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ANTIHERO

Although many evil characters are equal-opportunity in choosing their enemies and a few become focused on the destruction of the sorts of good characters that hunt them for their nature, a few rare evil characters possess some sort of twisted moral code that makes them strongly prefer to prey upon other evil characters.

Those who walk this difficult path may find that they accrue a few small benefits, at a price. Among these, they gain bonus experience for killing evil NPCs but none for killing good NPCs, and a protection spell or supplication will shield them from harm by other evil characters rather than good characters.

As choosing this edge does nothing to alter the character's grouping restrictions or, most likely, the reaction of other PCs towards them, it is not recommended for inexperienced players, who will almost certainly find it much more hindrance than help.

SEE ALSO: EDGES


APT LEARNER

Those with this Edge tend to see greater skill improvements from level gains and immortal-granted experience awards.

SEE ALSO: EDGES

'ARCANE SCHOLAR'

Arcane scholars are able to deconstruct magical afflictions with greater ease, and also sustain magical perception for longer periods of time.

See also: EDGES, 'DISPEL MAGIC', CANCELLATION, 'DETECT MAGIC'

'BATTLEMAGE TRAINING'

Certain mages are more accustomed to combat, and are better able to utilize their combat abilities.

See also: EDGES

BATTLE TESTED

A character with this edge is used to constant combat and can often relax enough to sleep more quickly thereafter.

SEE ALSO: EDGES


CALMED MIND

Certain tranquil-minded individuals gain more efficient rest from the practices of meditation and trance.

See also: EDGES, MEDITATION, TRANCE


CHEERFUL

A character with this edge has such a temperament to be relatively unmoved by tragic plays and music.

A character may have no more than one of: Mousy, Humorless, Stonehearted, and Cheerful.

SEE ALSO: EDGES, SING, MOUSY, HUMORLESS, STONEHEARTED


COMBAT STATISTICIAN

Characters with this edge may more precisely discern the health of their opponents.

SEE ALSO: EDGES


COURAGEOUS

Brave adventurers with this edge more readily resist a variety of fear affects. Minotaurs, being naturally immune to fear, may not choose this edge; nor may orcs, being naturally cowardly.

Characters with this edge, being brave as they are, may not set their wimpy as high as other characters.

SEE ALSO: EDGES, WIMPY


COVER UP

Charismatic characters with this edge have learned to better defend themselves from attacks aimed at their often-attractive faces.

SEE ALSO: FACESLASH, HEADBUTT, SAVAGE FEEDING, CROSS


DEEP POCKETS

Characters with this edge may carry an additional item in their inventory.

SEE ALSO: EDGES, INVENTORY


DEFENSIVE WITHDRAWAL

A character with this edge has learned to protect themselves somewhat better as they flee from combat; they are less likely to draw a parting blow in doing so.

SEE ALSO: PARTING BLOW, EDGES


DRAGONSLAYER

Adventurers with this edge are experienced in doing battle with dragons as well as the vulnerable parts of such a creature's anatomy. They deal greater damage to dragons and are more resistant to dragons' signature attacks, such as breath weapons.

SEE ALSO: EDGES


EHREN LORD

A character with this edge has further honed their abilities at singly fighting multiple foes, and deals slightly greater damage of any kind to assailants other than the one who bears the brunt of their attack.

Characters who choose this edge and despite it gang opponents down will find that their honorable soul rebels against their lifestyle as this edge grows less and less useful, ultimately providing no benefit or even only detriment to them.

SEE ALSO: EHREN SOUL, EDGES


EHREN SOUL

Some characters are born with souls that long for honorable combat. They find that when many enemies beseige them, their foes get in each others way slightly more than they would while ganging up on another opponent. However, woe be to the Ehren Soul who themselves strike with dishonor, for they then suffer as their foes have, but manyfold.

SEE ALSO: EDGES


EXTRA TRAINING

Characters can choose this edge and convert some of their edge points to a train. Note that this edge may be chosen multiple times, though its cost in edge points increases sharply once you have chosen it once.

See also: "EDGES"


EVASIVE

A character with this edge is more effective than usual at evading attacks.

SEE ALSO: EVADE, EDGES


EYES IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD

Characters with this edge are less likely to be surprised by would-be assassins and are thus less susceptible to assassinate.

See also: 'EDGES'


FOOTING

A character with this edge has learned to choose her stance and footing in a fight in such a way as to make it more difficult to move her from her chosen location by techniques such as pull, drive, buffets, earth ripples, driving ambushes, morosa charges, roguish separation or isolation, and so on.

In many ways, this is a more limited and much less effective equivalent of the sure footing technique developed by some rangers.

SEE ALSO: PULL, DRIVE, BUFFET, EARTH RIPPLE, AMBUSH, CHARGE OF THE MOROSA, SEPARATE, ISOLATE, SURE FOOTING, EDGES


FOOTWORK

Characters with this edge are more likely to anticipate kicking moves and avoid them using advanced footwork.

See also: "EDGES"


FORTITUDE OF THE FLESH

A character with this edge possesses a greater resistance to the continual decay of their flesh.

SEE ALSO: ROT, POWER WORD DECAY, EDGES


HUMORLESS

A character with this edge has such a temperament to be relatively unmoved by comic performance and music.

A character may have no more than one of: Mousy, Humorless, Stonehearted, and Cheerful.

SEE ALSO: EDGES, SING, MOUSY, STONEHEARTED, CHEERFUL


INTONATION ADEPT

Characters with this edge possess a very precise control over the intonations of their voice; this ability allows them a small chance to sing or cast spells while deafened.

SEE ALSO: DEAFEN, EDGES


LAST BREATH

A character with this edge may attempt to swim for their lives even should they find themselves underwater and unable to breathe. This process may be extremely taxing, but it beats drowning.

SEE ALSO: WATER BREATHING, EDGES


LEADER

Characters with this edge are born leaders and may lead groups and rally their morale more effectively.

SEE ALSO: EDGES, MORALE


LOW LIGHT VISION

Having adapted to frequent adventuring in dark places, a character with this edge may maintain their sharpened sight for much longer than normal.

SEE ALSO: SHARPEN SIGHT, EDGES


LUCKY

Some Therans are just plain luckier than others.

SEE ALSO: EDGES


MANA DROUGHT

A mage with this edge can draw more additional power to cast his spells than most in times of a strong Prismatic Veil. In effect, the strong Veil cripples his magic less than most.

Other aspects of Veil fluctuation that do not directly relate to spellcasting in the general sense are not affected by this Edge.

A character who has this Edge may not have the Mana Flood Edge or the Mana Drain Flaw.

SEE ALSO: THE VEIL, MANA FLOOD, MANA DRAIN, EDGES


MANA FLOOD

A mage with this edge can draw more additional power to cast his spells than most in times of a weakened Prismatic Veil.

Other aspects of Veil fluctuation that do not directly relate to spellcasting in the general sense are not affected by this Edge.

A character who has this Edge may not have the Mana Drought Edge or the Mana Dam Flaw.

SEE ALSO: THE VEIL, MANA DROUGHT, MANA DAM, EDGES


MANA SENSITIVITY

A character with this edge, if detecting magic, can roughly discern the state of the Prismatic Veil through use of the time command.

SEE ALSO: DETECT MAGIC, VEIL, TIME, EDGES


MOUSY

A character with this edge has such a temperament to be relatively unmoved by epic poems and songs.

A character may have no more than one of: Mousy, Humorless, Stonehearted, Cheerful.

SEE ALSO: EDGES, SING, HUMORLESS, STONEHEARTED, CHEERFUL


OVERCOME DISTORTION

A character with this edge has trained long and hard under the effects of assorted exotic drugs and other debilitating conditions, ultimately yielding a fighting style that is less hampered than normal by effects such as displacement and sensory distortion.

SEE ALSO: EDGES, SYMPHONIC ECHOES


POSSESSIVE

A character with this edge has a small chance to instinctively and violently react to a failed attempt to steal from them. This chance diminishes but is not eliminated even should they be sleeping.

This edge does not reduce the success rate of steal attempts on a character, nor does it have a chance to function on a successful attempt to steal. Wiser characters may be slightly more effective at employing this edge.

SEE ALSO: STEAL, EDGES


QUICK HEALER

A character with this edge, if not bloody from battle, can recover hit points more quickly than normal. This ability pales dramatically in comparison with the Whispers of the Great Siege legacy and other more powerful regenerative abilities, but still may prove useful.

SEE ALSO: FAST HEALING, EDGES


REMAIN CONSCIOUS

A character with this edge has a small chance to ignore attacks which would otherwise put him to sleep or otherwise knock him out.

SEE ALSO: SLEEP, LULLABY, BLACKJACK, WEAPON BUTT BLACKJACK, KNOCKOUT TRAP, KNOCKOUT POISON, STRANGLE, CRANIAL, CHOKE, EDGES


RESISTANT SIGHT

A character with this edge possesses a greater resistance to mystical attempts to deprive them of sight.

SEE ALSO: BLINDNESS, FLASH, SUNRAY, EDGES


SEASONED TRAVELLER

Characters with this edge regenerate movement at an improved rate.

SEE ALSO: MOVEMENT, EDGES


SHADOWED SOUL

A slippery evil character with this edge is more difficult for a paladin to track with their holy powers.

SEE ALSO: TRACK THE WICKED, EDGES


SHIELD EYES

A character with this edge has learned to fight in a way that better shields their eyes from physical attacks that specifically target them, slightly reducing their chance to succeed.

SEE ALSO: DIRT KICK, EYEJAB, BLINDNESS DUST, TEMPLAR'S DEFENSE, EDGES


SHIELDSPINNER

A character with this edge has learned to gracefully spin their shield out of the way of blows meant to cleave it in twain. While not foolproof, many a rare and valuable has been saved by its flawless execution. Unfortunately, the high cost of this shield-preserving technique is that its performer tends to take an axe in the face.

SEE ALSO: SHIELD BLOCK, SHIELD CLEAVE, EDGES


SHREWD TRADER

A character skilled in commerce may choose this edge, which allows them to barter for greater quantities of items than previously possible. A shopkeeper will still not part with more of an item than it feels a fair bargain for what the character offers.

This edge is increasingly effective for characters who have accrued more commerce experience.

SEE ALSO: COMMERCE, BARTER, EDGES


SILENT SIDESTEPPER

Characters who choose this edge, typically among those who are adept at both moving silently and dodging blows, are able to gain a small advantage in dodging opponents who cannot see them.

No special advantage may be gained in this way versus characters who know the Maelstrom of the Veils legacy.

SEE ALSO: SNEAK, DODGE, MAELSTROM OF THE VEILS, EDGES


SLIPPERY SOUL

A character with this edge more effectively resists attempts to scry upon them.

SEE ALSO: CLAIRVOYANCE, CLAIRAUDIENCE, EDGES


STONEHEARTED

A character with this edge has such a temperament to be relatively unmoved by romantic notions and music.

A character may have no more than one of: Mousy, Humorless, Stonehearted, and Cheerful.

SEE ALSO: EDGES, SING, MOUSY, HUMORLESS, CHEERFULUnable to find what you were looking for.


STRONG BACK

Characters with this edge may carry a little more weight than others of their strength.

SEE ALSO: EDGES, STRENGTH


STRONG WRISTS

Characters with this edge have stronger than normal wrists, helping them resist the effects of kotegaeshi.

See also: "EDGES"


THICK VEINED

A character with this edge is less damaged by bleeding wounds than others.

SEE ALSO: EDGES


TRANSPORTATION SENSITIVITY

A character with this edge may notice attempts to summon him, as well as attempts to open a gate or tesseract to him, even when those attempts are resisted.

SEE ALSO: SUMMON, GATE, TESSERACT, EDGES


TWITCHY

Characters with this edge have honed their keen perception into a sort of sixth sense which occasionally warns of danger if something in their environment is awry. These flashes of insight often save their lives. However, this paranoid intuition is not perfect and will occasionally warn them of danger when none is present.

SEE ALSO: EDGES


UNPREDICTABLE

Characters with this edge have an intuitive, free-spirited fighting style which defies easy prediction. Those who intend to fight them by anticipating their moves in battle will find it more difficult to do so.

SEE ALSO: STRIKING THE SHADOW'S FOOTFALL, MARTIAL TRANCE, EDGES


WISE RECOVERY

The fast healing skill represents a multitude of factors ranging from sheer toughness to a knowledge of simple herbs and how to keep wounds clean. Characters who choose this edge tend more towards the latter end of the spectrum, and may, while not bloody, regenerate hit points based on their wisdom rather than their constitution, if it is better.

This can be particularly valuable to long-lived characters whose natural constitution has taken a severe beating over the years.

SEE ALSO: FAST HEALING, EDGES


ZOMBIE FIGHTER

A character with this edge has learned to anticipate the predictable and crude attacks of non-sentient undead, allowing for such attacks to be parried with greater ease. (Zombies, for example, are typically non-sentient; greater undead such as wraiths and ghouls often possess some sentience.)

SEE ALSO: EDGES