Calling

Sorcerer

Sorcerers are students of the very fabric that holds reality together. They seek to master every law and fundamental that bind ordinary folk through esoteric studies and mystic rites.

No two sorcerers practice their art alike. One might carve runes into steel, another command flame or move distant things with thought alone, while others draw upon their own life to fuel their magic. Whatever their practice, every sorcerer knows the same dangerous truth: the world is far more malleable than it appears.

Key Virtue

Your key virtue is Wits.

Endurance

Your base endurance is 8.

Initial Features

As a sorcerer, you gain the following benefits.

Skills

When you take up the sorcerer calling, you gain 4 skill points which you can freely invest into the following skills: Alchemy, Command, Crafting, Folklore, Perception, and Letters, or any other skill you already have.

You gain additional skill points each level after 1st. Every even level, you gain 2 skill points, which you can only use to advance two different skills you already have. At every odd level, you instead gain 1 skill point, which you can use to advance a skill you already have or learn an entirely new skill. Only your initial skill points are restricted to the list above.

Esoteric Studies

You gain an extra spark on successful checks made with the Letters skill. Moreover, for you, Letters also encompasses knowledge and manipulation of magic found in the Lands of Yore.

Still Mind

In moments of stillness, you gather your thoughts. During encounters, if you end your turn in the same square where you started it, gain 2 focus.

Sorcery

You learn the sorcery special deed that allows you to craft your own conjuries. You do so by combining a form and an arcana. When you first start out as a sorcerer, you learn a number forms and arcana equal to your Wits each.

Each time your Wits increase, you learn a new form and arcana. As a camp activity, you may swap out one of your learned forms or arcana. You can choose to swap out all forms and arcana when you retrain in your haven.

Sorcery

Common Spell Deed | Special (See Below)

Twist the fabrics of reality to your whims. Choose one of your forms to determine the area of effect and any damage. Your arcana determines any other effects.

Forms

All forms are listed below in alphabetical order.

Arc...

Spell Deed | Path 6

⬖ Glance Deal Ω damage.

✦ Hit Add Ω damage.

⛤ Spark Apply arcana.

Blade...

Spell Deed | 1 Adjacent Creature

⬖ Glance Deal ΩΩ damage.

✦ Hit Add Ω damage.

⛤ Spark Apply arcana.

Bolt...

Spell Deed | 1 Creature

⬖ Glance Deal Ω damage and apply arcana.

✦ Hit Add Ω damage.

Breath...

Spell Deed | Close Blast 3

⬖ Glance Deal Ω damage.

✦ Hit Add Ω damage.

⛤ Spark Apply arcana.

Mist...

Spell Deed | Blast 5

⬖ Glance Apply arcana.

✦ Hit Deal Ω damage.

Orb...

Spell Deed | Blast 3

⬖ Glance Deal Ω damage.

✦ Hit Add Ω damage. Apply arcana.

Arcana

All arcana are listed below in alphabetical order.

...of Darkness

Create a dark cloud in the area of effect.

...of Dreams

Inflict staggered 1.

...of Earth

Raise or lower the ground in the area of effect by 1 squares.

...of Fire

Inflict burning 1.

...of Force

Inflict push 3.

...of Frost

Inflict hinder 3.

...of Gravity

Inflict toppled 1.

...of Leeching

You can make a recovery.

...of Power

Add Ω damage.

...of Radiance

Inflict blinded 1.

...of Shock

Inflict dazed 1.

...of Torment

Inflict suffering 2.

Sorcerer Masteries

Masteries improve upon your initial features. You gain masteries at 1st, 4th, and 8th level.

Dark Arts

You draw upon your own life force to fuel your magic.

When you attempt a deed that costs focus, you can use dark arts to attempt it without spending focus, gaining it instead at the end of your turn as if you didn't attempt a focus-costing deed.

You can use dark arts three times per encounter. The first time, you lose vigor equal to the focus you would have spent. The second time, you lose a recovery. The third time, you lose one endurance.

Far Grasp

You have learned to extend your will into the world, moving distant things with thought alone.

You can interact with objects and throw items within your spell range. Your throwing distance becomes 6 + Wits, rather than 6 + Grace and thrown weapons return you immediately after the deed is resolved.

Glyphs

You can inscribe one of your sorcerer deeds into a glyph on a flat surface. Choose a trigger for the glyph to break from proximity, time, or interaction. When triggered, the deed activates as if you had rolled a triumph. Creating a glyph takes about 10 minutes (one exploration action).

Illusions

If you concentrate, you can create small illusions in your environment, such as a false object in hand or a person walking down a nearby hall.

They cannot be touched, smelled, or heard, or perceived in any other way than sight, and close inspection will reveal obvious flaws. The further away you are, the less detailed a form you can create- forming an effect beyond a distance of 30 meters produces little more than a blurry outline.

When you test the limit of your abilities with this feature, the Judge may call for Letters check.

Pyromancy

The alluring warmth of fire is difficult for many mages to resist. Whenever a creature gains the burning state, you gain a surge.

Moreover, you have learned to command open flame through force of will. If you concentrate, you can ignite, extinguish, spread, and manipulate open fires within your spell range. You can make flames grow or diminish, move them across flammable surfaces, or shape them as you please.

When you test the limits of your abilities with this feature, the judge may call for a Letters check.

Wards

You form protective barriers to shield yourself and the company you keep.

When you or another creature within your spell range takes damage from an attack, you can choose to spend any amount of focus and reduce the damage taken by Ω for each point you spent. If the damage was from a spell, you can reroll any number of the dice once.

Sorcerer Talents

Talents are the new capabilities you acquire as you advance in level. You gain a talent when you first create your character and then again at every odd level.

Blood Price

Requires Dark Arts

When you use dark arts, you gain both exposed 2 and strong 2.

Counter Spell

You can counter ⤾ foes within your spell range. When you do so, deal Ω damage, adding Ω for each extra shadow they incur.

Death Defiance

Requires Dark Arts

You gain an edge on tenacity checks. Each time you succeed on one, gain 2 focus.

Deep Knowledge

You gain a skill point, which you can invest into one of your learned skills. You also gain an extra spark when you succeed on a check using that skill.

Dispel

1 | You may prevail ✦➤ on creatures within your spell range.

Detonate ✦

Requires Runes

You destroy one of your special runes in your spell range, causing it to violently discharge. Each creature within 2 squares of the rune takes 3d6 damage.

Equilibrium

You can spark on prevail ✦➤ checks. When you do, halve the potency reduction of the state and give the other half (rounded down) to a foe within spell range.

Fade Step ✦➤

1 | Teleport 5. You can spend an extra ✦ to teleport 10 instead.

Feed the Fire ✦➤

Requires Pyromancy

You consume a single open light-source or the burning state on a creature within your spell range. Consume another per extra ✦ you spend. Gain strong 1 for each light-source you extinguish in this way.

Firebrand

Requires Pyromancy

You can treat open light-sources you are holding, such as candles, torches, and lanterns, as armaments. By default they have the these traits: light, catalyst d6, and channel 4.

Each rank of catalyst also improves the armament's supply die, to a maximum of d12.

Glamour

Requires Illusions

You can use illusions to alter the appearance of yourself, such as your clothing, hair, skin, and so on.

Hold Fast

Requires Wards

When you use wards, the protected creature cannot be force moved by the triggering attack.

Lingering Wards

Requires Wards

When your wards reduce the damage to 0 or less, the target gains protected 2.

Magnify ✦

2 | If your next deed targets an area of effect, increase the size by 1 if its a blast or burst. Increase it by 4 if its a path instead.

Mirrored Force

Requires Wards

Your wards reflect harm back upon your attackers. When you use wards, the attacker takes damage equal to your highest roll. Then push 2.

Grasp of Power

Requires Far Grasp

You can break ✦➤ objects within your spell range using your Wits, rather than Might.

Sculpt ✦

1 | If your next deed targets an area of effect, it doesn't affect any allies within the area.

Ventriloquism

Requires Illusions

Your projected illusion can produce sound appropriate to what it depicts.

Wildfire

Requires Pyromancy

1 | When a creature is defeated while they have the burning state, you can give burning to another creature within 3 squares of the defeated creature by half its potency.

Sorcerer Deeds

When you first create your character, you learn two deeds. Then every even level thereafter you learn another deed of your choice.

For now, you can only learn great deeds. Beginning at 4th level, you can also choose to lean mythic deeds.

Great Sorcerer Deeds

Alacrity

Great Spell Gambit | 1 Creature

You quicken another's passage through time.

✖ Base The target gains an additional action ✦ at the start of their next turn.

⬖ Glance The target gains alacrity 2, giving the target potency free movement points they can spend without taking the move ✦➤ action on each of their turns.

✦ Hit Target gains alacrity 4 instead.

Alter Mass

Great Spell Gambit | Aura 4

You control the weight and density of everything around you.

✖ Base Choose yourself or a creature in the area. They either gain 2 poise, or it's set to 0 for the rest of the encounter.

⬖ Glance Gain alter mass 2, an aura in which you can manipulate mass. When a creature moves or is forced to move inside the aura, you can take a reaction ⤾ to sweep (potency) them.

✦ Hit Gain alter mass 4 instead.

Combustion

Great Spell Attack | 1 Creature

You ignite the very atmosphere.

✖ Base Deal ΩΩ damage

⬖ Glance Inflict burning 2.

✦ Hit Also inflict burning 2 on each creature in a burst 2 centered on the target.

Cauterize

Great Spell Gambit | 1 Creature

Not the cleanest way to close a wound.

✖ Base Grant a recovery 1.

⬖ Glance Deal Ω to all foes in burst 1 centered on the target.

✦ Hit Add Ω damage.

Hurl

Great Spell Attack | 1 Creature

Move another by force of will alone.

✖ Base Inflict push 3 in any direction of your choice. The target takes double damage from collisions.

⬖ Glance Deal Ω damage.

✦ Hit Inflict push 6 instead.

Enthrall

Great Spell Gambit | 1 Creature

For a moment, they forget who they are fighting for.

✖ Base Inflict sweep 4. The target must attempt its common deed against a creature in its range, using this deed's result.

⛤ Spark You can choose to use one of its grave deeds that you know of.

Implode

Great Spell Attack | 1 Creature

Space buckles inward around a single point.

✖ Base Each other creature in a burst 2 centered on the target is pulled 2 toward the target.

⬖ Glance Deal Ω damage.

✦ Hit Inflict pull 4 instead.

Manifold

Great Spell Gambit | 1 creature

Illusory doubles mirror your every movement, concealing which of you is real.

✖ Base Swap places with the target.

⬖ Glance You or the target gain manifold 1. While affected, each harmful deed targeting them takes a cut, then lowers the potency by 1.

✦ Hit Gain manifold 2 instead.

Sweet Delusion

Great Spell Gambit | Spell Burst

You veil the world in a comforting illusion, letting your companions forget their suffering.

✖ Base Remove one harmful state from one willing creature in the area.

⬖ Glance Remove a second harmful state from the same or a different creature.

✦ Hit Remove a third harmful state from the same or a different creature.

⛤ Spark Remove another harmful state from the same or a different creature.

Vertigo

Great Spell Attack | Blast 3

The world pitches sideways, and everyone within it struggles to remain standing.

✖ Base Inflict sweep 2.

⬖ Glance Deal Ω damage.

✦ Hit Add Ω damage.

⛤ Spark Each creature that has been swept in this way is toppled.

Mythic Sorcerer Deeds

Inferno

Mythic Spell Attack | Blast 4

You conjure a storm of fire and destruction.

✖ Base Create inferno 4, a light cloud of churning flames in the area of effect. Creatures that enter or start their turn inside take 2 x potency damage.

⬖ Glance Deal Ω damage.

✦ Hit Add ΩΩ damage.

Labyrinthian

Mythic Spell Gambit | Blast 4

A ancient spell used to imprison particularly nasty monsters.

✖ Base Mystic fogs roll over the area of effect, preventing line of sight into, or out of it until the end of the round.

⬖ Glance Gain labyrinthian 3, a state controlling a field of wyrdspace in the area. Creatures can enter the area normally, but a creature that moves out of the arena re-enters from the opposite side. A creature adjacent to the edge of the field can prevail against the state. If they overcome the potency in this way, the state is not removed, but they can cross the effects's threshold this turn.

✦ Hit Gain labyrinthian 6 instead.

Scholar's Armament

Mythic Spell Gambit | Personal

4+ | You enchant a weapon to strike on its own.

✖ Base Choose a melee armament in your hand or inventory. It deals † damage to one creature within your spell range.

⬖ Glance Gain scholar's armament 2. At the end of each of your turns, the armament deals † damage to one creature within spell range. Each time this happens, the state loses 1 potency. When the effect ends, the weapon falls to the ground.

✦ Hit The armament deals †† damage instead.

Skyfall

Mythic Spell Attack | Special

Comets fall from the heavens.

Before Roll this deed three times. Each one targets a blast 2 in your spell range.

✖ Base Deal Ω damage and create a layer of difficult terrain in the area.

⬖ Glance Add ΩΩ damage.

✦ Hit Inflict toppled 2.

Tear Through Reality

Mythic Spell Gambit | 1 Unoccupied Square

Rip open the space between here and there.

Before Create mystic gates in your square and the target square. At each gate, push 2 or pull 2 each creature within burst 4.

✖ Base You teleport to the target square.

⬖ Glance The gates remain as gate 2. A creature that enters either gate can immediately emerge from the other in an adjacent square. Lower the potency by 1 each time a creature passes through.

✦ Hit The gates remain as gate 4 instead.

Wall of Fire

Mythic Spell Gambit | Path 4

You raise a wall of persistent flames.

✖ Base Create wall of fire 4 in the area of effect. Creatures who start their turn or enter the area take potency damage and gain burning 2. You can spend an action ✦ to magnify the path on subsequent turns by 2 squares, also lowering the potency by 1.

⬖ Glance Raise the path or the potency by 2.

✦ Hit Raise both.

Vortex

Mythic Spell Attack | Blast 5

Conjure a force that pulls everyone in.

✖ Base Deal Ω damage and pull 2 on each creature in the area towards its center.

⬖ Glance Add Ω damage. Affected creatures cannot willingly leave their square on their next turns.

✦ Hit Add Ω damage. Inflict pull 4 instead.