BINARY Playbooks Workbook v1.3

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ABILITIES

TIER I · PLAYTEST

Cleave — One melee action attacks two adjacent enemies within reach. Roll separately and deal full damage to each.Draw Ire — Spend one action; no roll. The target must devote its next turn to moving toward or attacking you, as able.Field Hardened — Ignore your first Fatigue.Hold the Line — An enemy moving between your controlled melee hexes, or leaving them, must pass Finesse vs your AC. On failure, its movement action is wasted.Field Repairs — During a Breather, restore 1 Armour Point in addition to your chosen Breather activity.Protector — Once per round, when an adjacent ally is targeted by a melee or ranged attack, swap hexes with them. Resolve the attack against your AC; you take any damage. Costs no action.Brutal — When using genuine forceful intimidation, reduce the agreed Command (or other appropriate action) difficulty by one rung.

TIER II

Berserker — Make two separate Melee attacks for one action. Take 1d3 Health damage each round while maintaining Berserker. You may end it voluntarily.Multidisciplined — another playbook's Tier I ability (uses a Tier II pick):

TIER III · IN DEVELOPMENT

To develop: Tier III Vanguard abilities.

TREASURE

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WEAPONS & ARMOUR

EQUIPMENT

Tier I playtest · Multidisciplined Tier II · Keywords pending reviewBINARY RPG · VANGUARD · WORKBOOK V1.3

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B I N A R Y · A E V I C S

AEVIC FORMS

AEVIC TARGETING: Forms have no touch or distance limit. Choose a target you can see anywhere on the battlefield. Reviving someone is a separate natural ability and requires adjacency.

Protection & Restoration

HEAL1W

Restore 2d3 Health to a living target. May restore a living creature at 0 Health in the same activation.

WARD?

Create a protective Aevic barrier granting +1 AC for 3 rounds.

FORTIFY1E

Grant a target 1d3 temporary Health. Temporary Health from Fortify can stack.

REPULSION FIELDXX

Project a repulsive Aevic force that physically pushes a creature or object away by 1 hex for each Aevic pearl expended.

Energy & Control

AEVUM BLAST1X

Project Aevic energy at a target. Make a spell attack against AC; on a hit, deal 1d6 damage.

GRASP1X

Manipulate or retrieve an unattended object at a distance.

BIND1X

Hold a creature in place for one round; it can still act.

PULSE1X

Burst of force pushes a nearby creature or object.

Utility & Manipulation

LIGHT PEARL1A

Hovering physical pearl, torch-equivalent light. Move it within reach; dismiss/remanifest during the same exploration at no extra cost. Expires after one exploration.

VEIL1A

Briefly obscure a person or small area.

WHISPER1A

Send a short silent message to someone you can see.

SHAPEXX

Choose and expend Aevic pearls in any combination; describe the intended effect. The GM adjudicates what is possible and its scale.

COST: E Earth · W Water · A Aether · X any humour · XX variable expenditure, GM adjudicates.

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Protection & Restoration

Energy & Control

Utility & Manipulation

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