Name:                                  
Dwarf Fury; Berserker

M +2; A +2; R –1; I +1; P +1
Size 1M; Speed 6; Disengage 1; Stability 2
Potency (POT): {0/1/2}
Saves: d10 ≥ 6
Recoveries (+11 Stamina each) 10:
Stamina (Winded 16) 33:
Victories:

Ferocity: At the start of a combat encounter, you gain ferocity equal to your Victories. At the start of each of your turns during combat, you gain 1d3 ferocity. Additionally:

• The first time each combat round that you take damage, you gain 1 ferocity.
• The first time you become winded or are dying in an encounter, you gain 1d3 ferocity.

Growing Ferocity: You gain certain benefits in combat based on the amount of ferocity you have. These benefits last until the end of your turn, even if a benefit would become unavailable to you because of the amount of ferocity you spend during your turn. Benefits are cumulative except where an improved benefit replaces a lesser benefit.

• 2: Whenever you use the Knockback maneuver, the forced movement distance gains a +2 bonus.
• 4: The first time you push a creature on a turn, you gain 1 surge.
• 6: You gain an edge on Might tests and the Knockback maneuver.

Combat Traits

• Primordial Strength: Whenever you damage an object with a weapon strike, the strike deals +2 extra damage. Additionally, whenever you push another creature into an object, the creature takes +2 extra damage.

Triggered Actions

• Lines of Force: (you or an adjacent creature would be force moved).
  Melee 1 (Magic), the triggering creature. You can select a new target of the same size or smaller within distance to be force moved instead. You become the source of the forced movement, determine the new target’s destination, and can push the target instead of using the original forced movement type. Additionally, the forced movement distance gains a +2 bonus.
  Spend «1»: The forced movement distance gains a +4 bonus instead.

Main Actions

• Melee Free Strike: Melee 1 (Charge, Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {4/7/13} damage.
• Ranged Free Strike: Ranged 5 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {4/6/8} damage.
• Brutal Slam (Sig.): Melee 1 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {5/8/15} damage; push {1/2/4}.
• Devastating Rush (Sig.): Melee 1 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {5/8/15} damage.
  Effect: You can move up to 3 squares straight toward the target before this strike, which deals extra damage equal to the number of squares you move this way.
• «3» Back! Area 1 burst (Melee, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {5/8/15} damage; push {X/1/3}.
• «5» Blood for Blood! Melee 1 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {6/8/16} damage; M < POT, bleeding and weakened (save ends).
  Effect: You can deal 1d6 damage to yourself to deal an extra 1d6 damage to the target.

Maneuvers

• Basic maneuvers only (e.g. grab and knockback).

Other Traits (combat bonuses already added)

• Wealth 1; Renown 0
• Skills: Blacksmithing; Climb, Jump, Lift, Navigate; Brag, Intimidate; Alertness, Track; Nature
• Languages: Caelian, Vaslorian, Zaliac
• Background: Dwarf culture, Warden career
• Panther (Kit): no armor; a heavy weapon
• Runic Carving: You can carve a rune onto your skin with 10 uninterrupted minutes of work, which is activated by the magic within your body. The rune you carve determines the benefit you receive, chosen from among the following:
  • Detection: Pick a specific type of creature (such as goblins or humans) or object (such as gems or potions). Your rune glows softly when you are within 20 squares of any creature or object of that type, even if you don’t have line of effect to the creature or object. You can change the type of creature or object as a maneuver.
  • Light: Your skin sheds light for 10 squares. You can turn this light on and off as a maneuver.
  • Voice: As a maneuver, you can communicate telepathically with a willing creature you have met before and who is within 1 mile of you. You must know the creature’s name, and they must speak and understand a language you know. You and the creature can respond to one another as if having a spoken conversation. You can communicate with a different creature by changing the rune.
  You can have one rune active at a time, and can change or remove a rune with 10 uninterrupted minutes of work.
• Grounded: You have a +1 bonus to stability.
• Spark Off Your Skin: You have a +6 bonus to Stamina.
• Mighty Leaps: You can’t obtain lower than a tier 2 outcome on any Might test made to jump.
• Brawny: Whenever you fail a Might test, you can lose 1d6+1 Stamina to improve the outcome of the test by one tier. You can use this perk only once per test.

Name:                                  
High Elf Tactician; Vanguard

M +2; A +1; R +2; I –1; P +1
Size 1M; Speed 6; Disengage 2; Stability 1
Potency (POT): {0/1/2}
Saves: d10 ≥ 5
Recoveries (+11 Stamina each) 10:
Stamina (Winded 16) 33:
Victories:

Focus: At the start of a combat encounter, you gain focus equal to your Victories. At the start of each of your turns during combat, you gain 2 focus. Additionally:

• The first time each combat round that you or any ally damages a creature marked by you, you gain 1 focus.
• The first time in a combat round that any ally within 10 squares of you uses a heroic ability, you gain 1 focus.

Free Triggered Actions (Mark)

While a creature marked by you is within your line of effect, you and allies within your line of effect gain an edge on power rolls made against that creature.
    Additionally, whenever you or any ally uses an ability to deal rolled damage to a creature marked by you, you can spend «1» to gain one of the following benefits as a free triggered action (one option only).

• «1» The ability deals +4 extra damage.
• «1» The creature dealing the damage can spend a Recovery.
• «1» The creature dealing the damage can shift up to 2 squares.
• «1» If you damage a creature marked by you with a melee ability, the creature is taunted by you until the end of their next turn.

Triggered Actions

• Parry: (a creature deals damage to you or an ally within distance).
  Melee 2 (Weapon), the damaged creature. You can shift 1 square. If the target is you, or if you end this shift adjacent to the target, the target takes half the damage. If the damage has any potency effect associated with it, the potency is decreased by 1.
  Spend «1»: This ability’s distance becomes Melee 3, and you can shift up to 2 squares instead of 1 square.

Main Actions

• Melee Free Strike: Melee 1 (Charge, Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {4/7/13} damage.
• Ranged Free Strike: Ranged 12 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {4/6/8} damage.
• Protective Attack (Sig.): Melee 1 (Strike, Weapon), creature only.
  Roll + 2; {9/12/15} damage.
  Effect: The target is taunted until the end of their next turn.
• Two Shot (Sig.): Ranged 12 (Strike, Weapon), two creatures or objects.
  Roll + 2; {6/8/10} damage.
• “Strike Now!”: Ranged 10, one ally. The target can use a signature ability as a free triggered action.
  Spend «5»: You target two allies instead of one.
• «3» Concussive Strike: Melee 1 or Ranged 12 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {7/9/12} damage; M < POT, dazed (save ends).

Maneuvers

• Mark: Ranged 10, creature only. The target is marked by you until the end of the encounter, until you are dying, or until you use this ability again. You can willingly end your mark on a creature (no action required), and if another tactician marks a creature, your mark on that creature ends.
      When a creature marked by you is reduced to 0 Stamina, you can use a free triggered action to mark a new target within distance.
• «5» Now! Ranged 10, three allies. Each target can make a free strike.

Other Traits (combat bonuses already added)

• Wealth 1; Renown 1
• Skills: Endurance; Flirt, Intimidate, Lead, Persuade; Alertness, Search; Strategy
• Languages: Caelian, Hyrallic, Szetch, Vaslorian
• Background: High Elf culture, Soldier career
• Shining Armor, Rapid Fire (Kits): heavy armor; a shield, a medium weapon and a bow
• High Elf Glamor: A magic glamor makes others perceive you as interesting and engaging, granting you an edge on Presence tests using the Flirt or Persuade skills. This glamor makes you appear and sound slightly different to each creature you meet, since what is engaging to one might be different for another. However, you never appear to be anyone other than yourself.
• High Senses: You gain an edge on tests made to notice threats.
• Otherworldly Grace: Whenever you make a saving throw, you succeed on a roll of 5 or higher.
• Commanding Presence: While you are present during a negotiation, each hero with you treats their Renown as 2 higher than usual. Additionally, each hero with you during a combat encounter has a double edge on tests made to stop combat and start a negotiation.
• Put Your Back Into It! During montage tests, whenever you make a test to assist a test and obtain a tier 1 outcome, the assisted test doesn’t take a bane. Additionally, once per montage test, you can turn an ally’s tier 1 test outcome into a tier 2 outcome.

Name:                                  
Human Censor; Paragon, War Domain

M +2; A –1; R +1; I +1; P +2
Size 1M; Speed 5; Disengage 1; Stability 2
Potency (POT): {0/1/2}
Saves: d10 ≥ 6
Recoveries (+10 Stamina each) 14:
Stamina (Winded 15) 30:
Victories:

Wrath: At the start of a combat encounter, you gain wrath equal to your Victories. At the start of each of your turns during combat, you gain 2 wrath. Additionally:

• The first time each combat round that a creature judged by you deals damage to you, you gain 1 wrath.
• The first time each combat round that you deal damage to a creature judged by you, you gain 1 wrath.

Free Triggered Actions (Judgement)

When a creature judged by you is within your line of effect and uses a main action, you can use a free triggered action to deal 4 holy damage to them.
   Additionally (one option only per triggering event), you can use a free triggered action and spend «1» if the creature judged a creature judged by you is...

• «1» Adjacent and starts to shift: You make a melee free strike against them and their speed becomes 0 until the end of the current turn, preventing them from shifting.
• «1» Within 10 squares and makes a power roll: You cause them to take a bane on the roll.
• «1» Within 10 squares and uses an ability with a potency that targets only one creature: The potency is reduced by 1 for that creature.
• «1» Damaged by you with a melee ability: The creature is taunted by you until the end of their next turn.

Triggered Actions

• My Life for Yours: (you or an ally within distance starts their turn or takes damage).
  Ranged 10 (Magic), self or one ally. You spend a Recovery and the target regains Stamina equal to your recovery value.
  Spend «1»: You can end one effect on the target that is ended by a saving throw or that ends at the end of their turn, or a prone target can stand up.
• Resist the Unnatural: (you take damage that isn’t untyped)
  Self. You take half the damage.

Main Actions

• Melee Free Strike: Melee 1 (Charge, Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {4/7/13} damage.
• Ranged Free Strike: Ranged 5 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {4/6/8} damage.
• Your Allies Cannot Save You! (Sig.): Melee 1 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {5/7/14} holy damage.
  Effect: Each enemy adjacent to the target is pushed away from the target up to 2 squares.
• Pain for Pain (Sig.): Melee 1 (Strike, Weapon), creature only.
  Roll + 2; {5/7/15} damage.
  Effect: If the target dealt damage to you since the end of your last turn, this strike deals +2 damage.
• «3» The Gods Punish and Defend: Melee 1 (Magic, Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {7/10/17} holy damage.
  Effect: You can spend a Recovery to allow yourself or one ally within 10 squares to regain Stamina equal to your recovery value.
• «5» Arrest: Melee 1 (Magic, Strike, Weapon), creature only.
  Roll + 2; {8/11/19} holy damage; grabbed.
  Effect: If the target makes a strike against a creature while grabbed this way, you can spend «3» to deal 2 holy damage to them, then change the target of the strike to another target within the strike’s distance.

Maneuvers

• Judgment: Ranged 10 (Magic), one enemy. The target is judged by you until the end of the encounter, you use this ability again, you willingly end this effect (no action required), or another censor judges the target.
     When a creature judged by you is reduced to 0 Stamina, you can use a free triggered action to use this ability against a new target.
• Detect the Supernatural: Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any supernatural object, or any undead, construct, or creature from another world within 5 squares, even if you don’t have line of effect to that object or creature. You know if you’re detecting an item or a creature, and you know the nature of any creature you detect.

Other Traits (combat bonuses already included)

• Wealth 1; Renown 0
• Skills: Climb, Endurance, Jump, Lift; Intimidate, Read Person; Search; Religion
• Languages: Caelian, Szetch, Vaslorian, Zaliac
• Background: Human culture, Watch Officer career
• Mountain (Kit): heavy armor; a heavy weapon.
• Staying Power: You increase your number of Recoveries by 2.
• Sanctified Weapon: As a respite activity, you can bless a weapon. Any creature who wields the weapon gains a +1 bonus to rolled damage with abilities that use the weapon. This benefit lasts until you finish another respite.
• Team Leader: At the start of a group test or montage test, you can spend a hero token. If you do, all participants make tests as if they also had any skill you have from the exploration group.

Name:                                  
Human Null, Metakinetic

M +1; A +2; R 0; I +2; P 0
Size 1M; Speed 7; Disengage 3; Stability 1
Potency (POT): {0/1/2}
Saves: d10 ≥ 6
Recoveries (+9 Stamina each) 10:
Stamina (Winded 13) 27:
Victories:

Discipline: At the start of a combat encounter, you gain discipline equal to your Victories. At the start of each of your turns during combat, you gain 2 discipline. Additionally:

• The first time each combat round that an enemy in the area of your Null Field ability uses a main action, you gain 1 discipline.
• The first time each combat round that the Director uses an ability that costs Malice, you gain 1 discipline.

Free Maneuvers (Null Field)

Once on each of your turns, you can spend «1» and give your Null Field one of the following additional effects until the start of your next turn:

• «1» Gravitic Disruption: The first time on a turn that a target takes damage, you can slide them up to 2 squares.
• «1» Inertial Anchor: Any target who starts their turn in the area can’t shift.
• «1» Synaptic Break: Whenever you or any ally uses an ability against a target that has a potency effect, the potency is increased by 1.

Combat Traits

• Psionic Martial Arts: Whenever you use the Knockback or Grab maneuver, you use Intuition instead of Might for the power roll and for determining if you can target creatures larger than you. Additionally, whenever you use the Knockback maneuver, you can choose to slide the target instead of pushing them.

Triggered Actions

• Inertial Shield: (you take damage).
  Self (Psionic). You take half the damage.
  Spend «1»: The potency of one effect associated with the damage is reduced by 1 for you.
• Metakinetic Mastery: Whenever you use your Inertial Shield ability, you can then use the Knockback maneuver as a free triggered action.

Main Actions

• Melee Free Strike: Melee 1 (Charge, Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {4/7/9} damage.
• Ranged Free Strike: Ranged 5 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {4/6/8} damage.
• Faster Than the Eye (Sig.): Melee 1 (Psionic, Strike, Weapon), two creatures or objects.
  Roll + 2; {4/5/7} damage.
  Effect: You can deal 2 damage to one creature or object adjacent to you.
• Inertial Step (Sig.): Melee 1 (Psionic, Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {7/9/12} damage.
  Effect: You can shift up to half your speed before or after you make this strike.
• «3» Stunning Blow: Melee 1 (Psionic, Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {6/7/9} damage; I < POT, dazed and slowed (save ends).
• «5» A Squad Unto Myself: Area 2 burst (Psionic, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {6/9/13} damage.
  Effect: You can take the Disengage move action as a free maneuver before or after you use this ability.

Maneuvers

• Null Field: Area 1 aura (Psionic), each enemy in the area. Each target reduces their potencies by 1.
     This ability remains active even after an encounter ends. It ends only if you are dying or if you willingly end it (no action required).
• Detect the Supernatural: Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any supernatural object, or any undead, construct, or creature from another world within 5 squares, even if you don’t have line of effect to that object or creature. You know if you’re detecting an item or a creature, and you know the nature of any creature you detect.

Other Traits (combat bonuses already included)

• Wealth: 1; Renown 0
• Skills: Climb, Gymnastics, Jump; Empathize, Handle Animals, Persuade, Read Person; Alertness; Psionics, Timescape.
• Languages: Caelian, Kalliak, Vaslorian
• Background: Human culture, Farmer career
• Perseverance: You gain an edge on tests made using the Endurance skill. Additionally, when you are slowed, your speed is reduced to 3 instead of 2.
• Staying Power: You increase your number of Recoveries by 2.
• Null Speed: You gain a +2 bonus to speed and to the number of squares you shift when you take the Disengage move action.
• Density Augmentation: You gain a +6 bonus to Stamina, and a +1 bonus to stability.
• Monster Whisperer: You can use the Handle Animals skill to interact with nonsapient creatures who are not animals.

Name:                                  
Human Talent, Telepath

M –1; A +1; R +2; I +1; P +2
Size 1M; Speed 5; Disengage 1; Stability 0
Potency (POT): {0/1/2}
Saves: d10 ≥ 6
Recoveries (+6 Stamina each) 10:
Stamina (Winded 9) 18:
Victories:

Clarity and Strain: You start combat with clarity equal to your number of Victories. At the start of your turn you gain 1d3 clarity. Additionally:

• The first time each combat round that a creature is force moved, you gain 1 clarity.
• You can spend clarity you don’t have, pushing that Heroic Resource into negative numbers to a maximum negative value of –3. At the end of each of your turns, you take 1 damage for each negative point of clarity.
• Whenever you have clarity below 0, you are strained. Some psionic abilities have additional effects if you are already strained or become strained when you use them. Strained effects can still impact you even after you are no longer strained.

You reset to 0 clarity at the end of the encounter. Out of combat, whenever you use any ability or effect that costs clarity within 1 minute of using another such ability, you take 1d6 damage and incur any strain effect from using the new ability.

Free Triggered Actions

• Repulsive Ward: Whenever an adjacent creature deals damage to you, you can use a free triggered action to push them up to 2 squares.

Triggered Actions

• Feedback Loop: (a creature within distance deals damage to an ally).
  Ranged 12 (Psionic), creature only. The target takes psychic damage equal to half the triggering damage.
• Resist the Unnatural: Whenever you take damage that isn’t untyped, you can use a triggered action to take half the damage.

Main Actions

• Melee Free Strike: Melee 1 (Charge, Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 1; {3/6/8} damage.
• Ranged Free Strike: Ranged 5 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 1; {3/5/7} damage.
• Mind Spike (Free Strike): Ranged 12 (Psionic, Strike, Telepathy), creature only.
  Roll + 2; {4/6/8} psychic damage.
  Strained: The target takes an extra 2 psychic damage. You also take 2 psychic damage that can’t be reduced in any way.
• Kinetic Grip (Sig.): Ranged 12 (Psionic, Telekinesis).
  Roll + 2; slide {4/6/8}; {roll 17+} prone.
  Strained: You must vertical push the target instead of sliding them.
• Kinetic Pulse (Sig.): Area 1 burst (Psionic, Telepathy).
  Roll + 2; {2/5/7} psychic damage; push {X/1/2}.
  Strained: The size of the burst increases by 2, and you are bleeding until the start of your next turn.
• «3» Awe: Ranged 12 (Psionic, Strike, Telepathy), creature only. If you target an ally, they gain 2 temporary Stamina, and they can end one effect on them that is ended by a saving throw or that ends at the end of their turn. If you target an enemy, you make a power roll.
  Roll + 2; {5/8/11} psychic damage; I < POT, frightened (save ends).

Maneuvers

• Remote Assistance: Ranged 12 (Psionic). The next ability roll an ally makes against the target before the start of your next turn gains an edge.
  Spend «1»: You target one additional creature or object.
• Detect the Supernatural: Until the end of your next turn, you know the location of any supernatural object, or any undead, construct, or creature from another world within 5 squares, even if you don’t have line of effect to that object or creature. You know if you’re detecting an item or a creature, and you know the nature of any creature you detect.
• «5» Flashback: Ranged 12 (Chronopathy, Psionic), self or one ally. The target uses an ability with a base Heroic Resource cost of 7 or lower that they’ve previously used this round, without needing to spend the base cost. Augmentations to the ability can be paid for as usual.
  Strained: You take 1d6 damage and are slowed (save ends).

Other Traits (combat bonuses already included)

• Wealth: 1; Renown 0
• Skills: Empathize, Lie, Persuade, Read Person; Disguise, Search, Sneak; Magic, Timescape.
• Languages: Caelian, Hyrallic, Mindspeech, Vaslorian, Yllyric
• Background: Human culture, Agent career
• Staying Power: You increase your number of Recoveries by 2.
• Distance Augmentation: Your ranged psionic abilities gain a +2 bonus to distance.
• Telepathic Speech: You know the Mindspeech language. Additionally, you can telepathically communicate with any creatures within distance of your Mind Spike ability if they share a language with you and you know of each other. When you communicate with someone this way, they can respond telepathically.
• Forgettable Face: If you spend 10 minutes or less interacting with a creature who hasn’t met you before, you can cause them to forget your face when you part. If asked to describe you, the creature gives only a vague, blank, and unhelpful description. Additionally, if you spend 1 hour or more assembling a disguise, you automatically obtain a tier 2 outcome on any test that could make use of the Disguise skill. If you have the Disguise skill, you automatically obtain a tier 3 outcome on the test.

Name:                                  
Orc Conduit, Life and Sun Domains

M +2; A +1; R +2; I –1; P +1
Size 1M; Speed 6; Disengage 1; Stability 1
Potency (POT): {0/1/2}
Saves: d10 + 1 ≥ 6
Recoveries (+6 Stamina each) 8:
Stamina (Winded 9) 18:
Victories:

Piety: At the start of a combat encounter, you gain piety equal to your Victories. At the start of each of your turns during combat, you gain 1d3 piety. You can pray for more piety and your roll gains the following additional effects:

• Roll of 1: +1 piety but take 1d6 + 1 psychic damage which can’t be reduced in any way.
• Roll of 2: +1 piety.
• Roll of 3: +2 piety and can activate a domain prayer effect of your choice.

You also gain 2 piety the first time in an encounter that:

• Life: A creature within 10 squares regains Stamina.
• Sun: An enemy within 10 squares takes fire or holy damage.

Prayer Effect: If you roll a 3 when praying for piety, choose one:

• Life: Choose yourself or one ally within 10 squares. That character can spend a Recovery, can end one effect on them that is ended by a saving throw or that ends at the end of their turn, or can stand up if they are prone. Alternatively, you or one ally within 10 squares gains 4 temporary Stamina.
• Sun: One enemy within 10 squares takes 6 fire damage.

Combat Traits

• Nonstop: You can’t be made slowed.

Triggered Actions

• Relentless: (a creature deals damage to you that leaves you dying).
  Self. You can make a free strike against any creature. If the creature is reduced to 0 Stamina by your strike, you can spend a Recovery.
• Word of Guidance: (an ally within distance makes an ability roll for a damage-dealing ability).
  Ranged 12 (Magic), one ally. The power roll gains an edge.
  Spend «1»: The power roll has a double edge.

Main Actions

• Melee Free Strike: Melee 1 (Charge, Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 1; {3/6/8} damage.
• Ranged Free Strike: Ranged 5 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 1; {3/5/7} damage.
• Ray of Wrath (Free Strike): Ranged 12 (Magic, Strike).
  Roll + 2; {4/6/8} damage.
  Effect: You can have this ability deal holy damage.
• Blessed Light (Sig.): Ranged 12 (Magic, Strike).
  Roll + 2; {5/7/10} holy damage.
  Effect: One ally within distance gains {1/2/3} surge(s).
• Drain (Sig.): Melee 1 (Magic, Strike), one creature.
  Roll + 2; {4/7/9} corruption damage.
  Effect: You or one ally within distance can spend a Recovery.
• «3» Judgment’s Hammer: Ranged 12 (Magic, Strike).
  Roll + 2; {5/8/11} holy damage, A < POT, prone {roll 17+} and can’t stand (save ends).

Maneuvers

• Healing Grace: Ranged 12 (Magic), self or one ally. The target can spend a Recovery.
  Spend «1+»: For each piety spent, choose one of the following enhancements:
  • You can target one additional ally within distance.
  • You can end one effect on a target that is ended by a saving throw or that ends at the end of their turn.
  • A prone target can stand up.
  • A target can spend 1 additional Recovery.
• «5» Faith Is Our Armor: Ranged 12 (Magic), four allies. You can target yourself instead of one ally with this ability.
  Roll + 2; the target gains {5/10/15} temporary Stamina.

Other Traits (combat bonuses already included)

• Wealth: 1; Renown 0
• Skills: Climb, Endurance, Jump; Performance, Persuade, Read Person; Culture, Magic, Religion.
• Languages: Caelian, Kalliak
• Background: Orc culture, Disciple career
• Prayer of Distance: You have a +2 bonus to the distance of your ranged magic abilities.
• Bastion Ward: You gain a +1 bonus to saving throws.
• Grounded: You have a +1 bonus to stability.
• Revitalizing Ritual: Each time you finish a respite, you can choose yourself or one ally who is also finishing a respite to gain the benefit of a divine ritual. The chosen character gains a +1 bonus to their recovery value that lasts until you finish another respite.
• Ritualist: You can spend 1 uninterrupted minute to perform a magic ritual of blessing, targeting yourself or one willing creature you touch. The target has a double edge on the next test they make within the next minute. A target can’t use this benefit on an activity that takes longer than 1 minute.

Name:                                  
Polder Elementalist, Fire

M –1; A +1; R +2; I +2; P +1
Size 1S; Speed 5; Disengage 2; Stability 0
Potency (POT): {0/1/2}
Saves: d10 ≥ 6; Immunity corruption 3
Recoveries (+6 Stamina each) 8:
Stamina (Winded 9) 18:
Victories:

Essence: You start combat with essence equal to your number of Victories. At the start of your turn you gain 2 essence. Additionally:

• The first time each combat round that you or a creature within 10 squares takes damage that isn’t untyped or holy damage, you gain 1 essence.

Persistent Magic: When you use a persistent ability, you decide whether you want to maintain it, and start doing so immediately after you first use the ability. If you maintain a persistent ability in combat, you reduce the amount of essence you earn at the start of your turn by an amount equal to the ability’s persistent value, which enables the ability’s persistent effect. All your active persistent abilities end at the end of the encounter.
   You can’t maintain any abilities that would make you earn a negative amount of essence at the start of your turn. You can stop maintaining an ability at any time (no action required).
   If you maintain the same ability on several targets and the effect includes a power roll, you make that roll once and apply the same effect to all targets. A creature can’t be affected by multiple instances of a persistent ability.
   If you take 10 damage in one turn, you stop maintaining any persistent abilities.
   When you use a persistent ability outside of combat, you can maintain it for a number of rounds equal to your Victories.

Combat Traits

• Fearless: You can’t be made frightened.
• Ward of Delightful Consequences: The first time each round that you take damage, you gain 1 surge.

Triggered Actions

• Explosive Assistance: Triggered (you or an ally within distance force moves a creature or object).
  Ranged 10 (Fire, Magic), self or one ally. The forced movement distance gains a +2 bonus.
  Spend «1»: The forced movement distance gains a +4 bonus instead.

Main Actions

• Melee Free Strike: Melee 1 (Charge, Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 1; {3/6/8} damage.
• Ranged Free Strike: Ranged 5 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 1; {3/5/7} damage.
• Hurl Element (Free Strike): Ranged 10 (Magic, Strike).
  Roll + 2; {5/7/9} damage.
  Effect: When you make this strike, choose the damage type from one of the following options: acid, cold, corruption, fire, lightning, poison, or sonic.
  Acolyte of Fire: +1 damage when type is fire.
• Bifurcated Incineration (Sig.): Ranged 10 (Fire, Magic, Strike), two creatures or objects.
  Roll + 2; {4/6/8} fire damage.
• Viscous Fire (Sig.): Ranged 10 (Fire, Magic, Strike).
  Roll + 2; {6/9/11} fire damage; push {2/3/4}.
• Return to Formlessness: Melee 1 (Fire, Magic), one mundane object. You heat the target and cause it to melt or combust, destroying it. If the object is larger than 1 square, then only the square of the object you touch is destroyed.
• «3» The Flesh, a Crucible: Ranged 10 (Fire, Magic, Strike).
  Roll + 2; {9/12/15} fire damage.
  Persistent 1: If the target is within distance at the start of your turn, you can make the power roll again without spending essence (no action required).
• «5» Conflagration: Area 3 cube within 10 (Fire, Magic, Ranged).
  Roll + 2; {8/10/14} fire damage.
  Persistent 2: At the start of your turn, you can use a maneuver to use this ability again without spending essence.

Maneuvers

• Practical Magic: Self; special (Magic). Choose one of the following effects:
  • You use the Knockback maneuver, but its distance becomes the range of your Hurl Element ability, and you use Reason instead of Might for the power roll.
  • You choose a creature within the distance of your Hurl Element ability and one of the following damage types: acid, cold, corruption, fire, lightning, poison, or sonic. That creature takes 2 damage of the chosen type.
  • You teleport up to 2 squares. If you choose this option, you can spend essence to teleport 1 additional square for each essence spent.

Other Traits (combat bonuses already included)

• Wealth: 1; Renown 1
• Skills: Alchemy, Tailoring; Gymnastics; Empathize; Alertness; History, Magic, Monsters, Timescape.
• Languages: Caelian, Khoursirian, The First Language
• Background: Polder culture, Mage’s Apprentice career
• Corruption Immunity: You have corruption immunity 3.
• Acolyte of Fire: Your abilities that have the Fire and Magic keywords gain a +1 bonus to rolled damage. Your Hurl Element ability also gains this bonus when you use it to deal fire damage.
• Enchantment of Destruction: You gain a +1 bonus to rolled damage with magic abilities.
• Shadowmeld: Main Action. Self (Magic). You flatten yourself into a shadow against a wall or floor you are touching, and become hidden from any creature you have cover or concealment from or who isn’t observing you. While in shadow form, you have full awareness of your surroundings, and strikes made against you and tests made to search for you take a bane. You can’t move or be force moved, and you can’t take main actions or maneuvers except to exit this form or to direct creatures under your control, such as one you summon using an ability. Any ability or effect that targets more than 1 square affects you in this form only if it explicitly affects the surface you are flattened against. You can exit this form as a maneuver.
     If the surface you are flattened against is destroyed, this ability ends and you take 1d6 damage that can’t be reduced in any way.
• Arcane Trick: Main Action. Self; special (Magic). Choose one of the following effects:
  • You teleport a size 1S or smaller object adjacent to you into an unoccupied space adjacent to you.
  • Until the start of your next turn, a part of your body shoots a shower of harmless noisy sparks that light up each square adjacent to you.
  • You ignite or snuff out (your choice) every mundane light source of 1L or smaller adjacent to you.
  • You transform up to 1 pound of edible food you touch to make it taste delicious or disgusting.
  • Until the start of your next turn, you make your body exude a particular odor you’ve smelled before. This smell can be sensed by each creature within 5 squares of you, but can’t impose any condition or other drawback on those creatures.
  • You place a small magical inscription on the surface of a mundane object you touch, or you can remove an inscription that was made by you or by another creature using Arcane Trick.
  • You touch a size 1T object to cover it with an illusion that makes it look like a different object. Any creature who handles the object becomes aware of the illusion. The illusion ends when you stop touching the object.

Name:                                  
Polder Shadow, Black Ash

M –1; A +2; R +2; I +1; P +1
Size 1S; Speed 7; Disengage 3; Stability 0
Potency (POT): {0/1/2}
Saves: d10 ≥ 6; Immunity corruption 3
Recoveries (+7 Stamina each) 8:
Stamina (Winded 10) 21:
Victories:

Insight: You start combat with insight equal to your number of Victories. At the start of your turn you gain 1d3 insight. Additionally:

• The first time each combat round that you deal damage incorporating 1 or more surges, you gain 1 insight.
• Whenever you use a heroic ability that makes use of a power roll, that ability costs 1 fewer insight if you have an edge or double edge on it. If the ability has multiple targets, the cost is reduced even if the ability gains an edge or has a double edge against only one target.

Combat Traits

• Fearless: You can’t be made frightened.

Free Triggered Actions

• «1» Hesitation Is Weakness: (another hero ends their turn; that hero can’t have used this ability to start their turn).
  Self. You take your turn after the triggering hero.

Triggered Actions

• In All This Confusion: (you take damage).
  Self (Magic). You take half the damage, then can teleport up to 4 squares after the triggering effect resolves.
  Spend «1+»: You teleport 1 additional square for each insight spent.

Main Actions

• Melee Free Strike: Melee 1 (Charge, Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {5/8/10} damage.
• Ranged Free Strike: Ranged 10 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {5/7/9} damage.
• Fade (Sig.): Melee 1 or Ranged 10 (Strike, Weapon), creature only.
  Roll + 2; {5/8/10} damage; you can shift {1/2/3}.
• I Work Better Alone (Sig.): Melee 1 or Ranged 10 (Strike, Weapon), creature only.
  Roll + 2; {6/9/12} damage.
  Effect: If the target has none of your allies adjacent to them, you gain 1 surge before making the power roll.
• «3» Two Throats at Once: Melee 1 or Ranged 10 (Strike, Weapon), two creatures or objects.
  Roll + 2; {5/7/11} damage.
• «5» Coup de Grace: Melee 1 or Ranged 10 (Strike, Weapon), creature only.
  Roll + 2; 2d6 + {10/14/19} damage.

Maneuvers

• Black Ash Teleport: Self (Magic). You teleport up to 5 squares. If you have concealment or cover at your destination, you can use the Hide maneuver even if you are observed. If you successfully hide using this maneuver, you gain 1 surge.
  Spend «1+»: You teleport 1 additional square for each insight spent.

Other Traits (combat bonuses already included)

• Wealth: 1; Renown 0
• Skills: Gymnastics; Flirt, Lie; Alertness, Hide, Pick Lock, Sneak; Criminal Underworld.
• Languages: Caelian, Khoursirian, Szetch
• Background: Polder culture, Criminal career
• Cloak and Dagger (Kit): light armor; one or two light weapons
• Corruption Immunity: You have corruption immunity 3.
• Shadowmeld: Main Action. Self (Magic). You flatten yourself into a shadow against a wall or floor you are touching, and become hidden from any creature you have cover or concealment from or who isn’t observing you. While in shadow form, you have full awareness of your surroundings, and strikes made against you and tests made to search for you take a bane. You can’t move or be force moved, and you can’t take main actions or maneuvers except to exit this form or to direct creatures under your control, such as one you summon using an ability. Any ability or effect that targets more than 1 square affects you in this form only if it explicitly affects the surface you are flattened against. You can exit this form as a maneuver.
     If the surface you are flattened against is destroyed, this ability ends and you take 1d6 damage that can’t be reduced in any way.
• Lucky Dog: Whenever you fail a test using any skill from the intrigue skill group, you can lose 1d6 + 1 Stamina to improve the outcome of the test by one tier. You can use this perk only once per test.

Name:                                  
Wode Elf Troubadour, Virtuoso

M +1; A +2; R +1; I –1; P +2
Size 1M; Speed 9; Disengage 2; Stability 0
Potency (POT): {0/1/2}
Saves: d10 ≥ 5
Recoveries (+7 Stamina each) 8:
Stamina (Winded 10) 21:
Victories:

Drama: You start combat with drama equal to your number of Victories. At the start of your turn you gain 1d3 drama. You gain additional drama when certain events occur during a combat encounter:

• The first time three or more heroes use an ability on the same turn, you gain 2 drama.
• The first time any hero is made winded during the encounter, you gain 2 drama.
• Whenever a creature within your line of effect rolls a natural 19 or 20, you gain 3 drama.
• When you or another hero dies, you gain 10 drama.

No Actions (Routines)

At the start of each combat round, as long as you are not dazed, dead, or surprised, you can either choose a new performance or maintain your current performance (no action required).

• Choreography: Area 5 aura (Magic, Performance), self and each ally in the area. While this performance is active, each target who starts their turn in the area gains a +2 bonus to speed until the end of their turn.
• Revitalizing Limerick: Area 5 aura (Magic, Performance), self and each ally in the area. At the end of each of your turns while this performance is active, you can choose up to 2 targets. Each chosen target can spend a Recovery.
• “Ballad of the Beast”: Area 5 aura (Magic, Performance), self and each ally in the area. While this performance is active, each target who starts their turn in the area gains 1 surge.
• “Thunder Mother”: Ranged 10 (Magic, Performance, Strike), creature only. At the end of each combat round while this performance is active, you can make a power roll against the target that ignores cover. You can’t target the same creature twice with this effect.
  Roll + 2; {1/6/11} lightning damage.

Triggered Actions

• «3» Harmonize: (an ally within distance uses an ability that targets only one enemy and costs 3 or fewer of their Heroic Resource).
  Ranged 5, one ally. The target can choose one additional target for the triggering ability. Any damage dealt to the additional target is sonic damage.
  Spend «1+»: You can trigger this ability when a target uses an ability that has a Heroic Resource cost of 3 + each additional drama spent.

Main Actions

• Melee Free Strike: Melee 1 (Charge, Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {6/9/11} damage.
• Ranged Free Strike: Ranged 5 (Strike, Weapon).
  Roll + 2; {4/6/8} damage.
• Fancy Footwork (Sig.): Melee 1 (Strike, Weapon), creature only.
  Roll + 2; {7/9/12} damage; push {X/1/2}.
  Effect: You can shift into any square the target leaves after you push them.
• Witty Banter (Sig.): Melee 1 or Ranged 5 (Magic, Strike), creature only.
  Roll + 2; {6/7/9} psychic damage.
  Effect: One ally within 10 squares of you can end one effect on them that is ended by a saving throw or that ends at the end of their turn.
  Spend «1»: The chosen ally can spend a Recovery.
• «3» Hypnotic Overtones: Area 2 burst (Magic).
  Roll + 2; slide {1/1/2}; I < POT, dazed (save ends).
  Spend «2+»: The size of the burst increases by 1 for every 2 drama spent.
• «5» Dramatic Reversal: Area 3 burst (Magic), self and each ally in the area.
  Roll + 2; the target can shift {1/2/3} square(s) and make a free strike {roll 12+} that gains an edge. {roll 17+} The target can then spend a Recovery.

Maneuvers

• Power Chord: Area 2 burst (Magic).
  Roll + 2; push {1/2/3}.

Other Traits (combat bonuses already included)

• Wealth: 1; Renown 2
• Skills: Climb, Gymnastics; Brag, Flirt, Music, Performance, Persuade, Read Person; Search, Sneak; Rumors, Society.
• Languages: Caelian, Yllyric
• Background: Wode Elf culture, Performer career
• Swashbuckler (Kit): light armor; a medium weapon
• Wode Elf Glamor: You gain an edge on tests made to hide and sneak, and tests made to search for you while you are hidden take a bane.
• Otherworldly Grace: Whenever you make a saving throw, you succeed on a roll of 5 or higher.
• Swift: You have speed 6.
• Dramatic Death: When you are dead, you continue to gain drama during combat as long as your body is intact. If you have 30 drama during the encounter in which you died, you can come back to life with 1 Stamina and 0 drama (no action required). If you are still dead after the encounter in which you died, you can’t gain drama during future encounters.
• Scene Partner: Whenever you obtain a success on a test to interact with an NPC using a skill from the interpersonal group, you can form a bond with that NPC. When you enter into a negotiation with a bonded NPC, their patience increases by 1 (to a maximum of 5). Additionally, the first time during a negotiation that you personally make an argument that would increase a bonded NPC’s interest by 1, you instead increase their interest by 2 (to a maximum of 5).
     You can have 1 active bond. When you form a bond with a new NPC that would exceed the limit, you must choose which of your active bonds to lose.
• Harmonizer: You can make a Presence test using the Music skill to influence creatures who don’t have emotions or can’t understand you. Additionally, once during a negotiation when an ally makes an argument, you can play music to give that ally an edge on their test.