Mystical traditions

Each character's ability to use their mystical powers, if they have any, is governed by one Mystical Tradition. Choosing a Mystical Tradition costs nothing, but a character only gets one and it's required for any of the classes that grant powers.

The Traditions

Sealed Prodigy

Sealed Prodigies seal away their mystical powers, allowing them to release the powers later abruptly, enhancing theirselves as they do so.

They have Seals, which consist of a [ Durational ] power (that has a single creature target), and a regular or [ Ultra ] break power. The [ Durational ] power is inactive, until the Sealed Prodigy breaks a Seal by using the break power, activating the [ Durational ] power on theirself. The break power cannot be used again until the seal is resealed, which deactivates the [ Durational ] power again. Resealing one Seal takes 1 hour of concentration if it's [ Ultra ] or 1 round of concentration otherwise. Powers are chosen (including any augmentations to get them to the desired rank) when you gain the power.

The break power may be [ Durational ], but if so, it has a duration of 2 rounds.

Elements: Sealed Prodigies start with 1 Element of their choice. They can get additional Elements for one Extra slot each.

Sealed Apprentice Common Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Sealed Prodigy

Bonuses:

♦ Gain a common Seal with a Rank 1 [ Durational ] power and a Rank 3 break power.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Sealed Adept Elite Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Sealed Prodigy

Bonuses:

♦ Gain an elite Seal with a Rank 3 [ Durational ] power and a Rank 5 break power.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Sealed Practitioner Elite Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Sealed Prodigy, 2 common Seals.

Bonuses:

♦ Upgrade two of your common seals to elite Seals with Rank 3 [ Durational ] powers and Rank 5 break powers.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Sealed Knight Paragon Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Sealed Prodigy

Bonuses:

♦ Gain a paragon Seal with a Rank 5 [ Durational ] power and a Rank 7 break power.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Sealed Expert Paragon Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Sealed Prodigy, 2 elite Seals.

Bonuses:

♦ Upgrade two of your common seals to paragon Seals with Rank 5 [ Durational ] powers and Rank 7 break powers.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Sealed Master Legend Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Sealed Prodigy

Bonuses:

♦ Gain a legend Seal with a Rank 7 [ Durational ] power and a Rank 9 break power.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Sealed Challenger Legend Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Sealed Prodigy, 2 paragon Seals.

Bonuses:

♦ Upgrade two of your paragon Seals to legend Seals with Rank 7 [ Durational ] powers and Rank 9 break powers.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Enchanter

Enchanters enchant creatures and objects with mystical energy, making them stronger, and can later release the energy from an enchantment for a powerful effect. They're the inverse of Sealed Prodigies, in a way.

They have Enchantments, which consist of a [ Durational ] power, and a regular or [ Ultra ] break power. The [ Durational ] power is active on whatever it's enchanting, and the Enchanter can break the Enchantment, ending it, to use the break power, cast as though the Enchanter was standing anywhere the [ Durational ] power covers, although they do not normally gain any vision of this. Once an Enchantment is broken, the Enchanter gets back the energies used in the enchantment, and can enchant something new, with 1 hour of concentration if it's an [ Ultra ] enchantment or the [ Durational ] power's normal casting time otherwise. Powers are chosen (including any augmentations to get them to the desired rank) when you gain the power.

The break power may be [ Durational ], but if so, it has a duration of 2 rounds.

Elements: Enchanters start with 1 Element of their choice. They can get additional Elements for one Extra slot each.

Enchantment Apprentice Common Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Enchanter

Bonuses:

♦ Gain the energy for a common Enchantment, and learn a common Enchantment, which has a Rank 2 [ Durational ] power and a Rank 2 break power.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Enchantment Adept Elite Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Enchanter

Bonuses:

♦ Gain the energy for an elite Enchantment, and learn an elite Enchantment, which has a Rank 4 [ Durational ] power and a Rank 4 break power.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Enchantment Practitioner Elite Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Enchanter, 2 common Enchantments.

Bonuses:

♦ Upgrade two of your common Enchantments, and the energies for them, to elite energies and Enchantments with Rank 4 [ Durational ] powers and Rank 4 break powers.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Enchantment Knight Paragon Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Enchanter

Bonuses:

♦ Gain the energy for a paragon Enchantment, and learn a paragon Enchantment, which has a Rank 6 [ Durational ] power and a Rank 6 break power.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Enchantment Expert Paragon Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Enchanter, 2 elite Seals.

Bonuses:

♦ Upgrade two of your elite Enchantments, and the energies for them, to paragon energies and Enchantments with Rank 6 [ Durational ] powers and Rank 6 break powers.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Enchantment Master Legend Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Enchanter

Bonuses:

♦ Gain the energy for a legend Enchantment, and learn a legend Enchantment, which has a Rank 8 [ Durational ] power and a Rank 8 break power.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Enchantment Challenger Legend Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Enchanter, 2 paragon Seals.

Bonuses:

♦ Upgrade two of your paragon Enchantments, and the energies for them, to legend energies and Enchantments with Rank 8 [ Durational ] powers and Rank 8 break powers.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Supplicant

Supplicants listen to the whims of the mystical powers they call on, and can only use powers in line with whatever the energies support at that moment.

They have Forms, which are holders for a regular or [ Durational ] power, and Whim Dice, which are dice they roll at the start of their turn and allocate to powers in order to use or maintain them.

After an 8 hour rest, the Supplicant's Forms are cleared, and they may freely fill their Forms with un-augmented powers of the Forms' ranks with 1 round of concentration. If they want to be able to maintain a [ Durational ] power more than once, they have to fill more Forms with that same power.

There are several different variations of Forms, each with its own limitations:

[2-]: This Form is the only one that can hold immediate action powers, lesser action powers, or powers that are used as an attack. It requires a Whim Die of 2 or less to be placed in it.

[Any]: This Form can be activated with a die of any roll.

[Even]: This Form can only be activated with an even numbered die. It gets augmented +1 Rank if the die is a 4.

[Odd]: This Form can only be activated with an odd numbered die. It gets augmented +1 Rank if the die is a 3.

[6]: This Form can only be activated with a 6, and it gets augmented +2 Ranks.

Any Form can hold [ Durational ] powers.

At the start of the Supplicant's turn, they may free Whim Dice from any forms that have Whim Dice in them, ending any [ Durational ] powers that were powered by those Forms, then roll all their free and expended dice. In order to use a power, the Supplicant must put one of their rolled dice into an empty slot in that Form as part of the action to use it. If the Form power is [ Durational ], the die is now occupying the Form, otherwise the die is merely expended and the Form is free to potentially use again.

To use more powerful Forms, or weaker Forms more powerfully, the Supplicant needs more powerful dice.

Common Whim Dice can only be used in Rank 1 Forms.

Elite Whim Dice can only be used in Rank 3 or less Forms; in a Rank 1 Form they augment the power +2 Ranks.

Paragon Whim Dice can only be used in Rank 5 or less Forms; in a Rank 3 or less Form they augment the power +2 Ranks.

Legend Whim Dice can be used in any Forms; in a Rank 5 or less Form they augment the power +2 Ranks.

Elements: Supplicants start with 1 Element of their choice. They can get additional Elements for one Extra slot each.

Supplicant Apprentice Common Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Supplicant

Bonuses:

♦ Gain a Rank 1 Form and a Common Whim Die.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Supplicant Adept Elite Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Supplicant

Bonuses:

♦ Gain a Rank 3 Form. Gain an Elite Whim Die.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Supplicant Practitioner Elite Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Supplicant, 2 common Whim Dice.

Bonuses:

♦ All your Forms of Rank 2 or less get +1 Rank.

♦ Upgrade two of your Common Whim Dice to Elite Whim Dice.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Supplicant Knight Paragon Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Supplicant

Bonuses:

♦ Gain a Rank 5 Form. Gain a Paragon Whim Die.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Supplicant Expert Paragon Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Supplicant, 2 elite Whim Dice.

Bonuses:

♦ All your Forms of Rank 4 or less get +1 Rank.

♦ Upgrade two of your Elite Whim Dice to Paragon Whim Dice.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Supplicant Master Legend Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Supplicant

Bonuses:

♦ Gain a Rank 7 Form. Gain a Legend Whim Die.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Supplicant Challenger Legend Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Supplicant, 2 paragon Whim Dice.

Bonuses:

♦ All your Forms of Rank 6 or less get +1 Rank.

♦ Upgrade two of your Paragon Whim Dice to Legend Whim Dice.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Seeker of the Balance

Seekers of the Balance keep their different elements of power opposed to each other, alternating between them in pursuit of stability.

Stance Master

Stance Masters associate sets of personal enchantments and active powers together, changing what mystical powers they can use by entering a different stance with different enchantments.

A Stance Master has four stances, each of which consists of some [ Durational ] powers (that have a single creature target) which are automatically active on the Stance Master while they're in the stance and last until they leave it, and some regular powers which they can use while in that stance. Powers are chosen (including any augmentations to get them to the desired rank) when you gain the power.

When an advancement lets you get a [ Durational ] or regular power for two stances, you don't have to make both be the same kind.

A regular power may also be [ Durational ], but if so, it has a duration of 3 rounds or until the stance is changed, whichever happens first.

Elements: Stance Masters start with 2 Elements of their choice, one only usable in two stances, and one only usable in the other two stances. For two Extra slots, they can get another two Elements, one only usable in two stances, and one only usable in the other two.

Stance Apprentice Common Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Stance Master

Bonuses:

♦ Gain either a Rank 2 [ Durational ] power or a Rank 1 regular power for two of your stances.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times, but each time you must give powers to the two of your stances with the least powers, or tied for least.

Stance Adept Elite Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Stance Master

Bonuses:

♦ Gain either a Rank 4 [ Durational ] power or a Rank 3 regular power for two of your stances.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times, but each time you must give powers to the two of your stances with the least powers, or tied for least.

Stance Practitioner Elite Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Stance Master, a rank 2 [ Durational ] power or Rank 1 regular power in each of your stances.

Bonuses:

♦ For each of your stances, upgrade one Rank 2 [ Durational ] power to a Rank 4 [ Durational ] power, or one Rank 1 regular power to a Rank 3 regular power.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Stance Knight Paragon Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Stance Master

Bonuses:

♦ Gain either a Rank 6 [ Durational ] power or a Rank 5 regular power for two of your stances.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times, but each time you must give powers to the two of your stances with the least powers, or tied for least.

Stance Expert Paragon Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Stance Master, a rank 4 [ Durational ] power or Rank 3 regular power in each of your stances.

Bonuses:

♦ For each of your stances, upgrade one Rank 4 [ Durational ] power to a Rank 6 [ Durational ] power, or one Rank 3 regular power to a Rank 5 regular power.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Stance Master Legend Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Stance Master

Bonuses:

♦ Gain either a Rank 8 [ Durational ] power or a Rank 7 regular power for two of your stances.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times, but each time you must give powers to the two of your stances with the least powers, or tied for least.

Stance Challenger Legend Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Stance Master, a rank 6 [ Durational ] power or Rank 5 regular power in each of your stances.

Bonuses:

♦ For each of your stances, upgrade one Rank 6 [ Durational ] power to a Rank 8 [ Durational ] power, or one Rank 5 regular power to a Rank 7 regular power.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Tokenist

Tokenists imbue small tokens with power, some of which can be called upon again and again, while others are expended on use.

After an 8 hour rest, all the tokenist's tokens lose their energy and the tokenist may imbue objects anew with 1 round of Concentration. Tokens can be any kind of object, and don't have to be the same objects each time, but the tokenist has to touch and focus on a specific token to use it, so it's usually wise to choose small identifiable objects.

A token power can either be Weak, meaning that it is not expended on use, or Strong, meaning that it is expended on use but may be an [ Ultra ] power. If it's a [ Durational ] power, then on a Strong token it lasts until the tokenist's rest next depletes their tokens, and on a Weak token it lasts until the tokenist next uses that token again.

Token powers are freely chosen when they're imbued from the list of mystical powers the character has access to. All augments to them to bring them to the desired rank must be chosen when the token is imbued.

Elements: Tokenists start with 1 Element of their choice. They can get additional Elements for one Extra slot each.

Token Apprentice Common Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Tokenist

Bonuses:

♦ Gain a common Token, which can hold a Weak Rank 1 power or a Strong Rank 3 power.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Token Adept Elite Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Tokenist

Bonuses:

♦ Gain an elite Token, which can hold a Weak Rank 3 power or a Strong Rank 5 power.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Token Practitioner Elite Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Tokenist, 2 common Tokens.

Bonuses:

♦ Upgrade two of your common Tokens to elite Tokens which can hold Weak Rank 3 powers or Strong Rank 5 powers.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Token Knight Paragon Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Tokenist

Bonuses:

♦ Gain a paragon Token, which can hold a Weak Rank 5 power or a Strong Rank 7 power.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Token Expert Paragon Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Tokenist, 2 elite Tokens.

Bonuses:

♦ Upgrade two of your elite Tokens to Paragon Tokens which can hold Weak Rank 5 powers or Strong Rank 7 powers.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.

Token Master Legend Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Tokenist

Bonuses:

♦ Gain a legend Token, which can hold a Weak Rank 7 power or a Strong Rank 9 power.

Special: This class may be taken multiple times.

Token Challenger Legend Tier Expertise

Prerequisites  Mystical Tradition: Tokenist, 2 paragon Tokens.

Bonuses:

♦ Upgrade two of your paragon Tokens to legend Tokens which can hold Weak Rank 7 powers or Strong Rank 9 powers.

Special: This class may be taken up to two times.