Type Creation

Procedure

  1. Create a type sentence (descriptor, type name, specialization).
  2. Assign a weakness (required).
  3. Determine magic access: Can Use Magic vs Can Learn Magic (or none). If the setting uses spellcasting, optionally set Base MAI and allowed Aspects or casting means (e.g. runes, tech, verbal).
  4. Define at least 2 abilities tied to the type.
  5. For each ability beyond 2, add another weakness or flaw.

Sentence

Type

This type is a [descriptor] [type] who [specializes in].

Types are what most other TTRPGs call classes or archetypes. The descriptor defines the type's flavor or approach. The type is the role or category (e.g. warrior, spell-wright). The specialization describes what the type does or is known for—the defining action or focus.

In settings where only species considered human exist (e.g. Earth), Base MAI for spellcasting may be set by type instead of species. If both species and type have a Base MAI, use the higher of the two (do not add them together).

Specializes In should always start with a verb and should never start with 'specailizes in'.

Examples

Champion — This type is a [disciplined] [warrior] who [anchors the physical world against magic].

  • Weakness: Kinetic Friction
  • Magic: None
  • Abilities:
    • Use Combat Training to hold the line and protect allies.
    • Call upon Discipline to resist magical influence and push through hardship.

Spell-wright — This type is a [meta-physical] [magic-user] who [creates things with magic].

  • Weakness: Over Channeling
  • Magic: Can Use Magic
    • Can cast through any means unless otherwise stated by a specialized type
  • Abilities:
    • Shape magic through Spellcraft to create, transform, or destroy.
    • Draw on Aetheric Resonance to sense and manipulate magical energy.

Elementalist — This type is a [primal] [Spell-wright] who [commands the raw physical building blocks of the world].

  • Weakness: Environmental Exhaustion
  • Magic: Can Use Magic
    • Base MAI: 3
    • Aspects: Fire, Water, Earth, Air
  • Abilities:
    • Wield Elemental Mastery to bend fire, water, earth, and air to your will.
    • Use Primal Awareness to read the environment and sense elemental disturbances.