val’Vasik – Kick Starter Special Characters

Heritage Spells, the val’Vasik:

Tier I – Word of Command
Tier II – Blinded by the Light*
Tier III – Bestow Curse OR Banishment (?)
Tier IV – Form of Our Lord*

Thoughts on which seems better.

EDIT: Went with Bestow Curse as Banishments wouldn’t have worked during the Sealed Days, so it would have been a useless power.

I changed the name of the Tier III bloodline as I just noticed it is the same name as one of the val’Mehan powers.

ok, next one up is the val’Vasik.

This looks fine except for the ability – Fear the King of Gods, This ability affects Undead, for reason of expanding it’s usefulness, except that Undead are a function of the Neroth, a member of the Pantheon and it seems odd to harm an ally, just because he’s undead.

I don’t suppose their someway of differntiating (by way of Tag or attribute that exists in the current rules) between “good” and “evil” undead, is there?

val’Vasik Racial Traits:

Attributes: Charisma, Prowess
Primary Skill: Choose any skill and choose two of Deceit, Etiquette, Persuasion
• All Val have a Bloodrank. This affects the use of
certain spells and Talents –typically this Bloodrank is
equal to the number of Bloodline Talents possessed.
• Choose a Bloodline Talent
• A bonus Talent (selected when Talents are chosen)
• Val gain a +1 bonus to any Interaction Skill check
made to influence others of lower social standing
Automatic Languages: Altharen, Infernal, Milandisian

val’Vasik Bloodline Powers
Patience of Illiir [Racial]
Though Xabal fell for intervening, he was once known as the Patience of Illiir, and some of the powers which had earned him that title have been passed on to his children.
Requirements: Hero Tier I, val’Vasik
Benefit: You gain a +1 Bonus to all Mettle: Perseverance Action Skill Rolls.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Touch Not My Children [Racial]
The forces of evil are reluctant to harm or even touch a descendant of Xabal once their identity is revealed..
Requirements: Hero Tier I, val’Vasik
Benefit: Once per day, per Bloodrank, a val’Vasik may, as a Push 2 action, boost any one of their Defenses by +2 against a single attack.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Echoes of the Master’s Voice [Racial]
As Xabal once spoke a word to free his followers from the bondage of evil, so can his children speak an echo of that word to produce a shadow of its effects..
Requirements: Hero Tier II, val’Vasik
Benefit: Once per day (Speed: 4, Range: 0′(20′ Radius), Duration: Instant) you may emit a piercing scream which causes pain in all around you. Make a Charisma Action Skill Roll, using your Bloodrank as a modifier, against the Fortitude Defense of all creatures within the effects radius. If successful, those affected suffer d6(Ch) damage. All Infernals, Silence Touched, and practitioners of the Dissolution Arcanum suffer 2d6(Ch) damage. This power does not affect any creature incapable of hearing, except for Infernals, Silence Touched, and practitioners of the Dissolution Arcanum, who instead suffer the lesser amount of damage if they are incapable of hearing.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Harm not my Children [Racial]
As much as they might wish otherwise, the forces of evil have less power over the val’Vasik than they do over other mortals.
Requirements: Hero Tier II, val’Vasik
Benefit: Once per day as a Push 4 Action in response to an attack, a val’Vasik may call upon the protection of Xabal, forcing the attacker to make a Resolve Action Skill Roll against the Discipline Defense of the val’Vasik. If the attacker fails their roll, their attack automatically fails as if they missed with their attack roll.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Fear the King of the Gods [Racial]
Even though Xabal is no longer in favor with Illiir, the Infernals and other fell creatures still fear the wrath of the King of the Gods.
Requirements: Hero Tier III, val’Vasik
Benefit: Once per scene (Speed: 5, Range: 30′ (1 target)) a val’Vasik may force an Infernal, Shade, or Undead to make a Horror check against their Discipline Defense.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Discipline of Xabal [Racial]
Xabal does not tolerate those who are incapable of controlling their baser natures and greatly rewards those who can live up to his ideal.
Requirements: Hero Tier IV, val’Vasik
Benefit: You gain +2 bonus to all Mettle: Stand Firm Action Skill Rolls. Whenever you are subject to a Horror check, you may reduce the severity of a failed check by one step. For example, if you fail a Horror check by 11 you are Helpless instead of Terrified. You may not reduce the severity of a failed Horror check below Shaken. Additionally, if you succeed against a Horror Check you gain a +2 to your Discipline Defense against all attacks made by the creature which triggered the Horror Check.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Searing Light of Illiir [Racial]
The val’Vasik has become the embodiment of Illiir’s protection of mankind, able to smite all foes that they see.
Requirements: Hero Tier V, val’Vasik
Benefit: Once per Scene (Speed: 5, Range: 30′ (20′ Radius), Duration: Instant) you may channel a beam of light from the very heavens to deal d10(Ch) stamina damage to all creatures within the power’s radius. All scions of Illiir (i.e.: Illiirite Valinor, val’Assante’, val’Vasik, etc.) are immune to this effect.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Heritage Spells, the val’Vasik:

Tier I – Word of Command
Tier II – Blinded by the Light*
Tier III – Bestow Curse
Tier IV – Form of Our Lord*

Blinded By the Light

Tradition: Heritage (val’Vasik) [Tier II]
Category: Base
CTN: 20
Speed (Strain): 3 (+4)
Range: 0’ (10′ radius)
Duration: Instant
Defense: Fortitude
You issue a burst of light, blinding all those around you.
Effect: All affected targets are Blinded for 6 ticks and suffer Push 2.
Adaptation: You may increase the CTN by 4 and Strain by 2 to increase the duration of the Blindness condition for an additional 3 Ticks.
Adaptation: You may increase the CTN by 6, Speed and Strain by 1 to increase the radius of this effect by an additional 5′. This adaptation may be applied multiple times.
Special: Any creature affected by this spell gains a +2 to their Fortitude against all subsequent castings of the spell that scene.

Form of Our Lord

Tradition: Heritage (val’Vasik) [Tier IV]
Category: Advanced
CTN: 26
Speed (Strain): 5 (+10)
Range: Self
Duration: Special (D)
You are able to draw on the Valinoric blood flowing through your veins, manifesting a fraction of their size and power.
Effect: You and all your equipment grow one size category to Large size, imposing a -1 penalty to Avoidance, a +1 Bonus to Fortitude, and a die bump to your Might. This spell remains active for 12 Ticks, upon which time you must make another CTN roll against the original CTN needed to cast the spell, plus a cumulative +2 to the roll for every 6 Ticks beyond the first 12. Once this spell has ended, you are Exhausted for 2 hours due to the strain inflicted upon your body.
Adaptation: You may increase the CTN by 6 and Strain by 4 to add an additional +2 to all Might-based Action Skill Rolls.
Adaptation: Increase the CTN by 4 and Speed by 1 to grant yourself an additional 10 Stamina or 1 wound while this spell is active. This Stamina or Wound is immediately lost upon returning to your normal form (NOTE: If this drops the Heroes Stamina or Wounds to 0, they are considered to be Vanquished, with all the normal rules applying to their condition).
Special: This spell can only increase your size from a Medium-sized creature to a Large-sized creature.

Reposted for clarity, with the edits Henry suggested (including all the American spellings that I caught and just can’t bring myself to use normally ), plus the one for clearing up the Tier III power to be less anti-Nerothian.

val’Vasik Racial Traits:

Attributes: Charisma, Prowess
Primary Skill: Choose any skill and choose two of Deceit, Etiquette, Persuasion
• All Val have a Bloodrank. This affects the use of
certain spells and Talents –typically this Bloodrank is
equal to the number of Bloodline Talents possessed.
• Choose a Bloodline Talent
• A bonus Talent (selected when Talents are chosen)
• Val gain a +1 bonus to any Interaction Skill check
made to influence others of lower social standing
Automatic Languages: Altharen, Infernal, Milandesian

val’Vasik Bloodline Powers
Patience of Illiir [Racial]
Though Xabal was cast down for his losing control, he was once known as the Patience of Illiir, and some of the powers which had earned him that title have been passed on to his children.
Requirements: Hero Tier I, val’Vasik
Benefit: You gain a +1 Bonus to all Mettle: Perseverance Action Skill Rolls.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Touch Not My Children [Racial]
The forces of evil are reluctant to harm or even touch a descendant of Xabal once their identity is revealed..
Requirements: Hero Tier I, val’Vasik
Benefit: Once per day, per Bloodrank, a val’Vasik may, as a Push 2 action, boost any one of their Defenses by +2 against a single attack.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Echoes of the Master’s Voice [Racial]
As Xabal once spoke a word to free his followers from the bondage of evil, so can his children speak an echo of that word to produce a shadow of its effects..
Requirements: Hero Tier II, val’Vasik
Benefit: Once per day (Speed: 4, Range: 0′(20′ Radius), Duration: Instant) you may emit a piercing scream which causes pain in all around you. Make a Charisma Action Skill Roll, using your Bloodrank as a modifier, against the Fortitude Defence of all creatures within the effects radius. If successfully affect, they suffer d6(Ch) damage. All Infernals, Undead, Silence Touched, and practitioners of the Dissolution Arcanum suffer 2d6(Ch) damage. This power does not affect any creature incapable of hearing, except for Infernals, Undead, Silence Touched, and practitioners of the Dissolution Arcanum, who instead suffer the lesser amount of damage if they are incapable of hearing.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Harm not my Children [Racial]
As much as they might wish otherwise, the forces of evil have less power over the val’Vasik than they do over other mortals.
Requirements: Hero Tier II, val’Vasik
Benefit: Once per day as a Push 2 Action in response to a targeted attack (not an area effect spell or attack), a val’Vasik may call upon the protection of Xabal, forcing the attacker to make a Resolve Action Skill Roll against the Discipline Defense of the val’Vasik. If the attacker fails their roll, their attack automatically fails as if they missed with their attack roll.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Fear the King of the Gods [Racial]
Even though Xabal and his children are no longer in favor with Illiir, the Infernals and other fell creatures still fear the wrath of the King of the Gods.
Requirements: Hero Tier III, val’Vasik
Benefit: Once per scene (Speed: 5, Range: 30′ (1 target)) a val’Vasik may force an enemy Infernal, Shade, or Undead to make a Horror check against their Discipline Defense. This power does not affect those the val’Vasik considers to be an ally.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Discipline of Xabal [Racial]
Xabal does not tolerate those who are incapable of controlling their baser natures, and greatly rewards those who can live up to his ideal.
Requirements: Hero Tier IV, val’Vasik
Benefit: You gain +2 bonus to all Mettle: Stand Firm Action Skill Rolls. Whenever you are subject to a Horror check, you may reduce the severity of a failed check by one step. For example, if you fail a Horror check by 11 you are Helpless instead of Terrified. You may not reduce the severity of a failed Horror check beyond Shaken. Additionally, if you succeed against a Horror Check you gain a +2 to your Discipline Defense against all attacks made by the creature which triggered the Horror Check.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Searing Light of Illiir [Racial]
The val’Vasik has become the embodiment of Illiir’s protection of mankind, able to smite all foes that they see..
Requirements: Hero Tier V, val’Vasik
Benefit: Once per Scene (Speed: 5, Range: 30′ (20′ Radius), Duration: Instant) you may call down (as a Ranged: Thrown attack) a beam of light from the heavens to deal d10(Ch) stamina damage to all creatures within the power’s radius. All scions of Illiir (ie: Illiirite Valinor, val’Assante’, val’Vasik, etc) are immune to this effect.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Heritage Spells, the val’Vasik:

Tier I – Word of Command
Tier II – Blinded by the Light*
Tier III – Bestow Curse
Tier IV – Form of Our Lord*

Blinded By the Light

Tradition: Heritage (val’Vasik) [Tier II]
Category: Base
CTN: 20
Speed (Strain): 3 (+4)
Range: 0’ (10′ radius)
Duration: Instant
Defense: Fortitude
You issue a burst of light, blinding all those around you.
Effect: All affected targets are Blinded for 6ticks and suffer Push 2.
Adaptation: You may increase the CTN by 4 and Strain by 2 to increase the duration of the Blindness condition for an additional 3 Ticks.
Adaptation: You may increase the CTN by 6, Speed and Strain by 1 to increase the radius of this effect by an additional 5′. This adaptation may be applied multiple times.
Special: Any creature affected by this spell gains a +2 to their Fortitude against all subsequent castings of the spell that scene.
Form of Our Lord

Tradition: Heritage (val’Vasik) [Tier IV]
Category: Advanced
CTN: 26
Speed (Strain): 5 (+10)
Range: Self
Duration: Special (D)
You are able to draw on the Valinoric blood flowing through your veins, manifesting a fraction of their size and power.
Effect:You and all your equipment grow one size category to Large size, imposing a -1 penalty to Avoidance, a +1 Bonus to Fortitude, and a die bump to your Might. This spell remains active for 12 Ticks, upon which time you must make another CTN roll against the original CTN needed to cast the spell, plus a cumulative +2 to the roll for every 6 Ticks beyond the first 12. Once this spell has ended, you are Exhausted for 2 hours due to the strain inflicted upon your body.
Adaptation: You may increase the CTN by 6 and Strain by 4 to add an additional +2 to all Might-based Action Skill Rolls.
Adaptation: Increase the CTN by 4 and Speed by 1 to grant yourself an additional 10 Stamina or 1 wound while this spell is active. This Stamina or Wound is immediately lost upon returning to your normal form (NOTE: If this drops the Heroes Stamina or Wounds to 0, they are considered to be Vanquished, with all the normal rules applying to their condition).
Special: This spell can only increase your size from a Medium-sized creature to a Large-sized creature.

Changed to Push 2, and specifying a Targeted attack (not an AoE)

As Henry didn’t comment on this, I assume this is not going to be incorporated into the Bastionite Religion, and therefore not an option for val’Vasiks. That said, does this look reasonable for a Pantheonic Priest? We (at least PCI) will have to eventually make rules for how they work if they keep delving into the First Imperium/Khitan, so at least getting some things ironed out if can’t hurt if we’re mostly done with the Vasik.
As it was floating through my head. Even if this doesn’t make it in here, it could be used in the future. . .

Priest of the Pantheon of Man
While the worship of the Pantheon of Man has splintered among those of the Known Lands, beyond the boarders of the former Coryani Empire many nations still hold to some form of the original worship of the unified Pantheon of Man. While most initiates tend to focus on specific elements of faith, effectively being inducted into the Orders of the various Gods, when they are annointed to their priesthood they give themselves over to the Pantheon as a whole.

Nationality: Worshiper of the Khitani Kalindrul, Blackwand in the League of Princes, First Imperium of Man

Initiate Priest of the Pantheon
Requirements: Initiate of the Gods (Ba), Holy Champion (Pa), or Initiate Itinerate (Pa); Church Education (ta); Knowledge (Religion) and Etiquette as Trained Skills.
Skills: Etiquette, Knowledge (Religion)
Talents: Dual Faiths, Inspirational Presence.

Acolyte Priest of the Pantheon
Requirements: Priest of the Pantheon (Initiate).
Skills: Persuasion, Arcanum (Cants)
Talents: The Old Ways, Lay on Hands.

Master Priest of the Pantheon
Requirements: Priest of the Pantheon (Acolyte).
Skills: Empathy, Knowledge (Religion)
Talents: United Pantheon*, Smite Infidel.

United Pantheon [Limited, Devout]
Requirement: The Old Ways, Tier III.
Benefit: You may now learn any unique spells from the Diety Tradition belonging to any member of the Pantheon that is espoused by your church. Additionally, for talents or abilities which specifically target or exclude a particular member of the Pantheon (as espoused by your Church), you are treated as being a worshiper of that Diety. For example, if you are targeted by an attack which only harms those who don’t follow Nier, you are treated as following Nier.

Searing Light of Illiir [Racial]
The val’Vasik has become the embodiment of Illiir’s protection of mankind, able to smite all foes that they see..
Requirements: Hero Tier V, val’Vasik
Benefit: Once per Scene (Speed: 5, Range: 30′ (20′ Radius), Duration: Instant) you may call down a beam of light from the heavens to deal d10(Ch) stamina damage to all creatures within the power’s radius. All scions of Illiir (ie: Illiirite Valinor, val’Assante’, val’Vasik, etc) are immune to this effect.
Bloodrank: If you are a val’Vasik, obtaining this talent increases your racial Bloodrank by 1.

Just noticed: What attack value would we use for this power? Melee Thrown (like the val’Virdan/Emman powers)?

But what attack SKILL? I’m fine with against avoidance, but we need to hit it with something first.