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Harbinger
About this class
Harbingers stand where hope and catastrophe meet.
Fear follows them—not because they necessarily cause it, but because they have learned to recognize the moment when possibility begins to turn toward disaster.
Some Harbingers are prophets, survivors, cursed wanderers, or witnesses to events that should have killed them. Others carry no prophecy at all; the signs simply manifest around them through strange lights, impossible shadows, whispers, scars, dreams, or sudden changes in the world.
As danger grows, Harbingers gather Omens, echoes of the Fear accumulating around them. They can use these signs to bend uncertain outcomes in favor of themselves and their companions, but altering fate never comes freely. Every catastrophe avoided may give something darker another opportunity to emerge.
A Harbinger might become a symbol of salvation, a herald of destruction, or something caught eternally between the two.
Included subclasses
Domains
Splendor
Starting stats
Hope feature
Class features
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Omens
Start each session with 1 Omen. You can hold up to 3 Omens.
When a Duality Roll causes the GM to gain one or more Fear, gain 1 Omen.
You can’t gain an Omen from a roll you use Portent on. -
Portent
When you or an ally within Close range fails an Action or Reaction Roll, you can spend 1 Omen to roll a d8 and add it to the result.
If this changes the failure into a success, the GM gains 1 Fear.
If the original roll was with Hope, regain the Omen you spent.
You can use Portent only once per roll.
Class items
- A keepsake belonging to someone whose death you foresaw
- A charm you were told would protect you from an unnamed fate.
Character questions
Background prompts
- When did you first realize that the strange signs surrounding you meant something? What happened immediately afterward?
- Someone once interpreted one of your Omens very differently than you did. Who were they, and why do you still wonder whether they were right?
- What future or possibility frightens you enough that you refuse to speak of it aloud?
Connection prompts
- You were with me when one of my Omens came true in a way neither of us expected. What happened?
- You don't fear the signs around me the way most people do. Why?
- I once warned you not to do something, and you ignored me. Were you right to?
Subclass cards
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Living Omen
Foundation
SPELLCAST TRAIT: Instinct
Manifestation: When you reach 3 Omens, you may become Manifested until the end of the scene or until you have no Omens remaining.
While Manifested, gain +1 to Attack Rolls and Spellcast Rolls that target adversaries.
When you succeed on an attack, you may spend 1 Omen to add 1d10 to the damage dealt to one target.
You can continue gaining Omens while Manifested.
Living Omen
Specialization
Escalation: When an attack empowered by Manifestation deals Major or greater damage, clear a Stress. If it deals Severe damage, also gain 1 Omen.
Living Omen
Mastery
Calamity Incarnate: While Manifested, you can hold up to 4 Omens. When you spend an Omen to empower an attack, add 2d10 instead of 1d10.
Doomguard
Foundation
SPELLCAST TRAIT: Instinct
Forewarned: While you have at least 1 Omen, gain a +2 bonus to your Severe Damage Threshold.
Intercede: When an ally within Close range is targeted by an attack, you can spend 1 Omen to move into Melee range of them and become the target of the attack instead.
You gain +2 Evasion against the triggering attack.
Doomguard
Specialization
Bear the Sign: When you take damage from an attack redirected by Intercede, you can mark 1 Stress to reduce the damage severity by one threshold.
Doomguard
Mastery
Not Yet: Once per scene, when you or an ally within Close range would mark their last available Hit Point, you can spend 2 Omens. They instead mark only enough Hit Points to leave 1 Hit Point unmarked, then mark a Stress.
Harbinger
Harbingers stand where hope and catastrophe meet.
Fear follows them—not because they necessarily cause it, but because they have learned to recognize the moment when possibility begins to turn toward disaster.
Some Harbingers are prophets, survivors, cursed wanderers, or witnesses to events that should have killed them. Others carry no prophecy at all; the signs simply manifest around them through strange lights, impossible shadows, whispers, scars, dreams, or sudden changes in the world.
As danger grows, Harbingers gather Omens, echoes of the Fear accumulating around them. They can use these signs to bend uncertain outcomes in favor of themselves and their companions, but altering fate never comes freely. Every catastrophe avoided may give something darker another opportunity to emerge.
A Harbinger might become a symbol of salvation, a herald of destruction, or something caught eternally between the two.
Domains
Dread + Splendor
Starting Evasion
10
Starting Hit Points
6
Class Items
- • A keepsake belonging to someone whose death you foresaw
- • A charm you were told would protect you from an unnamed fate.
Harbinger’s Hope Feature
The Signs Align : Spend 3 Hope to gain 1 Omen. Until the end of the scene, your Portent die becomes a d10.
Class Features
Omens
Start each session with 1 Omen. You can hold up to 3 Omens. When a Duality Roll causes the GM to gain one or more Fear, gain 1 Omen. You can’t gain an Omen from a roll you use Portent on.
Portent
When you or an ally within Close range fails an Action or Reaction Roll, you can spend 1 Omen to roll a d8 and add it to the result. If this changes the failure into a success, the GM gains 1 Fear. If the original roll was with Hope, regain the Omen you spent. You can use Portent only once per roll.
Harbinger Subclasses
Choose either the Living Omen or Doomguard subclass.
Living Omen
The Fear gathering around you to transform you into a supernatural threat.
Spellcast Trait
Instinct
Foundation Features
Manifestation: When you reach 3 Omens, you may become Manifested until the end of the scene or until you have no Omens remaining.
While Manifested, gain +1 to Attack Rolls and Spellcast Rolls that target adversaries.
When you succeed on an attack, you may spend 1 Omen to add 1d10 to the damage dealt to one target.
You can continue gaining Omens while Manifested.
Specialization Feature
Escalation: When an attack empowered by Manifestation deals Major or greater damage, clear a Stress. If it deals Severe damage, also gain 1 Omen.
Mastery Feature
Calamity Incarnate: While Manifested, you can hold up to 4 Omens. When you spend an Omen to empower an attack, add 2d10 instead of 1d10.
Doomguard
You can recognize catastrophe before it strikes and put yourself between danger and those who would suffer it.
Spellcast Trait
Instinct
Foundation Features
Forewarned: While you have at least 1 Omen, gain a +2 bonus to your Severe Damage Threshold.
Intercede: When an ally within Close range is targeted by an attack, you can spend 1 Omen to move into Melee range of them and become the target of the attack instead.
You gain +2 Evasion against the triggering attack.
Specialization Feature
Bear the Sign: When you take damage from an attack redirected by Intercede, you can mark 1 Stress to reduce the damage severity by one threshold.
Mastery Feature
Not Yet: Once per scene, when you or an ally within Close range would mark their last available Hit Point, you can spend 2 Omens. They instead mark only enough Hit Points to leave 1 Hit Point unmarked, then mark a Stress.
Background Questions
Answer any of the following, or create your own.
- • When did you first realize that the strange signs surrounding you meant something? What happened immediately afterward?
- • Someone once interpreted one of your Omens very differently than you did. Who were they, and why do you still wonder whether they were right?
- • What future or possibility frightens you enough that you refuse to speak of it aloud?
Connections
Ask one of the following, or improvise.
- • You were with me when one of my Omens came true in a way neither of us expected. What happened?
- • You don't fear the signs around me the way most people do. Why?
- • I once warned you not to do something, and you ignored me. Were you right to?
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