Unaligned Wranglers

Those who use magical unaligned animals.

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Accipitrary

Type: Avianist

Hunters who bond with hawks and falcons via the ritual of the hunt. Accipitraries are much like survivalists, but they specifically attune to hawks and falcons. Most mortal societies once depended upon hunting for their survival. Many still do. Hunting is a sacred rite for many because it represents survival. Hunting is an ancient conflict, therefore, and one of the most powerful in the world. While there are cultural variations in how the ritual of hunting works, there are commonalities in how tapping into the magic of survival works:

• A ritual initial hunt in which they offer their own blood
• A specific prey caught or killed on their first hunt that they attune to for life, always a prey that hawks or falcons also hunt
• A period of attuning to that specific prey and use every part of it
• A period of attuning to that specific prey by being prey, becoming deeply vulnerable
• A follow-up hunt or hunts in which they attune to a predator, some kind of hawk or falcon
• A period in which they define their range or territory

Specific powers will vary depending on the prey and predator they attune to, but they will have variations on the following:

• Camouflage: some form of STH bonus coming from blending in with their territory, coming from their prey attunement.
• Patience: some source of patience for waiting on their prey, often coming from their prey attunement. This often takes the form of circling.
• Determination: some source of WIL for not giving up in seeking resources to survive.
• Tracking: some form of heightened abilities while following a specific prey.
• Senses: heightened senses based on their predator attunement, usually eyesight.
• Blood: blood magic invocation by offering some of their own gives bonuses to tools or weapons.
• Companion: an animal companion that joins them when they are most desperate, usually their hawk or falcon attunement.
• Range: bonuses while within their territory.
• Special tools or weapons: reflecting their territory and/or their hawk or falcon attunement, involving feathers or talons.

All survivalists must be resolved to the hunt as their form of survival and not take meat they did not earn. This does not mean refusing to accept a meal, but that they cannot eat if they have not done some work for their range, predator, prey, or their own survival within the last seven days. Self-reliance is a source of power for them, and though they can accept help from others, they will start to lose magical power if they rely solely on others - unless that other is their hawk or falcon companion.

Their companion is always a local hawk or falcon (or one local to where they first became an accipitrary if they are from elsewhere). They will have the ability to communicate with it, see through its eyes, and direct its actions (with consent).

PRO +3 ATH +2 STR +2 AWA +3 WIL +3 PRS / STH +3

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Chitinist

Type: Arthropodist

Note: The GM has a phobia of a certain kind of bug (r**ches - I can't even write them), so those specific bugs will not appear in this game.

Chitinists draw magic from the exoskeletons of arthropods. They cast the chitin and exoskeletons as others might cast bones, using them for divination, but they also gain other magic from them.

Chitinists spend years studying chitin-casting. Their magic comes from understanding the way the magic works and connecting to their own bones. They perform exercises and stretches that emphasize their bodies' connections to their skeletons. If they lose teeth, they save them, crushing them up to use in their magic. But mostly, they study arthropods, mostly insects and arachnids, and learn how their bodies work. They practice for years, analyze and study them, both via what is written about them and via direct interaction. After years of study and practice, they learn how to read the exoskeletons as they cast them.

Casting exoskeletons and chitin is much the same as bone-casting, but smaller and more often crushed and powdered. They learn to read the patterns, the colors, the effects. Different arthropods give different meanings:

Arthropod	Type	Meaning
Alderfly	Megalopteran	Age
Snakefly	Insect	Ambition
Scale Insect	True Bug	Armor
Krill	Crustacean	Army
Prawn	Crustacean	Authority
Carp Lice	Crustacean	Bad food
Flower Bug	True Bug	Blossoming
Tanaid	Crustacean	Burial
Radiodont	Dinocardid	Circle
Barnacle	Crustacean	Clinging
Gladiator Insect	Insect	Combat
Thrips	Insect	Commonness
Millipede	Myriapod	Connection
Muddauber	Hymenoptan	Construction
Moss Bug	True Bug	Cover
Isopod	Crustacean	Cowering
Copepod	Crustacean	Crowds
Stylops	Insect	Danger to children
Sawfly	Hymenoptan	Destruction
Scorpionfly	Insect	Display
Dobsonfly	Megalopteran	Dominance
Mealybug	True Bug	Drought
All-tooth	Dinocardid	Eating
Whitefly	True Bug	Empire
Spider	Arachnid	Entrapment
Bristletail	Insect	Envy
Ostracod	Crustacean	Escape attention
Tick	Arachnid	Exploitation
Locust	Orthopteran	Famine
Crawfish	Crustacean	Feast
Wasp	Hymenoptan	Fight
Dragonfly	Insect	Five
Leaf-Footed Bug	True Bug	Forest travel
Stonefly	Insect	Foundation
Caddisfly	Insect	Gathering
Pseudoshrimp	Crustacean	Glamour
Seed Bug	True Bug	Growth
Bee	Hymenoptan	Harvest
Earwig	Insect	Hearing
Nutcracker	Dinocardid	Holiday
Hermit Crab	Crustacean	Home
Yellowjacket	Hymenoptan	Hunt
Fairyfly	Hymenoptan	Illusion
Bed Bug	True Bug	Inconvenience
Lacewing	Insect	Infinite
Mystacocarid	Crustacean	Invisibility
Fly	Dipteran	Irritation
Flea	Insect	Jump
Assassin Bug	True Bug	Killing
Tongue Worm	Crustacean	Language
Harvestman	Arachnid	Long strides
Aphid	True Bug	Loss
Silverfish	Insect	Magic
Chalcid	Hymenoptan	Metal
Hopper	True Bug	Movement
Beetle	Insect	Myriad
Horseshoe Crab	Arachnid	Near travel
Mantis	Insect	Negation
Moth	Insect	Night
Anomalocaris	Dinocardid	Nightmare
Crab	Crustacean	Ornery
Fishfly	Megalopteran	Overhanging
Hornet	Hymenoptan	Pain
Lice	Insect	Parasitism
Mosquito	Dipteran	Pestilence
Plant Bug	True Bug	Plant
Katydid	Orthopteran	Polyamory
Shrimp	Crustacean	Poverty
Vinegaroon	Arachnid	Preservation
Shield Bug	True Bug	Protection
Butterfly	Insect	Renewal
Termite	Insect	Sabotage
Cicada	True Bug	Screaming
Sea Spider	Arachnid	Sea travel
Cucumberleg	Dinocardid	Slowness
Grig	Orthopteran	Smallness
Ice Crawler	Insect	Snow travel
Cricket	Orthopteran	Song
Webspinner	Insect	Spinning
Pauropod	Myriapod	Stability
Scorpion	Arachnid	Staying true to one's nature
Midge	Dipteran	Sting
Mite	Arachnid	Strength
Mayfly	Insect	Summer
Solifuge	Arachnid	Survival in harsh conditions
Gnat	Dipteran	Swarm
Angel Insect	Insect	The people
Conehead	Hexapod	Thought
Grasshopper	Orthopteran	Unreadiness
Remiped	Crustacean	Venom
Centipede	Myriapod	War
Water Bug	True Bug	Water
Lobster	Crustacean	Wealth
Weta	Orthopteran	Weight
Stick Insect	Insect	Wood
Ant	Hymenoptan	Work
Springtail	Hexapod	Youth

Players would choose 20 of these to start with. They decide which ones they use before casting a divination, and then roll their casting to see what they find out. Different combinations create many different effects for upcoming events. These vary so greatly, it will be a language developed between player and GM as the campaign goes on.

PRO / ATH -1 STR -1 AWA +3 WIL +1 PRS -1 STH /

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Scalesmaester

Type: Reptilist

Scalesmaesters use reptiles' scales to channel dragon magic. This description assumes an unaligned dragon. For fey, celestial, or elemental, consult the GM.

To channel dragon magic, one must prove oneself to a dragon. Proving oneself to a dragon requires living their values and passing their trials. The five paths of the dragon are the paths of Discipline, Power, Majesty, Territory, and Accumulation. Scalesmaesters are those who train and study under a dragon or under other scalesmaesters, learning to work with scales and reptile skins, then learning to channel dragon magic into them, usually making objects of faux dragonscales by making reptile scales with dragon magic in them. The trials they must pass are as follows:

• Trial of Discipline: they must prove they can follow orders and a routine of exercise and study.
• Trial of Power: they must prove themselves strong enough to survive the energies they will wield and the dragon’s demands.
• Trial of Majesty: they must prove they have a sense of authority and the ability to lead.
• Trial of Territory: they must prove they know and respect the dragon’s territory.
• Trial of Accumulation: they must prove they know all of the previous trials again.

Once they have passed the trials, they are given draconic magic that they can infuse into any reptilian scale or skin that they use. They use these to make clothing, armor, or accessories, or they can store the magic in the skin or scale and unleash it later as pure draconic fire.

Reptile	Type	Effect	Notes
Dragon turtle	Chelonian	Amplified dragon magic	Rare and magical
Giant tortoise	Chelonian	Any unaligned magical ability improved	Rare and magical
Green sea turtle	Chelonian	Swimming bonus
Leatherback sea turtle	Chelonian	Defense bonus
Loggerhead sea turtle	Chelonian	Defense bonus
Marginated tortoise	Chelonian	Defense bonus
Pond turtle	Chelonian	Swimming bonus
Spur-thighed tortoise	Chelonian	Swimming bonus
Ancient gavial	Crocodilian	Resist faith	Rare, magical, and not native
Crocodile	Crocodilian	STR bonus	Not native
Gharial	Crocodilian	Improve one skill	Not native
Vermeil crocodile	Crocodilian	PRO bonus	Rare, magical, and not native
Saltriovenator	Dinosaur	PRO bonus	Theropod
Scipionyx	Dinosaur	PRO bonus	Theropod
Tethyshadros	Dinosaur	WIL bonus	Hadrosaur
Wyvern	Draconid	Poisonous	Rare and magical
Chameleon	Lizard	Color changing
Green lizard	Lizard	STH bonus
Keeled lizard	Lizard	ATH bonus
Myzoiq	Lizard	Protection from magic	Rare and magical
Nouosaur	Lizard	AWA bonus	Rare and magical
Ocellated lizard	Lizard	ATH bonus
Psammodromus	Lizard	ATH bonus
Rapidtail lizard	Lizard	Speed bonus	Rare and magical
Rock lizard	Lizard	Toughness bonus
Sand lizard	Lizard	Survival bonus
Sheltopusik	Lizard	STH bonus
Slowworm	Lizard	STH bonus
Three-toed skink	Lizard	ATH bonus
Tree gecko	Lizard	Climbing bonus
Viviparous lizard	Lizard	ATH bonus
Wall lizard	Lizard	Wall climbing
Yamab	Lizard	Defense bonus	Rare and magical
Eudimorphodon	Pterodon	Hunting bonus
Ceresiosaurus	Sauroptygerian	Swimming and STR bonus
[Aesculapian] snake	Snake	STR bonus
[European] adder	Snake	Venom
Asp viper	Snake	Venom
Cat snake	Snake	ATH bonus
Dice snake	Snake	ATH bonus
Four-lined snake	Snake	STH bonus
Grass snake	Snake	STH bonus
Horned viper	Snake	Venom
Javelin sand boa	Snake	STR bonus
Ototsiqi	Snake	Magical defense	Rare and magical
Ratsnake	Snake	Resist poison and disease
Smooth snake	Snake	ATH bonus
Viperine snake	Snake	STH bonus
Whip snake	Snake	ATH bonus

Scalesmaesters work directly for dragons, selling their goods to add to the hoard, but some find independent work.

PRO +1 ATH +1 STR +2 AWA +2 WIL +2 PRS +1 STH -1