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Plaguebringer • Immunologist

About these subclasses

Whether you want to be the source of the plague or the cure to the infections around you, the pathogenist might be right for you.

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Pathogenist
Homebrew class
Pathogenist
Plaguebringer

Plaguebringer

Spellcast Trait: Knowledge

Play the Plaguebringer if you want to turn time into a weapon, reward prolonged fights, and make every enemy weaker the longer they stay engaged with disease.

Foundation

Infection: Infection is a stacking condition. Infected adversaries take +1 bonus damage per Infection from all damage rolls made against it.

  • Whenever you deal damage to an Infected creature it gains +1 Infection.

  • Infection is removed when the creature clears a Hit Point or when the scene ends.

Virulent Presence: At the start of your spotlight, choose one adversary within Close range. That adversary gains 1 Infection.

Specialization

Accelerated Exposure: You may mark a Stress to choose two options from Exposure Therapy instead of one.

Chain Infection: If an Infected adversary is spotlighted within Close range of another, each adversary gains 1 Infection.

Mastery

Pandemic Panic: Whenever the GM spends Fear to spotlight or use an ability on an Infected adversary, their Infection stacks double.

Septic Lockdown: Infected adversaries can only move Very Close range on their turn.

Terminal Bloom: When an Infected adversary is defeated, choose one:

  • Rotburst: Distribute that creature’s total Infection stacks among any number of adversaries within Close range.

  • Reuptake: Remove all Infection from that creature and clear 2 HP.

Immunologist

Immunologist

Spellcast Trait: Finesse

Play the Immunologist if you want to outlast encounters, erase dangerous conditions, and keep your team functional when others would collapse.

Foundation

Field Research: Research one condition you have encountered. This research is performed as the work on a project downtime move.

  • Cure Synthesis: You may synthesize Cures for researched conditions. Once per long rest, roll 1d4 + your Spellcast trait. Create that many Cures for the condition that can be administered to an ally within Very Close range.

Stabilizing Treatment: When you use a Cure that creature clears 1 Stress.

Specialization

Clinical Recovery: When you use a Cure that creature clears 2 Hit Points.

Mass Synthesis: Cure Synthesis now rolls 1d6 + your Spellcast trait. Each Cure you use may be applied to two allies within Very Close range.

Mastery

Allergenic Field: If an adversary within Close range inflicts a condition you have researched, that adversary must mark a Stress.

Herd Immunity: When you use your Emergency Inoculation, it affects all allies within Very Close range instead of only you.

Panacea Concoction: Cure Synthesis now rolls 1d8 + your Spellcast trait. When you use Cure Synthesis, you may spend 1 Hope for each additional researched condition you want the Cure to remove.

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Plaguebringer
Pathogenist

Plaguebringer

Foundation

SPELLCAST TRAIT: Knowledge

Infection: Infection is a stacking condition. Infected adversaries take +1 bonus damage per Infection from all damage rolls made against it.

  • Whenever you deal damage to an Infected creature it gains +1 Infection.

  • Infection is removed when the creature clears a Hit Point or when the scene ends.

Virulent Presence: At the start of your spotlight, choose one adversary within Close range. That adversary gains 1 Infection.

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Plaguebringer
Pathogenist

Plaguebringer

Specialization

Accelerated Exposure: You may mark a Stress to choose two options from Exposure Therapy instead of one.

Chain Infection: If an Infected adversary is spotlighted within Close range of another, each adversary gains 1 Infection.

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Plaguebringer
Pathogenist

Plaguebringer

Mastery

Pandemic Panic: Whenever the GM spends Fear to spotlight or use an ability on an Infected adversary, their Infection stacks double.

Septic Lockdown: Infected adversaries can only move Very Close range on their turn.

Terminal Bloom: When an Infected adversary is defeated, choose one:

  • Rotburst: Distribute that creature’s total Infection stacks among any number of adversaries within Close range.

  • Reuptake: Remove all Infection from that creature and clear 2 HP.

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Immunologist
Pathogenist

Immunologist

Foundation

SPELLCAST TRAIT: Finesse

Field Research: Research one condition you have encountered. This research is performed as the work on a project downtime move.

  • Cure Synthesis: You may synthesize Cures for researched conditions. Once per long rest, roll 1d4 + your Spellcast trait. Create that many Cures for the condition that can be administered to an ally within Very Close range.

Stabilizing Treatment: When you use a Cure that creature clears 1 Stress.

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Immunologist
Pathogenist

Immunologist

Specialization

Clinical Recovery: When you use a Cure that creature clears 2 Hit Points.

Mass Synthesis: Cure Synthesis now rolls 1d6 + your Spellcast trait. Each Cure you use may be applied to two allies within Very Close range.

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Innovation domain icon
Immunologist
Pathogenist

Immunologist

Mastery

Allergenic Field: If an adversary within Close range inflicts a condition you have researched, that adversary must mark a Stress.

Herd Immunity: When you use your Emergency Inoculation, it affects all allies within Very Close range instead of only you.

Panacea Concoction: Cure Synthesis now rolls 1d8 + your Spellcast trait. When you use Cure Synthesis, you may spend 1 Hope for each additional researched condition you want the Cure to remove.

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