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Steel Compendium: Draw Steel Rules

Level 1

Level 1¶

1st-Level Specialization Feature

You also gain the following ability.

A Beyonding of Vision

Elementalist · Void

You also gain the following ability.

Grants the Shared Void Sense maneuver

Earth: Acolyte of Earth

Elementalist · Earth

You harness the flow of earth magic to become harder to move. Whenever you use an ability that has the Earth and Magic keywords, your stability increases by 1 until the start of your next turn. This benefit is cumulative.

Elemental Specialization

Through your studies, you know and can manipulate the seven primal elements of the timescape:

Elementalist Abilities

Choose two signature abilities from the following options. Signature abilities can be used at will. (Quick Build: Bifurcated Incineration, Viscous Fire.)

Elementalist Ward

You create an invisible elemental ward that protects you. Choose one of the following wards. You can change your ward and enchantment (see above) by performing a complex ritual as a respite activity. (Quick Build: Ward of Surprising Reactivity.)

Enchantment of Battle

You can wear light armor and wield light weapons effectively, even though you don't have a kit. While you wear light armor, you gain a +3 bonus to Stamina, and that bonus increases by 3 at 4th, 7th, and 10th levels. While you wield a light weapon, you gain a +1 damage bonus with weapon abilities, including free strikes. You can use light armor treasures and light weapon treasures.

Enchantment of Celerity

You gain a +1 bonus to speed and to the distance you can shift when you take the Disengage move action.

Enchantment of Destruction

You gain a +1 bonus to rolled damage with magic abilities.

Enchantment of Distance

You have a +2 bonus to the distance of your ranged magic abilities.

Enchantment of Permanence

You gain a +6 bonus to Stamina, and this bonus increases by 6 at 4th, 7th, and 10th levels. Additionally, you gain a +1 bonus to stability.

Enchantment

You weave an elemental enchantment into your body that enhances your statistics. Choose one of the following enchantments. You can change your enchantment and ward (see Elementalist Ward below) by performing a complex ritual as a respite activity. (Quick Build: Enchantment of Destruction.)

Essence

You channel the substance of creation in the form of a Heroic Resource called essence, gathering and burning it to cast and maintain spells.

Fire: Acolyte of Fire

Elementalist · Fire

You become an expert at wielding destructive flames. Your abilities that have the Fire and Magic keywords gain a +1 bonus to rolled damage. Your Hurl Element ability (see below) also gains this bonus when you use it to deal fire damage.

Green: Acolyte of the Green

Elementalist · Green

You harness the residual magic from your green spells to bolster yourself and your allies. Whenever you deal damage to one or more creatures using an ability that has the Green and Magic keywords and that costs essence to use (see below), you or one creature within 10 squares of you gains temporary Stamina equal to your Reason score.

Hurl Element

You have the following ability, which can be used as a ranged free strike.

Grants the Hurl Element main action

It Is the Soul Which Hears

Elementalist · Green

You can speak with and understand animals, beasts, and plant creatures, even if they don't share a language with you. Your ability to communicate with these creatures doesn't make them inherently more intelligent, but you can use Reason instead of Presence while making tests to influence them.

Motivate Earth

Elementalist · Earth

You have the following ability.

Grants the Motivate Earth main action

Persistent Magic

Some of your heroic abilities have a persistent effect entry. For example, the Instantaneous Excavation ability has an effect noted as "Persistent 1." Whenever you use a persistent ability, you decide whether you want to maintain it, and start doing so immediately after you first use the ability. If you maintain a persistent ability in combat, you reduce the amount of essence you earn at the start of your turn by an amount equal to the ability's persistent value, which enables the ability's persistent effect. All your active persistent abilities end at the end of the encounter.

Practical Magic

You have the following ability.

Grants the Practical Magic maneuver

Return to Formlessness

Elementalist · Fire

You have the following ability.

Grants the Return to Formlessness main action

Specialization Triggered Action

Your elemental specialization grants you a triggered action, as shown on the Specialization Triggered Actions table.

Void: Acolyte of the Mystery

Elementalist · Void

You use your immersion in the mystery of void magic to expand the reach of that magic better than other mages. The distance of all your abilities that have the Magic, Ranged, and Void keywords increases by 2 squares.

Ward of Delightful Consequences

A protective field of void magic absorbs violence aimed at you, then lets you hurl it back at your enemies. The first time each round that you take damage, you gain 1 surge.

Ward of Excellent Protection

You weave a shield of all the elements around yourself, channeling their full protective power. You have immunity to acid, cold, corruption, fire, lightning, poison, or sonic damage equal to your Reason score.

Ward of Nature's Affection

The green energy writhing within your body allows you to produce powerful vines when you're in danger. Whenever a creature within a number of squares equal to your Reason score deals damage to you, you can use a free triggered action to slide that creature up to a number of squares equal to your Reason score.

Ward of Surprising Reactivity

You use the magic of fire to create a ward of explosive energy. Whenever an adjacent creature deals damage to you, you can use a free triggered action to push that creature up to a number of squares equal to twice your Reason score.