Warmaster - Let the Wheel Burn

[Traskus]

Characteristics:	Charisma, Strength, Willpower
Skills:	Acrobatics, Animal Ken, Arcana, Ballistics, Brawl, Command, Forbidden Lore, Intimidation, Perception, Persuasion, Politics, Scrutiny, Weaponry
Magic School:	Evocation
Sword Schools:	Dark Messiah, Dread Crown, Iron Heart, Viae Furoris

Level	Title	Prerequisites	Class Feats	Level Completion
1	Dreg	Power stat 1, forbidden lore 2, weaponry 2	Armor proficiency (any) Courtier's privilege Hatred (weaklings) Power attack Weapon proficiency (any) *Extracurricular study *Precise attack *Trusty sidearm	Gain the path to glory feat
2	Aspiring Champion	Power stat 1, forbidden lore 3, weaponry 2, one sword school at rank 1, path to glory	Arcane blade Courtier's privilege Jaded Quick draw Weapon focus (any) *Extracurricular study *Sound constitution *Sound constitution	Gain the warmaster feat
3	Warmaster	Power stat 2, forbidden lore 4, weaponry 3, one sword school at rank 2, one sword school at rank 1, warmaster	Courtier's privilege Crushing blow Furious assault Swift attack Weapon specialization (any) *Extracurricular study *Monkey grip *Sound constitution	Gain the heir to albadawi feat
4	Everchosen	Power stat 3, forbidden lore 5, weaponry 4, one sword school at rank 3, two sword schools at rank 1, heir to albadawi	Daunting Death before defeat Fearless Mark of infamy Mortis engine *Mental fortress *Sound constitution *Strong minded	Gain the abyssal apotheosis feat
5	Daemon Prince	Power stat 4, forbidden lore 5, weaponry 5, one sword school at rank 4, two sword schools at rank 2, one sword school at rank 1, abyssal apotheosis	Air of authority Blademaster Fearsome shout Incorrigible Powerful voice *Daggerspell stance *Unnatural weapon *Warp's gift	Gain the daemonic stature feat

Old New Feats

Fearsome Shout
By spending a hero point you can brandish your standard and shout at enemies who can see or hear you. You gain a Fear Rating equal to your highest class level minus one until the end of the scene.

Incorrigible
You have had a taste of power, and now you always want more. You are no longer removed from play for reaching 100 or more Corruption; continue to gain Mutations and risk Degeneration as you go beyond 100 Corruption.

Mark of Infamy
After all that you've done, it's almost a shame that anyone can recognize your jolly roger and the cutter who flies it. You have a distinctive emblem, tattoo, scar, or other device that is immediately recognizable to anyone who's heard tales of your exploits. Gain a static bonus on Charm, Command, and Intimidation tests equal to your Fame against anyone who can see your mark.

Monkey Grip
You may wield weapons with the Two Handed property in one hand with a -2k0 penalty to the attack roll. If you use a Two Handed weapon for Two Weapon Fighting, you take a -0k1 penalty to the attack rolls, in addition to the normal penalties.

Mortis Engine
When you kill an enemy character, or the last enemy in a minion squad, regain one of: a hit point or a resolve. This can happen at most twice per round.

Powerful Voice
You are used to shouting above the din of combat, allowing your voice to travel up to 100m with ease. You make make skill tests that would be affected by this at a distance.

Precise Attack
It's better to be conservative and strike what you can than take a big gamble and blow it. When making a melee attack, you may choose to take -Xk0 to damage and gain +Xk0 to attack, where X is any number up to your Level. If you make multiple attacks during a round, you must decide to use this ability before making any attacks, and it applies to all of your attacks that round.

Trusty Sidearm
Select a non-Artifact weapon you own that is of Uncommon rarity or lower. It gains the narrative protection of an Artifact. If ever lost or destroyed, you can either find a replacement in a day or apply this feat to a different weapon you have.

Unnatural Weapon
Already the Warp has allowed you to twist your form, perhaps for the better. Gain a Natural Weapon with the following profile: (1k2 I or R, Melee, Brawling).


New Feats

Abyssal Apotheosis
The force of your personality has made the warp take notice. Gain the daemonic trait. Also, gain the true name hindrance. It does not grant xp. If you already had it, the penalty also reduces your kept dice by 1/2.

Daemonic Stature
Your god has deemed fit to ascend you to daemonhood. Increase your size to a maximum of 8, or by +1 if already size 8 or higher. Lose non-artifact quality modifiers for your bionics. Either your worn armor breaks off or incorporates into your body, losing its non-artifact quality modifiers and granting you the armor plating trait equal to the highest ap your worn armor granted at time of gaining this feat. The max dex of the armor now applies to you permanently.

Daunting
Balor has imparted the smallest sliver of his might upon your eye. Enemies you outnumber in melee or are engaged in single melee with you take a static penalty to all rolls equal to your charisma.

Heir to Albadawi
Albadawi the Everchosen was known for laying waste to all before him. You share in that legacy. Gain the adaptive style feat. If you have the trusty sidearm feat, it can now apply to any one weapon no matter its rarity.

Path to Glory
You may spend resource points in narrative downtime to gain a minion squad adjacent to you under your control. Its size is equal to the number of resource points you spent; its Threat and Damage ratings are equal to your charisma (max. 5) and power stat/2 +1, in that order. Their weapons are knives (r, melee). Multiple minion squads of the same type may merge or split as desired as a half action on their turns. Narratively, this is your reputation attracting followers but hey, crunch. Your maximum resource points are reduced by the number spent for this feat, and if these minions are slain your maximum goes back up (still have to get the actual resource back though). This does not advance your tell. As long as you have minions created by this feat, the resource points spent cannot be recovered and effects that would force that do not take effect.

Warmaster
Your reputation grows to the point people know what you may need at a given time. The minions you summon from your Path to Glory feat now have guns (i, ranged) to attack with.

Warp's Gift
The warp shelters you for the road ahead. You may spend 100 xp to discard the most recent mutation you have gained. You may do this multiple times until you have none, but should you gain another mutation you regain the most recent one you discarded.

[Traskus]

Phew. Told you this would be even dumber.

This is supposed to be a sort of barbarian/duelist+ to demon lord's magic user+ and hero's fighter/mageknight+. The deal is to stack the deck in your favor before fighting to make up for the lack of resistances and speed. It's all offense, and great for dealing with single targets. You also become a daemon prince, of course. That helps a bit with resistance.

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Rejiggered and renamed to reflect how far away from the actual amidah it drifted. Now it's more of an exemplar type thing. I also bumped daemon princehood to lv 5 for anyone who may not want to put up with it but still want everchosen's feats. Removed devil-tiger apotheosis to make things less weird with demon lord, though earlier drafts I did want actual cross compatibility but drifted away from that too.

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Removed ki strike, two sound constitutions, safeguard/terminator protocols, and improved weapon focus/specialization.

Added monkey grip for the image of big fuck-off weapon with a shield. Added mark of infamy.

Removed the autopass from heir to albadawi. Class gets willpower, you're fine. Also replaced its effect with something better worded and a bump to your trusty sidearm.

Swapped level 3 and 4's completion bonus for people who only want the "fight good" stuff.

Hopefully now the first four levels get the glass cannon across better. You'll need need to get into melee with your buddies quick to keep your hp up.

Edited warp's gift to be less absolute. More in line with dh: ascension now.

Daemonic stature's armor absorption now imposes max dex. Forgot it, too wrapped up in static defense boost.

Removed unluck after someone reminded me luck could do it's job on its own. So I replaced it with unnatural weapon, and removed it from daemonic stature.

I've also been informed that hilariously daemon prince unlocks the higher levels of war hulk. Not intended, but funny to think about.

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Nerfed path to glory and warmaster by separating their melee and ranged attack options.
Nerfed level 5's completion bonus by removing the capbreakers.

Removed hardy and luck from level 1. Mortis engine can take care of healing if you make it that far and it doesn't really need the luck feat. Still more powerful than fighter level 1 but hey.

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Changed abyssal apotheosis’ true name part to affect kept dice instead of doubling down on rolled. 8k4 turning into 4k2 is pretty rough but not as bad as (and feels less wasteful than) 2k2 with annoyance. Though it still only applies if you already had the hindrance.

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Added some more feats to create a higher barrier to entry for higher levels and open up possibilities to not punish you for not wanting to use a big fuckoff weapon.

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Daemonic stature tweaked to make it clearer you can keep your flak bonus, power armor, etc.