Legacies

Each character starts with a legacy. A legacy defines a character's past and present, what they learned, which rites and rituals they hold dear and which people they feel most connected to. Your character must not be born into a tribe to uphold their legacy. You can be adopted into the tribe at a young age or join a tribe later in life. The question is; what does your character identify with?

Your legacy can also be that of an outcast or outlander, people who do not identify themselves with any particular tribe. Even if you have been cast out of a tribe and technically become an outcast, you can still uphold the tribe's Legacy, but if you do not wish to do so and want to go your own way, then your legacy becomes that of an outcast.

Legacy Lore

A character's Legacy defines their knowledge of the land they call home; this often covers large territories, including multiple settlements and sites of interest. Additionally, any rites, rituals, history and myths told and practised by the tribe or the people around you are known to you. You might not know every detail and still require a check to recall the knowledge, but you know most of the lore and rites.

Legacy Crafting

Each legacy has a particular style of clothing, weaponry, armour and architecture. Every character is at least more familiar with the handiwork of their own tribe or people. Any crafting, upgrading or repairing of known weapon styles is easier, more quickly and cheaply done than normally.

Legacy Skills

The people of a legacy follow a general set of skills, which they hone and teach to their young. A player character can attain expertise in a number of skills fitting for their individual legacy, which they had been exposed to over so many years.

Legacy Destiny

Certain destinies synergies with specific legacies, inspired by long standing traditions & practices. However, a player character may always follow their own path, choosing a divergent destiny.

List of Legacies

• Nora - The Nora are hunter-gatherers living in the eastern mountain ranges and following the all-mother. They are experts at harvesting, hunting and survival.
• Carja - The Carja are excellent architects and builders, having constructed large structures out of complex materials, raising a expansive kingdom spanning over vast swathes of land.
• Oseram - The Oseram are known for their excellent craftsmanship and scavenging skills. They regularly delve into the ruins of the Old Ones to unearth artefacts of the past.
• Banuk - The Banuk live in the cold mountains to the north, having learned how to survive in the harshest of environments yet also how to utilize the advanced technology of the roaming machines, using them in their own trade & craft.
• Tenakth - The Tenakth are warriors at heart. They live & breath for perpetual warfare, seeking to eventually find a death of honour in the glories of true battle.
• Utaru - The Utaru, while being people of peace, are nonetheless incredible skilled with the bow. They have specialised in the cultivation and utilisation of various crops, having become expert physicians in the process.
• Quen - The Quen emerged from distant shores, carrying with them wonders of unseen technology. They make practised use of Fokuses, employing them to scour ancient ruins & discover the secrets of the Old Ones.
• Outcast - Outcasts do not feel bound to any particular tribe. They had to learn how to survive in isolation, rarely ever interacting with the tribes & their settlements, trying to avoid any hostility ... for the most part.
• Outlaw - Outlaws have learned to despite being subjugated to the whims tribal law; they revel in unregulated violence, alienating themselves from any of the tribes to the point of callous persecution.

Destinies

Destines are the paths of progression on which player character advance their capabilities. Each destiny further divides into three specialist branches a character may follow to further distinguish their skill set. Although a character may choose one specific Destiny at the beginning of a campaign, they may acquire features and skills from others through the discovery of a suitable teacher to educate them.

Destiny Paths

The three subordinate paths of a destiny allows for the characters to further hone their abilities in a specialist field of their chosen craft. Destiny features provide certain passive bonuses tailored to specific circumstances or allow for a more efficient use of a characters skills or weaponry.

Valour Surges

Valour surges are uniquely powerful actions, that provide player characters with a powerful boon to shift a potentially uncertain situation into their favour. Each destiny path provides one such distinct valour surge in a minor and a major version variant. In total there currently are 18 different valour surges at the player choosing, which provide benefits ranging from additional damage, higher critical chance, improved healing, enhanced stealth, simplified trade, etc.

List of Destinies

• Hunter - A hunter is a specialist in the wild, versed both in the ways of creatures & machine; their behaviour, their abilities, as well as their vulnerabilities.
  • Marauder
  • Deadeye
  • Stalker
• Scavenger - A scavenger is specialised in gathering materials from downed machines, plants or animals. They are knowledgable of the most efficient techniques to extract precious resources.
  • Harvester
  • Breaker
  • Delver
• Crafter - A crafter is specialised in crafting unique weapons, gadgets & protective gear, as well as modifying all of those through the masterful use of coils. They know how to translate the latent potential of the resources of their dangerous world into powerful tools.
  • Artificer
  • Trapper
  • Loader
• Machinist - Machinists have discovered ways in which to exert a temporary measure of control over the machines which shape their world. Their particular connections allows them to make use of the vast abilities imparted onto the roaming mechanical beasts.
  • Overdrive
  • Whisperer
  • Rider
• Traveler - A traveler harbours extensive knowledge of the topography of their surrounding landscape & the ever-changing dangers of the roads between settlements, making them a valuable asset to many groups or factions.
  • Scout
  • Survivor
  • Trader
• Warrior -  Warriors are always found at the very forefront of every violent altercations they are able to join into, specialising in close quarter combat & the use of vicious melee weaponry.
  • Vanguard
  • Reaver
  • Champion