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Vanguard • Strategos

About these subclasses

Choose to lead your allies from the front lines, or through meticulous tactical placement of your Banners. Inspire your allies and make decisive pushes in the midst of combat.

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Homebrew class
Ensign

Vanguard

Lead the charge into the fray and inspire your allies from the front lines

Foundation

Lead the Charge: When you fail an Agility roll to move to Far range you may reroll both of your Duality Dice.

Eager for a Fight: The first time in a scene where you are forced to Mark one or more Hit Points from an Attack. Choose to either Gain a Hope or Clear a Stress.

Specialization

Burst of Inspiration: Mark a Stress to increase the Range of your Banner effects to Far. This boost lasts until you take Severe damage or until the combat scene ends.

Dauntless: Gain 2 Stress slots.

Mastery

Cry Havoc: Once per long rest you can unleash a rousing war cry. All allies within Far Range gain 3 Hope. Additionally, all allies have advantage on Action Rolls and Reaction Roll until the GM spends 2 Fear to cancel this effect.

Strategos

Support you allies from anywhere on the battlefield. Make tactical decisions to turn the tide in your favor.

Foundation

Switch Tactics: After your Banner is unfurled the first time in a scene, spend a Hope to swap the active effect of a Banner without having to unfurl another one.

Optimistic: Gain an additional Hope Slot. You may place a token on this card to indicate the Hope Slot as Marked.

Specialization

Double Standard: When planted, your Banner affects creatures within Close range of both you and the space it is planted in. Additionally, you may have two different Banner effects active at once, with each effect emanating from a different source (you or the planted Banner).

Mastery

Chain of Command: Once per rest, when you have the Spotlight, you may forgo making an action roll to allow 2 allies to simultaneously make action rolls instead. Each ally can choose their own individual action roll and take their turn as normal, however, play does not move to the GM from a Roll with Fear, a Failed Action Roll or an interruption until both allies have concluded their respective action rolls.

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Foundation / Specialization / Mastery
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Ensign

Vanguard

Foundation

Lead the Charge: When you fail an Agility roll to move to Far range you may reroll both of your Duality Dice.

Eager for a Fight: The first time in a scene where you are forced to Mark one or more Hit Points from an Attack. Choose to either Gain a Hope or Clear a Stress.

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Card Backing
Valor domain icon Tact domain icon
Ensign

Vanguard

Specialization

Burst of Inspiration: Mark a Stress to increase the Range of your Banner effects to Far. This boost lasts until you take Severe damage or until the combat scene ends.

Dauntless: Gain 2 Stress slots.

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Card Backing
Valor domain icon Tact domain icon
Ensign

Vanguard

Mastery

Cry Havoc: Once per long rest you can unleash a rousing war cry. All allies within Far Range gain 3 Hope. Additionally, all allies have advantage on Action Rolls and Reaction Roll until the GM spends 2 Fear to cancel this effect.

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Card Backing
Valor domain icon Tact domain icon
Ensign

Strategos

Foundation

Switch Tactics: After your Banner is unfurled the first time in a scene, spend a Hope to swap the active effect of a Banner without having to unfurl another one.

Optimistic: Gain an additional Hope Slot. You may place a token on this card to indicate the Hope Slot as Marked.

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Card Backing
Valor domain icon Tact domain icon
Ensign

Strategos

Specialization

Double Standard: When planted, your Banner affects creatures within Close range of both you and the space it is planted in. Additionally, you may have two different Banner effects active at once, with each effect emanating from a different source (you or the planted Banner).

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Card Backing
Valor domain icon Tact domain icon
Ensign

Strategos

Mastery

Chain of Command: Once per rest, when you have the Spotlight, you may forgo making an action roll to allow 2 allies to simultaneously make action rolls instead. Each ally can choose their own individual action roll and take their turn as normal, however, play does not move to the GM from a Roll with Fear, a Failed Action Roll or an interruption until both allies have concluded their respective action rolls.

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