Adept

Adept

Adepts are men and women who have through a combination of practice or training are able to hone their body to supernatural limits. The powers they exhibit range from incredible speed and strength, communication with animals, to changing the very shape of their body. The legends of the greatest swordsmen and orators in the lands often stem from these abilities. Adepts have no knowledge of spells, their powers are called Disciplines.

When selecting the Adept Template, players may select a single Adept Discipline at rank 2. Additional ranks or new Disciplines may be purchased at the cost of 5 experience per rank.

Prowess

When Adepts choose a Discipline for the first time, they can choose a form of Prowess that Discipline offers. Prowess is a static benefit that does not require mana or have to be activated. Prowess bonuses count as Enhancement bonuses for the purposes of power stacking. Each Discipline offers three options for Prowess. You may take a form of Prowess you already have, however only the higher of the bonuses will take effect.

Disciplines	Prowess
Bear	Might, Toughness, Resistance
Wolf	Might, Toughness, Healing
Panther	Agility, Haste, Evasion
Snake	Agility, Haste, Evasion
Tiger	Agility, Haste, Evasion
Lark	Might, Charm, Resistance
Lion	Toughness, Charm, Healing
Raven	Charm, Resistance, Healing
Dragon	Might, Toughness, Resistance

Prowess	Static Bonus
Toughness	+1 Constitution per Discipline rank
Might	+1 Strength per Discipline rank
Agility	+1 Dexterity per Discipline rank
Charm	+1 Charisma per Discipline rank
Resistance	+1 Base Resistance per Discipline rank
Evasion	+1 Magic Defense per Discipline rank 1 Magical Damage Reduction at Rank 3, this increases to 2 at Rank 5
Healing	+2 Self Healing/day per Discipline rank (1 Lethal per round)
Haste	+1 Speed, +1 Initiative per Discipline rank

Disciplines

Discipline of the Lark	(Perform, Diplomacy, Gather Information, Storied Fighting)
Discipline of the Raven	()
Discipline of the Snake	(Thievery, Deception, Poisons, Dexterity Attacks)
Discipline of the Tiger	()
Discipline of the Bear	(Charging, Strength, Toughness, Sundering Attacks)
Discipline of the Wolf	(Resilience, Animal Traits, Animal Control, Outlander Fighting)
Discipline of the Lion	(Leadership, Courage, , Group Fighting)
Discipline of the Panther	(Stealth, Non-Detection, Environmental Specialization, Assassination)
Discipline of the Dragon	(Troll Bonuses, Draconic Traits, Fear, Draconic Fighting) - Troll Only

Types of Powers:

Disciplines grant powers that may be either Passive, Active, or Strikes. A passive power does not need to be activated, it is available all of the time. In this manner it is similar to the benefits from Prowess. Active powers are duration based buffs that may be activated as a free action. Strikes are Standard actions that may be combined with standard attacks or Maneuvers granted from Weapon Styles. Individual Strikes may have restrictions on the types of Maneuvers they may be combined with. Active Powers and Strikes will both cost mana to activate. Each Discipline will have 4 distinct lines of powers for each rank.

Discipline of the Panther

Stealth

Non-Detection

Environmental Specialization

Assassination

Rank 1

Hide in Plain Sight	You create a distraction and disappear before your foes realize what happened. You may go into stealth while being watched. 1 Mana
Silent Steps	You gain a +2 bonus to Stealth when detection would be affected only by hearing.
Environmental Specialist	Choose one environment (urban, forest, plains, mountains, desert) in which you gain a +2 Stealth bonus. This may only be purchased once.
Conceal Weapons	Gain a +2 to a Stealth or Sleight of Hand check to conceal small/light weapons.

Rank 2

Shadow Stride	Passive: Move from concealment to concealment without being noticed. As long as you begin and end your movement in concealment you remain stealthed. Active: Move full speed while stealthed. 1 Mana
Dampen Magical Emanations	Passive: When not stealthed, magical items concealed on your person do not radiate for passive detection effects like Mage Sight. Active: Prevent magical items concealed on your person from radiating for active detection spells such as Sense Magic for 1 Hour.. 1 Mana. Sense spells must make an opposed roll vs. your Stealth roll + Panther.
Low Light Vision	Gain the ability to see in nearly pitch black conditions for 1 hour. If your race already has Low Light Vision, this improves the distance you can see by 10 yards. 1 Mana
Death From Above	Gain a x2 damage bonus on a standard melee attack against a flat footed target when jumping/falling from at least 3 yards above. This maneuver may not be combined with Maneuvers from Fighting Styles. 1 Mana.

Rank 3

Chameleon	Passive: Stealth without cover/concealment. Active: While in stealth, spells which would normally detect life forms, stealthed targets, or magical emanations must roll an opposed roll vs. your Stealth to succeed. Duration 1 hour. 2 Mana.
Avoid Sight	If you have been perceived through Stealth, you may move an immediate Rank yards. If this breaks line of sight with the target (cover, prone etc) who would have spotted you, re-roll your stealth and ignore the initial perception. 2 Mana.
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Phantom Strike	While stealthed you may make standard melee attack and immediately make a stealth roll vs. the target’s perception +2. If successful you stay stealthed. For each time you use this strike on the same target, they gain an additional +2 to their perception. If the target’s perception roll succeeds or the target dies the maneuver immediately ends and you come out of stealth. This strike may not be combined with Maneuvers from Fighting Styles. 2 Mana.

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Veil Aura	Passive: Your glacial features reveal nothing of your intent, preventing others from reading your emotions. Gain a +Rank bonus on Deception rolls to conceal your emotions. Active: Your aura becomes murky and unreadable preventing any spells or effects from reading your aura and providing a +2 bonus to your Chameleon roll vs. opposed detection magic.
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Hidden Strike	Use a flourish with a second weapon, open hand, or cloak to distract your opponent momentarily leaving them flat-footed. This is a full round action. 3 Mana.

Rank 5

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Non-Detection	Become immune to divination and sense spells for 1 hour. 4 Mana.
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Heart Strike	Deal a fatal attack directly to the target’s heart.

Discipline of the Dragon (Troll Only)

Troll Bonuses

Draconic Traits

Fear

Draconic Fighting

Rank 1

Fearless	Passive: Character is immune to penalties from natural fear such as Intimidate checks. Active: +Rank bonus on saves against magical fear effects. 1 Mana.
Dragon Claw	Passive: Character may treat unarmed attacks as 2 dice lethal weapons. Characters with this power are eligible for the Natural Weapons Fighting Style.
Aura of Intimidation	Passive: Character gains +2 on Intimidate checks. Active: Character gains a 5 yard +Rank radius aura of intimidation for 1 hour. On a successful Intimidate roll, foes in the aura suffer a -2 fear penalty to all non-combat rolls. 1 Mana
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Rank 2

Improved Resistance	Passive: Character gains +1 Resistance. Active: Character ignores the damage or penalties of one Poison or Disease for Rank rounds. This effect does not increase the duration of the hostile disease or poison. 1 Mana.
Dragon Lung	Character may hold their breath for an extended duration. With a prepared breaths before hand, a practitioner of Dragon Lung can draw in enough air, and modulate their body’s use of the air to remain active without breathing for 20 minutes. Additionally fully inflating their lungs with this Discipline allows practitioners to swim with a +2 to their skill check. 1 Mana.
Aura of Fear	Character gains a 5 yard +Rank radius aura of fear. This aura counts as magical fear and is rolled against chosen target’s Magic Resistance. If successful the targets suffer a -2 penalty to all skill rolls (including attacks or spellcasting checks) within the aura regardless of target. 1 Mana.
Reactive Assault	After taking damage from an attack made while you were flat footed you may immediately attack the assailant with a basic melee attack. This attack does not count against your normal action limits for the round. Only once such attack may be made per encounter. 1 Mana.

Rank 3

Inevitable Doom	Character may ignore any speed impairing effects including environmental, magical, or armor penalties for Rank rounds. Character is limited to a maximum move of their base movement. (ie. they may not charge or take a double move action) 2 Mana.
Dragon Scales	Passive: Gain +1 Damage Reduction Active: The Damage Reduction gained by Dragon Scales may apply to spells for 1 round. This effect may be activated reactively as a free action. 2 Mana.
Draconic Roar	Character roars at the top of their lungs, targeting a nearby foe (within Rank x 5 yards) with all of their fury. This counts as a magical fear effect and is rolled against the target’s Magic Resistance. If successful, the target cowers in fear losing their action for Rank rounds. While cowering the target does not lose their dodge, and is not considered flat footed. This effect is broken if they are attacked by you or your allies, however the target then suffers a -2 fear penalty on all rolls (including attacks or spellcasting checks) for the rest of the encounter. This penalty does not stack with the penalty granted by Aura of Fear. This may only be attempted once per target per encounter. 2 Mana.
Dragon Fang	A standard melee attack gains +Rank in Armor Piercing. If lethal damage is dealt, target bleeds 2 dice a round for 5 rounds unless a full round bind action is taken or they reach full health from magical healing. The bleed effect does not stack, however the duration will reset if applied again. This strike may not be combined with Maneuvers from Fighting Styles. 2 Mana.

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Aura of Terror	Character gains a 5 yard +Rank radius aura of terror. This aura counts as magical fear and is rolled against chosen target’s Magic Resistance. If successful the targets suffer a -2 penalty to magical defense and dodge. If the character also possesses the Aura of Fear power, its effect is added to the effects above for free. 3 Mana.
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Rank 5

Fuel the Fire	Free Action. This power adds points of damage taken to a pool of Story Dice that may be added to melee attacks. The effect lasts 5 rounds and any unspent dice dissipate after that time. 4 Mana.
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Deadly Terror	A palpable wave of magical fear strikes a target within 10 yards x Rank dealing lethal damage. This is rolled against a target’s Magical Defense. This effect may only be used against a target once per encounter. 4 Mana.
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Discipline of the Tiger

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Discipline of the Snake

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Discipline of the Bear

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Discipline of the Wolf

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Discipline of the Lion

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Discipline of the Lark

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Discipline of the Raven

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