Channelers

OVERVIEW	CHANNELERS	MANITOU	SPECIALISTS	WARRIORS

Channelers run the gamut from highly-trained students of the arcane to wild-eyed delvers in the secrets mortals were never meant to know.

While there is as much distinction between the path each channeler follows as there is between the powers they wield, the templates below are provided without bias towards one source of magic or another. While following the path of Wizardry may be more likely to move a caster to the schools of the elements, ultimately any path can acquire power from any School. Consider the below simple templates from which to grow.

SHAMAN

Master of life and death, the Shaman provides as a source of healing and protection, and poses great danger to any who might oppose them or their people.

ABILITY	CATEGORY	PRIORITY	PURPOSE
SAGE	Skilled	LOW	Knowledge of the land, its peoples, or its animals
SOURCE	Source	HIGH	Connection to magic.
ABJURATION	Source	MEDIUM	Protection from other magics
COURAGE	Anima	LOW	Uses BODY as additional fuel for magic
LIFE	Schools	HIGH	Healing, sensory enhancement, temporary gifts
SOUL	Schools	MEDIUM	Healing spiritual damage, raising the dead, and necromancy

MAGUS

Studious, powerful, and prone to digression, Magi have studied ancient tomes, crumbled scrolls, and the accounts of long-forgotten civilizations to find their paths to power. Moreso than most, Magi understand the inherent interconnectedness of things, and are often able to shift themselves, and even magic itself, in both space and time.

ABILITY	CATEGORY	PRIORITY	PURPOSE
SAGE	Skilled	LOW	Astrologer, Historian, Linguist
SOURCE	Source	HIGH	Connection to magic
ALTERATION	Schools	MEDIUM	Changing things into other things
PATTERNING	Schools	HIGH	Detection, identification, and combination of magics
KINETICS	Schools	MEDIUM	Moving things from where they are to where you want them
EIDETIC MEMORY	Gifted	LOW	Memory with perfect recall

DUELLIST

Focused solely on the art of combat, the duellist is a weapons master bar none, and one of the most deadly forces to reckon with on the battlefield.

ABILITY	CATEGORY	PRIORITY	PURPOSE
SCOUNDREL	Skilled	LOW	Initiative, battlefield control
MANEUVERING	Martial	HIGH	Active defensive capability
WEAPON USE (1H)	Martial	HIGH	Offensive capability
FORTITUDE	Anima	MEDIUM	Combat longevity
QUICKNESS	Gifted	LOW	Additional combat actions
REFLEXES	GIfted	LOW	Additional combat reactions

HUNTER

Master of the hunt, deadly with a bow and as at home in the wilds as in a tavern, bragging about their latest kill.

ABILITY	CATEGORY	PRIORITY	PURPOSE
PROFESSIONAL: HUNTER	Skilled	MEDIUM	Ability to hunt game and survive in the wild
FORTITUDE	Anima	LOW	Combat longevity
MANEUVERING	Martial	LOW	Active damage mitigation
WEAPON USE (RANGED)	Martial	HIGH	Direct offensive capability
EMPATHY	Gifted	HIGH	Communication with animals
SIXTH SENSE	Gifted	MEDIUM	Initiative, keen senses, resistant to surprise

KNIGHT

Errant servants of justice sworn to the service of Ardios, Knights wander the land, looking for wrongs to right and heroic deeds to achieve.

ABILITY	CATEGORY	PRIORITY	PURPOSE
DIPLOMAT	Skilled	LOW	Relationships with rank and title
ARMOR USE	Martial	HIGH	Passive damage mitigation
SHIELD USE	Martial	MEDIUM	Active damage mitigation
WEAPON USE	Martial	HIGH	Offensive capability
DIVINITY	Source	MEDIUM	Access to magic
LIFE	School	LOW	Ability to heal physical harm

OFFICER

A professional warrior, comfortable in heavy armor, able to command others in the chaos of battle, and deadly in combat.

ABILITY	CATEGORY	PRIORITY	PURPOSE
OFFICER	Skilled	LOW	Initiative, battlefield control
ARMOR USE	Martial	HIGH	Passive damage mitigation
SHIELD USE	Martial	MEDIUM	Active damage mitigation
WEAPON USE (1H)	Martial	HIGH	Offensive capability
FORTITUDE	Anima	MEDIUM	Combat longevity
REFLEXES	Gifted	LOW	Additional reactive capacity