Shaman

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Shamans provide spiritual guidance, act as mouthpieces for the deceased, and beseech their ancestors for wisdom. They also manipulate essence, imbuing objects and people with its power. Shamans use spirit magic to achieve this—a barely understood and often overlooked magic.

Attribute	Details
Type	Character
Emotion/Logic Number	1d6
Magic/Tech Number	2
Maximum Major Injuries	3
Maximum Minor Injuries	5

Unlike other magic users, shamans aren’t well versed in combat, as their strength lies in speaking with the dead, not harming others. That being said, they can assault the essence of targets who have essence—but will do so sparingly. Their focus in combat is to unsettle and imbue uncertainty, rather than direct assaulting targets. At higher levels, they cleanse allies if no one else is available, horrify characters, and control spirit remnants.

Actions

Reactions

Level 1 Abilities

Level 2 Abilities

Level 3 Abilities

Level 4 Ability

Cleanse ✚ (replaces Cleanse)

Level 5 Ability

Death Gaze ✚ (replaces Death Gaze)

Level 6 Ability

Steal Essence

Standard Inventory

Credit Chip (roll 1d4 for the wealth score)
Datapad
Over-the-ear Translator

Tactics

Shamans have a base AP pool of 3 AP.

Guards or uses the Magical Shield ability (level 3+), if they believe they have the AP to spare.
Uses the Beyond the Veil ability, if they suspect there are targets for whom they’re not aware.
Moves or scrambles to:
- Get within range of a target or an ally, if they’re not already in range, and
- Stay as far away from danger as possible.
(Level 2+) Cleanses, themselves or an ally has a negative status.
(Level 3+) Commands a spirit, if they’re a big enough threat.
(Level 5+) Death gazes, if most nearby targets are not horrified.
(Level 2+) Death gazes the target, if they aren’t already horrified.
(Level 3+) Flip a coin or roll 1d2:
1. Assails the target with visions of death.
2. Uses the Haunt ability.
Assails the target with visions of death.