Game Master reference / Monster
Description and lore
A person assumes a swift, predatory beast form. A familiar attention remains behind the changing silhouette.
A garment lies where someone set it deliberately aside. Beyond it, tracks continue in a different shape.
The altered body carries a familiar attention. Whatever the transformation changes, an individual still makes choices behind the predator's eyes.
At a glance
A person assumes a swift, predatory beast form. A familiar attention remains behind the changing silhouette.
| Vitality | Intellect | Might | Tact | Agility | Spirit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| d4 | d4 | d6 | d4 | d6 | d6 |
Affinities: Vitality d4, Might d6, Agility d6, Intellect d4, Tact d4, Spirit d6.
Skill overrides: Evade d4, Block d4, Ward d4.
Resolve 8; Stamina 5; Mana 4. Movement 30 feet.
Player Book idea: Transformation-based predator distinct from the pack-oriented Ulvhan draft.
Use: Basic attack · Claws: Might + supplemental d6 Wound (slashing).
Use - Signature: Bonus Action · 1 Mana
Effect - Signature: assume beast form, raise Move from 30 to 35 feet and lose any equipment-based ranged attack; same cost to revert. Once per encounter, Bonus Action + 1 Stamina grants Advantage on the next basic attack’s skill die.
Counterplay/relationship: Changing shape provides no healing, universal resistance or automatic infection; the setting’s transmission rules remain open.
The figure's stance changes before its silhouette does. A familiar gaze remains as the body lowers into a predator's crouch.