Cain Dawnstar

When your character makes a combat check, you may voluntarily increase the difficulty by one to use this talent. If the target suffers one or more wounds from the combat check, the target suffers 2 strain each time they perform a maneuver until the end of the encounter.

When a spell adds a quality to your character's spell with a rating determined by your character's ranks in Knowledge (Lore), your character may use their ranks in Knowledge (Forbidden) instead.

Before your character makes a magic skill check, they may suffer a number of wounds to use this talent to add an equal number of 󲊳 to the check. The number cannot exceed your character’s ranks in Blood Sacrifice.

When your character is incapacitated due to having exceeded their strain threshold while in their normal form, they undergo the following change as an out-of-turn incidental: they heal all strain, increase their Brawn and Agility by one to a maximum of 5 and reduce their Intellect and Willpower by one to a minimum of 1. They deal +1 damage when making unarmed attacks and their unarmed attacks have a Critical rating of 3, but they cannot use magic skills or make ranged attacks. Your GM should ensure that NPCs react appropriately to this (at the very least, upgrading the difficulty of social skill checks twice). Your character reverts to their normal form after eight hours or if they become incapacitated (for instance, by exceeding their wound or strain threshold).

When your character gains this talent, decide on a signature spell for them, consisting of a particular magic action and a specific set of one or more effects. When your character casts their signature spell (consisting of the exact combination of action and effects previously chosen), reduce the difficulty of the check by one.

Your character does not add ∫ to magic skill checks for wearing heavy armor (armor with +2 soak or higher), using a shield, or not having at least one hand free (see Table III.2–3: Penalties When Casting Spells, on page 210 of the Genesys Core Rulebook)

After your character makes a Perception, Vigilance, or Knowledge (Adventuring) check to notice, identify, or avoid a threat in a cavern, subterranean ruin, or similar location, your character cancels a number of uncanceled 󲊴 no greater than your character's ranks in Dungeoneer.

Your character cannot take this talent if they have taken the Favor of the Fae talent. When casting an Attack spell, your character may add the Impact effect without increasing the difficulty. Your character can never add the Manipulative effect.

Your character creates a bond with a single animal approved by your GM. This animal must be silhouette 0 (no larger than a mid-sized dog). The bond persists as long as your character chooses, although at your GM’s discretion, the bond may also be broken due to abusive treatment or other extenuating circumstances. As long as the bond persists, the animal follows your character, and you dictate the animal’s overall behavior (although, since the animal is only bonded with the character, not dominated, it may still perform inconvenient actions such as scratching furniture, consuming rations, and marking territory). Once per round in structured encounters, your character may spend one maneuver to direct their animal in performing one action and one maneuver during your character’s turn. The animal must be within hearing and visual range of your character (generally medium range) to do this. Otherwise, the animal does not contribute to the encounter. The specifics of its behavior are up to you and your GM. For every additional rank of Animal Companion your character has, increase the allowed silhouette of the companion by one (this may mean your character gets a new companion, or their companion grows in size). This talent can also change in flavor depending on the nature of your game setting. While an animal companion may make sense in many settings, in a futuristic setting it may make more sense for the “animal” to be a robot or drone, for example.

Your character adds +2 damage to melee attacks for each Critical Injury they are currently suffering. (Your GM may also impost additional penalties on social skill checks your character makes if they are suffering Critical Injuries due to their frenzied behavior.)

Each rank of Toughened increases your character’s wound threshold by two.

Before your character makes a magic skill check, they may suffer a number of wounds to use this talent to add an equal number of 󲊳 to the check. The number cannot exceed your character’s ranks in Blood Sacrifice.

Your character makes an unarmed Brawl check targeting a living opponent, they may use this talent to deal strain damage instead of wound damage and inflict additional strain damage equal to their ranks in Medicine.

. When your character casts their signature spell, reduce the difficulty of the check by two instead of one

Each rank of Dedication increases one of your character’s characteristics by one. This talent cannot increase a characteristic above 5. You cannot increase the same characteristic with Dedication twice.

Each rank of Toughened increases your character’s wound threshold by two.

Before your character makes a magic skill check, they may suffer a number of wounds to use this talent to add an equal number of 󲊳 to the check. The number cannot exceed your character’s ranks in Blood Sacrifice