Sylvanus
About this class
Sylvanus are people who devote their entire being to protect the natural world and all those who call it home. They posses an array of supportive abilities provided by their devotion to mother nature, in order to to better their kin and thwart their foes.
Domains
Sage
Splendor
Starting stats
Hope feature
Class features
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Protector's Blessing
At the beginning of each session, roll a number of d4s equal to your tier and place them on your character sheet in the space provided. These are your Blessing Dice. You can spend a Blessing Dice to aid yourself or an ally within Close range. You can use a spent die’s value to gain a bonus to damage rolls, gain a bonus to evasion or clear Stress equal to the result. Bonuses do not stack and last until the blessed target takes damage. At the end of each session, clear all unspent Blessing Dice.
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Sprite Speak
You can see, communicate with and summon tiny sprites that may be able to tell you minor information regarding the surrounding nature and recent actions that took place there.
Class items
Character questions
Background prompts
- What is your personal connection to nature?
- What keeps you devoted to being a Sylvanus?
- How has your appearance changed after becoming a Sylvanus?
Connection prompts
- What did you confide in me that makes me protect you above all others, even myself?
- What plant do I say you remind me of?
- What promise have I made you agree to, should I die on the battlefield?
Subclass cards
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Spirit of the Forest
Foundation
SPELLCAST TRAIT: Instinct
Tree Step: While touching a tree or wooden object, you can mark a Stress to teleport to another within Far range.
Rapid Growth: You can mark a Stress to instantly grow a tree that is up to Close range tall or increase a trees height up to a Far range.
Spirit of the Forest
Specialization
Sapping Roots: Mark 2 Stress to make an adversary within Far range temporarily Sapping and Rooted. While Sapping the adversary must mark a Stress before making an action. While Rooted an adversary cannot move, this can be cleared by using an action to break free.
Nutritious Drain: Whenever an adversary within Very Close range is forced to mark a Stress, you can allow an ally within Close range to clear a Stress
Spirit of the Forest
Mastery
Barken Defence: You can spend a Blessing Die to grant a number of allies equal to its value a bonus to their damage threasholds equal to your spellcast trait. Their armour becomes hardened bark for the duration. This affect lasts until the end of the scene.
Spirit of the Flowers
Foundation
SPELLCAST TRAIT: Instinct
Petal Shield: You can Spend a Hope to reduce Minor damage to None for an ally within Far range
Photosynthesis: When you have zero Hope, gain double the amount of Hope when gaining Hope.
Spirit of the Flowers
Specialization
Greater Bloom: When using your "Full Bloom" Hope Feature, you can spend 2 additional Hope to imediately repeate the effect.
Spirit of the Flowers
Mastery
Seeding: Spend any number of Hope to apply that many teporary stacks of Pollen to an adversary. Each stack of Pollen reduces the difficulty of the adversary by one. When an ally suceeds against an affected adverary they can reduce the number of Pollen Stacks by one to clear a Hit Point.
Sylvanus
Sylvanus are people who devote their entire being to protect the natural world and all those who call it home. They posses an array of supportive abilities provided by their devotion to mother nature, in order to to better their kin and thwart their foes.
Domains
Sage + Splendor
Starting Evasion
12
Starting Hit Points
6
Class Items
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Sylvanus’s Hope Feature
Full Bloom : Spend 3 Hope to give other allies within Far range a Hope, any who cannot recive another Hope clear one Hit Point or Stress instead.
Class Features
Protector's Blessing
At the beginning of each session, roll a number of d4s equal to your tier and place them on your character sheet in the space provided. These are your Blessing Dice. You can spend a Blessing Dice to aid yourself or an ally within Close range. You can use a spent die’s value to gain a bonus to damage rolls, gain a bonus to evasion or clear Stress equal to the result. Bonuses do not stack and last until the blessed target takes damage. At the end of each session, clear all unspent Blessing Dice.
Sprite Speak
You can see, communicate with and summon tiny sprites that may be able to tell you minor information regarding the surrounding nature and recent actions that took place there.
Sylvanus Subclasses
Choose either the Spirit of the Forest or Spirit of the Flowers subclass.
Spirit of the Forest
Play the Spirit of the Forest if you want to embody the unwavering might of wood.
Spellcast Trait
Instinct
Foundation Features
Tree Step: While touching a tree or wooden object, you can mark a Stress to teleport to another within Far range.
Rapid Growth: You can mark a Stress to instantly grow a tree that is up to Close range tall or increase a trees height up to a Far range.
Specialization Feature
Sapping Roots: Mark 2 Stress to make an adversary within Far range temporarily Sapping and Rooted. While Sapping the adversary must mark a Stress before making an action. While Rooted an adversary cannot move, this can be cleared by using an action to break free.
Nutritious Drain: Whenever an adversary within Very Close range is forced to mark a Stress, you can allow an ally within Close range to clear a Stress
Mastery Feature
Barken Defence: You can spend a Blessing Die to grant a number of allies equal to its value a bonus to their damage threasholds equal to your spellcast trait. Their armour becomes hardened bark for the duration. This affect lasts until the end of the scene.
Spirit of the Flowers
Spellcast Trait
Instinct
Foundation Features
Petal Shield: You can Spend a Hope to reduce Minor damage to None for an ally within Far range
Photosynthesis: When you have zero Hope, gain double the amount of Hope when gaining Hope.
Specialization Feature
Greater Bloom: When using your "Full Bloom" Hope Feature, you can spend 2 additional Hope to imediately repeate the effect.
Mastery Feature
Seeding: Spend any number of Hope to apply that many teporary stacks of Pollen to an adversary. Each stack of Pollen reduces the difficulty of the adversary by one. When an ally suceeds against an affected adverary they can reduce the number of Pollen Stacks by one to clear a Hit Point.
Background Questions
Answer any of the following, or create your own.
- • What is your personal connection to nature?
- • What keeps you devoted to being a Sylvanus?
- • How has your appearance changed after becoming a Sylvanus?
Connections
Ask one of the following, or improvise.
- • What did you confide in me that makes me protect you above all others, even myself?
- • What plant do I say you remind me of?
- • What promise have I made you agree to, should I die on the battlefield?
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