Warrior-Messenger
The perfect blend of power and control. Unite the Warrior’s strength and durability with the Messenger’s self-control and keen perception. Choose your martial maneuvers to fit the moment. Dominate your foes or skillfully evade unnecessary conflicts finding the greatest honor in completing your assigned mission.
Special Abilities
Warriors excel in the use of practiced Maneuvers. When using a learned Maneuver, Martial Mastery grants Warriors a bonus to Precision (or Guard, whichever is applicable) equal to the Mastery Level of the Maneuver.
Strength in Struggle reflects the Warrior’s toughness by reducing damage related to Strikes received by 10% for a Multi-Order Warrior. Damage related to Strikes dealt by a Multi-Order Warrior is increased by 10%.
Strength in Struggle |
Tier:1 |
Tier:2 |
Tier:3 |
Tier:4 |
Multi-Order Warrior |
+10% damage dealt with Strikes -10% damage received from Strikes |
no change |
+1 to Resist Checks |
no change |
Situational Awareness reduces the cost to improve all Social Attributes by 1 (to a minimum of 1).
Trained Eye lets a Messenger choose a Target to watch. The Messenger must pass a Perceive Interaction vs. the Target (with a Difficulty of 0) and will then have certain benefits against the Target. The Messenger ignores any Guard the Target gains from Defensive Stance. The Messenger also gains 1 Adjustment in their favor vs. any Strike made by the Target or when making Check Rolls and Resist Checks vs. the Target.
The Messenger may attempt to establish Trained Eye only once per Turn. The Messenger may drop the current Target to attempt to watch a new Target. If the Messenger loses line of sight with the Target for an extended time, Trained Eye may be lost.
Trained Eye |
Tier:1 |
Tier:2 |
Tier:3 |
Tier:4 |
Multi-Order Messenger |
1 Defensive Adjustment and ignore Guard from Defensive Stance on 1 Perceived Target |
no change |
2 Defensive Adjustments |
no change |
W-Me Discipline
Attributes
Warrior-Messengers gain the following bonuses to their Basic Attributes during character creation:
Might = +7
Control = +3
Swiftness = +7
Endurance = +3
Resolve = +3
Warrior-Messengers' Seed Multipliers, meaning the amount of growth in a Basic Attribute for each Seed of Growth sprouted, are as follows:
Might = x2
Control = x2
Swiftness = x1.5
Endurance = x2
Resolve = x1.5
Passion = x1.5
Starting Skills and Progression
Warrior-Messengers make use of weapons as well as words. They will start knowing 3 Martial Maneuvers at Mastery Level 1 and will have a head start in their Social Attributes. As they progress in Rank, they will advance in both of these areas, but will also grow in their other Attributes.
Each new Rank a Warrior-Messenger will gain:
- +2 to their Primary Attribute (Rank:40+ increases 7 instead)
- +1 to their Secondary Attribute (Rank:40+ increases 3 instead)
- 12 Seeds of Growth (Rank:40+ adds 40 Seeds instead, 7 in Primary and Secondary, 12 at random, and 14 assigned how you like)
Irregular Gains:
Rank | Social Points | Maneuver Points |
1 | +1 | +1 |
2 | +2 | +2 |
3 | +2 | +2 |
4 | +1 | +1 |
5 | +2 | +2 |
6 | +2 | +2 |
7 | +1 | +1 |
8 | +2 | +2 |
9 | +2 | +2 |
10 | +1 | +1 |
11 | +2 | +2 |
12 | +2 | +2 |
13 | +1 | +1 |
14 | +2 | +2 |
15 | +2 | +2 |
16 | +1 | +1 |
17 | +2 | +2 |
18 | +2 | +2 |
19 | +1 | +1 |
20 | +2 | +2 |
21 | +2 | +2 |
22 | +1 | +1 |
23 | +2 | +2 |
24 | +2 | +2 |
25 | +1 | +1 |
26 | +2 | +2 |
27 | +2 | +2 |
28 | +1 | +1 |
29 | +2 | +2 |
30 | +2 | +2 |
31 | +1 | +1 |
32 | +2 | +2 |
33 | +2 | +2 |
34 | +1 | +1 |
35 | +2 | +2 |
36 | +2 | +2 |
37 | +1 | +1 |
38 | +2 | +2 |
39 | +2 | +2 |
40 | +1 | +1 |
41 | +2 | +2 |
42 | +2 | +2 |
43 | +1 | +1 |
44 | +2 | +2 |
45 | +2 | +2 |
46 | +1 | +1 |
47 | +2 | +2 |
48 | +2 | +2 |
49 | +1 | +1 |
At certain milestones, Warrior-Messengers will also have the choice between bonus Social Points or bonus Maneuver Points. The character will gain other bonuses at these milestones as well that are not specific to their Order.
Milestone Bonuses:
- Rank:7 (graduation from Fledgling status) = (choice) 2 Social Points or 2 Maneuver Points
- Rank:12 (Tier:2) = (choice) 3 Social Points or 3 Maneuver Points
- Rank:24 (Tier:3) = (choice) 4 Social Points or 4 Maneuver Points
- Rank:40 (Tier:4) = (choice) 5 Social Points or 5 Maneuver Points