This reference card will help you better understand the information provided for each boon.

Description

This section provides a general idea of what the boon could look like in the story.

Invocation Time

The required time that it takes to invoke the boon. Most boons have an invocation time of 1 normal action. For boons that have a longer time, you must spend the entire invocation time concentrating on nothing other than invoking the boon. If you are interrupted, you must start the casting over.

Duration

Most boons have a duration of "sustain persists", which indicates that the caster must use a sustain action every round in order to keep the boon in effect. If you have a boon in effect and don't sustain it, the boon is dispelled at the end of your turn. Because sustaining a boon is a minor action, which can only be taken once per turn, you can typically sustain only one boon at a time.

Power Level

This number indicates the required attribute score needed to invoke the boon. If multiple power levels are listed (such as 2 / 4 / 6), then the boon can be invoked at multiple tiers of power. The Heal boon, for example, heals more damage as you invoke it at higher power levels. The power level of a boon also determines the Challenge Rating of the attribute roll to invoke the boon. The CR equals 10 + 2 x Power Level.

Effect

This entry indicates the mechanical effects of the boon on the rules of the game.

Special (optional)

This optional entry describes any effects that fall out of the normal rule set.

Description

You gain extraordinary vision that allows you to see colored auras which correlate to magical, spiritual, or other extraordinary forces. Common examples of this boon include a paladin detecting a suspect's true intentions, a psychic reading the aura of a location, and a cyborg scanning the terrain for signs of life.

Invocation Time

1 Major Action

Duration

Sustain Persists

Power Level

1

Attributes

Prescience

Effect

When calling on this boon, you must choose the type of aura you are detecting: holy, unholy, life, death, or magic. You can perceive invisible auras pertaining to the chosen type of force and have an approximate sense of their strength (from weak to overwhelming). These auras are usually based on an action that is deliberate, so an otherwise kind shopkeeper would radiate an aura of death for a time after poisoning or killing someone. Even a paladin slaying an evil archmage will give off a radius of death for a time after the killing blow.

• Holy - Holy energy surrounds extraplanar beings from the heavens or similar good-aligned dimensions where pure goodness is embodied.
• Unholy - Unholy energy surrounds extraplanar beings from the hells or similar evil-aligned dimensions where pure evil is embodied.
• Life - Beings from heavenly dimensions, far-future regenerative nanotech, and clerics wielding the power of healing or protection radiate an aura of life for a time after wielding such capabilities.
• Death - Necromancers, undead, and murderers all radiate an aura of death. For undead, the aura is constant, since the power of death and magic is what animates them.
• Magic - Extraordinary auras surround objects or places imbued with such effects. Extraordinary creatures who are innately magical, such as a nymph, constantly radiate magic. Natural creatures who wield magic, such as a human wizard, give off an aura only following use of their power.

Special

Unlike other boons, this boon cannot target another character. Only the character invoking the boon can see the auras. Additionally, the GM may allow other types of suitable auras to be detected as appropriate to the campaign setting.

Description

Healing can be one of two things: the actual mending of wounds and broken bones through sources like medicine, surgery, or supernatural creative life force, or the inspiration of your target to carry on fighting, even in the face of death. This boon is common among clerics, medics, bards, and combat leaders.

Invocation Time

1 Major Action

Duration

Instantaneous

Power Level

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Attributes

Creation Learning Logic Presence

Effect

Roll dice according to the boon power level below. These dice explode as normal. The target is healed a number of hit points equal to the total roll.

• Power Level 1 - Heal 1d4.
• Power Level 2 - Heal 1d6.
• Power Level 3 - Heal 1d8.
• Power Level 4 - Heal 1d10.
• Power Level 5 - Heal 2d6.
• Power Level 6 - Heal 2d8.
• Power Level 7 - Heal 2d10.
• Power Level 8 - Heal 3d8.
• Power Level 9 - Heal 3d10.

Special

This boon does not heal lethal damage.

Description

You peer into the future to gain insight into a course of action, an event, a person, or a place. Examples of this boon include a fortune teller throwing the bones, a superhuman detective analyzing evidence, a priest consulting a higher power for direction, and an advanced artificial intelligence calculating every possible outcome of a complex assortment of variables.

Invocation Time

1 Minute

Duration

1 round

Power Level

1 3 5 7

Attributes

Prescience

Effect

• Power Level 1 - The target asks a question about a course of action they plan to take within the next five minutes. The GM communicates the insight through vague symbols, impressions, or a single word such as “favorable” or “unfavorable”.
• Power Level 3 - The target asks a question about a course of action they plan to take within the next hour. The GM communicates the insight through vague symbols, impressions, or a single word such as “favorable” or “unfavorable”.
• Power Level 5 - The target asks a single question about a particular event, decision, person, place, etc. The GM provides a meaningful (not vague, but still brief) explanation in one or two sentences that is a direct response to the knowledge the target seeks. Only one question can be asked about a given subject each week.
• Power Level 7 - The target can choose a particular event, decision, person, place, etc. After invoking this boon, the target begins to have extraordinary encounters (visions, trances, dreams, out-of-body experiences, etc.) through which the GM will provide the target with detailed information about the subject of your prescience. You can only maintain one such subject at a given time, however concentration is not required to maintain this state, it is perpetuated until you either choose to end it, or you choose to shift your focus.