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Steel Compendium: Draw Steel Rules

Level 1

Level 1¶

1st-Level Tradition Features

You have the following ability.

Accelerate

You have the following ability.

Grants the Accelerate maneuver

Again

You have the following ability.

Grants the Again triggered action

Battle Augmentation

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.

Clarity and Strain

The focus and precision of your thoughts grant you a Heroic Resource called clarity that empowers your psionic abilities.

Density Augmentation

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.

Distance Augmentation

Your ranged psionic abilities gain a +2 bonus to distance.

Entropy Ward

Your ward slows time for your enemies. Whenever a creature deals damage to you, their speed is reduced by an amount equal to your Reason score and they can't use triggered actions until the end of their next turn.

Feedback Loop

You have the following ability.

Grants the Feedback Loop triggered action

Force Augmentation

Your damage-dealing psionic abilities gain a +1 bonus to rolled damage.

Mind Spike

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

Grants the Mind Spike main action

Minor Telekinesis

You have the following ability.

Grants the Minor Telekinesis maneuver

Psionic Augmentation

Through meditation, you create pathways in your mind that enhance your statistics. Choose one of the following augmentations. You can change your augmentation and ward (see Talent Ward below) by undergoing a psionic meditation as a respite activity. (Quick Build: Force Augmentation.)

Remote Assistance

You have the following ability.

Grants the Remote Assistance maneuver

Repel

You have the following ability.

Grants the Repel triggered action

Repulsive Ward

You surround yourself with an invisible ward of telekinetic energy. Whenever an adjacent creature deals damage to you, you can use a free triggered action to push them up to a number of squares equal to your Reason score.

Speed Augmentation

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

Steel Ward

Your ward reacts to danger, protecting you from future harm. Whenever you take damage, after the damage resolves, you gain damage immunity equal to your Reason score until the end of your next turn.

Talent Abilities

Choose two signature abilities from the following options. Signature abilities can be used at will. (Quick Build: Incinerate, Kinetic Grip.)

Talent Tradition

Psionic abilities are grouped into categories according to their effects, with each category comprising one of many talent traditions:

Talent Ward

Through meditation, you create a ward that protects you. Choose one of the following wards. You can change your ward and psionic augmentation (see above) by undergoing a psionic meditation as a respite activity. (Quick Build: Repulsive Ward.)

Telepathic Speech

You know the Mindspeech language (see Languages in Orden in Chapter 4: Background). Additionally, you can telepathically communicate with any creatures within distance of your Mind Spike ability if they share a language with you and you know of each other. When you communicate with someone this way, they can respond telepathically.

Vanishing Ward

Your ward allows you to slip away from threats. Whenever you take damage, you become invisible until the end of your next turn.