Chapter 09

Creatures

Ready-to-play profiles for animals, monsters, nymphs, spirits, and the undead, with the tags and shared procedures that govern them.

Every profile is finished and ready to use: characteristics, derived attributes, skills, attacks, and abilities are already calculated with the standard formulas. Read the shared procedures below first, then take any profile straight to the table.

Tags carry most of the weight. They decide whether wounds, poison, Mind effects, and Spirit Combat reach a creature at all, so check them before applying any rule that assumes a living body.

Filter the bestiary by type to narrow it to the creatures a scene needs.

Using Creatures

A profile is the bare bones of an average member of its kind; build on it for a named opponent, a player character, or a harder encounter.

Creatures here are as detailed as the characters who meet them. They have skills, weapons, and abilities of their own, and motives that bring them into conflict with the player characters. They are not cannon fodder to be killed and looted.

Each profile is the bare bones of its kind. Use one as written for an average, unremarkable member of that species, and treat the lot of them as examples for the creatures a particular campaign needs.

Building on a profile

Monsters are people too. To make one that deserves a name, take the profile as a base, decide on a concept, and add the skills, characteristics, and abilities that concept implies. For a truly significant opponent, build the creature the way a player builds a character; the result stands at comparable experience to the party and fights like it.

Creatures as player characters

Many profiles can in theory serve as a player character. In practice Dwarf, Elf, Goblin, Orc, and Lizardman need the least work, because their capabilities sit near a human’s. Fantasy Races turns a profile into a starting spread, a set of racial maxima, and a price in Improvement Points.

Scaling an encounter

Four adventurers respond by role as an ogre and two goblins press along a narrow woodland causeway.

Be careful raising difficulty by adding bodies. Combat works best with roughly as many creatures as player characters, and a crowd of weak opponents mostly costs table time.

Raise the power of individual creatures instead. Better skills, better equipment, an extra ability, or Shaping cells bring a single creature closer to the party’s level without slowing the round down.

Reading a Profile

Every profile lists ready-to-play values: HP, MWL, PP, and Combat Order follow the standard formulas.

Characteristics and attributes are fixed ready-to-play values: use them directly for an average, unremarkable member of that species. HP is (SIZ + CON) / 2, MWL is HP / 2, PP normally equals POW, and Combat Order is (DEX + INT) / 2 minus worn-armour ENC. Unlisted skills use their normal base values.

Most characteristics also list the dice they were generated from, such as 4D6 under an STR of 14. Roll a listed die to vary an individual, build a specific named creature, or generate a whole group without giving every member identical stats; then recalculate HP, MWL, PP, Combat Order, and Damage Modifier from the result. A characteristic with no listed die is fixed and does not vary — a summoned being’s stats, or an undead’s 0 POW.

An attack lists its skill, base damage, and Size. Add DM once to close, unarmed, and thrown damage; bows, slings, and crossbows never add it. Natural weapons are Light at SIZ 1–5, Medium at 6–20, Heavy at 21–40, and Huge at 41+; ordinary fists and kicks remain Light.

Paralysed creatures remain conscious and make passive resistance tests, but cannot take Actions or Reactions or move voluntarily.

Creature Tags

Ten tags decide which wound, magic, and Spirit rules reach a creature, and which never touch it.

Living: a biological living creature. It follows the normal Major Wound, Bleeding, Dying, and 0-PP rules.
Corporeal: has a material body and can be affected by physical attacks.
Incorporeal: has no physical characteristics, HP, MWL, AP, or DM. Mundane physical attacks cannot harm it.
Spirit: a soul-being valid for Spirit effects and Spirit Combat. Spirits are not automatically Undead.
Construct: a made, nonliving creature. It is Soulless; a programmed Construct is Mindless, while a free-willed one is not.
Elemental: a nonliving, Corporeal, Mindless, Soulless magical substance or force, not a Spirit.
Undead: a Corporeal, Soulless dead body. Ghoul, Mummy, and Vampire are intelligent; Skeleton and Zombie are Mindless.
Soulless: has no soul, cannot enter Spirit Combat or be possessed, and is invalid for Spirit effects. It may still have a Mind.
Mindless: has no thoughts or identity and is invalid for Mind effects. Animals are not Mindless.
Anchored: bound to a named place, object, or body. The profile states the boundary and consequence.

Flesh affects biological matter, living or dead: people, beasts, plants, bone, corpses, flesh constructs, and corporeal undead. Mind affects every non-Mindless creature, including a Soulless one. Spirit never affects Soulless creatures.

A nonliving Corporeal Construct, Elemental, or Undead does not breathe, eat, sleep, or suffer poison, disease, suffocation, starvation, thirst, or ordinary fatigue unless its profile says otherwise. It becomes Wounded after a Major Wound but never Bleeding or Dying; at 0 HP it is disabled or destroyed. It remains active at 0 PP. At 0 PP, a Living creature falls unconscious and a Spirit is banished from the scene, ending any possession.

Nymphs are Corporeal Spirits with Anchors. Destruction of a nymph’s body returns its spirit to the anchor; unless its profile says otherwise, it reforms there after 2D6 days.

Creature Talents

Creature profiles list player Talents and the creature-only Exceptional Skill feature; creatures never pay Improvement Points for them.

A profile may list any Talent. Talents work exactly as written, but creatures never pay Improvement Points or meet their prerequisites.

Exceptional Skill (skill) I–III

Exceptional Skill preserves competence that would otherwise require a skill above 100%. Historical ratings of 101–125 become rank I, 126–150 become rank II, and 151+ become rank III; published profiles already list the resulting rank.

After ordinary Bonus and Penalty cancellation, but before the final dice cap, remove up to the rank in remaining Penalty dice from the named skill or profile roll. This can remove a Multiattack Penalty die. It never creates Bonus dice, raises a skill above 100%, or widens its critical range.

Multiattack

A listed Multiattack spends one Combat Action, resolves the first attack normally, and takes -1P on each later attack.

A listed Multiattack spends one Combat Action. Make the first attack normally and each later attack at -1P; each penalty is independent, not cumulative. Attacks may choose the same or different targets, resolve separately, and each permits its own Reaction. The creature retains its base Reaction. Multiattack cannot be a Reaction or combine with Charge, an off-hand attack, Rapid Shot, or another extra-attack source. Dodge remains limited to the base Reaction, once per round.

Creature Senses

Night Vision, Night Sight, Blind Sight, and Spirit Sense each replace ordinary sight only in the conditions they name.

A scout searches a moonless forest by shaded lantern while a mage senses a faint spirit beyond the visible light.

Night Vision treats natural surface night as Illuminated; it does not help underground, in sealed or supernatural darkness, or against obscurity. Night Sight treats Partial Darkness as Illuminated and Darkness as Partial Darkness; Pitch Black is unchanged. Blind Sight (sense) ignores illumination only for targets that the named sense accurately perceives; it grants no colour, writing, fine visual detail, or eye contact, and its stated barriers still block it. Use only the best sense; senses do not stack.

An Incorporeal Spirit is invisible unless it manifests. Manifesting or fading spends its Combat Action and changes only visibility. Every Spirit has Spirit Sense, detecting other Spirits within POW metres regardless of manifestation; physical and magical barriers may block it when appropriate.

Spirit Combat and Possession

Spirit Combat spends a Combat Action at Close range, drains PP through AP, and can end in possession that shares one set of actions.

A kneeling warrior clutches her head in anguish as a translucent hostile spirit rises through her and a mage confronts it from several steps away.

Only a creature with Spirit Combat may initiate it. Spend a Combat Action at Close range; no Reaction is spent. Oppose Spirit Combat with the defender’s Spirit Combat or Persistence. The winner deals its listed PP damage, ignoring AP; a defender using Persistence deals 1D4 PP instead. Criticals affect result grade only. Soulless creatures are invalid targets. A Spirit reduced to 0 PP is banished from the scene and any possession ends.

For hostile possession, a capable Spirit must personally reduce a Living target to 0 PP, then spend a later Combat Action while both remain Close and the target remains at 0 PP; no new roll is made. Possession suspends only PP unconsciousness and restores no PP. Host and Spirit act at the host’s existing Combat Order and share one Combat Action, Movement Action, and Reaction; the Spirit cannot act separately. If either has spent one of these that round, it is spent for their shared turn: possession refreshes nothing. Spirit Combat and Spirit magic may target the possessor. Ending possession reinstates normal 0-PP unconsciousness. A profile states who chooses the shared actions and any further effect.

Elemental Shells

A nymph transforming into an Elemental wears that shell physically while keeping its own mind, PP, and Shaping.

A nymph’s Elemental transformation is a physical overlay. Use the named Medium Elemental’s SIZ, Movement, Combat Order, AP, damage, Attack, Dodge, Resilience, Engulf, Elemental Nature, Elemental Sense, and Camouflage. Retain the nymph’s own tags, INT, POW, CHA, HP, MWL, current PP, Persistence, other skills, and Shaping; it does not gain Mindless or Soulless. Current HP carries unchanged between forms, so transforming or reverting never heals. If the shell reaches 0 HP, it dissolves and the nymph’s Spirit returns to its anchor.

Bestiary

Creature Profiles

57 creatures shown

animal

Giant Ant

A pony-sized colony predator protected by heavy chitin.

living
corporeal

STR: 14 (4D6)
CON: 17 (3D6+6)
DEX: 13 (2D6+6)
SIZ: 7 (2D6)
INT: 2
POW: 6 (1D6+3)
CHA: 5

HP: 12
MWL: 6
PP: 6
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 8
AP: 5 chitin
DM: +0

Skills

Dodge 39%
Persistence 18%
Resilience 51%
Unarmed Combat 50%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D6 + 0, Medium

Talents

None.

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animal

Bear

A massive, powerful omnivore with a thick hide.

living
corporeal

STR: 25 (3D6+15)
CON: 13 (2D6+6)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 25 (3D6+15)
INT: 5
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 5

HP: 19
MWL: 10
PP: 11
Movement: 23 m
Combat Order: 8
AP: 3 hide
DM: +2D6

Skills

Dodge 33%
Persistence 33%
Resilience 39%
Unarmed Combat 60%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D8 + 2D6, Heavy
Claw — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D6 + 2D6, Heavy

Talents

None.

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animal

Bull

A territorial herd animal capable of devastating charges.

living
corporeal

STR: 20 (4D6+6)
CON: 15 (2D6+9)
DEX: 7 (2D6)
SIZ: 15 (2D6+9)
INT: 4
POW: 7 (2D6)
CHA: 4

HP: 15
MWL: 8
PP: 7
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 6
AP: 2 hide
DM: +1D6

Skills

Dodge 21%
Persistence 21%
Resilience 45%
Unarmed Combat 40%

Attacks

Horns — Unarmed Combat 40%, 1D8 + 1D6, Medium
Trample — Unarmed Combat 40%, 1D8 + 1D6, Medium

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Horn Charge: Use Horns for a normal Charge attack and add the Charge’s +1D6 damage.

animal

Crocodile

A heavily armoured ambush predator equally dangerous in water and at the shore.

living
corporeal

STR: 30 (5D6+12)
CON: 19 (3D6+12)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 14 (4D6)
INT: 3
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 3

HP: 17
MWL: 9
PP: 11
Movement: 7 m land, 23 m swim
Combat Order: 7
AP: 5 hide
DM: +1D6

Skills

Dodge 33%
Persistence 33%
Resilience 57%
Unarmed Combat 50%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D8 + 1D6, Medium

Talents

None.

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animal

Dog

A domestic or feral canine that relies on speed and its bite.

living
corporeal

STR: 13 (2D6+6)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 13 (2D6+6)
SIZ: 3 (1D6)
INT: 5
POW: 9 (1D6+6)
CHA: 5

HP: 7
MWL: 4
PP: 9
Movement: 23 m
Combat Order: 9
AP: 0
DM: +0

Skills

Dodge 39%
Persistence 27%
Resilience 33%
Unarmed Combat 40%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 40%, 1D6 + 0, Light

Talents

None.

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animal

Elephant

An immense herd animal whose bulk makes its tusks and feet lethal.

living
corporeal

STR: 45 (6D6+24)
CON: 24 (3D6+15)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 48 (6D6+30)
INT: 6
POW: 13 (2D6+6)
CHA: 5

HP: 36
MWL: 18
PP: 13
Movement: 23 m
Combat Order: 9
AP: 3 hide
DM: +5D6

Skills

Dodge 33%
Persistence 39%
Resilience 72%
Unarmed Combat 45%

Attacks

Trample — Unarmed Combat 45%, 1D12 + 5D6, Huge
Tusk — Unarmed Combat 45%, 1D10 + 5D6, Huge

Talents

None.

Plunder

animal

Hawk

A small, agile bird of prey.

living
corporeal

STR: 2 (1D3)
CON: 4 (2D3)
DEX: 27 (3D6+18)
SIZ: 2 (1D2)
INT: 4
POW: 7 (2D6)
CHA: 4

HP: 3
MWL: 2
PP: 7
Movement: 15 m ground, 30 m fly
Combat Order: 16
AP: 0
DM: -1D6

Skills

Dodge 81%
Persistence 21%
Resilience 12%
Unarmed Combat 50%

Attacks

Claw — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D6 - 1D6, Light
Bite — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D4 - 1D6, Light

Talents

None.

Plunder

animal

Giant Hawk

A massive raptor capable of hunting prey as large as a horse.

living
corporeal

STR: 39 (6D6+21)
CON: 33 (5D6+15)
DEX: 18 (3D6+9)
SIZ: 39 (6D6+21)
INT: 4
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 4

HP: 36
MWL: 18
PP: 11
Movement: 23 m ground, 30 m fly
Combat Order: 11
AP: 3 feathers
DM: +4D6

Skills

Dodge 54%
Persistence 33%
Resilience 99%
Unarmed Combat 80%

Attacks

Claw — Unarmed Combat 80%, 1D8 + 4D6, Heavy
Bite — Unarmed Combat 80%, 1D6 + 4D6, Heavy

Talents

None.

Plunder

animal

Horse

A swift riding and draft animal whose kick can shatter bone.

living
corporeal

STR: 25 (2D6+18)
CON: 17 (3D6+6)
DEX: 10 (2D6+3)
SIZ: 25 (2D6+18)
INT: 4
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 5

HP: 21
MWL: 11
PP: 11
Movement: 30 m
Combat Order: 7
AP: 2 hide
DM: +2D6

Skills

Dodge 30%
Persistence 33%
Resilience 51%
Unarmed Combat 40%

Attacks

Kick — Unarmed Combat 40%, 1D6 + 2D6, Light

Talents

None.

Plunder

animal

Lion

A powerful feline predator armed with jaws and claws.

living
corporeal

STR: 24 (3D6+12)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 17 (3D6+6)
SIZ: 19 (2D6+12)
INT: 5
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 5

HP: 15
MWL: 8
PP: 11
Movement: 23 m
Combat Order: 11
AP: 2 hide
DM: +1D6

Skills

Dodge 51%
Persistence 33%
Resilience 33%
Unarmed Combat 60%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D8 + 1D6, Medium
Claw — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D6 + 1D6, Medium

Talents

None.

Plunder

animal

Giant Lizard

A large reptilian predator with powerful jaws and a battering tail.

living
corporeal

STR: 19 (2D6+12)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 15 (1D6+12)
SIZ: 19 (2D6+12)
INT: 3
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 3

HP: 15
MWL: 8
PP: 11
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 9
AP: 2 hide
DM: +1D6

Skills

Dodge 45%
Persistence 33%
Resilience 33%
Unarmed Combat 35%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 35%, 1D6 + 1D6, Medium
Tail — Unarmed Combat 35%, 1D8 + 1D6, Medium

Talents

None.

Plunder

animal

Giant Octopus

An enormous marine hunter whose arms can overwhelm several enemies.

living
corporeal

STR: 42 (12D6)
CON: 14 (4D6+6)
DEX: 23 (3D6+12)
SIZ: 42 (12D6)
INT: 4
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 4

HP: 28
MWL: 14
PP: 11
Movement: 7 m land, 30 m swim
Combat Order: 14
AP: 4 skin
DM: +4D6

Skills

Dodge 69%
Persistence 33%
Resilience 42%
Unarmed Combat 50%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D8 + 4D6, Huge
Arm — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D4 + 4D6, Huge

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Many Arms (Multiattack): Make up to four Arm attacks under the Multiattack rule.

animal

Giant Python

A huge constricting snake capable of crushing prey within its coils.

living
corporeal

STR: 35 (3D6+24)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 13 (2D6+6)
SIZ: 11 (3D6)
INT: 3
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 3

HP: 11
MWL: 6
PP: 11
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 8
AP: 3 scales
DM: +2D6

Skills

Dodge 39%
Persistence 33%
Resilience 33%
Unarmed Combat 50%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D4 + 2D6, Medium
Constrict — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D8 + 2D6, Medium

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Constrict: Use only against a creature the python is grappling. The grapple continues whether this attack hits or misses.

animal

Raven

A quick and observant scavenging bird.

living
corporeal

STR: 2 (1D3)
CON: 4 (2D3)
DEX: 21 (3D6+12)
SIZ: 2 (1D2)
INT: 5
POW: 7 (2D6)
CHA: 4

HP: 3
MWL: 2
PP: 7
Movement: 15 m ground, 25 m fly
Combat Order: 13
AP: 0
DM: -1D6

Skills

Dodge 63%
Persistence 21%
Resilience 12%
Unarmed Combat 35%

Attacks

Claw — Unarmed Combat 35%, 1D6 - 1D6, Light
Bite — Unarmed Combat 35%, 1D4 - 1D6, Light

Talents

None.

Plunder

animal

Rhinoceros

A thick-skinned herbivore whose charge can tear through a battle line.

living
corporeal

STR: 26 (2D6+21)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 7 (2D6)
SIZ: 26 (2D6+21)
INT: 3
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 3

HP: 19
MWL: 10
PP: 11
Movement: 23 m
Combat Order: 5
AP: 5 hide
DM: +2D6

Skills

Dodge 21%
Persistence 33%
Resilience 33%
Unarmed Combat 50%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D6 + 2D6, Heavy
Gore — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D8 + 2D6, Heavy
Trample — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D12 + 2D6, Heavy

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Horn Charge: Use Gore for a normal Charge attack and add the Charge’s +1D6 damage.

animal

Giant Spider

A horse-sized ambush predator that traps prey in venomous webs.

living
corporeal

STR: 19 (2D6+12)
CON: 17 (3D6+6)
DEX: 16 (2D6+9)
SIZ: 26 (4D6+12)
INT: 8
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 2

HP: 22
MWL: 11
PP: 11
Movement: 15 m ground, 23 m on web
Combat Order: 12
AP: 4 chitin
DM: +1D6

Skills

Dodge 48%
Persistence 33%
Resilience 51%
Unarmed Combat 50%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D6 + 1D6, Heavy
Web — Unarmed Combat 50%, no damage, Heavy, 15 m

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Web: Spend a Combat Action and oppose Unarmed Combat against the Athletics of one target within 15 m. If the spider wins, the target cannot take Movement Actions and suffers -1P on physical tests until the web is destroyed. Each web has 22 HP and 0 AP.

Giant Spider Venom: A Bite dealing HP damage exposes the target. Type: Injected. Delay: 1D3 rounds. Potency: 51. Effect: -6 DEX for the Duration and 1D3 HP at each minute’s end; DEX 0 causes paralysis. Duration: 6D10 minutes.

animal

Viper

A fast venomous snake whose bite can bring down much larger prey.

living
corporeal

STR: 13 (2D6+6)
CON: 6 (2D6)
DEX: 27 (3D6+18)
SIZ: 7 (2D6)
INT: 3
POW: 13 (2D6+6)
CHA: 3

HP: 7
MWL: 4
PP: 13
Movement: 30 m
Combat Order: 15
AP: 1 scales
DM: +0

Skills

Dodge 81%
Persistence 39%
Resilience 18%
Unarmed Combat 60%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D6 + 0, Medium

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Viper Venom: A Bite dealing HP damage exposes the target. Type: Injected. Delay: 1 round. Potency: 48. Effect: -3 CON for the Duration and 1D4 HP at each minute’s end; CON 0 causes death. Duration: 6D10 minutes.

animal

Wolf

A swift pack predator armed with powerful jaws and claws.

living
corporeal

STR: 11 (3D6)
CON: 14 (3D6+3)
DEX: 13 (3D6+3)
SIZ: 10 (2D6+3)
INT: 5
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 5

HP: 12
MWL: 6
PP: 11
Movement: 23 m
Combat Order: 9
AP: 0
DM: +0

Skills

Dodge 39%
Persistence 33%
Resilience 42%
Unarmed Combat 50%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D8 + 0, Medium
Claw — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D6 + 0, Medium

Talents

None.

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monster

Basilisk

A small, many-coloured reptile created by foul alchemy; its eyes and blood are deadlier than its jaws.

living
corporeal

STR: 4 (2D3)
CON: 13 (2D6+6)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 2 (1D3)
INT: 3
POW: 16 (1D6+12)
CHA: 3

HP: 8
MWL: 4
PP: 16
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 7
AP: 2 scales
DM: -1D6

Skills

Dodge 40%
Persistence 50%
Resilience 70%
Athletics 65%
Deception 40%
Natural Lore 40%
Unarmed Combat 35%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 35%, 1D6 - 1D6, Light

a damaging hit injects Basilisk Venom.

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Death Gaze: Once per turn, freely choose a creature within 16 m that can see the basilisk’s eyes. It may avert its gaze, preventing the Gaze; without suitable Blind Sight it then cannot attack or React against the basilisk until its next turn. If it does not avert, oppose the basilisk’s Persistence with Resilience. Defeat reduces it to 0 HP and makes it Dying, subject to its type rules; victory grants immunity for this combat. Eye contact must be mutual and Blind Sight never triggers the Gaze. The basilisk may still Bite.

Basilisk Venom: Type: Injected or contact. Delay: Immediate. Potency: 65. Effect: -6 CON for the Duration and 1D4 HP at each minute’s end; CON 0 causes death. Duration: 6D10 minutes.

Corrosive Blood: A mundane weapon that deals HP damage to the basilisk is destroyed after 1D4 rounds. Before the end of the wielder’s next turn, a Combat Action with abundant water or a suitable neutraliser prevents this.

monster

Beastman

Animal-headed humanoids who fiercely resist settlement of their wild territories.

living
corporeal

STR: 13 (2D6+6)
CON: 16 (1D6+12)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 16 (1D6+12)
INT: 13 (2D6+6)
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 7 (2D6)

HP: 16
MWL: 8
PP: 11
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 9
AP: 2 leather
DM: +1D4

Skills

Dodge 40%
Persistence 30%
Resilience 30%
Deception 40%
Natural Lore 70%
Close Combat 50%
Unarmed Combat 60%

Attacks

Club — Close Combat 50%, 1D6 + 1D4, Light
Shortspear — Close Combat 50%, 1D6 + 1D4, Medium
Medium Shield — Close Combat 50%, 1D6 + 1D4, Heavy
Head Butt — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D6 + 1D4, Medium

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Leaders or mystics may know individual nature-themed Shaping cells.

monster

Dragon

An ancient, intelligent flying reptile whose magic and temperament vary widely.

living
corporeal

STR: 70 (20D6)
CON: 35 (10D6)
DEX: 14 (4D6)
SIZ: 65 (10D6+30)
INT: 21 (6D6)
POW: 26 (4D6+12)
CHA: 21 (6D6)

HP: 50
MWL: 25
PP: 26
Movement: 30 m ground, 45 m fly
Combat Order: 18
AP: 12 scales
DM: +7D6

Skills

Dodge 30%
Persistence 100%
Resilience 100%
Athletics 100%
Influence 100%
Perception 100%
Culture (Local) 100%
Natural Lore 100%
Unarmed Combat 100%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 100%, 1D10 + 7D6, Huge
Claw — Unarmed Combat 100%, 1D8 + 7D6, Huge
Tail — Unarmed Combat 100%, 1D20 + 7D6, Huge

Talents

Exceptional Skill (Persistence) III; Exceptional Skill (Influence) II; Exceptional Skill (Resilience) I; Exceptional Skill (Athletics) I; Exceptional Skill (Perception) I; Exceptional Skill (Unarmed Combat) I.

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Abilities

Double Claw 2 (Multiattack): Make two Claw attacks. Exceptional Skill (Unarmed Combat) I normally removes the second attack’s -1P.

Breathe Flame: Spend a Combat Action. A 26 m cone, 26 m wide at its end, deals 4D6 fire damage; roll once. An aware target may use its base Reaction to Dodge at -1P: success halves damage; failure takes full damage. AP applies. Afterward, another use within one hour requires Resilience, at cumulative -1P for each attempt that hour.

Fire Resistance: Reduce fire damage by 12 after other reductions.

Ancient dragons may know potent cells such as Conjure·Fire, Bend·Fire, Ward·Fire, or Scry·Fate.

monster

Dwarf

Stocky, long-lived underground folk renowned for craft, mining, and stonework.

living
corporeal

STR: 14 (4D6)
CON: 19 (2D6+12)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 7 (1D6+3)
INT: 13 (2D6+6)
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 11 (3D6)

HP: 13
MWL: 7
PP: 11
Movement: 12 m
Combat Order: 5
AP: 5 chainmail
DM: +0

Skills

Dodge 20%
Persistence 40%
Resilience 55%
Athletics 50%
Engineering 35%
Mechanisms 40%
Trade 60%
Craft 70%
Close Combat 65%
Ranged Combat 45%

Attacks

War Hammer or Battleaxe — Close Combat 65%, 1D8 + 0, Medium
Medium Shield — Close Combat 65%, 1D6 + 0, Heavy
Light Crossbow — Ranged Combat 45%, 1D8, 125 m

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Blind Sight (heat): Thermoception perceives heat-contrasting targets regardless of illumination. Solid barriers, heavy insulation, and ambient-temperature targets defeat it.

Earth Sense: While touching connected earth or stone, the dwarf knows approximate depth and whether the surrounding chamber is structurally unstable.

Dwarven Shapers commonly favour Bend, Alter, Ward, or Scry·Earth/Stone cells.

monster

Elemental

Raw elemental substance embodied as water, darkness, flame, stone, or storm.

corporeal
elemental
soulless
mindless

STR: —
CON: —
DEX: —
SIZ: by rank
INT: —
POW: —
CHA: —

Use the rank table; Combat Order 10 is an explicit profile value because Elementals have no DEX or INT.

Skills

Perception 80%
Deception 80% while merged with a substantial quantity of its own element
rank-table combat skills

Attacks

Engulf — Attack by rank, rank damage, every other creature within the listed radius

subtype sets resistance and damage kind.

Talents

Small: Exceptional Skill (Dodge) I. Large: Exceptional Skill (Attack) I. Huge: Exceptional Skill (Persistence) I. Medium: none.

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Abilities

Rank	SIZ	HP	MWL	Move	CO	DM	Damage	Area	Attack	Dodge	Persistence	Resilience
Small	3	3	2	15 m	10	—	`1D6`	1 m	15%	100%	30%	100%
Medium	9	9	5	23 m	10	—	`2D6`	3 m	45%	90%	60%	100%
Large	21	21	11	30 m	10	—	`3D6`	7 m	100%	60%	90%	100%
Huge	50	50	25	45 m	10	—	`4D6`	16 m	—	30%	100%	100%

Engulf: Spend one Combat Action, centred on the Elemental; complete barriers block it. Roll damage once. Small through Large roll Attack once, which must succeed and win against each target’s listed resistance separately.

Overwhelming Engulf: Huge rolls no Attack. Critical resistance negates damage, Success takes half, and Failure or Fumble takes full damage.

Undine — Drown: Resilience; HP damage; ignores AP.
Shade — Fear: Persistence; PP damage; ignores AP; normal 0-PP unconsciousness applies.
Salamander — Burn: Resilience; HP damage; AP applies.
Gnome — Crush: Resilience; HP damage; AP applies.
Sylph — Buffet: Resilience; HP damage; AP applies.

Elemental Nature: Immune to poison, disease, and its own element.

Elemental Sense: Perception 80% detects invisible, Spirit, and magical targets regardless of light or invisibility; a solid barrier blocks it. Ordinary darkness still affects ordinary, nonmagical targets. Oppose concealment with Deception.

Camouflage: Deception 80% while merged with matching water, fire, stone, darkness, or cloud.

monster

Elf

Ageless forest folk bound to their woodland realms and fiercely protective of them.

living
corporeal

STR: 10 (2D6+3)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 17 (3D6+6)
SIZ: 10 (2D6+3)
INT: 17 (3D6+6)
POW: 13 (2D6+6)
CHA: 11 (3D6)

HP: 11
MWL: 6
PP: 13
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 14
AP: 2 leather
DM: +0

Skills

Dodge 55%
Persistence 55%
Resilience 20%
Athletics 55%
Deception 55%
Healing 50%
Perception 30%
Natural Lore 80%
Close Combat 60%
Ranged Combat 80%

Attacks

Shortspear — Close Combat 60%, 1D6 + 0, Medium
Longbow — Ranged Combat 80%, 1D10, 150 m

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Exceptional Archer: Gain +1B with bows. The longbow’s minimum STR gives this elf -1P, so the dice normally cancel.

Night Sight: Partial Darkness counts as Illuminated and Darkness as Partial Darkness. Pitch Black and obscurity are unchanged.

Elf Shapers often favour Alter·Flesh, Scry·Flesh, Bend·Earth/Stone, and protective nature cells.

monster

Gargoyle

A grey, winged humanoid predator often mistaken for a grotesque stone statue.

living
corporeal

STR: 29 (5D6+12)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 17 (5D6)
INT: 4 (1D6)
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 4 (1D6)

HP: 14
MWL: 7
PP: 11
Movement: 15 m ground, 23 m fly
Combat Order: 8
AP: 6 hide
DM: +2D6

Skills

Dodge 25%
Persistence 40%
Resilience 40%
Athletics 40%
Deception 30%
Perception 40%
Natural Lore 40%
Unarmed Combat 50%

Attacks

Claw — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D6 + 2D6, Medium

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Trained individuals may know a few scouting or warfare Shaping cells.

monster

Giant

A six-metre humanoid who adopts nearby cultures or lives in an isolated mountain clan.

living
corporeal

STR: 49 (9D6+18)
CON: 39 (6D6+18)
DEX: 10 (2D6+3)
SIZ: 49 (9D6+18)
INT: 11 (3D6)
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 7 (2D6)

HP: 44
MWL: 22
PP: 11
Movement: 30 m
Combat Order: 11
AP: 3 hide
DM: +5D6

Skills

Dodge 10%
Persistence 25%
Resilience 80%
Athletics 50%
Deception 5%
Perception 40%
Natural Lore 20%
Close Combat 90%
Ranged Combat 35%
Unarmed Combat 75%

Attacks

Huge Club — Close Combat 90%, 2D6 + 5D6, Huge
Thrown Boulder — Ranged Combat 35%, 2D6 + 5D6, Huge, 49 m
Stomp — Unarmed Combat 75%, 1D6 + 5D6, Huge

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Giants may learn cultural Shaping; isolated ones favour Earth/Stone, Air/Storm, or Spirit cells.

monster

Goblin

A small, agile humanoid accustomed to surviving through cunning and numbers.

living
corporeal

STR: 10 (2D6+3)
CON: 10 (2D6+3)
DEX: 17 (5D6)
SIZ: 7 (2D6)
INT: 11 (3D6)
POW: 10 (2D6+3)
CHA: 7 (2D6)

HP: 9
MWL: 5
PP: 10
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 11
AP: 2 leather
DM: +0

Skills

Dodge 50%
Persistence 20%
Resilience 35%
Athletics 50%
Deception 75%
Mechanisms 50%
Perception 35%
Natural Lore 50%
Close Combat 40%
Ranged Combat 50%

Attacks

Shortspear — Close Combat 40%, 1D6 + 0, Medium
Small Shield — Close Combat 40%, 1D4 + 0, Medium
Sling — Ranged Combat 50%, 1D6, 50 m

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Blind Sight (heat): Thermoception perceives heat-contrasting targets regardless of illumination. Solid barriers, heavy insulation, and ambient-temperature targets defeat it.

Leaders and shamans may know combat, trickery, or survival-themed Shaping cells.

monster

Golem

A clay construct animated to execute a sacred command with literal, tireless precision.

corporeal
construct
soulless
mindless

a free-willed Golem loses Mindless.

STR: 39 (6D6+18)
CON: 29 (3D6+18)
DEX: 7 (2D6)
SIZ: 29 (3D6+18)
INT: 4 or 7 free-willed (1D6/2D6)
POW: 4 or 11 free-willed (1D6/3D6)
CHA: 4 or 7 free-willed (1D6/2D6)

HP: 29
MWL: 15
PP: 4 or 11 free-willed
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 6 or 7 free-willed
AP: 8, or 4 against crushing harm
DM: +3D6

Skills

Dodge 0%
Persistence 90%
Resilience 100%
Lore (Allocated Task) 50%
one programmed skill 100%
Unarmed Combat 30%

Free-willed Golems develop other skills normally.

Attacks

Fist — Unarmed Combat 30%, 1D8 + 3D6, Light

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Programmed Task: A programmed Golem pursues only its stated task and obeys literally. A free-willed Golem is not bound by this rule.

Construct Body: It does not breathe, eat, sleep, bleed, or suffer poison or disease. At 0 HP it is disabled or destroyed; 0 PP does not incapacitate it.

Slow: It cannot Sprint. Free-willed Golems may learn Shaping.

monster

Griffin

A proud mountain predator with a lion's body, an eagle's head, and immense wings.

living
corporeal

STR: 28 (8D6)
CON: 22 (3D6+12)
DEX: 22 (3D6+12)
SIZ: 28 (8D6)
INT: 6
POW: 13 (2D6+6)
CHA: 7

HP: 25
MWL: 13
PP: 13
Movement: 23 m ground, 30 m fly
Combat Order: 14
AP: 3 hide
DM: +2D6

Skills

Dodge 40%
Persistence 80%
Resilience 70%
Athletics 80%
Deception 28%
Perception 50%
Natural Lore 60%
Unarmed Combat 70%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 70%, 1D8 + 2D6, Heavy
Claw — Unarmed Combat 70%, 1D6 + 2D6, Heavy

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Raking Dive (Multiattack): Spend the Combat and Movement Actions to fly at least 10 m straight and then make two Claw attacks. This replaces Charge, grants no Charge damage, and retains the base Reaction.

monster

Harpy

A filthy, winged scavenger whose claws and missiles spread disease.

living
corporeal

STR: 11 (3D6)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 18 (5D6)
SIZ: 7 (2D6)
INT: 11 (3D6)
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 4 (1D6)

HP: 9
MWL: 5
PP: 11
Movement: 15 m ground, 30 m fly
Combat Order: 15
AP: 0
DM: +0

Skills

Dodge 50%
Persistence 25%
Resilience 60%
Athletics 60%
Deception 60%
Perception 75%
Natural Lore 60%
Ranged Combat 40%
Unarmed Combat 75%

Attacks

Claw — Unarmed Combat 75%, 1D6 + 0, Medium
Dropped Stone — Ranged Combat 40%, 1D6 per full 3 m fallen, maximum 10D6, Light, directly below
Dung — Ranged Combat 40%, no damage, Light, directly below

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Dropped Missile: Choose a target directly below the Harpy, no more than 30 m down. Dropping a stone or dung is a Ranged Combat attack; an aware target may React normally.

Filth: A damaging Claw, dung hit, or dung-coated stone exposes the victim to the Shakes. Type: Touch. Delay: 1D2 days. Potency: 50. Effect: DEX remains halved while active; lose 1D6 HP after each Delay. Duration: Until the victim wins a repeated Resilience-versus-Potency test.

Stench: A dung hit gives -1P to Influence and Deception until the victim and equipment are washed for one hour. Harpies are immune to disease. Some know Bend·Force/Motion or Alter·Flesh.

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Merfolk

A territorial sea-dweller whose undersea society mirrors kingdoms above.

living
corporeal

STR: 14 (3D6+3)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 13 (2D6+6)
SIZ: 17 (3D6+6)
INT: 11 (3D6)
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 11 (3D6)

HP: 14
MWL: 7
PP: 11
Movement: 23 m swim, 7 m crawl
Combat Order: 12
AP: 0
DM: +1D6

Skills

Dodge 30%
Persistence 30%
Resilience 30%
Athletics 60%
Deception 30%
Perception 50%
Natural Lore 80%
Close Combat 35%

Attacks

Longspear — Close Combat 35%, 1D8+1 + 1D6, Medium
Dagger — Close Combat 35%, 1D4+1 + 1D6, Light

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Aquatic: Breathes air and can hold its breath underwater for 11 minutes. Merfolk Shapers commonly know Water/Ice cells.

monster

Sea Serpent

An enormous aquatic serpent that drags prey to caverns beneath the sea.

living
corporeal

STR: 58 (8D6+30)
CON: 35 (4D6+21)
DEX: 7 (2D6)
SIZ: 36 (6D6+15)
INT: 3
POW: 21 (6D6)
CHA: 3

HP: 36
MWL: 18
PP: 21
Movement: 23 m swim, 0 m land
Combat Order: 5
AP: 5 scales
DM: +5D6

Skills

Dodge 40%
Persistence 40%
Resilience 80%
Athletics 60%
Deception 25%
Unarmed Combat 60%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D6 + 5D6, Heavy

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Aquatic: Breathes water and cannot move under its own power on land.

monster

Holy Steed

A deity's otherworldly mount, manifesting as a sacred eagle, kraken, iron horse, or similar form.

living
corporeal

STR: 30
CON: 20
DEX: 18
SIZ: 30
INT: 18
POW: 18
CHA: 18

HP: 25
MWL: 13
PP: 18
Movement: 20 m
Combat Order: 18
AP: 6
DM: +2D6

Skills

Dodge 100%
Persistence 100%
Resilience 100%
Unarmed Combat 80%

Attacks

Fist or Kick — Unarmed Combat 80%, 1D10 + 2D6, Light

Talents

Exceptional Skill (Dodge) I; Exceptional Skill (Persistence) I; Exceptional Skill (Resilience) I.

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Abilities

Divine Form: Choose land, swim, or flight as its 20 m movement mode when creating it.

monster

Holy Warrior

An otherworldly champion whose form and weapon reflect its deity.

living
corporeal

STR: 20
CON: 18
DEX: 15
SIZ: 18
INT: 15
POW: 18
CHA: 18

HP: 18
MWL: 9
PP: 18
Movement: 12 m
Combat Order: 15
AP: 6
DM: +1D6

Skills

Dodge 100%
Persistence 100%
Resilience 100%
Athletics 100%
choose Close Combat, Ranged Combat, or Unarmed Combat 100%

Attacks

Choose a current weapon or natural attack.

use its base damage and Size, adding DM only when that attack normally does.

Talents

Exceptional Skill (Dodge) II; Exceptional Skill (chosen combat skill) II; Exceptional Skill (Resilience) I; Exceptional Skill (Athletics) I.

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Abilities

Appearance, weapon, and optional Shaping cells express its patron without changing these values.

monster

Lizardman

A tool-using reptilian person adapted to deserts, swamps, and other hot regions.

living
corporeal

STR: 17 (3D6+6)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 10 (2D6+3)
SIZ: 11 (3D6)
INT: 13 (2D6+6)
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 7 (2D6)

HP: 11
MWL: 6
PP: 11
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 12
AP: 2 scales
DM: +1D4

Skills

Dodge 45%
Persistence 25%
Resilience 30%
Athletics 45%
Deception 30%
Perception 35%
Natural Lore 45%
Close Combat 45%
Ranged Combat 35%
Unarmed Combat 25%

Attacks

Battleaxe — Close Combat 45%, 1D8 + 1D4, Medium
Sling — Ranged Combat 35%, 1D6, 50 m
Bite — Unarmed Combat 25%, 1D6 + 1D4, Medium

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Lizardman cultures may teach any appropriate Shaping cells.

monster

Ogre

A massive, warty humanoid who dominates weaker creatures through brute force.

living
corporeal

STR: 23 (3D6+12)
CON: 13 (2D6+6)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 23 (3D6+12)
INT: 10 (2D6+3)
POW: 10 (2D6+3)
CHA: 3 (1D6)

HP: 18
MWL: 9
PP: 10
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 11
AP: 2 skin
DM: +2D6

Skills

Dodge 35%
Persistence 45%
Resilience 35%
Athletics 35%
Deception 50%
Perception 50%
Natural Lore 35%
Close Combat 60%
Ranged Combat 40%
Unarmed Combat 60%

Attacks

Great Axe — Close Combat 60%, 2D8 + 2D6, Heavy
Improvised Rock — Ranged Combat 40%, 1D4 + 2D6, Light, 23 m
Fist — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D6 + 2D6, Light
Bite — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D8 + 2D6, Heavy

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Ogre mystics commonly favour destructive Fire, Flesh, Mind, or Spirit cells.

monster

Orc

A violent clan-based humanoid whose warband is ruled by strength and ambition.

living
corporeal

STR: 14 (4D6)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 14 (4D6)
SIZ: 10 (2D6+3)
INT: 11 (3D6)
POW: 10 (2D6+3)
CHA: 7 (2D6)

HP: 11
MWL: 6
PP: 10
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 10
AP: 2 leather
DM: +0

Skills

Dodge 35%
Persistence 35%
Resilience 35%
Athletics 35%
Deception 45%
Perception 45%
Craft 40%
Close Combat 40%
Ranged Combat 50%

Attacks

Scimitar — Close Combat 40%, 1D8 + 0, Medium
Medium Shield — Close Combat 40%, 1D6 + 0, Heavy
Shortbow — Ranged Combat 50%, 1D8, 75 m

Talents

None.

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Abilities

War leaders and shamans may know aggressive or protective Shaping cells.

monster

Pixie

A tiny, winged forest person known for curiosity, mischief, and subtle magic.

living
corporeal

STR: 4 (2D3)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 14 (4D6)
SIZ: 4 (1D6)
INT: 11 (3D6)
POW: 13 (2D6+6)
CHA: 11 (3D6)

HP: 8
MWL: 4
PP: 13
Movement: 15 m ground, 30 m fly
Combat Order: 13
AP: 0
DM: -1D6

Skills

Dodge 60%
Persistence 60%
Resilience 20%
Athletics 60%
Deception 60%
Perception 60%
Natural Lore 80%
Close Combat 10%
Ranged Combat 25%

Attacks

Dagger — Close Combat 10%, 1D4+1 - 1D6, Light
Sling — Ranged Combat 25%, 1D6, 50 m

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Magical Pixies may know cells such as Conjure·Mind, Bend·Air/Storm, or Bend·Paths; set Shaping to suit the individual.

monster

Troll

A large, solitary predator whose body repairs wounds with terrifying speed.

living
corporeal

STR: 26 (4D6+12)
CON: 20 (3D6+9)
DEX: 7 (2D6)
SIZ: 26 (4D6+12)
INT: 6 (1D6+3)
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 7 (2D6)

HP: 23
MWL: 12
PP: 11
Movement: 23 m
Combat Order: 7
AP: 3 hide
DM: +2D6

Skills

Dodge 25%
Persistence 25%
Resilience 60%
Athletics 20%
Deception 20%
Perception 20%
Natural Lore 40%
Close Combat 40%
Unarmed Combat 40%

Attacks

Club — Close Combat 40%, 1D6 + 2D6, Light
Claw — Unarmed Combat 40%, 1D6 + 2D6, Heavy

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Regeneration: At the start of its turn, even at 0 HP, recover 1D6 HP unless it has taken fire damage since the start of its previous turn. This bypasses Wounded’s recovery lock and removes Bleeding and Dying; Wounded remains. If HP rises above 0, the Troll wakes and may act that turn.

Blind Sight (heat): Thermoception perceives heat-contrasting targets regardless of illumination. Solid barriers, heavy insulation, and ambient-temperature targets defeat it.

monster

Werewolf

A person who can become a giant wolf willingly—or involuntarily beneath the full moon.

living
corporeal

STR: 11/22 (3D6/6D6)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 13 (2D6+6)
INT: 13/6 (2D6+6/1D6+3)
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 11, human/wolf (3D6)

HP: 12
MWL: 6
PP: 11
Movement: 15/30 m
Combat Order: 12/9
AP: 0/1
DM: +0/+1D6, human/wolf

Skills

Dodge 60%
Persistence 60%
Resilience 60%
Athletics 60%
Deception 60%
Perception 60%
Natural Lore 80%
human Close Combat 35%
human Ranged Combat 25%
wolf Unarmed Combat 60%

Attacks

Human Arming Sword — Close Combat 35%, 1D8 + 0, Medium
Human Shortbow — Ranged Combat 25%, 1D8, 75 m
Wolf Bite — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D8 + 1D6, Medium
Wolf Claw — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D6 + 1D6, Medium

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Shapeshift: Spend a Combat Action on two consecutive turns; transformation completes after the second. A full moon forces wolf form.

Night Vision: In either form, natural surface night counts as Illuminated. It does not overcome sealed, underground, or supernatural darkness or obscurity.

Wolf Immunity: In wolf form, mundane attacks deal no damage unless silver, fire, or magical; a qualifying source deals normal damage. Poison, suffocation, and drowning still work. Mystics favour Alter·Flesh, Scry·Flesh, or Earth/Stone cells.

monster

Wyvern

A lean, two-legged draconic predator armed with jaws, claws, and a venomous tail.

living
corporeal

STR: 26 (4D6+12)
CON: 19 (2D6+12)
DEX: 13 (2D6+6)
SIZ: 26 (4D6+12)
INT: 7
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 6

HP: 23
MWL: 12
PP: 11
Movement: 23 m ground, 30 m fly
Combat Order: 10
AP: 5 scales
DM: +2D6

Skills

Dodge 50%
Persistence 35%
Resilience 50%
Athletics 50%
Deception 10%
Perception 60%
Unarmed Combat 60%

Attacks

Bite — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D10 + 2D6, Heavy
Claw — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D6 + 2D6, Heavy
Sting — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D6 + 2D6, Heavy

a damaging Sting injects venom.

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Bite/Claw/Sting 3 (Multiattack): Make all three attacks; Bite is normal, while Claw and Sting each suffer -1P under Multiattack.

Wyvern Venom: Type: Injected. Delay: 1D2 rounds. Potency: 60. Effect: 1D6 HP and -4 CON. Duration: 6D10 minutes.

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Dryad

A woodland spirit whose body grows from one tree and whose grove extends 44 m from it.

corporeal
spirit
anchored

STR: 7 (2D6)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 14 (4D6)
SIZ: 10 (2D6+3)
INT: 17 (3D6+6)
POW: 22 (2D6+15)
CHA: 19 (2D6+12)

HP: 11
MWL: 6
PP: 22
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 16
AP: 0
DM: +0

Skills

Close Combat 40%
Dodge 50%
Persistence 60%
Resilience 40%
Natural Lore 60%
Deception 50%
Perception 50%
Performance 50%
Shaping 60%

Attacks

Quarterstaff — Close Combat 40%, 1D8 + 0, Medium

Talents

None.

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Abilities

Shaping cells: Bend·Mind, Alter·Mind, Conjure·Fire, Bend·Paths.

Grove Anchor: The Dryad cannot leave its grove; doing so dissolves its body and returns its Spirit to the tree. If the tree is destroyed, it cannot reform.

Tree Passage: While touching its tree, spend a Movement Action to dissolve the body or emerge beside the tree.

One with the Grove: As a Combat Action, choose one 3 m-radius patch of vegetation in the grove. Until this ability is used again, movement through it costs double, or existing vegetation opens to permit normal movement. The Dryad may instead cause harmless growth, flowers, or fruit. Damage and restraint require Shaping.

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Hag

A cave or darkness spirit that hunts beyond its domain only between sunset and dawn.

corporeal
spirit
anchored

STR: 21 (6D6)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 11 (3D6)
INT: 19 (2D6+12)
POW: 28 (2D6+21)
CHA: 3 (1D6)

HP: 11
MWL: 6
PP: 28
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 15
AP: 0
DM: +1D6

Skills

Unarmed Combat 55%
Dodge 50%
Persistence 60%
Resilience 40%
Lore (Magic) 40%
Lore (Undead) 40%
Natural Lore 40%
Deception 100%
Perception 50%
Shaping 75%

Attacks

Claw — Unarmed Combat 55%, 1D6 + 1D6, Medium

Talents

Exceptional Skill (Deception) I.

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Abilities

Shaping cells: Bend·Mind, Alter·Mind, Unmake·Fire, Unmake·Flesh.

Nightbound: The Hag may leave its domain only at night. Dawn outside the domain or direct natural sunlight destroys its body and returns its Spirit home.

Create Shade: In Darkness within its domain, spend a Combat Action and 3 PP to create one Small Shade using the Elemental profile. Give it one simple standing order; it follows literally and otherwise protects the Hag. Changing the order costs the Hag a Combat Action. It acts immediately after the Hag and remains within the domain until destroyed or dismissed. Only one may exist at a time.

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Naiad

A water spirit anchored to one stream, lake, swamp, or coastal reach.

corporeal
spirit
anchored

STR: 14 (4D6)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 14 (4D6)
SIZ: 10 (2D6+3)
INT: 17 (3D6+6)
POW: 25 (2D6+18)
CHA: 19 (2D6+12)

HP: 11
MWL: 6
PP: 25
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 16
AP: 0
DM: +0

Skills

Close Combat 40%
Ranged Combat 40%
Dodge 80%
Persistence 70%
Resilience 60%
Natural Lore 40%
Deception 65%
Perception 40%
Performance 40%
Shaping 60%

Attacks

Shortspear — Close Combat 40%, 1D6 + 0, Medium
Javelin — Ranged Combat 40%, 1D6 + 0, Medium, 28 m

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

Shaping cells: Bend·Water/Ice, Alter·Water/Ice, Ward·Water/Ice, Alter·Flesh, Bend·Mind.

Water Anchor: Each complete 10 m band travelled away from its water costs 1 PP; returning restores none. The Naiad recovers PP only while submerged. At 0 PP, its body collapses into water and its Spirit returns home.

Undine Transformation: Spend a Combat Action and 9 PP to adopt a Medium Undine shell under the shared rule. A Combat Action restores normal form.

nymph

Oread

A stone spirit anchored to one hill, mountain, valley, or similar landform.

corporeal
spirit
anchored

STR: 7 (2D6)
CON: 12 (3D6+3)
DEX: 17 (3D6+6)
SIZ: 10 (2D6+3)
INT: 14 (3D6+3)
POW: 22 (2D6+15)
CHA: 15 (2D6+9)

HP: 11
MWL: 6
PP: 22
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 16
AP: 0
DM: +0

Skills

Unarmed Combat 35%
Ranged Combat 40%
Dodge 40%
Persistence 30%
Resilience 50%
Natural Lore 40%
Deception 80%
Perception 50%
Performance 50%
Shaping 70%

Attacks

Stone Fist — Unarmed Combat 35%, 1D6 + 0, Medium
Thrown Rock — Ranged Combat 40%, 1D4 + 0, Light, 7 m

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

Shaping cells: Bend·Earth/Stone, Alter·Earth/Stone, Ward·Earth/Stone, Unmake·Earth/Stone, Scry·Earth/Stone.

Earth Anchor: Each complete 10 m band travelled away from its domain costs 1 PP; returning restores none. The Oread recovers PP only within its domain. At 0 PP, its body petrifies and its Spirit returns home.

Gnome Transformation: Spend a Combat Action and 9 PP to adopt a Medium Gnome shell under the shared rule. A Combat Action restores normal form.

spirit

Ancestor Spirit

A deceased relative who preserves family memory, craft, and counsel.

incorporeal
spirit

STR: —
CON: —
DEX: —
SIZ: —
INT: 11 (3D6)
POW: 17 (3D6+6)
CHA: 11 (3D6)

HP: —
MWL: —
PP: 17
Movement: 30 m
Combat Order: 11
AP: —
DM: —

Skills

Dodge 40%
Persistence 50%
Lore (Spirit World) 40%
Spirit Combat 40%

Attacks

Spectral Blast — Spirit Combat 40%, 1D6 PP

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

Helpful Possession: The Ancestor and a willing Living relative each spend a Combat Action while Close; no Spirit Combat is required. Choose 1D6 appropriate inherited skills when creating it. During possession, the host gains +1B with them and normally chooses the shared actions.

spirit

Disease Spirit

A predatory spirit embodying one disease.

incorporeal
spirit

STR: —
CON: —
DEX: —
SIZ: —
INT: 7 (2D6)
POW: 17 (3D6+6)
CHA: 11 (3D6)

HP: —
MWL: —
PP: 17
Movement: 30 m
Combat Order: 7
AP: —
DM: —

Skills

Dodge 40%
Persistence 50%
Lore (Disease) 100%
Lore (Spirit World) 40%
Deception 30%
Spirit Combat 50%

Attacks

Spectral Claw — Spirit Combat 50%, 1D6 PP

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

Disease Possession: Choose one disease when creating the Spirit. The host chooses shared actions, immediately contracts the disease, and suffers -1P on Resilience against disease. A successful recovery test prevents that interval’s effect, but the disease remains and tests again after its Delay until the Spirit is expelled. Expulsion permits normal recovery but removes no accumulated effect.

spirit

Ghost

A dead soul held in the world by obsession, violence, or unfinished duty; it is neither Undead nor Soulless.

incorporeal
spirit

STR: —
CON: —
DEX: —
SIZ: —
INT: 11 (3D6)
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 11 (3D6)

HP: —
MWL: —
PP: 11
Movement: 23 m
Combat Order: 11
AP: —
DM: —

Skills

Dodge 40%
Persistence 50%
Lore (Spirit World) 30%
Deception 50%
Perception 40%
Spirit Combat 40%

Attacks

Spectral Grasp — Spirit Combat 40%, 1D6 PP

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

Dominant Possession: The Ghost normally chooses shared actions. At each turn’s start, the host opposes Persistence with the Ghost’s Persistence. A host win lets it choose that turn; a Critical win by the host also ends possession.

Echoes of Life: A particular Ghost may retain appropriate mundane skills or Shaping cells known while alive.

spirit

Guardian Spirit

A bound spirit that protects a place, object, tomb, or treasure according to stated conditions.

incorporeal
spirit
anchored

STR: —
CON: —
DEX: —
SIZ: —
INT: 7 (2D6)
POW: 17 (3D6+6)
CHA: 11 (3D6)

HP: —
MWL: —
PP: 17
Movement: 30 m
Combat Order: 7
AP: —
DM: —

Skills

Dodge 40%
Persistence 60%
Lore (Spirit World) 40%
Spirit Combat 70%

Attacks

Spectral Claw — Spirit Combat 70%, 1D6 PP

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

Binding: Define the anchor and conduct that triggers the Guardian. It cannot move more than 17 m from the anchor.

Alarm: When its condition is broken, it howls audibly to 170 m and identifies the intruders. On its next turn it spends its Combat Action to manifest, then acts according to its binding.

spirit

Healing Spirit

A luminous restorative spirit and natural enemy of Disease Spirits.

incorporeal
spirit

STR: —
CON: —
DEX: —
SIZ: —
INT: 7 (2D6)
POW: 14 (4D6)
CHA: 11 (3D6)

HP: —
MWL: —
PP: 14
Movement: 30 m
Combat Order: 7
AP: —
DM: —

Skills

Dodge 40%
Persistence 50%
Lore (Disease) 100%
Lore (Spirit World) 60%
Spirit Combat 50%
Shaping 100%

Attacks

Spectral Blast — Spirit Combat 50%, 1D6 PP

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

Shaping cells: Alter·Flesh, Scry·Flesh.

Disease Hunter: It may initiate Spirit Combat with a Disease Spirit possessing a creature it touches. The host suffers no PP damage from that combat. Banishment ends the disease possession. A Healing Spirit cannot possess.

spirit

Magic Spirit

A constellation of coloured lights gathered around one coherent magical theme.

incorporeal
spirit

STR: —
CON: —
DEX: —
SIZ: —
INT: 11 (3D6)
POW: 14 (4D6)
CHA: 4 (1D6)

HP: —
MWL: —
PP: 14
Movement: 30 m
Combat Order: 11
AP: —
DM: —

Skills

Dodge 40%
Persistence 50%
Lore (Spirit World) 60%
Spirit Combat 50%
Shaping 70%

Attacks

Spectral Blast — Spirit Combat 50%, 1D6 PP

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

Shaping Cells: Choose 1D6 cells sharing one Form or coherent theme. Shaping is POW × 5%, capped at 100%. The Spirit casts and spends its own PP; it cannot lend PP, active capacity, or cells.

Defensive Spirit: It cannot initiate Spirit Combat but may defend when another creature initiates it.

spirit

Passion Spirit

A predatory embodiment of fear, madness, or pain; choose one passion when creating it.

incorporeal
spirit

STR: —
CON: —
DEX: —
SIZ: —
INT: 10 (2D6+3)
POW: 17 (3D6+6)
CHA: 14 (4D6)

HP: —
MWL: —
PP: 17
Movement: 30 m
Combat Order: 10
AP: —
DM: —

Skills

Dodge 40%
Persistence 50%
Lore (Spirit World) 60%
Spirit Combat 55%

Attacks

Spectral Claw — Spirit Combat 55%, 1D6 PP

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

The host chooses shared actions except when Madness incapacitates it.

Fear Possession: The host suffers -1P on attacks and Reactions.

Pain Possession: The host suffers -1P on every skill test.

Madness Possession: At each stressful scene’s start, oppose the Spirit’s Persistence with the host’s Resilience. If the Spirit wins, the host is Incapacitated—no Actions or Reactions—for 1D6 × 10 minutes. A host win prevents another fit that scene.

undead

Ghoul

An intelligent corpse-eater driven by endless hunger.

corporeal
undead
soulless

STR: 14 (4D6)
CON: 11 (3D6)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 13 (2D6+6)
INT: 11 (3D6)
POW: 11 (3D6)
CHA: 4 (1D6)

HP: 12
MWL: 6
PP: 11
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 11
AP: 0
DM: +1D4

Skills

Unarmed Combat 60%
Dodge 40%
Persistence 30%
Resilience 40%
Lore (Undead) 75%
Athletics 40%
Deception 60%
Perception 30%

Attacks

Claw — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D4 + 1D4, Medium
Bite — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D6 + 1D4, Medium

a damaging Bite exposes the target to Ghoul Venom.

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

Ghoul Howl: Freely at the start of its turn, affect every Living listener within 11 m. A howl remains audible until the Ghoul’s next turn. Oppose the highest-Persistence audible Ghoul with each listener’s Persistence. Defeat gives -1P on attacks and Reactions while any howl is audible; victory grants immunity for this combat. A listener tests once per round and multiple howls do not stack. The Ghoul retains its normal actions.

Ghoul Venom: Type: Injected, ingested, or smeared. Delay: 1D3 rounds. Potency: 22. Effect: Paralysed. Duration: 1D10 hours or until healing restores at least 1 HP.

undead

Mummy

An intelligent, ritually preserved ruler or guardian with no Shaping by default.

corporeal
undead
soulless

STR: 23 (3D6+12)
CON: 23 (3D6+12)
DEX: 4 (2D6)
SIZ: 13 (2D6+6)
INT: 13 (2D6+6)
POW: 0
CHA: 1

HP: 18
MWL: 9
PP: 0
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 9
AP: 2 natural
DM: +1D6

Skills

Close Combat 80%
Unarmed Combat 60%
Dodge 30%
Persistence 80%
Resilience 50%
Lore (Undead) 65%
Athletics 10%
Deception 10%
Perception 40%

Attacks

Great Hammer — Close Combat 80%, 2D8 + 1D6, Heavy
Fist — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D6 + 1D6, Light

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

Flammable: Fire that deals HP damage ignites the Mummy. At each round’s end it suffers that damage again without reapplying AP. Extinguishing costs its Combat Action, Movement Action, and all Reactions while it rolls, smothers the flames, or enters water.

Preserved Flesh: Alter·Flesh repairs it at normal Intensity. Mind affects it normally; Soulless protects only against Spirit.

undead

Skeleton

Animated bones following simple commands.

corporeal
undead
soulless
mindless

STR: 13 (2D6+6)
CON: 4 (1D6)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 11 (3D6)
INT: 0
POW: 0
CHA: 0

HP: 8
MWL: 4
PP: 0
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 3
AP: 2 leather
DM: +0

Skills

Close Combat 35%
Dodge 10%
Persistence 100%
Resilience 100%

Attacks

Arming Sword — Close Combat 35%, 1D8 + 0, Medium
Medium Shield — Close Combat 35%, 1D6 + 0, Heavy

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

Pierce Resistance: After Parry and AP, halve damage from piercing weapons.

undead

Vampire

An intelligent undead predator sustained by stolen blood and life force.

corporeal
undead
soulless

STR: 23 (3D6+12)
CON: 23 (3D6+12)
DEX: 11 (3D6)
SIZ: 13 (2D6+6)
INT: 13 (2D6+6)
POW: 0
CHA: 11 (3D6)

HP: 18
MWL: 9
PP: 0
Movement: 15 m
Combat Order: 5 in chainmail or 3 in platemail
AP: 5/6
DM: +1D6

Blood Reserve 0/18.

Skills

Close Combat 50%
Unarmed Combat 60%
Dodge 40%
Persistence 80%
Resilience 80%
Culture (Local) 80%
Athletics 50%
Deception 80%
Perception 80%

Attacks

Arming Sword — Close Combat 50%, 1D8 + 1D6, Medium
Medium Shield — Close Combat 50%, 1D6 + 1D6, Heavy
Bite — Unarmed Combat 60%, 1D6 + 1D6, Medium

Talents

None.

Plunder

Abilities

Senses: Night Vision; Blind Sight (living beings), blocked by walls and complete solid cover.

Blood Reserve: Maximum 18, current 0. Use current Reserve as PP and maximum Reserve instead of POW for the active Shaping limit. It pays costs, Counter, rituals, and commitments, but never recovers naturally; 0 does not incapacitate the Vampire. It also recovers no HP naturally.

Clinging Bite: If Bite deals HP damage, establish a grapple with that target without another Action or test.

Drain: While grappling a Living target, spend a Combat Action and roll 1D6. If the target began above 0 PP, drain actual PP up to its current PP; only if it began at 0 PP, drain HP instead. Drain ignores AP and never spills from PP to HP. Allocate the actual amount between Vampire HP and Blood Reserve within their maxima; excess is lost.

Mist Form: Spend a Combat Action to become mist with carried nonliving equipment. It is immune to mundane physical attacks and can only use its Movement Action or a Combat Action to reform. Magic and sunlight work normally.

Death Mist: At 0 HP, the Vampire is disabled until the start of its next turn, then enters Mist Form at 1 HP. Before then, an adjacent creature can spend a full round to stake and decapitate it, destroying it permanently.

Sunlight: Direct natural sunlight deals 2 HP at each round’s end, ignoring AP; complete opaque covering prevents exposure.

Holy Aversion: Choose a sacred symbol. Presenting it within sight spends a Combat Action and opposes the bearer’s Persistence with the Vampire’s Resilience. If the bearer wins, the Vampire loses 1D4 HP ignoring AP and cannot attack the bearer until the bearer’s next turn while the symbol remains visible.

Individual Vampires may learn Shaping cells and pay for them from Blood Reserve.

undead

Zombie

A rotting corpse animated to obey simple commands or attack the living.

corporeal
undead
soulless
mindless

STR: 23 (3D6+12)
CON: 4 (1D6)
DEX: 7 (1D6+3)
SIZ: 10 (3D6)
INT: 0 (1D3)
POW: 0
CHA: 2 (1D3)

HP: 7
MWL: 4
PP: 0
Movement: 7 m
Combat Order: 4
AP: 0
DM: +1D6

Skills

Unarmed Combat 50%
Dodge 0%
Persistence 100%
Resilience 100%

Attacks

Fist — Unarmed Combat 50%, 1D3 + 1D6, Light

Talents

None.