Martial Artist

Foundation Features

Specialization Features

Mastery Features

Stances

Tier 1

• Brutal: When you roll the maximum value on a damage die, roll an additional damage die.
• Defensive: Attack rolls against you have disadvantage unless the adversary marks a Stress.
• Grappling: On a successful attack, you can spend a Focus to make the target temporarily Restrained.
• Steady: Gain a -1 penalty to your Evasion. When you deal damage on a successful attack, roll an additional damage die and drop the lowest.
• Precise: Gain a +1 bonus to your attack rolls.
• Quick: When making an attack roll, spend a Focus to include an additional target within range.

Tier 2

• Deadly: When you deal Severe damage, the target marks an additional HP.
• Hindering: On a successful attack, you can spend a Focus to make the target temporarily Hindered. While Hindered, their attack rolls have a -2 penalty.
• Invigorating: When you make a successful attack, roll a d4. On a 4, gain a Focus.
• Immovable: Gain a +2 bonus to your damage thresholds and you cannot be moved unwillingly.
• Nimble: When an adversary makes a successful attack roll against you, you can spend a number of Focus up to your Tier. Roll a number of d6s equal to 1 + the Focus spent. If any of the dice values match, you take no damage from the attack.
• Otherworldly: You can choose whether to do Physical or Magic damage.
• Scary: Successful attacks also force the target to mark a Stress.

Tier 3

• Deflecting: When you are targeted by an attack, you can spend 2 Focus to gain a bonus to your Evasion equal to your Armor Score against the attack.
• Devastating: Spend a Focus before your attack roll to use d20s as your damage dice instead.
• Dueling: Gain advantage on attack rolls when there are no other adversaries or allies in Very Close range of you or your target.
• Compounding: When you roll the maximum value on a Combo Die, increase the size of the subsequent Combo Dice you roll for the attack (at a maximum of d12s).
• Inexorable: Attacks against you have disadvantage if you have more than two adversaries within Melee of you.
• Favored: Add the trait of your choice to your damage roll.
• Sheltering: When you mark an Armor Slot, it reduces damage for you and all allies within Melee range of you who took the same damage.

Tier 4

• Crushing: When you roll a 1 on a damage die, it can be treated as the highest value on the die instead.
• Infuriating: On a successful attack, the target becomes Furious. While Furious, they are Vulnerable and have a -2 penalty to their attack rolls. They can only clear Furious by succeeding on an attack against you.
• Sweeping: Your attack targets all adversaries within Very Close range. Deal half damage to all targets you succeed against.
• Discerning: You may choose the target of your attack after making your attack roll. The GM will tell you who the attack would succeed against

Cards

The Void v1.4

Martial Artist

Foundation

Martial Form: Take the Martial Form sheet. You start with two martial stances from Tier 1. When you reach a new tier, take two additional stances at your tier or lower.

Focus: At character creation and at each rest, roll a number of d6 equal to your Instinct. Gain a number of Focus tokens equal to the highest value rolled and place them on this card. Spend a Focus each time you shift into a stance. It lasts until you you take Severe damage, the scene ends, you mark your last Hit Point, or you shift into another stance.

Brawler

The Void v1.4

Martial Artist

Specialization

Keen Defenses: When you are targeted by an attack, you can spend a Focus to make the adversary’s attack roll have disadvantage.

Spirit Blast: Spend a Focus to make an Attack Roll using Instinct against an adversary within Close range. On a success, you deal d20+3 magic damage using your Proficiency and can spend an additional Focus to make them temporarily Vulnerable.

Brawler

The Void v1.4

Martial Artist

Mastery

Limit Breaker: Once per rest, you can pull off an unbelievable feat like running across water, leaping between distant rooftops, or scaling the side of a building without needing to roll. When you do, gain a Hope and clear a Stress.

Brawler