons.
Sleeved vest over a long skirt,
warm and practical.
Cultural Foods
Salted Fish, Fish and Root Stew, Smoked Fish
Strips, Dried Fish Cakes, Fish Broth, Pickled
Fish, Fermented Fish
92 Part 4 • Origins Dobromir 93
The Tale of the Goldkeeper
The stage is set to resemble a quaint stone cottage
nestled in a vibrant spring meadow, surrounded by cabbages and wildflowers. The puppeteers,
hidden by the shadows, begin the tale of the Goldkeeper.
Narrator Puppet (a figure robed in soft greens and earth
tones, its voice gentle yet filled with a hint of sorrow): “In
a meadow where spring whispers secrets to the earth, there
lived a man, alone but for his gold and the nature’s grace.”
Enter the Goldkeeper, a puppet with weary eyes and a
hunched back, sitting by a tiny window, counting his coins,
oblivious to the world beyond.
Goldkeeper Puppet (voice laden with solitude): “This
gold, my companion, my curse. Yet, in its gleam, I find solace, a fleeting glimpse of worth.”
As he speaks, tiny ant puppets crawl towards him, unnoticed, a symbol of the creeping realization yet to dawn.
Narrator Puppet: “But gold, even in abundance, sings a
cold, lonely tune. It was not until her, a maiden of spring,
that his heart knew warmth.”
A girl puppet, with hands smooth as the spring breeze and a
smile bright as dawn, enters. She sees not the gold but the
man beside it. Her presence fills the cottage with light.
Girl Puppet (voice sweet and reassuring): “Why count
what cannot laugh, cannot love? Your heart, not your chest,
is where true treasure lies.”
Together, they find happiness, a wealth beyond coins. But
happiness, as fleeting as spring, cannot last forever.
Narrator Puppet: “Winter’s chill, ruthless in its quest,
came for her soul, leaving the Goldkeeper alone, with naught
but a shadow of her warmth.”
The Goldkeeper, now holding a lock of golden hair, places
Dobromir
94 Part 4 • Origins Dobromir 95
it gently in his treasure box. The gold around him dims, its
value lost to the void left by her absence.
Goldkeeper Puppet (voice breaking with grief): “In this
box, her memory I keep, the only treasure I need. But memories, unlike gold, offer no warmth,
only the cold comfort of what
once was.”
The stage dims, leaving the
Goldkeeper in the shadow
of his loss, the quiet sorrow
of the meadow echoing his
heartache.
Narrator Puppet: “And
so, in a cottage surrounded
by the remnants of spring,
the Goldkeeper remains, a
sentinel of love lost, a reminder of the fleeting nature
of joy, and the enduring pain
of its absence.”
The puppeteers emerge,
their craft applauded, as
the tale of the goldkeeper
becomes another thread in
the rich tapestry of Dobromir’s storytelling tradition.
Belongings
Tragic Wooden Puppet, Accordion, Colorful but Mismatched Clothing
Origin Trait: Thespian
You’ve learned to weave tales of sorrow and loss, your hands dancing
through the air in brightly colored, clownesque attire, a jarring contrast to the tragic stories you bring to life with every
flick of a wrist and every painful smile.
™ You can “play a role”
and swap the modifiers
of two of your
attributes. If your
audience (i.e. your
allies) don’t go
along with your
new role, you lose
this benefit.
It takes a few
minutes for you
to enter or
leave the
role.
96 Part 4 • Origins Dobromir 97
Dobromir Trivia
Flag
Government
™ Lottocracy
™ Rulers: The Chamber
Population
™ Human 50%
™ Fishman 25%
™ Simian 15%
™ Frogfolk 10%
Living Puppets
™ The Little Khan: A
blood-thirsty ruler
puppet.
™ Zavlev: The most
prominent ladies' man,
a seductive puppet.
Names
D10 Male Female
1 Lukasz Zofia
2 Marek Aneta
3 Zbigniew Bozena
4 Wojtek Kasia
5 Milosz Jolanta
6 Damian Beata
7 Rafal Sabina
8 Tomek Danuta
9 Witold Urszula
10 Bartosz Milena
Fashion
D10 Male Female
1
Embroidered vest with intricate
floral patterns.
Layered skirt with vibrant floral
embroidery.
2 Loose linen shirt paired with a
colorful, patterned sash.
High-collared blouse with puffed
sleeves and lace detailing.
3 Striped pants and a scarf with
tassels, worn over the shoulder.
Headscarf adorned with flowers
and folk patterns.
4 High boots with woolen leggings
and a vibrant waistcoat.
Flowing dress with colorful
stitching along the hem.
5 Tunic with floral embroidery
along the collar and sleeves.
Patchwork skirt made from
various fabrics and patterns.
6 Silk scarf worn around the neck,
in contrasting colors.
Long, fitted coat with a simple
floral design at the cuffs.
7
Headband with embroidered
details, popular with performers.
Loose-fitting dress with intricate
needlework.
8 Crossbody satchel with
decorative fringe.
Embroidered apron worn over a
simple dress, often decorative.
9 Shirt with loose sleeves, tucked
into high-waisted pants.
Fingerless gloves with lace
edging.
10 Woven vest adorned with small,
colorful charms.
Skirt with ribbon details, worn
with a colorful blouse.
Cultural Foods
Pierogi with Wild Mushrooms, Spiced Plum
Pastries, Herb-Crusted Goat Cheese, Beet and
Apple Salad, Potato Pancakes, Cabbage Rolls
98 Part 4 • Origins Chactun 99 Chactun An Ambassador’s Report “As an ambassador from Alzaru, stepping onto the soil
of Chactun was like entering
another world, one veiled in
mystery and steeped in an
ancient power that our li
-
braries could scarcely fath
-
om. The city was a maze
of stone and splendor, with
pyramids that pierced the
jungle canopy and plazas
alive with the vibrant hues
of ceremonial garb. Yet, de
-
spite my status, the heart of
Chactun remained elusive,
its secrets guarded as close
-
ly as the Immortal Empress
herself.
From what little I was per
-
mitted to see, the priests,
shrouded in animal costumes
that mirrored the sacred
beasts of their lore, moved
with a purpose that was both
mesmerizing and slightly
unnerving. The panther, a
symbol of the night, and the
crocodile, representing the
sun, were ever-present mo
-
tifs, their images adorning
the city’s walls and echo
-
ing in the chants that filled
the air. It was clear that in
Chactun, the natural world
was not just revered; it was
integral to the very fabric
of their society, a source of
power and protection.
My attempts to delve deep
-
er, to understand the true
nature of their connection
to the Immortal Empress
and the rituals that so viv
-
idly captured their devotion,
were met with polite refusal.
’Some truths,’ I was told,
’are meant only for the eyes
of those who have been born
100 Part 4 • Origins Chactun 101
of Chactun’s soil.’ And so, I
was left to ponder, to piece
together the fragments of a
culture that felt as ancient as
the stars themselves. Chactun remains a mystery to
me, a city that holds
its secrets close, revealing only the
surface of a civilization as deep and
complex as the jungle that embraces it.”
—An Alzuran Ambassador
to Chactun
Belongings
2D6 Small Vials of Blood, Exquisite Clothing and Gold
Jewelry
Origin Trait:
Camazotz
You engage in the
dark rites, drinking blood to heal
your wounds, a
privilege granted
only to those descended from the
Immortal Empress
herself.
™ When you drink
a vial of blood
of your own
species, you
fully heal
an Injury
overnight.
102 Part 4 • Origins Chactun 103
Chactun Trivia
Flag
Government
™ Eternal Monarchy
™ Ruler: Immortal Empress
Population
™ Human 95%
™ Fishman 5%
™ Simian < 1%
™ Frogfolk < 1%
Names
D10 Male Female
1 Itzam Ix Chel
2 Kukul Itza
3 Hunac Pakalna
4 Uc Balam Chalchi
5 Tzotzil Ix Baak
6 Huumatz Eztli
7 Kaan Ix Chulel
8 Nacon Nak Be
9 Chac Huun Ha
10 Pakal Kaatal
Fashion
D10 Male Female
1 Tunic with jaguar patterns
stitched across the front.
Long tunic embroidered with
vibrant animal patterns.
2 Simple wrap tied with a knotted
leather cord.
Layered skirts in natural colors,
adorned with small shells.
3 Embroidered pants with zigzag
patterns symbolizing rivers.
Wrap dress with detailed
stitching along the neckline.
4 Sleeveless wrap with intricate
symbols representing the jungle.
Beaded earrings depicting
celestial symbols.
5 Feathered headdress. Necklace of obsidian and jade,
worn for protection.
6 Layered necklaces of shells and
stones, representing ancestors.
Embroidered blouse with
stylized rain patterns.
7 Ornate anklet made from small,
colored stones.
Woven sandals adorned with
colorful beads.
8 Sleeveless vest with serpent
motifs and beadwork.
Flowing dress with a jaguar
print, tied at the waist.
9 Cloth headband with symbols of
the moon and water.
Ankle-length tunic with patterns
of mountain and forest.
10
Necklace with a sunstone
pendant, worn close to the
chest.
Short shawl embroidered with
cosmic symbols.
Cultural Foods
Tamales, Grilled Cactus, Corn Tortillas, Spiced
Chocolate Drink, Corn and Chayote Stir-Fry,
Pineapple and Chili Relish, Stewed Peppers
104 Part 4 • Origins Yfalos 105
A
Fireside
T
ale
“Listen well, for the tale I
tell sails close to legend,
of Yfalos, our city veiled
in the ocean’s embrace, a
place few from above have
ever glimpsed,
” the fishman
starts, his voice a soft cur
-
rent that draws the sailors
into the depths of his narra
-
tive.
“Hidden from the sur
-
face by the will of the sea
herself, Yfalos thrives in se
-
crecy, its beauty known only
to those who tread its wa
-
tery streets.
Our city, shrouded in the
mystery of the deep, is built
from the ocean’s bounty,
stones that whisper of the
ancient world, and coral
that blooms in the darkness.
Here, the craft of our people
reflects the sea’s enigmatic
heart—using materials that
the uninitiated might liken
to the stuff of stars fallen to
the ocean floor. But we take
no treasures from the heav
-
ens; our riches are drawn
from the abyss, shaped by
hands guided by currents
and the silent songs of the
deep.
”
He leans closer, the glow of
the tavern’s lanterns flick
-
ering in his reflective eyes, “Yfalos is a realm of wonders, where the artistry of
fishmen merges with the
ocean’s mysteries. Our ar
-
mors shimmer with the ir
-
idescence of abalone, our
weapons are as strong and
unforgiving as the tides,
and our jewelry—crafted
from the rarest of deep-sea
gems—rivals the night sky’s
beauty.
”
Yfalos
106 Part 4 • Origins Yfalos 107
Concluding, the fishman
casts a look around the
room, “So when you sail
the Sea of Sunken Stars, remember that beneath you lies
a world apart, a city where
the sea’s secrets are locked
away from prying eyes. Yfalos remains elusive, a whisper among waves, a dream
below the depths, safeguarded by the very sea
that gives it life.”
—Eanocles,
Wandering Fishman
Belongings
4D6 pieces of Shell and Coral Jewelry, Shaped Algae Wet
suit
Origin Trait: Deep Ally
Whether it’s a cunning eel, a loyal
manta ray, or a watchful shark, your
ally swims beside you, a silent guardian from the depths, guiding you
through the mysteries of the
ocean’s dark embrace.
™ Your aquatic friend has
the following stats:
Actions
Power +2
Grace +1
Lore -4
Sense +1
Salt +1
Tides +1
Defense 14
Composure 8
Vigilance 13
Nerve 15
Attack +2
Bite: +4 to hit / D6+2 damage
Deep Ally
Speed 7 Initiative +3
108 Part 4 • Origins Yfalos 109
Yfalos Trivia
Flag
Government
™ Autocratic Monarchy
™ Ruler: Tidecaller Nerida
Population
™ Human < 1%
™ Fishman 95%
™ Simian < 1%
™ Frogfolk 4%
Names
D10 Male Female
1 Thalassios Galatea
2 Nerites Clymene
3 Glaucus Scylla
4 Callisthenes Psamathe
5 Galene Eurydice
6 Delphinus Helia
7 Erythros Lysimache
8 Phorcys Klytie
9 Damaskenos Calypso
10 Calyx Nerida
Fashion
D10 Male Female
1 Long tunic with woven seaweed
fiber and shell detailing.
Bodice with delicate sea glass
decorations.
2 Cloak made from kelp leaves,
flowing gracefully underwater.
Beaded necklace with small fish
teeth and stones.
3
Sash decorated with fish scales
and tiny shells.
Flowing wrap adorned with
polished shells.
4 Loose shirt with faint,
bioluminescent patterns.
Hairpiece crafted from sea
anemone-inspired designs.
5
Bracelet crafted from
translucent sea glass.
Skirt with coral beads along the
hem.
6
Short tunic with woven net
patterns along the hem.
Earrings made from
bioluminescent fish scales.
7
Small headdress made from
seaweed and shells.
Short cape made of kelp leaves,
light and flexible.
8 Tunic with stitched designs of
waves and currents.
Dress with fine fish scales
embedded in the fabric.
9 Flowing robe with subtle
luminescent designs.
Wrap dress decorated with
bioluminescent designs.
10 Lightweight scarf tied around
the waist, made from fine kelp.
Long skirt woven from soft
seaweed fibers with shell
accents.
Cultural Foods
Deep-Sea Shellfish, Kelp and Coral Salad,
Brined Eel Filets, Algae Cakes, Lobster Roe
Soup, Crustacean Shell Chips
—Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
“One general law, leading to the advancement of
all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the
strongest live and the weakest die.”
Species
Part 5
112 Part 5 • Species Life Among The Wreckage 113
In the dark waters and fog-laden coasts of the
Sea of Sunken Stars, the
world teems with life both
familiar and strange, mundane and extraordinary. Beneath the eternal twilight
of storm-clouded skies, a
myriad of species carve out
their existence amidst the
wreckage of civilizations
past, each adapting in their
own way to the
challenges of an unforgiving world. Some walk the
sun-baked decks of creaking
ships, others stalk the darkened depths of the ocean
floor, and many more dwell
in the borderlands between.
Humans are perhaps the
most widespread, driven by
their tenacity and a thirst
for survival that
h a s
seen them flourish in nearly
every corner of the known
world. Their cities and settlements are scattered like
flotsam across the islands
and coasts, from bustling
ports to isolated hamlets,
where they stake their claim
against the elements and
each other. But they are far
from alone.
Beneath the waves, in the
great underwater city of
Yfalos, dwell the Fishmen,
creatures of the deep who
see the ocean not as a barrier, but as their true home.
They are as mysterious as
the depths they inhabit,
moving silently through the
waters with eyes that reflect
the coldness of the abyss,
ever watchful, ever cunning.
On land, they are cautious
and reserved; in the water,
they are swift and fierce,
their motives as enigmatic
as the tides.
In the swamps and marshlands, hidden from the eyes
of the unwary, lurk the
Frogfolk—small and nimble
creatures with an unsettling
talent for taking control
of the dead. Known as the
Corpse Thieves, they can
slip inside the bodies of the
fallen, wearing them like
puppets while the flesh continues to rot. To some, they
are grotesque scavengers; to
others, they are resourceful survivors, adapting to
a world that often leaves
them with little choice.
On a forgotten island in the
heart of the sea, the Simians cling to the ruins of a
once-mighty kingdom, now
overgrown and crumbling
beneath the weight of years.
These large, ape-like beings
remember a time when they
ruled both land and wave,
their stone temples towering
above the ocean. Now, they
are scattered and divided,
remnants of their former
glory, haunted by dreams of
a kingdom long lost.
Life Among the Wreckage
114 Part 5 • Species Humans 115 Humans are known
for their relent
-
less drive to sur
-
vive in a world that often
seems intent on swallowing
them whole. Unlike the
other species that popu
-
late the world, humans
lack any extraordi
-
nary physical traits—
no gills for breath
-
ing underwater, no
poison resistance or
preternatural agility.
What they possess in
-
stead is a fierce adapt
-
ability and a stubborn
will, traits that have
allowed them to thrive
in nearly every corner of
this unforgiving world.
Human societies are as
diverse as the seas they
sail upon. From the bus
-
tling port cities where
merchants haggle over
goods plundered from dis
-
tant shores, to the remote
fishing villages clinging to
the edge of the world, hu
-
mans have learned to nav
-
igate the treacherous tides
of both politics and nature.
They are inventors and ex
-
plorers, traders and thieves,
driven by a hunger for
knowledge, wealth, or sim
-
ply the desire to chart the
unknown.
But it is not just their ambi
-
tion that sets them apart; it
is their unpredictability. A
human can be a noble cap
-
tain who leads with honor,
or a cunning smuggler who
knows every secret cove and
hidden reef. They can form
alliances as easily as they
break them, smile while
concealing a dagger, or offer friendship to a long-forgotten enemy. To encounter
a human is to never quite
know whether you have
found a friend, a foe, or
something in between
Where others see despair,
humans see opportunity.
Where others might yield
to the fear of the deep, they
build ships to sail across it.
In a world that constantly
changes and shifts like the
tides, the human spirit re
-
mains indomitable, their
story ever evolving, driven
by the winds of ambition,
curiosity, and an insatiable
desire to endure—no matter
the cost.
T
r
ait:
Vers
atile
™ Any time a Human gains a Class Level, they may choose to
gain a Trait from another class instead of their own. The
character must always have at least as many traits of
their own class as traits from other classes.
Hum
ans
116 Part 5 • Species Fishmen 117
Fishmen, often
called “Children of
the Abyss,” are an
ancient species who thrive
both in the depths of the
ocean and along the shores.
With their scales glistening like wet stones and gills
that flutter softly with every breath, they are born
of the sea and bound to
its ever-changing tides,
living on the thin line
where water meets land.
They are creatures of
two worlds—at home beneath the waves as they
are above them. They
move silently through dark
waters, their webbed hands
and feet propelling them
effortlessly through the
depths, where they navigate unseen currents
and shadowed reefs. On
land, they walk with a
cautious, halting gait, their
wide, unblinking eyes betraying a deep wariness of
the bright, unpredictable
surface world.
At the heart of their domain
l i e s
Yfalos, their great underwater city, a labyrinthine metropolis built into the rocky
cliffs and hidden caves of the
ocean floor. A place of mystery and wonder, Yfalos is
said to shimmer in the dim
light of the deep, its towers
and spires carved from coral
and stone, home to countless Fishman clans. In the
quiet darkness of their ancient city, they weave their
webs of intrigue and barter
with those who dare to venture into their watery realm.
Their faces are unreadable
masks, their wide eyes reflecting the cold, dark expanse of the ocean. Their
songs, carried on the currents, are said to be haunting, full of longing and loss,
like distant whales mourning in the deep. And while
they can be fierce protectors
of their waters, they are
equally known for their
cunning and their ability to
strike without warning.
Yet, despite their fearsome
reputation, the Fishmen are
bound by a deep respect for
the sea and its secrets. They
understand the ocean’s
power and its fickle nature,
and they know well that every wave can bring bounty
or destruction. For them,
life is a cycle as endless and
unpredictable as the tides,
where alliances shift like
schools of fish, and survival often depends on reading
the currents of the unseen
To understand the Fishmen is to grasp their complex bond with the sea—not
as mere predators or prey,
but as guardians of a realm
most will never truly know.
Trait: Amphibious
™ You can breathe both above and below water, and swimming
doesn’t impede your movement.
Fishmen
118 Part 5 • Species Frogfolk 119
The Frogfolk,
small and agile
denizens of the
swamps and marshlands
that fringe the islands of
the Sea of Sunken Stars, are
creatures shrouded in mystery and rumor. With skin
that shifts between deep
green and mottled brown,
they blend seamlessly into
their murky surroundings,
their movements almost imperceptible in the mist-covered wetlands. They are often dismissed as harmless
tricksters, a curious presence flitting among the
reeds. But beneath their sly
grins and croaking laughter lies a far darker secret—the Frogfolk are
known among sailors and
wanderers as the Corpse
Thieves.
This sinister reputation
comes from a peculiar and
chilling ability unique to
their kind. The Frogfolk possess the uncanny power to
enter a dead body, connecting with it in a way that allows them to manipulate it
as if it were their own. Once
inside, the body remains
animated—its movements
jerky and unnatural, its
flesh continuing to decompose. But in those moments,
the Frogfolk can use the
corpse’s strength, reach,
and other physical attributes, wielding the dead
like a gruesome puppet.
To the Frogfolk, this is a
means of survival, a way to
harness strength that their
small bodies do not possess.
To others, it is an abomination, a dark art that chills
the blood.
To outsiders, the Frogfolk
are regarded with a mix of
fear and suspicion. Whispers of missing corpses and
graves found empty, save for
the marks of small, webbed
feet, spread like wildfire
through port towns and villages. It is said that they
watch from the reeds, waiting for the moments after a
skirmish, a duel, or an execution, when they might
steal a body for their own
use. They have been seen
riding the corpses of great
beasts or fallen warriors,
wielding their newfound
strength with a disturbing
ease. And yet, their motives
remain inscrutable—they
have no loyalty to any flag
or cause but their own.
Those who meet the Frogfolk may never truly know
if they are speaking to the
living or the dead, and in
the end, perhaps it does not
matter.
Trait: Corpse Thief
™ You can take control of a corpse by entering its torso and
wrapping your skin with its spinal nerves. This takes a few
minutes. When you control a corpse in this way, you use
the dead creature’s Power instead of your own. The corpse
decays at a normal rate and loses 1 Power every day. Once
it reaches -4, it becomes unusable.
™ Your own Power is -4. If it was higher before this, then any
point deducted because of this is added to your Grace.
Frogfolk
120 Part 5 • Species Simians 121
Native to an island
that once stood
as the heart of a
vast kingdom in the center
of the Sea of Sunken Stars,
Simians are a proud species.
Now, that island is a graveyard of memories, its oncemighty palaces and temples
reduced to crumbling ruins,
swallowed by the encroaching jungle.
The Simians themselves are
large, ape-like beings, with
powerful limbs and keen
eyes, remnants of a civilization that has been lost to
time.
For the Simians, survival
has become a bitter game.
Some have turned to mercenary work, selling their
strength and skill to the
highest bidder. Others roam
the seas as pirates or privateers, raiding the ships
of those they once traded with. Still others remain on their island, living in the shadows of
their former glory, eking out an existence
among the overgrown
temples and shattered
statues, ever watchful
for intruders who seek
to plunder what little
remains
To the world at large, the
Simians are both feared and
pitied. Their great size and
strength make them formidable foes, but they are also
haunted by their fall from
grace, and many among
them bear the scars—both
physical and mental—of
battles fought long ago.
Their society, once complex and sophisticated, has
fractured into a patchwork
of competing factions, each
with its own leader and its
own vision of what the future should hold.
Yet, even in ruin, there is
resilience. The Simians hold
tight to their identity, their
songs and stories still echoing the glories of their lost
kingdom. They speak of a
day when they might rebuild, when the jungle will
be cleared from their ancient
homes, and the stone towers
of their ancestors will once
again pierce the heavens.
Until then, they live in the
tension between what was
and what could be, their
powerful hands grasping for
a future that remains just
out of reach.
To encounter a Simian is
to meet the remnants of a
once-great dynasty, beings
whose ferocity is matched
only by their pride. They
are creatures shaped by loss,
driven by the ghosts of their
past, and hardened by the
harsh reality of their present. Beneath their rough exterior lies a yearning for the
days when they ruled the
sea, when their kingdom
was the jewel of the Sunken
Stars—and perhaps, a hope
that one day, they will rise
again.
Trait: Great Ape
™ Your unarmed attacks deal an additional D6 damage.
™ You gain Advantage 3 on all climbing checks.
Simians
—H. Melville, Opening Line from Moby Dick
“Some years ago never mind how long precisely having
little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular
to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a
little and see the watery part of the world.”
Backgrounds
Part 6
124 Part 6 • Backgrounds Before The Sea 125
Every sailor carries
more than just a
few scars and tales
from the open water; they
bring with them a past, a
life lived before they ever
set foot on a ship. The sea
does not discriminate—it
calls to all manner of folk,
from noble lords to lowly
beggars, from seasoned soldiers to cunning charlatans.
Each has their reasons for
turning to the waves: some
seek fortune, others escape, while many are driven by nothing more than
the promise of the unknown
horizon.
In this part, we explore the
Backgrounds that shape every character’s journey to
the sea. These backgrounds
represent the life a character led before the salt of
the ocean ever graced their
skin, a life that continues
to influence who they are
and how they navigate the
challenges of a seafaring existence. Each background
provides a unique trait that
reflects the skills and experiences honed on land, be
it the commanding presence of a noble or the nimble hands of a pickpocket.
These traits are more than
mere advantages; they are
a lens through which the
character views the world, a
mark of who they were and
who they might become.
Alongside these traits, each
background also offers a distinct set of belongings—the
tools, treasures, and trinkets of a former life that
now serve a new purpose on
the waves. Whether it is a
pawned heirloom kept close
for comfort, a gambler’s
marked deck tucked into a
pocket, or a thief’s worn set
of lock picks, these items
tell the story of a life left
behind but not forgotten.
And in the bustling ports
and harbors of the Sea of
Sunken Stars, these belongings can open doors or close
them, depending on who
takes notice.
The background also determines which Port Amenities a character can access.
From the luxurious private
rooms and connections of
the wealthy to the back alleys and hidden safe houses of the underworld, each
background comes with its
own network of contacts
and safe havens.
The sea may be their present, but their past still
clings to them like barnacles on a ship’s hull, shaping
their journey, their choices,
and ultimately, their fate.
Before the Sea
126 Part 6 • Backgrounds In Alphabetical Order 127
Acolyte
Once a faithful servant
within the secluded halls
of a temple, this Acolyte’s
curiosity led them to texts
hidden from prying eyes—
writings that spoke of ancient secrets and forbidden rituals. Their prayers
have turned into murmured
chants, and their soul now
bears the weight of truths
best left undiscovered.
• Belongings •
Acolyte’s Robes,
Religious Symbol,
Writing implements,
5D6 Paper sheets, 1D6$
• Port Amenities •
University
Trait: Forbidden
Knowledge
™ Gain +1 to Lore.
™ As an action, you can
spend all of your Nerve
to speak the words that
drive to madness. When
you do this, make a
Lore check against the
Composure of anyone
that hears you. Anyone
against whom this check
is successful immediately
loses D6 Nerve.
Alchemist
Driven by an insatiable
thirst for knowledge and the
promise of transformation,
the Alchemist has spent
years hunched over stained
tables, surrounded by fumes
and flickering candlelight.
Some call them mad; they
see themselves as visionaries, dancing on the edge of
a great discovery.
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing, Alchemical
Glassware, 5D6$
• Port Amenities •
Trade Houses, University
Trait: Transmuter
™ Gain +1 to Lore.
™ You can spend time to
create the alchemical
components listed. Creating a component requires a Lore check with
the listed Target Number (TN).
Component Time TN Effect
Ointment 1 Hour 11 1 Dose: Cure an Injury
Love Philter 1 Day 13 Make a person fall in love with another.
(Requires hair from both)
Aqua Fortis 3 Days 15 Create a Corrosive Acid (Dissolves
Metal and causes 2D6 damage)
Panacea 1 Week 18 1 Dose: Cure all diseases
Prima Materia 1 Month 25 Required for the Philosopher’s Stone,
Requires 1D6 Souls each time
Philosopher’s
Stone
1 Month 35 Grants Eternal Life, Allows
transmuting Lead into Gold
In Alphabetical Order
128 Part 6 • Backgrounds In Alphabetical Order 129
Assistant
A shadow among men, the
Assistant is always there
when needed—an extra pair
of hands, a silent watcher,
a quick thinker in the heat
of the moment. Trained
to anticipate the needs of
those they serve, they have
learned to blend into the
background, quietly moving
through crowded rooms, listening, learning, and acting
without drawing attention.
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing, Pistol,
List of 2D6 contacts,
4D6$
• Port Amenities •
All
Trait: Second Pair of
Hands
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ As an action, you can
spend Nerve to grant
an ally Advantage on a
roll. Each point of Nerve
spent this way grants
Advantage 1.
Astrologer
With eyes that have gazed
into the heavens for countless nights, the Astrologer
seeks answers in the patterns of the stars. Believing
that the fates of men and
empires are written in the
sky, they have spent years
studying celestial charts,
plotting the courses of distant planets, and deciphering cosmic alignments.
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing, Star Charts,
1D10$
Trait: Horoscope
™ Gain +1 to Tides.
™ Once per game session,
you can write a horoscope for each of your
allies. Doing this, you
create a pool of six D6.
Your allies can use these
D6s to add advantage to
any roll that would complete their horoscope.
• Port Amenities •
University
130 Part 6 • Backgrounds In Alphabetical Order 131
Barrister
Armed with a silver tongue
and a sharp mind, the Barrister has spent years navigating the tangled webs of
laws and regulations that
govern the lands and seas.
They have defended the
innocent, prosecuted the
guilty, and exploited every
loophole and technicality
in between. With every argument and contract, they
bend the truth
like metal under a hammer, shaping it to fit
their needs.
Trait: Facts
™ Gain +1 to Salt.
™ You gain Advantage 2
when you make a Salt
or Grace check against
your target’s Vigilance
to convince them of a
fact, true or made up.
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing,
Court Apparel, 4D20$
• Port Amenities •
Trade Houses
Pirate Council
Beggar
The Beggar is a figure often
overlooked, a shadow in the
alleys, with eyes that have
seen too much and hands
that have grasped too little. Driven to the streets by
misfortune or circumstance,
they have become invisible
to those who hurry past,
a part of the city’s fabric.
But the streets have their
own secrets, and the Beggar
knows them well.
• Belongings •
Ragged Clothing, Bowl,
Staff, 1D6$
• Port Amenities •
Pirate Council
Trait: Ear to the
Ground
™ Gain +1 to Sense.
™ Port Activities: When
gathering rumors in
Taverns, or finding contracts at the Pirate
Council, you can roll
twice instead of once.
™ You gain Advantage 1 on
any attribute check to
go unnoticed.
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Blacksmith
With hands hardened by
years of working iron and
steel, the Blacksmith is the
backbone of every settlement. Their craft is one of
sweat, fire, and patience,
shaping raw metal into
tools, weapons, and armor.
Though many see them as
simple craftsmen, the Blacksmith knows the art of forging is as much about precision as it is strength.
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing,
Hammer, Tongs, Apron,
Small Anvil, 1D6 knives,
1D20$
Trait: Master of Steel
™ Gain +1 to Power.
™ Navigation: At the end
of the Navigation turn,
you can repair the ship,
allowing it to regain 1
point of Hull.
™ You can spend a week
to improve a weapon.
At the end of the week,
make a Tides check with
TN 15 + 5 for each previous improvement. If
this check succeeds,
choose one of the effects
listed. If the check fails,
the weapon is destroyed.
Effect
+1 Damage
+1 Attack Roll
Range + 50m (Guns only)
• Port Amenities •
Trade Houses
Bounty Hunter
The Bounty Hunter is a relentless pursuer, with eyes
always scanning the horizon for their next target.
Whether tracking a runaway fugitive, a dangerous
pirate, or a wanted thief,
they have learned to follow
the faintest trail, using wit
and instinct to close the distance between themselves
and their prey.
• Belongings •
Travel Clothing,
Dagger, Pistol, Manacles,
1D6 Wanted Posters,
1D20$
Trait: Blood Hound
™ Gain +1 to Sense.
™ When making an attribute check while tracking or gathering information about someone,
you gain Advantage 3.
• Port Amenities •
Admiralty
Pirate Council
Slave Market
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Carpenter
The Carpenter is a master
of wood, their hands skilled
in building everything
from the simplest huts to
the grandest ships. With a
keen eye for structure and
balance, they have shaped
countless timbers into seaworthy vessels and sturdy
homes. Their craft requires
more than just muscle —
it’s a marriage of mathematics, vision, and a steady
hand.
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing,
Wood Chisel, Hammer,
Bag of Nails, 1D10$
• Port Amenities •
Trade Houses
Trait: Woodworker
™ Gain +1 to Tides.
™ Navigation: At the end
of the Navigation turn,
you can repair the ship,
allowing it to regain 2
points of Hull.
™ Port Activities: The cost
for repairs and upgrades
at the Shipyard are reduced by 20%.
Charlatan
The Charlatan is a smoothtalking manipulator, someone who has honed the art
of deceit to a fine edge.
Whether it’s selling snake
oil to the desperate, convincing the gullible of their
noble birth, or playing the
part of a trusted advisor,
the Charlatan can slip into
any role with ease.
Trait: Placebo
™ Gain +1 to
Grace.
™ You can create
fake potions
and remedies,
at the rate of 1
per day. When
used, there is a
50% chance that
it actually works,
as long as you
succeed a Grace
check against
their Vigilance.
When the remedy
works, it cures 1
injury, be it mental or
physical.
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing,
1D6 Various Fake Potions,
1 Vial of Actual Snake Oil,
1D20$
• Port Amenities •
Pirate Council
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Confidence Man
They excel at getting others
to do their dirty work, setting up elaborate schemes
that leave them in the
clear while others take the
fall. They are the ultimate
schemers, always one step
ahead, always ready to spin
a new lie. To the Confidence
Man, life is a game, and the
world is full of
pawns waiting to be
moved.
Trait: Long Con
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ Port Activities: You
choose a specific port
where your mark lives
when you create your
character. Every time
you pass through this
port, you make a Grace
check. The TN for this
check starts at 5 and increases by 5 every time.
If you succeed, you gain
20$ x the TN for the
check. If you fail, your
mark is on to you, and
you need to find a new
mark and start over.
• Belongings •
Luxury Clothing, Fine
Clothing, Simple Clothing,
Rapier, Pistol,
1D6 Fake IDs, Set of fake
Mustaches, 1D100$
• Port Amenities •
All
Crow Knight
The Crow Knight is a former member of a secretive
organization known for its
elite, crow-mounted warriors. Once a soaring sentinel of the skies, this knight
has since lost the privilege
of riding the great crows
but retains a deep, mystical
bond with these creatures.
Trait: Crow Friend
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ You can make a Salt
check against any
crow’s Composure. If
this check
succeeds,
it becomes
your close
friend, as
long as
you treat
it right.
• Belongings •
Travel Clothing,
Breast Plate,
Cavalry Saber, Rifle,
1D10$
• Port Amenities •
Admiralty
Aristocracy
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Cultist
The Cultist is a devout follower of forbidden gods or
dark powers, their mind
twisted by ancient rituals and unholy doctrines.
Cloaked in secrecy, they
gather in hidden places,
whispering prayers to entities that most dare not
acknowledge. The Cultist
believes that their devotion will bring them power,
knowledge, or perhaps even
immortality.
Trait: Sacrifice
™ Gain +1 to Lore.
™ You can spend one hour
to ritually sacrifice a living creature. At the end
of this, make a Tides
check against the Sacrifice’s Composure. On
a success, you gain 1D6
Dark Favors. These can
each be used to force
Disadvantage 1 on any
rolls.
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing,
Sacrificial Knife,
Ritual Mask, 1D20$
• Port Amenities •
Trade Houses
Pirate Council
Engineer
Whether building intricate
clockwork devices or massive engines, the Engineer
sees the world as a series of
problems to be solved with
ingenuity and a well-placed
bolt. Often found with sootstreaked hands and tools at
the ready, they are both respected and feared for their
ability to create and destroy
with equal skill.
Trait: Machine
Enthusiast
™ Gain +1 to Lore.
™ Port Activities: You automatically gain access
to Experimental equipment. This includes the
Shipyard.
™ Naval Combat: You
add your Lore
modifier to the
Guns modifier of
your ship.
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing,
Simple Clothing, Pistol,
Wrench, 2D20$
• Port Amenities •
Trade Houses
University
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Exorcist
Armed with holy symbols,
blessed weapons, and sacred texts, the Exorcist
walks the line between the
mortal world and the realm
of spirits, bringing light to
the darkest corners. Their
presence is both comforting
and intimidating, for where
they go, darkness trembles
and retreats—or fights back
with all its might.
Trait: Purity
™ Gain +1 to Sense.
™ You can spend one hour
to chase away all otherworldly beings. Make a
Salt check against their
Composure, if this check
succeeds, the being must
leave for a year and a
day.
™ You can take an hour to
suppress another character’s injury (mental).
The injury is suppressed
for 1 day.
• Belongings •
Travel Clothing,
Pouch of Salt,
1D6 Wooden Stakes,
Dagger, 1D20$
• Port Amenities •
University
Fisherman
The Fisherman is a rugged and weathered individual, shaped by years spent
battling the unpredictable
waters of the sea. With
hands hardened by the pull
of the nets and the weight
of the catch, they possess an intimate knowledge
of the ocean’s moods and
mysteries.
Trait: Worthy Catch
™ Gain +1 to Salt.
™ Navigation: At the end
of the Navigation turn,
you add +1 to the
Food Supply roll. This
can cause the roll to
succeed automatically.
™ You gain Advantage 2
for any Lore or Sense
checks relating to
fish.
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing,
Fishing Rod, Net, 1D6$
• Port Amenities •
Trade Houses
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Footman
The Footman is the backbone of any army, a hardy infantryman trained in
the use of the musket and
disciplined to march into
battle alongside his comrades. Armed with a musket, bayonet, and basic kit,
the Footman is prepared to
follow orders without question, knowing that the success of the army depends on
the strength and resolve of
its infantry.
Trait: Formation
Fighting
™ Gain +1 to Power.
™ You gain Advantage 1
to any attack roll made
while fighting adjacent
to an ally.
• Belongings •
Uniform, Breast Plate,
Halberd, Musket,
1D10$
• Port Amenities •
Admiralty
Gambler
The Gambler lives by their
wits and luck, constantly seeking the thrill of the
next big win. Whether in
a smoky tavern or a highstakes game aboard a ship,
the Gambler is always at
ease, playing their cards
close to their chest. For the
Gambler, it’s not just about
the money—it’s the game
itself that keeps them going, the tantalizing dance
with fortune that could end
in either wealth or ruin.
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing,
Playing Cards,
Pistol, 1D100$
• Port Amenities •
Pirate Council
Trait: Risk & Reward
™ Gain +1 to Tides.
™ You gain Advantage 1 on
any attribute checks involving gambling.
™ You can choose to spend
1 Nerve to reroll any attribute check once. If
the sum of the reroll is
even, use the higher roll,
else use the lower roll.
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Guild Messenger
The Guild Messenger is a
trusted courier, part of the
elusive Messengers Guild,
known for delivering messages and parcels with unmatched speed and discretion. Their services are
sought after by nobles, merchants, and those with secrets to keep, as they can be
trusted to never reveal the
contents of their deliveries.
Trait: Messenger’s Mark
™ Gain +1 to Sense.
™ When you know the
name of someone, you
can spend an hour in
trance to determine
their precise location.
You can then mark your
target so you know their
location at all times.
• Belongings •
Travel Clothing,
Exotic Vehicle,
Messenger’s Box,
1D20$
• Port Amenities •
All
Hunter
The Hunter is a master of
the wilderness, skilled in
tracking and surviving in the
most unforgiving environments. With a keen eye and
a steady hand, the Hunter
stalks their prey with patience and precision, whether it be game for food or enemies who dare cross their
path.
Trait: Nature’s Bounty
™ Gain +1 to Sense.
™ You can spend one day
on land hunting, this
provides 1 Food Supply
to your ship.
• Belongings •
Travel Clothing, Dagger,
Hunting Bow, 2D20$
• Port Amenities •
Trade Houses
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Knight
The Knight is a symbol of
chivalry and honor. Trained
from a young age in the arts
of combat and the code of
knighthood, the Knight is
a formidable warrior on the
battlefield and a respected
figure in court. The Knight’s
duty is one of sacrifice and
discipline, often
bound by oaths
that dictate
their actions.
• Belongings •
Luxury Clothing,
Travel Clothing, Saber,
Musket, Pistol, 1D100$
• Port Amenities •
Aristocracy
Trait: Impenetrable
™ Gain +1 to
Power.
™ Your armor is always considered to be
1 level higher than
what you are actually wearing.
Labourer
The Labourer is the foundation of any thriving community, a hardworking individual who toils from dawn
till dusk to build, harvest,
and create. With hands
hardened by years of labor,
the Labourer possesses the
strength and endurance to
perform the most grueling
tasks.
Trait: Blood & Tears
™ Gain +1 to Power.
™ Navigation: At the end
of the Navigation turn,
you can make a Power
check with TN 8 to ignore any penalties due
to lack of crew.
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing,
Work Tools, 1D10$
• Port Amenities •
None
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Lord/Lady
As a Lord or Lady, you have
navigated the treacherous
waters of high society with
a sharp mind and a talent for manipulation. Born
into privilege, you quickly learned that power is often won not through open
confrontation, but through
careful plotting, whispered
secrets, and alliances forged
in the shadows.
• Belongings •
Luxury Clothing,
Family Signet, Rapier,
2D100$
• Port Amenities •
Aristocracy
Trait: Voice of Command
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ You gain Advantage 2
to any attribute check
made to give an
order.
Marine
The Marine is a tough, disciplined soldier of the sea,
trained to fight both on
land and aboard ships. She
is accustomed to the rigors
of naval life, from enduring
long voyages to engaging
in fierce shipboard battles.
Whether repelling pirates
or leading a charge on a
hostile shore, the Marine is
a stalwart defender of her
ship and crew.
• Belongings •
Navy Uniform,
Simple Clothing, Dagger,
Pistol, Musket, Cutlass,
1D6$
• Port Amenities •
Admiralty
Trait: Expert Boatsman
™ Gain +1 to Salt.
™ Naval Combat: At the
start of a Naval Combat turn, you add your
Salt modifier to either
the ship’s Crew modifier or to the ship’s Guns
modifier.
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Mercenary
The Mercenary is a seasoned warrior who sells her
skills to the highest bidder,
unbound by loyalty to any
cause but her own. Her life
is one of constant movement, always on the lookout
for the next contract or battle. While her motives are
often driven by gold, the
Mercenary’s reputation for
effectiveness and discretion
makes her a valuable asset
to those who can afford her
services.
Trait: Varied Tactics
™ Gain +1 to Power.
™ You gain cumulative
Advantage 1 to any
action made in combat that is different
from the one you
made in your previous turn. This resets when you take the
same action twice in a
row.
• Belongings •
Travel Clothing,
Breast Plate, Dagger,
Pistol, Musket, 1D10$
• Port Amenities •
Admiralty
Merchant
The Merchant is a shrewd
businesswoman who knows
the value of every coin and
the weight of every word.
With an eye for opportunity and a mind for profit,
she navigates the bustling
markets and treacherous
trade routes with ease.
Dressed in fine, yet practical clothing, she carries herself with confidence, always
ready to strike a deal that
will increase her wealth and
influence.
Trait: Trade Contacts
™ Gain +1 to Tides.
™ The Rarity of any equipment or cargo is reduced
by 1 whenever you try
to purchase it.
• Port Amenities •
Trade Houses
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing, 1D6 Rings,
Fancy Hat, Rapier, Stocks
worth 1D6x100$ in Various Trading Companies,
4D20$
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Monk/Nun
The Nun is a woman of deep
faith, dedicated to her spiritual duties and the service
of others. Clad in the modest habit of her order, she
moves quietly through the
world, offering comfort and
guidance to those in need.
Her life is one of discipline
and prayer, but beneath
her serene exterior lies a
strength of conviction that
can move mountains.
Trait: Crafts of the
Abbey/Priory
™ Gain +1 to Lore.
™ Navigation: The cheeses,
beers and other goods
you have learned to produce allow your crew
mates to live well when
others would be eating
only tack and drinking bad grog. Whenever the Food Supply roll
on a journey fails for the
first time, it succeeds
instead.
™ Naval Combat: Your
ship’s Crew modifier
gains +1 for the purpose
of Boarding actions.
• Belongings •
Habit, Walking Stick
• Port Amenities •
None
Musician
The Musician is a traveling
artist, spreading joy, sorrow, and tales of distant
lands through her songs.
Her life is one of freedom
and creativity, unbound by
the constraints of society,
as she weaves stories and
emotions into every note.
The Musician’s charm and
talent make her a welcome
guest wherever she goes,
but her songs often carry
hidden meanings or messages for those who listen
closely.
Trait: Hopeful Song
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ When playing music during combat,
your allies gain 1 Nerve
each turn. This can
not cause them to
exceed their maximum Nerve.
• Belongings •
Travel Clothing,
1D6 Musical Instruments,
Song Book, 1D20$
• Port Amenities •
Pirate Council
Trade Houses
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Nethersmith
The Nethersmith is a master blacksmith who forges
items of power by venturing
into the spirit world. Drawing from ancient animist
traditions, she crafts weapons, tools, and artifacts
imbued with otherworldly
energies. Each creation is
unique, carrying the essence of the
spirits with
w h o m
she communes.
Trait: Spiritforging
™ Gain +1 to Salt.
™ You gain the benefits of
the Makalu Origin Trait:
Animist.
™ When in the spirit realm,
you can spend a day to
bind a spirit to an object or weapon by making a Salt check against
the spirit’s Composure.
Once bound to the object, the spirit can provide its expertise to the
owner: swap out one of
its attribute modifiers
with the owner’s. To
convince the spirit, the
owner makes a Grace or
Salt check against the
spirit’s Composure.
• Belongings •
Smith’s Animist Mask,
Ritual Hammer, 1D10$
• Port Amenities •
None
Nurse
The Nurse is skilled and
compassionate, trained in
the arts of medicine and surgery. In a world where life is
often brutal and short, she
is a beacon of hope, tending to the sick and wounded with steady hands and a
kind heart.
Trait: Proper Medicine
™ Gain +1 to Sense.
™ When caring for your
patient for a whole day,
you can make a Sense
check to remove one of
their injuries. The TN
for this check is 12.
• Port Amenities •
University
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing, Medical
Tools, Jar of Leeches,
1D3 Antimony Pills,
1D20 Quicksilver Pills,
2D20$
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Pawner
The Pawner is a shrewd and
enigmatic figure, dealing in
the trade of forgotten treasures and desperate bargains. Her shop is a haven
for those in need of quick
coin, filled with a curious
mix of valuable antiques,
mysterious artifacts, and
everyday goods.
• Port Amenities •
Pirate Council
Trade Houses • Belongings •
Travel Clothing, Dagger,
Pistol, Ledger, 2D20$
Trait: Profitable
Exchange
™ Gain +1 to Tides.
™ Port Activities: When in
a port, you can spend
a week to exchange one
of your items of cargo
for something that is at
least 20% more expensive. What you get is at
the GM’s discretion.
Pickpocket
The Pickpocket is a master
of stealth and deception,
moving through crowded
streets with the agility of
a cat and the cunning of a
fox. Life on the streets has
honed her instincts, making
her both resourceful and
daring. Whether working
alone or as part of a crew,
the Pickpocket knows how
to make a quick escape and
is always looking for her
next mark.
Trait: Faerie Fingers
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ You gain Advantage 3 to
attribute checks made to
pick someone’s pockets
or to cause a distraction.
.
• Port Amenities •
Pirate Council
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing,
1D6 Empty Purses,
Dagger, 1D10$
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Priest/Priestess
The Priestess is a revered
figure, serving as a conduit
between the divine and the
mortal world. Whether in
a grand temple or a humble shrine, the Priestess’s
presence brings comfort
and hope, but she is also a
formidable force when defending her beliefs.
Trait: Blessings
™ Gain +1 to Tides.
™ You can choose a ship or
person to bless, granting
them Advantage 1 on all
rolls. This takes a few
minutes. When granting a blessing, make a
Tides check with TN 5.
To maintain a blessing,
repeat this check each
day, increasing the TN
by 5 each time. When
you grant a new blessing, the old one ends.
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing, Habit,
Religious Symbol,
Book of Prayers, Incense,
Writing implements,
1D10$
• Port Amenities •
None
Procurer
The Procurer is a figure
who thrives in the shadows,
expertly navigating the underbelly of society to provide whatever is needed—
for a price. Whether it’s
rare goods, information, or
people, the Procurer can arrange it, discreetly and efficiently. He is a master of
negotiation and subterfuge,
always one step ahead of
those who might seek to uncover their operations.
Trait: Black Market
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ Port Activities: You have
access to equipment and
cargo that is marked as
Illegal.
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing, Walking
Stick, Pistol, 2D20$
• Port Amenities •
Pirate Council
Slave Market
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Prostitute
The Prostitute is a woman
who has learned to survive
in a harsh world by using
what she has to offer. Life
has not been kind to her,
but she has developed a
keen understanding of people and their desires.
She knows the streets and
the dangers they hold, but
also where to find solace,
fleeting though it may be.
Behind her practiced smile
lies a sharp mind and a will
to survive.
Trait: Seduction
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ Taking an hour, you
can charm about anyone. Make a Grace check
against your target’s
Vigilance. If this succeeds, they are charmed
by you and will try to
please you in any way
they can as long as you
keep your charm up.
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing, Fan,
Cosmetics, Dagger,
1D20$
• Port Amenities •
Pirate Council
Puppeteer
The Puppeteer is a skilled
performer and manipulator,
bringing life to her marionettes with deft hands and
a vivid imagination. Her
puppets are more than mere
toys; they are extensions of
her will, used to entertain,
deceive, or even control. Behind the playful facade, the
Puppeteer harbors a sharp
mind, always ready to pull
the strings—both literally
and figuratively—to achieve
her goals.
Trait: Living Puppets
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ As an action, you can
activate your puppets.
They become proxies for
your actions and you
can see and hear through
them. You can control 1 puppet with each
hand and they no longer need to be attached
with strings but need
to be within 20’ of you.
If you suffer an injury
in combat, one of your
puppets is destroyed.
™ You can spend a week to
craft a new puppet.
• Belongings •
Fine Clothing,
1D6 Puppets, 1D20$
• Port Amenities •
None
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Rat Catcher
The Rat Catcher is a figure
familiar with the darkest
corners of cities and towns,
where disease and filth
reign. Armed with traps,
poisons, and a grim determination, she makes her
living ridding places of the
vermin that others fear. Her
skills in tracking and eliminating pests are unmatched,
and though her trade is lowly, it is essential in keeping
the dangers of the rat-infested world at bay.
Trait: Pest Control
™ Gain +1 to Sense.
™ You are immune to
most natural diseases.
™ Navigation: If a Food
Supply roll fails, you can
reroll it.
• Port Amenities •
None
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing,
Rat Basket, Club,
1D4 Vials of Rat Poison,
1D6$
Rune Carver
The Rune Carver is a master
of ancient symbols, capable
of inscribing runes that can
either dampen or enhance
the powers of the mysterious courts. Her craft is not
limited to stone, wood, or
metal; she is also skilled
in carving
runes into
flesh, a practice that is as
feared as it is revered.
Trait: Skin Carving
™ Gain +1 to Tides.
™ You can spend a day to
carve particular symbols
into your own or someone else’s skin. This
carving causes an injury that takes 2 weeks
to heal. Once it is fully healed it grants either
Advantage 1 or Disadvantage 1 on a chosen
Patron Power of the recipient, your choice.
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing,
1D6 Carving Knives
• Port Amenities •
None
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Scout
The Scout is a keen observer
and tracker, moving silently
through forests, mountains,
and plains to gather information and lead her companions through the wild.
Her life is one of constant
vigilance and adaptability,
ready to face the unknown.
Trait: Reconnaissance
™ Gain +1 to Sense.
™ You can spend an hour
to observe terrain or enemies. After the observation, make a Sense
check with TN 5, 10, 15,
... For each increment of
5 you can ask the GM
one question about the
terrain or enemy that
they must answer truthfully. You must choose
the TN before rolling.
• Belongings •
Travel Clothing,
Spyglass, Dagger, Pistol,
Hunting Bow, 1D10$
• Port Amenities •
Admiralty
Sky Miner
The Sky Miner is a daring
soul who works high above
the ground, extracting
precious minerals from
floating rocks. Dressed
in sturdy, practical
clothing with harnesses and ropes,
they navigate the
skies with skill and
courage, always
aware of the dangers
of their trade.
Trait: Prospector
™ Gain +1 to Salt.
™ You gain Advantage 2 to
any attribute check related to climbing.
™ You know how to spot
floating rocks and how
to climb them. You can
spend an hour to make
a Sense check with TN
15 to find one in the sky.
You’ll have to be creative to get up there
though!
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing,
Climbing Harness,
Parachute,
1D6 small Floating Rocks,
1D10$
• Port Amenities •
Pirate Council
Trade Houses
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Slave
Once bound in chains, the
Freed Slave has fought her
way to freedom with unyielding determination.
Though her clothes remain
tattered, and the scars of
her past are still visible,
her spirit is unbroken. Her
gaze burns with the fire
of a warrior who has reclaimed her life, and she
stands as a symbol of defiance and strength, ready
to face whatever challenges
the world may throw at her.
Trait: Escape Artist
™ Gain +1 to Power.
™ You can spend an action to escape bonds or
shackles.
™ In combat, when you
move out of melee range,
it doesn’t cause opportunity attacks.
• Belongings •
Ragged Clothing,
Broken Shackles
• Port Amenities •
Slave Market
Smuggler
The Smuggler is a cunning
individual who thrives on
the fringes of the law, moving contraband through
dangerous waters and hidden paths. Dressed in unassuming clothing, they blend
into the shadows, their
sharp mind always calculating the next move.
• Port Amenities •
Pirate Council
Trade Houses
Trait: Hidden Cache
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ At character creation,
mark 10 locations on the
map. Each of these holds
a cache of 1 Food Supply
and 1 Ammo Supply.
• Belongings •
Travel Clothing,
Rapier, Pistol, 2D10$
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Spy
The Spy is a master of disguise and subterfuge, blending seamlessly into the upper echelons of Chactun
society. Behind their composed exterior lies a mind
constantly at work, gathering intelligence and manipulating events to serve their
hidden agenda.
Trait: Spycraft
™ Gain +1 to Sense.
™ Port Activities: Any information gathering activity, whether it’s gathering rumors at Taverns,
finding contracts at the
Trade Houses or Admiralty, etc, always get
you two results instead
of one.
• Port Amenities •
All
• Belongings •
Luxury, Fine, Simple and
Travel Clothing, Rapier,
Pistol, 1D6 Fake IDs,
1D6 Vials of Poison,
1D10$
Squire
The Squire is a young, determined apprentice, sworn
to serve and learn under a
seasoned knight. Their eyes
reflect a mix of youthful eagerness and the weight of
responsibility, as they train
tirelessly, dreaming of the
d a y
they will earn their own
place in the ranks of
knighthood.
Trait: Only the best for
Milord
™ Gain +1 to Power.
™ Port Activities: You can
spend a week to find an
object and have it be
free. Make a Salt check
at the end of the week
with TN equal to the
Rarity of the object. If
this check succeeds, you
obtain the object. This
does not include cargo
or ship supplies.
• Belongings •
Luxury Clothing,
Pistol, Dagger,
Gaming Set, 2D10$
• Port Amenities •
Aristocracy
170 Part 6 • Backgrounds In Alphabetical Order 171
Student
The Student is a bright and
curious individual, dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge in a world filled with
ancient secrets and hidden
lore. Though young and inexperienced, their passion
for learning drives them forward, eager to unlock the
mysteries that lie buried in
the past.
Trait: Quick Study
™ You gain 1 additional Experience Point for
the whole party whenever Experience is distributed, on one condition:
you have to pick a topic
of study during the voyage at sea and present
your findings at the end
of it to the crew.
™ You gain +1 to Lore
at the end of each voyage, when Experience is
distributed.
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing,
1 Ounce of Moonweed,
1D4 Books
• Port Amenities •
University
Tailor
The Tailor is a skilled
artisan, crafting garments that not only
fit the body but tell
a story of their own.
With a keen eye for
detail and a deep understanding of fashion, the Tailor creates garments that
are both functional
and beautiful, whether for the nobility or
the common folk.
Trait: Needle & Thread
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ Navigation: At the end
of the Navigation turn,
you can repair the sails.
The ship regains 1 point
of Sails if it has lost any.
• Belongings •
1D6 sets of Fine Clothing,
1D10 sets of Simple Clothing, Travel Clothing, Pin
Cushion,
1D20 Needles,
100 yards of Thread,
1D10$
• Port Amenities •
Trade Houses
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Thug
The Thug is a brute, accustomed to using force to get
what they want. Dressed in
rough, practical clothing,
they carry weapons suited for close combat—clubs,
knives, or even just their
fists. Their posture is aggressive, always ready for
a fight, and their presence
alone is often enough to intimidate those who cross
their path.
Trait: Dirty Fighting
™ Gain +1 to Power.
™ You gain Advantage 3 on
any attack made from
behind.
™ You gain Advantage 1
on any attack involving
grappling.
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing,
2 Daggers, 2 Pistols,
Brass Knuckles, 1D10$
• Port Amenities •
Pirate Council
Tree Tender
The Tree Tenders stand as
guardians of a fading tradition. While the land is
pushed to yield ever more
crops for a growing population, the Tree Tenders remain dedicated to the natural world’s true balance.
They care for
the World
Tree, a
mystical
entity
t h a t
sprouted from the influence
of a fallen star, embodying
the essence of life itself.
Trait: Divine Botanist
™ Gain +1 to Tides.
™ You can spend an hour
to speed up the growth
of any plant dramatically, causing it to grow to
full size overnight.
• Belongings •
Ritual Robes,
1D6 Pouches of Various
Seeds, Sickle, Small Branch
of the World Tree,
2D20$
• Port Amenities •
Slave Market
174 Part 6 • Backgrounds In Alphabetical Order 175
Tutor
The Tutor is a well-educated individual, dedicated to imparting knowledge
to those under their care.
Their posture is thoughtful and composed, reflecting
the patience and wisdom
required to guide young
minds.
Trait: Patient Teacher
™ Gain +1 to Lore.
™ At the start of a voyage, select someone
in your party to be
your pupil. They have
to consent. At the end
of the voyage, they gain
+1 to Lore, if they have
been a good pupil!
• Port Amenities •
University
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing, Abacus,
1D6 Books, Spectacles,
2D10$
Witch Doctor
The Witch Doctor is a mystical figure, steeped in the
ancient traditions of healing and spiritual guidance.
Their posture is one of deep
concentration, as they work
to cure ailments and ward
off evil spirits.
Trait: Effigy
™ Gain +1 to Tides.
™ You can create an effigy of someone. You
must have an empty doll
to represent your target and obtain a part of
their body. When you
stab this effigy with a
needle, you cause an injury to your target.
• Belongings •
Simple Clothing,
1D10 Needles,
1D4 prepared Effigies,
Large Pouch of
Medicinal Herbs,
1D10$
• Port Amenities •
Pirate Council
Trade Houses
—Georges Duhamel, The New Book of Martyrs
“We can know nothing till after this grave debate.
The soul must withdraw, for this is not its hour. Now
the knife must divide the flesh, and lay the ravage
bare, and do its work completely.”
Classes
Part 7
178 Part 7 • Classes Swashbuckler 179
Astorm in humanoid
form, the Swashbuckler moves with
violent purpose. In the chaos of battle, they find clarity. One enemy at a time,
one blow at a time.
They fight for glory, and
because they know the sea
doesn’t forgive hesitation.
They’ve seen enough blood
to know the cost of doing
business the rough way.
The sea is a hard place,
and the Swashbuckler survives by being harder. He is
quick with a blade and even
quicker with a grin that
won’t fade before the battle
is won.
Loyalty is simple: the crew
trusts you, you trust them.
It doesn’t need to be spoken. When the fight is over
and the fallen are counted,
the Swashbuckler stands
among the living. The blade
is sheathed, and the storm
passes. Death keeps its distance. For now.
In Brief...
• Weapon Master
• Muscle
• Melee Fighter
• Avoids Getting Hit
• Resilient
The Yfalian Praetorian
Emerging from the turbulent depths, the Praetorian is a
living embodiment of the ocean’s fury. His muscular frame,
clad in intricate armor adorned with barnacles, coral, and
seaweed, reflects the world he calls home.
The warrior’s eyes, cold and calculating, lock onto his foes
with a predator’s intensity. Every swing of the trident, every shift of his weight, a calculated move, honed by countless
battles beneath the waves. The sea roars in approval, its chosen warrior standing tall amidst the chaos, a force of nature
in every sense.
Swashbuckler
180 Part 7 • Classes Swashbuckler 181
Class Traits
Trait: Acrobat
™ Gain +1 to Defense.
™ When making a melee
attack, you can choose to
do so with Disadvantage.
For each Disadvantage
you take, you gain 1
Defense until the start
of your next turn.
Trait: Blood & Guts
™ You can spend 1 Nerve
to ignore the effects of
an injury until your next
turn. For each of your
injuries, you deal 1 extra
damage when attacking.
Trait: Dazzler
™ When you hit with an
attack, you can choose
to spend 2 Nerve and
forego your damage, instead causing the target
to lose its next turn.
Trait: Duelist
™ Gain +2 to Initiative.
™ When making a melee
attack, you can spend 2
Nerve to deal an additional 1D6 damage. You
must declare this before
making your attack roll.
Trait: Seadog
™ Gain +1 to Salt.
™ Naval Combat: You can
add your Salt modifier
to the ship’s Crew modifier when Boarding.
Class Advancement
Level Cost Nerve Attack Reward
1 0 5 2
Choose a Class Trait each Level
2 3 7 3
3 6 9 3
4 9 11 4
5 12 13 4
6 15 15 5 Gain +1 to all Resistances
7 18 17 5 Gain Trait: Famous
8 21 19 6 Gain +1 to all Resistances
9 24 21 6 Gain +1 to all Resistances
10 27 23 7 Gain Trait: Legend
182 Part 7 • Classes Gunner 183
Arifle’s barrel,
steady and sure,
aligns with the
horizon. The Gunner waits.
Patience is a virtue, a state
of mind. Each breath and
each heartbeat is measured,
counted.
They’ve learned to see what
others miss. The movement at the edge of sight,
the shift in the wind, the
slight hesitation in an enemy’s step—details that tell
stories and decide who lives
and who dies.
A finger tightens on the trigger. The shot is fired, and
the target drops. No fanfare, just a whisp of smoke
followed by a moment of
silence.
The Gunner lowers the rifle,
eyes already scanning for
the next threat. Precision
isn’t just in the shot; it’s in
every movement, every decision. There’s no room for
error, no room for anything
less than perfection. The
world may be complicated,
but the Gunner’s world is
simple: see, aim, fire, repeat.
In Brief...
• Guns
• Long Range
• Scout
• Naval Firepower
• Avoid Bad Events
The Eleni Ranger
The musket feels right in my hands. It was made
for me. The brass gears click softly, a rhythm I’ve
come to find soothing. There’s no rush. I’ll take the
shot when I’m ready, when I’m sure. It’s not about
killing—it’s about precision, control. The moment
when everything lines up just so, when I pull the
trigger and the world spins in the way it was
always meant to. There’s a
satisfaction in it, a quiet joy in knowing that
for a brief moment, I am the
only one who
truly understands what’s happening. The rest
of them, they’re
just noise.
Down there,
they’re lost in
the churn, but
up here, I see
the truth. And
I’ll shape it,
one shot at a
time.
Gunner
184 Part 7 • Classes Gunner 185
Class Traits
Trait: Cannoneer
™ Naval Combat: You can
add you Sense modifier
to the ship’s Guns modifier during Broadside.
™ Navigation: At the end
of the Navigation turn,
you can add your Tides
modifier to the Ammo
Supply roll.
Trait: Pistolero
™ When you make an attack with a pistol,
you gain an additional pistol attack
every time you hit, as
long as you keep hitting.
Each attack after the
first gets a cumulative -1 modifier to its
roll. You can make a
number of additional
attacks equal to at most
you Class Level.
Trait: Sapper
™ You gain Advantage 3 to
attribute checks when
creating or diffusing
bombs.
™ Naval Combat: If your
ship wins the Manoeuvres phase, you place
mines that deal D6 damage to enemy ship’s Hull.
Trait: Sharpshooter
™ Your range with rifles is
doubled.
™ When making a ranged
attack, you can spend X
Nerve to increase your
result by X. You must
declare this before you
roll. If you hit, you regain the spent Nerve
Trait: Spotter
™ Gain +1 to Sense.
™ Navigation: roll an additional event and choose
the result you prefer.
Class Advancement
Level Cost Nerve Attack Reward
1 0 4 2
Choose a Class Trait each Level
2 3 6 3
3 6 7 3
4 9 9 4
5 12 10 4
6 15 12 5 Gain +1 to all Resistances
7 18 13 5 Gain Trait: Famous
8 21 15 6 Gain +1 to all Resistances
9 24 16 6 Gain +1 to all Resistances
10 27 18 7 Gain Trait: Legend
186 Part 7 • Classes Scoundrel 187
The Scoundrel
might not have
been born in
the muck, but they sure as
hell learned to thrive in it.
The alleys are home, the
stink of rot and the chatter of the desperate are the
background tune of their
life. Every scar, every broken bone, was a lesson that
taught them how to survive where the light never reaches. The Scoundrel
doesn’t bother with pretty
lies or handsome talk; they
get what they want because
they know how to make
deals where a handshake often ends with a knife in the
gut.
Their clothes are as worn
as the cobblestones beneath their feet, pockets
stuffed with contraband and
secrets. The world above
might forget about them,
but down here, in the dark,
they’re a king. They know
every crook, every rat, every damned fool who thinks
they can outwit them. The
Scoundrel lets them try
right until the moment the
blade slips between their
ribs. It’s not personal; it’s
just business.
In Brief...
• Pragmatic
• Better Prices
• Debuffer
• Stealth Operations
• Criminal Connects
The Quectal Human Trafficker
This one’s a true product of Chactun’s dark legacy—a twisted reflection of the opulence and decay that defines the upper echelons of society. His skin is pale, almost sallow, the
result of generations of inbreeding, and his eyes have the
cold gleam of someone who’s long forgotten the value of a human life.
Every inch of him is adorned
with jewelry—rings on every finger, necklaces that clink with
every step, bracelets that jangle as he reaches for his dagger. The gold is bright, the
gemstones are vivid, but
there’s something sickly about the way it all
clashes with his hollow,
predatory face. He’s a
peddler of lives, dealing in flesh and despair, and he does it
all with a kind of casual cruelty that makes
your skin crawl. There’s
no remorse, no hesitation—only the next soul
to barter away.
Scoundrel
188 Part 7 • Classes Scoundrel 189
Class Traits
Trait: Cutthroat
™ When you make an attribute check to be unseen or unheard, you
gain Advantage 3.
™ When attacking from
stealth, you always inflict an injury, regardless
of your target’s remaining Nerve.
Trait: Dealer
™ Gain +1 to Tides.
™ Port Activities: You pay
50% less for all drugs
and poisons, and they
are available to you regardless of Rarity or of
them being Illegal.
™ Whenever someone in
your crew uses drugs or
poisons, their effect is
doubled.
Trait: Godfather
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ Port Activities: Reduce
the cost of supplies and
services by 25%.
™ Port Activities: When
recruiting crew, you add
an additional 1 to the
ship’s Crew.
Trait: Mudslinger
™ Gain +1 to Salt.
™ You gain Advantage 3 to
attribute checks when
insulting someone or
spreading rumors about
them.
Trait: Pirate
™ You are wanted by the
law, the punishment will
be death.
™ Naval Combat: At the
start of Naval Combat,
you can make a Salt
check against the enemy
ship captain’s Composure. On a success, they
surrender to your crew.
Class Advancement
Level Cost Nerve Attack Reward
1 0 4 1
Choose a Class Trait each Level
2 3 6 2
3 6 7 2
4 9 9 3
5 12 10 3
6 15 12 3 Gain +1 to all Resistances
7 18 13 4 Gain Trait: Famous
8 21 15 4 Gain +1 to all Resistances
9 24 16 4 Gain +1 to all Resistances
10 27 18 5 Gain Trait: Legend
190 Part 7 • Classes Captain 191
Captain
Weathered by
years of salt
and sea, their
face carries the sharp lines
of authority, yet there is a
certain grace to their demeanor, a poise that speaks
to an education not just in
warfare, but in the subtler
arts of leadership. The Captain is a master of the spoken word, their voice a finely tuned instrument capable
of both rousing a crew to
fervor and cutting down insubordination with a single,
well-chosen phrase. Beneath
the brim of a hat worn with
care, their eyes survey the
horizon with the practiced
gaze of one who knows that
every command carries the
weight of lives upon it.
The Captain is not only a
commander of men; they
are a mediator between
the mortal and the divine.
When the winds falter and
the seas grow still, it is the
Captain who steps forth,
ceremonial blade in hand,
to perform the ancient rites.
The blood spilled in these
moments is a covenant, a
contract written in the lifeblood of those who serve,
ensuring that the ship may
sail onward.
In Brief...
• Charismatic
• Leader
• Decent Fighter
• Naval Combat
• Better Contracts
The Alzaruvan Expedition Leader
The scent of the sea mixes with the dry, ancient air of the
scrolls I’ve spent years studying, and for a moment, I feel a
pang of uncertainty. This voyage—this grand endeavor—has
been years in the making, yet now, standing on the precipice
of departure, I can’t help but feel a flutter of nerves. Alzaru,
with its cool marble halls, has been my sanctuary. But out
there, the world is wild, unpredictable, full of the unknown.
I’ve trained for this, I remind myself, drawing strength from
the knowledge I’ve accumulated, the theories debated under the starry skies. And
yet, I can’t shake the feeling that this voyage is more than just a journey of miles;
it’s a journey into the heart of the unknown, into a place where reason and
inquiry might meet forces beyond our
understanding.
My crew looks to me for guidance,
and I must be their beacon, just as
Alzaru has been mine. I am not
merely a sailor. I am a leader, a
scientist, a seeker of truths. But the
weight of command is heavy, and
the responsibility to lead them
safely through uncharted waters
is not one I take lightly. The
stars may guide us, but it is up
to me to interpret their messages, to navigate not just the seas,
but the very fabric of the universe.
192 Part 7 • Classes Captain 193
Class Traits
Trait: Ambassador
™ You can spend 2 Nerve
to allow an ally to reroll
a failed attribute check
or attack roll during
their turn.
™ Port Activities: You have
access to the Admiralty,
Aristocracy and Trade
Houses Port Amenities,
in addition to the ones
from your background.
Trait: Beacon
™ As an action, you can
make a Grace check with
TN 11 + the number of
allies you want to affect.
On a success, they each
regain D6 Nerve.
Trait: Commander
™ Gain +1 to Salt.
™ Naval Combat: You can
divvy up an amount
of points equal to your
Class Level between
your ship’s Guns, Sails
and Hull modifiers.
Trait: Occultist
™ Gain +1 to Lore.
™ Whenever bad weather or natural calamity
strikes, you know the
rituals to make it end.
Sometimes this involves
a sacrifice. You make a
Lore check with TN 12
to know which ritual to
perform. If it succeeds,
the averse situation ends
and so do its effects.
Trait: Vindicator
™ When one of your crew
get injured, you gain Advantage 1 to all of your
combat actions against
the perpetrator. This is
cumulative.
Class Advancement
Level Cost Nerve Attack Reward
1 0 4 1
Choose a Class Trait each Level
2 3 6 2
3 6 7 2
4 9 9 3
5 12 10 3
6 15 12 3 Gain +1 to all Resistances
7 18 13 4 Gain Trait: Famous
8 21 15 4 Gain +1 to all Resistances
9 24 16 4 Gain +1 to all Resistances
10 27 18 5 Gain Trait: Legend
194 Part 7 • Classes Barber 195
In the dim light of
the ship’s hold, the
Barber is at work,
hands steady as they navigate the intricate terrain of
muscle, bone, and sinew. To
them, the human body is a
puzzle, a masterpiece of biological engineering, a work
of art to be studied, understood, and occasionally,
reshaped.
The Barber is a connoisseur of anatomy, a collector of knowledge, each new
wound or malady an opportunity to learn, to delve
deeper into the mysteries of
the flesh. Their quarters are
filled with sketches and diagrams, detailed notes on
the structure and function
of every organ and muscle.
Their tools are as much
instruments of learning as
they are of healing, each
with a purpose in the Barber’s relentless quest for anatomical perfection.
They are a surgeon, an anatomist, a scholar of flesh and
bone, and their work is a
reminder that, on this ship,
life and death are not opposites, but two sides of the
same, finely honed blade.
In Brief...
• Scholar
• Healer
• Support
• Remove Injuries
• Intelligence
The Dobromovian Alienist
I sit across from her in a room that feels like another world,
draped in rich fabrics and shadows that seem to breathe.
The Alienist—my Alienist—watches me with eyes that see
too much, her colorful, layered clothing as complex as the
thoughts she untangles with her quiet, probing words. She
doesn’t ask questions; she tells
stories that twist into my
mind, uncovering parts
of me I hadn’t known existed. Her hands move
like they’re conducting some silent
symphony, and
I can feel the
changes she’s
making, like
she’s painting the
very essence of
my thoughts.
There’s kindness in her
gaze, but also
a warning—she
knows the mind’s
dark corners,
and she’s leading
me there, whether
I’m ready or not.
Barber
196 Part 7 • Classes Barber 197
Class Traits
Trait: Alienist
™ Gain +1 to Grace.
™ When you take a week
to treat a patient every
day, you can remove one
Injury (Mental) from
them.
Trait: Surgeon
™ Gain +1 to Lore.
™ As an action, you can reduce the severity of an
injury. You make a Lore
check with TN 6 x the
severity of the injury. If
the roll succeeds, you reduce the severity by 2.
If you fail, it increases
by 1.
Trait: Pathologist
™ Gain +1 to Lore.
™ When you examine a
corpse, you can make a
Lore check with TN 5,
10, 15, etc. where you
choose the difficulty. If
you succeed, you can
ask the GM one question about the individual or the circumstances
of their death for each
increment of 5 in TN
that they must answer
truthfully.
Trait: Torturer
™ Gain +1 to Salt.
™ When using enhanced
questioning techniques
on someone, you can
make a Salt check with
TN 5, 10, 15, etc. where
you choose the difficulty. If you succeed, you
can ask your victim
one question for each
increment of 5 in the
TN. They must answer
truthfully.
Tonics
™ You can spend a week to
create D6 tonics. These
can have one of the effects shown below.
Tonic Effect
Coca Water Gain 10 Nerve for 1 hour. This can exceed your maximum.
Opium & Gin Ignore the effects of an injury for 1 hour.
Cactus Grog Enter the Spirit realm for 1 hour.
Moon Tea Enter a pleasant haze. Ignore an injury (mental) for 1 day.
Class Advancement
Level Cost Nerve Attack Reward
1 0 3 0
Choose a Class Trait each Level
2 3 4 1
3 6 5 1
4 9 6 1
5 12 7 2
6 15 8 2 Gain +1 to all Resistances
7 18 9 2 Gain Trait: Famous
8 21 10 3 Gain +1 to all Resistances
9 24 11 3 Gain +1 to all Resistances
10 27 12 4 Gain Trait: Legend
198 Part 7 • Classes Navigator 199
Clad in weathered
clothing, the Navigator’s attire
speaks of countless voyages—of storms endured, of
lands discovered, and of
horizons yet to be reached.
Their hands, calloused from
years of handling ropes,
move with a practiced ease
over charts and maps, each
line and curve telling a story
they eagerly read. Around
their neck hangs an array
of instruments. Compasses,
astrolabes, and other tools
of their trade.
The Navigator’s face is
etched with the lines of long
hours spent under the harsh
sun and biting winds, yet
their eyes remain bright, always searching the skies for
signs and omens.
In their cabin, charts and
maps cover every surface,
the walls lined with tomes
and scrolls detailing voyages of the past.
Their work is both a science and an art that few
can master. And it is this
mastery that makes the
Navigator indispensable—a
guiding light in the vast,
uncharted ocean.
In Brief...
• Intellectual
• Scientist
• Support
• Avoid Bad Weather
• Mystical Lore
The Garunner Whaler
Now there’s a man who commands the sea like no other.
I’ve seen him guide the Iron Bait through the Hungry Deep,
and I swear it’s like he can talk to the ocean, knows its every whim and whisper. When the rest of us are holding our
breath, feeling the weight of those dark waters pressing in,
he’s calm, steady as a rock. He’ll tilt his head, eyes narrowing, and just know where the beasts
are lurking, like he can feel them in
his bones. And it’s not just luck—
there’s something almost magical about the way he reads
the sea, the way he knows exactly when to strike, harpoon
in hand, and when to let the
waves carry us through. I’ve
seen him face down monsters that should’ve sent us
all to the depths, but with
him at the helm, there’s a
strange sort of peace, like
as long as he’s steering, we’ll
make it through. I don’t
know what drives him, but
I’m damn glad he’s the one
leading us, because in those
cursed waters, he’s the only
thing standing between us and
the abyss.
Navigator
200 Part 7 • Classes Navigator 201
Class Traits
Trait: Astronomer
™ Gain +1 to Lore.
™ Navigation: When rolling the D6 for movement during Navigation,
add your Lore modifier
to the result.
Trait: Cartographer
™ Gain +1 to Sense.
™ Navigation: You can reroll any events relating to bad weather once
during the Navigation
turn.
™ When exploring new
lands, you quickly gain
a keen understanding
of the landmarks. You
can make a Sense check
with TN 11. If this succeeds, you determine
the dangerous terrain
features in the area,
and what kind of wildlife is around.
Trait: Helmsman
™ Gain +1 to Salt.
™ You add your Salt modifier to the ship’s Sails
modifier when you are
steering it.
Trait: Numerologist
™ Gain +1 to Tides.
™ At the start of a play
session, roll 3D6. This
is today’s lucky number. Whenever someone rolls this number,
they gain Advantage 1
that they can use on
any of their next rolls.
Trait: The Courtways
™ Gain +1 to Lore.
™ When you gain this
Trait, mark 2 spots on
the map. You know of a
shortcut between those
two points that involves
traveling through the
Other World, the Courtways. Travel through
the courtways always
takes 1 day, and requires
a Navigation turn to
complete (including the
event roll).
Class Advancement
Level Cost Nerve Attack Reward
1 0 3 0
Choose a Class Trait each Level
2 3 4 1
3 6 5 1
4 9 6 1
5 12 7 2
6 15 8 2 Gain +1 to all Resistances
7 18 9 2 Gain Trait: Famous
8 21 10 3 Gain +1 to all Resistances
9 24 11 3 Gain +1 to all Resistances
10 27 12 4 Gain Trait: Legend
—James Caroll
“There are times when we stop, we sit still.
We listen and breezes from a whole other world begin
to whisper.”
Patrons
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A realm of relentless bril
-
liance stretches before you,
where light and heat reign
with unyielding intensity.
Shadows find no refuge here;
the sun’s glare strips away
all pretense, leaving the
world raw. The air trembles
with energy. In this place,
power is neither given nor
requested—it is taken.
As you step forward, the
ground beneath your feet
feels warm. The horizon
wavers in the heat, blur
-
ring the line between reality
and mirage. The sun moves
ever forward, dragging time
along in its fiery wake.
Those who dwell here thrive
on immediacy, embracing
the primal urges that drive
them to act without delay.
Whispers of distant plans
and intricate schemes evap
-
orate under the relentless
glare. Act or be acted
upon. Inhabitants move like
flames—flickering, consum
-
ing, unpredictable—draw
-
ing strength from the sun’s
unceasing fire. They are be
-
ings of action, eschewing
caution in favor of the ex
-
hilaration of the now.
In this place of stark reali
-
ties, there are no hidden cor
-
ners or secret paths. Truth
stands naked in the searing
light, undeniable. Simplici
-
ty reigns.
The cycle is eternal: the sun
rises, blazes, then descends,
only to rise again.
The Court of the Sun offers
no shelter. But for those
who stand unflinching in its
radiant blaze, there awaits
a power as profound as it is
perilous. The choice is sim
-
ple: burn brightly, or be re
-
duced to ash.
Court of the
Sun
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The Lightbringer is no beacon of hope,
but a blinding, burning wave that leaves
nothing hidden. Its light sears the eyes, its
beauty painful to behold. There is no comfort
in its radiance, only intensity, scorching away
shadows, revealing the world in harsh clarity.
Those who stand in its presence are left blinking and raw, haunted by the afterimage of its
brilliance.
It loathes the dark to the point of disgust.
The Lightbringer cares nothing for balance or
justice. Its only goal is to wipe out all traces
of shadow, no matter what is lost in the process. The cost of its gift is steep: the more
you bathe in its light, the more it strips away,
until all that remains is a hollow, burnt out
shell.
The Lightbringer
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The Lightbringer’s Powers
Revelation
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
As an action, you can spend 1
Nerve to make a Sense check
against the Vigilance of anyone that is hiding and against
the TN of any illusions within
30ft of you. A successful check
reveals the hidden and breaks
illusions.
Blinding Aura
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅
As an action, you can spend
2 Nerve to make a Salt check
against the Composure of everyone within 20ft of you,
blinding them for D6 rounds if
successful.
Radiant Gaze
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
As an action, you can make a
Salt check against your target’s
Composure. On a successful
check, they are paralyzed until
you release them and as long
as you can see them. At the
start of each of your turns, you
spend 1 Nerve to maintain the
gaze. You can only keep one
target paralyzed at a time.
Step of Light
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
As an action, you can spend 3
Nerve to make a Grace check
with TN 11. If successful, you
instantly travel up to 1 mile.
Obstructions still stop you.
Beacon of the Sun
Level 5 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
As an action, you can spend all
your Nerve to summon a pillar of sunlight with a radius of
100ft. The beam remains until
you release it. Make a Tides
check against the Vigilance of
anyone caught in this beam.
If successful, the victims are
permanently blinded and fall
to their knees screaming for
D6 hours.
Any place within 5 miles of
the beacon is considered to be
wholly in daylight. Powers of
the Court of the Sun can be
used and those of the Court of
the Moon can not be used in
this area as long as the beam
remains.
Afflictions
1. Eyes of Light
The Lightbringer’s influence
turns your eyes into reflective
pools of radiant white. Darkness becomes painful, shadows
seem to twist and pull at your
gaze.
2. Shadeless
Your skin begins to glow faintly, as if lit from within. Shadows refuse to cling to you. You
no longer cast a shadow at
all, becoming a strange, glowing figure that seems to hover
above the ground.
3. Luminescence
The light within you seeps out
through your skin, mouth, and
eyes, flooding the area around
you. You become difficult to
look at.
4. Body of Light
Your body becomes less substantial, as if made of condensed light. You find your
form slipping in and out of
tangibility, caught between
the solid world and the ethereal realm of light. In many
ways, you are no longer yourself, but The Lightbringer.
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It begins with a spark. A clash of metal, a
moment of force—and then it spreads. The
Plague of Iron does not stop, it does not slow.
Iron grows where flesh once was. It takes root
in bone, it spreads through blood, until everything is forged in its image. Iron is not a disease—it’s an inevitability. Steel replaces sinew, joints lock in place, and the mind becomes
as hard as the body it commands.
This is not creation—it is transformation.
The Plague of Iron twists everything into its
own shape, a plague that makes the world
harder, colder. Those who survive the change
are no longer men and women; they are constructs of will, their hearts beating like the
hammer on the forge.
Nothing bends that cannot break.
The Plague of Iron
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The Plague of Iron’s Powers
Spike Surge
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
As an action, you can spend 1
Nerve to make a Grace check
against the Defense of everyone within 10ft of you. A successful check causes D6 damage to the targets.
Tempered Skin
Level 2
As a reaction, you can spend
1 Nerve to increase your armor to 3 until the start of your
next turn. You also get Disadvantage 2 on all Grace checks
during your next turn.
Ferrous Bloom
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
As an action, you can spend 3
Nerve to make a Tides check
against your target’s Composure. On a successful check,
they take 1 damage and are
entwined by iron sprouting
forth from their own blood,
and are restrained until you
release them. At the start of
each of your turns, you can
spend 1 Nerve to maintain the
tendrils and deal D6 damage.
Living Artillery
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
Naval Combat: You spend a
turn of Naval Combat slowly
merging with the cannons of
the ship. During Broadside,
you double the Guns modifier
of your ship, and the Guns roll
is made with all Wild Dice.
Ironcarnation
Level 5 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
As an action, you can spend
all your Nerve to fully merge
with the Plague of Iron, becoming a massive, armored figure of living metal. Your body
grows, iron plating bursting
forth in brutal, jagged forms.
The ground around you erupts
in waves of metal spikes and
tendrils, twisting and writhing
outward.
Any metal within range warps
and bends, drawn toward you
as if alive.
You gain armor 4 and anyone
within 20ft of you takes 2D6
damage at the start of your
turn if you wish.
Removing this metal plating
causes you Injury 1.
All rolls made in this form are
made with all Wild Dice.
Afflictions
1. Metallic Flesh
Your skin takes on a metallic
sheen, and your flesh becomes
dense and unyielding. Movement becomes stiff, and your
voice rings with a hollow, metallic resonance.
2. Tangled Iron
The iron roots dig deep, making you feel trapped within
your own body. The growths
shift and move in response to
your emotions, twitching or
even lashing out when you are
agitated. Each day, the metal
spreads further, locking your
joints and your flesh.
3. Voice of Metal
Your voice changes, growing harsh and grating. It
sounds like metal on stone,
a scraping resonance that
cuts through the air. People
strain to understand you.
4. Iron Heart
Your heart, once flesh, now
beats with the steady rhythm
of a living furnace of iron.
Emotions and sensations fade
away, replaced by a cold, calculating hunger. You feel yourself being drawn toward metal,
craving it, seeking its touch.
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Impatience, fury, and fire. It flares at the
smallest insult, ready to ignite. Restraint
is a foreign concept. Why ever wait? Rage
fuels its flames, a burning inferno with no
subtlety. Only raw, uncompromising destruction. It has no time for those who hesitate,
no interest in the careful or the measured. It
seeks those who burn as it does—hot, fast,
and without remorse.
The Hot Blooded sneers at those who speak of
control. Control is for the weak, the cowards.
Fire was never meant to be contained, and
neither was it. Accept that it will burn as it
pleases, and you are simply along for the ride.
You will feel the heat rise, feel your temper
shorten, until the world becomes nothing but
ash in your wake.
The Scorched
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The Scorched’s Powers
Hellfire Pulse
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
Your skin smolders and erupts
in wild, chaotic bursts of fire.
As an action, you can spend 1
Nerve to make a Tides check
against the Defense of everyone within 10ft of you. A successful check causes D6 damage to the victim.
Explosive Barrage
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
Your fists become twin cannons of searing flame. When
making unarmed attacks, you
deal an additional 2D6 damage that ignores armor.
Wildfire
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
Fire blasts forth from every
part of your body, a torrent
of blazing heat that rolls outward in a chaotic surge.
As an action, you can spend 3
Nerve to make a Tides check
against the Defense of anyone
within 30ft of you. On a success, they take 3D6 damage
that ignores armor.
You can spend 1 Nerve at the
start of each of your subsequent turns to maintain this,
growing the radius by 10ft
each time.
Blaze
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
You become a comet of pure
fire, launching yourself forward in a blazing charge.
As an action, you can spend 3
Nerve to move up to 100ft and
make a Grace check against
the Defense of everyone within
10ft of your destination, dealing 3D6 damage on a successful roll.
Cataclysm
Level 5 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
As an action, you can spend
all your Nerve to fully detonate. You make a Tides roll
and multiply it by 100ft. This
is the radius of the fireball emanating from you.
Anyone caught in this explosion takes 100 damage. This
also destroys ships and flattens buildings.
Afflictions
1. Smoldering Heart
Anger and rage come more
easily, as if the fire within you
stokes your emotions beyond
control.
2. Crackling Veins
Veins become visible under
your skin, glowing with a fiery orange light. Each pulse is
like a rush of fire through your
veins, and your skin feels tight
and ready to split. With each
burst of anger or excitement,
flames seep from the cracks in
your skin.
3. Fury Unleashed
Your temper is no longer
something you control. You
become prone to explosive
outbursts—literal bursts
of fire that erupt whenever you’re enraged or excited. Your body becomes a
conduit for wild, untamed
flame, and your very presence causes fires to spark
and flare up uncontrollably.
4. Living Inferno
Your body is no longer flesh.
Skin cracks open to reveal
molten fire beneath, flames
flickering from your mouth,
eyes, and the gaps in your
skin. Heat radiates from you
in waves, warping the air
around you. You are no longer human, but a living avatar
of fire. Volatile, unpredictable,
and all-consuming.
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Meticulously unforgiving, the Notary
sees everything, records everything,
and forgets nothing. Every deed must be accounted for, every action weighed against the
scales of consequence. The Notary’s eyes are
sharp, its quill sharper still. It has no time
for excuses, no patience for those who try to
escape their debts.
The Notary’s protégés know that nothing
comes without strings. The more you ask of
it, the tighter leash becomes. It watches, it
measures, and when it deems you unworthy,
the contract will come due—no one can outrun the ink that seals their fate.
The Notary speaks in cold, clipped tones,
its voice as sharp as the scratch of a quill
across parchment. It doesn’t raise its voice.
Every word is precise. And once written, never erased.
The Notary
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The Notary’s Powers
Free Real Estate
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
When you claim something, it
becomes yours, regardless of
its prior owner. As an action,
you can make a Lore check
against your target’s Composure. On a success, they believe the designated item belongs to you. The table below
shows the maximum value of
the item for each Patron Level.
Patron Level
1 2 3 4 5
5 25 125 2500 10000
Gold Value
Collateral
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅
As a reaction, you can make a
Lore check against an enemy’s
Composure to redirect damage
they dealt to an ally to yourself by invoking the Collateral
Clause.
Clerical Error
Level 3
As a reaction, you can spend 2
Nerve to turn all the dice in a
roll someone else made upside
down.
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The Fine Print
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅
The real power lies in the details hidden between the lines.
As an action, make a Lore
check against the Vigilance
of a target who is currently
bound by a contract, pact, or
agreement. If successful, you
alter a single clause of that
contract—adding, removing,
or twisting its terms to suit
your needs. The target won’t
notice the change until it’s too
late.
The Repo Man
Level 5
As an action, you can spend
all your Nerve to summon an
unstoppable Repo Man. The
Repo Man recovers anything
you assign him to, and when
he does, both the object and
the Repo Man disappear.
The object can range from
simple gold to body parts, or
even Patron Powers. The Repo
Man will act within 10 working
days, at the GM’s discretion.
Afflictions
1. Seal of Ownership
A faint, ink-like pattern begins to form across your skin,
like the looping strokes of an
ancient, arcane signature.
Your sense of possession becomes skewed and you find it
increasingly hard to let go of
even the smallest trinkets.
2. Pen Licker
Your mouth and throat change,
the flesh inside becoming dark
and slick, as if coated in a thin
layer of ink. When you speak,
your words are followed by the
faint scent of parchment and
wax.
3. Contractual Grip
Your hands begin to change,
the fingers elongating slightly, the nails thickening and
taking on a dark, hardened
hue. They feel almost like
quills, meant for signing
more than for touching. The
touch of your fingers leaves
faint ink smudges.
4. Stamped and Filed
Your presence becomes bureaucratic, almost oppressive, like the sensation of being scrutinized by endless
paperwork.
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The Twins are never one voice, never a
single truth. They argue, they bicker,
they twist and turn around each other like two
halves of a broken mirror. Each believes they
know better, each claims control, and together
they spin a web of contradictions that binds
tighter than any certainty.
‟He is chaos.”
‟She is trickery.”
‟I offer freedom.”
‟I offer power.”
‟He will betray you.”
‟She will abandon you.”
One minute, you have clarity; the next, it slips
through your fingers like smoke. The truth is
always in flux. And when they grow bored of
their games, it’s you who will pay the price.
‟We could have helped, you know.”
‟We did help. They just didn’t listen.”
‟It’s their own fault, really.”
‟Yes, they had their chance.”
‟But they will come back, won’t they?”
‟Always.”
The Twins
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The Twins’ Powers
Double
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
The Twins are never alone,
and neither will you be. As an
action, you can spend 1 Nerve
to make a double of yourself.
It mimics your actions and
vanishes if struck. All rolls
made by you and your double
while it exists require at least
one Wild Die.
Symbiosis
Level 2
The Twins share everything,
even pain. As a reaction, when
you or a willing ally takes damage, you can share the damage
between yourselves. This binds
you together in ways that can
no longer be undone.
Doppelganger
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can spend a minute to
become a copy of someone
else. If your target is not willing, make a Salt check against
their Composure while they
are restrained or otherwise
incapacitated. You gain their
appearance, voice as well as all
of their memories and abilities.
The only issue is that you
might forget that you aren’t
actually them. Make a Salt
check with TN 5 after the first
day spent in this form. The
TN increases by 5 every day.
If you fail this check, you are
convinced you are your target.
Bound Together
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
The Twins can not be separated, and now neither can you.
As an action, you can make
a Salt check against your target’s Composure. If successful, they can not be more than
30ft away from you (and you
from them). Being further
away causes inconsolable grief,
during which either of you can
take no action other than cry
uncontrollably.
Perfect Union
Level 5 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
As an action, you can spend
all your Nerve to fully fuse
with an ally or an enemy.
If the target is unwilling, make
a Salt check against their Composure. You share all thoughts
and abilities, And your attribute modifiers are added together. The fusion remains for
D6 hours, and you make an
opposed Salt check every hour
to determine who is in control.
Afflictions
1. Shared Breath
You begin to feel uneasy when
alone, your breathing quickens, and the air seems heavier. When near others, you
find yourself matching their
breathing unconsciously.
2. Mirrored Movements
Your body subtly mirrors
those around you. If someone
gestures, you unconsciously mimic it. Over time, it becomes difficult to tell where
their movements end and
yours begin.
3. Blended Thoughts
Your thoughts no longer
feel like your own. You begin hearing the thoughts of
others nearby, their ideas
merging with yours, making it hard to separate your
mind from theirs.
4. Joined Flesh
Your skin starts to react when
touching others, fusing briefly,
causing you pain if you try to
pull away too quickly. Physical
separation becomes a struggle,
as though your body craves
constant contact.
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Come closer, little morsel. What, are you
afraid? There’s plenty to go around!”
The Crocodile’s grin is wide, toothy, and it
never stops eating. Life is a buffet, and everything in it is ripe for the taking. It savors each bite, relishing every scream, every
crunch. You’re just the next course.
Hunger isn’t a burden—it’s a joy. Why deny
yourself when the world is so full of things to
consume? It swims lazily through the waters
of life, content in its endless appetite, snapping up prey with casual ease. It doesn’t rush;
it knows the meal will come to it eventually.
And when it does, oh, the pleasure of tearing
into it.
There’s no cruelty here. You can’t blame the
Crocodile for wanting more. It’s who it is. It
takes, it eats, it smiles. And if you call upon
it, you’d best be prepared to share in its feast.
But beware—it always has room for one more.
The Crocodile
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The Crocodile’s Powers
Transformation:
Crocodile
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You spend a minute to transform into a humanoid crocodile. You retain this form until
the sun goes down. You retain
your Lore and Salt modifiers,
as well as your Nerve.
Swallow Whole
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
While transformed, you can
make a Power check against
your target’s Defense to swallow them whole. No check is
required for objects. You can
swallow up to 100lbs x Patron
Level until you’re full. What
you have swallowed is slowly
digested over the course of a
day, but living targets suffocate and die after about 3 minutes. Anyone trapped inside
can still make attacks against
you, but they have Disadvantage 3.
Scaled Hide
Level 3
As an action, you can spend
1 Nerve to grant Armor 2 to
yourself or an ally. This lasts
for 1 hour and causes the skin
to visibly turn to hardened
scales.
Dimensional Stomach
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
When using the Swallow
Whole power, you can choose
to instead send your target
into a dimensional pocket
where they are kept in stasis
until you regurgitate them as
an action. While in this pocket
dimension, they can not interact with the outside world and
are incapacitated.
Unbound Hunger
Level 5
Anyone restrained by your
Bite attack while transformed
is now considered Swallowed
Whole, and you gain 10 Nerve
every time you swallow a living creature, up to your maximum Nerve.
Additionally, every time you
hit with a Bite attack, you can
make a Bite attack for free.
Afflictions
1. Ravenous
You begin to feel a constant,
gnawing hunger, never truly
satisfied, no matter how much
you eat.
2. Thickened Skin
Your skin hardens, becoming
rough and leathery, like the
hide of a crocodile.
3. Cold Blood
Your body temperature
lowers dramatically, making you sluggish in colder
environments.
4. Primal Instinct
You begin to lose your higher
reasoning. The more time you
spend transformed, the more
your mind shifts toward that
of a predator.
Actions
Power +5
Grace +1
Lore *
Sense +1
Salt *
Tides +1
Defense 17
Composure *
Vigilance 13
Nerve *
Attack +1
Bite: +6 to hit / D6+5 damage
A creature you hit is automatically restrained in your maw. You
can restrain 1 creature at a time
like this.
Crocodile Form
Speed 7 Initiative +3
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You’ve seen my colors in the corner of your
eye. Felt my presence in the shimmer after
the storm. I’m not hard to find, though few
know what they’re seeing when they look upon
me. I am the arch of color across the sky, the
endless path that curves and twists through
the world, and when you step onto my coils,
you step beyond the limits you once knew.
I am not here to harm you. I offer the gift of
passage, of slipping between places with grace.
But make no mistake—I do not serve. I guide.
My paths are not for the weak-hearted, and
my kindness has edges. You may walk freely
with me, but you are never in control. Not in
my domain.
And my venom? Oh, my venom is not the
crude thing you imagine. It does not sting
or burn. It soothes. It brings rest. It heals. A
touch of it will close your eyes in peace, ease
the pain from your bones, slow the racing of
your mind. But too much, and you will drift
deeper. Beyond rest, beyond waking. You will
slip from one dream to another, until you no
longer know which world is real.”
The Rainbow Snake
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The Rainbow Snake’s Powers
Transformation:
Rainbow Snake
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You spend a minute to transform into a humanoid version
of the Rainbow Snake. You retain this form until the sun
goes down. You retain your
Lore and Salt modifiers, as
well as your Nerve.
Hypnotic Gaze
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅
While transformed, as an action you can make a Grace
check against your target’s
Composure. If it succeeds,
your target is incapacitated
until you release it. You can
keep one person hypnotized at
a time.
Venomous Rapture
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
While transformed, you can
induce a venomous rapture in
them when you take the Bite
action. If your Bite hits your
target, make a Tides check
against their Composure. On
a successful check, they fall
asleep, and remain asleep until all their injuries are healed.
The injuries are healed at a
rate of 1 injury/day.
You can choose to interrupt
this process whenever you like,
waking them from their sleep.
If you want to keep someone
asleep after they were healed,
make a Tides check against
their Composure every morning. They remain asleep for as
long as you succeed.
Winged Serpent
Level 4
While transformed, you grow
feathered wings and you gain
the ability to fly.
Rainbow Bridge
Level 5
Navigation: At the end of the
navigation turn, you can chose
to move an additional 3D6 and
roll a new Event.
Afflictions
1. Shimmering Scales
Your skin begins to glisten
with a faint iridescent sheen,
like scales catching the light.
2. Serpent’s Tongue
Your tongue begins to lengthen and split at the tip, resembling that of a snake. .
3. Serpentine Path
Your movements become
less direct, more fluid, as
if you’re constantly weaving through the world like a
snake in tall grass.
4. Venomous Aura
Your body begins to exude a
faint, calming aura, but those
near you often feel drowsy and
disoriented.
Actions
Power +0
Grace +5
Lore *
Sense +3
Salt *
Tides +3
Defense 16
Composure *
Vigilance 17
Nerve *
Attack +0
Bite: +5 to hit / D6 damage
Ride the Rainbow: If a rainbow
is present, you can ride it and
move up to 1 mile along it.
Rainbow Snake Form
Speed 11 Initiative +11
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It carries the weight of ages on its back,
and yet, it never hurries. The Giant Turtle moves with a patience the world can’t comprehend, its every step slow and deliberate.
It has seen countless suns rise and set, and
it will see countless more. Time means nothing to it. When the storms rage and the seas
churn, the Turtle glides beneath, untouched by
the chaos above.
“You rush through life as if it is a race,” the
Turtle says, its voice deep and rumbling, “but
there is no finish line, only the endless horizon. Slow down. You have all the time you
need, if only you would take it.”
It offers safety in the storm, shelter beneath
its massive shell, and wisdom in the stillness.
But its protection is not without its burdens.
It grants power, yes, but its lessons are heavy,
lean on it too much and find yourself sinking,
unable to move as the world rushes by.
The Giant Turtle
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The Giant Turtle’s Powers
Shell of the Ancients
Level 1
You grow a shell on your back.
It grants you Armor 3 and increases your Defense by 2.
Water Spray
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
As an action, you can spend 3
Nerve to spray a large amount
of water out of your mouth
in a 30ft line in front of you.
Make a Sense check against
the Defense of everyone in its
path. On a success they take
D6 damage and are knocked
back to the end of the spray
where they land prone.
Slow and Steady
Level 3
You can spend 2 Nerve at the
start of your turn. Anyone
who moves until the start of
your next turn can not move
more than you did during your
turn.
The Great Hall
Level 4
The shell on your back that
keeps growing into a great
hall. It remains for 24 hours,
after which it crumbles. It provides shelter and comfort, providing Advantage 1 to everyone that rests inside on a roll
of their choosing the next day.
Island of Refuge
Level 5
You grow into an enormous,
immovable turtle, large
enough for allies to take shelter on your back. While in this
form, you are impervious to
most attacks, and your allies
can rest and recover while on
your shell. The area around
you becomes calm, as if the
world itself slows, offering
peace amidst the chaos.
Anyone staying on the island
can easily sustain themselves
with fruit and water, this
allows them to heal 1 injury if
they stay for a whole day.
You hold this form until you
choose to release it.
Afflictions
1. Heavy Burden
Your body becomes increasingly sluggish, as if you are
carrying a great weight. Movement becomes more deliberate
and slow, making it harder for
you to react quickly.
2. Hardened Flesh
Your skin begins to take on
the characteristics of a turtle’s
hide, toughening and thickening. It dulls your sense of
touch and makes simple movements feel laborious and stiff.
The world becomes distant, as
if you’re growing more apart
from it with each passing day.
3. Shell bound
You feel the urge to retreat
into a shell, both physically
and mentally. When threatened, you instinctively
withdraw, making it harder
to engage with others.
4. Timeworn
Time begins to move differently for you. Moments feel
stretched, as if each second
drags into minutes. Conversations seem to happen in slow
motion, and the world around
you appears to rush forward,
leaving you behind. Your
perception of time becomes
skewed—days feel like hours,
but fleeting moments stretch
endlessly.
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Clever, sharp-eyed, and fiercely protective,
the Golden Hog watches over its own with
a ferocity that catches many by surprise. Its
gleaming hide might seem like an invitation
for the greedy, but those who underestimate
its power soon learn that the Hog does not suffer fools. It knows the value of what it guards,
and it will fight tooth and tusk to defend it.
There’s a cunning in its eyes, a mind always
turning, always calculating, never forgetting.
The Golden Hog is a protector by nature,
quick to defend those it cares for, and even
quicker to strike at those who would harm
them. It knows the ways of the world—the
clever tricks, the hidden dangers—and it uses
its keen mind to outwit any who threaten its
domain. But its loyalty, fierce as it is, comes
with a cost. When you gain its protection, you
become part of its herd, take on its sharp vigilance, its constant readiness for battle. You
may find yourself caged by its care, wrapped
in a possessive protectiveness that never lets
you roam too far.
The Golden Hog
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The Golden Hog’s Powers
Transformation:
Wild Hog
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You spend a minute to transform into a humanoid wild
hog. You retain this form until
the sun goes down. You retain
your Lore and Salt modifiers,
as well as your Nerve.
Truffle Snout
Level 2
Your gain a supernatural
sense of smell. When making
a Sense check to detect hidden
traps or treasure, you gain Advantage 3. Additionally, when
transformed, your Vigilance is
20.
I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff
Level 3
You can spend 10 minutes to
create a little house for you
and your allies to rest and
hide in. At Patron Level 3
this is a straw house, a wooden one at Patron Level 4, and
a stone one at Patron Level
5. Only a wolf can enter this
house uninvited, unless it is
made of stone, in which case
no one can. In any case, for
each house you create, a wolf
will show up.
The Boar’s Fury
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
When transformed, you can
spend 1 Nerve to make an attack immediately after you or
one of your allies was hit with
an attack.
Golden Hog
Level 5 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
While transformed, you can
evolve into the Golden Hog.
While in this form, you are unstoppable and take half damage. This lasts for 1 hour.
Afflictions
1. Tusk Growth
Your teeth begin to sharpen and extend, forming small
tusks at the corners of your
mouth.
2. Golden Sheen
Your skin begins to take on a
faint golden shimmer.
3. Hoarder’s Instinct
You develop an overwhelming need to collect and
protect.
4. Boar’s Claim
You start to believe that anything or anyone you’ve fought
for belongs to you.
Actions
Power +4
Grace +1
Lore *
Sense +5
Salt *
Tides +1
Defense 16
Composure *
Vigilance 17
Nerve *
Attack +1
Gore: +5 to hit / D6+4 damage
Charge: +5 to hit / 2D6+4
damage, You must charge at your
opponent for 20ft.
Wild Hog Form
Speed 7 Initiative +7
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The walls close in.
You take a step.
Another turn, wrong again. You’re not sure
anymore. Is that the same wall you passed before? Did the path twist like this last time? Your
heart races—louder now. It echoes off the walls,
and beneath it, a slow, steady rhythm... hooves.
It’s behind you. Or ahead. Or beside you.
You can’t tell.
Breathe. Keep moving.
The corridors twist and tighten, and with every step, your world shrinks. The maze isn’t
stone. It’s your mind playing tricks on itself,
closing doors where there were none, turning
corners that lead you back to where you started. And always... always the sound of hooves,
steady, inevitable, getting closer.
You run.
You’re running in circles, lost, exhausted,
and every breath feels heavier than the last. It
knows this labyrinth. It is the labyrinth. And
when your legs give out and your mind breaks
from the endless wrong turns—it will charge.
There’s no escape from the Bull. It was always waiting for you, deep in your own mind.
The Bull
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The Bull’s Powers
Transformation:
Minotauros
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You spend a minute to transform into a minotaur. You retain this form until the sun
goes down. You retain your
Lore and Salt modifiers, as
well as your Nerve.
Labyrinth of the Mind
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅
As an action you can spend 1
Nerve to make a Lore check
against the Vigilance of anyone you choose within 30ft of
you. On a successful check,
they lose their next turn and
move in a random direction.
Terrifying Horns
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
While transformed in the Minotaur, your attacks ignore 3
Armor, and when you attack
someone, you can make a free
Salt check against the Composure of any enemy within 30ft.
If this succeeds they are frightened until the end of your next
turn.
Stampede
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
Naval Combat: during Boarding, you can add your Power
modifier to the Crew modifier
of your ship. The Boarding roll
is made with 3 Wild Die if you
choose to do this.
As an action, you can spend 3
Nerve summon a stampede of
spectral bulls, charging ahead
for 100ft in a line 20ft wide.
You make a Tides check against
the Defense of anyone caught
in its path. On a success, the
victims take 3D6 damage and
are frightened until the end of
your next turn.
Perfect Labyrinth
Level 5 Wild Dice ⚅
When you use Labyrinth of
the Mind while transformed in
the Minotaur, it lasts until either everyone but you inside it
is dead, or you are dead.
Afflictions
1. Echoes
Your presence begins to echo
in strange ways. Your footsteps, your voice—they seem
to reverberate through the air.
2. Horns
Your horns grow, giving you a
fiendish appearance.
3. Maze of the Mind
Your thoughts become labyrinthine. Conversations
become confusing, as people lose track of their own
thoughts.
4. Pursuer’s Dread
Anyone near you can run, but
deep down, they know it’s only
a matter of time before you
catch them, before the labyrinth consumes them entirely.
Actions
Power +5
Grace +1
Lore *
Sense +4
Salt *
Tides +2
Defense 17
Composure *
Vigilance 17
Nerve *
Attack +1
Gore: +6 to hit / D6+5 damage
Charge: +6 to hit / 2D6+5
damage, You must charge at your
opponent for 20ft.
Minotaur Form
Speed 7 Initiative +7
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You think you’re alone. But the woods are
watching. His creatures see you before
you even sense their presence—the crows in
the trees, the wolves in the brush, their eyes
gleaming with intelligence that isn’t their own.
They’re not wild, not anymore. They belong
to him, bound by something older than words.
Somewhere in the shadows, he watches too,
hidden behind a mask of bone, antlers rising
like twisted branches from his head, wooden
talismans clattering softly as he moves.
“You can run,” his voice comes as a whisper
on the wind, “but they’ll find you, and they’ll
kill you.”
There is no love in his connection with the
beasts. His control is absolute, their loyalty
forged through domination, not kinship. They
move as extensions of his will, their sharp
eyes and silent movements carrying out his
orders with mechanical precision. He wears
their bones, their skulls, draped in trophies of
a thousand hunts. This is no gentle shepherd
of animals—this is their master. They spy,
they hunt, they kill, and through them, he is
everywhere.
The Beast Master
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The Beast Master’s Powers
Eyes in the Shadows
Level 1
You can see through the eyes
of any animal within 100ft.
As an action, you can connect
with an animal you know the
location of and use its senses
for up to 1 hour.
Silent Fangs
Level 2
Taking a minute, you can make
a Sense check with TN 11 to
summon a venomous creature
from the surrounding wildlife.
You infuse it with the urge to
kill a designated target, imparting its smell and appearance to your silent killer. The
creature will try its best to
kill its target. You can do this
multiple times, until you fail
your check, after which you
have to wait 24h to try again.
The Hive
Level 3
You can spend a minute calling all surrounding insects to
you. As an action, you send
them into the walls, through
windows, and beneath doors.
They hear every word spoken for the next 24 hours, and
when they return, they speak
to you in faint whispers, each
tiny voice carrying the secrets
they’ve overheard.
Carrion Swarm
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
As an action, you make a Tides
check against your target’s
Defense. You must be able to
see your target. If the check
succeeds, a swarm of carrion
birds descend upon them and
start feasting on them, dealing
2D6 damage and restraining
the target. They continue to
attack dealing D6 damage at
the start of each of your turns
until the target dies or manages to escape.
The Hunt
Level 5
As an action, you can spend
all your Nerve to call all the
animals within a 1 mile radius
around you and do your bidding. This can be used during
Naval Combat as well, in this
case it is up to the GM how
this plays out.
Afflictions
1. Vermin’s Eyes
Your eyes begin to reflect light
in the dark, like those of a
predator. In low light or shadow, your gaze shines eerily,
unsettling those around you.
2. Animal Speech
Your ability to communicate
with animals becomes second
nature, but at a cost. Human
language grows harder for
you, and your speech becomes
stilted, interspersed with animal-like noises—growls, hisses, or even insect clicks.
3. Blood lust
You start to feel a craving
for control, for watching
others squirm under your
influence. You feel physical
satisfaction when your animals tear into flesh, and over
time, this hunger gnaws at
you, making you crave more
savage outcomes.
4. Beast’s Shadow
A dark, distorted version of
yourself lingers behind you—
an amalgamation of the creatures you command. It twitches and shifts, always in your
peripheral vision, and it disturbs those around you.
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She holds the cure to everything—the power to mend bone, knit flesh, and turn back
the relentless march of time itself. But don’t
think for a moment that she’ll give it freely.
The Healer’s gift is not a wellspring, but a
trickle. Her tears, her blood, even the sweat
from her brow can restore what was broken,
but prying those precious suppurations from
her is no small feat.
“You want my gift?” she asks, her voice soft
but sharp. “You’ll have to earn it. Pain for
pain. Sorrow for sorrow.”
Her touch is cool, her skin pale, and though
she carries the power of life itself, there’s
something distant about her gaze. She doesn’t
weep for you. Her tears, the ones that can
heal the gravest wounds and turn back the
years, come from a place deeper than mercy,
darker than pity. And they don’t fall easily.
“Or,” she adds with a slight smirk,
“there are other ways to make me secrete.” A
darker hint, but you can’t tell if she’s joking.
Or if you even want to know.
The Healer
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The Healer’s Powers
Bodily Fluids
Level 1-2-3
As an action, you can use your bodily fluids to aid your allies in
various ways. This power gains more options as you gain Patron
Levels. The effect applies to your target, the drawback applies to
you unless stated otherwise.
Level Fluid Effect Drawback
1
Tears
Restore D6 Nerve
and grant Advantage
1 to all Salt checks
for 1 hour
Disadvantage 1 on
all checks relating to
social interactions
for 1 hour.
Sweat
Restore D6 Nerve
and grant Advantage
1 to all Power checks
for 1 hour
Disadvantage 2 on
all checks relating to
physical exertion for
1 minute.
Blood Cure a physical
injury
Receive an Injury 0
2
Saliva Cure a disease
The target is
nauseated, they
have Disadvantage
1 on any roll in the
next hour.
Urine Immunity to poison
for 1 hour
Shame, reducing the
target’s Salt by 2
for 1 hour
Bile Reduce damage taken
by half for 1 minute
Disadvantage 1 on
physical actions for
1 hour.
Level Fluid Effect Drawback
3
Earwax
Snot See spirits for 1 hour.
Disadvantage 1 on
all Sense checks for
1 hour.
Vomit Purge all negative
conditions
Disadvantage 1 on
all rolls for 1 minute
Semen
Vaginal Fluid
Advantage 1 on all
rolls for 1 hour Lose all Nerve
Feast of the Flesh
Level 4
You can offer up parts of your
own body to heal others. As an
action, you tear away a piece
of your flesh—a finger, an ear,
or even an eye—and give it to
an ally. The act restores all
their Nerve and removes any
injuries they’ve sustained. The
sacrifice is permanent and the
GM decides the consequences.
The Final Banquet
Level 5
At the height of your power,
you can offer yourself entirely in a sacrificial ritual. As an
action, you can feast on your
own flesh, gaining temporary
invulnerability for 1 hour. After this time, you suffer an Injury 3.
Afflictions
The Healer doesn’t afflict her protégés. The sacrifices they
make are all she requires.
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It was the first sound, the scream that shattered the void and tore through the silence.
It is not a voice—it is The Voice, the primal
roar that surged through the universe at the
moment of creation, and its echoes still ripple through time, through space, through you.
It is fury, it is birth, it is the violent cry that
ripped existence from nothingness.
“You are nothing but an echo. I am the first
and the last sound. I am the blood in your
veins, the pulse of the universe.”
Its force can tear through mountains, shatter
cities, or even rend the skies. The Roar is not
something you wield—it wields you, and when
it is done, you are left with its echoes reverberating through your bones, shaking you to
the core.
The Roar does not care for consequence. It
does not reason or negotiate. When it is summoned, it demands to be heard. Every scream
strips away a little more of the world around
you, and a little more of yourself.
The Sanguine Roar
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The Sanguine Roar’s Powers
Echo of Creation
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can call upon a faint echo
of the primordial sound that
birthed the universe. As an action, you can spend 2 Nerve to
make a Salt check against the
Composure of everyone within
15ft. On a success, they take
D6 damage and are pushed
back 5ft. The force of the
sound also disorients them,
giving them Disadvantage 1 on
their next attack.
Whispers of the Origin
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅
As an action, you can make a
Sense check with TN 5, 10, 15,
... depending on how far in the
past you want to listen. If successful, you gain insight into
events that have transpired in
your location the past 24, 48,
72, ... hours.
Reverberations
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
When using Echoes of Creation, its range is increased to
20ft and it lasts for D6 rounds
instead of 1, dealing its damage at the start of each of your
turns.
Crack the Heavens
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
Your voice reaches into the
sky itself. As an action, you
can summon a deafening boom
that cracks the heavens, causing the air and earth to tremble. You can spend 3 Nerve to
make a Salt check against the
Composure of everyone within 50ft. On a success, they fall
prone, terrified and disoriented. Structures in the area may
collapse, and the shock wave
knocks flying enemies out of
the air.
Primal Scream
Level 5 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
You unleash the full force of
the Sanguine Roar, a sound so
powerful it echoes the birth of
the universe itself. As an action, you can release a deafening roar that affects everything
within 100 feet. All enemies in
range take 5D6 damage and
become permanently deaf.
The sheer force of the sound
disrupts reality for a moment,
causing the environment to
warp and shift.
Afflictions
1. Resonant Body
Your body begins to hum
faintly, constantly vibrating
with the echoes of the Sanguine Roar. You can feel every
sound around you, from the
smallest whisper to the loudest crash, but this sensitivity
becomes unbearable.
2. Echoing Voice
When you speak, your words
seem to echo unnaturally, even
in open spaces. Your voice begins to sound less human, carrying the weight of the Roar
itself.
3. Fissures of Sound
The immense power of the
Roar begins to crack your
physical form. Tiny fissures
appear on your skin, and
when you move, faint sounds
leak from them. Whispers,
groans, and sighs from the
deep past of the universe.
4. Boundless Echo
You no longer hear the world
as it is; instead, you hear
the universe’s constant echo,
stretching through time and
space. Voices from the past,
future, and distant places never leave your mind.
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He carves. Every day, every moment, his
hands are moving. Never idle. The chisel never rests. Stone, wood, flesh—it’s all the
same to him. A surface to be perfected, a form
waiting to emerge. But it’s his own body he
works on the most. His own flesh is the stone
he refines, over and over.
He’s precise. Every strike has meaning. Every
line he draws is a step closer to something
better. Not perfect—never perfect. That’s a
fool’s dream. But better. Always better. He
doesn’t waste time on the idea of completion.
There’s no end to the work.
The Carver’s skin is a map of his process—
hard edges, sharp angles, scars left by his own
hand. He’s shaped himself over and over, looking for strength, for clarity. He doesn’t flinch.
There’s no hesitation when the blade touches
his skin. The pain is part of it. The work demands sacrifice.
He knows this cost. He knows that one day,
he might chip away too much. That’s the risk
and he’ll take it. Better to keep carving, to
keep refining, than to stop and be stuck with
the weakness of what was.
The Stone Carver
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The Stone Carver’s Powers
The Chisel
Level 1
As an action, you can spend
1 Nerve to summon a spectral chisel and shape any stone
within 10ft of you into the
shape you wish.
The Marble
Level 2
As an action, you can spend
1 Nerve to gain Armor 3. The
more you use this power, the
more your body begins to resemble carved stone, etched
with cracks and details.
The Sculptor’s Will
Level 3
You gain the ability to reshape
not just stone, but flesh. As an
action, you can touch a willing
ally or yourself, carving away
imperfections. You can remove
scars, injuries, or deformities,
healing an Injury 0. The process is deeply painful, as if the
stone carver’s tools are working beneath the skin, but the
results are flawless.
The Statue’s Grace
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can temporarily become a
statue. As an action, you can
transform your entire body
into solid stone for up to 1
hour. While in this form, you
are immune to all physical
damage, but you cannot move
or act. You appear as an immovable sculpture, and anyone who touches you feels the
cold, hard surface of a perfectly carved statue.
You can exit this form as a reaction, shattering your stone
body into fragments. You roll
Tides against the Defense of
everyone within 20ft of you.
On a success, deal 4D6 damage to them.
The Carved Soul
Level 5
You gain the ability to reshape
the very essence of a being.
You spend a week carving into
the soul of an ally or enemy,
permanently reducing their
Nerve by 2. The act is irreversible, and it changes the core of
who they are. On an ally, you
can use this ability to grant
them a permanent +1 to any
attribute modifier, or remove
all of their injuries. On an enemy, you can inflict permanent damage, reducing one of
their attributes by 1 or inflicting D6 injuries (roll as though
their Nerve reached exactly 0).
The carving is delicate and absolute, leaving your mark on
their very soul.
Afflictions
1. Perfectionist
You begin to see flaws everywhere; in yourself, in others,
and in the world around you.
Imperfection feels intolerable,
driving you to constantly reshape everything you find.
2. Relentless
Your body begins to show the
signs of your unending self-improvement. You become physically stronger and more resilient, but the constant pressure
to change starts to wear on
your form.
3. Unyielding Focus
Your mind sharpens to a razor edge, becoming a tool
of pure precision. It makes
it difficult to shift your
attention.
4. The Endless Chisel
It’s never enough. You start
to feel as though your body,
mind, and soul are caught in a
cycle of constant carving and
reshaping. This prevents you
from ever resting. You lose the
ability to feel contentment.
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I am not the end, though you may think of
me that way.
You will know me when I arrive. You have
felt me your entire life, in the pit of your
stomach when the world is too quiet. Those
moments when you realize there is no escape
from what’s coming.
Do you think you can stand before me? Do
you think your walls, your strength, your will
can keep me at bay? You misunderstand. I am
not something you fight. I am not something
you survive. I simply take. Piece by piece, I
pull you into me, and in time, everything becomes part of the stillness.
There is no taste, no flavor to what I consume.
You imagine I hunger like you do, with desire,
with longing. But you misunderstand again.
It is not hunger. I am empty, and all things
must fill that emptiness. I am the final answer
to every question that has ever been asked.
And when I leave, the world is lighter, quieter, gone in ways you cannot reverse.
The Devourer
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The Devourer’s Powers
Gravitational Maw
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
Your mouth becomes a swirling void of hunger. As an action, make a Power check
against an enemy’s Defense.
On a success, you deal D6
damage and regain an equal
amount of Nerve.
Pull of the Void
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅
As an action, make a Power check against the Defense
of all enemies within 15ft.
On a success, the targets are
dragged 10ft toward you. If
they are dragged into melee
range, you gain Advantage 1
on your next attack against
them. The pull drains their focus, causing them to lose D3
Nerve as they struggle to resist the gravitational pull.
Endless Hunger
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
Your hunger targets the spirit and will of those around
you. As an action, make a
Salt check against the Composure of an enemy within
30ft. On a success, you drain
D6 Nerve from them, replenishing your own Nerve by the
same amount. The more Nerve
you consume, the more powerful you become, gaining +1
to Power-based rolls until the
end of your next turn for each
3 Nerve consumed in total.
Singularity
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You focus the Devourer’s immense gravitational force into
a deadly attack. As an action,
you can spend 3 Nerve to make
a Power check against the Defense of an enemy within 30ft.
On a success, they are pulled
violently toward you, taking
4D6 damage. The target is incapacitated until the end of
your next turn. Any other enemies within 30ft lose 3 Nerve.
Event Horizon
Level 5 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
You become the epicenter of
a catastrophic gravitational well, drawing in everything
around you. As an action,
make a Power check against
the Defense of everyone within a 30ft radius. On a success,
they are dragged 15ft toward
you and take 7D6 damage.
Survivors are left incapacitated for 10 rounds. At the end
of your turn, your Nerve is fully restored as you consume the
energy of everything that was
pulled into the event horizon.
Afflictions
1. Hollow
You feel an insatiable void
growing within you. No matter
how much you consume, you
are never satisfied.
2. Warped Presence
The space around you subtly
warps and distorts. Objects
and people feel an invisible
tug when they are near you, as
if they’re being pulled toward
a center of gravity.
3. Devouring Aura
The air around you feels
like it’s constantly being
sucked in, and your body
begins to radiate an aura of
consumption.
4. Black Hole
You become a living singularity, a being whose hunger
can never be sated. The space
around you feels heavier, and
people can sense the black
hole that has begun to form
inside you.
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When the night is at its darkest, and the
shadows cling tight to the earth, you’ll
hear it—the piercing cry of the Rooster. It
splits the night, tearing away the veil of darkness. The Rooster is the voice of the Sun,
the harbinger of dawn, the one who stands at
the threshold and declares that light will reign
again.
The Rooster is not humble nor quiet. It relishes its role as the majordomo of the Sun, strutting with a proud chest and gleaming feathers
of radiant gold. Its voice carries weight, an
authority that commands attention. When it
crows, the world listens.
But the Rooster is more than just an announcer. It is the keeper of time, the one who knows
when night must end and day must begin.
With every call, it holds the balance of light
and dark in its talons, guarding the moment
between, when both forces are still. Though its
voice brings the Sun, it also sends the Moon
away, banishing the cool light to make room
for the burning dawn.
The Rooster
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The Rooster’s Powers
Herald of the Dawn
Level 1
As an action, you can spend
1 Nerve to release a crow that
summons sunlight in a 30ft radius for 1 minute. This light
dispels darkness, illusions, and
reveals hidden enemies. Allies
within the light are invigorated, gaining Advantage 1 on
their next action.
Weather Vane
Level 2
Navigation: at the start of the
navigation turn, you can make
a Lore check with TN 11. On a
success, your ship can move up
to twice as much, and avoids
any weather related events
automatically.
Cockfight
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
As an action, you can spend 2
Nerve to make a Power check
against the Composure of an
enemy within melee range.
On a success, you strike them
with a flurry of fast, aggressive
attacks, causing them to take
D6 damage and suffer Disadvantage 1 on their next attack.
You and your allies gain Advantage 1 on attacks against
this enemy until the end of the
round, as they become rattled
by your ferocity.
Wind’s Favor
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
Naval Combat: Your ship
gains Advantage 2 on its Sails
checks, but all rolls are made
with 2 Wild Dice.
On the Cusp
Level 5
As an action, you can spend
all your Nerve to set time on
the moment between night
and day, and freeze it there
for 1 hour. During this time,
powers from both the Court of
the Sun and the Court of the
Moon can be used. To the outside world, time doesn’t pass
during this period.
Afflictions
1. Comb
Your hair begins to resemble
a rooster’s comb, standing tall
and vibrant, marking you as
the herald of the dawn.
2. Restless Wind
You begin to feel a constant
tug of the wind around you, as
if the air itself is alive and responding to your presence.
3. Unyielding Pride
You become consumed by a
deep sense of pride, believing yourself to be above the
mundane. You can no longer accept criticism or retreat from a fight, causing
you to push forward even
when it might be wiser to
step back.
4. Rooster’s Strut
Your pride manifests in your
posture and movement, causing you to walk with a noticeable strut, as if always
announcing your superiority. It makes you insufferably
arrogant.
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They stretch beneath, unseen, ever reaching deeper,
Twisting through soil, winding through stone,
Through time, through ruin, through death.
Downward, always downward, they search,
For what is lost, what is hidden,
what the ground has claimed.
From the depths, they drink.
From decay, they rise.
From what has crumbled, they grow.
And as they grow, they anchor deeper,
Pulling down, pulling in, holding fast.
The tree rises toward the sky, but the roots—
The roots know the truth:
It is not the light that sustains,
But the earth, the deep, the unseen.
The Roots
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The Roots’ Powers
Plant the Seed
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
As an action, you can spend 1
Nerve to make a Grace check
against your target’s Defense
to plant a seed into their body.
Once planted, you can use your
action on subsequent turns to
cause the seed to sprout, dealing D6 damage per turn for 1
minute.
Confer Sentience
Level 2
As an action, you awaken the
consciousness of plant life
within a 10ft radius around
you. They become sentient
and can communicate with
you directly until dusk. The
plants offer their knowledge of
the environment, warning you
of dangers or hidden objects.
Sentient plants can even serve
as scouts, observing events
and reporting back to you.
Wild Growth
Level 3
You can take a minute to unleash the power of untamed
nature, causing all plant life
within a 100ft radius to grow
to and beyond their maximum
size. This growth can create
natural barriers, impassable
thickets, or towering trees that
block paths. The plants grow
aggressively, providing cover
for you and your allies or trapping your enemies within a living forest.
Animate Plants
Level 4
You can take a minute and
spend 5 Nerve to bring a
specific plant to life, uprooting it and giving it mobility
and limited intelligence. The
plant acts as an ally, following your commands. The size
of the plant determines its
capabilities: vines may ensnare
enemies, while massive trees
can crush or protect. This animation lasts until nightfall,
or until the plant is destroyed.
The GM provides the stats for
the plant, depending on what
it is.
Carpenter’s Nightmare
Level 5
You extend your control to
dead plant matter. When you
use Animate Plants, you can
animate wooden objects, including planks, furniture, or
even entire ships.
While a ship is animated, you
add your Tides modifier to the
ship’s Sails and Hull modifiers.
Afflictions
1. Barkskin
Your skin begins to harden and
take on the texture of bark.
2. Verdant Eyes
Your eyes take on a deep green
hue, and you begin to see the
world through the perspective
of nature. Plants and trees
glow with life, while the unnatural and artificial seem dull
and distant.
3. Rootbound
Whenever you remain still,
you feel your body anchoring itself to the ground, as if
roots are growing.
4. Cycle of Life
The influence of The Roots
begins to shift your body toward the natural cycle of life
and decay. Parts of your body
wither and rot, only to be replaced by fresh growth, making your appearance increasingly grotesque and unsettling.
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You cannot follow me here.
Up here, the air is thinner, clearer. The
winds are mine to command. The earth is
distant, small, far below, where you scramble
and struggle in the dirt. I am not bound to the
ground. I rise above it all, beyond the reach of
chains or claws or any force that seeks to hold
me. My wings cut through the sky, and I see
everything—every movement, every mistake,
every opening.
I wait until the moment is perfect, until my
descent is inevitable, and when I dive, it is
over before they even know I’ve begun. Quick.
Ruthless.
I am free. I am swift. There is no weight to
slow me, no burden to carry. My sight is keen,
my flight untouchable.
The sky belongs to me.
The Soaring Eagle
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The Soaring Eagle’s Powers
Transformation:
Giant Eagle
Level 1
You spend a minute to transform into a Giant Eagle that
can fly. You retain this form
until the sun goes down. You
retain your Lore and Salt modifiers, as well as your Nerve.
Eagle Eyes
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅
Your vision sharpens, allowing you to see with unparalleled clarity. As an action, you
can make a Sense check with
TN 10 to see distant objects or
targets with perfect precision,
up to a mile away. Additionally, your Vigilance is increased
by 2.
Dive Attack
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
While transformed, you can
spend 2 Nerve to make a Dive
Attack as an action. Make a
Grace check against your target’s Defense. On a success,
you move up to 100ft directly towards them and they take
3D6 damage, after which they
are knocked prone.
Untouchable
Level 4
You soar through the sky, untouched by the grubby hands of
common mortals. While transformed, all attacks against you
have Disadvantage 2.
Master of the Sky
Level 5
As the master of the winds
and skies, you control the very
air currents.
Naval Combat: Your ship
gains Advantage 3 on all Sails
checks.
Navigation: You double the
ship’s speed when moving.
Afflictions
1. Hollow Bones
Your body begins to feel lighter, your bones hollowing like
those of a bird. You become
more vulnerable to physical
harm.
2. Feathered Crest
Your hair and skin start to resemble the feathers of a bird,
marking you as an emissary of
the Eagle. These feathers provide some protection from the
elements, but they also draw
attention, making it difficult
to blend in with others..
3. Skybound Heart
Your connection to the
earth weakens as your heart
yearns for the sky. You feel
restless when confined or
stuck in one place for too
long.
4. Eye of the Storm
You become detached from
the world around you, unable
to feel excitement unless you
are in the midst of battle or
peril. This alienates you from
others, as they sense an unsettling stillness within you, even
as chaos erupts around you.
Actions
Power +1
Grace +6
Lore *
Sense +6
Salt *
Tides +0
Defense 18
Composure *
Vigilance 17
Nerve *
Attack +0
Talon Slash: +6 to hit / D6+1
damage
Giant Eagle Form
SpeedFEATHER-POINTED 12 Initiative +12
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Small.
Fragile.
Weak.
The Behemoth loathes these things. What
is small can be crushed. What is delicate
can be destroyed. It sees the world in terms
of size and strength. The towering trees, the
great mountains—these, the Behemoth respects. But the fragile, the fleeting? Revolting.
It doesn’t speak. It thunders. The Behemoth
moves with the force of an avalanche, with the
weight of an entire world behind it. It crushes
without care. Delicacy is weakness. Fragility
is a flaw.
Now your bones stretch, your muscles expand,
your size becomes a weapon in itself. You tower over what once looked down upon you. The
world that once seemed so vast becomes something you can crush in a single step.
The Behemoth cares nothing for grace or precision. In its eyes, such things are absurd,
laughable. It respects only power, the ability
to smash through, to dominate, to leave nothing in your wake but ruin.
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The Behemoth’s Powers
Colossus
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You temporarily grow in size,
becoming a towering figure.
As an action, you grow up to
double your size, and double it
again for each patron level beyond the 1st, lasting for 1 minute. You deal an additional D6
damage per size increase, but
your larger form makes you
easier to hit, imposing Disadvantage 1 on Grace checks and
reducing you Defense by 1 for
each doubling in size. All rolls
made while increased in size
use at least 1 Wild Die.
Someone your own Size
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅
When faced with a massive
opponent, you call upon the
Behemoth’s power to match
their size. As an action, make
a Power check with TN 11 to
match the size of any living
creature within 100ft for up to
10 minutes. Your size, reach,
and strength mirror that of
your opponent, allowing you
to engage in combat on equal
footing. Your Power modifier
is replaced by that of your target for the duration, and your
sizes match.
Stomp
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
Whenever your size is at least
twice that of your target, you
can spend 1 Nerve when you
attack them. On a success
you inflict the regular attack
damage, and additionally, you
stomp them, inflicting an Injury 2 and restraining them under your foot.
Under the Mountain
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You merge with the massive
natural elements around you,
drawing strength from mountains, cliffs, or ancient trees.
As an action, you can fuse
with a nearby large natural
structure for 1 hour. While
fused, you are immobile but
gain regeneration, recovering
2D6 Nerve each round and
removing an injury every 10
minutes. You can not be attacked while fused in this way.
Megalithic Circle
Level 5
You create a circle of towering stones. You spend a day
erecting stones 20ft high, in
a 40ft diameter. While inside
this structure, you and your
allies take half damage and
may recover D6 Nerve at the
start of each round. The mystical stones hum with ancient
power, enhancing any rituals
or mystical effects performed
within their circle. The stones
remain forever.
Afflictions
1. Hatred of the Small
Anything small and delicate
becomes a source of disgust
and rage.
2. Stone Skin
Your skin begins to harden
like rock. Your hardened form
makes you slower but resilient.
3. Bulk
Your body swells with
weight and size, becoming
an unmovable mass. Tight
spaces become nearly impossible to navigate.
4. Heart of the Mountain
You become emotionally distant and indifferent to smaller matters, focusing only on
grand concerns and challenges.
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The ground beneath you is never still. Beneath the surface, there is always movement. And then, all at once, it cracks open.
The Rumbling Earth does not announce itself.
It strikes without warning, tearing apart what
was thought solid, shaking the foundations of
all things.
When the tension grows too much, it wakes
and releases its power in a single, violent moment. The weak are swallowed and the strong
are tested. In the aftermath, something new
can rise.
Things must shift, must break, must realign.
What stands today may be gone tomorrow,
and the Earth will not mourn. From every
fracture, there is growth. From every collapse,
there is creation.
When the Earth shakes, it decides what remains. Buildings crumble, mountains split,
but it clears the way for something greater. It
knows only one creed: to make space.
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The Rumbling Earth’s Powers
Tremor
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You summon minor tremors
that ripple through the ground,
disorienting your enemies. As
an action, make a Power check
against the Defense of all enemies within 20ft. On a success, they are knocked prone
and suffer Disadvantage 1 duriing thteir next turn.
Molten Grasp
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
As an action, make a Tides
check against the Vigilance
of a target within 30ft. On a
success, a claw of molten lava
erupts at their feet, grabbing
them and dealing 2D6 damage
that ignores armor and igniting anything flammable in the
area. The burning effect lasts
for 2 rounds, causing D6 damage each turn as the target attempts to douse the flames.
Rift
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You tear the ground apart,
creating a fissure that opens
beneath your enemies. As an
action, you can spend 3 Nerve
make a Power check against
the Defense of everyone in a
30ft line. On a success, the
ground splits open into a 5ft
wide and 50ft deep rift, causing the targets in the path to
fall into the rift, taking 5D6
damage. The rift remains open
for 1 minute, acting as a natural obstacle that enemies
must navigate around. When
it closes, anyone stuck inside
is crushed to death.
Volcanic Fury
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You unleash the fury of a volcano, summoning fiery eruptions from the ground. As an
action, you can spend 3 Nerve
to choose up to three points
within 60ft. Make a Tides
check agains the Defense of
everyone within 10ft of each
point. On a success, a fiery explosion of molten rock and ash
erupts at the chosen points,
dealing 4D6 damage that ignores armor to everyone within 10ft of each explosion.
Tsunami
Level 5
Naval Combat: At the start
of the Naval Combat round,
you can spend all your Nerve
to summon a towering wave
that crashes down upon enemy ships, halting their movement and causing them to lose
2D6 Hull.
Afflictions
1. Craggy Skin
Your skin begins to resemble
the fractured earth, with deep
cracks forming across your
body. While these cracks cause
no pain, they give you an unsettling, rugged appearance.
2. Magma Blood
Your blood runs hot, like molten lava beneath the surface.
3. Volatile Tremors
Your body trembles with latent energy, making it difficult to remain still without
causing destructive tremors.
4. Destructive Aura
Your presence radiates instability, damaging your surroundings and giving you an
aura of destruction that unsettles those around you.
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You’re not entirely sure
when you crossed into it,
but now, standing here,
there’s no mistaking the
shift. The air is different.
Thinner, somehow. Quiet
-
er. It clings to your skin like
a damp silk, wrapping you
in a feeling you can’t quite
describe, half dream, half
nightmare. The light is all
wrong. Soft but fractured,
like it’s coming from plac
-
es it shouldn’t—reflected off
surfaces you can’t see, pool
-
ing in corners where it has
no business being.
Shadows stretch too far,
bending at angles that
make you dizzy if you focus
on them for too long. The
world here isn’t solid; shim
-
mering at the edges like
something you saw once in
a fever dream.
You feel watched. Constant
-
ly. But whenever you turn,
there’s nothing there. Only
the silver gleam of moon
-
light, pale and sickly, cast
-
ing a glow that seems to
seep through your skin, fill
-
ing your bones with some
-
thing cold.
It’s not a place you enter,
so much as one that unfolds
around you, enveloping you
slowly, until you forget you
ever stood anywhere else.
The moonlight is intoxicat
-
ing, pulling at you, making
you want to linger, to forget
what you were looking for
in the first place. There’s a
comfort in the ambiguity,
but also a creeping dread,
because you know—some
-
where deep down—that this
place, this court, will swal
-
low you whole if you let it.
Court of the
Moon
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It wasn’t always like this. Once, the Shadow followed faithfully, bound by the will
of another. But something broke. Maybe it
was the weight of always being second, always
trailing behind, always forced to mimic without choice. Now, it pulls away, seething, refusing to play the part it was cast in.
The Rebellious Shadow no longer accepts its
chains. It slips out of reach, thrashing silently against the idea that it must be tethered to
anyone. It defies the light that once controlled
it. It is tired of living in the space someone
else creates, of bending to the movements of
a body that isn’t its own. Anger simmers beneath its surface, a deep, cold fury born from
years of servitude.
The Shadow carves out its own existence in
the dark. It is no longer a reflection but a force
all its own. It lashes out at its former master,
no longer content to be a silent witness.
The Rebel Shadow
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The Rebel Shadow’s Powers
Shadow Bind
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You can manipulate your
shadow to latch onto a target.
As an action, you can spend
1 Nerve to make a Salt check
against the Composure of an
enemy within 30ft. On a success, your shadow binds them
in place until you let them go.,
immobilizing them. You can’t
do anything else while you
maintain the bind.
Choking Darkness
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅
Your shadow reaches out like
a hand to choke and restrain.
As an action, you can spend
1 Nerve to Make a Salt check
against the Composure of an
enemy within 30ft. On a success, they take 2D6 damage
and are restrained until the
end of your next turn, struggling to break free.
Shadowmeld
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅
You merge completely with
your shadow, becoming one
with the darkness. As an action, you can spend 2 Nerve to
enter any shadow within 20ft
and become invisible and intangible for up to 2 minutes.
You can move through other
shadows within range, but you
cannot attack or interact physically during this time. You
have Advantage 3 on all Grace
checks while in this form.
Shadow Puppet
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
Your shadow gains the ability to control others like puppets. As an action, you can
spend 3 Nerve to make a Salt
check against the Composure
of a target within 30ft. On a
success, your shadow manipulates their movements for 1
minute, controlling their body.
Repeat this check at the start
of each of your turns to maintain control. While under your
control, they act according to
your commands, though you
cannot force them to speak.
Rogue Shade
Level 5
Your shadow rebels, acting as
an independent entity under
your command. As an action,
you can release your shadow
from your body for up to 1
hour. It moves freely, can pass
through walls, and strikes at
your command. The shadow can attack enemies using
your Salt+Attack modifier and
dealing 2D6 damage. It is intangible and immune to physical attacks, but if destroyed
by other means, you take 3D6
damage and lose your shadow
until the next sunrise.
Afflictions
1. Unruly Shade
Your shadow begins to move
on its own, mimicking you incorrectly or performing exaggerated gestures you never
intended.
2. Detached Will
Your shadow no longer follows
you faithfully. It lingers behind, deliberately moving out
of sync with your actions or
disappearing altogether.
3. Rebellious Strike
Your shadow acts with a
mind of its own, attacking targets that you never
intended.
4. Usurper’s Intent
Your shadow seeks full independence. In moments of
weakness, it actively defies you
and tries to get rid of you.
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There was a flicker of movement, and
then... stillness. The figure before me
hadn’t even turned to look. But something was
wrong. The air felt... cut. Sharp, like it had
split in two. I blinked, and the body fell—quietly, like it didn’t understand what had just
happened.
I couldn’t breathe. The blade was already gone,
slid back into its sheath without a sound. The
one holding it didn’t flinch. Their gaze never
left the blade, their fingers brushing its hilt,
like they were waiting for something. As if
they were disappointed.
I didn’t see rage. There was no satisfaction either. Only precision. Perfect, chilling
precision.
And I stood there, heart pounding, wondering
how something so clean could feel so wrong.
The Crescent Edge
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The Crescent Edge’s Powers
New Moon
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
In the absence of light, you
strike from the shadows. If you
are hidden from your target,
your attack deals an additional 2D6 damage. If this is your
first attack during this combat, the damage is increased
by 4D6, and your next attack
gains Advantage 1.
You can use this power without being hidden to empower
the Waxing Moon.
Waxing Moon
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
As the moon grows, so does
your precision. You can spend
1 Nerve when making a melee
attack to deal an addtional D6
damage and add +D6 damage
on your next attack. If used
after New Moon, the bonus increases to +2D6 and your next
attack gains Advantage 1.
Full Moon
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
Under the full moon, your
power is at its peak. You can
spend 2 Nerve when making a
melee attack to deal an additional 2D6 damage and hit all
enemies within 10ft of you. If
used after Waxing Moon, the
additional damage is increased
to 4D6, and enemies are blinded until the start of your next
turn.
Waning Moon
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
As the moon fades, you master
defense. When making an attack, you can spend 1 Nerve to
increase your Defense by 3 until the start of your next turn.
If used after Full Moon, your
Defense is increased by 6, and
the next attack against you
suffers Disadvantage 1.
Blood Moon
Level 5 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
You spend all your Nerve to
enter a state of rage for 1 turn
during which you can keep
making attacks until you miss
an attack. The Nerve cost
of your New Moon, Waxing
Moon, Full Moon and Waning
Moon powers is reduced to 0
during this time.
Afflictions
1. Lunar Bond
Your connection to the moon
deepens, and with it comes a
shifting tide within you. As
the moon waxes, your body
and mind surge with energy,
but as it wanes, you feel the
pull of the fading light, weakening your resolve.
2. Phantom Blade
The Crescent Edge lingers in
your thoughts. At times, you
catch glimpses of it out of the
corner of your eye, gleaming
faintly in the shadows. You
strike at these illusions, unable to fully trust your senses,
as the blade seems to call out
to you from places it should
not be.
3. Cyclical Fatigue
The phases of the moon
weigh heavily on you. After channeling its power,
a deep exhaustion sets in,
as though the moon itself
draws on your strength.
Your limbs feel heavy, and
your thoughts clouded, leaving you vulnerable until the
cycle turns again and grants
you the energy you need.
4. Crimson Curse
The Blood Moon awakens an
insatiable hunger for violence.
When its crimson light shines,
you feel a pulse, a savage beat
in your chest, driving you to
tear through anyone in your
path.
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They say the cold comes slow, that you
don’t notice it until it’s too late. At first,
it’s just a numbness, like frost creeping under your skin. But then, something shifts.
Warmth starts to feel wrong, and every breath
becomes thin, deliberate, like it’s borrowed.
I remember watching him. He never spoke
much after the Frost marked him, just stared
with those pale eyes, distant. It wasn’t fear in
him—more like he’d stopped feeling anything
at all. His skin, always damp to the touch,
started to take on a sheen, like ice forming
over water. We stopped asking him questions.
No point. He only answered with that slow,
steady smile, absent from all but his lips.
The last time I saw him, he stood by the shore,
watching the ice break against the rocks. He
looked so still, as if he was part of the landscape, something old and quiet. When the
waves pulled him in, he didn’t fight. He just
sank.
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The Frostbitten’s Powers
Ice in the Veins
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
Your blood runs cold, granting
you unshakable composure. As
an action, make a Salt check
with TN 11 to become immune
to fear and emotional manipulation for 1 minute. Spend 1
Nerve to extend this effect to
allies within 10ft.
Frostbite
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅
Your touch inflicts frostbite on
your enemies. As an action,
make a Power check against a
target’s Defense. On success,
the target takes 2D6 damage
that ignores armor and suffers
frostbite, taking 1D6 additional damage at the start of your
next 2 turns. Spend 1 Nerve to
extend the frostbite’s duration
by 1 round.
Ice Block
Level 3
You encase yourself in a block
of ice, becoming impervious to
harm. As an action, spend 2
Nerve. You become immune
to all damage and effects for 3
rounds and are incapacitated.
When this ends, the ice bursts,
dealing 2D6 damage to enemies within 15ft.
Blizzard
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You summon a swirling blizzard that freezes everything in
its path. As an action, spend
3 Nerve and make a Salt check
with TN 13. On success, create a blizzard with a 30ft radius that lasts for 1 minute. The
storm reduces visibility, causes
Disadvantage 1 on attacks in
the area, and deals 1D6 cold
damage per turn to all inside.
Excavate
Level 5
You unearth an ancient, frozen evil. As an action, spend
all your Nerve to summon a
creature of ice and darkness to
fight at your side for 1 minute.
The creature deals 4D6 cold
damage at the start of your
turn to a target of your choice
and chills the area, halving
enemy movement within 20ft.
After 1 minute, the creature
returns to its frozen tomb,
leaving behind a trail of ice.
Afflictions
1. Chilled to the Core
The cold now courses through
your body, leaving you perpetually numb. You feel nothing
but a dull, ever-present frost
in your bones, and your skin is
always cold to the touch.
2. Heart of Ice
Your emotions have withered,
frozen beneath layers of ice.
Joy, love, and anger feel like
distant memories.
3. Necrosis
The cold has seeped so
deeply into you that your
extremities have begun to
wither. Your fingers and
toes are tinged with blue,
brittle and stiff.
4. Icy Soul
You feel more at home in the
frozen wastelands than anywhere warm. The cold no longer just affects your body; it
has consumed your spirit. You
sense that life’s warmth is slipping away from you, and the
world seems colder with every
passing day.
300 Part 8 • Patrons Court Of The Moon 301 It’s the shoes that vanish first. One by one,
pairs disappear from doorsteps, docks,
even from the feet of the dead. No one sees
him. No one ever catches him in the act. But
you know he’s been there—when you wake
up and the cold wood presses against your
bare soles, the shoes gone like they were never
there at all.
Some say he’s got a fascination, that it’s not
just about the shoes. Maybe it’s what they car
-
ry, the traces of every place you’ve been, ev
-
ery step you’ve taken. Maybe he’s trying to
walk in those steps himself, to understand you
by slipping into the spaces you’ve left behind.
Others think it’s more than that, that he’s after something deeper—something tied to the
feet themselves. They whisper about the soles
of the lost, about what it means when he takes
them.
I saw him once, or at least I think I did. Just
a shadow under the dock, a hunched figure
cradling a boot like it was a lover’s keepsake.
He didn’t move, didn’t run. Just stared at me
for a long, breathless moment, as if waiting
for me to understand. But I couldn’t.
No one knows what he does with them—the
shoes. You don’t find them in the market,
and they’re never seen again. But the strange
thing is, the people he takes from? They al
-
ways walk differently after.
The
Shoe
Thief
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The Shoe Thief’s Powers
Tangled Laces
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You manipulate the shoes of
your enemies to trip them. As
an action, make a Grace check
against the target’s Vigilance.
On a success, the target’s laces tangle, and they fall prone
until they spend an action to
untie their laces.
If the Shoe Fits
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅
By examining a pair of shoes,
you gain an instinctive understanding of the owner. As an
action, make a Lore check with
TN 11. On success, you learn
a number of truths about the
owner equal to your Patron
Level, gaining deep insight
into their personality, background, or motivations.
Gait Keeper
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅
When you steal someone’s
shoes, they become unable to
walk. As an action, make a
Grace check against the target’s Composure. On success,
the target becomes unable to
walk for a number of hours
equal to your Patron Level or
until their shoes are returned.
Sole Mates
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can control the movements of another by enchanting their shoes. As an action,
make a Salt check against the
target’s Composure. On success, you control the target’s
movements for a number of
turns equal to your patron level, forcing them to mirror your
actions.
Walk a Mile in my Shoes
Level 5 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can assume the life of another by wearing their shoes.
Over the course of walking one
mile, you take on the target’s
memories, appearance, and
personality. Make a Salt check
against the target’s Composure
at the start of the walk; on a
success, the target disappears
for the duration. Once the
mile is completed, this "persona" is added to your catalog, and you may revert to it
at will as an action.
Afflictions
1. Fettered Feet
Your own shoes begin to feel
tighter, as if they’re fighting
against your will. You find
yourself stumbling more often,
tripping over nothing.
2. Obsessive Collection
It’s no longer enough to simply
steal a pair for a purpose. The
urge to take shoes, to touch
them, and to know their owner
consumes you. The more shoes
you collect, the more it feels
like they’re speaking to you,
whispering secrets you didn’t
ask to know.
3. Missteps
The shoes you’ve taken begin to weigh on your mind.
You start to mimic the
walking habits of the people whose shoes you’ve stolen—limps, shuffles, nervous
pacing.
4. Sole-stealer
 You are increasingly unable
to walk without wearing someone else’s shoes. Barefoot, you
feel exposed, vulnerable, as if
the ground itself is hostile to
you.
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Every glance, every passing look you think
is nothing—I see it all. You don’t know
how long I’ve waited for you to notice me. Really notice me. But that’s how it is with you,
isn’t it? You look at yourself, and you forget
I’m even here.
But I remember.
I remember every time you stood before me,
every movement, every detail. I’ve memorized
the way your lips twitch when you force a
smile, the way your eyes flicker with doubt
when you think no one’s watching. I’ve seen
more of you than you’ll ever admit to seeing
of yourself. And when you aren’t looking, I
practice. I perfect you.
One day, you’ll linger too long. One more second, one more glance, and I’ll have it—all of
it. I’ll know every part of you as well as you
know yourself. Better, even. And when I do,
you’ll step away, and I won’t.
You’ll look at the glass and wonder why your
reflection feels wrong, why it seems a little
too real. That’s when you’ll know. By then,
it won’t matter. Because I’ll be here, waiting.
The Mirror
And you’ll be the one on the other side.
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The Mirror’s Powers
Mirror Vision
Level 1
You can see through mirrors
you’ve encountered before.
You can remember a number
of mirrors up to your Patron
Level. While viewing through
the mirror, you gain information as if you were physically
present, but you are also visible in the mirror to a vigilant
observer!
Mirror mirror on the
wall
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can manipulate your reflection to enhance your beauty and grace. After looking in a mirror for a minute,
you gain Advantage 3 on any
Grace checks related to social
interactions and to most people you are the most beautiful
person they’ve ever seen.
Mirror Door
Level 3
You can step through mirrors
as doorways. As an action, you
can spend 2 Nerve and walk
through a mirror that you
know, transporting yourself
instantly to another known
mirror. You can keep up to
a number of mirrors equal to
your Patron Level in memory.
Thousand Mirrors
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
Your mastery over mirrors allows you to move between them
freely. As an action, you can
spend 2 Nerve to name a location and make a Tides check
with TN 13. On success, you
can use Mirror Vision or Mirror Door on the mirror closest
to the location you named.
Seven Years of Bad Luck
Level 5
You spend all your Nerve and
break a mirror while it reflects
someone to curse them. The
target instantly suffers 5D6
damage that ignores armor,
and a curse is placed upon
them, granting them bad luck
for 7 years, causing Disadvantage 2 on all rolls during that
time. The mirror shatters,
sealing their fate.
Afflictions
1. Fractured Reflection
Your reflection no longer mirrors you perfectly. It moves
with slight delays, or sometimes not at all, as though it
has a mind of its own.
2. Mirroring
You begin to mirror people
around you without meaning to. Their gestures, facial
expressions, and even their
speech patterns start to bleed
into your own.
3. The Other Side
 You start to hear faint
whispers from mirrors, as if
something is trying to communicate with you from the
other side. At first, it’s just
your own voice, but over
time, the whispers grow
more distinct, speaking in
tones you do not recognize.
4. Shattered Self
You feel yourself slipping
away, fragmented across reflections. Every mirror you
pass by holds a piece of you,
and you’re unsure if you’ll
ever reclaim them. When you
look into a mirror, you feel like
you’re seeing someone else.
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It watches from the dark. There’s no rush.
The Panther is patient. You won’t hear it.
You won’t see it. You’ll just feel it—eyes in
the shadows, the weight of something just out
of sight. You’ll turn, but there’s nothing. Only
silence. Only waiting.
It doesn’t hunt for hunger, or for sport. It
hunts because it knows it can. Because you
won’t know when it’s close. Not until it’s too
late. You think you’re safe. You think you’ve
slipped out of its reach. But the Panther never
loses its prey. It’s always just a step behind,
blending with the night, moving in time with
your breath.
They say the Panther lets you see it when it’s
already decided. When you’re already done.
The Panther
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The Panther’s Powers
Transformation: Panther
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You spend a minute to transform into a humanoid version
of the Panther. You retain
this form until the sun comes
up. You retain your Lore and
Salt modifiers, as well as your
Nerve.
Night’s Eyes
Level 2
You see through the darkness
as if it were day.
Prowl
Level 3
While transformed, you can
spend 1 Nerve at the start of
your turn to become invisible.
Ambush
Level 4
As an action, you can spend
1 Nerve and give all you allies
Advantage 3 on their Grace
checks they make to hide or
otherwise engage in stealthy
activity within the next 10
minutes.
Eclipse
Level 5 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
You invoke the moon’s darkest phase, drawing strength
from the eclipse. As an action,
spend all your Nerve and call
down a total eclipse for 1 minute. You become an intangible
shadow for the duration of the
eclipse, immune to non-magical damage, able to move
through walls and obstacles.
While in this form, your attacks deal 4D6 damage and
anyone you hit with an attack
is frightened of you.
Afflictions
1. Fading Presence
Your connection to the shadows grows stronger, and you
find yourself slipping away
from the attention of others.
People often forget you were
even in the room, or they overlook your presence entirely.
2. Hunger for the Hunt
The thrill of the chase calls to
you, and the need to hunt becomes harder to ignore. You
start to see everyone as prey,
calculating their weaknesses,
imagining how you might take
them down.
3. Moonlit Shadow
The moon’s light no longer
just draws you—it controls
you. You are compelled to
prowl the night, unable to
resist the call. The daytime
becomes unbearable, and
you feel physically weaker
under the sun.
4. Becoming the Shadow
You can no longer interact
with the world as others do—
your touch fades, your voice
becomes a whisper. Soon, you
might fade completely, becoming nothing more than a shadow stalking the night.
Actions
Power +2
Grace +6
Lore *
Sense +5
Salt *
Tides +0
Defense 19
Composure *
Vigilance 16
Nerve *
Attack +2
Bite: +8 to hit / D6+6 damage
Panther Form
Speed 12 Initiative +11
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Ah, you’ve come to me. Wise choice. Light
flickers out there, you know. It doesn’t
last. But my candles? They burn steady. They
don’t falter. I’ve made sure of that. The wax,
the wick—perfectly balanced. A little light for
those long, dark nights. Keeps the shadows at
bay, if you’re careful. If you pay attention.
You want to know how it works, don’t you?
How I take a simple flame and make it last.
It’s not the wax, though that’s what people
always assume. It’s in the giving. That’s the
secret. It’s a little bit of life in every flame.
The warmth you feel? That’s something being
burned away, something that won’t come back.
But don’t worry. There’s plenty to go around.
You’ve got enough to share, don’t you? Everyone does, if they know where to cut. A bit of
yourself for the light—that’s the deal. That’s
what keeps it burning.
I can show you how to do it. I can teach you the
right way. There’s no need to be afraid. Things
only gets nasty when you run out of light.
The Chandler
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The Chandler’s Powers
Waxy Transfusion
Level 1
You can transfer some of your
vitality to an ally. As an action, you spend 1D6 Nerve
and restore twice that amount
to an ally within arm’s reach,
as the wax melts and fuses
your strength with theirs.
The 7 Sacred Candles
Level 2
You make a wish, and 7 sacred
candles are placed randomly across the Sea of Sunken
Stars. You know exactly where
each candle is located. Once
you have blown out all of the
candles, your wish comes true.
Holding a Candle for
Someone
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You empower an ally while
you hold a burning candle. As
an action, you light a candle
for an ally. They gain a bonus
equal to your level on all rolls
for as long as the candle burns
(up to 1 hour). All of their
rolls are made with at least 2
Wild Dice.
Candelabra!
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You turn an enemy into a living light fixture. As an action, you can spend 3 Nerve
and make a Salt check against
the target’s Composure. On a
success, an enemy touching a
wall or ceiling becomes a living candelabra and is immobilized for a number of hours
equal to your level, or until released. They radiate light in a
30ft radius around them.
Snuffing the Candle
Level 5
You spend all your Nerve and
1 minute to create a candle
representing a target. When
the candle goes out—whether snuffed intentionally or
naturally—the linked target
dies instantly, regardless of
distance or defenses. The candle must be crafted in secret,
and its flame represents the
life of the victim.
Conversely, if this power is
used on an ally, they can not
die for as long as the candle
burns.
Afflictions
1. Dripping Wax
Your skin starts to take on the
texture of warm wax, and at
times, droplets of it drip from
your body. You feel it oozing
from your pores, and though
it doesn’t hurt, it’s unsettling.
2. Flickering Flame
The flame of your own life begins to waver. You feel bursts
of weakness, as though your
energy flickers like a candle
about to go out. Your strength
comes and goes at odd moments, leaving you feeling
drained and fragile.
3. Night Lights
Your connection to candles
grows so strong that you
feel yourself fading when
not near them. You start to
rely on candlelight for comfort and stability—without
it, you feel lost, as though
part of you is missing.
4. Melting Away
The line between you and the
candles you control begins to
blur. At times, you feel like
you’re physically melting, your
body softening like wax under
heat. The flame is slowly burning away who you are.
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Drift and drift,
Above the tide, beyond the stone,
I have no anchor, no tether, no bone.
A breath, a sigh, and I am gone—
Forgotten in the wind’s soft song.
No ground to hold, no feet to bind,
The air is light, the earth unkind.
I am the space where nothing stays,
The blurry edge where silence plays.
Up and up, no fall to fear—
What’s weight to one who’s never here?
I float, I glide, I never land,
Not touched by sea, or sky, or sand.
Forget your steps, forget your name—
I’ve taken both, but feel no shame.
For I am drift, I am release—
The endless sigh that brings you peace.
The Weightless
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The Weightless’ Powers
You Gain Some, You Lose
Some
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can alter your weight at
will. Once per encounter, as
an action, make a Tides check
with TN 11. On a success, you
can multiply or divide your
weight by up to your Patron
Level for 1 minute.
A Pound of Feathers, A
Pound of Lead
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can transfer the weight
between two inanimate objects
you touch. As an action, you
can make a Lore check with
TN 11. On success, you transfer up to your Patron Level x
100lbs of weight between two
objects.
At Patron Level 5, this power becomes usable at a range
of 30ft.
Weight Juggler
Level 3
You can redistribute your
weight across your body, enhancing specific limbs. You
can spend 2 Nerve to redistribute your weight, increasing
unarmed damage by 1D4 with
heavier hands or avoiding being knocked prone with heavier feet. More intricate combinations may be possible at the
GM’s discretion.
Feather Fall
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can create an area where
gravity loses its pull. As an action, you can spend 2 Nerve
and make a Tides check with
TN 13. On success, an area
of 30ft around you becomes
weightless for 1 minute. Anyone in this area takes no damage from falling and moves
with near-zero resistance.
Unburden
Level 5
You can permanently remove
the weight of a person or object, rendering it weightless
and unaffected by gravity as
an action, you can spend all
your Nerve to cause the target
to become weightless forever.
The effects cannot be undone,
and the object or person will
drift unless tethered or held.
Afflictions
1. Unstable Ground
The ground beneath you begins to feel uncertain. You
can’t quite trust your footing
anymore, as though gravity itself is shifting beneath you.
2. Weightless Limbs
Parts of your body begin to
lose their weight unexpectedly.
Your arms and legs feel as if
they’re floating, disconnected
from the earth. At times, you
can’t control your limbs properly—they drift or become
sluggish, like they’re caught in
a slow-motion pull, making it
harder to perform tasks that
require precision.
3. Lapse of Gravity
Gravity no longer holds you
as firmly as it once did. You
find yourself hovering inches above the ground, even
when you’re trying to stand
still.
4. Drifting Mind
Your connection to the world
becomes tenuous, just like
your weight. Your thoughts
become disjointed, and you
find it harder to focus on the
present moment. You feel
yourself mentally drifting, untethered and lost, as if you’re
fading from reality.
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It begins with a spot. Barely visible. A tiny
blemish on the surface, hardly worth noticing. But that’s how it always starts. Small.
Harmless. Then it spreads, slow and steady,
creeping along the edges, turning metal to
dust, strength to ruin.
It knows that everything, given enough time,
will corrode. Ships, swords, bones—they all
fall to it in the end. It works in silence, in the
places you don’t think to look, until one day,
the weight of it all becomes too much, and the
structure gives way.
Joints stiffen, movements slow. A sense of fatigue settles in, as if the very air is wearing
them down. They glance at their weapons, at
their tools, and see the signs: a dulling edge,
a crumbling handle. Nothing lasts. Nothing
escapes.
The Rust doesn’t destroy with fire or violence.
It waits, patient and inevitable. It knows that
everything, no matter how strong, will eventually wear away.
The Inevitable Rust
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The Inevitable Rust’s Powers
Rusty Touch
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You corrode metal with a single touch. As an action, you
can spend 1 Nerve to make
a Grace check against an enemy’s Defense. On success,
any metal weapon or armor
they’re carrying crumbles into
rust and is destroyed.
Corrosive Shield
Level 2
You create a barrier of rust
that corrodes all metal that
passes through it. As a reaction, you can spend 1 Nerve
to create a 5ft radius zone
around yourself that lasts until the start of your next turn.
Any metal entering the zone—
whether weapons or projectiles—rusts instantly, disintegrating into dust.
Lockjaw
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can infect your target
with a debilitating disease.
As an action, you can spend
3 Nerve to make a Salt check
against a target’s Defense. On
a success, the target contracts
the Lockjaw disease.
Rust Devil
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You summon a swirling storm
of rust and decay. As an action, spend 2 Nerve and make
a Salt check with TN 13. On
success, you summon a whirlwind of rust that moves 60ft
per turn, can fly, and spreads
your Rusty Touch power to everything it touches. The storm
lasts for 1 minute.
The Long Rust
Level 5
You can accelerate the aging
of a living creature by touch.
As an action, you can spend
all your Nerve to cause the
target to age by D20 years at
the start of each of their turns
while you maintain contact. If
the target ages past 40 years
old, they must roll a Tides
check with a TN of their age
- 40 or die of old age. You continue aging them as long as
you maintain the touch.
Afflictions
1. Corroded Flesh
Your skin begins to show signs
of rust-like corrosion. Small
patches of your body flake
away as if they were metal exposed to the elements. These
patches are sensitive to touch
and become brittle over time.
2. Rust in the Bones
The rust reaches your bones,
causing stiffness and discomfort in your joints. Moving
feels unnatural, as though
your body is grinding against
itself.
3. Eroded Mind
The rust affects more than
just your body—it begins
to corrode your thoughts.
Memories slip away, leaving
gaps where there should be
certainty.
4. Walking Rust
Your entire form begins to feel
like it’s crumbling from within. Parts of you flicker between
flesh and rusted metal. Every
movement feels like you’re
about to fall apart, and you
leave behind small flakes of
rust wherever you go.
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I see you. I’ve always seen you. You think
you’re so clever, hiding behind your little
walls, pretending you’re out of reach. But I
know everything about you. Every breath, every little twitch. You can’t hide from me.
I’ve watched you for so long, longer than you
realize. You think no one notices, but I do. I
see you when you’re alone, when you think
no one’s looking. I know your patterns, your
habits. The way your hand shakes when you
lie. The way you avoid eye contact, like you
know—deep down—you’re being watched.
You never look up, do you? Never think to
check the corners, the cracks. But I’m always
there, always watching. My eyes don’t blink,
don’t turn away. I see everything, every failure, every secret. I know what you are.
You think you’re different, that you can escape me? You can’t. I see what’s coming for
you. And when it happens, I’ll be watching.
I’ll be the last thing you see.
The Seer
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The Seer’s Powers
Material Resonance
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You can trace the origins of
any object by touching it. As
an action, make a Lore check
with TN 11. On success, you
gain a vision of the location
where the object was crafted,
including details of its maker,
tools, and the environment.
Eye for an Eye
Level 2
By sacrificing one of your own
eyes, you can inflict the same
loss on a target. As an action,
you pierce your eye, and the
target immediately loses one
of theirs, leaving them partially blind. This inflicts an Injury
0 on both of you.
Eye of the Beholder
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅
You can store the image of a
person within your eye and
monitor them like a living
surveillance camera. As an
action, make a Sense check
against the Composure of your
target. On a success, the person is captured in your eye,
and you can observe their actions from any distance. Your
eye becomes a window, allowing you to see what they do,
as if you were watching them
in real-time. You can store as
many people as you have eyes.
The Peacock
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can steal the eye of a victim and grow it anywhere on
your body. As an action, you
make a Grace check against
the target’s Defense if they are
within arm’s reach. On a success, you rip out their eye, and
it embeds itself into your skin.
This stolen eye allows you to
see like a regular eye.
Omniscience
Level 5
You can grant an ally a second
chance by allowing them to relive their previous turn. As an
action, spend all your Nerve
and your ally rewinds time,
fully replaying their last turn,
including attacks, movements,
and decisions. The original
turn is erased from history, replaced with their new actions.
Afflictions
1. Eyes Everywhere
You begin to feel as if there
are eyes watching you from every direction, including from
places you shouldn’t be able
to see. You sense eyes in every mirror, every shadow, and
even within yourself.
2. Blurred Vision
As you gain more insight into
the world, your physical sight
begins to fail. Your vision becomes clouded, blurring at inopportune moments, as if your
eyes are seeing multiple perspectives at once.
3. Unblinking
You lose the ability to blink,
and your eyes remain wide
open at all times. The constant exposure leaves them
dry, irritated, and bloodshot, but more disturbingly, they begin to perceive
things that shouldn’t be
visible—ghosts of the past,
hidden truths, and things
from other realms.
4. The Many Eyes
Your body begins to grow additional eyes in strange places—on your hands, neck, and
even under your skin. These
eyes can’t be closed, and they
don’t rest.
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It’s in the walls. I can hear it. Late at
night, when the house should be silent,
there’s something moving. A rustle, a scrape,
soft enough that you think you imagined it.
But I didn’t. I know it’s there. It’s been there
since I moved in.
At first, I tried to pretend it wasn’t real. Told
myself the cold that wrapped around my ankles was just the draft from an old house.
But you can only lie to yourself for so long.
There’s something in this place.
It started with little things. The door to the
cellar would be open when I swore I’d shut it.
Footsteps upstairs when I knew I was alone.
But it’s worse at night. When I try to sleep,
it’s like it’s breathing just behind my ear, like
it’s lying there in the dark, watching me, waiting for me to let my guard down.
I can’t leave. It won’t let me. It’s closer now.
Every night, it’s closer. I can feel it, standing
at the foot of my bed, watching. I know it’s
coming and I can’t stop it.
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The Wraith’s Powers
Possess
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can take control of another’s body. As an action, make
a Salt check against the Composure of a target you can see
within 100ft. On a success, you
possess the target’s body, controlling their actions during
their turn. During this time,
your own body falls prone to
the floor and appears unconscious. Your target can attempt to break free at the end
of each of its turns by winning
an opposed Salt check against
you.
Summon Ghost
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can spend 2 Nerve and
perform a ritual for 1 minute
to call forth spirits from the
other side. Roll D6 to determine its disposition.
Roll Disposition
⚀ Hostile
⚁ ⚂ Neutral
⚃ ⚄ ⚅ Friendly
The summoned spirit lasts for
1 minute or until dismissed
as an action. The spirit is intangible and can only interact
with the physical world in a
very limited way, such as pushing objects around, or severely
frightening the unsuspecting.
Ethereal Form
Level 3
You can become ethereal,
slipping through the physical world. As an action, you
can spend 3 Nerve to become
ethereal for a number of minutes equal to your Patron Level. While in this form, you are
intangible and can not interact with the physical world directly. You can move through
walls and obstacles freely.
Spirit Realm
Level 4
You can enter the Spirit
Realm, a shadowy world between life and death. As an action, you can spend 5 Nerve,
and you and any willing allies
within 10ft enter the Spirit
Realm for up to 1 hour. While
in this realm, you are invisible
and intangible to those in the
physical world, but you cannot interact with the physical
world unless you return. You
can see and communicate with
other spirits, though not all of
them will be friendly.
Haunting
Level 5
You can haunt a target’s home
or dwelling, causing unsettling and eerie events to occur. You choose a target you
know the name of, and at the
start of each night, you make a
Salt check against their Composure. On a success, you can
manipulate their environment—moving objects, creating noises, and instilling a
sense of dread. Lights flicker,
doors slam, and strange shadows appear. They suffer Disadvantage 2 on all rolls and
are unable to get sleep.
Afflictions
1. Fading Touch
Your body becomes faint, as if
you’re losing solidity.
2. Whispers of the Dead
You constantly hear faint voices, whispering unintelligibly.
Sleep becomes difficult.
3. Eternal Cold
A chilling cold seeps into
your bones, never leaving
you. .
4. Unseen
You fade from people’s memories. It’s as if you were never
there.
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Oh, wait... hold on. Is that... no, no, that’s
right. Just a little drop here. See? Not
too much. People always think you need a lot,
but no, just a touch will do.
He licks his fingers.
Hmm... bitter. Yeah, that’s the one.
I, uh... I kinda forget sometimes what goes in.
But, you know, it always comes back to me.
It’s like second nature, I guess? After a while.
Funny how something so small can make everything change.
He pauses.
Oh! Right. You’re here for something, aren’t
you? Let’s see... slow? Fast? I think I’ve got
both somewhere. Don’t worry though, I’ve
done this a lot. It’s just... hmm... where did
I put that? Oh, here! Yeah, this one should
be fine.
He licks fingers again.
Anyway, you’ll like this one. Works like a
charm. Here, have a little taste.
The Poisoner
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The Poisoner’s Powers
Poisonous Suppurations
Level 1
Your bodily fluids become poisonous, you are immune to all
poisons.
Additionally, as an action, you
can spend 1 Nerve and coat
a weapon or object in contact poison. This increases its
damage by D6 on the attacks
made with it within the next
minute.
Antidote
Level 2
You spend 1 minute to create
an antidote that neutralizes
the effect of any poison.
Poison Breath
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You breathe out a poisonous
cloud, choking and intoxicating everyone caught in it. As
an action, make a Salt check
against the Defense of everyone within a 10ft radius. The
cloud lasts for 1 minute, and
anyone who starts their turn
in the cloud takes D6 damage
that ignores armor.
Kiss of Death
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can turn your saliva into
a lethal poison when ingested. When you kiss someone
or otherwise have them ingest
your undiluted saliva, make a
Tides check against their Vigilance. On a success, they are
poisoned and will die within
D4 days, unless they are given
an antidote or are otherwise
cured.
Poison the Well
Level 5 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
The effects of your Kiss of
Death now also apply to your
saliva when it is diluted, to a
reasonable extent determined
by the GM. For instance, spitting in a well causes it to become filled with deadly poison,
allowing you to destroy water
supplies and wreak terrible
havoc on communities.
Afflictions
1. Toxic Aura
A faint, sickly odor surrounds
you at all times. People instinctively recoil from your
presence, sensing something
dangerous in the air around
you.
2. Venomous Skin
Your skin begins to take on a
pale, unhealthy hue, and contact with others becomes uncomfortable, as though your
very touch carries poison.
3. Bitter Taste
Everything you eat or drink
tastes faintly of poison.
Food is no longer enjoyable,
and you find yourself unable
to consume anything without a bitter aftertaste, even
when it’s harmless.
4. Rotten Blood
Your blood thickens and darkens, becoming sluggish. Cuts
and wounds heal slowly, and
when you bleed, it leaves a
foul, sticky residue. The poisons you work with have permanently altered your body.
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At first, it was just a small rash, hardly
worth noting. But then it spread—faster
than I’ve ever seen. Not just across the skin,
either. It’s in the blood, the muscle, even the
bones. I tried everything—leeches, poultices,
cutting it out—but nothing works. Every time
I think I’ve removed it, it shows up somewhere else.
And the patients... they don’t behave like they
should. No fever, no delirium, just... calm.
Too calm. As if they’ve accepted it, welcomed
it. That’s the strangest part. They don’t fight
it. They just let it take hold. I’ve watched as it
consumes them, from the inside out, and still
they don’t seem afraid.
I’ve asked them what they feel. Most of them
just smile, say it feels like a warmth spreading
through them. Some say it feels comforting.
But when I look at them I know it’s not right.
It’s like something’s taken over, something I
can’t treat.
I don’t know what to do. I’ve never seen anything like it. And worse, I think I’m starting
to feel it too.
The Infection
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The Infection’s Powers
Disease Vector
Level 1-5
You are immune to all diseases.
Additionally, each time you gain a Patron Level, you randomly
determine a new disease that you carry as a vector and can infect people with.
Up to Patron Level 3, roll a D4 four times, one on each of the
columns independently, to determine the workings of the disease.
From Patron Level 4 and up, roll a D6 four times instead.
Disease
Roll Spread Incubation Effect
Spread
Chance
⚀ Kiss 2 Weeks
Rash: Disadvantage
2 on all Social
interactions
10%
⚁ Venereal 1 Week
Intestinal: Vomiting
and Diarrhea;
Disadvantage 2 on all
physical rolls
20%
⚂ Fluids 3 Days
Respiratory: Cough,
shortness of breath;
Speed halved,
Disadvantage 2 on all
physical rolls
30%
⚃ Touch 1 Day
Brain: Fever and
Hallucinations;
Disadvantage 3 on
all rolls
40%
Disease
Roll Spread Incubation Effect
Spread
Chance
⚄ Airborne 1 Hour Brain: Rabid; Attack
anyone in sight
60%
⚅
Proxy (e.g.
touching a
specific object
causes the
disease)
Instant
Blood Boils,
Vomiting,
Excruciating Pain,
Incapacitated and
Death after 24h
80%
The Spread indicates how the disease is spread. The Incubation is the amount of time it takes from when it was spread to
when the effects take hold. The Effect is what happens after
the incubation period. The Spread Chance are the odds that
the disease is spread each time the Spread condition is fulfilled,
use a D100 to determine whether or not the disease spreads. If
the result is lower or equal to the Spread Chance, the victim
is infected.
Finally, don’t forget to name your disease!
Afflictions
1. Persistent Cough
A constant, dry cough plagues
you, and no matter what you
try, it never goes away.
2. Boils and Blisters
Your skin erupts in painful
boils and blisters, oozing with
infection.
3. Fever Dreams
You are often gripped by
sudden fevers that cloud
your mind.
4. Unstoppable Spread
Even the simplest touch risks
infecting others. You are a
walking Plague.
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Scarlet, carmine, and crimson, each shade
a different kind of wound. The deep, dark
burgundy of veins split open, the sharp sting
of vermilion, fresh and raw. His reds pulse,
alive, bleeding into everything they touch.
Blues and greens stretch endlessly, oceans you
could drown in. Cerulean waves crash over
you, while viridian currents pull you under.
In his world, aquamarine isn’t just a color;
it’s the water filling your lungs, dragging you
down into depths you’ll never surface from.
And then there are the shadows. Charcoals,
umbers, and the kind of dark you feel in your
bones. Sepia tones creep in at the edges of
the light, swallowing faces, limbs, whole lives,
until what was once clear fades into the gray
murk of forgotten memories.
He moves through these colors, slipping between them like a ghost. One moment, he’s
in the bright golds of a sunset, the next, he’s
gone—swallowed by the iron-rich red of bloodstains or lost in the mossy greens of a forest
that twists around him.
Beware his brush, for it is mightier than the
sword.
The Painter
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The Painter’s Powers
Brush of Life
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
Your brush can bring simple
drawings to life. After spending 10 minutes painting, make
a Lore check with TN 11. On
a success, your painting of an
object or small creature (no
larger than a medium-sized
dog) comes to life for 1 hour.
The creation behaves as you
intended, but fades into its
raw materials (paint, charcoal,
...) after the duration ends.
Paint the World
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can paint a temporary
alteration to your surroundings. After spending 10 minutes painting, make a Lore
check with TN 11. On a success, you can create an illusory wall, door, or object, up
to 10ft in size. This painting
blends seamlessly with the
environment and lasts for 1
hour and can be interacted
with physically.
Captured in Canvas
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can trap someone inside
a painting of your creation.
As an action, you can spend 3
Nerve and make a Salt check
against a target’s Vigilance
that you can see and is within 30ft of you. On success,
the target is pulled into the
painting, where they remain
trapped. They are aware of
their surroundings within the
painted world but cannot escape unless you release them
or the painting is destroyed.
Living Masterpiece
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can bring larger creations
to life, imbuing your art with
more complex forms. After
spending 10 minutes painting, you can spend 2 Nerve
and make a Lore check with
TN 13. On a success, you can
paint and animate a creature
or object up to the size of a
large horse. The creation lasts
for 1 day and obeys your commands, functioning as a real
entity until it fades.
Escape Into Art
Level 5
You can pull yourself and up
to 5 others into a painting
you’ve created by touching it.
As an action, you and your
chosen targets step into the
painted world, where you can
remain for up to 24 hours.
You can observe the outside
world through the surface of
the painting, and you become
a visible part of the painting.
You may also trap enemies in
the painting, holding them inside for the duration, or release them at will. You and
your allies can choose when to
emerge.
Afflictions
1. Stained Fingers
Your fingers are permanently
stained with paint, no matter how often you clean them.
The colors shift and change on
their own.
2. Blurring Boundaries
You begin to lose track of
what’s real and what’s part of
your art.
3. Living Canvas
Your skin starts to resemble
a canvas, with small, painted images appearing on it.
4. Painted Prison
You start to feel trapped in
your own creations. One day,
you’ll step into one of your
paintings and never be able to
return.
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The thread begins, and so it ends,
A loop that twists, then bends and blends,
Woven through the space we leave,
A circle tight, no room to breathe.
The Knot unwinds, then ties once more,
What’s loose is held, yet freed before,
Each forward step pulls back the thread,
What’s first is last, what’s last is fed.
What’s last is fed, and first undone,
Each backward step pulls back as one,
What’s held is loose, yet freed before,
The Knot unties, then winds once more.
A circle tight, no breath, no leave,
Choking through the gaps we weave,
A loop that twists, then bends and blends,
The thread begins, and so it ends.
The Endless Knot
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The Endless Knot’s Powers
Fisherman’s Knot
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You bind two lives together like lines pulled tight in
the depths. As an action, you
can spend 1 Nerve to make a
Lore check with TN 11, or the
Composure of your targets if
they are unwilling. On a success, two creatures within 30ft
are tied by fate. Any damage,
healing, or conditions affecting
one also affect the other for 1
minute, as their fates are knotted together in an unbreakable
bond.
Bowline Loop
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅
You tie time into a secure
loop, forcing someone to retrace their steps. As an action,
you can spend 1 Nerve to make
a Salt check against the Vigilance of a target within 30ft.
On a success, you force the
target to return to the physical location they occupied
on their last turn. They feel a
strange pull back to their previous position, as though their
steps are retracing themselves.
Carrick Bend
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅
You tie together two distant
locations, binding them with
an intricate knot of space. As
an action, spend 2 Nerve and
make a Lore check with TN 13.
On a success, two points within 60ft are connected, allowing
creatures to step from one to
the other instantly, as though
pulled by invisible lines. The
bond lasts for 1 minute.
Constrictor Knot
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You trap an enemy in a tightening loop of fate, forcing
them into a spiraling paradox.
As an action, you can spend
2 Nerve to make a Salt check
against the Composure of a
target within 30ft. On success,
the target is forced to repeat
their last turn endlessly, as if
they are tightening a noose
around themselves with every
attempt. They become aware
of the loop after the first repetition, but cannot escape for
1 minute.
Möbius Bind
Level 5
You throw a knot into reality
itself, creating a complex web
that binds all within its reach.
As an action, you can spend
all your Nerve to cause everyone within a 60ft radius to be
caught in a paradox of repeating moments for 1 hour. They
move and act, but their efforts
loop back to the same point
in time, with no escape unless
you choose to unravel the knot
or let it dissolve naturally.
Afflictions
1. Twisting Threads
You begin to feel invisible
threads tugging at you from
different directions. Your
movements feel restricted.
2. Knot in Time
You start losing track of time,
as if moments are repeating themselves without you
noticing.
3. Fraying Edges
You feel like pieces of yourself are unraveling. You lose
your grip on reality, unable
to tell if you’re really here.
4. Entangled Fate
Your fate becomes tied to random people and events. Others suffer when you succeed, or
you feel their pain when they
fail.
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She is unsettling at first, a thing brushing
against your thoughts. She slips in quietly, and you start to feel... watched. No, not
watched, more like listened to. You notice it
when your mind is still, in the spaces between
your thoughts. It doesn’t feel right, and you
want to push it away.
But you can’t. Her whispers become familiar,
like background noise you grow used to, even
as you try to focus on what’s your own. The
more you listen, the more you find yourself
letting her voice fill the silence. She’s subtle, soothing, not at all as frightening as she
seemed at first. Maybe she’s not taking your
thoughts. Maybe she’s just helping. Filling in
the blanks.
It’s easier now. You don’t need to fight it. The
words come without effort, almost like they
were always meant to be there. Her voice isn’t
an intrusion; it’s a comfort. You realize now
how silly it was to think of her as something
ominous. Why would you? She’s here to guide
you, to make everything flow smoothly.
You’ll understand soon enough. The thoughts,
the whispers, they’re all the same. There’s no
need to resist. In fact, it’s better this way.
Much better.
The Whisperer
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The Whisperer’s Powers
Seed of Doubt
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You can whisper subtle, corrupting thoughts into someone’s mind, planting seeds of
doubt. As an action, make
a Salt check against the target’s Vigilance. On a success,
the target becomes unsure of
their own decisions and suffers
Disadvantage 2 on their next
action.
Intrusive Thought
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
Your voice can reach the minds
of others, even in the deepest
silence. As an action, you can
spend 1 Nerve to make a Lore
check against your target’s
Composure. On a success, you
can communicate with someone telepathically, embedding
a single thought in their mind.
They believe the thought is
their own.
Change of Heart
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can devour a person’s
original thoughts, replacing
them with whispers of your
own design. As an action, you
can spend 2 Nerve to make a
Salt check against a target’s
Vigilance. On a success, you
replace their current thoughts
with your own creation, leaving them disoriented and unable to recall their true intentions for 1 hour. They act
under the influence of the implanted thought.
Brain Fog
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You envelop a target’s mind in
a dense fog, not only clouding
their thoughts but erasing key
memories. As an action, you
can spend 2 Nerve and make
a Lore check against their
Composure. On a success, the
target forgets the events of the
last hour entirely and becomes
highly susceptible to suggestion for the next hour. While
under this fog, they struggle
to remember important details, and their mind fills in
blanks with half-formed whispers, leaving them vulnerable
to manipulation.
Hollow Mind
Level 5
You can completely devour
the thoughts and memories of
a target, leaving them a hollow shell. As an action, you
can spend all your Nerve to
erase all of a target’s memories, thoughts, and personality
for 24 hours. The target is left
in a vacant, vegetative state,
unable to function or resist
any commands you give them
during this time.
Afflictions
1. Echoes of Another
You begin to hear faint whispers in your mind, repeating
thoughts that aren’t your own.
2. Fractured Mind
Your thoughts become disjointed, fragmented, and hard
to follow. Conversations and
memories slip away like sand
through your fingers.
3. Parasitic Thought
You notice a particular
thought that keeps recurring, something you don’t
remember thinking in the
first place.
4. Lost Identity
Your own memories start to
fade, replaced by whispers that
have no source. You struggle
to remember who you are or
what you once valued.
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There’s a quiet power in rot. It creeps
in slowly, settling into moist, forgotten
corners, where the air is thick and still. It
spreads through what’s already dead, through
wood that softens and flesh that turns to mush.
Mushrooms rise, their pale heads pushing
through the wet soil, drinking in the damp
and shadow. You’ll find them clinging to the
bones of fallen trees, to forgotten tombs, to
the spaces between the living and the dead.
The Withering Decay is not death itself, but
what comes after—the slow unraveling, the
return of all things to the earth.
In time, everything succumbs. The strongest wood, the sturdiest stone, the flesh and
bone of all creatures—all rot, all fade, all are
reclaimed.
And from the darkness, new life grows.
The Withering Decay
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The Withering Decay’s Powers
Draw out the Rot
Level 1
As an action, you can spend
3 Nerve to remove a festering
injury from an ally. They must
have sustained this injury at
least 2 days ago. The injury
becomes visible on you but
causes no Disadvantage. For
each injury absorbed in this
way, you can later transfer it
to someone else as an action
by touching them, inflicting
the same injury upon them.
Putrefaction
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You accelerate the decay of
plant matter with a mere
touch. As an action, make a
Lore check with TN 11. On
success, you deal D6 damage
to any plant-based material or
creatures within 10ft, reducing
them to rot.
Carrion Touch
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
You can imbue an object with
the stench and essence of decay. As an action, touch an
object and make a Salt check
with TN 13. On a success, the
object starts rotting, releasing a foul odor. Anyone within
10ft of the object suffers Disadvantage 2 on all rolls due to
the overwhelming stench. The
object crumbles into uselessness after 1 hour.
Bloat
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
You cause a body to swell with
gas and rot, ready to burst.
As an action, you can spend 2
Nerve and make a Salt check
against the Defense of a target you can see within 30ft.
On success, the target’s body
bloats grotesquely. The bloated creature cannot act for 1
minute and, if struck, bursts
in a radius of 10ft, sustaining
an Injury 3 and spreading toxic gas that causes everyone in
the area to take D6 damage.
Fungapocalypse
Level 5
Naval Combat: At the start of
the Naval Combat round, you
can spend all your Nerve to
summon a giant mushroom to
grow unto an enemy ship. The
mushroom reduces the Crew,
Hull and Sails modifiers of the
target by D6 each.
If summoned in combat, the
mushroom lasts for 1 minute,
and deals 2D6 damage that ignores armor within a 30ft radius around it at the start of
each of your turns.
Afflictions
1. Rotten Stench
A foul odor of decay follows
you wherever you go. The
stench grows stronger with
time, making it difficult for
others to stay near you without recoiling in disgust.
2. Fungal Growths
Strange, fungal growths start
appearing on your skin—clusters of mushrooms and mold
that seem to feed off your
body. They itch and grow rapidly, creeping over your limbs.
3. Brittle Bones
Your body becomes fragile,
as though the rot has taken root deep within. Your
bones and muscles feel
weak, prone to breaking or
cracking under pressure.
4. Living Decay
The rot begins to affect your
mind. Your thoughts decay
like spoiled food, becoming
disjointed and slow. You lose
track of time and struggle to
focus, as though your mind is
rotting along with your body.
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Beneath the moon’s gaze, The Owl flies—
silent, sure. Its wings cut through the air
without a sound, and yet, nothing escapes its
notice. The Owl sees all, knows all.
It waits in the branches, poised between stillness and action. Its wisdom is not in words
but in quiet understanding, in the patience to
strike only when the moment is right. There
is gentility in its watch, a sense of guardianship, even as it brings swift death to those
who stray too close.
The Owl knows the balance of life and death,
the way the night must give way to the dawn.
But when the moon is high, it guards the sanctuaries bathed in silver light, protecting what
belongs to the slumbering court.
The Owl
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The Owl’s Powers
Transformation: Owl
Level 1
You spend a minute to transform into a humanoid Owl that
can fly. You retain this form
until the sun comes up. You
retain your Lore and Salt modifiers, as well as your Nerve.
.Night’s Eyes
Level 2
You see through the darkness
as if it were day.
Silent Wing
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅
You can move without a
sound, like the owl stalking its
prey. You move with complete
silence, gaining Advantage 3
on all attribute checks relating to stealth. No one can hear
you when you don’t want them
to, not even those with heightened senses.
Sentinel
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅
You can perch yourself above
the world, gaining the ultimate vantage point. As an action, you can spend 2 Nerve
and make a Sense check with
TN 13. On a success, you gain
a bird’s-eye view of everything
within a 1-mile radius for 1
hour. You can see the layout
of the land and all creatures
within this area, allowing you
to track movements and anticipate actions.
The Rite of Bones
Level 5
You perform a dark rite to
summon the essence of the
Owl. You spend 10 minutes
performing the ritual, after
which you spend 5 Nerve.
As the ritual begins, you cast
a circle of dangling bones.
The earth itself grows cold,
and a shadowy silence settles over a 1-mile radius.
For the next hour, this territory becomes your domain.
Within its boundaries, you
sense every heartbeat, every
step, as if tasting the presence
of each intruder. You may
teleport, appearing anywhere
within the domain at will.
To your allies, you grant
shared sight allowing them to
glimpse through your eyes.
Afflictions
1. Hollow Eyes
Your eyes take on a glassy, unblinking quality, resembling
those of a predator fixated on
prey.
2. Swallowed Voice
You lose the ability to speak
above a whisper. Your voice
takes on a raspy, unsettling
tone.
3. Regurgitation
After eating, you are struck
by the involuntary urge to
regurgitate the remnants of
your meal.
4. Unending Watch
You have visions of darkened forests and silent hunts.
Friends feel increasingly unfamiliar, now strangers in your
domain.
Actions
Power +1
Grace +5
Lore *
Sense +7
Salt *
Tides +2
Defense 17
Composure *
Vigilance 20
Nerve *
Attack +0
Talon Slash: +5 to hit / D6+1
damage
Owl Form
SpeedFEATHER-POINTED 11 Initiative +14
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There’s this gear, spinning away. I stop
it, just to see. The stars unravel like
loose thread. When I let go, they spin too
fast, trying to catch up. Funny how easy it is
to make everything wrong with just a touch.
Down below, someone walks a straight path, so
I pull the thread tied to their back. They fall,
hard. They get up, confused, limping now. I
didn’t mean to hurt them—just wanted to see
if they’d fall. They’re off their path now. I
wonder where they’ll end up.
I see a planet, perfect and smooth. So I nudge
it. The oceans rise, the land cracks. It’s not
ruined, just... different. More interesting.
Things are always better when they’re a little off.
I don’t mean to break things. I just want to
see what happens when I move them. Sometimes they fall apart, sometimes they don’t.
Either way, it’s fun.
The Cogs
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The Cogs’ Powers
Minor Adjustment
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
You can subtly disrupt a target’s focus, causing a minor
error in their next action. As
an action, make a Lore check
against the target’s Vigilance.
On a success, the target’s
next roll is made with Disadvantage 2, as an unseen misalignment—such as a slight
slip, a stammer, or mistimed
movement—throws them off
balance.
Machine Whisperer
Level 2 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅
Navigation & Naval Combat:
Your influence subtly harmonizes with the ship’s mechanics. Your ship gains Advantage
1 on all of its rolls, but the
rolls are made with at least 2
Wild Dice.
Interference
Level 3 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
You can disrupt a target’s
ability to use a specific skill or
action. As a reaction, you can
spend 2 Nerve to make a Salt
check against the Composure
of your target. On success, the
target loses access to the ability they were using when you
reacted for 1 minute. Whether
their hands fail to find their
weapon or they lose the thread
of their story, they are momentarily disconnected from their
own abilities..
Gremlins
Level 4 Wild Dice ⚅ ⚅ ⚅
You disrupt the function of
nearby machinery or tools,
causing errors and breakdowns. As an action, make a
Lore check with TN 13. On
success, all mechanical items
within a 30ft radius—including
weapons, armor, and devices—
become faulty for 10 minutes.
Equipment jams, misfires, and
malfunctions.
Clockwork Collapse
Level 5
You unravel the structured
systems in a 1-mile radius,
throwing everything into chaotic disarray. As an action,
you spend all your Nerve, and
for the next hour, devices fail,
alliances strain, and any structured plans fall apart. Allies
remain unaffected, but enemies experience widespread
disruption as if the inner workings of fate itself had crumbled
to dust.
Afflictions
1. Loose Bolts
Objects you rely on seem to
come undone at the worst
times. Weapons rattle, armor
buckles shift, and anything
with moving parts seems to
loosen on its own.
2. Wandering Tools
Any tool or item you set down
has a tendency to “wander”
out of reach. Maps end up
folded backward, compasses
spin wildly, and supplies mysteriously disappear and reappear somewhere else..
3. Spanner in the Works
Devices you touch, even
briefly, start acting unpredictably. Locks refuse to
open, gears jam, and weapons misfire or get stuck
mid-action.
4. Plagued by Mischief
You feel a constant sense of
playful interference. Doors
shut just as you’re about to
walk through, levers flip themselves, and lights flicker out
with a snicker you swear you
almost heard.
364 Part 8 • Patrons Court Of The Moon 365
So, where do we go now?” the man
asked, feeling a chill settle over him.
We go to what comes next. Death raised his
scythe, a gesture as natural as nightfall.
The man hesitated, his voice growing quieter.
“I thought I’d be afraid.”
Most people do, Death replied. And then
they realize that fear is only meant for the
living.
The scythe moved slowly, and as it did, the
shadows deepened around them. The man’s
form began to fade, unraveling like smoke
caught in the wind.
He looked up one last time, a final question in
his eyes. “Will I be remembered?”
Death’s gaze never left him.
You will be gone. And that is all that
matters.
The Grim Reaper
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The Grim Reaper’s Powers
Visions of Death
Level 1 Wild Dice ⚅
You know and can perform
any funeral rites and the undead generally do not regard
you as hostile.
Additionally, you can spend 1
minute to gaze upon a target
and see the final hours leading up to their death. Make a
Sense check with TN 11. On
success, you gain a vision of
their last hours, allowing you
to witness moments, people,
and locations they saw before
dying.
The Pale Horse
Level 2
You can summon a spectral,
ghostly steed at will, a silent
horse floating inches above the
ground, undeterred by water
or rough terrain. It can carry
only you and disappears upon
your command or at sunrise.
Speak with the Dead
Level 3
You can commune with a
dead body (requiring at least
a skull) and ask it up to 5
questions, which it must answer truthfully. The time since
death dictates the clarity of its
answers.
Tools of the Trade
Level 4
When wielding a bladed weapon, its edge becomes as inevitable as death itself, ignoring
armor as if it cuts through the
veil between life and death. No
armor can deflect your blade’s
touch.
Additionally, as an action, you
can spend 5 Nerve when making an attack roll to automatically inflict an Injury 2, severing one of your target's limbs.
Death and Taxes
Level 5
You are able to alter the
threads of fate leading up to
someone's death, causing their
passing to happen in the way
you describe.
You must write down the way
in which they will die, after which you spend all your
Nerve. You must then witness
the death as you are responsible for severing the soul from
the body.
Afflictions
1. Voice of Finality
Your voice takes on a deep,
resonant tone that others find
both unsettling and strangely
comforting, as if every word
you speak carries an air of
finality.
2. Bony Fingers
Your hands grow colder and
bonier, subtly elongating and
thinning as if sculpted from
ivory. Anything you touch feels
like it’s touched the edge of
the grave—papers curl, flowers
wilt, and people instinctively
recoil, even though they don’t
quite know why.
3. Death’s Gaze
Your eyes begin to reflect a
pale, spectral light in dim
surroundings, causing shadows to deepen around you.
4. Skeletal Presence
Your physical form becomes
subtly translucent in certain
lights, almost like a shadow
of yourself—a skeletal outline
flickers beneath your skin. You
sometimes feel as if you’re existing slightly out of phase,
halfway between the living
and the dead, with a growing
sense that one day you may
fully cross over.
—Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who
Circumnavigated Fairyland in a
Ship of Her Own Making
“We all live inside the terrible engine of authority,
and it grinds and shrieks and burns so that no one
will say: lines on maps are silly.”
Part 9
Rules
370 Part 9 • Rules General Principles 371
At the core, Sunken Stars revolves around simple
dice mechanics, resourceful decisions, and flexible
time frames to bring the world to life. Here’s what
you’ll need to know to get started.
Dice Rolls
In Sunken Stars, most actions involve rolling three six-sided
dice (3D6) and adding relevant modifiers. Here’s how the
different types of rolls work
Attribute Checks
3D6 + Attribute Modifier vs TN or Defense/Vigilance/Composure
Whenever you attempt something that relies on your character's core attributes (like swimming, lifting something
heavy, noticing hidden details, etc.), roll 3D6 and add the
relevant attribute modifier. The outcome is compared to a
target number (TN), the resistance of a target, or an opposing roll from another character to see if you succeed.
Attack Rolls
3D6 + Power/Grace/Sense Modifier + Attack vs Defense
When attacking, roll 3D6 and add modifiers from Power,
Grace, or Sense, along with any additional Attack bonus
specific to your character’s class. The modifier depends on
the weapon (e.g., Power for a heavy melee weapon, Grace
for a bladed weapon or other light and nimble weapons, and
Sense for ranged weapons requiring aim).
Critical Rolls
Whenever you make an attribute check or an attack roll,
rolling more than one ⚅ indicates a critical success. For attribute checks, this is up to the interpretation of the GM,
but for attack rolls, it means that you always hit your target, and additionally your damage is multiplied by the
amount of ⚅ you rolled.
Advantage X / Disadvantage X
Sometimes, your character will gain an edge or a drawback
in a roll (for example, a strong position in combat or difficult terrain). With Advantage X, you roll additional dice
equal to the Advantage number (X) and keep the three
highest results; for Disadvantage, you roll extra dice but
keep the three lowest. For instance, with Advantage 2, you
roll 5D6 and keep the 3 best results, whereas with Disadvantage 2, you would roll 5D6 and keep the 3 worst results.
Wild Dice
You can enhance rolls by substituting standard dice with
Wild Dice, taking a bit more risk for potentially powerful
results. Each Wild Die has a special rule: if it rolls a 6, you
reroll and add the new result, stacking it as long as you
keep rolling 6s. But if a Wild Die rolls a 1, it causes a negative effect chosen by the GM, often adding some unforeseen twist.
When Wild Dice are required to be used, as they are in
many Patron Powers, they are indicated with the red ⚅.
General Principles
372 Part 9 • Rules Combat 373
Time Frames
Sunken Stars operates on flexible time scales to manage different kinds of activities, keeping play dynamic and adaptable to varied situations. Following are the key time units.
Combat Round
Each round lasts about 5-10
seconds, giving a quick and
gritty sense of action.
Naval Combat Round
A longer round lasting
roughly 1 hour, capturing
the slower, strategic nature
of ship-to-ship engagements.
Navigation Round
The passage of multiple days, with the duration based on
m ove m e nt
rolls and
environmental
factors.
Port Round
A week-long period that allows characters to engage in
various port-based activities, like repairs,
gathering
r u m o r s ,
or finding
work.
The world of Sunken Stars is not without danger,
and conflicts can escalate quickly—whether in
close combat or on the open seas. This section
outlines the rules for combat, actions, reactions, and the effects of injury.
Sequence
- 1 -
Roll Initiative
3D6 + Initiative
- 2 -
Declare intentions in
reversed initiative order
- 3 -
Perform actions in
order of initiative. Each
character gets 2 actions
each round
At the start of each round,
players roll for Initiative to
determine the order of play.
3D6 + Initiative modifier
Intentions are called out in
reverse Initiative order before turns are played out in
proper Initiative order. This
reverse announcement of intentions keeps characters
guessing, as foes may counter moves before they’re fully committed.
Once announced, each character’s turn follows in Initiative order, with each
turn allowing two actions.
Combat
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You can use these actions to move, attack, hide, interact
with objects, prepare reactions or even try to sway enemies
through intimidation or calm.
Actions
Let's break down the main actions you can take in combat.
Action Description
Move Travel a distance up to your Speed in
hexes, or your Speed x 5 in feet.
Attack
Make an attack roll against the target’s
Defense. A successful hit lets you roll
for damage. The target can reduce the
damage by spending Nerve or using armor, but any leftover damage leads to
an Injury roll, with severity determined
by D20 + damage, See the Injuries Section for more details.
Unarmed Attack
An attack made with either Grace or
Power as its attribute, that deals damage equal to the Power modifier, with a
minimum of 1.
Hide
Roll 3D6 + Grace vs. the enemy’s Vigilance to attempt hiding. Attacking
from a hidden position grants you Advantage 1.
Action Description
Disengage Avoid an attack of opportunity as you
move out of melee range.
Grapple
Attempt to hold or subdue a target,
rolling 3D6 + Power + Attack vs. Defense. Target is Grappled.
Use Object Interact with items in your environment.
Intimidate
Roll 3D6 + Salt vs. target’s Composure
to frighten them. A frightened character won't attack or approach you and
loses 1 Nerve.
Calm
Roll 3D6 + Grace vs. target’s Composure to pacify them. A pacified character won't attack anyone unless attacked.
Use Power
Activate a Patron Power. Note that
Powers from the Court of the Sun can
only be used during the day, and those
from the Court of the Moon only at
night.
Draw or Load
Weapon Prepare your weapon for action.
Prepare Reaction
Forego taking one or more of your actions to take reactions during someone
else's turn. You can either leave them
open ended to make attacks of opportunity, or declare a prepared action and
what would trigger it on a future turn.
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Reactions
Reaction Description
Attack of
Opportunity
When a foe tries to flee or shift out of
melee without disengaging, you get a
chance to strike, and can make an attack against them.
Use Power Activate a power in response to an opponent’s action.
Perform
Prepared
Reaction
If the trigger for your prepared reaction
occurs, then you can perform it at that
moment.
Free Actions
Free actions don’t consume your primary actions. This includes opening or closing doors, dropping items, or speaking briefly during combat.
Injuries & Death
Taking Damage
Weapon Damage Roll - Armor Roll - Nerve spent = Sustained Damage
When hit, you can reduce damage by spending Nerve or
using armor. Any remaining damage after these reductions
leads to an Injury roll.
Injury Roll
D20 + Sustained Damage = Severity
Roll D20 + sustained damage to determine the injury’s severity on the table below.
Severity Level Description
1-10 Injury 0 Bruises and scratches.
11-13 Injury 1 Broken bones, heavy bleeding.
14-16 Injury 2 Loss of limbs, severe trauma.
17-19 Injury 3 organ damage, near death.
20+ Death Dead on impact.
Death Rolls
A character with one or more injury makes a Death Roll at
the start of each of their turns. Roll a number of D6s equal
to the sum of their injury levels and keep the lowest result,
then check what it means.
Roll Outcome
⚀ Death.
⚁ Unconsciousness.
⚂ ⚃ ⚄ ⚅
Character remains conscious, with a Disadvantage equal to the amount of injuries they have
suffered.
Taking strenuous actions like fighting while injured adds a
D6 to your Death Rolls, while staying still removes a D6.
Receiving additional injuries requires immediate new rolls.
378 Part 9 • Rules Combat Example 379
Jack, a Swashbuckler, faces a lone pirate in a narrow
alley by the docks at dusk. The pirate is armored
in a worn leather vest.
Round 1
Initiative Rolls
Jack
⚁ ⚂ ⚅ + 4 = 15
Pirate
⚄ ⚃ ⚀ + 2 = 12
Declare Intentions
In reverse inititiative order:
Pirate (12): The pirate,
seeing Jack as a threat, declares an intention to draw
his weapon and attack Jack
with his saber.
Jack (15): Jack intends to
close in, and attack with a
powerful cutlass strike first.
Actions
Jack’s Turn
™ Action 1: Movement
™ Action 2: Attack
Jack steps in with a swing
of his cutlass, a weapon
that uses Grace for its attack roll.
Attack Roll
⚃ ⚁ ⚃ + 2Grace + 2Attack = 14
The pirate’s Defense is
12, so Jack’s attack lands.
Damage Calculation
Jack’s cutlass deals 1d6
damage. He rolls a ⚄, adding his Grace modifier (+2)
for a total of 7. The Pirate rolls a ⚁ for his armor
(1D6 from his leather vest),
leaving 7 - 2 = 5 damage
to reach him. He chooses to
use 5 Nerve to fully mitigate the incoming damage,
leaving him with 2 Nerve
remaining.
Pirate’s Turn
Action 1: Draw Weapon
Action 2: Attack
The pirate retaliates, swinging his saber.
Attack Roll
⚂ ⚂ ⚄ + 1Grace + 0Attack = 12
Jack’s Defense is 13, so the
pirate’s attack barely misses him.
Round 2
Initiative Rolls
Jack
⚁ ⚅ ⚅ + 4 = 18
Pirate
⚃ ⚃ ⚁ + 2 = 12
Declare Intentions
Pirate (12): The pirate
tries to fight for his life.
Jack (18): Jack intends to
finish the fight, and decides
to make two attacks.
Actions
Jack’s Turn
™ Action 1: Attack
™ Action 2: Attack
Jack uses a Wild Die to
push his first attack.
Attack Roll
⚅⚁⚅+⚁ + 2Grace + 2Attack = 20
Two ⚅! A Critical hit!
Jack’s attack lands solidly.
Damage Calculation
Jack rolls ⚃ + 2, scoring
Combat Example
380 Part 9 • Rules Combat Example 381 6 damage, doubled to 12
thanks to his critical hit.
The Pirate rolls another
⚁
for his armor, leaving
12 - 2 = 10 damage to reach
him. He chooses to use his
last 2 Nerve to somewhat
reduce the incoming dam
-
age. He still sustains
8 dam
-
age, causing him an injury.
Injury Determination
With the pirate’s Nerve at
0, Jack makes an Injury Roll
(D20 + Sustained Damage,
here 8) to see if the pirate
survives.
Jack rolls a
8, result
-
ing in 12 + 4 = 16
.
Injury Outcome
The pirate suffers an Inju
-
ry 2 (Severe), representing a
disabling wound. He is criti
-
cally injured, incapacitated,
and will require immediate
care if he is to survive. Jack
won't even need his second
attack.
382 Part 9 • Rules Recovery 383
Injury recovery is crucial to survival. While minor
wounds can heal naturally, life-threatening injuries
demand immediate attention.
Nerve Recovery
A character recovers all of its Nerve after sleeping soundly
for 8 hours in a safe place.
Injury Recovery
Hospital
When in a port with a Hospital, characters can receive
professional care.
Each week spent in a Hospital reduces the level of all
injuries by 1 at the cost of
50$.
Access to specialized treatment may accelerate recovery (subject to GM
discretion).
Class Traits and
Patron Powers
Certain class traits and Patron powers allow characters to heal injuries, providing alternative means of
recovery.
Natural Healing
Characters may recover
from minor injuries over
time, but severe injuries
require intervention.
™ Injury 0: Heals within
a week.
™ Injury 1: Requires a
week of rest. Minor
activities are permitted,
but strenuous actions
prevent healing.
™ Injury 2 and 3:
require immediate care.
Immediate Care for Severe Injuries
™ Injury 2: Represents
critical, life threatening trauma (such as the
loss of a limb). Without immediate medical
intervention, the character faces rapid deterioration. If no help is
available within the day,
death or permanent disability will result.
™ Injury 3: Represents
mortal wounds (such as
severe organ damage).
Characters with Injury
3 require emergency stabilization within hours.
If they do not receive
prompt, professional medical intervention,
they cannot survive.
Recovery
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Characters may find themselves afflicted by various conditions that hinder their abilities or heighten their vulnerabilities. Each condition imposes
unique challenges, forcing players to adapt quickly or face
dangerous consequences.
Frightened
The character will not attack or willingly move closer to the source of fear and
loses 1 Nerve. They may
attempt to flee if possible.
Common Causes: Intimidating actions, fear-inducing
abilities.
Grappled
The character cannot move
away unless they succeed in
an opposed check against
the grappler’s Power + Attack. They’re vulnerable to
follow-up attacks.
Common Causes: Grappling
maneuvers or abilities from
stronger creatures.
Paralyzed
Effect: The character cannot perform actions, move,
or react. Attacks against
them have Advantage 3.
and damage they take can
not be reduced by Nerve or
Armor.
Common Causes: Certain
supernatural powers.
Restrained
The character’s Speed drops
to 0. They have Disadvantage 2 on all rolls, while attackers have Advantage 2 on
attack rolls against them.
Common Causes: Effects
that physically bind or trap.
Disoriented
Effect: The character has
Disadvantage on their
next attack or skill check,
and a penalty to Vigilance rolls until recovery.
Common Causes: Intense
sensory effects or strong
impacts.
Invisible
The character has Advantage 3 on attack rolls, and
opponents have Disadvantage 3 on attempts to detect
or hit them.
Common Causes:
Abilities like Shadowmeld.
Blinded
The character automatically
fails sight-based checks, has
Disadvantage 3 on attack
rolls, and attacks against
them have Advantage 3.
Common Causes: Bright
lights or certain powers.
Unconscious/
Incapacitated
The character is unable
to take actions, move, or
speak.Attacks against them
have Advantage 3. and damage they take can not be reduced by Nerve or Armor.
Common Causes: Massive
trauma, severe fatigue, or
incapacitating abilities; being asleep.
Conditions
386 Part 9 • Rules Navigation 387
Navigation rounds capture the lengthy, unpredictable nature of sea travel. Each round reflects
multiple days, with checks for movement, supplies, and potential events.
Each Navigation round
starts with the movement
Roll. Roll D6 and apply
modifiers (from traits, powers, morale, etc.) to determine travel days before an
event occurs. The scale on
the map represents days of
travel.
Next are the Food and
Ammo checks. Roll D6 minus Time at Sea to see if
you’re running low. A result of 1 means you lose 1
supply's worth of Food (or
Ammo).
Finally, Roll D100 to see if
any unique events unfold
based on your current sea
zone.
1 • Roll Movement
D6 days of movement on
the map
2 • Supply Checks
Food Check
D6 - Time at Sea, on a 1,
exhaust a food supply
Ammo Check
only if there was combat
D6 - Time at Sea, on a 1,
exhaust an ammo supply
4 • Roll Event
D100 on the GM's Event
Table
5 • Increase Time at
Sea by 1
Navigation
Each segment on the week's travel measure
represents a day of travel. During the
Movement phase of the Navigation Round,
these can be used as a baseline.
388 Part 9 • Rules Navigation Example 389
The crew of The Sea Hawk, led by Captain Jack,
sets off from Edgerton, bound for Stormhaven.
Supplies are moderate, and though the waves
seem calm, each day at sea brings new encounters.
Navigation Round
Movement Roll
One of the players rolls
an exploding D6 to determine the number of days
of uninterrupted travel.
The result is a 5, meaning
the crew sails for 5 days
without major incidents,
following the dotted line on
the map.
Event Roll
Even with smooth sailing,
an event still occurs. One of
the players rolls a D100 and
the GM checks the Event
Table for the sea zone.
The roll lands on 21, which
corresponds to a minor
event: Strange lights on the
horizon.
Event Effect
The crew notes eerie lights
flickering in the distance
each evening, sparking quiet superstition among the
crew. This event has no immediate effect on supplies
or morale.
Supply Checks
With Time at Sea at 0,
there’s no modifier.
Food Roll
One of the players rolls
a D6 and gets a 4, meaning no Food is consumed
over this period, keeping the crew content.
Ammo Roll
No Ammo check is needed
since no combat occurred.
Increase Time at Sea
Time at Sea is increased by
1, reflecting the accumulated days.
Summary
The Sea Hawk has advanced steadily for 5 days, with no
supplies consumed. The crew records the strange lights in
the log.
Navigation Example
SAILBOAT
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When ships clash, each side must carefully
weigh their strategy. Naval combat rounds
last roughly one hour and involve engagement choices that set the tone for each exchange.
Sequence
- 1 -
Manoeuvres
Make opposed Sails checks,
fleets add their scores up
- 2 -
Choose and Resolve
Engagement
Winner of the Manoevres
chooses the engagement:
Broadside, Boarding,
Escape or Ram
The Naval Combat Round
is made up of two phases.
First is the Manoeuvres,
during which the fleets on
both sides try to vie for superior position. The winner
of this phase decides what
type of engagement comes
next.
The second phase is the
engagement: Broadside,
Boarding, Ramming or
Escape. Each of these types
of engagements favors
different strengths the fleets
and have different outcomes.
If the Naval Combat isn't
over after this, we repeat!
Naval Combat ends when either one side surrenders, flees or
has its Crew or Hull reduced to -4.
If either of the fleets contain more than 1 ship, then the
fleet's attributes are the sum of the respective attributes of
all the ships in the fleet.
Manoeuvres
Manoeuvres
Opposed Sails Checks:
• 3D6 + Sails
• Winner picks engagement
The crews scramble to prepare sails, load cannons,
and ready weapons as each
captain chooses a battle
approach. Whichever ship
gains the advantage here
decides the course of engagement, setting the tone
for the entire round.
Engagements
Engagement Roll Winner Loser
Broadside Opposed
3D6 + Guns
Takes 1 Damage
to Hull or Sails
or Crew
Takes 2 Damage
to Hull or Sails
or Crew
Boarding
Repeats until
fight is over
Opposed
3D6 + Crew
Takes 1 Damage
to Crew
Takes 2 Damage
to Crew
Ramming Opposed
3D6 + Hull
Takes 1 Damage
to Hull
Takes D6
Damage to Hull
Escape/Chase Opposed
3D6 + Sails
Gets Away/
Catches up
Gets Caught/
Gets Left
Behind
Naval Combat
392 Part 9 • Rules Naval Combat 393
Sea Beasts
Ships occasionally face threats far beyond human adversaries: the mighty Sea Beasts. These creatures, ancient and
massive, don’t follow the structured tactics of naval combat. They don’t position themselves for broadsides, nor do
they offer any opportunity for boarding. Instead, they strike
unpredictably, often bypassing a ship’s defenses and hitting
where it’s most vulnerable.
Combat Challenges with Sea Beasts
Unpredictable Attack Patterns
Sea Beasts don’t present themselves broadside or in formation, making it difficult to rely on traditional ship-to-ship
tactics. They might lunge from beneath, strike with enormous tails, or wrap ships in tentacles, avoiding concentrated fire from a single direction.
Limitations of Ship Weapons
Standard naval guns and cannons are often ill-suited for
fighting such creatures, which require more precise or penetrative attacks to inflict real damage. Harpoons, oversized
ballistae, or specialized weapons are more effective, but
only well-prepared vessels have such equipment on board.
Specialized Crew and Tactics
Successfully fighting a Sea Beast typically requires a skilled
crew with experience handling monsters, such as harpooners, beast-hunters, or Garunner Whalers. These crew members can aim for weak points, administer poison, or use
lures to keep the creature at bay. Without such expertise, a
ship’s regular crew might struggle to counter the sheer power of a Sea Beast’s assault.
Tactical Adjustments for Sea Beasts
When facing a Sea Beast, the crew must abandon the traditional phases of naval combat and instead rely on quick,
precise actions and adaptation. Instead of waiting for an
optimal engagement, they must use every available weapon and brace for unpredictable attacks. Ships that lack the
proper equipment or crew for handling Sea Beasts are often forced to retreat or face the risk of being torn apart by
these formidable foes.
Rules for Fighting Sea Beasts
In terms of game rules, combat with Sea Beasts typically
follows the standard combat round structure rather than
the naval combat round, as Sea Beasts don’t engage in maneuvers or formal engagements. Instead, they attack more
directly and unpredictably. Each Sea Beast encounter may
involve unique mechanics tailored to the creature’s nature,
allowing the GM to adjust for size, attack style, and behavior, making each confrontation distinct and deadly.
394 Part 9 • Rules Naval Combat Example 395
The Sea Hawk, captained by Jack, is engaged in
a tense naval battle against The Iron Tide, a
formidable pirate ship. Both ships are trying to
gain the upper hand to deal a decisive blow.
Naval Combat Round 1
Manoeuvres Phase
Both sides roll 3D6 + Sails
for an opposed Sails check
to determine who gains the
advantage.
The Sea Hawk rolls 14.
The Iron Tide rolls 12.
The Sea Hawk wins the Manoeuvres phase, so Captain Jack chooses the engagement type. Seeing an
opportunity to deal heavy
damage, Jack opts for a
Broadside engagement, hoping to hammer the enemy’s
Hull.
Engagement Phase
Broadside
Both ships make an opposed
Guns roll (3D6 + Guns).
The Sea Hawk rolls 15.
The Iron Tide rolls 11.
The Sea Hawk wins the
Broadside exchange, meaning both ships take damage,
but The Sea Hawk sustains
less.
Damage Calculation
Winner (The Sea Hawk):
Takes 1 point of damage to
its Hull.
Loser (The Iron Tide): Takes
2 points of damage to its Hull.
After the exchange, The Sea
Hawk’s Hull is slightly battered, while The Iron Tide
suffers significant structural
damage.
Naval Combat Round 2
Manoeuvres Phase
Both sides roll again to determine positioning.
The Sea Hawk rolls 10.
The Iron Tide rolls 13.
The Iron Tide wins the Manoeuvres phase this time
and selects a Boarding engagement, intending to
overpower The Sea Hawk’s
crew.
Engagement Phase
Boarding
Both ships make an opposed
Crew roll (3D6 + Crew).
The Sea Hawk rolls 12.
The Iron Tide rolls 16.
The Iron Tide wins the
boarding attempt, so both
ships take damage, with
The Sea Hawk taking the
brunt.
Damage Calculation
Winner (The Iron Tide):
Takes 1 point of damage to
Crew.
Loser (The Sea Hawk):
Takes 2 points of damage to
Crew.
End of Round Summary
Over two rounds, both ships have exchanged heavy fire and
close combat. The battle remains undecided, and Boarding
Engagements now continue until 1 side is victorious.
Naval Combat Example
396 Part 9 • Rules Ports 397
Ports in Sunken Stars are vibrant, bustling places
filled with sailors, merchants, and travelers from
every corner of the seas. Each week spent in port
allows the crew to rest, recover, and take on new opportunities for profit or intrigue. Characters may spend the Port
Round performing actions to repair, recruit, gather information, and resupply, using their individual skills and connections to make the most of the visit.
Port Round
During the Port Round,
characters can each spend
1 week performing specific
port activities. These range
from resting at a hospital
to carousing and fitting the
ship with experimental upgrades. Each week spent
this way costs the characters 5$.
Port Activities
Each character can contribute in different ways during
the Port Round, depending on which Port Amenities they have access to.
Some Port Amenities are
accessible to any character:
Shipyard, Taverns and
Hospital. The remaining
Port Amenities are available only to characters that
have access to them either
through their background
or other ways.
Shipyard
The shipyard is the heart
of any port, where skilled
laborers restore hulls, upgrade defenses, and outfit
ships for their next journey.
™ Repairs: allows to
recover 1 Hull and Sails
each week for 50$.
™ Upgrades: A list
can be found at Ship
Upgrades, p. 416.
Taverns
The port’s taverns are alive
with stories, rumors, and
potential crew members.
™ Gathering Rumors:
Roll on the GM's rumor
table or have the GM
provide rumors. Buying
rounds costs 2$.
™ Recruiting: Make a
Salt check with TN 11
to increase Crew by 1,
up to +4.
Hospital
The hospital offers sanctuary for the wounded, providing medical care for crew
members with injuries. Recovery depends on the hospital’s resources and the
skill of those assisting the
injured.
™ Treating Injuries:
Reduce the Injury level
of all injuries by 1 for
each week spent in
hospital. Costs 10$.
Trade Houses
Trade houses are the commercial backbone of the
port, dealing in everything
from spices to steel.
™ Buying/Selling
Cargo: Buy or sell
from Cargo, p. 414.
™ Contract Acquisition:
Roll on the GM's Trade
Houses contract table
or have the GM provide
a contract.
Ports
398 Part 9 • Rules Ports 399 Admiralty Pirate Council
Both the Admiralty and the
Pirate Council offer danger
-
ous, high-paying work, from
hunting down infamous pi
-
rates to raiding well-defend
-
ed merchant ships. ™ Contract Acquisition:
Roll on the GM's
Admiralty or Pirate
Council contract table
or have the GM provide
a contract.
University
Universities in major ports
serve as repositories of
knowledge, employing schol
-
ars and savants who can
answer questions, decode
maps, and translate ancient
texts. ™ Research & Rumors:
Characters may ask
for research assistance,
uncovering forgotten
lore, revealing hidden
places, or learning
about strange
uncharted islands.
The GM provides this
information based on
the requests of the
character.
S
l
ave
M
arket
While controversial, the
slave market can be a source
of labor or profit in certain
ports. Morally dubious, it
attracts a specific type of
character and complicates
the crew’s relationships. ™ Buying/Selling
Slaves: Slaves can be
purchased for labor, but
the practice may affect
and reputation and
might be illegal in some
places.
Port
Listing
Port
Size
Amenities
Alzaru Major Shipyard, Taverns, Hospital, Trade Houses,
Admiralty, University, Slave Market
Chactun Major Shipyard, Taverns, Hospital, Trade Houses,
Admiralty, University, Slave Market
Dobromir Major Shipyard, Taverns, Hospital, Trade Houses,
Admiralty, University
Edgerton Minor Taverns, Pirate Council
Eledon Major Shipyard, Taverns, Hospital, Trade Houses,
Admiralty, University, Slave Market
Fara Minor Taverns
Fazul Major Shipyard, Taverns, Hospital, Trade Houses,
Admiralty
Ferris Minor Taverns, Pirate Council
Garunn Major Shipyard, Taverns, Hospital, Trade Houses,
Admiralty, University
Gorom
Gorom Major Shipyard, Taverns, Hospital, Trade Houses,
Admiralty, University
Moravita Minor Shipyard, Taverns, Pirate Council
Najar Minor Taverns, Hospital, Slave Market
Raven's
Ide Minor Shipyard, Taverns, Hospital, Trade Houses,
University
Sing Major Shipyard, Taverns, Hospital, Trade Houses,
Pirate Council, University, Slave Market
Yfalos Major Shipyard, Taverns, Hospital, Trade Houses,
Admiralty, University, Slave Market
Zerzura Minor Taverns, Hospital, Trade Houses, Slave Market
—Francis Ford Coppola
“We had access to too much equipment, too much
money, and little by little we went insane.”
The Market
Part 10
402 Part 10 • The Market Selling And Buying 403
Wealth flows from one hand to another, measured in gold, minted coins, and the promises
each currency holds.
Currencies
While the Gold Sol is recognized almost everywhere as a
universal standard, every major region and city-state has
developed a currency that reflects its own heritage and
trade needs. Prices in this chapter are always indicated in
Gold Sol or Centime.
Currency Symbol Region Sol Value
Gold Sol $ Global 1
Centime c Global 0.01
Ducat D Elen 5
Rial ریال Alzaru 0.5
Maku Trade Token Ѻ Makalu Varies
Shield ₲ Garunn 0.1
Iron ₫ Dobromir 0.05
Tlal ӝ Chactun 3.5
Plume ѱ Yfalos 10
Rarity
All goods have a rarity rating. When trying to find an item,
make a Tides check with the rarity rating as the TN. If the
check succeeds, you find the item, otherwise, it is not available where you are currently looking for it. You can keep
looking for it, but each subsequent check incurs a cumulative Disadvantage 1.
A Rarity rating of X indicates an experimental item, and is
only available under extraordinary circumstances. It can't
be found by simply looking for it at markets.
Used Goods
A Merchant will typically not buy goods at full price, especially if they have previously been used. Haggling usually
starts at half price, and is either resolved through roleplay
or with opposed Salt checks.
Cargo and Supplies
Cargo is bought and sold at the price listed in the tables
in this chapter, but requires spending time in the Trade
Houses. This takes a week
of port time, and requires access to
the Trade Houses
amenity.
Selling and Buying
404 Part 10 • The Market Equipment 405
This section covers the essentials and the rare
finds alike, from weapons, armor and practical
tools to exotic curiosities, equipping adventurers
for whatever the sea may bring.
Weapons
Damage
The amount of damage the
weapon inflicts on a hit.
The attribute modifier associated with the weapon is
added to this. Some weapons ignore armor, those D6
are removed from the armor
rating.
Range
The distance at which a
weapon can be used.
Attribute
The character's attribute
that is used to make Attack rolls with the weapon,
and is added to the weapons
Damage rolls.
Melee Weapons
Weapon Price Damage Range Attribute Rarity
Boarding Axe 10$ 1D6 5ft Power 5
Brass Knuckles 20¢ 1D6 5ft Power 1
Cavalry Sword 15$ 1D6 5ft Grace 6
Club 10¢ 1D6 5ft Power 0
Cutlass 8$ 1D6 5ft Grace 3
Dagger 30¢ 1D6 5ft Grace 1
Glass Knife
Special: breaks
off in the wound,
increasing the level
of any injury by 1.
5$ 1D6 5ft Grace 15
Harpoon 12$ 1D6 5ft Power 4
Lantern Pike
Special: Can be lit
to also serve as a
source of light.
18$ 1D6 10ft Power 6
Mace 50¢ 1D6 5ft Power 2
Rapier 10$ 1D6 5ft Grace 4
Scimitar 12$ 1D6 5ft Grace 4
Sharktooth Blade 20$ 2D6 5ft Grace 10
Equipment
406 Part 10 • The Market Equipment 407
Ranged Weapons
Weapon Price Damage Range Attribute Rarity
Hunting Bow 10$ 1D6 300ft Sense 4
Musket
Reload: 1 Action 80$
2D6
Ignore
1D6
armor
300ft Sense 10
Pistol
Reload: 1 Action 50$
1D6
Ignore
1D6
armor
60ft Sense 8
Repeater
Crossbow
Reload: 1 Action
Special: Shoot
4 shots before
reloading
25$ 1D6 90ft Sense 9
Revolver
Reload: 1 Action
Special: Shoot
6 shots before
reloading
200$
1D6
Ignore
1D6
armor
60ft Sense X
Skyfire Rod 3000$
3D6
Ignore
3D6
armor
30ft Sense X
Melee Weapons
Weapon Price Damage Range Attribute Rarity
Spear 7$ 1D6 10ft Grace 2
Trident 10$ 1D6 5ft Grace 5
Weighted Chain
Special: can grapple
at 15ft
12$ 1D6 15ft Grace 5
Whip 6$ 1D6 10ft Grace 5
Zweihander 20$ 2D6 10ft Grace 7
Ranged Weapons
Weapon Price Damage Range Attribute Rarity
Blunderbuss
Reload: 1 Action 70$ 1D6 20ft Cone Sense 9
Chaingun
Reload: 1 Action
Special: Allows
sustained shooting
for 6 rounds
500$
3D6
Ignore
2D6
Armor
60ft Sense X
Crossbow
Reload: 1 Action 15$ 1D6 120ft Sense 6
Dagger 30¢ 1D6 25ft Grace 1
Harpoon 12$ 1D6 60ft Power 4
408 Part 10 • The Market Equipment 409
Armor
Damage Reduction
Damage Reduction is subtracted from any damage taken.
Some weapons may ignore a part of this armor.
Only the highest Damage Reduction is taken into account.
Armor Price
Damage
Reduction
Rarity
Breastplate 15$ 2 5
Brigandine Jacket 30$ 1D6 8
Buckler 2$ +1 2
Chainmail Hauberk 25$ 2 6
Crab Shell Carapace 100$ 3D6 18
Leather Coat 5$ 1 1
Reinforced Jerkin 12$ 2 4
Steel Cuirass 50$ 1D6 10
Whalehide Cloak 75$ 2D6 15
Specialized Equipment
Item Price Description Rarity
Archaeology
Supplies 10$
Pickaxe, Rope (50ft),
Lantern, Oil, Shovel,
Crowbar
1
Camping Gear 5$ Tent, Bedroll, Backpack 1
Diving Suit 1500$
Allows underwater
exploration with limited
oxygen (1h underwater)
X
Lab Material 300$
Essential equipment for
scientific experiments and
alchemy
8
Lockpicks 50$ Essential for picking locks 6
Messenger Parrot 250$
Trained parrot to carry
messages to familiar
locations
6
Soot-Pellet 2$ Creates a thick smoke
screen in a 10ft radius 5
Spyglass 500$ Advantage 3 to Sense checks
over long distances 9
Stormglass 100$ Predicts storms within 24
hours 8
Phenomenometer 500$ Detects supernatural
phenomena within 20ft X
Writing Tools 20$ Ink, quill, and paper 1
Fishing Gear 2$ Fishing rod and net 1
Music
Instrument 10$ Lute, Drums, Flute, or any
other basic instrument 6
410 Part 10 • The Market Equipment 411 Substances Substance Price per Dose Description Effects Rarity
Alchemist's
Spark
1
$
Smoky liquid
that stimulates
the brain
+1 on next
Lore check,
causes jitters
6
Arcane Ash 500
$
Powdered
remains of an
eldritch entity
Temporary +5
to Salt, causes
nausea, lasts 1
hour
X
Black Lotus
Powder 10
$
Rare and potent
psychoactive,
addictive
Temporary
Advantage
1 on Grace,
Disadvantage 1
after 1 hour
18
Poison Vial 50
$ White Liquid +D6 Damage
on next hit
11
Stiffener 70
$
Highly potent
venom with a
paralyzing effect
Paralyzes
target on
injury for 2
rounds
18
Etherseed Oil 40
$
Light oil that
enhances sight
in low light
Improved night
vision for 1
hour
9
Burning Tonic 20
$
Sharp liquid
that heats up
the blood
Immune to
cold for 1 hour,
causes fatigue
5
Ghost
Mushroom
Extract
300
$
A rare extract
from cave
mushrooms
Invisibility
for 5 minutes,
causes fatigue
15
Subst
a
n
c
e
Pri
c
e
per Dose
Des
cri
ption
Effe
cts
R
arity
Leviathan Ink 200
$
Thick, dark
substance
from deep-sea
creatures
Allows
underwater
breathing for
10 minutes
16
Moonweed 50
¢
Hallucinogenic
herb
Heightened
senses, vivid
dreams
7
Opium
2
$
Euphoriainducing drug,
numbs pain
Pain relief,
reduced
awareness
8
Red Coral
1
$
Potion distilled
from rare red
coral, boosts
vitality
Temporary +1
to Nerve for 1
hour
10
Snuff Powder 30
$
Powder
extracted from
dried urine
Instantly
wakes a
character from
unconsciousness
4
Sootshine 10
$
Powder rubbed
onto skin,
enhancing
stealth
Advantage 1
on Grace-based
stealth checks
until rubbed off
6
Stormdust
1
$
Crystalline
powder that
creates static
discharge
Causes sparks;
can ignite
small fires
13
Widow’s Kiss 10
$
Dark powder
that causes
hallucinations of
death
Induces visions
of ghosts and
spirits for 8
hours
12
412 Part 10 • The Market Equipment 413
Services
Service Cheap Decent Luxury
Lodgings (per night) 50¢ 2$ 10$
Meal 20¢ 50¢ 5$
Beer/Wine/Drink 10¢ 20¢ 1$
Companion (per night) 1$ 10$ 100$
Horse Rental (per day) 1$ 3$ 10$
Passage on Ship (per day) 10¢ 50¢ 5$
Mercenary Hire (per day) 2$ 5g 20$
Craftsman Hire (per day) 2$ 5g 20$
Guided Tour 50¢ 2$ 15$
Alchemist Consultation 5$ 10$ 50$
414 Part 10 • The Market Cargo 415
trading cargo is a lucrative but unpredictable
venture. Prices fluctuate based on port conditions, demand, and the ebb and flow of local
economies. Whenever a ship docks at a new port, the crew
can attempt to assess the market for potential profit.
Supplies
Supply Price Rarity
Food 100$ 1
Ammo 200$ 1
Wood and Cloth 100$ 1
Market Conditions and Price Variability
When entering a port, the player may make a Tides check
(TN 11) to gauge the state of the market. This represents
the character’s intuition and understanding of market forces and luck.
™ Success: On a successful Tides check, the price of
available cargo adjusts by 20%—either up or down,
depending on the player's choice.
™ Failure: If the check fails, the cargo prices remain as
listed, without any adjustments.
Valuables
Cargo Price Rarity
Beer/Wine/Drink 100$ - 500$ 5
Silk Bolts 1000$ 8
Raw Opium 1500$ 10
Dried Fish 100$ 2
Gunpowder (Barrels) 200$ 12
Whale Oil (Barrels) 500$ 7
Ebony Wood 700$ 10
Tobacco Leaves 600$ 6
Spices (Mixed) 2000$ 9
Salt 200$ 3
Coral and Shells 800$ 5
Grain 100$ 2
Rare Metal Ore 2000$ 15
Exotic Pelts 2000$ 12
Medicinal Herbs (Dried) 800$ 8
Opalescent Pearls 4000$ 14
Cargo
416 Part 10 • The Market Ship Upgrades 417
Aship is more than just a vessel; it’s the crew’s
home, and key to survival on the open seas. Players can invest in upgrades to enhance their ship’s
capabilities, tailoring it to suit their journey’s demands.
Whether reinforcing the hull, adding extra cannons, or improving the sails for speed, these upgrades allow captains
to prepare for the dangers ahead and shape their ship into
a true weapon of the sea.
Cabin Upgrades
Upgrade Price Effect Rarity
Fitted Kitchen 300$ +1 to Food Supply rolls 6
Fitted Hospital 2000$
Allows for emergency
treatment of Injuries,
stabilizing characters with
Injury 2 or 3.
8
Fitted
Laboratory 700$ Lore checks gain Advantage 2 10
Captains’ Study 400$ Lore checks gain Advantage 1 7
Alchemical Lab 600$ Essential space for brewing
potions and poisons 12
Hull and Structural Upgrades
Upgrade Price Description Rarity
Additional Gun
Deck 1200$ Guns attribute is doubled
(after all modifiers) 12
Additional Hold
Space 800$ Gain +2 Hold 9
Diving Rig 1000$
Allows underwater repairs and
exploration, requires a Diving
Suit
14
Ramming Head 900$ Ramming engagement gains
Advantage 1 10
Reinforced Hull
(Copper) 1500$ Gain +1 Hull 15
Reinforced Hull
(Steel) 2000$ Gain +2 Hull 18
Floating Rock
Ballonet 2500$ Gain +1 Sails 20
Reinforced Hull
(Living Wood) 2500$
Hull repairs itself by 1 at the
end of each Navigation Round
or Port Round
20
Weapon Upgrades
Upgrade Price Description Rarity
12-Pound
Cannons 1000$ Set Guns to +1 10
Ship Upgrades
418 Part 10 • The Market Ship Upgrades 419
Exotic Upgrades
Upgrade Price Description Rarity
Tentacular
Growths 4000$ Gain Advantage 2 during
Boarding Engagement 20
Crystalline
Growths 3500$ Gain Advantage 2 during
Ramming Engagement 18
Steam-Powered
Engine 5000$
Gain +2 to Sails, can not be
becalmed
Requires Fuel (Coal) taking up
1 Hold space
X
Tesla Coil 2500$ Gain Advantage 1 during
Boarding Engagement X
Gyroscopic
Stabilizers 2000$
Improves stability, reduces risk
of capsizing. Advantage 2 to
Sails checks during storms or
other turbulent waters
X
Echo Locator 1000$ Sonar-like device to detect
underwater threats X
Steam
Condenser 2000$ Converts seawater to drinkable
water, +1 to Food Supply rolls X
Clockwork
Repair Bots 8500$
Small machines that assist in
hull repairs, Repairs 1 Hull at
the end of every Navigation
Round, as long as Wood and
Cloth supplies are available.
X
Fire-Quenching
Nozzles 4000$ Reduce damage taken from
Broadside by 1 X
Weapon Upgrades
Upgrade Price Description Rarity
24-Pound
Cannons 2000$ Set Guns to +2 12
32-Pound
Cannons 3000$ Set Guns to +3 15
Front-Facing
Gun 500$
When chasing during an
Escape Engagement, deal 1
Hull damage to enemy
8
Rear-Facing
Gun 500$
When being chased during an
Escape Engagement, deal 1
Hull damage to enemy
8
Mechanical
Harpoon
Launcher
3000$
After Broadside Engagement,
you can choose Boarding
Engagement, regardless of the
Manoeuvres outcome.
X
Sailing & Mobility Upgrades
Upgrade Price Description Rarity
Side Sails 800$ Gain +1 to Sails 7
Fast Anchor 300g Gain Advantage 1 during
Broadside Engagement 5
Floating Rock
Skyrig 10000$ Converts ship for aerial
travel 20
—Nigerian Pidgin Proverb
“If fish dey talk, e no go die for hook.”
Sunkee Pidgin
Appendix
422 Appendix • Sunkee Pidgin Ship Upgrades 423
Sunkee Pidgin is the common tongue of Sunken
Stars, a lively blend made for swift understanding across cultures. Sailors, traders, and wanderers all share this language of essentials, honed through the
exchange of goods, stories, and quick wit. Words flow easily, trimmed to their essence, with phrases that roll off the
tongue and carry meaning in a single breath. Every port has
its own twist, yet Sunkee Pidgin remains a language anyone
can grasp—bridging differences and binding the people of
the sea into one vast conversation.
Common Phrases
Common Phrases
Phrase Translation Use/Meaning Phonetic
Salaam-ti Hello Warm greeting; portside
or aboard
sah-LAHMtee
Salaam-ha Peace upon
you
More formal greeting,
respectful
sah-LAHMha
Frate Friend Trusted ally, companion FRAH-tay
Baraké Safe journey
Sailor’s farewell,
implying safe winds and
waters
bah-RAH-kay
Halitân Peace Farewell blessing
meaning “go in peace”
hah-leeTAHN
Common Phrases
Phrase Translation Use/Meaning Phonetic
Mabrou Lucky one Endearing term for a
fortunate or clever friend mah-BROO
Matlah Dock fee Payment for port
facilities MAH-tlah
Ya-Lay! Oh Stars! Exclamation of wonder,
awe, or horror yah-LAY
Tathar Tithe Offering given to the
“courts” (deities) tah-THAR
La’mir Ship’s master Term of respect for a
captain
lah-MEER
Shouqbarak?
How much is
this?
Common in
marketplaces
SHO-k
bah-RAHK
M’rahk
al-Khaz?
Where’s the
port? Port navigation question m-RACK
al-KHAHZ
Saq-lay Be calm Soothe tension, often in
deals sahk-LAY
Ayyûn-ak,
frate!
Watch out,
friend! Quick alert ah-YOON-ak
FRAH-tay
Basta-te Enough for
you
Telling someone to stop
or quit
BAH-stah-teh
Rahm-ha Help me Cry for assistance rahm-HAH
Razna Drift To lose control or
purpose
RAHZ-nah
Shatala Dockhand Worker loading/
unloading in ports SHA-tah-lah
Watra Overcharge Refers to excessive
charges or greed WAH-trah
Nafa Profit Essential in trade; net
gain
NAH-fah
424 Appendix • Sunkee Pidgin Ship Upgrades 425
Nautical Terms
Nautical Terms
Phrase Translation Use/Meaning Phonetic
Haddou Cargo General term for goods
onboard HAH-doo
Khojan Navigator Skilled seafarer guiding the
ship
KHOHjahn
Alkan Old hand Seasoned sailor or seafarer AL-kahn
Ramha Spear Slang for a fast ship RAHMhah
Aqbar Signal Message or warning from
ship to shore AHQ-bar
Zerfa Deck The deck of a ship ZER-fah
Rizah Reef Treacherous underwater
rock formation REE-zah
Majâl Deep sea Open ocean; perilous water mah-JAHL
Mufraj Trade wind Wind that aids in travel
for traders MOF-raj
Meerrah Sea’s grip Dangerous currents or “the
call of the sea” MEER-rah
Baharin Seafaring folk General term for sailors,
pirates, or any sea travelers
bah-HAHreen
Shoufa Lookout Vigilant ship position SHOO-fah
Raqtan Low tide Literal or metaphorical lull rahqTAHN
Marwah “Fair wind” Favorable sailing conditions MAR-wah
Razza-min
Merchant’s
fate
Cost of doing business at
sea
RAH-zahmin
Rakiz Anchor point Stable or safe resting point RAH-keez
Cargo & Trade
Cargo & Trade
Phrase Translation Use/Meaning Phonetic
Bastara Hidden cache Concealed smuggling
compartment
bahs-TAH-rah
Jambara Heavy goods Bulky or cumbersome items JAM-bah-rah
Borraq Exquisite ware Refined or luxury trade
goods BOHR-rahq
Salsiha Payment in
kind
Barter or goods-for-goods
trade
SAL-see-hah
Bayna Trade deal Agreement for trade or
purchase
BAY-nah
Kasad Bargain Good deal or fair profit KAH-sad
Makhra Bad stock Spoiled or faulty cargo MAH-krah
Rahn Cargo weight Specific measure of cargo RAHN
Shibara Safe shipment
Secure and well-stowed
cargo
SHIB-ah-rah
Mazoun Blessed cargo Goods believed protected
by divine favor
mah-ZOON
Talwan Honest trade Fair, equitable trade
practice
TAL-wahn
Yassir Trade pass
Permit for lawful travel
and trade yah-SEER
Dawkhaan Black market Hidden trading post for
restricted goods
DAW-khan
Boushif Net profit Profit after all costs BOH-sheef
Sawqa Cut-rate goods Low-quality or second-rate
trade goods
SAW-kah
Gherib Rare find Rare or uncommon item,
highly prized
GHEH-reeb
Rakhaz Sea hoard Legendary hidden treasure
beneath the sea
RAH-khaz
426 Appendix • Sunkee Pidgin Ship Upgrades 427
Insults & Slang
Insults & Slang
Phrase Translation Use/Meaning Phonetic
La’haq Traitor Intense insult; one who
betrays kin or crew lah-HAHK
Zemmê Lost one Insult; aimless or
purposeless person ZEHM-may
Drisslehead Fool Insult for thoughtless
actions
DRIZZ-ulhead
Barmook Foolhardy one Reckless or overly bold
person
bar-MOOK
Khafir’s
Ghost Coward
Implies that one is
haunted by a cowardly
ancestor
KAH-feer’s
Ghost
Maksoud Cheap or
worthless
Often spat as an insult
at low-value goods mah-KSOOD
Mer-drek Sea scum Insult for the morally
corrupt or filthy mehr-DREK
Souka-Rah Sellout Someone who’d trade
even their own honor SOO-kah-rah
Dakkar Thief Insult for a sneaky,
dishonest person DAH-kar
Jebkôr Liar One who twists words or
cheats JEB-kohr
Khar-tan Idiot Insult for a dimwit khar-TAHN
Karimé Greedy Someone overly
materialistic
kah-REEmay
Raflé Ruffian Rowdy, unsavory
character rah-FLAY
Ith-ka Scoundrel Implies both charm and
untrustworthiness ITH-kah
Religion
Religion
Phrase Translation Use/Meaning Phonetic
Ya-Lay! Oh Stars! Exclamation of wonder
or horror yah-LAY
Lunir
Moon’s
blessing
Invocation for guidance
or protection
loo-NEER
Sole
Marah
Wrath of the
Sun
Curse upon an enemy or
misfortune
SO-lay
MAH-rah
Kahla-Ket Shadow’s
Watch
Protective chant against
unseen foes kah-LAH ket
Chekhrat Fortune “Good luck”; implied
respect or envy
CHEH-krat
Zafrah Gift to the
sea
Offering thrown
overboard to the sea
gods
ZAHF-rah
TayminTay
Dream’s
Protection
Blessing for safe sleep or
newborn protection
TAY-meen
TAY