BROUGHT TO YOU BY

 Adrian Burns – who took the first idle steps down this Path of Nerd
 Conor Dedek – who took interest in what was just a half-thought-out idea and encouraged it to
awaken
 Joe Hiles – who offered an outsider’s perspective and helps steer it rightly to this day

WITH THANKS TO
 Our fellow players/playtesters/dumb nerds Mike, Levon, Nick, Beth, Matt, and Josie
 Helpful members of the GITP Forums
 The writers of Princess: The Hopeful and Exalted
 Shotaro Ishinomori, without whom we wouldn’t be here

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 TABLe OF CONTeNTS
INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 5: POWER AND STRENGTH
(powers, skills, & merits)
CHAPTER 1: ONE WORLD (the setting) POWERSET-NEUTRAL
BEING A RIDER KAZE
LEXICON NENSHOU
DICE ROLLS (HOW DO THEY WORK?) UMI
JIBAN
CHAPTER 2: AWAKEN THE SOUL (character creation) RAIMEI
KURAYAMI
CHAPTER 3: WHAT MAKES A RIDER (stats and values) KAGAYAKI
BIO DISCIPLINES
MYSTIC MARTIAL ARTS
TECH SKILLS
PATH OF STARS MERITS
PATH OF HEAVEN XP COSTS
PATH OF DESIRE
PATH OF IRON CHAPTER 6: IN TERROR’S FOOTSTEPS (antagonists)
PATH OF FURY
PATH OF THORNS CHAPTER 7: UPON THE DRAGON ROAD (riding)
PATH OF GLORY

CHAPTER 4: FIGHT TO SURVIVE (combat)

FINISHING GAUGE
WEAPONS

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 "Even if there is no God or Buddha, there is Kamen Rider."

Our world is not and has never been perfect, and probably never will be. But that hasn't stopped
us as a species from trying as hard as we can to make this world livable, has it? But even so, sometimes
we see a problem and we walk away. We tell ourselves that it's not our deal, it's not affecting us. We go
back to our homes, our dorms, our apartments. Back to our offices, our classrooms, our cozy little lives,
where we tell ourselves that those sorts of problems only happen to others, never to us. We try not to
care, because that's the only defense we have.

Because inside, we're afraid to do anything about it. We could get hurt, we could make a
mistake, we could strand ourselves outside of our precious comfort zones where everything's safe and
warm. Maybe once or twice we push ourselves so we can feel good about it later, but do we ever do it
consistently, always striving to make something of ourselves? For many of us, the answer is a
resounding no.

But what if we had power that just isn't available to the average college sophomore or office
worker? What if we didn't have to be so afraid of making a difference? What if we could really, really do
something to change the world?

What if we had to?

Could we? Could we really? Can we awaken the heroes within our souls? Can we fight to survive,
break the chains that bind us, and ride with the devil?

It's time to find out.

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 inspiRaTion
SHOWS
 Fourze: Fourze’s protagonist is the direct inspiration for basically everything about the Path of Stars—the
philosophy, the nicknames, the name itself, even the powerset being air to sorta fit Fourze’s space theme.
The secondary Rider, Meteor, is also one of the inspirations for the Path of Thorns. Both Riders are great
examples of Tech Riders.
 Kabuto: The protagonist largely inspires the Path of Heaven, and by extension, the whole convention of
calling the chosen splats “Paths”. The Path of Heaven’s solar/fire theme extrapolates from the recurring
shot of the sun behind Kabuto when he makes his pose, and the somewhat haughty, grandiose philosophy
draws from his personality.
 OOO: OOO was the inspiration of the Path of Desire, and the show’s theme of desire lent the Path its
name.
 Gaim: Gaim himself could be said to dabble in several Paths, but his behavior late in the series is one of
the best examples of a Rider on the Path of Iron. Baron could be said to provide examples of Glory
(regarding his spiel about power/strength/etc) and Fury (his ultimate motivation), and early-mid Ryugen
most directly inspired the Path of Thorns.
 Double: Double themselves didn’t inspire a Path (though they are a great example of a Tech Rider), but
the secondary Rider, Accel, is the reason there’s a Path of Fury in the first place—he even lent his red
color scheme to it, as well as some of his electrical attacks inspiring their Powerset. The movie villain,
Eternal, could be said to exemplify a Taoreta Rider.
 Ryuki: Kamen Rider Tiger was the biggest inspiration for the Path of Glory, with his weird and sort of
backwards philosophy about heroism. Knight would fit right into Thorns, Ryuki himself makes a good
Desire or Iron Rider, and Ouja is Taoreta from the moment he’s onscreen.
 Faiz: The ATP Foundation is very much an homage to the Smart Brain megacorp from this series; Kaixa is
the second-biggest inspiration for the Path of Thorns.

Games
 Exalted 2e/2.5e: This ended up inspiring most of Rider’s mechanics.
 Princess: The Hopeful: The very first inspiration we had, back when Rider was just a .txt on Adrian’s
computer. There are heavy parallels between the Courts of Princess and Rider’s Paths, especially the
Twilight Courts/Heretic Paths.

MusiC
 Basically any Kamen Rider soundtrack, as well as Kamen Rider Girls’ Exploded, are obviously here. There’s
a great range in there, from the upbeat to the outright silly to the triumphant to the somber, for any DM
to play when the scene calls for it.
o Specifically, if any song would be called the main theme of this game, it’d be the Kamen Rider
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Black RX theme’s 21 Century Remix.
 BABYMETAL: Crazy-hard metal plus tiny idol ladies equals fun.
 JJBA Soundtrack: The JJBA anime’s got a fantastic soundtrack. Turn up ‘Avalon’ during a climactic battle
scene, you know you’ll love it.
 Robert Benfer’s music, and his entire being, serve as an off-kilter inspiration for some of the sillier aspects
of Taoreta Riders. Or the more terrifying. It’s hard to tell.

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 Role-Playing Games
When we made this game, we knew we wanted it to be accessible. While it could be great if
everybody who might want to play was already knowledgeable both about Kamen Rider and RPGs, we
knew that we would most likely get a lot of people who were familiar with one but not the other—or
even familiar with neither and interested nonetheless. Getting acquainted with Kamen Rider can be as
easy as watching a few videos to get the general idea, but this book will try to offer an introduction to
RPGs.
Firstly, let us talk about storytelling, a thing people have done forever and will do forever—we
hope. From stories told around a campfire to summer blockbusters, people create narratives with
characters and plots and action, imaginary worlds that fascinate us. Not everyone just wants to consume
the stories made by others, though—many people want to make stories of their own, and that’s a big
part of what this game (and all RPGs) is about. This document exists to help you and your friends to
build a story together—a tale of heroes, villains, fierce battles, sharp minds, masterful guile.
And now, role-playing games. Maybe you remember being a child on the playground, making up
adventures for yourself and your friends. You determined that the play-castle was a real castle, the
jungle-gym a wizard’s tower, and you were heroes. Or villains. You probably had a blast. Role-playing
games are a little like that—people stepping into the shoes of a character, playing out a story together,
having fun. Probably the biggest difference between this game and those playground adventures is that
role-playing games have rules and numbers, parameters that give a game structure and help guide it in
an orderly way. Combat doesn’t devolve into a back and forth of “I hit you!” “Did not!” “Did too!”;
instead, you look at your characters’ traits, roll dice accordingly, and thus determine the presence or
absence of hitting.
We’ve already told you the material things you need to play, but what do you need most of all?
Imagination and people.

THe DM
Dungeonmaster, Gamemaster, Storyteller—different games call this person different things, but
the idea is the same. To play this game, somebody’s got to make the calls, set out the story, help paint
the pictures in the players’ minds. You create (with some guidance from this book) the world in which
the characters live and breathe, set challenges in front of them.
Keep in mind that being a DM is not quite like sitting down and writing a story—you’re not
controlling everything, directing every character, writing every line of dialogue. You have to make the
skeleton of the story, and the skeleton had better be a stable one, but it’s the players who put the flesh
on it. If your story is too rigid, players will feel hampered and stifled, perhaps complaining that you are
“railroading” them (that is, only giving them one path to take, just as a train is constrained wholly to the
tracks). If you give them too little direction, they may feel lost, unsure what is expected of them to move
the story forward, or even where “forward” is.
Another responsibility is description—you have to give your players something that really paints
a vivid picture in their heads. When you describe the scene, do more than just lay it out like a 5th-grade

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book report. “You walk into a room. There are a lot of books on the bookshelves. There is a dead man
laying on the floor.” Sure, your players get the idea, but isn’t it a little boring? What about… “As you
open the door, you notice the ground-in smell of old paper and stale coffee, and under it the scent of
blood. Flicking the light on, you see the many bookshelves overflowing with musty old volumes, the
excess books littering the desk in stacks. Laying facedown in a pool of blood is a man who looks like he fit
in with all the academic clutter—before someone killed him.” Now we’re getting somewhere! Be careful,
though, not to waffle on or ramble—too much description can leave players lost and annoyed. If you
think writing out your descriptions beforehand is a good idea, go for it—it may help you get it right.
Besides the amount of description, you also need to carefully regulate how much info you give
players in another way. You need to tell them enough that they have something to go on, but you don’t
want to give everything away too soon. When they squint into the darkness and roll for Perception,
don’t say “there’s nothing there.” That tells them that hey, nothing to worry about, it’s fine. Tell them
“you don’t see anything there”. The difference is crucial—the former objectively states that there is
nothing in the darkness, while the latter just tells them that they do not see anything. Maybe there’s
nothing there to see… or (and this works especially well when their roll was just kinda good) they have
simply failed to see whatever might be there. This helps players get immersed. If you’re describing a
type of enemy they’ve never met, don’t just say they see “four ATP Soldats”. Describe what the
characters are looking at. “You see four tall, shaven-headed people, three men and a woman, in black
suits that look a little more rugged than something off the rack at Sears. Two of them hold telescoping
batons and one holds a heavy-looking revolver. You notice a slightly yellowish tinge to their skin, their
lips, the corners of their eyes.” You can offer an opportunity for the players to rack their brains (i.e.
make an INT + Lore roll) to see if they remember hearing about this in training, and perhaps someone
succeeds and realizes that these people are ATP Soldats. The next time they encounter them, you don’t
need to describe them as much, since they already know what these enemies are—you have already
painted the picture in their heads.
There’s a lot more to be said, but not enough space to say it in. Just know that your first run as a
DM will never be perfect, and you’ll just have to learn. Try, keep what works, fix what doesn’t, improve.

PLaYeRS
Obviously there’s got to be somebody to play this, though! That’s where players come in; the
DM sets the stage and the scenery, and the players get on that stage and make the action. Playing takes
effort and preparation, but the work is well worth it.
Here, you play a Kamen Rider, a person who has risen up to be something more—a hero. You
decide what they say and what they do, what they look like and how they act, their past and what they
want for the future. You translate this idea of a character into dots and points and numbers on a
character sheet, and sometimes your character will attempt an action for which the DM asks you to
make a dice roll.
Remember that the character sheet is not all there is to your character—it’s a tool that helps
you manage your character’s interactions with the mechanics of the game. Think about them as a
person first, then figure out how the character sheet represents who they are.

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 It’s a good idea for players to be in communication while they make their characters. Players can
help figure out how to get a good and varied group of characters that fit the kind of game the DM has in
store for them, preventing the awkward situation of having five characters with the same Beginning,
Path, general build, etc. This may mean having to compromise, but don’t be daunted—if you talk it out
with your fellow players and your DM, the changes will be a lot smoother than you might think. Figuring
out characters together also gives players the chance to (as long as it’s fine with the DM and makes
sense) have their characters connected before the game even starts. Perhaps they were close as
children and haven’t seen each other for a long time, or perhaps they became friends in training—or
perhaps they even have an established rivalry.

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A World Beset By Worlds / The Heroes’ LegaCy
As far as can be told, this mess all began in early 1971. The Earth has always been awash in a sea
of Earths, worlds differing from ours in some way. There were always some holes between these worlds,
and some of them did connect to this world. But there had never been so many at one time, not like
this—legions of demon soldiers, cyborg enforcers of a devious megacorporation, dream-spinning mages,
vampiric armies of an undead dynasty, and more.
Those who know of the sea of universes tend to name each world after whatever threat came
out—the World of Demons, the World of ATP, and so on. The Riders, unsurprisingly, call theirs the World
of Riders—for while evil wrapped itself around the weaknesses in people and nations alike, something
was born as well: Kamen Riders. Many theories exist as to why, but nobody is entirely sure; some say
Riders were born from the influx of unreality released when the Invaders came, but there are many
other ideas.
Riders started to find each other and learn that they weren't the only ones; they started to work
together, keeping in touch and watching each other's backs against the myriad tendrils of darkness.
They formed a Council to lead and guide them, stood shoulder-to-shoulder, and braced against evil’s
hammer.

Stand Together / Stand Apart

It didn't take long for Riders to start converging around a few strong, charismatic people with
relatable philosophies; after all, it's natural to look up to someone who you think you can trust. Soon,
the Rider community was almost universally in one of seven distinct but cooperating groups called
Paths: Stars, Heaven, Desire, Iron, Fury, Thorns, and Glory. They didn’t all agree on everything, but they
fought and bled and struggled side-by-side and back-to-back, and that made them brothers, sisters,
family.
But not every family stays together forever. The veterans representing Stars, Heaven, Desire,
and Iron on the Council looked at the other three Paths and what they saw worried them. At first it was
just that those three seemed to have heavier fatalities than the others, but then they really looked at
what beliefs they held onto. Fury's pursuit of vengeance; Thorns' obsessive protection (some might say
control) of their loved ones; Glory's bizarre, esoteric idealism. All of these, thought the other leaders,
were dangerous to those who followed them. In 1986, wielding their majority in the Council, they made
their ultimatum to Fury, Thorns, and Glory: they needed to change. And, preferring anything up to and
including death over letting go of their principles, these three Paths embraced their radical nature,
declaring themselves a Heretic Triat independent of the Paths that would become known as the
Righteous Circle. Relations were frosty for a while, but even these divisions couldn’t break the

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friendships that had been forged in blood and tears and fire. The Heretics and the Righteous did not
answer to each other’s authority, but they still cooperated and kept infighting to a minimum.

Falling From GraCe / This is Why You Should run

There had always been a few Riders that went bad or "Fell" as the years went by, but the
majority of them didn't survive very long—these evil, fallen Taoreta Riders tended to make enemies of
everyone else, Rider and Invader alike and were like rabid dogs in their insanity—dangerous, but
unlikely to survive long. However, in 1992, the Invader threats launched a host of campaigns to turn up
the heat; whether they were cooperating or all trying to outdo each other or both is still not certain.
Whatever the case may be, the results were the stuff of nightmares. The loose groups that Riders
worked in were torn apart, isolating those who weren't killed outright. The number of Taoreta Riders
skyrocketed.
The Righteous Council and the veterans realized something they had overlooked for too long:
the importance of togetherness, of bonds. They had taken these connections for granted, those who
lived through the early decades and the Schism; however, shortly after '86 there had been a remarkable
lull in Invader activity (later believed to be the result of the factions' planning and building up resources).
There were fewer battles to forge lifelong friendships, and as such, newer Riders weren't as connected
with each other—and that made them so much easier to break.
The Invaders probably weren't planning to create an epidemic of Taoreta Riders, but they
certainly benefited from it; because there were so many Taoreta running around, it was easy for the
Invaders to scoop them up and take them under their insidious wings as their thralls. Groups of Fallen
also began to form, independent rings of apostates who had no intention of working for the Invaders.
One particular Fallen of surprising youth gathered a considerable following, but the Kamen Riders’
worries about her were quieted when she seemed to drop off the radar.

PiCking up tHe PieCes / Again the Game Changes

In the aftermath of the Great Fall, the Righteous Council started a desperate focus on grouping
new Riders under veterans, determined to help these novices form the ties that would hold them steady
against the crushing brutality of the Invaders' schemes. The Heretic Triat took a similar course, but the
number of theirs who had turned in the Great Fall had been relatively smaller—some said because of
their zealotry, though less-charitable whispers implied that potential Taoreta had been culled with
ruthless immediacy by the Triatic Senate.
But only six years after the tragedy, in late January of 1998, a new threat made itself known. The
group of Fallen who had dropped out of sight around the end of ’92 reemerged. Calling themselves the
Court of Locusts, they crashed onto the scene, making a mess of both sides in a Russian conflict between
the ATP Corporation and the Black Jade Dynasty. Nobody had ever seen Fallen Riders so well-organized
in such great numbers, and the dark sorceries they wielded were beyond the Taoreta powers any Kamen
Rider or Invader had seen.
The transition into the new millennium was an uncertain time for all sides of the Kamen-Invader
conflict, mostly because nobody was quite sure what the Court wanted. They’d swing between opposing
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time or two—before ruthlessly gunning for them. If there was a positive side to this, it was that the
Righteous Circle and Heretic Triat’s relationship started to warm back up. The awkward, frosty distance
that had existed between the two began to shift into a partnership that was, if not like the good old
days, not too far from them.

A New Age, A New Legend

Thus comes the present day. The Righteous Circle and Heretic Triat stand strong in cooperation,
and the Invaders are finding things won't be as easy as their little victory in the 90s. The explosion of
social media was one of the biggest boons to the Rider cause, as it made the global community much
more connected. Of course, the Invaders are still trying their plots, the Court is still keeping everyone on
edge with their wildcard behavior, and every day new rumors of further threats are heard. This is a time
of temporary, perhaps fragile stability; only time will tell which way the balance will tip.

Being A Rider
Awakening
Most Awakenings occur at a turning point in one's life. The earliest point at which this occurs
has been in the mid-teens, with the youngest documented Rider starting at the age of 15. Thankfully,
though, this is pretty rare; one so young is rarely equipped for the stress of Rider life.
Usually, a Rider's Awakening will occur between late teenage years and late twenties, and most
often accompanies a major shift in one's life. It could be as relatively innocuous as leaving home for
college or a breakup, or something more major, like losing a job... or a loved one. Either way, Riders who
are living away from their families have a degree of freedom that helps with the whole "beating the crap
out of monsters every night" thing. However, they also have classes and jobs, most often; in fact, it's so
common for Riders to have trouble keeping steady employment that the community has programs
focusing on helping them find their next source of income.
There are some cases in which someone in their thirties, forties, or even beyond has an
Awakening; these are troublesome for the people who endure them, because they are often more set in
their jobs, their relationships, their marriages. They have more to lose, and it's hard for them.

Transformation
Once he or she Awakens, a Rider has the ability to Transform. It is a simple mental effort to
summon one's Rider Belt and do whatever actions accompany the process; a Rider innately knows how
to perform his or her Transformation sequence from the moment of Awakening. Whether biological,
magical, or technological, the Armor forms over the Rider's body in a moment.
The appearance of a Rider's Armor is an expression of his or her true self through the medium of
a specific Beginning (biological, magical, or superscientific). Everything about him or her is enhanced;
their strength and ability gives greater confidence, and a Rider even thinks more quickly.

Online Culture
Riders are all about togetherness, and it shows. With the internet's influence in the world today,
getting and staying connected with one's fellows is easier than ever. There are official sites, but also so

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many more unofficial ones, where Riders compare notes, share war stories, ask for help, or just talk
about normal stuff with someone else who knows how hard normality is to come by. And, being that
this is the internet and all, it wouldn't be complete without arguments, most of which revolve around
Circle/Triat politics because ugh of course.
Of course, beyond giving assholes somewhere to make troll accounts and get banned in two
minutes, Rider networks serve an important function in that they make it very easy to know what's
going on where—not only because of what people post, but when people stop posting. After all, if
someone goes quiet for uncommonly long without explanation, they may be in need of help.
Probably the most practical part of Rider networking is its influence offline; they help a new
Rider find out where his or her fellows are, where to meet them, and who else is looking for someone to
group up with. "Tech looking for Band in Cleveland" and so forth are common postings on Rider sites,
and generally, that Tech is going to find herself a few other Riders to work with.

Cultural DifferenCes
One important distinction between the Righteous and Heretics is formality. Because of their
stricter practices and more structured hierarchy, Heretic society is somewhat more formalized than that
of the Righteous—this seems obvious for the Path of Glory and their penchant for off-kilter rules, but
even the Path of Fury is in on this. While less evident among close peers, there is a formal system in
place dealing with challenges between unfamiliar peers or between higher and lower levels of authority.
By now, Righteous veterans try to teach their new recruits how to deal with Heretic formalism, and the
Heretics try to overlook the occasional faux pas made by Righteous novices.

Rider Leadership
The Righteous Circle is headed by the Circle Council, made up of one Rider from each Path. There
are few written requirements, but there are obvious unspoken expectations—they must be respected,
trustworthy, and experienced in the extreme. The Circle has a looser hierarchy than the Triat, with most
positions besides Councilman/Councilwoman and Chapter Head being de facto rather than de jure.
 Kamen Rider Tycho represents the Path of Stars on the Council. A wiry man with salt-and-
pepper hair and an everpresent smile, he exudes the image of a favorite uncle, the one who
always has a good story and would pull quarters from your ears when you were little. He almost
always appears laid-back, though that doesn't mean he's not taking things seriously. (Tech)
 Kamen Rider Kaskara represents the Path of Heaven on the Council. Tall and lean, the Kenyan
woman is an imposing figure—though her warm, calming presence makes her more
approachable than one might think. (Bio)
 Kamen Rider Tazo represents the Path of Desire on the Council. The youngest and most recent
member of the Council, the dark-eyed Tazo is perhaps the most idealistic and the greatest
proponent of motions to undo the Great Schism. He is greatly concerned with staying connected
to the lowest rungs of the loose Rider hierarchy, and until a few years ago would often go
incognito among them, only stopping when everyone got too good at seeing through his
disguises. (Mystic)
 Kamen Rider Domov represents the Path of Iron on the Council. Her stern demeanor and strict
self-image evoke notions of an old-fashioned schoolteacher. She is the most opposed to the idea

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 of reconnecting with the Heretic Paths and the most concerned with maintaining the veil of
ignorance between Riders and normal people. (Bio)

The Heretic Triat, on the other hand, has more structure—it is led by the Triumvirate, under each of
whom there are twelve Senators. The Senators choose the Triumvirate’s three Consuls, usually from
their own ranks, and the Triumvirate nominates potential new Senators when spots need filling.
 Kamen Rider Fer-de-Lance represents the Path of Fury on the Triumvirate. The youngest Consul
and from a wealthy background, she could pass for a demure heiress if the observer didn't
notice the simmering furor just beneath the surface. She and Kamen Rider Domov have a well-
known rivalry, which is expressed in brutal, icy politeness whenever they meet. (Mystic)
 Kamen Rider Merrimack represents the Path of Thorns on the Triumvirate. The oldest Consul,
he presents the image of a conman that seems too obvious to really be true. He has a friendly
rivalry with Kamen Rider Tycho and is the most supportive of greater Circle-Triat cooperation.
(Tech)
 Kamen Rider Lenoni represents the Path of Glory on the Triumvirate. She's pretty young and
could be mistaken for a quirky college professor... one who's just a little bit too keen. There's a
tension in her smile and in her eyes. She is the most opposed to the idea of the Circle and Triat
merging again. (Bio)
The Circle and Triat respectively divide the world into “Chapters” and “Provinces”, which generally
correspond to metropolitan areas and their surroundings (i.e. the Columbus, OH Chapter/Province). A
really large metropolitan area may be broken up into several Chapters and Provinces (though sometimes
the Chapters and Provinces divide the same area up differently, which gets confusing), and rural areas
may have a Chapter/Province without a major metropolitan center.
Operating jointly between the Circle and the Triat is the Rider internal-security organization
called the 753, whose overall job is preventing Falls. The 753 contains the Office of Stability and the
Office of Integrity. The Office of Stability is more or less a psychiatric authority, ruling Riders unfit for
active duty if their mental stability is in question and assigning them to psychological aid. The Office of
Integrity is essentially Internal Affairs, sometimes muttered about as a “secret police”, and comes down
hard on any trace of corruption.

Band
"Band" is one of many words for a group, from a gaggle of swishy-haired kids playing garage
rock to the proverbial "band of brothers". In Rider parlance, a Band is basically that—a group, just one
that consists of Riders, and first and foremost it is a group of friends. And yes, Bands can mix Heretics
and Righteous—Riders are still Riders, after all.
While of course Bands often go on patrol or head into battle together (or, if one is in trouble,
the rest will join the fight), they also just plain hang out. The top brass and the veterans all stress the
importance of this: the times spent together that allow a Rider to de-stress, the support that
reinvigorates his spirit, and the occasional demand that he get himself some decent sleep while the
others cover for his duties. When a Rider thinks he sees trouble, the first people he calls are always his
Band.

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 Awakening: The first transformation; the event of a person becoming a Rider.
 Beginning: The initial direction a Rider’s Awakening pushes them in; it determines some of their
stats and gives certain bonuses.
 Circle: The Righteous Circle, the name used to refer to the collective entity of the four Righteous
Paths.
 Discipline: A subset of a Powerset focusing on a different element; Disciplines are advanced and
require intense study.
 Fall: Specifically refers to the process of a Kamen Rider being overcome with corruption and
turmoil and becoming a Taoreta or Fallen Rider.
 Finisher: A special, extra-powerful attack that can be used when one has filled their Finishing
Gauge in combat.
 Form: One of the three manifestations of a Rider’s transformation.
o Base Form: The basic Form a Rider starts with.
o Upgrade Form: One of the two more powerful Forms a Rider unlocks as they progress.
Upgrade Forms require a Finishing Charge to activate and only last a limited amount of
time.
 Health: A measure of a character’s physical condition.
 Heretic: The name given to the Paths of Fury, Thorns, and Glory.
 Initiative: A stat representing the ability of a character to respond to a battle beginning.
 Invader: General term for the forces of evil who encroach from other universes to attack the
World of Riders.
 Justice: A measure of a character’s attunement to the essence of what is right and good. Non-
Riders rarely have recorded Justice.
 Kamen Rider: The "standard" type of Rider, i.e. one who follows Justice and is a member of one
of the Paths.
 Path: A political-philosophical-social group within Kamen Rider society that espouses a certain
Creed and promotes mastery of an associated Powerset.
 Power: A specific method of using Spirit to bend the laws of the world to do something
extraordinary.
 Powerset: One of several groupings of Powers based in a certain element and favored by a
certain Path.
 Ride: A stat representing a character’s ability to operate a motor vehicle.
 Righteous: The name given to the Paths of Stars, Heaven, Desire, and Iron.
 Ronin Rider: A Kamen Rider who eschews the Paths. Also called Pathless, or just Ronin.
 Sanity: A measure of a character’s mental state and integrity.
 Spirit: The energy produced by one's soul, used to fuel Powers; it is basically your "mana" or
"MP".

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 Tamashi: The measure of the strength of a Rider's soul; the "power level" stat. Other entities
have equivalents that are usually just called Tamashi also.
 Taoreta Rider: Also called The Fallen or Fallen Riders, Taoreta Riders are twisted and evil,
inverted from the inner call of Justice.
o Court of Locusts: A unified group of dedicated and dangerous Fallen led by the Queen of
Locusts. One of the biggest threats against Kamen Riders.
 Triat: The Heretic Triat, the name used to refer to the collective entity of the three Heretic
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 Dice Rolls:
How do they work?
Dice rolls in Rider: The Transformation are fairly simple and use a system derived from White
Wolf’s games. The majority of rolls are made with a varying quantity of 10-sided dice, called d10s; the
number of dice being rolled is called the dicepool. Most dicepools are based on a character’s stats, often
a Core Stat added to an Ability, which is written in this book as (X + Y), the underline signifying a rolled
dicepool rather than a static value. For example, a typical roll for noticing things in one’s environment
uses the PRC (Perception) stat and the Awareness ability; this is notated as (PRC + Awareness). The
player adds together their rating in PRC and Awareness and rolls that many ten-sided dice. If the
character has 2 dots in PRC and 2 dots in Awareness, that’s four dice to roll. Let’s see our results:

BJDL
(0 + 1 + 0 + 2) = 3 successes
Okay, what do those mean? Well, it all comes down to the target numeral. The target numeral
is the number on the die that determines success, and its standard value here is 7. This means that a
d10 whose result is 7 or higher signifies one success, and a d10 that lands on 10counts for two successes
(at least, usually it does). Any result that’s lower than 7 is not a success. Above, the normal success die is
marked in green, the double-success 10 is marked in blue, and the non-success is in black. Each roll also
has a Difficulty number, and only successes exceeding that number are counted. Successes exceeding
the Difficulty are called threshold successes, and the more you get, the better your action is performed.
For example, if that PRC+Awareness roll were Difficulty 1, you’d have (3 – 1 = 2) 2 Threshold Successes.
Getting at least 5 threshold successes is an Exceptional Success and means that the character
will probably get an especially beneficial result. Many things can help or hinder a roll, being Bonuses and
Penalties respectively, which add or subtract from dicepools. For example, looking through binoculars
might be a +2 bonus to Awareness, while dark conditions might be a -1.

GFDE
(0 + 0 + 0 + 0) = 0 successes = fail
What if you don’t get any successes? If a roll comes up with no successes (after the Difficulty has
been applied) but none of the dice came up as 1s, the roll is a failure. It doesn’t have to be a terrible loss,
usually just meaning that the character failed to perform the action—for the Awareness example, the
character looks around and doesn’t notice anything interesting.

BFDE
(-1 + 0 + 0 + 0) = botch
However, if there are no successes and at least one die came up on a 1, you have a botch.
Botching doesn’t just mean you didn’t do the action, it means you achieved an actively negative result.

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Botching that Awareness roll means you notice something, but it’s a red herring that may get you into
trouble from following it up.

For some actions, you have a contested roll, where two characters roll dicepools against each
other. In this case, each character’s success results are treated as the Difficulty for the other. In some
cases where there can be said to be an “attacker” and a “defender” (including but not limited to
combat, which is fully explained in Chapter 4), the “defender” is said to win in the case of a tie. Some
contested rolls are instead made against a static value, which is treated as the Difficulty.

One type of action to be rolled is the extended action, in which successes are built up over the
course of several rolls. The DM determines the number of successes to be reached (called the
Cumulative Goal), the amount of in-game time that occurs between each roll (called the Roll Interval),
and the individual Difficulty of each roll (called the Interval Difficulty). Failure simply means no successes
are accumulated on that interval, while botching usually subtracts some number of success from the
total. For example, imagine a Rider wishes to scale a cliff. The DM determines the Cumulative Goal is 20
Successes, the Roll Interval is 1 minute, and the Interval Difficulty is 1. The player keeps rolling (REF +
Athletics) until they get 20 successes.

BJDL/BJDL
(0 + 2 + 0 + 2) = 4 successes / (-1 + 1 + 0 + 1) = 1 success
It’s already been stated that normally, 10s count as two successes. Sometimes this can be taken
away; a roll for which 10s only count as one success is said to have lost 10doubles. A roll can be further
inflicted such that any 1s cancel out successes, called gaining 1subtracts. On the other hand, a roll can
be made such that not only 10s, but also 9s count double, called gaining 9doubles. Two distinct
instances of 9doubles that apply to the same roll stack to produce 8doubles, and it can go all the way up
to 7doubles if three such instances are stacked on each other. Likewise, these benefits and detriments
cancel each other out; a roll that has 9doubles and is inflicted such that it would normally lose
10doubles is canceled back to normal. These benefits and detriments are notated in this way:
 5^^: Dicepool without 10doubles and with 1subtracts.
 5^: Dicepool without 10doubles.
 5: Standard dicepool with 10doubles.
 5*: Dicepool with 9doubles.
 5**: Dicepool with 8doubles.
 5***: Dicepool with 7doubles.

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 Step 0: Universal BasiCs & ConCept
Some things are sort of universal and don’t quite fit into Step 1, so they’re Step 0. Firstly, flick
your eyes over the other steps and start thinking about what kind of Kamen Rider you want to make. Try
to put together a concept in a few words. “Tricky gunslinger” is a good one, or “heartbroken healer out
for revenge”. Consider what you want them to be good at and what they might focus on.
 HP: Standard starting HP is 20. (Taking the Path of Iron increases this to 22)
 SANITY: Standard starting SA is 10.
 JUSTICE: Standard starting JS is 10.
 TAMASHI: Standard starting Tamashi is •. You may increase it to •• later by spending 4 of your
Merit Points.
 SPIRIT: Standard starting Spirit pool is 15. (Taking the Path of Fury increases this to 20). This is
before modifiers from Powerset dots.

Step 1: Beginning & Core Stats

The first step in creating a Rider is to choose his or her Beginning. A Beginning is
Looks like a Bio,
both the method by which they transform and an indicator of what their combat focus is. fights like a Tech
Essentially, this is the Rider's class in average RPG terms, broadly defining the kind of role Don't pick a Beginning for
they will play. its aesthetic—pick it for its
gameplay. The aesthetic
 Bios : Become Riders through an innate physical transformation, though it can lines are a bit blurry be-
be supernatural, psychic, or purely biological (Shin, Gills, Kiva). These riders have an tween Beginnings, so don't
offensive focus, but their support and stealth are sub-par and they get slightly fewer worry if your desired look
doesn't seem to fit.
Skill Points. Start with STR•••, REF•, 15 KP.
o Their weapons count one weight category less for the purposes of determining Initiative. Their
Unarmed attacks also get an automatic +1 damage bonus when not using any Brawling
Weapons. They start with a free point in Melee or Athletics.
 Mystics : Become Riders through magical artifacts (Kuuga, Agito), even though it
sometimes has a techy aesthetic (Ryuki). These Riders have a defensive and healing focus, but low
offensive abilities. Start with END•••, STR•, 20 KP.
o Mystics have two special actions: Defend Other (subdivided into Diving Save and Human Shield)
and Heal (subdivided into Heal and Advanced Heal). They start with a free point in Defend or
Lore.
 TeChs : Become Riders through superscientific tech (Faiz, Blade, Fourze, W). These riders are
versatile, being able to adapt to any build—they do not have a favored or disfavored stat (though

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 this means no stat gets the Favored Stat XP discount) but cannot raise STR or END above 2 at
creation. 25 KP.
o Tech Riders get the most starting Skill Points, and also may select one REF, INT, or CHA-based
Ability, or Awareness, called their Augment Ability. For that Ability, 9s count as doubles, just like
10s. They start with a free point in Support or Reason.

You have six Core Stats which can be rated 0-5 (technically 0-10, but we’ll get into that later).
Each Core Stat starts at 1. Each Beginning will determine the values of two of your Stats—as a Bio Rider,
you will start with STR••• and REF•, no exceptions. The four unaffected Core Stats all start at 1, and you
have 4 points to distribute among them as you wish, with the restriction that no Stat can be rated above
••• at character creation. At creation, your total number of Core Stat Points should be 12.

Step 2: Abilities & Derived Stats

You have eighteen Ability scores, three per Core Stat. These range from 0-5 and start at 0; at
character creation, no Ability can be ranked above 3 (with an exception outlined in the next step). You
have 24 points to distribute among all of them. You do not necessarily have to put one point in every
single Ability; if you do not think you will ever use Ranged weapons, then don't put points there.
However, you would be wise to have at least a single point in a good deal of Abilities otherwise (for
example, your Unarmed rating is involved in breaking out of Grapples, so even a weapon-based fighter
would do well to have a point or two there).
Then come your Derived Stats.
 SPEED, your standard move speed (measured in 5-foot squares), is measured as (STR + REF + [½
Athletics rounded down]).
 INITIATIVE is involved in determining turn order and is measured as REF + PRC + [½ Tamashi rnd up].
 ARMOR is the protective capacity of your armor. Your natural Armor is calculated as half your END
rounded down, but there is a Skill that adds to your Armor.
 RIDE is the measure of your skill in vehicles, measured as (½Initiative + Deft+ [½Awareness rnd
down]).

Step 3: Path
The four Righteous Paths and three Heretic Paths are the core of the Rider community,
providing both a philosophy to look to as well as a bonus and a Path Powerset. A Rider's Path helps
determine his or her role in terms of group dynamics; the Path Powerset is also important because
Riders can buy dots in them more easily. The Path’s Creed also is important; acts that clearly follow that
Creed may cause a Rider to regenerate a few points of Spirit, or (in extreme circumstances) a point of
Justice or Sanity.
Note that the Path bonus dot in an Ability can raise an ability over 3 dots at chargen, and is the
only thing that can.
 Stars : Harbingers on the Path of Stars believe in the supreme importance of bonds, favor
the airy Kaze powerset, and get a +1 Socialize boost.

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 Heaven : Thrones on the Path of Heaven believe in the duty to live up to one's destiny, favor
the fiery Nenshou powerset, and get a +1 Resolve boost.
 Desire : Cherubim on the Path of Desire believes in the need to protect others' dreams, favor
the water/ice Umi powerset, and get a +1 boost to Survival.
 iron : Dominions on the Path of Iron believe that service through justice is their obligation,
favor the earthy Jiban powerset, and get a +2 boost to HP.
 Fury : Asuras on the Path of Fury believe in having vengeance regardless of if they hurt others,
favor the electric Raimei powerset (which erodes Justice points), and get +5 to their max Spirit
pool.
 Thorns : Principalities on the Path of Thorns believe in the composure to protect what's
yours at any cost to anyone, favor the shadowy Kurayami powerset (which causes self-damage),
and get +1 Persuade.
 Glory : Seraphim on the Path of Glory believe that a Rider's actions (so long as he or she
follows certain rules) are made Just by ideals, favor the radiant Kagayaki powerset
Can I Start With
(which erodes Sanity), and get +1 Intimidate.
Martial Arts?
Some players who have
Step 4: FoCused & Forsaken read the Martial Arts
section may want to have
Powersets their characters using
A Rider may pick any Powerset to be their Focused Powerset and mark it on their them right out of the
sheet. The Focused Powerset, like a Path Powerset, is easier to buy dots in. If a Rider gate—and yes, you can!
should select their Path Powerset as their Focus, they will be able to access a special and To do so, you have to:
1. Spend 4 Merit Points to
fearsome subset of that Powerset later.
buy a second dot of
However, a Rider must also select one Powerset as their Forsaken Powerset; this Tamashi
is the one to which they can never have access, as indicated on their character sheet. 2. Spend 10 Skill Points to
Your Focused Powerset starts with one dot; all the others start at zero. After the buy Blackbelt and
Grandmaster
automatic points for your Focused Powerset, you have free 4 points to distribute (for a
3. Since Martial Arts
total of 5 at the end), and cannot increase your rating in any Powerset beyond 3 in normally costs 1xp to start
character creation. your first style, you must
spend 5 Skill Points to
start a Martial Arts Style
Step 5: Powers at character creation
You can now choose any Powers that your Rider meets the requirements for. You 4. You may spend any
do not have to write down every Power your Rider qualifies for, nor are you unable to use remaining Skill Points on
Martial Arts Techniques if
a Power just for not writing it down. Note that choosing a Power does not cost anything— you wish.
Powers are not bought, just qualified for.

Step 6: Skills & Merits

If you're a Bio Rider, you get 15 KP. Mystics get 20, and Tech Riders get 25. You can buy Skills
now if you want, but you don't have to spend them all right now if you decide otherwise—you can buy a
Skill at any time outside of combat or riding scenes as long as you have enough KP.
You begin with one free Specialty.

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 You have 7 Merit Points available at creation; distribute them as you see fit. Remember that you
can spend 4 of them to buy a second dot in Tamashi.

Step 7: Weapons & Base Finisher

If you haven't already done so, pick your Rider's weapon or weapons (unless you plan to go
bare-knuckled, which is entirely legitimate). Also, determine your Base Form's Finishing Move, deciding
what (if any) elemental component it has and the type of Finisher it is. Also be sure to be clear as to
what kind of attack (Unarmed, Melee, Ranged, Thrown) it is.

Step 8: Final TouChes

You're almost done! Write down something in the Description—human appearance, Rider
appearance, personality, history, etc. Let your DM have a look at the sheet, maybe come up with a
Henshin pose, and you're good to go!
Option: Pathless Riders
It is possible to make a Rider who has not chosen to walk a Path. These come in two varieties—Riders who
intend to pick a Path but have not yet discerned which one is calling them, and Riders who are apart from the main
Rider community (whether by choice to stay apart or by not having had any contact with the Circle and Triat). The
latter are sometimes referred to as Ronin. Riders about to pick a Path have normal character generation except they
skip the Path step, but Ronin have somewhat changed character generation as they lack the support and training of
the main Rider community:
 Ronin start with 20 Ability points (plus their Beginning bonus for a total of 21).
 Ronin only select a Focused Powerset; they do not also have a Path Powerset. This means that Ronin are
incapable of using Disciplines.
 With no Path, Ronin do not get any Path bonus.
 Ronin start with 5 Merit Points and cannot have the Reputation (Path) Merit. The Alliance (Path) Merit can be
earned during play.
A Ronin who later chooses to join a Path gets the Path Powerset (which means they may be able to learn a Discipline),
but does not receive the Path bonus.

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 Core Stats
Every Rider has six Core Stats, rated in dots from • to •x10 (though, at first, your cap is •x5). These are:
 STr: Physical might, concerning things like running, jumping or making melee or unarmed
attacks.
 eND: Physical resilience, concerning avoiding or blocking hits, enduring environmental
hazards, and sustained exertion.
 reF: Physical and mental finesse, concerning teamwork, stealth, and manual dexterity.
 PrC: Perceptiveness and sensory acuity, concerning awareness of one’s surroundings and
making attacks with ranged and thrown weapons.
 iNT: Mental prowess, from problem-solving to mental resistance to knowing important lore.
 CHa: Social grace, concerning things like persuading, befriending, and intimidating people.

Abilities
Abilities are more specific than Stats, and in rolls you may often have to pair a Stat with an Ability.
Abilities are grouped here under their most closely-associated Stat, but that’s not the only Stat they can
be paired with.
Strength PerCeption
Melee: Attacks in combat using a melee weapon. Awareness: Noticing and understanding things
Unarmed: Attacks in combat using no weapon, with your senses, generally sight and sound.
including grappling. Ranged: Attacks with guns, bows, etc.
Athletics: Jumping, swinging, rolling, etc. Thrown: Attacks with thrown weapons.

enduranCe intelligenCe
Defend: Blocking attacks or dodging. Reason: Thinking logically and solving problems.
Survival: Enduring harmful environmental factors. Resolve: Mental defense.
Labor: Strenuous physical activity like lifting a car. Lore: Understanding and remembering info.

Reflexes Charisma
Support: Actions that help friends. Socialize: Cordially interacting with people.
Deft: Things like lockpicking and also riding. Persuade: Convincing people to your viewpoint.
Stealth: Avoiding detection. Intimidate: Threatening and scaring people.

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 Justice Rolls
When a good character is trying,
Paths for some reason, to perform an
The majority of Kamen Riders choose a Path; this indicates the outright evil act (as opposed to just
mean-spirited or rude), they must
philosophy that character found most appealing, grants them a small stat bonus roll using their current Justice score
(all but two give a free dot in one Ability) and allows them to more easily buy as the dicepool. A mid-to-high
dots in that Path’s associated Powerset. It also gives you a Creed; DMs may number of successes means the
character cannot go through with
reward significant upholding of your Creed with giving back a point of Justice or
this action without also making an
Sanity, or some other small reward. INT+ Resolve roll against Sanity
Every Path has some form of leadership at its head, and these leaders loss; they have to mentally strain
together make up the Rider Council. They direct, lead, and organize Riders and to force themselves. They lose at
least one point of Justice whether
the non-Riders who work with them; the hierarchy is rather loose, though, and
they lose Sanity or not. A low or
beyond the top leaders is mostly based on merit and experience. Veteran Riders null number of successes means
often help novices to form Bands, which became a prime concern of the Council the character does not need to roll
since the problems of the 90s. INT+Res. They just lose Justice. A
botch adds +1 to the number of
There are four Righteous Paths and three Heretic Paths. Justice points lost.
The lower a Rider’s Justice score is,
Justice the lower the standards are for
Justice rolls; something that would
A Rider is a warrior for justice by his or her very nature, and Justice is a
incur a roll at JS10 may not incur it
very concrete thing for Riders, a shining ideal that may not be perfect, but is at JS1.
damn close. A Rider can feel how well their heart is aligned toward Justice, and
this feeling serves as a barometer of their moral integrity.
Simply put, acting unjustly turns a Rider away from Justice, which is an integral part of his or her
very being. However, there exists a problem for Riders—Justice is always calling, and the farther one
turns away, the more it eats at one's mind. At low levels of Justice, INT+Resolve rolls to maintain Sanity
may become more difficult, and a Rider may periodically have to make spontaneous INT+Res rolls. A
Rider who reaches 0 Justice becomes a Fallen Rider.

Sanity
A Rider's life is never easy, and on a daily basis he or she often faces things impossible in this
world. Such phenomena, especially the eldritch or horrific, can eat away at one's psyche. However,
there are things that ease one's mind as well—friends, family, and simply witnessing (or performing)
acts that reaffirm one's belief in human goodness.
The less Sanity a Rider has, the more likely they are to mistakenly commit unjust acts—the DM
may spring a surprise Sanity roll on a Rider, with failure resulting in doing something that risks loss of
Justice. Likewise, low Justice can result in Sanity loss. Thus, the two go hand in hand, and it works the
other way 'round as well—regaining Justice (or, sometimes, seeing someone else regain Justice) helps
restore Sanity. As with Justice, reaching 0 Sanity causes a Rider to become a Fallen Rider.

Tamashi & Spirit

Tamashi is the measure of a Rider’s inner drive; Tamashi produces Spirit, the energy used to fuel
Powers. A Rider starts at Tamashi • with a Spirit Pool of 15; at creation, they may choose to spend 4 of

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their Merit Points to increase their starting Tamashi to ••. Note that your Spirit Pool can be increased in
ways other than simply increasing your Tamashi Rating—taking the Path of Fury means you have +3 to
your Max Pool, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th dots in your Focused Powerset give you +3, +4, and
Spirit
+5. Tamashi
Pool
Your Tamashi Rating does more than just determine how many points you have to
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burn on Powers; most Powers incorporate it into their dicepools, for example. From •• 20
Tamashi • to •••••, your Core Stats, Abilities, and Powersets are capped at 5. Once you hit ••• 25
Tamashi •x6, your Tamashi Rating determines the caps. A Rider with Tamashi •x6 and up is •••• 30
a Legendary Rider; this is an amazing feat and very few have achieved it. ••••• 35
Tamashi is normally increased with XP. However, when a Rider does something •x6 45
•x7 60
truly great, the fires of heroism may flare up within them, spontaneously increasing their
•x8 80
power. In crunch terms, the DM may decide to give the whole group a free +1 Tamashi •x9 105
upon completing significant events (generally a boss battle). This is done on a full-party • x 10 135
basis, not an individual basis.
 At Tamashi •••, you get an automatic +5 Max HP and are eligible to learn a Discipline (if you
Favored your Path’s Powerset).
 At Tamashi ••••, you get to access an Adamant Ascendancy, a special bonus that builds on your
Beginning. Ascendancies are detailed in the Beginning sections.

Skills & Merits

Skills are enhancements a Rider can purchase with Skill Points, including such things as
enhanced hand-to-hand skill, Specialties, and gadgets. A Rider starts with an allotment of Skill Points,
and can buy more at a rate of 1XP=5 Skill Points. Some Skills can only be used by Upgrade Forms.
Merits, on the other hand, are more like internal qualities of a Rider—like their standing in their
Path, what other Paths think of them, etc. Riders do not buy Merits with XP; they are earned through
play.

Powersets & Powers

There are seven Powersets available to Kamen Riders, each one developed by a Path. A Rider
selects from the seven Powersets to determine his or her Focused Powerset, which is easier to buy dots
in. The Powerset favored by the Rider’s Path is also easier to buy dots in. Selecting one’s Path Powerset
as one’s Focused Powerset means there’s only one cheaper-to-increase Powerset instead of two, but
allows access to a special, advanced set of Powers called a Discipline.
Disciplines are smaller than their parent Powersets, but are very powerful. Learning a Discipline
requires Tamashi ••• or more, and at least three dots in the parent Powerset.
Powers are used by spending Spirit; many have an activation roll. In most cases, the activation
roll only requires a single success for the Power to work, and getting many successes usually reaps extra
benefits. Zero successes usually means the Rider simply fails to use the Power and does not spend the
Spirit points; botching, however, often has a negative effect.

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 Upgrade Forms
A Rider starts with their Base Form, but as they grow and improve themselves, they unlock
special tiers of higher power: the Upgrade Forms. The first to be unlocked is the Alpha Form, the second
the Omega Form. To put it plainly, once a Rider reaches a certain level of XP spent, they unlock an
Upgrade Form. Alpha Form takes 15; Omega takes 35.
An Upgrade Form has its own Beginning, just like a Rider’s Base Form, and bestows benefits
accordingly. These stack on the Rider’s Base stats, and will continue to grow as the Rider does.
 Bio: A Bio Upgrade Form adds 2 to STR, 0 to REF, and 1 to END, PRC, INT, and CHA. If the Rider
doesn’t already have it, it also gives them Intrinsic Weapon.
 Mystic: A Mystic Upgrade Form adds 2 to END, 0 to STR, and 1 to REF, PRC, INT, and CHA. If the
Rider doesn’t already have them, it also gives them the Heal and Defend Other actions.
 Tech: A Tech Upgrade Form does not have a set Favored and Disfavored Stat, and simply adds 1 to
all Stats. If the Rider doesn’t already have it, it also gives them Augment Ability.
Every Upgrade Form calculates its Tamashi as (preceding Form’s Tamashi + 1), incurring the Spirit Pool
increase appropriately. This counts for Power requirements, so a Rider may be able to access new
Powers while in their Upgrade Form; upon unlocking and designing their Upgrade Form, they should
note down these Powers so they can pull them out when they need them, rather than having to flip
hurriedly through the book to see what they qualify for now.

Finishing Moves
Every Rider knows one Finishing Move per Form. A Finishing Move is a powerful attack with a
Spirit cost, and cannot be used until the Finishing Gauge is full. Each time in a round a Rider makes a
successful attack (with limitations), that Rider increments the Gauge countdown by 1. Flurries are
counted as one successful attack as long as at least one of the attempted attacks hits. A counterattack
will also count as a successful attack, but only one per round is counted—thus, one normal attack and
one counterattack are able to be counted, so the maximum amount a gauge will move in a round is 2.
Attacks of Opportunity do not count.
A Rider may also choose to use their charged Finishing Gauge to change into their next Upgrade
Form if they have unlocked it. The Finishing Gauge works differently in an Upgrade Form; it simply auto-
charges on the last round of the Form’s duration.

Weapons
There are a variety of ways in which Riders can fight, determined by the weapons they wield. To
see weapon templates, look in the Weapons section.
 Melee: Melee Weapons include swords, daggers, axes, spears, and so on. Their Attack Roll is (STR +
Melee + [Atk bonus]). Melee Weapons impose a penalty to the wielder’s Initiative.
o Brawling: Brawling Weapons are a subset of Melee Weapons (specifically claws, knuckles, and
powerfists) that can be wielded using the Unarmed Ability rather than Melee. Melee and
Unarmed Powers can both be used with them, provided the user meets the Power
requirements—they cannot substitute their Unarmed for their Melee in terms of Power
requirements, nor vice-versa. Brawling Weapons’ damage bonuses also do not stack with the
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 o Thrown: Thrown Weapons are a special subset of Melee Weapons (specifically daggers, war
axes, spears, and chakram) that can both be wielded in the hand or thrown (though chakrams
are specifically made to be thrown and are thus poor in melee). When throwing them, their
Attack Roll is (PRC + Thrown + [Atk bonus]). Thrown Weapons have a Range Bonus (which
affects the maximum range at which they can be used without penalties) and a max capacity like
Ranged Weapons (see below).
 Ranged: Ranged Weapons include guns, bow weapons, and even magic-shooting wands or staves.
Their Attack Roll is (PRC + Ranged + [Atk Bonus]). Ranged Weapons have a max ammo capacity; after
expending all the ammo in the clip (or arrows in the quiver, or magic charges in the wand, or
whatever) the user must make a Reload Action. Ranged Weapons also have a mechanic called
Steady Aim, which how much less than their top speed the wielder must move to avoid incurring
penalties—it’s harder to aim a shotgun while sprinting madly.

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 Nicknames: Beasts, Warriors, Soldiers, Slayers
In someone else’s hands, the spear might have felt clumsy, unwieldy. But for him, it was just an extension
of himself. He was the shaft, blocking every sword-swing and pushing aside every fist. He was the blade, biting deep
into his prey.
And suddenly, the battle was over. As one of his bandmates picked over a Demon corpse for anything of
value, he pulled his weapon from the body’s chest, almost disappointed it hadn’t lasted longer.

The Riders Adamant Bio

All Riders feel their Awakening from AsCendanCy
within, but it is even truer for Bio Riders. At Tamashi 4, Bio Riders can access one of
Riderhood is literally within their blood and their Ascendancies.
bones—or in some sort of implants within them.  Warrior’s Rage: At half HP or below, the Bio
Their Justice is something raw and proud like a adds half their Tamashi (rounded down) to
lion, teeth bared and ready to crush the throat of Speed and to Melee, Thrown, and Unarmed
evil in its grip. This often leads Bio Riders toward Attack dicepools.
the Paths of Heaven or Fury, especially as they  Undying Tenacity: Once per session, when an
favor Powersets with an aggressive focus. attack reduces the Bio to 0HP or less, they
can instead be reduced to 1HP.
SPeCiaL ATTRiBUTe
Bio Riders’ special attribute is Intrinsic
Weapon. Since their melee Weapons are literally
part of them—either actual biological constructs
or psychic manifestations—they wield them more
deftly and naturally. A Bio Rider’s Melee
Weapons count as one Weight Category less than
standard, and thus their Initiative Penalty is one
less than standard. Some things, however, are
still not permitted—i.e. dual Greatswords still
count as Double-Heavy. Since their bodies are
themselves weapons, Bio Riders’ Unarmed
damage also gets +1 when they are not using any
Brawling Weapons.
Because their bodies are tuned to
physical action, they get a free dot in Melee or
Athletics at character creation.

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 Nicknames: Mages, Medics, Healers, Saviors
His arm hung limp, vicious wrist-blades useless as he gripped his numb shoulder and stumbled back. The
Fallen moved in for the kill, only for her prey to be shoved out of the way by another Rider. The heavy-plated hero
was grazed by the crossbow bolt meant for her ally, her own thrown axe thudding into the Taoreta Rider’s side.
Placing a hand on her friend’s arm, she let the Spirit flow through her, mending and soothing his shoulder.
Her other hand whipped a second axe from her belt to swat another bolt out of the air. “Like hell I’m letting you
touch my friends again,” she snarled.

THe RiDerS Adamant Mystic

A Mystic Rider feels their Awakening as if AsCendanCy
they have opened their eyes to a magic that has At Tamashi 4, Mystic Riders can access one of
been all around them for ages, waiting to be their Ascendancies.
found. Their Justice is something ancient and  Healing Burst: The Mystic can choose to split
arcane, yet living and new, a runic tome of law their Healing between a number of targets
and truth that calls them to defend the world. equal to Tamashi+1.
Many Mystic Riders are thus attracted to the  Sacrifice’s Reward: When making a Defend
Paths of Desire or Thorns, though by that same Other action, the Mystic may reflexively roll
logic they might also like Heaven or Glory. for a Spirit regen.

SPeCiaL ATTRiBUTe
Mystic Riders’ special attribute manifests
in two ways: Healing and the Defend Other
actions. Healing (and Advanced Healing) calls
upon the magical power of the Rider to repair the
bodies of themselves and others. The Defend
Other actions use magic to augment the Rider’s
heroic desire to protect his or her allies, taking a
blow for them and counterattacking the enemy
responsible.
Because of the protecting and magical
nature of their Awakening, Mystic Riders get a
free dot in Defend or Lore at creation.

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 Nicknames: Engineers, Machinists, Tricksters, Controllers
I am an artist, and my friends are the perfect set of brushes. When we search for traces the enemy left
behind, I nudge one’s sharp eyes where they need to see, highlight the pattern for another’s calculating mind to put
together. In diplomacy, I arrange them behind me, the perfect tableau to underscore my words. The informant spills
everything, just as I planned.
And on the battlefield, I work my masterpiece. I speed our healer on her way to an injured comrade. When
a foe pursues, my chain lashes out and robs him of enough strength to slow him down. I loan the stolen might to
our spearman’s blows for a time, then blow aside the hurled knives that would disturb him. Everything falls into
place, and I paint a landscape of our victory.

THe RiDerS Adamant TeCh

A Tech Rider’s Awakening is like seeing AsCendanCy
two worlds—or, rather, seeing the world overlaid At Tamashi 4, Tech Riders can access one of
with the blueprint for a better one. Their Justice their Ascendancies.
is a burning light of inspiration, eager to build  Branching Out: The Tech receives a second
that better world, which starts with sweeping evil Augment Ability. They cannot stack it with
out and making room. This often leads Techs to their first one.
favor Paths like Stars and Glory, or Heaven.  Augment Mastery: Once per scene, a Tech
may buy dice for a dicepool that involves
SPeCiaL ATTRiBUTe their Augment Ability, 1sp per die, to a limit
Tech Riders’ special attribute is called of dice equal to their Tamashi.
their Augment Ability—they pick one of their REF,
INT, or CHA-based Abilities, or Awareness, and
mark it on their sheet. From then on, any roll
with said Ability has the 9-doubles quality,
wherein 9s count as two successes like 10s
always do (note that different sources of 9-
doubles stack to make 8-doubles).
Because of their inherent ingenuity, Tech
Riders get a free point in Support or Reason at
creation.

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 The Harbingers (or Astronauts, Spaceboys/girls, Zephyrs)
He vaulted over one demon’s head, his daggers slicing across black armor. Ducking a spear thrust, he
jabbed the assailant’s arm, rolling away and throwing a blade to plant it hilt-deep in a third Demon’s shoulder.
They had him backed against a wall, but he barely looked concerned.
“Got you.” The bulky, dark-clad warrior gripped her axes tightly. “You can’t slip out of this.”
He grinned behind his helmet, nonchalantly brushing dirt from his armor. “Don’t have to. Gents, if you
please!” The rest of his Band came hurtling out of the side-tunnels, his wind swirling around their feet; the demons
turned with sudden sluggishness, something making them too slow to react as the three Riders smashed into them
like a hurricane.

cREED FAVORED POwERsEt:

The Path of Stars teaches that the duty of
a Rider is to protect the ties between people, The Path of Stars developed a Powerset
both in their own friendships and the bonds based around the element of Air; its tricky nature
among others. is often appealing to Tech Riders.
Within Kaze lies the Discipline of Uchuu;
it goes beyond Air to invoke Space.
HeRALDRY
The Path of Stars wears raincloud-grey,
pale sky blues, and sometimes oranges or browns sTEREOtYPEs
of autumn leaves. Favored symbols include the Heaven: It's great that they want to lead their
barred triangle of Air, the Wind trigram, leaves, friends, but they can get pretty bossy about it. Lighten
and feathers. up, Hotheads!
Desire: You want to support everyone's dreams
tHE RiDERs and hopes? That's great! But shouldn't you get to
know those dreams first, by getting to know the
Many Riders who choose the Path of
people who hold them?
Stars have had a history of good friendships,
Iron: Bleeders can be such downers, and they
making it easy for them to accept that friendship
seem a little scared to make friends… but they really
is the most important thing in the world. Others, grow on you, and they stick by you forever.
conversely, may have not had many friends— Fury: I'd be mad too if someone hurt the people I
they join because the idea of a group of people so care about, but that should motivate you to avoid
concerned with bonds is a tantalizing thought, collateral damage—you might end up hurting people
and they’re rarely disappointed if they’re hoping important to somebody.
to make friends with their Pathmates. Thorns: You guys are trying to be good friends, I
get it—but you aren’t helping them by controlling
them. You need to learn to let go.
BONUs Glory: Yes, it’s really great to be a hero. But your
The Path’s philosophy of friendship helps
crazy rules are just pushing everyone away, and you’ll
it students get along with people better; they get be left alone at the end.
a free dot in Socialize at creation. Taoreta: I wish I could have known you before—
maybe it wouldn’t have come to this. I’m sorry.

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 The Thrones (or Destined, Hotheads, Solars)
“Maybe I’ll find your father, make you watch me slit his throat. You got a daddy?” She could feel the
Fallen’s words cutting into her, shivers of nothingness lancing through her body as she struggled to stand, her Band
scattered about the floor. “I’m sure at least one of you does. I’m not picky. ‘Course, I can leave your families out of
it if you just… give… in.” His voice rasped like a snake over sandpaper as he loomed over her. When she choked out
something indistinct, he leaned in. “What was that, little girl?”
“Never.” He didn’t have time to step back as she flared with burning light. Tearing her battleaxe from the
Fallen’s hand, she let the corona of fire spread over it before striking a blow that flung him across the room in a trail
of embers.

CREED FAVORED POWERSET:

The Path of Heaven teaches that a Rider
has the potential to be the apex of humanity and, The Path of Heaven developed a
because they are able to be the best, they must Powerset based around the element of Fire; its
help everyone become as great as them. They offensive nature fits Bio Riders quite well.
focus greatly on a Rider’s destiny. Within Nenshou lies the Discipline of
Taiyou; it invokes the greatest of all fires, the
Heraldry Sun.
The Path of Heaven wears solar oranges
and golds, as well as sunny yellow and dusky red. STEREOTYPES
Favored symbols are the triangle of Fire, the Fire Stars: They can draw a crowd, but can they direct
trigram, the sun, flames, and bright flowers. an army? Lead a nation? That’d be us.
Desire: We shouldn't be focusing on everyone's
dreams, we should be focusing on helping them grow!
THE RIDERS Let them reach out and grasp their own dreams!
Many who come to the Path of Heaven
Iron: We absolutely agree that we have to save
have always yearned for a way to make a
this world—but I don’t think we’ll ever have to risk not
difference in the world. Some of them already having a place in it.
have leadership experience, while others find Fury: You should be using your power to protect
unknown talents therein and rise to the occasion. people and raise them up, not being so blasé about
whether your vendettas get innocent people hurt.
BONUS Thorns: You’re right to fight for the people you
The Path of Heaven teaches its students care about, but you need to extend that care to
everyone in need.
to trust in and live up to their destinies; this
Glory: You need to stop using “I’m a hero” as an
grants them a free dot in Resolve at creation.
excuse to take the easy way out, and start using it as
the reason to do what’s right.
Taoreta: This isn’t what you were supposed to
become—you should have been an inspiration, not a
tragedy.

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 The Cherubim (or Glaciers, Dreamers, Sacrifices)
The monk’s blinding-fast fists struck like machine-gun fire, yet the Rider’s staff seemed to always swat
each strike away just enough. His armor glittered with heavy-looking ice, and yet his movements weren’t any less
fluid, even as his other hand brushed over the wounds of a passing ally to heal them.
The next time the Rider spared a bit of his attention to heal a friend, the monk feinted, nimbly hopping
back and whirling in the air to bring his leg down on a different Rider’s unguarded back, hard enough to tear
through an engine block—
The frozen Rider was already there, the monk’s foot cracking the ice over his left shoulderpad, but frozen
in place as the frost crept over it. As the Rider gripped his foe’s leg, he pulled him forward by the front of his robes,
face to faceplate. “My turn.”

CREED faVORED POwERSEt:

The Path of Desire teaches that a Rider is
meant to sacrifice of themselves for the sake of The Path of Desire developed a Powerset
other peoples’ hopes and dreams—dreams, they around the element of Water and Ice; it has
say, make it possible for someone to live and not defensive and healing capabilities that would
just exist. benefit a Mystic well.
Within Umi lies the Discipline of Oto;
from mastery of the waves of water comes
HErAldRY mastery of the waves of sound.
The Path of Desire wears blues from pale
to ocean-dark, as well as sea-greens and icy
whites. Favored symbols include the triangle of
Water, the Water trigram, raindrops, sea
StEREOtyPES
Stars: It's great that you want to be friends, but
creatures, icebergs, and glass. you need to reach beyond your friends and fight for
everyone, even people you don't get along with.
thE RIDERS Heaven: We're not that special that we need to
Riders who choose this Path often lift people up to our level. We just need to let them
already have selfless spirits. Sometimes, though, achieve what they dream for.
people whose Awakening opened their eyes to Iron: I don't agree that we're "monsters", but your
their selfishness come to this Path. resolve is something we need more of around here.
Fury: You need to stop focusing on your fantasies
of revenge and thinking about the hopes you should
BOnUS be protecting.
The Path of Desire’s teachings on Thorns: You’re never going to foster the dreams
sacrifice spur pupils on to find inner resilience; of your friends like that—you’ll only stifle them.
they get a free dot in Survive at creation. Glory: Your “real hero” act isn’t selfless, it’s selfish
and self-destructive and it’s stopping you from helping
people as much as you could.
Taoreta: I have to protect people’s dreams—and
I’m afraid you’re the nightmare, brother.

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 The Dominions (or Stonewalls, Bleeders, Martyrs)
He whirls all around me and I am almost still. His blade glances off my shield; his darts barely scratch my
armor; his bullets graze me if they touch me at all. He thinks I am too slow, but I am just waiting to act.
I sense the tiniest slip and I act on it. My shield catches him in the ribs, staggering him. I kick the ATP
goon’s dropped sword across the floor, bring my magnum to bear, and carefully place a bullet in his frontal lobe.

CREED FAVORED POWERSET:

The Path of Iron teaches that the Rider’s
duty is to protect the world and accept that it The Path of Iron developed a Powerset
may not be a world they have a place in. They around the element of Earth; it has a balanced
have an obligation to heroism. nature that can benefit anyone.
Within Jiban lies the Discipline of Tetsu,
HERALDRY which refines Earth into Metal.
The Path of Iron wears earthy browns in
all shades, as well as metallic copper and iron
tones. Favored symbols are the barred triangle of
STEREOTYPES
Stars: You guys could be a little more serious at
Earth, the Mountain trigram, mountains, and times… or a lot more serious. But in the end, your
monoliths. bonds may be the only thing we have left.
Heaven: You think far too highly of us, but at least

THE RIDERS we agree on the goal.

Desire: You have the right idea, more or less, but
The Path of Iron attracts some of those
you need to realize that we may need to stand aside
Riders who are unsure about their condition,
for others' dreams to be realized.
especially those who are unsettled by the way
Fury: Yes, the people you lost should be
many Riders are connected by their Awakening to
avenged—but that doesn’t take priority over
the Invaders. Not to say all of them are dour
everything else!
sticks-in-the-mud, but there’s a general tendency
Thorns: Sooner or later, the time will come to let
toward greater introspection.
your friends go and step back into the shadows like
the rest of us. The more you cling and try to control
BONUS them, the harder it’ll be to let go.
The Path of Iron gives its students greater Glory: We can’t be the big shiny heroes forever,
introspection into their own natures; they get +2 and your posturing doesn’t get you anywhere.
max HP at creation. Taoreta: Meeting you reminds me of everything I
must never become, and I thank you for that. Now let
me make this quick.

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 The Asuras (or Punishers, Thunderclouds, Zealots)
In all his life, Charlie had never seen anyone move so damn fast. The Rider streaked across the pavement,
sparks crackling in her wake. Abe’s gun had been torn from his hand as she ran past him, breaking his trigger
finger. The sets of blades on her knuckles had sliced through Tony’s flak jacket, two swipes carving a bloody grid
into his chest.
Charlie fired wildly, not knowing if any of his bullets were hitting---or if it mattered whether they hit or not.
The slide locked back, his frantic trigger pulls eliciting empty clicks, and he looked up to see her bearing down on
him like an avenging freight train.

CreeD FavOreD pOwerSeT:

The Path of Fury teaches that the world is
full of great and terrible injustice; this corruption, The Path of Fury developed a Powerset
this evil must be hunted down and rooted out. around the element of Electricity; its fierce
Mercy is the luxury of a blessed age; a Rider must nature befits an aggressive Bio. However, it walks
have an iron will of justice. a knife-edge between justice and cruelty, and
thus invokes Justice checks.
Heraldry Within Raimei lies the Discipline of
The Path of Fury wears angry crimson as Jinsoku, where electricity gives understanding of
well as the bruisey purple-grey of stormclouds, kinetic energy itself.
the stark white of lightning; they also like
gunmetal and steel. Favored symbols include the StereotypeS
jagged arc of Lightning, the Thunder trigram, Stars: Making friends with everyone just means
stormclouds, and predatory animals. more people to lose in this hellhole.
Heaven: Leading people is great, but your high-
RiderS handed obsession with destiny is holding you back
from the justice the world deserves.
Many Riders come to this path from lives
Desire: People’s dreams won’t last a second until
of frustration and loss. Some have experienced we snuff out evil. Until then, focus less on watering
personal tragedies (often at the hands of the flowers and more on pulling out the weeds.
Invaders), while others are simply enraged with Iron: Don’t even consider the possibility that
we’re monsters—we have this power because we are
the problems they see in the world around them.
to be avengers.
Thorns: It’s right to protect the people you care
BonuS about, because this world is dangerous. But you can’t
The Path of Fury encourages a special let that get in the way of eradicating evil, or you’ll
sort of vigor in its students, stoking the fires of achieve nothing.
Glory: You guys care too much about your rules
their Spirit—they get +5 to their max Spirit pool and your image, and not enough about what really
at Creation. matters.
Taoreta: If you remember anything about being a
Rider, you’ll understand why I want you dead.

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 The Principalities (or Concealers, Roses, Creepers)
The Theta Mage gestured to the Soldiers. “He’s here somewhere! There’s only so many places to hide!”
Other than a few stacks of boxes under the harsh lights, the warehouse offered little place to hide. The Rider would
be flushed out and then he was dead.
The lights went out.
The Theta troops panicked, the Mage fumbling for a light spell. Suddenly standing in the middle of their
loose circle in the blackness, the Rider didn’t even need to open his eyes---he knew where each one stood without
seeing them. Relishing the acid bite of the green-black fire as it flowed up his arms and into his guns, he paused.
Silence, followed by a cacophony of bullets and muzzle flashes in the dark, followed by silence.

CREED beware, though, for the darkness of Kurayami

The Path of Thorns teaches that a Rider’s scathes the body of its own user.
duty is to the people and things he or she loves. Within Kurayami lies the Discipline of
Protect your friends, protect your loved ones, Dokuso, wherein the Thorns are imbued with
protect your community, because you know best. Venom.

HERALDRY STEREOTYPES
The Path of Thorns wears greens from Stars: If you really loved your friends, you would
nearly-black to luna-moth-pale, as well as slatey keep them close and safe and under a careful eye. Go
greys and the deep, dark red of old blood. around befriending everyone you meet and you'll
never protect them all.
Favored symbols include the crescent of shadow,
Heaven: Don't try to "lead people into the
the Abyss trigram, the moon, and creeping vines. light"—if you fly too high, you'll crash and burn like
Icarus. Be content with protecting your friends, and
THE RIDERS put every fiber of your being into it.
Many who come to this Path have lost Desire: What are you even protecting? Hopes and
someone very close to them, or have seen others dreams? Since when do those make a person safe and
happy? People can pursue those when you've taken
lose people. The fear of losing the people they
care of everything else for them.
care about often causes people to take up this Iron: Don’t tell yourselves you’ll have to step
Path. away from the world—if you do that, you’re ensuring
you’ll be left with nothing. You need to hold on to the
BONUS people you care about and never even think of letting
go.
The Path of Thorns teaches that
Fury: We’re never going to be able to wipe out all
sometimes, you have to manipulate your friends the evil in the world. I’m sorry for what you lost, but
for their own good; these Riders get a free dot in all we can be is bastions of shade in the inferno of our
Persuasion at creation. world.
Glory: It's not heroism that makes things right, it's
the fact that you know what's best for the people you
FAVORED POWERSET: love. Let your rules be defined by keeping them safe.
Taoreta: People like to think you and I are
The Path of Thorns developed a Powerset somehow similar. I don’t really care—all I care about is
around the element of Shadow; it befits stealth protecting my friends from you.
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 The Seraphim (or Bright Ones, Templars, Paladins)
The ATP Soldat couldn’t keep a bead on her. Every bullet should have hit her, and yet she seemed to flicker
a yard to the left or right with each futile shot. She hadn’t even drawn the shortswords from her hips; she was
obviously toying with him, and he hated it.
“Why don’t you just stand still?!” She flickered away as he pumped a bullet into empty air, but suddenly
she was there, standing right in front of him and blazing with a nimbus of shifting lights. He couldn’t move, he
couldn’t shoot---all he could do, his knees buckling under him, was wonder if he had ever seen something so
gorgeous and so terrifying in his life.
The Rider knew the answer was no.

Beliefs fAVOred pOWerSeT:

The Path of Glory teaches that a Rider’s
first duty is to be a Hero, and a Hero has Ideals. The Path of Glory developed a Powerset
Ideals differ greatly, but by following them, you around the element of Radiance; its abilities are
are a Hero, and therefore, you will be doing varied, but it has some of the best intimidation
Good. tactics available. Beware, though, for the blazing
light of Kagayaki imperils the sanity of its wielder.
HERALDRY Within Kagayaki lies the Discipline of
The Path of Glory wears regal purples, Hoshasen, bringing into play the terrible light of
supplementing them with dark violets, pale pinks, radiation.
and immaculate whites—sometimes with gold
accenting. Favored symbols are the ringed circle STereOTypeS
of radiance, the Heaven trigram, auroras, crystals, Stars: You shouldn’t have to run around making
and angelic iconography. friends all the time—a Hero is the friend of all
humanity. Or they have no time for friends because
their principles must come first. It’s complex.
THe RIderS Heaven: We don’t need to put any time into
Riders who choose this Path are usually
lifting up the people we lead. Stick to your ideals and
seeking sureness in their strange and frightening you will be a shining example for people to reach, if
new lives. The strictness of Glory’s ideals gives they’re worthy.
them stability and comfort. Others might be Desire: If people's hopes and dreams aren't
focused on you, then they're not dreaming right. You
yearning to be Heroes—capital-H, big damn
shouldn't have to go out of your way to make others'
Heroes. dreams come true!
Iron: True Heroes will never have to step away
when they’ve saved the world. If there is no place for
BONUS them, then the world wasn’t worth saving, was it?
The seemingly-backwards teachings of Fury: You have the drive, but you lack principles.
Glory, as well as the furor it encourages, can give And without principles, you’re a loose cannon.
Riders an unnerving edge. They get a free dot in Thorns: A Hero is willing to sacrifice his closest
friends for the greater good. Don’t let them hold you
Intimidate at creation.
back, just as I will never let you hold me back.
Taoreta: I’m not like you, I’m not. You’re crazy
and evil. I might be eccentric, but I am a Hero.

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 I transform, belt forming and armor spreading out from it in overlapping plates. Energy flickers through
binary code to form a gun in my hand. To my right, my bandmate’s shadow pulls off the ground to envelop her in
armor of grey and navy, pulling a long spiked chain out of the shadow of itself.
I duck and roll under a hail of arrows. The chain snakes out and wraps around a Demon’s body, making it
stand still just a moment too much. I blast away at it; my bandmate yanks the unlucky soldier toward her, right into
her waiting fist. Suddenly, we both throw ourselves to the ground as a winged shape passes over and rains dark
flames on the spots we stood a second ago; the Demon Major lands, drawing his greatsword, his other hand
smoking with hellfire.
This is about to get interesting.

Steps of Combat
Step 0: Determine initiative
At the beginning of combat, the DM calls for everyone to roll for Initiative—a dicepool of REF +
PRC, with penalties from weapons. All combatants roll their Initative dicepools, and turn order is
established in order of most successes to fewest successes. In case of a tie, those tied make tiebreaker
rolls (though, if in person, rock-paper-scissors might suffice). Note that during a battle, something may
occur that requires a re-establishment of the turn order—say, an explosion that knocks every participant
to the ground.

Step 1: DeClarations
Once everyone knows the turn order, combat can begin. On their turn, a player may declare an
action, stating their target (if applicable), what they will do to the target, and what Powers going to be
used, if any.
If there is a target, that character's player then declares what, if anything, that character will try
to do about it.

Step 2: AttaCk Roll & Defense Roll

The attacker rolls their Attack Roll (STR + Melee, STR + Unarmed, PRC + Thrown, PRC + Ranged,
all of them adding the weapon’s Attack Bonus to the dicepool) and the target rolls their Defense Roll
(END + Defend + either Weapon Defense Bonus or [½Athletics rnd down]). If the attacker gets more
successes, they move on to do damage.
For damage, the threshold successes are added to the weapon’s Damage bonus, the results
being the raw damage. The target’s Armor is subtracted from the raw damage (normally to a minimum

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Armor. Once the Damage is settled, the Attack action is over.

HP LOSS, WOUND PenaLTies, & DeaTH

When a character is down to 4HP, they start incurring Wound Penalties as their injuries take a
toll on them. At 4HP, they take -1 to all physical rolls. At 2HP, -2. At 1HP, -4.
At 0HP, a character may or may not be dead. For enemies, it is almost always death; for Riders,
however, it is a little different. Riders are knocked out of transformation and incapacitated at 0HP.
They’ll usually live, but lose 1 Sanity and may suffer other effects of their near-death experience.

Major & Minor ACtions

A regular turn for a character is made up of a Major action and a Minor action, usually in
whichever order the player desires. Generally speaking, Major actions are
things like attacking; a Minor action is something like movement. Powers will Recovering Spirit
say if their use constitutes a Major or Minor action, or if it is an enhancement Normally, a Rider recovers (Tamashi)
Spirit at the end of every scene, or at the
layered on top of another action (i.e. a Power that enhances an attack). A end of every hour if the scene takes
player may use a Major action to do something they could do in a Minor action, longer than an hour; if they are not doing
but not vice-versa. any fighting, labor, or investigation, they
can regain +1 more. However, when a
A Rider also has a free weapon-switching action at the beginning of
Rider is very low on Spirit, or even totally
their turn. out, they can make a special action called
the Focus action to recover a bit of Spirit.
Movement & OBstruCtions This is a process in which the Rider fixates
their mind on their determination and will
Standard movement is pretty simple. Basic movement Speed is to stoke the waning fires of Spirit within
calculated as STR+REF+(½Athletics rounded down) in five-foot squares. Powers themselves.
may increase or decrease this, and some additional Armor may also decrease The dicepool is (½Justice [rnd up] +
this. A standard movement is a Minor Action. Since Major Actions can be used Resolve + ½Tamashi [rnd up]); each
success regains 1 SP with automatic
for Minor Actions as well, a player could choose to use both actions on moving, successes equaling ½Tamashi rnd up. This
thus moving double their Speed in that turn. requires the Rider to do nothing for a
Characters are able to freely move through and into spaces occupied turn. Thus, it is best that a Rider find some
place to take cover, and/or their friends
by their allies. A character is not allowed to end their turn on the same space as
should protect them while they Focus.
an enemy, and if they wish to move directly through a space an enemy holds
they must make a REF + Athletics roll to vault over them, roll under them, etc. Similarly, minor
obstructions like tables and low walls require the same roll, though generally it’s taken more leniently.
Failing the roll may just mean the Rider uses up an extra space or two worth of movement in getting
past the obstruction.

DiffiCult & Unusual Terrain

Riders aren’t always running around on nice even surfaces like roads, floors, etc; they may have
to wade through water, clamber over rugged rocks, or balance precariously on uneven rubble. All these
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 Water of waist height halves the movement speed of characters wading through it—it’s just not
feasible to run in water that deep. Dodges in waist-deep water lose 10doubles as well. A generally faster
way to navigate water this deep is to swim. Swimming speed is calculated as (STR + Athletics). However,
while swimming, Riders’ attack, damage, dodge, and parry dicepools are all halved—it’s generally pretty
damn hard to fight underwater.
Uneven surfaces like narrow beams, tightropes, or rubble with little horizontal surface area
require balance and coordination for a character to avoid falling off. Each round they spend on such a
surface, a character must make a REF + Athletics roll at a difficulty determined by the DM to stay on.
They may be required to make the roll again before attacking, and will always be required to make it
again if they take damage.

Jumping
Jumping is divided into three categories: vertical, standing horizontal, and running. All are rolled
as STR + Athletics, but the difference is the result calculation. Vertical jumps get one foot per success.
Horizontal jumps get two. Running jumps get five feet (one square) per success, plus a base five feet.
When trying to make a precise landing, the player must also roll REF + Athletics.

Defense & CounterattaCks

When a character is attacked, they normally roll a Defense Roll to see if they can block, evade,
or otherwise not be hit by the attack. This is a dicepool of (END + Defend), and can be increased by two
sources. The first is Weapon Defense Bonus; some weapons are especially good for blocking and thus
grant extra dice to the Defend dicepool, which is called a Parry Defense. The second source is the Agility
Bonus, calculated as (½Athletics rnd down). This represents the character’s ability to nimbly avoid a blow,
and applying it to a Defense Roll makes it an Evasion Defense. These two bonuses do not stack; a
character can only apply one to each Defense roll.
Some things that affect Parry Defenses don’t affect Evasion Defenses and vice-versa. For
example, Parry Defenses are poorer at dealing with Ranged and Thrown attacks and take a -2 penalty
against them. However, Parries are more conducive to counterattacks.
Against a regular attack, if your Evasion threshold successes exceed the enemy’s (REF + Defend),
you get a counterattack. If your Parry threshold successes equal or exceed the enemy’s (REF + Defend -
1), you get a counterattack.
Check the Flurry section below for the explanation of the unusual penalty involved in Defending
against a Flurry.

AttaCks of Opportunity
When a character moves on their turn through a space adjacent to a foe, they invite an Attack of
Opportunity. This is a Melee or Unarmed attack that does not add the Damage bonus. Each character
may make one AOO per round. A character is not required to make such an attack when the chance
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 Charge Attacks & Great Attacks
A character can make a Charge Attack as a Major Action; they move up to their full Speed and
make a Melee or Unarmed attack at the end of their movement. This attack takes -1 to ATK but gains +2
DMG. However, if it fails, the target automatically gets to counterattack.
If a Rider has both hands available to their Melee weapon (whether it is one- or two-handed),
they can make a Great Attack. This gets +2 to DMG if it hits, but if it doesn't hit, the target automatically
gets a counterattack chance just like for a Charge. A Great Attack cannot be part of a Flurry.

Dual-Wielding
Any two Light Weapons are capable of being wielded at the same time, one in each hand. When
dual-wielding, the Rider adds 1 to the Initiative penalty or the severity of the Steady Aim restriction. A
Rider with STR 5 may dual-wield a Heavy and Light Weapon together, and a Rider with STR 7 may dual-
wield two Heavy Weapons.
A Rider who is holding two Melee or Brawling weapons may attack with both in the same Major
Action; this is called a Dual Attack. To make a Dual Attack, the Rider cannot move more than half their
top Speed in the same turn. They make their first attack normally. The second attack does not add its
DMG bonus when Damage is calculated.
A Rider with the Blackbelt Skill can make Unarmed Dual Attacks. As long as they have at least
one hand and one foot free, they can do this. In the case of Unarmed Dual Attacks, the Dmg bonus to be
omitted is the +1 from Blackbelt. Unarmed and Melee can be paired as long as the Rider has one
appendage free with which to punch or kick.

Collaborative ACtions
Riders can collaborate on actions. Each round, every character is considered to have one
“support opportunity”. To make a collaborative action, the player should explain the intended action to
the DM and the player of the character with whom they intend to collaborate. If the DM approves, they
may proceed.
To begin, both players roll REF + Support at a difficulty determined by the DM. What follows is a
bit open-ended and really depends on the action, but expect at least one player to roll for the action. In
some circumstances, both will roll; in other circumstances, one might roll and receive a bonus derived
from their ally’s stats.

Stealth & Surprise

A Stealth Attack can only be made if the target does not know the attacker is there. The attacker
rolls (REF + Stealth) and the defender rolls (PRC + Awareness), with penalties and bonuses as necessary.
If the attacker wins, the target gets no Defense Roll—ATK just has to get at least one success, though
factors may change this. Making a stealth attack, whether it succeeds or not, ends the state of surprise
(unless the stealth attack was able to silently kill or incapacitate its target out of everyone’s notice).
Reestablishing surprise can be quite hard. The character must be able to actually hide
somewhere or they cannot even attempt it. The character attempting to reestablish surprise must roll
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the Stealth roll is no longer aware of where the hiding character is. They may, as a minor action, roll INT
+ Awareness against the stealth successes in an attempt to find the hiding character.
If they go unfound, the hiding character may again launch stealth attacks against those who do
not know where they are.
ConCealment
Anything that reduces visual Perception is Concealment, from darkness or mist all the way to
hiding behind a car. These incur penalties on an attacker's ATK roll as well as Awareness rolls against the
hider’s Stealth rolls.
 Minor Concealment: -1. Crouching behind a regular chair or behind thick smoke.
 Moderate Concealment: -2. Hiding behind something, but with upper body exposed.
 Major Concealment: -3. Fully crouching behind a large desk or a car.
 Total Concealment: Awareness rolls visually fail (though auditory evidence can still give the hider
away). Shots automatically hit the Cover (see below).
However, Concealment also imposes penalties on the attack of the person hiding—generally one less
than the penalty for shooting at the person hiding. If both are Concealed, the penalties stack.
Example: Bill crouches behind a car, penalizing his enemy's ATK rolls against him by 3. He tries to
shoot the enemy, but his ATK is penalized by 2. The enemy then crouches behind a car of his own,
and his ATK against Bill is penalized by 5.
Combinations of Concealment and other Concealment, as well as with Parry or Evasion Defense
Bonuses, can stack at DM discretion, or not.

Cover
People aren't the only thing that gets hurt when shot. When a Ranged attack hits an item of
Cover, that item is being damaged and will eventually be damaged too much to be useful as cover. This
is pretty much at DM discretion, with things taking more damage depending on how durable they are—
a wooden door won't last as long as a car.

Automatic Fire
Some Ranged weapons are capable of Automatic Fire. These weapons can be fired in Short,
Medium, or Long Bursts, which do not count as multiple attacks—using Automatic Fire is a single, special
Attack action. While the advantage lies in increasing your ability to deal damage, the downside is that
you will burn through your ammunition a lot more quickly.
 Short Burst: 3 shots directed at a single target with +1 to ATK.
 Medium Burst: 10 shots directed at one to three targets; +2 to ATK if one target, +1 if two or three.
Firing at multiple targets means rolling a separate Accuracy roll for each one, penalized by the
number of targets.
 Long Burst: 20 or so shots directed at one to five targets; +3 to ATK if one target, +1 if more. Same
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 Grappling
When unarmed, a Rider can grapple with a foe, wrestling with and immobilizing them. To begin a
grapple, roll (STR+Unarmed) minus the foe’s REF. On a success, the characters are grappling (and on an
exceptional success, the attacker may immediately pick a Grapple Maneuver). On each grappling-
combatant’s turn, they roll STR + Unarmed against each other, with the winner picking a Grapple
Maneuver to perform (or two on an exceptional success).
While engaged in a Grapple, it is harder to avoid danger. When a character in a Grapple is attacked
from outside the Grapple, their Defense dicepool is halved. They may choose to use their full dicepool,
but doing so grants their grappling-opponent +2 on the next Grapple roll, as the sudden focus on
evading the attack took some focus off the grapple and thus left an opening.
 Break Free: The user throws off their opponent, ending the grapple. The user may then take a Minor Action
even if it’s not their turn.
 Control Weapon: The user draws a weapon they have holstered or takes control of a weapon held by the
enemy. They must wait til their next Grapple Maneuver to do anything with it, though.
 Damage: The user deals damage to the foe equal to threshold successes. If the user is currently Controlling a
Weapon, add 1 to the damage.
 Disarm: If the user has established Control Weapon on a foe’s weapon, they can remove it from their grip.
 Hold: The user immobilizes their foe, who cannot roll Defense at all. The user can Defend with the normal
Grapple rules (halved unless you give your foe +2 on the next grapple roll), but Defending at all immediately
ends the Hold.
 Restrain: If the user has succeeded in putting a Hold on their foe, they may Restrain them, rendering them
immobilized—if the user is doing it just with their body, the foe may still make the usual STR + Unarmed roll,
but the only Maneuver they can use is Break Free. If the user Restrained their foe with equipment, the foe
must instead roll STR + Athletics to try to break free, with penalties depending on how securely they are tied.
 Slam: If the user has a Hold on their foe, they may violently drive them to the ground, a wall, or something
else. This ends the Grapple, deals damage equal to threshold successes, and Staggers the foe.

Called Shots
Normally, where an attack hits its target is unspecified and doesn’t particularly matter.
However, a player may decide they want to aim their attack at some specific part of their target for a
specific purpose. This is a Called Shot. The player and DM can work out together what they want the
special effect of the called shot to be, though a list of suggestions will be provided below. A Called Shot
always imposes at least a -1 to ATK, representing the difficulty of hitting something like a hand or head
as opposed to general body mass.
 Hand/Arm: Targeting the foe’s hand or arm could cause them to drop their weapon, or briefly
penalize their ATK rolls.
 Leg/Foot: Targeting the foe’s leg or foot could temporarily impact their Speed, or make them roll to
resist falling over.
 Head: Targeting the foe’s head could cause them to be dazed, impose penalties on their Awareness,
or deal some extra damage if the foe’s head is unarmored.

Thrown Weapons
Some Melee weapons are dual-purpose in that they can be thrown as well as held and swung.
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first and foremost and have a rudimentary Melee capability). Thrown Weapons have a special factor
called Range, calculated as (STR + REF + Weapon Range Modifier); attempts to make attacks beyond this
Range suffer penalties. Every space past the max Range imposes a -1 to ATK.
Other Melee weapons can be thrown, but not very well; Light Melee Weapons can be thrown
with -2 ATK, +0 DMG, and -1 Range. Heavy Melee Weapons can be thrown with -3 ATK, +0 DMG, and -2
Range. There are two sets of exceptions. First are Brawling weapons and the Tetsubo, which cannot be
thrown at all. The second is the Lance; as it is a heavier cousin of the Spear, it is less clumsy at being
thrown, with -1 ATK, +1 DMG, and +0 Range.

Ammo & Reloading

Ranged and Thrown weapons have limited capacity, clip size/carrying capacity being determined
by template. When the capacity is depleted, the Rider cannot use the weapon until making a Reload or
Recall Weapons action (REF + Ranged or REF + Thrown, target numeral 5), which can be made while
running and dodging, but cannot be done while attacking, parrying, Healing, etc.

Flurries
Making multiple attacks in one Action is called a Flurry. When Flurrying, the first ATK roll takes a
penalty equal to the number of actions in the Flurry (which, obviously, must be determined at the
beginning of the Flurry), and each subsequent action increases the penalty by -1. The Flurry Fiend Merit
reduces each penalty by 1 for a number of attacks equal to the user’s attacking Stat. So…
 Flurry of 4 Melee attacks, STR 3, normal ATK 10, no Flurry Fiend Merit: 6 > 5 > 4 > 3
 Flurry of 4 Melee attacks, STR 3, normal ATK 10, has Flurry Fiend Merit: 7 > 6 > 5 > 3
When dealing with a Flurry, there are penalties for the Defender as well. When a character is attacked
multiple times in the same turn, for each attack after the first, their Defense successes are counted as
progressively 1 less only if their Defense failed. That is, if the attack is hitting, for the purposes of
subtracting Defense successes from Attack successes and determining raw damage, the Defense
successes are counted less.

Guns in Melee
Guns are not designed for beating people with. As such, Melee attacks with a Ranged weapon
take a -2 penalty to their ATK roll and have -1 Dmg. The skill Pistol Whip reduces this to a -1 and +0.

Status effeCts
Elemental attacks can inflict Status Effects. Anything able to inflict a Status Effect will say so; the
most common variety says “1dx Status Effect.” This means that the player rolls one die of whatever type
(usually d5) specified; if the roll lands on the die’s highest number, the effect is inflicted.
 Stagger: A Staggered target loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts on their next roll; it is like a much shorter
Windburn.
 Windburn: Air-based attacks can induce Windburn. A Windburned target is dazed and confused. For three
rounds, they lose the 10-doubles quality on all rolls, and 1s subtract from successes.
 Burning: If set on fire, a character will be burning for a number of rounds equal to 2 plus the Nenshou rating
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 takes 1 Dmg (bypassing Armor) per round unless they are extinguished, including by an END + Surv roll.
Burning also imposes a 2-die penalty on the victim’s Ranged ATK rolls.
 Freeze: Some water or ice attacks can induce Freezing in the target. Freezing penalizes the target's Speed and
all physical rolls by 2 and remains for 3 rounds unless broken by an END + Labor roll. The Radiator Power
reduces the length of Freeze by 1 round per dot of Nenshou, and a hit by a fire attack ends Freeze
immediately.
 Abrade: Some earth attacks can cause Abrasion. This effect lasts 3 rounds. Each time an Abraded character is
damaged, add 1 to the damage dealt. Parry rolls lose the 10-doubles quality, gain the 1s-subtract quality, and
are penalized by 1.
 Paralyze: Some electric attacks have a chance to induce Paralysis. Paralysis requires the target to make a STR
+ Athletics roll each round for 3 rounds. Failure means failing to move and gives -1 to all physical actions. A
normal success means moving, with a -1 to any physical rolls and halved Speed. Three successes in a row, or
one extraordinary success, ends Paralysis early. A successful Heal action by another Rider immediately ends
Paralysis.
 Terrify: Losing at least one point of Sanity can induce Terror; some attacks, including dark-aligned attacks, can
also do this. When in Terror, a character will always try to flee and hide; if cornered, they have a 50/50 chance
(1d10; odds for breakdown, evens for frenzy) to either break down or attack in a frenzy (+1 to damage roll). A
character in Terror remains this way for 3 rounds, and after the first round of Terror they can make a INT + Res
roll to try to shake off their panic. Another character can make a REF + Support or CHA + Persuade roll to try to
calm their friend down.
 Blind: Certain attacks and effects, like light-aligned attacks, can cause Blindness. On the first round, they take
-2 to visual Awareness, Defense, and close ATK rolls, and -3 to Ranged or Thrown ATK rolls. The second round,
the penalty is lessened by 1. The third round, the effect ends.
 Pressure: Space-based attacks can increase the gravitational pull of the Earth on a foe for 4 rounds. Each
round, the target must make a STR + Labor roll. If they fail, their speed and all physical rolls are penalized by 2
for the round, and any attack with a raw damage exceeding their END automatically knocks them over. If they
succeed, they are only penalized 1 and do not get instant knockdown. Two exceptional successes in a row end
Pressure early.
 Sear: Solar attacks do not light the target on fire—instead, they flash-burn them, leaving them scathed and
tender. The effect lasts 4 rounds. Whenever the victim makes an attack (unless with a Ranged weapon), uses
two Movement actions, Defends, or makes an Athletics action, they must roll END + Surv. If they fail, they will
take 1 damage (and if they botch, 2 damage); if they succeed, no damage. If they get two exceptional
successes in a row, Sear ends early. The damage from Sear cannot take away a character’s last HP.
 Deafen: Sonic attacks can temporarily cloud a foe’s ears with ringing and muffled silence. The first round, the
target cannot hear anything and thus be Stealth Attacked from behind even if the attacker wasn’t hiding. The
second round, they take -3 to all auditory Awareness. The third round, -2. Afterward, it ends.
 Magnetize: For 3 rounds, whenever a Ranged or Thrown attack is made on the target, all dice below 3 on the
Accuracy roll are rerolled.
 Impact: For 3 rounds, whenever the target is struck by a Melee or Unarmed attack, they are pushed back a
number of squares equal to the attacker’s STR; if doing so makes them impact an object, add 1 to the Damage
of the attack. If they make a Parry Defense, they are only pushed back half (round down) the attacker’s STR.
Thrown attacks push back half (round down) the attacker’s STR on a hit and none on a Parry.
 Poison: A character who is Poisoned must make an END + Surv roll each round for 4 rounds. Failure means
taking 1 damage (disregarding Armor); success means taking no damage; extraordinary success recovers 1HP
of poison damage if any poison damage has been taken, and ends the Poison early if no damage from it has
been taken. A Heal action will not heal at first, but will end Poison immediately. An Advanced Heal both ends
Poison and heals damage.
 Irradiate: Irradiation does not do anything at first. However, 5 turns after it was inflicted, it activates. The
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 Flicker: Attacks calling upon the power of the void have a frightening effect lasting 2 rounds. At the start of
their turn, the affected character must roll a d10. If they get a success, they continue as normal. If they do not,
the energies of the void cause them to flicker in and out of reality; they can only make a single Move action
and cannot make a Major action. If they botch, they also take 1 damage.

Healing
The Heal and Advanced Heal actions can only be used by Mystic Riders and is a Major Action.
For a standard Heal Action, the Rider selects a target within 3 spaces (which can be themselves), then
rolls (END + Defend + [½ Tamashi rnd down]) with 1 autosuccess if the patient is not the user. The patient
is healed for 1HP per success, and the healer pays Spirit equal to half the HP healed, rounded up.
The Advanced Heal is similar to the standard Heal Action. Before rolling, the healer decides if it
will take 1, 2, or 3 rounds; they will be able to reroll dice equal to (#rounds taken – 1). The Rider then
rolls (END + Defend + Lore [½ Tamashi rnd up]), adding automatic successes equal to the rounds taken.
When taking multiple rounds, the user divides the healing successes equally (or as equally as possible)
among them. A multiple-round AdvHeal takes up the user’s Major Action, but not the Minor Action; they
and their patient can both move, though they must stay within 3 spaces of each other. The user can
Dodge, but not Parry; the patient can perform all actions normally.

Defend Other: Diving Save & Human SHield

The Diving Save and Human Shield actions can only be used by Mystics. When an enemy’s
Accuracy roll succeeds against one of the Rider’s allies, they can tackle their ally out of the way with a
Diving Save, simultaneously attacking the enemy in question. Divide the enemy’s attack damage in half,
applying half to the Mystic and half to the enemy in question; in the case of an odd number, the larger
portion is dealt by the Mystic. Also, count the Mystic’s Armor as one higher than its usual rating. Certain
environmental factors may inhibit this (though they can cover pretty severe distances with the dive.
The Human Shield action works similarly. However, the Mystic steps in front of the attack and
takes the full damage, adding the highest of the defendant’s stats to their END for the purpose of
calculating Armor. They then make an attack against Difficulty 1, rolling (END + Defend + Weapon Bonus
+[½ Tamashi rnd up]). If this would be lower than a normal ATK roll, they add Armor to a normal ATK
instead.
Both these special actions can be used a number of times per scene equal to (Mystic’s END – 2).

The Finishing GAuge

With every blow, Adam felt his Spirit burn hotter, sharper. Every slash and punch he landed on his foes
stoked his inner reserves of power. Dragging his sabre out of the shoulder of a crumpling Demon soldier, he turned
his eyes on a brawny axe-wielder and grinned behind his helmet. He was ready.
Lunging forward, he called upon his built-up Spirit and rammed the point of his blade into the ground
before the Berserker. “This is my favorite part,” he snarled as tendrils of darkness poured down the blade and
across the concrete to bind the Demon in place. Though his target struggled, it couldn’t get away as Adam almost
casually pulled the shadow-coated sabre from the ground. A weak spot in the Berserker’s armor was highlighted by
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 A Rider’s Finishing Gauge represents their fierce energy as it builds up throughout a battle. The
Finishing Gauge is 7 by standard for every Rider. When a Rider makes a successful attack or
counterattack (limit of 1 normal attack and 1 counterattack per round) the gauge decreases by 1. When
the Rider’s Gauge hits 0, they have a Finishing Charge that can be used either to use a Finishing Move or
to use a Form Change (if available).

Finishing Moves
Each Form has its own Finishing Move; a Rider can, at maximum, have three different Finishers
available to them. A Finishing Move uses a Finishing Charge as well as half the user's max Spirit—though
if the user does not have enough, it simply uses all their remaining Spirit. Finishers come in four types.
 BarRage : The Finisher allows the rider to make three attacks in one Major Action without
any of the usual penalties. Alpha Finishers get four attacks, Omega Finishers get five.
+1 ATK, +(½ Tamashi rnd up) Dmg.
 OveRpower : The Finisher is so widespread that it cannot be fully evaded or parried. If
the enemy defends successfully, the attack still deals damage equal to the weapon’s Dmg bonus
(min 1).
+1 ATK, +(1d10 + 2 +[½Tamashi rnd up]) Dmg. +1 Range.
 Guard breaKer : The Finisher is so precise it cuts through any flaw in the target’s
defense. As long as the attacker gets one threshold success, they proceed as if the enemy had
gotten 0 Defense successes for the purposes of calculating Damage.
+1 ATK, +(½ Tamashi rnd up) Dmg. +1 Range.
 Mega impACt : The Finisher is overwhelmingly, crushingly powerful.
+2 ATK, +(2d10 +2 +[½Tamashi rnd up]) Dmg. +2 Range.
A Base Form Finisher can have one elemental component corresponding to a Rider's Focused Powerset,
though if desired it can have no elemental component. Alpha Finishers can have two, with one being
from the Rider’s Focus; Omega Finishers can have two from any. Base Finishers’ elements get 1d5 to
inflict their status effects, Alpha Finishers 1d4, Omega 1d3.

Rolling a Finishing AttaCk

To roll a Finishing Attack, the player declares the finisher and the target(s). They then make their
Attack roll. The Defense roll, on the other hand, is penalized by having its Target Number moved up
from 7 to 8! Upon completion of the attack, the Finishing Charge is used up and the Spirit cost is
deducted. A botched Finisher cannot be retried and uses up the Charge but no Spirit. Once a Finisher is
used, no Finisher or Form Change can be used by that Rider for the rest of the scene.
Thrown and Ranged Finishers can be performed even when the user’s Ammo count is 0. In
addition, upon completing the Finisher, their Ammo is automatically refilled.

Form Changes
The Jiangshi swordsmen stepped back in alarm as the Rider started to blaze with crystalline light. Her
armor’s gold trim flashed and turned black, violet plates shifting shape and position as they turned almost white.
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with a voice like a great silver bell. “And you are as ashes beneath my feet.” Drawing her swords, she dove upon the
vampires and cut the first one nearly in half.
If the Rider decides to make a Form Change instead, they make the Form Change Free Action,
which fully restores the Rider’s Spirit Pool and causes them to regain (Tamashi + END)+3 HP. Forms have
a time limit; an Alpha Form lasts 5 rounds while an Omega Form lasts 4; each Form has a Finishing
Gauge of that size. On the last round of their duration the Finishing Gauge automatically fills, but a Rider
may fill the Gauge normally (i.e. with attacks) before that.

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 WeaPONS
Melee
TEMP DESCRIPTION ATK INI DMG PRY AP
A light dagger; though its damage is lower than that of a sword, it is no less
Dagger +2 0 +1 0 0
accurate and is lighter. Throwable.
Sword A light, one-handed sword, single- or double-edged, curved or straight. +2 -1 +2 0 0
A one-handed light sword designed to be wielded in reverse grip, i.e. "upside
Rv. Sword +1 -1 +2 1 0
down". It is thus harder to hit with, but no less damaging and better at parrying.
A light, one-handed axe. It does less damage than a sword, but punches through
War Axe +2 -1 +1 0 1
Armor. Throwable.
Whip A whip or chain capable of striking at targets 2 spaces away, though it is weak. 0 -1 +1 0 0
A staff wielded in two hands; it isn’t as damaging as a sword but better at
Staff (2H) +2 -1 +1 1 0
parrying.
A spear wielded in two hands, it isn’t as immediately damaging as a sword but
Spear (2H) punches through armor like an axe and has the parrying ability of a staff. +1 -1 +1 1 1
Throwable.
A light shield mostly made to help defend, but rudimentarily capable of melee
Shield 0 -1 +0 2 0
strikes.
The Chakram, a sharp-edged metal ring, is made primarily for throwing. It can,
Chakram however, be used as a somewhat clumsy melee weapon. It does not get -1^ 0 +1 0 0
10doubles on Atk rolls. Throwable.
Greatsword
A heavy, powerful, two-handed sword. +2 -2 +3 0 0
(2H)
Battleaxe A heavy, powerful, two-handed axe. Like its smaller cousin, it punches through
+2 -2 +2 0 1
(2H) Armor.
Like its lighter cousin, it sacrifices power for defensive and armor-piercing
Lance (2H) +1 -2 +2 1 1
capacity.
A monstrous two-handed greatclub. While even stronger than a greatsword, it is
Tetsubo
less accurate and way heavier, requiring at least STR 3 to wield. It also reduces +1 -3 +4 0 0
(2H)
your Speed by 1 while carrying it.

Brawling
TEMP DESCRIPTION ATK INI DMG PRY AP
Claws or khatars are a little less accurate than a sword, but no less damaging. The
Light
Rider's hands are left free even while wielding these and they are dual-wielded by +1 -1 +2 0 0
Claws
default.
While Knuckles have less raw power than claws, they are similar to the axe in their
Knuckles +1 -1 +1 0 1
ability to punch through armor.
Dual-wielded by default like Light Claws, the Heavy Claws partially hamper the
Heavy
user’s hands, imposing a -1 penalty on things involving hand use while wielding +1 -2 +3 0 0
Claws
them.
A heavy gauntlet-like weapon that imposes a -1 penalty on things involving hand
Powerfist +1 -2 +2 0 1
use with that hand. Unlike other Brawling Weapons, not dual by default.

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 Thrown
TEMP DESCRIPTION ATK INI DMG RNG PRY CAP AP
The dagger is the lightest thrown weapon and the very precise, but
Dagger +2 0 +1 +1 0 6 0
has the shortest range and least damage.
A light, one-handed axe. It has better range than the dagger and has
War
the benefit of being armor-piercing, but is less precise and fewer +1 -1 +1 +3 0 2 1
Axe
can be carried.
The Spear is the most powerful thrown weapon; indeed, it is
Spear stronger when thrown than it is when used in melee. It also has the +1 -1 +2 +5 1 1 1
greatest range.
The Chakram is made for throwing first and foremost. It has a
dagger’s accuracy and an axe’s range, with the former’s damage
Chakram +2 0 +1 +3 0 4 0
and a capacity between the two. However, it is poor when used as a
melee weapon, whereas the others are more versatile.

Ranged
TEMP DESCRIPTION ATK STDY DMG CLP AP
Pistol A simple one-handed semiautomatic pistol. +1 B-1 +1 10 0
A one-handed pistol, less accurate than a standard semiauto, capable of
Autopistol 0 B-1 +1 18 0
Autofire.
Scoped A one-handed pistol mounted with a scope; it is more accurate than a
+2 B-1 +1 8 0
Pistol normal pistol, but has a smaller clip.
Magnum A heavy pistol, it trades clip size for armor-penetrating shots. +1 B-1 +1 6 1
Light A Light Bowgun straddles the line between one-handed and two-handed;
Bowgun it can be wielded one-handed, but with -1 ATK. +1/0 B-2 +2 5 0
(1H/2H)
Shotgun A shotgun gets 9doubles on ATK rolls made within 6 spaces and loses
1*/1/1^ B-2 +2 4 0
(2H) 10doubles on ATK rolls made at 14 spaces or farther.
SMG This automatic weapon is meant to be fired with two hands; firing it with
0/-1 B-2 +1 30 0
(1H/2H) one hand imposes -1 to ATK. Autofire capable, cannot fire single shots.
Scoped Rifle A scoped rifle with a small clip but high ATK bonus. However, at distances
+3/+2 B-3 +1 5 0
(2H) closer than 6 Spaces, it takes -1.
Heavy
This gun has a very small clip and is very heavy, but its shots are the most
Bowgun +1 B-3 +3 3 0
damaging of any ranged weapon.
(2H)
This very heavy weapon has a huge clip and heavy armor-slagging bullets,
Heavy
but is not very accurate and greatly reduces the user’s mobility. Autofire
Machine 0 B-4 +1 50 1
capable, cannot fire single shots, user’s total move speed reduced by 2
Gun (2H)
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 Jake was way out of his depth here, and he knew it. The Fallen Rider had him in a corner and he didn’t
know if any of the older Riders would get here in time. He saw the monster lean back, hearing a ragged inhalation
through that nightmare helmet, then the roar and whoosh as the Fallen breathed out a searing stream of ghostly-
violet fire. Goodbye, world—
Silhouetted against the flames, his sister was there, axe in one hand, her free hand stretched out toward
the oncoming inferno. Impossibly, the flames seemed to be sucked into her hand until nothing more remained.
Gripping her battleaxe in both hands, she swung, a burning crescent lancing out and smashing the Fallen to the
floor. The villain, clearly injured, scrambled up; his taloned gauntlet scraped a rough arch in the wall that opened
up into a doorway for his escape.
Jake shakily stood up with his sister’s help, watching the Fallen flee. “How… how did you do that?” He
panted.

Powers are the ways that the world bends its rules for those with fire in their hearts. Every
Power has requirements, a cost, a duration, and a type. Some, but not all, have dicepools.
 Requirements: The ratings in a certain Powerset, a certain Ability, and Tamashi that are required to know the
Power. Powers do not have to be bought or learned—simply by meeting the requirements, a Rider is eligible
to use the Power. Some Powers require the Rider be Focused in the relevant Powerset or have it as their Path
Powerset, and denote this with a “+Foc/Path” after the Powerset dots.
 Cost: The number of Spirit points (or other) paid to use the Power. Kurayami Powers that cost HP will list the
HP cost in bright red.
 Duration: How long a Power is in effect. Some are instant, some go on for a number of rounds, some last a
scene, etc.
 Dicepool: Not every Power, but many, requires an activation roll. In most cases, only a single success is
needed on the roll to activate the Power. Some Powers may instead be rolled against flat values (the target’s
Tamashi, for example) or even opposing rolls.
 Type: What type of Action the Power counts as—Major, Minor, Reflexive, Free, etc. Some Powers are
Enhancements, which mean they are applied on top of an existing Action.
 Results: Powers with Dicepools (i.e. most of them) will have a list of results based on whether the roll was a
botch, failure, success, or automatic success.

A Power that represents the climax of a series of several Powers (such as Laser Sight  Chaser
Pulse  Argon Lance) is usually called a Kata, but this is just a naming convention.
Enemy characters may be able to use Rider Powers. Each Invader Faction also has its own
Powers, detailed in the Advanced Power Book. Fallen Riders have their own Powerset detailed in the
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 Unlike normal Powers, these ones are not specific to a Powerset. Rather, they can be used with
any Powerset for which the user has sufficient dots.

Elemental Wave
(Powerset •••+Foc/Path, Melee ••••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 8sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: ATK as normal w/
(Tamashi) dice rerollable, add Powerset to Damage. Type: Major
The Rider fires a blast of elemental energy from their weapon; they roll the ATK as normal but may reroll (Tamashi)
dice, while Damage is increased by dots in the relevant Powerset. Range is (STR + Melee). 1d3 to induce the
relevant effect. This attack is counted as a Ranged attack for the purposes of Parry penalties, etc.

Elemental Bolt
(Powerset ••, Lore ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: (PRC + Lore) ATK, +(Tamashi) Dmg (cap
3). Type: Major
The Rider fires a bolt of whichever Powerset element they choose (and have the required rating in); in terms of
flavor, it can be described more or less however the player wishes. The bolt has a Range limit of INT+Lore. The
Kurayami version rolls 1d5 for 1 self-damage. 1d5 to inflict the associated elemental effect. This attack is counted
as a Ranged attack for the purposes of Parry penalties, etc.

Elemental Blast
(Powerset •••, Lore ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 7sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: (PRC + Lore) ATK, +(Tamashi+1)
Dmg (cap 6). Type: Major
A more powerful elemental bolt, with Range (INT + Lore + [½Tamashi rnd up]). The Kurayami version rolls 1d4 for 2
self-damage. 1d4 to inflict the associated elemental effect. This attack is counted as a Ranged attack for the
purposes of Parry penalties, etc.

Elemental Trance Kata

(Powerset ••••+Foc/Path, Lore ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: 1 Scene. Dicepool: Powerset + Tamashi
Type: Extended
A Rider may enter a trance in which they focus wholly on a single element; they may be surrounded by an aura
appropriate to it.
Botch: The Rider fails; they lose 2 dice from the dicepools of all Powers of the attempted Powerset for 2 rounds.
Failure: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider enters the trance. All the Rider’s Unarmed and Melee attacks have 1d8 to inflict the relevant
Status Effect. They gain (½Tamashi rounded up) in bonus dice to any rolls for Powers of the element and may reroll
any status effect chances once; they are immune to the status effect of that element. However, they may not use
Powers of any other element. The Rider may choose to end this state early; otherwise, it lasts for the scene.
Exceptional Success: Striking the Rider with a Melee or Unarmed attack has the 1d8 element chance; the Rider’s
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Backbiter
(Kaze •, Melee ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type: Major
A nimble Rider can slip into foes’ weak spots and sacrifice brute force for disabling finesse. This Power comprises a
special Major Action including a move action and an attack.
Botch: The Rider severely fumbles their attempt to be nimble and wastes their Major Action; they get -1 to their
next Defense roll.
Fail: The Power does not activate, but the Rider may decide to make a normal Major Action instead.
Success: The Rider moves into position (no more than their top Speed) to strike a foe behind or from the side,
making a Melee attack for which they may (but do not have to) substitute REF for STR. The foe may only roll
Defend (just the Ability) without 10doubles. However, when applying the damage, divide the final damage by half
(minimum total of 1). The foe’s next roll will take a penalty equal to the Rider’s Kaze.
The initial movement does not invite Attacks of Opportunity.
Exceptional Success: As above, but the foe’s Defense Roll takes an additional penalty of gaining 1subtracts.

Galestrike
(Kaze •, Melee ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: 1rnd. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi. Type: Enhancement
A Rider may use the wind to hamper a foe or aid a friend. This Power enhances a Melee attack.
Botch: The Rider gets -1 to REF til their next turn.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider envelops their attack in a swirling wind; if they hit, they may choose one foe within (Kaze+2)sq
to give a -1 REF penalty, or one ally to grant +1 Speed and 9doubles on REF, until the user’s next turn.
Exceptional Success: Increase the range by 2.

Striclone
(Kaze ••, Melee •••, Tamashi •) Cost: 4sp. Duration: 1rnd. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi. Type: Enhancement
An upgrade to Galestrike, this Power allows the user to buff or debuff two subjects at once.
Botch: The Rider gets -2 to REF til their next turn.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider envelops their attack in a swirling wind; if they hit, they may choose two foes within (Kaze+2)sq
to give a -1 REF penalty, or two allies to grant +1 Speed and 9doubles on REF, until the user’s next turn. They may
not buff an ally and debuff a foe. In addition, the attack has 1d5 Windburn.
Exceptional Success: Increase the range by 2; the Rider may choose to buff one ally and debuff one foe.

Hurticane Kata
(Kaze •••+Foc/Path, Melee ••••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: 2rnd. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
An upgrade to Striclone, this Power allows the user to buff or debuff two subjects at once.
Botch: The Rider gets -2 to REF til their next turn.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider envelops their attack in a swirling wind; if they hit, they may choose two foes within (Kaze+2)sq
to give a -2 REF penalty without 10doubles, or two allies to grant +2 Speed and 9doubles and no botches on REF,
for two rounds. They may buff an ally and debuff a foe. In addition, the attack has 1d4 Windburn.

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Sleight of Hand-To-Hand
(Kaze ••, Unarmed •••, Tamashi •) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi. Type: Major
With quick reflexes, a Rider can grab for weapons (theirs or their foe’s) even in the middle of a grapple. This Power
requires the Rider to be grappling an enemy.
Botch: The Rider’s clumsy attempt backfires, letting their foe escape their grapple unscathed.
Fail: The Rider maintains the grapple, but cannot activate the Power.
Success: If the Rider has an undrawn weapon, they may immediately pull it out and attack their grapple-victim
with it; the target takes -2 to their Defense Roll. They may also grab a foe’s weapon and either use it, stow it away,
or toss it out of the foe’s reach. This ends the grapple.
Exceptional Success: Same as above, but afterward, the Rider may immediately make an attempt to reestablish
the Grapple.

Typhoon Strike
(Kaze •••, Unarmed ••••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp+1/add. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type: Major
A Rider who knows the winds may emulate them, moving like a cyclone in a swirling pattern where any movement
can be smoothly turned into a deadly strike.
Botch: The Rider screws up; they make a normal attack with -3 ATK.
Failure: The Rider does not get to use the maneuver, but can attack normally.
Success: The Rider makes a swirling chaos of movements, each one with the potential to become a deadly blow,
and strikes. Make 3 ATK rolls and pick the highest. Each time the Rider uses it in a scene, the cost increases by one.
Exceptional Success: Get 1 automatic success to Attack or +1 to Damage, and the cost is not more the next time it
is used.

Feather Fall
(Kaze •, Athletics ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider may adjust the air around them, ensuring a nimble landing as they fall. This Power is used before making
an Athletics roll to land safely. If the Rider has at least 1 dot in Stealth, they may also use this to enhance attempts
to land quietly.
Botch: The Rider flubs their attempt; their Athletics roll loses 10doubles and gains 1-subtracts.
Failure: The Rider cannot activate the power, but makes their Athletics roll as normal.
Success: The Rider gets automatic successes equal to Tamashi.
Exceptional Success: The Rider also gets 9doubles on their Athletics roll.

GOTTAGOFAST
(Kaze ••, Athletics ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 3sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
A Rider may use this Power to literally run like the wind… but with drawbacks.
Botch: The Rider trips and wastes their Minor Action for the round.
Failure: The Power does not activate; move as normal.
Success: The Rider adds (Kaze + ½Tamashi) to their Speed, but takes (Kaze – 1) penalties to Attack and Defense
rolls for that round; the penalties continue on the round after the last round of GGF’s use. Attacks of Opportunity
have their Attack rolls penalized by half the Speed the Rider is moving at.
Exceptional Success: The penalties do not continue after GGF is used.

Bubblejet
(Kaze ••, Athletics ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type:

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When in water of at least chest height, a Rider may use jets of air to propel themselves.
Botch: Minor action is wasted.
Failure: Power does not activate.
Success: Rider may pay 1sp/rnd to get +1 to movement by using a jet of air to propel themselves.
Exceptional Success: +2 to movement.

Walkin’ On Air Kata

(Kaze •••, Athletics •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp + 2sp/d. Duration: Instant Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type:
Reflexive/Reroll
When they mess up an attempt to be swift or nimble, a Rider need only call on the wind to correct their mistake.
Botch: A failure is moved down to a botch.
Failure: The Power does not activate.
Success: With a limit of (Kaze-2) times per scene, the Rider may can re-roll the failed Athletics check, adding up to
2 bonus dice to the roll by expending more Spirit.
Exceptional Success: The Rider can buy extra dice for 1sp/d instead.

I’m Outie
(Kaze •••, Defend •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 9sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Evasion Defense vs (Melee, Unarmed,
Thrown, Ranged) Type: Reflexive
Paying a high Spirit cost, a Rider may flawlessly avoid a vicious blow. This may be rolled even after a failed normal
Defense. The Rider rolls their Evasion Defense against the attacking Ability as a flat value—so if the foe has 3 dots
in Melee and is making a Melee attack, the Rider’s Evasion must beat that 3.
If the Rider fails, they only pay 4sp.

Dodge/Duck/Dip/Dive Kata
(Kaze ••••+Foc/Path, Defend •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp+1/rnd. Duration: rnd x (activation roll sux). Dicepool:
Kaze + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
On a successful Evasion Defense, a Rider may roll this Power. For a number of rounds equal to the successes, they
get half (round up) their Kaze in automatic Defense successes. They may not get more rounds of this than they can
pay for, and they can choose to get as few rounds as they like.

Blowhard
(Kaze ••••, Defend •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type: Reflexive
Upon making a counterattack, a Rider may add a little insult to injury and blast their foolish enemy back with wind.
Botch: The Rider stumbles back 2 spaces.
Failure: The Power does not activate.
Success: The enemy is knocked back (activation successes + 1) spaces; 1d5 Windburn.
Exceptional Success: 1d4 Windburn, and the enemy takes 1 damage if they are knocked into anything.

Deep Breaths
(Kaze •, Survival ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type: Major
A Rider can create a dome of air that keeps away harmful gases.
Botch: The Rider fails to use the Power and cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Rider fails to create the dome of air.
Success: The Rider creates a dome of air with a diameter in squares equal to their Kaze, centered on themselves.
Up to 2 other Riders can huddle into the same square here. Each round costs 1sp.

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Bond Boost
(Kaze ••••, Labor •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp+1/d. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
Drawing on bonds, a Rider may be invigorated by the presence of their allies, gaining bonus dice on a Labor roll.
Botch: The Rider’s Labor roll loses 10doubles and gains 1-subtracts.
Fail: The Rider fails to use the power.
Success: The Rider gains bonus dice equal to their present allies.
Exceptional Success: The bonus dice are automatic successes.

Like Chasing Mist

(Kaze ••, Deft ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Ride. Type: Reflexive (Ride)
Foes’ attacks are just another chance for a Rider to get ahead. This Power is used in a Chase scene when under
attack. It must be activated and paid for against each attack separately, should the Rider be attacked multiple
times in the same Interval.
Botch: The Rider’s Defense loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: If the Rider successfully avoids the attack, their threshold successes are added to their Ride check on the
next Interval as bonus dice.
Exceptional Success: The Defense gains 9doubles and the Rider may convert bonus dice into automatic successes
at a rate of 2 dice per success.

Up We Go!
(Kaze •••, Deft •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Ride. Type: Reflexive (Ride)
Nothing stands in the way of a Rider at the wheel, not even a lack of ground to drive on. It can be used both in and
out of Chases.
Botch: The Rider’s Ride check loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: Out of a Chase, the Rider may use this Power to reflexively make a jump action with their Vehicle. The
distance of the jump is calculated as their Ride rating times the stunt rating of the action (with not-a-stunt being
x½ instead of x0).
In a Chase, a Rider may use this Power on a Ride action, granting automatic successes equal to the stunt rating of
their jump. If they are in a Leg with environmental Hazard, the Interval imposes 1 less Hazard on them than normal
(minimum 0).
Exceptional Success: Out of a Chase, add the activation successes to the jump distance. In a Chase, add half the
activation successes to the Ride check dicepool as bonus dice.

Run Forrest Run

(Kaze •, Support •, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: (Kaze + 1)rnd. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type: Minor
Imparting an ally with wind, a Rider may give them a temporary speed boost.
Botch: The Rider severely messes up; at DM discretion, they either boost a foe’s speed or penalize their own by ½
their Tamashi (rounded up, minimum 1).
Fail: The Rider fails to impart a boost to an ally.
Success: The Rider selects one ally, giving them a boost to their Speed equal to ½ the user’s Tamashi (rounded up,
minimum 1). The target must be within squares equal to the dicepool.
Exceptional Success: The Rider may choose to add 1 to the Speed Boost or the duration.

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Crop Duster
(Kaze •••, Support •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Up to (Kaze + Support)rnds. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi
Type: Major
A Rider may use a blast of air to stir up dust and debris to hamper foes’ vision.
Botch: The Rider instead hampers their own vision, taking -1 to all visual Awareness rolls for rounds equal to their
(Kaze).
Fail: The Rider’s blast of air sends dust and chaff spiraling across the ground uselessly.
Success: The Rider fills the air with tiny debris in an area of radius (Kaze + 1) that lasts (Kaze) rounds. Enemies take
-1 to visual Awareness when in it, or when trying to perceive objects in it.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the radius or duration.

Skill Stealing Kata

(Kaze ••••+Foc/Path, Support •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 5sp + 1sp/rnd. Duration: (Kaze-1)rnds. Dicepool: REF + Kaze
vs INT + Res Type: Major
A Rider can briefly steal skill itself from a foe, passing it to an ally. After hitting a foe, roll REF + Kaze against their
INT + Res.
Botch: Perform the same results as with success—but the foe is boosted and the user is drained.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: Select one of the foe’s Core Stats. For up to (Kaze-1) rounds, this Stat is lowered by 1 (note that you
cannot lower a Stat that is already just one dot). Select an ally; for the duration of the power, they may count any
one of their Stats as being one dot higher, so long as this does not violate their Stat cap.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the duration.

Light On My Feet
(Kaze ••, Stealth •, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider can manipulate air to muffle their footsteps, creeping as silently as a feather on a breeze. The activation
roll need only be made at the beginning of use. The Power is activated before making a normal Stealth roll. Note
that this Power only affects the Rider’s sound and not their appearance—foes can see them just fine, they just
have trouble hearing them.
Botch: The Rider fails to activate the Power, but thinks they succeeded.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the power.
Success: The Rider’s footfalls are muffled; anyone rolling against the Rider’s REF + Stealth roll to hear them
subtracts (Kaze-1) from the successes. In addition, if the Rider botches their Stealth roll, this Power bumps it up to
a normal Failure.
Exceptional Success: As above, but the Rider receives automatic successes on their Stealth roll equal to Tamashi,
and thus cannot botch.

Actual Airbending
(Kaze •••, Stealth •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
Having mastered the ability to manipulate the air to silence their passage, a Rider can learn the art of using air
currents to obscure themselves visually as well.
Botch: The Rider fails to activate the Power, but thinks they succeeded.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider cloaks themselves in air currents that muffle their footfalls and warp their very appearance to a
hazy blur. Anyone rolling against the Rider’s Stealth roll to hear or see them subtracts (Kaze) from their own

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with the Power). Botches on the Stealth roll become failures.
Exceptional Success: As above, but the Rider receives automatic successes on their Stealth roll equal to Tamashi,
and thus cannot botch.

Fogblower
(Kaze ••, Awareness ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type: Minor
When vision is obscured by fog/smoke/etc, a Rider may blow it away.
Botch: The Power cannot be used for the scene.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The fog or smoke is blown away from an area centered on the Rider with a radius of Kaze + 1. Depending
on the nature of the fog, it may come back in time (such as if it is being continuously produced).
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to range.

Backsies
(Kaze ••, Thrown ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp+. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider can tug at their own Thrown weapons with a gust of air, hoping to pull them back to their hands. The first
use in a scene only needs 1 activation success; after each successful use, the success requirement increases by 1.
If the weapon is farther away than a flat value of (Kaze + Thrown + Tamashi), the power costs an extra 1sp to
use. If using this Power on a Flurry, the activation need only be made once, but each weapon retrieval is its own
separate cost.
Botch: The Rider’s next Thrown attack loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider’s Thrown weapon returns to them after making its strike; they do not subtract from their
Ammo count.
Exceptional Success: The Rider may choose either to reduce the cost of the Power by 1 (minimum 0) or to prevent
the normal “next use requires 1 more success” condition.

Minor Adjustment
(Kaze •••, Thrown ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Reflexive/Reroll
A Rider may spend 3sp to reroll (Kaze-1) dice of their Thrown Attack roll. They cannot use it twice on the same
attack, and they can only use it (Kaze) times a scene.

Windscreen Kata
(Kaze ••••+Foc/Path, Thrown •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp(5sp for other). Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze (+1)
Type: Reflexive
With a buffeting blast of air, a Rider can play havoc with a foe’s projectiles. The Rider rolls (Kaze) and adds one to
it, subtracting that many successes from a foe’s Thrown or Ranged Attack—thus, even if they fail the roll, they get
1 subtraction. If they botch, nothing.
If the Rider is within (Tamashi, max 4) sq of the path of the weapon, they may use this Power for a greater cost to
deflect attacks directed at others.

Bluster Blast
(Kaze •, Ranged ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider may envelop their ranged shot in a swirl of wind, sacrificing raw power for the tricky energies of the air.
Botch: The shot does half damage.
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Success: The shot causes a blast of air on impact or a near miss; its raw damage is halved (half of 1 is 1-armor-
soakable) but the target must roll Tamashi + Survive against the Rider’s Kaze+2 (max 5) or be Windburnt, even if
the damage was armor-soaked.
Exceptional Success: The foe’s Tamashi + Survive roll loses 10doubles.

Airburst
(Kaze •••, Ranged •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp/atk. Duration: 1 scene. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
Who even needs bullets? Arguably not Riders, given the frightening things air can do to the body. This Power
allows a Rider to fire bullets or arrows formed of pure air, even if they aren’t holding a ranged weapon in the first
place.
Botch: The Rider jams their gun.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: For the rest of the scene, the Rider may pay 1sp to make a shot without using any ammunition. Instead,
they fire blasts of air, which work almost exactly like regular attacks. They lack 10doubles, but they have 1d6
Windburn.
A Rider may use their empty hand just as well as a gun. They point it and bullet holes appear in people. Doing this
uses the “imaginary gun” which has +0 to Attack and Dmg and still lacks 10doubles.
Exceptional Success: The airbullets cost no Spirit unless they’re done with an empty hand.

The More You Know

(Kaze ••, Lore ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp/d. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement
Your friends teach you something new once in a while. When making a Lore roll, a Rider can get a bonus die for
each ally present, depending on them and the roll’s content. Any Rider gives a bonus to general Rider lore, but
they also give more specific bonuses based on Path, Beginning, backstory, etc. The DM has the final say on
whether an ally can provide a certain bonus.

Pressure Front
(Kaze ••••+Foc/Path, Lore •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Effects last 2 rnd. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type:
Major
With great mastery of the air, a Rider can create a blast of air pressure that disorients foes.
Botch: The user charges for a moment… and is knocked on their ass by their mismanaged wind.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider begins to draw in air toward themselves; they are unable to attack, but can move, defend, etc.
On their next turn, they release the air in a massive pressure wave with a radius equal to (Kaze + Tamashi). Foes
with a lower END than the activation successes are knocked to the ground; they must make REF + END checks for
the next 2 rounds, or stagger in dizzied confusion. All foes must roll END + Surv against the user’s Tamashi or be
Windburned.
Exceptional Success: Increase the radius by 1, and count the user’s Tamashi as one dot higher for the purposes of
foes rolling against it.

Fair-Weather Friend
(Kaze ••, Socialize •, Tamashi •) Cost: (#rerolls – 1)sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Reflexive/Reroll
Once a scene, a Rider may reroll up to Kaze dice on a CHA + Socialize roll. The Spirit cost is one less than the
number of dice rerolled; rerolling only one die is free. They can't use some of these rerollable dice on one roll and
some on another, but they can spend rerolls on the same die multiple times (i.e. if they have 5 available rerolls and
only use 4, they can re-reroll one of the dice).

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Talk Like The Wind
(Kaze •••, Socialize •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: 1 Scene. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi. Type: Enhancement
A Rider may ignore penalties to social rolls with quick wit and a modulation of the air.
Botch: The Rider loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts on all Socialize rolls for the scene.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider ignores social penalties equal to the successes on the activation roll for one scene. This does
not grant bonuses, just cancels out penalties.
Exceptional Success: As above, but the next social roll the Rider makes has the 9-doubles quality.

Full of Hot Air

(Kaze ••, Persuade ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement/Reflexive
A Rider can subtly modulate the way the air carries their words or the words of another. To activate it on another
character’s turn and impart the benefits to them, the Rider must get two successes on the activation roll, not just
one.
Botch: The Rider’s next social roll has a -1 penalty and does not receive doubles for 10s. The Rider also does not
know they failed to activate the Power.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider or their selected ally get automatic successes equal to ½ the user’s Tamashi (rounded up,
minimum 1) on their social roll, making it impossible to botch.
Exceptional Success: As above, but the Rider or selected ally also get the 9-doubles quality on the social roll.

A Little Help From My Friends

(Kaze ••••, Intimidate •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp+1/add. Duration: 1 scene. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
The Path of Stars teaches the importance of friends; as such, a Rider can call on the presence of their friends to
increase their appearance of formidability.
Botch: The Rider does not activate the power, does not get 10-doubles on Intimidate rolls for the scene, and is
unaware of their failure.
Fail: The power does not activate, but the Rider may be able to try again.
Success: For one scene, whenever they make an Intimidation roll, the Rider may pay 1sp to add dice to the roll
equal to their present allies (limit 5).
Exceptional Success: As above, but botches are bumped up to failures.

In My Element [Upgrade Form Only]

(Kaze ••••, Fly •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Rider whose Upgrade Forms can fly may be able to navigate the air, but a true master of the sky can do so much
more, wrapping themselves in a cloak of wind. This is only usable in an Upgrade Form with Fly enabled, and while
Flying.
Botch: The Rider is forced to stop flying immediately.
Fail: The power does not activate, but the Rider may be able to try again.
Success: The Rider forms the air around them into a shell of swirling wind. Their flight speed is increased by 2, all
attacks against them lose 10-doubles and gain 1-subtracts on the Attack roll, and contact deals Damage of half
Kaze with 1d5 to Windburn.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the Speed boost; the first two rounds only cost 3sp.
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Burning Strike
(Nenshou ••, Melee/Unarmed ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
The Rider's weapon (or fist, or foot) briefly flares with flames as they strike, enhancing their attack.
Botch: The ATK roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The ATK is unenhanced.
Success: The ATK roll gains 9doubles.
Exceptional Success: The ATK roll gains 8doubles.

Flare Dash
(Nenshou •••, Melee •••, Tamashi •) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi. Type: Major
A Rider may blaze forward in a swift strike that can hit multiple foes.
Botch: The Rider trips and falls on their face.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider makes a dash in a straight line, the length being equal to (6 – the Initiative penalty applied to
the Rider by their weapons) spaces. Any enemy touched by this straight line must roll their Tamashi against the
Rider’s Nenshou; if they fail, they take damage equal to the Rider's Nenshou rating. 1d5 to Burn.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the distance or damage.

Vulcan Hammer Blow

(Nenshou •••, Melee ••••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Rider making a Great Attack may strengthen their mighty blow with fiery force.
Botch: The Rider takes 1 damage as they burn themselves, losing 1 on any attack they make this turn.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: Threshold ATK successes are counted twice for damage. 1d5 to Burn.
Exceptional Success: Burn is automatic.

Combustion Attack Kata

(Nenshou •••••+Foc/Path, Melee ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi.
Type: Enhancement
Charging their weapon with thermal energy, a Rider may release it all in a single explosive blow.
Botch: The Rider’s strike may hit, but the explosion misfires; the ATK dicepool is halved and they are knocked back
3 spaces.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider strikes with explosive force, adding Nenshou to their attack and taking 9doubles on it. The
explosion knocks the target back 3 spaces; they must roll END + Surv against the user’s Tamashi or be stunned for
one round (without 10doubles and with 1subtracts on all rolls). All foes on adjacent spaces to the target must roll
END + Surv or be knocked back one space. If the ATK roll fails (not botch, just fail), the secondary knockback effect
still occurs.
Exceptional Success: The foe‘s roll against stunning loses 10doubles.

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Too Hot To Handle
(Nenshou •, Unarmed ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi. Type: Reflexive
A Rider can make their armor briefly blaze with heat.
Botch: The Rider’s armor blazes with heat… but only internally. The Rider takes 1 damage.
Failure: The Rider’s armor fails to heat up significantly, though it may become tangibly warmer.
Success: The Rider’s armor flashes with heat. If they are making an Unarmed attack, they get +1 to Damage. If the
foe Parries this attack bare-handed, they still take 1 point of contact damage. Anyone in a Grapple with the Rider
when this is activated takes 1 point of contact damage.
Exceptional Success: The contact damage is increased to 2; in addition, any enemy who has the Rider in a Hold or
Restraint Grapple Maneuver loses their control, ending the Maneuver.

Body of Agni Kata

(Nenshou •••+Foc/Path, Unarmed •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp+1sp/rnd. Duration: (Nenshou)rnd. Dicepool:
Nenshou + Tamashi. Type: Minor
A Rider can wreathe themselves in flames, turning their entire bodies into fiery weapons.
Botch: The Rider fails to activate the power and cannot use it again for the scene.
Fail: The Rider calls up a few flickers of flame and a wash of hot air, but nothing effective.
Success: The Rider is wreathed in flames for up to (Nenshou) rounds; any grappling inflicts 2 damage per turn to
the foe. Unarmed attacks against the user that successfully deal damage result in the attacker taking 1 contact
damage. All Unarmed attacks by the user have (½Nenshou) added to Dmg and have 1d5 chance to Burn. Water/Ice
attacks have 1d10 chance to put out the fire, but have -1 to the final damage (which means the damage can be
reduced to 0) and do not get a chance to Freeze.
Exceptional Success: Increase the duration by 1; Unarmed attacks by the user also have the 9-doubles quality.

Fire Walk
(Nenshou •••, Athletics •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: 1 rnd. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
Enhancing themselves with sureness of purpose, a Rider may cover running distances with an unhurried stride.
Botch: The Rider thinks they have activated the Power and casually ambles rather than running; they take -2 to
Speed.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider adds the higher of Athletics or Resolve to their Speed for the round; they move at a confident
and measured pace, but somehow cover distances as if sprinting. They also may add +1 to a number of Defense
rolls equal to their Tamashi for the round. Attacks of Opportunity against them have halved dicepools.
Exceptional Success: The Rider adds 1 to the number of bonus dice to Defense.

Heat Haze
(Nenshou ••, Defend ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi Type: Reflexive
A Rider can call up a wash of hot air, the brief thermal haze confusing an attacking foe.
Botch: The Rider fails to activate the power and cannot use it for the scene. Also, they feel a little chilly.
Fail: The Rider fails to create enough heat to make a difference.
Success: The Rider creates a swirl of hot air between themselves and the attacker, subtracting 1 from the ATK roll.
Distant foes (10sq or more) get -2.
Exceptional Success: As above, but the Rider’s Defense roll gets 9doubles.

Blazing Ire
(Nenshou •••, Defend ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou Type: Reflexive

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Upon failing to parry an attack, a Rider may strike back like a leaping flame so long as the foe is within Tamashi
spaces. This may be attempted (Tamashi-2) times a scene.
Botch: The Rider takes 2 damage.
Fail: The Rider’s attack does not connect.
Success: Each success is dealt to the foe as damage.
Exceptional Success: As above, with the damage successes having 9doubles.

Radiator
(Nenshou ••, Survive ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi Type:
Minor
A Rider can call up an aura of hot air to rebuff even the most baleful chill.
Botch: The Rider fails to use the Power, and cannot use it for the rest of the scene.
Fail: The Rider fails to summon up enough heat and can try again next turn.
Success: The Rider summons up a (Nenshou)sq-radius area of hot air. The effects of extreme cold do not penetrate
into this area; any attack that would have a chance to Freeze loses that quality and takes -1 to damage. All ice in
the area is sped up in its melting by one round per dot of Nenshou.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the radius, penalty to ice attacks is -2.

Heat Sink
(Nenshou •••, Survive ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Varies. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi Type: Minor
A Rider with a mastery of flame can render fire harmless, drawing it into their hand and scattering it as waves of
harmless heat. Penalties may apply to the activation roll based on fire magnitude, though they can be mitigated by
taking more time.
This Power can be used in place of defending against an attack composed wholly of fire (so a flaming sword
doesn’t count, but a fireball does). In this case, they roll for this Power as their Defense Roll.
Botch: The Rider doesn’t absorb the heat of the fire—they increase it further, causing it to grow in intensity and
size.
Fail: The Rider fails to gain control over the flames.
Success: The Rider sucks the heat of the flames into their hand and scatters it harmlessly, causing the flames to die
down to nothing. A Rider may decide to take more time to do this, adding +1 to the dicepool.
Exceptional Success: The Rider converts the thermal energy to Spirit within themselves; successes on the
activation roll are Spirit points regained (including the cost of using the Power in the first place). Alternatively, they
may decide to expel the flames as a Fire-based Elemental Bolt for no additional cost.

Smith’s Touch
(Nenshou •••, Labor ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement
A Rider may add their Nenshou rating to any Labor roll that involves bending or breaking metal; they heat the
metal to make it more pliable.

Ember Exhaust
(Nenshou ••, Deft ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 3sp. Duration: 1 Interval. Dicepool: Nenshou + Ride Type: Ride
A Rider may surround their Vehicle with a nimbus of fire for a short while, imperiling those too close.
Botch: The Rider’s Ride check takes -1.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider surrounds their vehicle with a cloud of flames. At the end of the Interval, all foes whose
successes are not more than 3 different from the Rider’s (in either direction) take an extra point of Hazard.
Exceptional Success: The effect-spread changes from 3 to 4.

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Drop It!
(Nenshou ••, Support •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi Type: Reflexive
In the moment a foe strikes at a Rider’s ally, they may cause a brief flare of heat in the enemy’s weapon, throwing
them off balance. This Power must be used before damage is resolved, and only on a foe the Rider knows about
and who is within 8sq. It cannot be used multiple times in a round, and can only be used Nenshou times a scene.
Botch: The Rider fails and cannot use the Power for the scene. They heat their own weapon and drop it.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider causes a flare of heat in the foe’s weapon’s handle or on their body, forcing them to reroll their
ATK roll without 10-doubles and with 1-subtracts. They take the lower result.
Exceptional Success: As above, but the foe also gets a -1 penalty.

Ignis Rune
(Nenshou ••••, Stealth •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi. Type: Major
A Rider may create a hidden rune and imbue it with fiery Spirit, waiting for an enemy to disturb it and incur its
wrath. It lasts for a day if untouched, but can be deactivated by the Rider. If the Rider takes a full round, they get
+1 to the roll.
Botch: The Rider’s rune blows up in their face loudly and deals 1 damage to them.
Fail: The Rider has not gotten the rune imbued yet, but can try again.
Success: The Rider marks one space, or one object, with a fire-imbued rune. The Rune can be noticed by a
sufficient Awareness check. An enemy who touches it must get at least 4 successes on a REF + Deft roll or activate
it. Upon activation, it bursts into flame, dealing (Nenshou) fire damage, 1d5 to Burn.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the successes needed to avoid activating it, the difficulty of noticing it, or the
damage.

Firelight
(Nenshou •, Awareness •, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: (Nenshou +4) rnd. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi Type:
Minor
A Rider may conjure a small orb of flame to provide light in darkness; the orb can either be made to follow the
Rider or remain in one spot. A Rider may send the orb to any square within (Nenshou + 2) squares of their location.
Botch: The Rider creates the orb… which blows up in their face. 1d5 Blind.
Fail: The Rider fails to conjure the orb of flame.
Success: An orb of flame forms above the Rider, who then chooses if it will follow them or remain in one spot.
When that is decided, the orb either stays put or moves to the spot designated and begins to cast light reaching
(Nenshou) squares away from its location. It lasts Nenshou + 4 rounds, but can be extinguished early.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the light radius or the duration.

Thermal Vision
(Nenshou •••, Awareness •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi
Type: Minor
A Rider may overlay a sort of thermal perception over their normal vision, seeing objects by their heat signature.
Botch: The Rider messes up their vision; for 2 rounds, all visual Awareness rolls lose 10-doubles and gain 1-
subtracts.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider’s vision is overlaid with thermal vision effective to a distance of (4 + [2 x Nenshou])sq. This
allows them to see through darkness, fog, dust, smoke, and some solid materials. Identifying a body-shaped heat
source (i.e. by Invader faction, etc) will require an INT + Lore roll—otherwise, all the Rider knows is that there is a
body there.
Exceptional Success: The Rider gets 2 automatic successes on a roll to identify a heat source.

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Comet Toss
(Nenshou •••, Thrown •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement
A Rider can infuse their thrown weapons with flames that leap and spit upon impact.
Botch: The ATK is halved.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: Upon striking any object, the weapon spreads burning embers to adjacent squares with an Attack roll of
Nenshou and no Damage bonus. The ember effect automatically hits a foe who was struck by the weapon.
Exceptional Success: 1d4 Burn for a direct hit; 1d6 for the embers.

Tracer Round
(Nenshou ••, Ranged ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
A Rider can imbue their gun’s shots with fire.
Botch: The Rider’s shot is warped by the heat, subtracting 1 from the Attack successes.
Fail: The Rider’s shot may be somewhat hotter than normal, but not enough to matter.
Success: The Attack roll gets 9doubles.
Exceptional Success: As above, with 1d10 to Burn.

Heat Seeker
(Nenshou •••, Ranged •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp/d. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
A Rider may use heat in the air to correct their projectile’s path.
Botch: The Rider’s shot is warped by the heat, subtracting 1 from the Attack successes.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power but can shoot as normal.
Success: The Rider may reroll up to Nenshou dice of their Attack roll, 1sp per reroll.
Exceptional Success: As above, with 1d10 to Burn and 9doubles on Attack.

Molten Demolition Bullet

(Nenshou ••••, Ranged •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
Superheating their shots, a gunslinging Rider barely has to worry about cover.
Botch: The Rider’s shot loses 2 dice.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power but can shoot as normal.
Success: The Rider’s shot ignores up to (Tamashi) worth of Attack penalties from cover. If the cover is flammable, it
is set on fire. Additionally, when making attacks on inanimate objects, threshold successes are counted twice for
damage.
At Tamashi 3+, the Rider may pay an extra 1sp to make their bullets punch through solid walls. This has the
same cover-ignoring effect, but if the Rider cannot see the target because of the wall, they take -1 and lose
10doubles on Attack. They may, however, activate Awareness-enhancing Powers like Thermal Vision to allow them
to tell where the enemy is.
Exceptional Success: The Rider may immediately activate Thermal Vision with no roll, just paying for it, before
making the attack.

Burning Legend
(Nenshou •••, Lore ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Reroll
Once per scene, a Rider may spend 2 Spirit to reroll all 1s on an INT + Lore roll.

Dragon of the West

(Nenshou ••••+Foc/Path, Lore •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi ATK

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With mastery of fire, a Rider may emulate the dragons of legend, spewing a gout of flame. Some use their hands or
weapons as the focal point, but a torrent of flames issuing from the mouth-area of one’s helmet is considered the
classic approach.
The Rider spews forth a jet of white-hot fire with a range of Nenshou, Attack roll Nenshou + Tamashi w/ 2
autosuccesses, and +Nenshou to Damage. Any enemy standing in the space directly in front of the Rider is knocked
back 3 spaces and automatically Burned. For others hit, 1d3 Burn.

Be Not Afraid
(Nenshou •••, Socialize •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: 1 scene. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi Type: Minor
The fires of a Rider’s power scorch and terrify the foe, but their warmth alleviates the shivers of fear within friend
and innocent alike.
Botch: The Rider not only fails to activate the Power, they become afraid themselves, taking -1 to all Resolve rolls
that scene.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: Within the Rider’s presence, allies and innocents feel more confident. On all rolls to resist intimidation
and fear, they get 9doubles. Successful Terrify effect rolls targeting allies or innocents must be rerolled, and rolls
to shake off Terror get 9doubles.
Exceptional Success: All present regain 1 point of Sanity.

Affirm Authority
(Nenshou ••, Persaude ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp/d. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi Type:
Reflexive/Reroll
The Path of Heaven grooms its students for leadership, and a good leader can regain face even after a setback—in
this case, rerolling dice on a Persuade roll. May be used (Nenshou – 1) per scene.
Botch: The Rider’s attempt has the opposite effect; the Persuade roll becomes a Botch. (If it was already a Botch, it
doesn’t get any worse),
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power and must accept the results of their Persuade roll as they stand.
Success: The Rider may reroll up to (Tamashi + 1) dice on the Persuade roll, each rerolled die costing 1sp.
Exceptional Success: The Rider gets one free reroll as well.

Commanding Presence
(Nenshou •••, Persaude •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp/d. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi Type:
Reflexive
By showing their support for an ally, a Rider may augment that ally’s persuasive ability, adding up to (Nenshou – 1)
bonus dice to their roll.
Botch: The Rider not only fails, but for the rest of the scene they cannot use the Power; all their Persuade rolls lose
10-doubles and gain 1-subtracts.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power and contributes no bonus dice to their ally’s roll.
Success: The Rider may grant bonus dice to their ally’s roll, each costing 2sp.
Exceptional Success: The cost is 1sp/d instead.

Show of Force
(Nenshou ••, Intimidate ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi vs INT + Res
Type: Minor
A Rider may make a display of valor that turns the craven hearts of their foes to unsureness.
Botch: The Rider not only fails, but for the rest of the scene they cannot use the Power; all their Intimidate rolls
lose 10-doubles and gain 1-subtracts.

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Success: Enemies who fail their Resolve rolls take a -1 penalty to their next roll.
Exceptional Success: Make it a -2 penalty.
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Backsplash
(Umi ••, Melee/Ranged ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider may imbue their own strike or shot with water that absorbs the life-energy released when a foe is injured;
this water then can pass that energy to someone of the Rider’s choice.
Botch: Reduce the damage of the Rider’s attack by 1. The Power fails.
Fail: The Rider can attack just fine, but the Power does not imbue the strike.
Success: The Rider counts up the raw damage (pre-Armor) of their attack and rolls that as a dicepool with 1
automatic success, each success being 1HP healed to an ally of the Rider’s choice. All the healing must be done to
one ally per use of the Power.
Exceptional Success: Make that 2 automatic successes.

Greater Backsplash
(Umi •••, Melee/Ranged •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
Backsplash can be refined and intensified, increasing its effectiveness.
Botch: Reduce the damage of the Rider’s attack by 1. The Power fails.
Fail: The Rider can attack just fine, but the Power does not imbue the strike.
Success: The Rider counts up the raw damage (pre-Armor) of their attack, adds their Tamashi to it, and rolls that as
a dicepool with 1 automatic success, each success being 1HP healed to an ally of the Rider’s choice. Alternatively,
they may roll half (rounded up) this dicepool to heal themselves. All the healing must be done to one person per
use of the Power.
Exceptional Success: Make that 2 automatic successes, and 9doubles.

Monsoon Strike Kata

(Umi •••••+Foc/Path, Melee •••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type:
Full Round
Charging their weapon with the essence of water, a Rider can strike a powerful blow that also pushes back
surrounding enemies with frigid water.
Botch: Reduce the damage of the Rider’s attack by 4. The Power fails.
Fail: The Rider can attack just fine, but the Power does not imbue the strike.
Success: The Rider adds Tamashi (max 5) to their Attack dicepool and rerolls all 1s until no 1s remain. In addition,
regardless of the original attack hitting, there is a blast of water as a secondary effect. In a 3-space radius centered
on the Rider, enemies must make an END + Survive roll; if they succeed a bit they are only pushed back, if they
succeed a lot they hold firm, but failure means being knocked to the ground for 1 damage. If the target of the
attack was hit, they are knocked back a number of spaces equal to the raw damage by a torrent of water. All foes
knocked back by the water face 1d4 Freeze.
Exceptional Success: Increase the water shockwave radius and (if applicable) the central backblast distance by 1.

Moving Like Water

(Umi ••, Unarmed ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Reflexive
With flowing movements, a Rider can reestablish a Grapple immediately when a foe breaks free. Usable once per
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Botch: If the foe’s success was a regular one, upgrade it to exceptional. The Rider very much fails to reestablish the
Grapple.
Fail: The Rider cannot reestablish the Grapple.
Success: The Rider reestablishes the grapple if the foe broke out with a normal success. If the foe’s success was
exceptional, downgrade it to normal.
Exceptional Success: Even an exceptional breakout success can be beaten by this.

Winter’s Grip
(Umi •••, Unarmed •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: 3rnd. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Minor
A Rider may form icy protrusions on their armor, augmenting the force of their unarmed strikes.
Botch: The Rider fails and cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Rider cannot form the ice spikes—they might create some ice, but not in a way that matters.
Success: The Rider forms icy spikes on their armor that last 3 rounds, adding a +2 weapon bonus to their Unarmed
damage This bonus does stack with the Bio bonus, but not with the Blackbelt bonus. On the first round, 1d5
Freeze. Striking an intensely hot object (such as a character using Too Hot To Handle) decreases the duration by
one round.
Exceptional Success: The ice spikes get 4 rounds and cannot be melted early.

Flash Freeze Kata

(Umi •••••+Foc/Path, Unarmed ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type:
Major
With great skill, a Rider may pull back the brute force of their strike in favor of freezing a foe. The Rider rolls their
Unarmed Attack as normal (or replacing STR with REF) and rolls this Power instead of calculating Damage.
Botch: The Rider fails wholly, doing little more than prodding the foe with a cold hand.
Fail: The Rider fails to freeze anything, but may still roll 2 dice to deal damage, though without 10-doubles and
with 1-subtracts.
Success: The Rider deals 2 damage and immediately induces Freezing.
Exceptional Success: The damage is 3.

Hydrodynamic
(Umi •, Athletics •, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp/rnd. Duration: By round. Type: Enhancement
In water between knee and chest height, the Rider may pay 1sp a round to move without any penalties and get
9doubles on Defense rolls.

Waterslide
(Umi ••, Athletics ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp/rnd. Duration: By round. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider may create a layer of water under their feet, which sacrifices some finesse for a boost of speed.
If the Rider knows Verglas, they can spend an extra 1sp to, instead of sliding on water, slide on a short-lived
ribbon of ice. The spaces they pass over are marked for (Tamashi, max 4) turns and have the same effect as the icy
sheet created by Verglas.
Botch: The Rider creates water, but slips and falls. It’s embarrassing.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider creates water under their feet, boosting their speed by Umi but taking -1 penalties to Attack
and Defense rolls for one round.
Exceptional Success: The Rider may choose one of the penalized categories to not get penalties in.
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Basilisk Walk
(Umi •••, Athletics •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: 1 Scene. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider with control over water can learn to manipulate surface tension; lakes and pools can be as solid as
concrete to them. The Rider cannot use this underwater; if they have their head and arms above water, they can
activate it, with the “solid water” leaving a hole around them so they may climb out (Minor Action). A Rider may
dispel this Power at any time, but must pay the cost again to reactivate it.
At Tamashi 4 and up, the Rider may also pay 4sp to bestow this Power to other characters for a scene by
touching them. They can also deactivate and reactivate it for themselves at no cost (though they still have to roll)
Botch: The Rider thinks they succeeded, but they have not. They are going to look very silly in a moment.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power and knows it.
Success: The Rider is able to walk freely on the surface of water and most liquids for the duration of one scene.
However, the motion of the water’s surface translates to motion on the “solid surface” the Rider stands on---a
current will propel a Rider along like a moving sidewalk, a wave may knock them over, etc.
Exceptional Success: The cost is 2sp.

Body of Oceanus Kata

(Umi •••+Foc/Path, Athletics •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 3sp + 1/rnd. Duration: By round. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi
Type: Minor
A Rider with mastery of water may become one with the sea itself, moving freely and with the power of the waves.
This Power may only be used in water of at least waist-height.
Botch: The Rider thinks they succeeded, but they have not. They splash around and look very silly.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider becomes one with the water; they take no penalties to motion in water and get +(Tamashi – 2)
to Speed and +2 on Defense and Stealth rolls. All fire damage is reduced by 2 and has no chance to Burn, but
electric damage is increased by 1. All Melee or Unarmed attacks have 1d5 Freeze. The Rider gets to reroll their
AOOs and pick the higher roll as long as their target is in the water; likewise, enemies roll their AOOs twice and
pick the lower.
Exceptional Success: The first round is free; all the Rider’s attacks have 1d4 Freeze.

Cold Shower
(Umi •, Defend •, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant +(Umi). Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Reflexive
When set alight, a Rider can quickly summon water to extinguish themselves and cancel the Burning effect.
Botch: The Rider fails and cannot use the Power for the scene.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: A burst of water falls over the Rider; the Burning effect is immediately canceled. Afterward, roll Umi; the
number of successes is the length of the Soaked effect. A Soaked Rider cannot be Burned and takes -1 fire damage,
but takes +1 damage from electricity and any chance for Paralysis is rolled twice. The same applies to fire or
electric damage dealt by the Soaked character.
Exceptional Success: 1 autosuccess on the roll for Soaking.

Cryoplate
(Umi •••, Defend ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Umi + 2rnd. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Minor
A Rider may coat their armor in a layer of hard ice, increasing defense at the cost of mobility.
Botch: The Rider fails and cannot use the power for the scene. 1d5 Freeze on the user.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: Ice forms over the Rider’s body, granting +1 Armor, +2 to all Defend rolls, but a -2 Speed penalty. Any
Unarmed attack in the first round of Cryoplate has 1d5 Freeze.

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Flowing Step
(Umi •••, Defend •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 6sp +1 each time. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Defend vs Tamashi
of attacker. Type: Reflexive/Reroll
With the graceful movement of water, a Rider may save a fumbled attempt to sidestep a blow. This Power is only
used after a failed or botched Defense roll, and is rolled against a static value of the Tamashi of the attacker.
Botch: If the original roll was a failure, it becomes a botch. If it was a botch, it’s still a botch and the Rider’s next
Defense roll gets -1.
Fail: The Rider is stuck with whatever the result of their original Defense roll was.
Success: The Rider’s failed attempt at defending is smoothed into a successful one. The next time this Power is
used in the same scene, it costs 1 more.
Exceptional Success: The defense is an exceptional success, and the Power does not cost more the next time it is
used.

Frozen Fortress Kata

(Umi ••••+Foc/Path, Defend •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 10sp(8sp). Duration: Umi + 2rnd. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi
Type: Full-Round
A Rider may summon up a great deal of water and form it into a ring-shaped wall of ice to protect themselves and
their friends. It costs a little less if there is sufficient water already present.
Botch: The Rider fails and cannot use the power for the scene. 1d5 Freeze on the user.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: A 3-square radius around the Rider is enclosed in a thick ring-shaped wall of ice. The Rider may choose to
have one or two squares left open, or may choose to open one or two squares after the wall has formed. The wall
has Umi+6 HP and 2 Armor that can reduce damage to 0.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the duration, HP, or Armor of the wall.

Morning Mist
(Umi •, Survive ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp/r. Duration: Til 1rnd after last payment. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type:
Minor
A Rider may spread a mist of water vapor around themselves to mitigate the dangers of heat and fire, and
obscuring themselves within the fog.
Botch: The Rider fails and cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: A fog spreads out from the Rider, radiating (Tamashi+1) sq out from their position. Friends find it cool and
calming, while enemies find it clammy and eerie. Fire attacks do not get 10doubles in this fog, and Burn does not
occur. Enemies, whether they stand in or out of the fog, take -1 to Awareness on targets who are in the fog. Each
round of the fog costs 1sp, and the fog remains one round after the Rider stops paying for it. After that, it
dissipates.
Exceptional Success: The fog will remain for 2 rounds after payment ends, and water-based attacks get 9doubles.

Tidal Surge
(Umi •••, Labor •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
The Path of Desire teaches about protecting others’ dreams; when performing a Labor action whose direct goal is
to save or protect somebody (pulling debris off them, moving something to shield them, etc), a Rider may call on
the powerful sea within and rise up like a great wave. This Power is rolled before the Labor roll.
Botch: The Rider fails, incurring a -1 to their Labor roll, and cannot use the power for the scene.
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Success: The Rider is invigorated and feels a surge of strength; they receive bonus dice equal to their Umi on the
Labor roll.
Exceptional Success: As above, but those bonus dice are instead automatic successes.

Hydroplane
(Umi •••+Foc/Path, Deft •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: 1 Scene. Dicepool: Umi + Ride Type: Enhancement,
Ride
This Power works identically to Basilisk Walk, but for vehicles.

Douse
(Umi ••, Support ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant +(Umi). Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Reflexive
This Power is like Cold Shower, but applied to others rather than the user.

Verglas
(Umi •••, Support ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Umi. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Minor
A Rider with mastery over ice may summon up a frozen layer over the floor or ground in an area with (Umi) radius
that lasts for (Umi) rounds.
Botch: The Rider fails and cannot use the Power for the scene. They form a tiny patch of ice right under their feet
and fall on their ass.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The ice forms over the ground, spreading rapidly out from the Rider. On it, the user and any other
character with Verglas count their Speed as one higher (including if they go from ground to ice, ice to ground, or
just pass over the ice). Meanwhile, foes (unless they have Verglas) must roll REF + Athletics to avoid slipping unless
they move at half their max Speed. Allies who do not have Verglas are wholly unaffected.
Exceptional Success: +1 to the duration and radius.

Spike Strip
(Umi •••, Stealth ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 5sp+1sp/rune. Duration: 1 Scene. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Major
A Rider with mastery over ice may infuse the ground with latent frost runes which, when disturbed, burst into ice
spikes. By taking a whole round, they may get bonus dice.
Botch: The Rider blows the runes and takes 1 damage.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider marks a strip of up to (Umi) squares with ice runes; the squares must be in a straight line. When
an enemy steps on one, they must make a REF + Deft roll or activate it, taking 1 damage with 1d4 Freeze. The
runes can be noticed with sufficient Awareness successes.
Exceptional Success: +1 to the number or damage.

Scrying Dish
(Umi ••••+Foc/Path, Awareness ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: 1 Scene. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi, Umi +
Stealth to go unnoticed. Type: Major
The power of scrying, using magic as a way of observing distant locations, is famous in legend. A Rider can make
scrying-by-water a reality as long as they have a relatively still water surface at hand, looking out from the surface
of water within a certain radius. When using this Power, a Rider must also make a roll to determine whether their
reflection can be seen at the other end. Note that only the user sees anything; others who look at the scrying-
water will not see what the user does.
Botch: The Rider cannot see out the other end, but must still roll to determine if their reflection is seen. They also
cannot try this power again for the scene.
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Success: The Rider looks into the water, using it to look out from any other water surface within 30 squares. The
DM must point out all such surfaces to the player. The motion of the water on the other end affects the “picture
quality”, so to speak; sufficiently turbulent water gives too muddled a picture to be useful at all. The Rider must
roll to determine if their reflection at the other end is noticed; if the water at the other end is moving, they may
have an easier Stealth roll since their reflection is muddled.
Exceptional Success: The Rider gets exceptional picture quality and even a bit of sound. They need not make a
stealth roll either.

Frostknife
(Umi •••, Thrown ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Minor
A Rider skilled in knife-throwing and the mastery of ice is rarely without weapons—they can summon daggers of
ice in an instant. Each success equals a summoned dagger. They last for a scene. They have ATK+1, Rng+0, and
Dmg+0, but ignore one attack’s worth of Flurry penalties. That is, two can be thrown in the same turn without
penalty, and Flurry penalties act as if the number thrown is one less than the actual count.
Botch: The Rider ends up with a painful burst of ice shards, taking 1 damage.
Fail: The Rider fails to summon any iceblades.
Success: The Rider summons a number of iceblades equal to successes rolled.
Exceptional Success: The Rider may add 1 to any one of these: ATK, Rng, Dmg, number of iceblades (unless that
would put them over the limit), or giving the blades 1d6 to Freeze.

Slow Glacier Style

(Umi •••, Ranged ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp base, 1sp/attack. Duration: 1 Scene. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
A cool-headed Rider lets foes rush on ahead while they themselves wait and respond with precisely-placed shots.
This Power is usually rolled alongside a Rider’s Initiative roll.
Botch: The Rider loses 2 on their next attack.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: For the duration of the scene, when the Rider fires on a foe who acted before them in the turn order, they
may pay 1sp to add 2 dice to their Ranged Attack.
Exceptional Success: The first four uses are free.

Glacial Calm
(Umi ••, Reason ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Reflexive/Reroll
By emulating the crystal tranquility of ice, a Rider may refine their analytical senses and reroll dice on a Reason roll.
Botch: The Rider fails, instead getting a -1 on said roll.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider may reroll a number of dice on their Reason roll equal to their Umi.
Exceptional Success: +1 to the number of rerollable dice.

Phase Change
(Umi •, Lore •, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp(±). Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Minor
A Rider may, with ease, bid water change from liquid to solid at their beck and call. Water temperature and
volume may grant bonuses or penalties, and the Spirit cost may increase based on difficulty (or even go down to 0
if the DM decides such is warranted)
Botch: The Rider gets the opposite effect—the water they wished to freeze gets warmer, or the ice they wished to
thaw gets more set.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
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Winter’s Breath
(Umi •••, Lore •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Major
Knowing the ways of ice, a Rider may send out a freezing cloud of vapor that does no direct harm but freezes its
targets on the spot. The cloud takes the form of a cone Umi+1 sq long and 3sp wide at its end.
Botch: The Rider’s own attempt backfires; they must roll END + Surv against their own flat Umi + ½Lore to avoid
Freezing.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider sends out the cloud; enemies must roll roll END + Surv against the user’s flat Umi + ½Lore to
avoid Freezing.
Exceptional Success: +1 to the range.

Polar Vortex Kata

(Umi ••••+Foc/Path, Lore ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 4sp+1/rnd. Duration: Rounds paid for + 2. Dicepool: Umi +
Lore + Tamashi Type: Major
With mastery over ice and water, a Rider may turn the moisture in the air into a swirling storm of razor-sharp ice,
creating a safe haven for themselves and their allies as well as a barrier to foes. It lasts 2 rounds after the last time
it is paid for.
Botch: The Rider fails to activate the power and cannot use it for the scene. 1d5 Freeze on user.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider creates an ice storm with radius (Umi – 1) centered on themselves. Enemies outside take -2 to
see into/through the storm. Enemies caught in the storm take -3 to seeing, must roll END + Surv every round to
stave off Freezing, and take 1 (armor-soakable) damage from ice shards per round. Friends are unharmed, but take
-1 to seeing into/out of/through the storm. Any character wishing to use fire-based attacks in or into the storm
must beat the storm’s creator’s Tamashi with their activation roll for the fire-based Power; this applies to friends
and even the storm’s creator.
Exceptional Success: +1 to the range and first round free.

Still the Waters

(Umi ••, Socialize •, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement
A Rider can exude the calm stillness of a quiet pool, calming down an agitated person. When dealing with someone
angry or agitated, the Rider may pay 1sp to make a CHA + Socialize roll with the option to reroll Umi of the dice;
successes decrease the target’s agitation.

Sea of Tranquility
(Umi ••••, Socialize •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: CHA + Socialize + Tamashi vs INT +
Res + ½Tamashi Type: Major
A Rider can let out a calming wave of energy, calming down an angry crowd. This may only be used (Umi – 3) times
a scene.
Botch: The Rider’s attempt backfires, worsening the anger of the crowd.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the Power.
Success: Within a certain distance (variable, but “mid-sized room” is a good estimate), people are calmed. If they
wish to resist, they roll INT + Res + ½Tamashi against the Power’s activation successes.
Exceptional Success: The range is increased and the Power costs 2sp.

Tidal Push
(Umi ••, Persuade •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Reflexive/Reroll

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Sudden Storm
(Umi ••••, Intimidate •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Reflexive/Reroll
Just as the sea can quickly shift from calm to rough, a Rider can go from cajoling to threatening in the blink of an
eye. Spending 4sp after failing a Persuade roll, the Rider immediately rolls for Intimidate. However, if this roll fails,
it counts as a botch.
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Sharp Edges
(Jiban •, Melee ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
When struck and chipped, a stone may form razorlike facets; so too may a Rider become more dangerous when
injured. This can only be used when the Rider’s HP is at least 2 less than max, and is used to enhance a Melee
attack.
Botch: The Rider’s attack loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The Rider’s attack will not be enhanced.
Success: The Rider’s attack gains +1 Damage. 1d5 Abrade.
Exceptional Success: The Rider’s attack gains 9doubles also.

Obsidian Shards
(Jiban ••, Melee •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp/d. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Melee + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
This Power is a more advanced cousin to Sharp Edges; the Rider must have lost at least 2HP still.
Botch: The Rider’s attack fails.
Fail: The Rider’s attack will not be enhanced.
Success: The Rider may buy bonus dice to their Attack roll equal to half (round up) of the HP they are missing. Each
bonus die costs 1sp. 1d5 Abrade.
Exceptional Success: They get one free die on top of the limit.

Razor Crystal Facets

(Jiban ••••, Melee •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp base, 1sp/reduction. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi
Type: Enhancement
Some minerals are so incredibly sharp that they cut with barely a touch. This Power allows a Rider’s attack to do
more damage with less effort. This may only be used a number of times a scene equal to Tamashi.
Botch: The Rider’s attack fails.
Fail: The Rider’s attack will not be enhanced.
Success: For every 1sp paid, the Rider reduces the target numeral for their attack. That is, instead of having to get
7 and up on a die for a success, they might only have to get 6 and up, or less. They can only reduce the target
numeral down to 4 and cannot be stacked with other attack-enhancer Powers.
Exceptional Success: It can be stacked with other attack-enhancer Powers.

Like A Rock
(Jiban ••, Unarmed •, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp/penalty. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type: Reflexive
When grappling, a Rider may become as immovable as a boulder. This Power allows the Rider to penalize a foe’s
roll when Grappling.
Botch: The Rider’s foe gets +1 to their roll.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider may pay Spirit to penalize their foe’s grappling STR + Unarmed roll, 1sp/penalty, up to the
Rider’s Jiban (max 5). In addition, the Rider’s grappling roll counts a botch as a simple failure.
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Hammerblow
(Jiban ••, Unarmed ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider may enhance the force of their strike like a boulder careening down a hillside, causing their foe to tumble
back.
Botch: The Rider’s damage loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The target is knocked back a number of spaces equal to the raw Damage or the Power activation roll
successes, whichever is higher. 1d5 Abrade.
Exceptional Success: In addition, +1 Damage.

Avalanche Fist Kata

(Jiban ••••+Foc/Path, Unarmed ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Unarmed +
Tamashi Type: Enhancement
With a punishing downward strike, a Rider may smash their foe into the ground.
Botch: The Rider’s Attack roll is halved.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider rerolls all 1s on the Attack roll until they disappear and adds 2 to Damage. In addition, their
target must roll END + Surv or be stunned (lose 10doubles and gain 1subtracts on any rolls) and immobile for 1
round.
Exceptional Success: In addition, the Attack roll gets 9doubles. If the foe was flying at the time of being hit, they
are immediately grounded.

Earth Aid
(Jiban •, Athletics ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement
The earth itself can come to a Rider’s assistance when it comes time to leap—or to land. This only works when the
Rider is on the ground or a sufficiently stonelike surface. Paying 1sp, the Rider gains 9doubles on their Athletics
roll.

Springboard
(Jiban •••, Athletics ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
The Rider can call upon the earth’s aid even more potently, so long as their Athletics roll starts and/or ends with
them on the ground.
Botch: The Rider’s Athletics roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider’s Athletics roll gets Jiban in bonus dice and botches become failures.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 automatic success.

Momentum Stomp Kata

(Jiban •••, Athletics •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type: Full Round
Having run at least 4 squares, the Rider can leap and smash the ground with amazing force.
Botch: The Rider stumbles and falls.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: Within a radius of 2 squares, all foes must roll END + Surv against a flat value of (Jiban + ½Athletics) or be
knocked down and dealt damage equal to the activation successes of the Power. Running at least 10 squares
increases the shockwave distance to 3sq.
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Sinkhole
(Jiban •••, Defend ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Defend vs enemy Tamashi.
Type: Reflexive
Dropping and rolling, the Rider may attempt a flawless defense, rolling this Power’s activation dicepool against the
attacker’s Tamashi or equivalent. Usable (Jiban – 1) per scene.
Botch: The enemy’s attack gets +1 Damage.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider defends flawlessly, dodging by rolling suddenly. If there is a foe in an adjacent square (whether
they are the attacker or not) the Rider may choose to roll at them, forcing them to make a REF + Athletics roll or be
knocked off their feet.
Exceptional Success: The Rider may target enemies 2 squares away with their rolling.

Stone Wall
(Jiban •••, Defend •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type: Major
Calling upon the earth, a Rider may create a wall of stone.
Botch: The Rider fails and cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider calls up a wall of stone Jiban sq wide and 1 sq thick. It has an Armor rating of 1 (which can
reduce damage to 0) and durability equivalent to Jiban + 4 HP.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the wall’s length, Armor, or HP.

Granite Titan Body

(Jiban •••••+Foc/Path, Defend ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 7sp. Duration: 1 Scene max. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi
Type: Full Round
A Rider may clothe themselves in the armor of the earth.
Botch: The Rider fails and cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider forms stone plates over their body. The stone has its own HP of Tamashi+2 (max 10) and 2
Armor, grants 9doubles on Defense rolls, but has a -4 Speed penalty. When hit with an attack with no Armor Pierce
value, the stone takes the damage rather than the user. When it goes below half its HP, the stone’s Armor value
and Speed penalty are halved. When its HP is depleted, the stone armor suit is destroyed. It is destroyed
automatically at the end of the scene unless the DM decides otherwise. Usable once per scene.
Exceptional Success: Add 2 to the plates’ HP.

Impervious
(Jiban •••, Survive •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi. Type: Reflexive
Winds may blow at a rock, fire may scorch its surface, ice may encase it. Electricity may spark and crackle at it,
darkness may enfold it, light may blaze against it. The rock cares not. A Rider may use this Power when an enemy
succeeds in applying a status effect via a “1dX” roll, unless the effect is Abrade, forcing a reroll.
Botch: The Rider takes 1 damage.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The die that inflicted the status effect must be rerolled, unless the effect is Abrade.
Exceptional Success: The Rider may pay 1sp to regain 1HP, even if the status effect reroll succeeds.

Stony Strength
(Jiban ••, Labor •, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type: Enhancement

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A Rider may draw strength from the earth. When in contact with the ground, a Rider may gain bonus dice to a
Labor roll.
Botch: The Rider’s Labor roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider’s Labor roll gains bonus dice equal to this Power’s activation successes.
Exceptional Success: The Power costs nothing.

Rolling Stone
(Jiban ••, Deft •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
After a failed attack, a Rider may roll this Power to tack on a small movement onto the end of their Attack action.
Botch: The Rider fumbles; their next Defense roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider may move 2 spaces as part of the end of their Attack action.
Exceptional Success: 3 spaces.

Traction
(Jiban ••, Deft ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: 1 Interval. Dicepool: Jiban + Ride Type: Reflexive (Ride)
A Rider may cause the earth beneath their vehicle’s wheels to work for them.
Botch: The Rider’s next Ride check takes -1.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider’s Ride checks get 9doubles for the interval, and botches become failures.
Exceptional Success: Make that 8doubles.

Stone Chariot Style

(Jiban ••, Deft ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: 1 Interval. Dicepool: Jiban + Ride Type: Reflexive (Ride)
The strength of the earth can be briefly drawn up into a Rider’s Vehicle, enhancing durability at the cost of
handling. This can only be activated before the Rider makes their Ride check.
Botch: The Rider loses 1 Maneuverability for the Interval.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: For the duration of the Interval, the Rider’s Vehicle gets +2 Armor, but -1 Maneuverability.
Exceptional Success: Damage against the vehicle does not get 10doubles.

Statue Stance
(Jiban •••, Stealth •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 2sp/rnd. Duration: By round. Type: Major
A Rider may press themselves to a wall or floor, maintaining a flat Stealth factor of (Stealth + Tamashi) as long as
they remain still and pay the Spirit costs. This also works if they can reasonably take the place of an actual statue.

Tremorsense
(Jiban ••, Awareness ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp/rnd. Duration: By round. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
Feeling the vibrations through the ground, a Rider’s perception is not limited to their vision. The position of
anything in contact with the ground within the Power’s radius is known to the Rider.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: Anything within (Jiban + 2)sq that is touching the ground is perceived by the Rider.
Exceptional Success: +1 to range.

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Earthgrazer
(Jiban ••, Thrown ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement
When a Rider’s Thrown weapon strikes the ground without hitting a foe, they may pay 3sp to make it bounce up
off the ground 3sq in the same direction, rerolling the Attack with -2 and with no Damage bonus.

Quakeshot
(Jiban •, Ranged ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider may give their shot the force of a micro-earthquake, letting it erupt on impact.
Botch: The damage takes -1.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: On a hit, the target must roll END + Survive against a flat (Jiban + Ranged, max of 8) or take knockback. If
knockback happens, the difference between the target’s Survive successes and the flat value (to a max of 3) is
added to the Damage.
Exceptional Success: END roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.

Ruptolith
(Jiban •••, Ranged ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider may coat their shot in stone; on impact, it bursts into shrapnel. If it misses, it still explodes within 1sq of
the target.
Botch: The damage takes -1.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: Any enemy within 1sq of the explosion point takes Jiban damage from shrapnel; if the shot hits directly,
the damage is added to them too. 1d5 Abrade.
Exceptional Success: +1 to shrapnel range.

Flint Hailstorm Kata

(Jiban •••••+Foc/Path, Ranged ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
A Rider may fire a sort of stone canister shell into the air, raining down shards like flint arrowheads in a radius.
Botch: The stone shell shatters in the Rider’s face, dealing 1 damage.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider fires a stone canister shell, picking a space within (Jiban + Ranged) squares. In a radius of
(Tamashi) spaces around that central space, the Rider rolls attacks with (Ranged) and +1 Damage on all foes
present, to a minimum of (Tamashi+2) attacks—if there are fewer targets than that, the left-over attacks can be
applied to targets who have been already attacked. 1d5 Abrade.
Exceptional Success: +1 to shrapnel radius.

Sturdy Mind
(Jiban ••, Resolve ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement
A Rider may add Jiban as bonus dice to their INT + Res roll. Usable (Jiban – 1) per scene.

Sword is the Stone

(Jiban ••••, Lore •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: 3 hits. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type: Minor
A Rider may pull a stony melee weapon of their choice from the ground to strike down their foes.
Botch: The Rider takes 1 damage.
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rating for Melee to wield it. It lasts for 3 hits before shattering. It deals damage as normal for its weapon type, but
with an additional +1 Armor Pierce and 1d3 Abrade. The final hit automatically Abrades.
Exceptional Success: +1 to Dmg, Armor Pierce, or duration.

Solid Stoicism
(Jiban •••, Socialize ••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Reflexive
A Rider understands the value of silence. Having botched a Socialize roll, the Rider may simply retroactively deny it
happened in the first place.

Avalanche of Presence
(Jiban •••, Persuade ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider can come down on a person like a rockslide, even in social situations. It can be used twice a scene.
Botch: The Persuade roll fails.
Fail: The Power doesn’t activate.
Success: The Rider gains 2 automatic successes to their Persuade roll.
Exceptional Success: Make that 3.

Grit and Growl

(Jiban •••, Intimidate •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
A Rider can loom over their foe like an impending avalanche, making them question their resolve. This is rolled
after a foe’s Resolve roll succeeds. Usable twice per scene.
Botch: The Resolve roll is upgraded to exceptional success.
Fail: The Power doesn’t activate.
Success: The foe must reroll their Resolve roll; if they had any bonuses the first time, they get none this time.
Exceptional Success: Their Resolve roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
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Berserk Force
(Raimei •, Melee/Unarmed ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Rider making a reckless charge may increase the force of their rush at the cost of finesse. This Power
supplements a Charge Action.
Botch: The Charge dicepool is halved.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: Change the Charge modifiers to -2ATK, +3Dmg with 9doubles.
Exceptional Success: -1ATK, +3DMG

Plasma Strike
(Raimei •••, Melee •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider may charge their weapon with electricity as they strike, sending crackling arcs of energy out even if they
fail to connect the blow.
Botch: If they attack, the Rider takes -1 to Damage.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The weapon is charged with electricity. Foes within 1sq of the target roll their Tamashi against that of the
Rider to avoid taking 1 point of electricity damage—even if the blow does not connect. If the target is hit, they
automatically take the 1 damage, the attack’s Damage gets +1, and 1d5 Paralyze.
At Tamashi 4+, the electricity range is 2sq.
Exceptional Success: Count the user’s Tamashi as one higher for the purposes of the electric spread effect.

Crack The Sky Kata

(Raimei •••••+Foc/Path, Melee •••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 8sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi
Type: Enhancement
A Rider may pour all their rage into a two-strike combo that emulates the way lightning travels first from the
ground up, then surges back down. This Power enhances a Melee attack and may only be used once per scene.
Botch: The Rider’s attack fails immediately.
Fail: The Power does not activate, but the Rider may still attack normally.
Success: The Rider’s attack gets +3 to Damage. Provided their first attack hit, they may roll a second attack; the
Attack roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts, but is rolled against Difficulty 1 rather than allowing the target a
Defense roll. The second attack’s damage is normal.
Exceptional Success: The second attack gets the same bonuses as the first attack.

Break the Circuit

(Raimei •, Unarmed •, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi vs target Tamashi
Type: Reflexive
A foe who pulls free from a Rider’s grapple isn’t out of danger yet. This Power can be used when a foe successfully
breaks out of a Grapple with the user.
Botch: The Rider shocks themselves and takes 1 damage.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The foe takes damage equal to half the user’s Raimei rounded up.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the damage.

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Thunderclap Smash Kata
(Raimei ••••+Foc/Path, Unarmed ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi
Type: Enhance
There’s something to be said for sheer brutal power. Charging their blow with immense force, a Rider may hit so
hard that even those not struck will feel the blow. This Power enhances an Unarmed attack.
Botch: The Rider’s Power backfires; should their foe be struck, the damage dicepool is halved, and the Rider is
knocked back by their poorly-controlled shockwave.
Fail: The Power does not activate, but the Rider may still make a normal attack.
Success: Upon striking the foe, there is an explosion of power, rolling a dicepool of ([raw damage of attack x 2] –
target END) and the target is sent flying back a number of spaces equal to the successes (which they also take as
damage). In an area of Tamashi radius, foes must roll END + Res, difficulty 2, or be knocked to the ground for 2
Damage.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the shockwave radius or the difficulty of the shockwave-resist roll.

Dynamo
(Raimei •, Athletics ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp/r. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
A Rider may charge themselves with energy, increasing their speed—and potentially harming those they rush by.
Botch: The Rider shocks themselves and takes 1 damage.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider’s Speed is increased by their Raimei. The first time they pass over a square adjacent to a foe,
the foe must roll Tamashi against the user’s Raimei or take 1 damage. The foe’s rolls for Attacks of Opportunity are
penalized by losing 10doubles; if they take the Raimei damage, they gain 1subtracts as well.
At Tamashi 3, this extends to two foes. At Tamashi 5, three foes, etc.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the damage or speed.

Lightning Charge
(Raimei ••, Athletics ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider hurling themselves into the fray may hone their charge.
Botch: The Rider’s Charge loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider’s Charge Action gets +2 to distance and +1 to Attack, and Attacks of Opportunity have halved
rolls.
Exceptional Success: Damage gets +2.

Explosive Leap
(Raimei •••, Athletics ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type: Major
Building up energy, a Rider leaps a great distance.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene. 1d5 Paralyze.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider leaps a great distance, adding activation successes as autosuccesses to a nonbotching, 8doubles
Athletics jump roll; their landing is automatically a safe one. They may roll REF + Tamashi to attempt to land on a
person as a STR + Athletics attack, +0 Dmg..
Exceptional Success: Jump-strike damage 9doubles.

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Thunder Sprinter Kata
(Raimei ••••, Athletics •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Raimei rnd. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type:
Major
Invigorating themselves with electrical energy, a Rider may increase their athletic prowess for a time.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene. 1d5 Paralyze.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider crackles with internal lightning. They get 9doubles on all Athletics rolls and count botches
therein as flat failures; they get +1 Speed; they pay 2 less Spirit to use Berserk Force and Lightning Charge and do
not have to make an activation roll for the latter; they are immune to Paralyze. Attacks of Opportunity are
penalized by half the Rider’s Speed.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the duration.

Contact Arc
(Raimei ••, Defend ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type: Reflexive
Even if they do not parry a blow well enough to allow for a shove or counterattack, a Rider can still exact
punishment on foes who presume to strike at them with crackling arcs of lightning. This Power can be rolled after
making a successful Parry, regardless of any additional results.
Botch: The Rider takes 1 damage.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: Successes on the activation roll (with a max of Raimei+Tamashi) are inflicted as damage on the foe. If
damage exceeds the target’s END, roll 1d5 Paralyze.
Exceptional Success: You may roll the Paralyze again if it failed the first time.

Nerve Impulse
(Raimei ••, Defense ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
Nerve activity is just electricity—and a skilled Rider may augment theirs briefly, increasing their reflexes. This
Power is rolled before a Defense roll.
Botch: The Rider loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts on the Defense.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider adds half their Raimei to their Defense dicepool.
Exceptional Success: The roll also gets 9doubles.

Live Wire
(Raimei ••, Survival ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp + 1sp/HP healed. Duration: 1 Round. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi
Type: Full Round
A Rider who knows electricity well can use it to rejuvenate their body—if they can get enough. The Rider must
have access to a high-capacity electrical source—a power outlet wouldn’t work, but a main power line or a heavy
generator would. This Power can only be used once a scene.
Botch: The Rider takes 1 damage and loses 4 Spirit.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: Successes on the activation roll translate to HP healed. HP cannot be pushed past its upper limit.
Exceptional Success: HP can be pushed past its upper limit—if the Rider’s successes give them HP exceeding their
max, they can gain temporary extra HP equal to their Tamashi. These extra HP dissipate at the end of the scene.

Reinvigorate
(Raimei ••••, Survival •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: 1 Round. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi vs Tamashi of
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The debilitating effects of electrical paralysis are a problem for any Rider. This Power allows a Rider to cancel the
Paralysis effect early, whether for themselves or for another.
Botch: The target takes 1 damage and their Paralysis is extended by 1 round.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Paralysis is ended immediately.
Exceptional Success: The target is not only free of Paralysis, but all further Paralysis rolls against them in the scene
must be rerolled on success.

Hotwire
(Raimei •••, Labor ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: 1 Round. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type: Full Round
With proper use of electricity, one can jumpstart a machine (provided it uses electricity)—besides literally
hotwiring a motor vehicle, they could activate a gate mechanism, etc. The nature of the target machine may
impose greater success requirements.
Botch: The Rider overloads the system, potentially damaging it, and cannot try again.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The machine is activated and operates for a short time.
Exceptional Success: The machine can stay active for the whole scene.

Stormcloud Approach
(Raimei •, Deft ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 0sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
Cowardly foes who hang back and pick away at Riders with their guns and thrown projectiles aren’t so safe. With
this power, a Rider may freely insert a small movement into their Defense action against a ranged or thrown attack
so long as that movement brings them closer to the attacker. This must be activated before the Defense is rolled.
Botch: The Rider loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts on the Defense.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: If the defense succeeded, the Rider may move (1 + [½Tamashi rounded up]) squares toward the foe as a
free addition to their defense action.
Exceptional Success: The defense roll also gets 9doubles.

Spark Step
(Raimei ••, Deft •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
After a successful attack, a Rider may roll this Power to tack on a small movement onto the end of their Attack
action.
Botch: The Rider fumbles; their next Defense Roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider may move 2 spaces as part of the end of their Attack action.
Exceptional Success: 3 spaces.

Road Rage Technique

(Raimei •••, Deft •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Ride Type: Ride
When it’s time to clear out the competition, a Rider need not be subtle.
Botch: The Rider takes 2 Hazard.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider makes a single Ramming Attack against all opponents with successes within 3 of the Rider’s
own; they make one ATK, which is applied separately to each target. Threshold sux are counted twice for damage.
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Fuse Rupture
(Raimei •••, Stealth •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type: Major
Precise control of electricity and access to an outlet or wire in an electrical system allows a Rider to attempt to
interfere with the system. The Rider must have physical, direct access to an outlet, wire, fusebox, etc. Taking a full
round instead of just one action can earn a bonus die or two.
Botch: The Rider takes 1 damage and is noisily blown back.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The electrical systems malfunction for a time depending on successes rolled and the size and complexity
of the system. The Rider themselves isn’t quite sure how long it’ll last.
Exceptional Success: The Rider knows pretty well how long it’ll last.

Shark Senses
(Raimei •••, Awareness •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp/r. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
Sharks have a sense that tracks other animals’ electrical impulses. A Rider who knows electricity well can emulate
this.
Botch: The Rider’s next Awareness roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: In a radius of (Raimei + 1) spaces, the Rider can sense the electrical nerve pulses of living beings; Stealth
rolls against their Awareness get no bonuses for cover or concealment.
Exceptional Success: Increase the range by 1.

Thunder Javelin
(Raimei •••, Thrown •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
A Rider may charge their Thrown weapon with great energy. where it lands. This raises the next Recall Weapon
roll’s target numeral from 5 to 6.
Botch: The Rider loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts on the attack roll.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider adds their Raimei to Damage and adds 1 to the Range.
Exceptional Success: Add 2 to the Range.

Ion Trail
(Raimei ••, Ranged •••, Tamashi •) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type: Enhancement
A Rider may imbue their shot with electricity, causing it to trail energy in its wake that lets loose small arcs of force.
Botch: The Rider loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts on the attack.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider’s shot trails energy in its wake; any foe adjacent to the path the shot took must roll Tamashi
against the Rider’s Raimei or take damage equal to the Rider’s Tamashi. These arcs have 1d7 Paralyze; a direct hit
from the shot itself has 1d4 Paralyze.
Exceptional Success: The shot’s base damage gets 9doubles.

Lightning Trigger Finger

(Raimei •••, Ranged ••••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp base, 1sp/atk. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi
Type: Major
Squeezing off shots with the speed of a flickering spark, a Rider may unleash a hail of bullets. This is a special Flurry
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Botch: The Rider loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts on their next attack.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider makes a special Ranged Flurry starting with their full ATK dicepool and moving down 1 for each
subsequent attack. They may make up to (REF + 1) attacks in this flurry, but each attack loses 10doubles.
Exceptional Success: Each shot has 1d7 Paralyze.

SHUT. UP.
(Raimei ••, Resolve •••, Tamashi •) Cost: --. Duration: Instant. Type: Reflexive
A Rider versed in the ways of Fury may snuff out the sly words of tempters and schemers with the clouds of anger.
This Power is activated when the Rider fails against a social attack. The social attack is wholly negated. Instead, the
Rider rolls INT + Resolve without 10doubles to resist their own anger—if they fail, they are consumed with rage for
the rest of the scene, losing 10doubles on all Socialize, Persuade, Reason, and Lore rolls. The Power can only be
used once per scene. At Tamashi 5, twice; at Tamashi 7, thrice.
The Power can also be used when the Rider botches against a social attack; the Rider must pay 1sp and bumps
their botch up to a regular failure.

Current Events
(Raimei ••, Lore ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type: Reflexive
When an ally botches their Lore roll, a Rider may reflexively roll to stop them spouting nonsense.
Botch: The user fully believes the nonsense their ally is spouting for at least one scene, and will in fact heatedly
defend the fallacious ramblings of their friend.
Fail: The Rider cannot veto the Lore botch.
Success: The Rider stops their ally from getting wrong information in their head.
Exceptional Success: The Rider interrupts with correct info.

Heat Lightning
(Raimei •••, Lore •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp + 1sp/target. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Attack,
+Raimei (max 3) Dmg, 1d5 Paralyze Type: Full Round
A Rider may build up electricity and release it skyward to strike down at unlucky foes. The Rider picks a square at
most (Raimei + 1) squares away; this square is the center of a Raimei radius wherein all foes can be targeted at a
cost of 1sp per target. This cannot be used on subsequent turns.

Supercell
(Raimei ••••+Foc/Path, Lore ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp + 1sp/target. Duration: Extended. Type: Extended
A Rider may build up an even greater electrical charge and chain it through multiple people. They first spend a
Major Action building up electricity. The next turn, they may make a REF + Unarmed attack roll, substituting Lore
for Unarmed if it is higher. If it hits the enemy, the damage is (Raimei + ½Lore) disregarding threshold Atk
sucesses. The electrical discharge can jump to a second target within Raimei squares, then another, and so forth.
On every jump, the damage is reduced by 1. On every second jump, the Attack successes (which are used as a flat
value) are reduced by one. 1d3 Paralyze.

Electrifying Presence
(Raimei •••, Socialize •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 3sp + 1sp/reroll. Duration: 1 scene. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi
Type: Minor
A Rider can enhance their presence with a spine-tingling aura of mild bioelectricity.
Botch: The Rider loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts on all social rolls for the scene.
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Success: for the remainder of the scene, the Rider may reroll dice on Socialize rolls equal to half their Raimei or
Intimidate, rounded up, whichever is higher. Each reroll costs 1sp.
Exceptional Success: The first reroll is free.

Shock and Terror

(Raimei ••, Intimidate •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type: Minor
A Rider can cause small, harmless, but eerie arcs of electricity to crackle over their armor like a frightening Tesla
coil.
Botch: The Rider takes 1 damage.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider’s armor crackles with electricity in a frightening nimbus. Within (2 + Raimei) squares of the
Rider, foes must roll INT + Res, without 10doubles and with 1subtracts, against the Rider’s Tamashi. Failures count
as botches against an Intimidate roll.
Exceptional Success: Count Tamashi as 1 higher for the purpose of enemies’ rolls.

St. Elmo’s Fire

(Raimei ••••+Foc/Path, Intimidate ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi
Type: Minor
This Power functions in the same way as Shock & Terror, but with an additional benefit. Within (Raimei – 2)
squares, the Power launches electrical arcs as an attack with Raimei Atk and +0 Dmg. Anyone touching the Rider at
the time is automatically hit. 1d6 Paralyze.
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Blackfire
(Kurayami •, Melee/Ranged ••, Tamashi •) Cost: (1sp + 1HP)/die. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement
A Rider may sacrifice their own health to call darkness to their aid. This Power enhances a Melee or Ranged attack;
the Rider may buy extra dice to their Attack roll at a cost of 1sp and 1HP per die.

Spiteful Blade
(Kurayami ••, Melee •••, Tamashi •) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement.
Those who strike at a Rider and draw blood shall know this small success is outweighed by the anguish to come. If
a foe successfully damaged the Rider in the last (Kura) rounds, the Rider may apply this Power to an attack against
them.
At Tamashi 3, they may use this for a foe who has damaged the Rider’s ally.
Botch: The Rider does not take the damage, but their attack on the foe loses 10doubles.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider may reroll dice equal to Kura on the attack.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the number of dice rerolled.

Shadowthorn
(Kurayami •, Unarmed ••, Tamashi •) Cost: (1sp + 1HP)/1AP. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement.
A heavily-armored foe versus a bare-knuckled Rider is not as safe as they think. Spending 1 Spirit and 1 HP, a Rider
may augment their unarmed strike with a shard of piercing darkness that adds 1 Armor Pierce to the damage of
the attack. At Tamashi 4, they can buy 2 AP.

Armorbane
(Kurayami •••, Unarmed •••, Tamashi •) Cost: 3sp + 2HP. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement.
Not content with simply penetrating armor, a Rider may temporarily invalidate it.
Botch: The Rider does not take the damage, but their attack on the foe loses 10doubles and any Armor Pierce it
normally had.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The attack is infused with a tendril of shadow. Immediately after Damage is dealt, the foe’s Armor is
counted as 2 less than its true value. This goes on for Kura rounds.
Exceptional Success: The Rider’s initial attack gets 9doubles.

Reverse Iron Maiden Kata

(Kurayami ••••+Foc/Path, Unarmed •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp + 2HP. Duration: Max(Kura+Unr)turns. Dicepool:
Kurayami + Tamashi. Type: Enhancement.
A skilled martial artist with darkness at their side can turn foes into walking time bombs. This Power enhances an
unarmed strike to plant a time-delayed shadow effect.
Botch: The Rider does not take the damage, but their attack on the foe fails.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider plants a seed of seeping darkness on the enemy. Within (Kura + Unarmed) turns, the Rider can
reflexively activate the seed (which activates automatically at the end of this time). The implanted foe receives
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lashed at by tendrils of shadow with a flat Atk of Unarmed and +0 Dmg, with 0 Armor Pierce.
If the Rider decides to make their initial strike a harmless REF + Unarmed touch attack, they may reduce the Spirit
or HP cost by 1, or add 1 to the activation roll.
Exceptional Success: The Rider may add 1 to the seed’s damage dicepool, the Atk or Dmg of the tendrils, or the
duration.

Burn Life
(Kurayami •••, Athletics ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp + 1HP. Duration: Varies. Type: Enhancement.
A Rider may sacrifice bodily integrity to boost physical activity, spending 2 Spirit and 1 HP to either boost their
speed by 2 for 2 rounds or add 2 automatic successes to an Athletics check.

Penumbra Step
(Kurayami •••••+Foc/Path, Athletics ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kurayami +
Tamashi. Type: Enhancement.
With mastery over shadows, a Rider may travel through them.
Botch: The Rider tries to walk through a shadow and smacks into the wall.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The Rider may travel from one shadow to another shadow within (5 + Kura) spaces via a move action.
Walking through the shadow counts as one space’s worth of movement.
Exceptional Success: The Rider pays 1sp less.

Recoil
(Kurayami •, Defend ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi. Type: Reflexive.
When struck, a Rider may retaliate viciously. This Power is rolled before the damage of an attack that successfully
hits the Rider, so long as the attacker is within 2sq.
At Tamashi 3+, the Rider may use this Power even when the attacker is not within 2sq, as long as there is any
enemy at all within 2sq for the Recoil damage to go to.
Botch: The Rider may not use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The Rider forfeits any Armor they have for the purposes of resolving damage. If the attack does any
damage, that damage is added to (Kurayami, max 3) and rolled as an immediate counterattack with +0 Dmg.
Exceptional Success: The Rider pays 1sp less.

Grand Recoil
(Kurayami ••, Defend •••, Tamashi •) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi. Type:
Reflexive.
A more advanced cousin to Recoil, this upgrade functions similarly; the damage done to the Rider is added to
(Kurayami + 1, max 5) and rolled as an attack with +0 Dmg (min 2 total), so long as the attacker is within 4 squares.
If not, all foes within 2 squares take Kura (max 3) damage, unless their Tamashi exceeds the Rider’s (in which case
they roll Tamashi against the Rider’s Kura to avoid).

Leech Shield Kata

(Kurayami ••••+Foc/Path, Defend •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi.
Type: Reflexive.
Those prepared to sacrifice their bodies deserve concessions, don’t you think? The Path of Thorns agrees, and thus
comes this Power, which may be rolled on a successful Defense.
Botch: The Rider may not use the power for the scene.
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Success: The Rider absorbs HP from their attacker equal to their STR (or PRC for thrown or ranged attacks). This
cannot drain a foe to HP lower than their Tamashi; the Rider still regains all the HP they are owed, though.
Exceptional Success: The Rider adds 2 to the HP absorbed.

Purge
(Kurayami •••, Survival •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp + 1HP. Duration: Instant. Type: Minor.
When under a Status Effect, a Rider may spend 3 Spirit and 1 HP to immediately cancel the effect. Usable once per
scene.

Motorized Murder
(Kurayami •••, Deft ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp, +1haz/2 Atk dice. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhance (Ride)
Riders with the powers of shadow are willing to sacrifice their own health for their goals; they will just as willingly
take on risks while on the road. This Power enhances an attack made in a Chase scene; the Rider takes on
additional points of Hazard to add to the attack, one point of Hazard per 2 dice of Atk.

Safety in Suffering
(Kurayami •••, Deft •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp+2HP per -1 haz. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhance (Ride)
Pain is purifying—and in this case, that applies to driving. In a Chase, a Rider may pay Spirit and HP to purge points
of Hazard, 2 Spirit and 2 HP per point of Hazard lost. They may not lose more Hazard per Interval than their
Tamashi. This Power cannot be used on the same Interval as Motorized Murder.

Share the Pain

(Kurayami ••, Support ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp per 1HP. Duration: Instant. Type: Reflexive.
Extending their shadow to connect to that of a friend, a Rider may absorb damage they take. When an ally within
(4 + Kura)sq takes damage, a Rider may choose to take up to Kura points of that damage instead, paying 1sp per
point of damage.

Puppeteer’s Grace
(Kurayami •••, Support •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 5sp + 2HP. Duration: Instant. Type: Reflexive.
The Path of Thorns teaches that sometimes, one must manipulate one’s friends for their own good—and what
better application than assisting a friend who fails to avoid a deadly blow? This Power allows a Rider to connect
their shadow to their ally’s and puppeteer their actions for a heartbeat.
When an ally has failed their Defense roll, the Rider may activate this Power as long as they can see the ally and
know they are under attack. Spending 5 Spirit and 2 HP, the user rolls their Defense, disregarding any penalties
their ally had been taking, and the result is applied to the ally.

Eclipse
(Kurayami •••••, Support ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 2sp + 2HP base, 2sp/rnd after. Duration: Instant. Dicepool:
Kurayami + Tamashi vs (lower of REF or END) + Resolve^. Type: Major.
Extending their shadow out to a foe, a Rider may freeze them in place. This Power’s range is (Tamashi+2, max 7).
Botch: The Rider thinks they activated the power, but they didn’t.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The Rider’s shadow stretches along the ground and flows up the foe’s body. The Power is rolled against
the enemy’s roll as specified above, which doesn’t get 10doubles. The Rider and the target are unable to move any
number of spaces during the effect. The enemy cannot attack or do anything, and Defense rolls are halved and
rounded down without 10doubles. The Rider has halved Defense rolls rounded up without 10doubles and may
make attacks with halved dicepools rounded down. If the Rider is dealt damage exceeding their END, they and the
foe re-make the original roll for control, but the Rider’s dicepool is penalized by half rounded down (min 1) of the
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The Rider may, on their second turn of using this Power, roll Kurayami + INT as an attack against the enemy’s END
+ Survive. Damage is armor-piercing.
Exceptional Success: The health cost is waived.

Shadowfield
(Kurayami •, Stealth ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp/round Duration: By Rounds. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement.
A Rider may cloak themselves in obscuring shadows, reducing visual and auditory perception of themselves.
Botch: The Rider thinks they activated the power, but they didn’t.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The Rider gains 9doubles to Stealth Rolls, and Awareness rolls against their Stealth take -1. The first time
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they activate this, they must roll END + Surv or take 1 damage. They must make this roll every 5 round as well. In
addition, the user takes +1 Light damage. Other people using Shadowfield, Shadowswim, Shadowheart, or Night
Vision can see the users clearly.
Exceptional Success: The Rider gains 8doubles instead.

Shadowswim
(Kurayami ••, Stealth •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp/round Duration: By Rounds. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi.
Type: Enhancement.
More advanced than Shadowfield, this Power causes the user to sink into a realm of shadows. This requires that
there be sufficient darkness nearby.
Botch: The Rider thinks they activated the power, but they didn’t.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The Rider gains 9doubles to Stealth Rolls and one automatic success, and Awareness rolls against their
Stealth take -2 and loses 10doubles. The user must make an END + Surv roll at the beginning and every third round
or take 1 damage. The user takes 1 extra damage from Light-oriented attacks. Other people using Shadowfield,
Shadowswim, Shadowheart, or Night Vision can see the users clearly.
Exceptional Success: The Rider gains 8doubles instead.

Shadowheart Kata
(Kurayami •••••+Foc/Path, Stealth ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 4sp/rnd, 1HP to activate Duration: By Rounds.
Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi. Type: Enhancement.
More advanced even than Shadowswim, this Power causes the user to become one with darkness itself. This
requires that there be sufficient darkness nearby.
Botch: The Rider thinks they activated the power, but they didn’t.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The Rider becomes functionally invisible; they roll their Stealth roll against their opponents’ Tamashi. The
user must make an END + Surv roll at the beginning and every third round or take 1 damage. The user also takes 2
extra damage from Light-oriented attacks. Other people using Shadowfield or Shadowswim or Darkvision can see
the users clearly.
Exceptional Success: The Rider gets the first round at half Spirit cost.

Darkvision
(Kurayami •, Awareness ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp/round Duration: By Rounds. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi.
Type: Enhancement.
When in darkness, a Rider need not worry about having trouble seeing; they can use a radial sense that cuts
through both mundane and supernatural darkness.
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Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The Rider takes no penalties to Awareness in a radius of (2 + Kura)sq; foes take a stealth penalty equal to
the user’s Tamashi. The effects of Shadowfield and Shadowswim are bypassed by this Power. When the activation
roll is made, the user must also roll END + Surv or take 1 damage.
Exceptional Success: The Rider’s Awareness rolls get 9doubles.

Agony Antenna
(Kurayami ••, Thrown ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 3sp+ 1sp or 1HP/transfer. Duration: Kura rounds. Dicepool: Kurayami
+ Tamashi. Type: Enhancement.
When a Rider’s thrown weapon strikes a foe, that is not the end of their target’s misery. This Power may be
activated on a successful Thrown attack.
Botch: The Rider may not use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The weapon leaves its shadow embedded in the target after striking; for the next Kura rounds, every time
the Rider takes damage, they may pay 1sp to transfer 1 point of Armor-ignoring damage to the marked foe. They
may also voluntarily burn 1HP to deal this damage. A Rider may only have one enemy marked thus at a time, but
one person can be marked by multiple Riders.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the duration.

Steel and Shadow Wrath

(Kurayami ••••, Ranged •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp+1HP/atk. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi.
Type: Enhancement.
The bullets of a darkness-wielding Rider become avenging bolts of victory, tearing through foes’ defenses like they
were wet tissue paper.
Botch: The Rider may not use the power for the scene and halves their next Ranged Attack roll.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The target’s Defense loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts, and no Parry or Agility bonuses can be
applied. In addition, the attacker wins on a tie rather than the target.
Exceptional Success: The Rider may freely reload before firing.

Dark Discoveries
(Kurayami ••, Lore •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: --. Duration: Permanent. Type: Permanent.
A connection to the darkness allows for glimpses into previously unexplored paths of knowledge… for a price.
Upon getting this Power, the user may pick a free specialty from the list below; every time they raise their
Kurayami or Tamashi thereafter, they pick another free specialty. These specialties should be marked uniquely on
the character sheet, as they have a special drawback: whenever they are used, the user must roll 1d5, taking
(result-1) damage (thus, minimum 0). The list is as follows:
 Lore (Any Invader Faction, Taoreta, Court, etc)
 Lore (Ghosts, Necromancy, etc)
 Lore (Crime, Criminals, etc)
 Lore (Hacking)
 Reason (Researching for blackmail, researching weaknesses, falsifying evidence)
 Intimidate (Blackmail, Bluffing, Alone)
 Persuade (Allies, Blackmail, Impersonation, Denial)
 Socialize (Impersonation, Gossip, Rumors, Slander, Shifting blame)
 Stealth (In Darkness, Stalking, With Violent Intent)
 Deft (Picking Locks, Palming objects, etc)

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 Labor (For dishonest purposes)
 Support (supporting stealthy things, supporting underhanded things)

Unholy Recitation
(Kurayami ••••+Foc/Path, Lore ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp+4HP. Duration: 1rnd. Dicepool: Kurayami +
Tamashi. Type: Full Round.
Sacrificing Spirit and Health, a Rider can pull a simulacrum of the Tome of Shadowed Jade from seemingly
nowhere—an eldritch book of secretive and arcane origin—and speaks a random passage to devastating effect.
Usable once per scene. This Power can be blocked if a target also has this Power; they may reflexively roll it as
their defense.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene. They must roll Resolve with a difficulty of 1 or lose 1 Sanity.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The Rider speaks a dread passage from the tome. All foes who hear it must make a Resolve roll and a
Survive roll against the Rider’s Kura, both rolls losing 10doubles and gaining 1subtracts. Failing the Resolve roll
results in immediate infliction of Terrify; failing the Survive roll incurs Armor-bypassing damage equal to the
Rider’s Tamashi. If the foe has a lower Tamashi than the Rider, they will be taking 1 damage no matter what.
Exceptional Success: The Rider subtracts 1 from the Spirit or HP cost.

Unctuous Charm
(Kurayami •, Socialize ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement
A Rider may bypass some of the misgivings a person may have about them. Paying 1sp, they ignore penalties equal
to their Kurayami on their Socialize roll and upgrades a botch to a flat failure. They may use this Power a number
of times per scene equal to the higher of their Kura or Socialize.
At Tamashi 3+, this also gives the Rider 9doubles if they pay an extra 1sp.

Befuddle
(Kurayami ••, Persuade •••, Tamashi •) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Kura rnd. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement.
Lacing their words with shrouding darkness, a Rider may cloud another’s mind long enough to sway them. This
Power enhances a Persuade roll.
Botch: The Rider takes -1 to their Persuade roll.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider makes their Persuade roll with 9doubles and botches become flat failures, while their foe’s
Resolve roll loses 10doubles and take 1subtracts unless their Tamashi exceeds the Rider’s. However, the success of
the Persuade roll only lasts rounds equal to the user’s Kura.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the duration.

Static Image
(Kurayami •, Persuade ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi. Type:
Major.
A Rider may create an illusory image of themselves, though it is wholly still and silent.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The Rider creates an illusory image of themselves up to 4 squares away in a place they have line-of-sight
to. Foes can try to discern the reality of the image with a second Awareness roll.
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Moving Illusion
(Kurayami •••, Persuade •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 3sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi.
Type: Major.
A Rider may now create a moving illusion that is silent.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The Rider creates a mobile illusory image of themselves up to 4 squares away in a place they have line-of-
sight to. Foes can try to discern the reality of the image with a second Awareness roll.
Exceptional Success: The first round costs one less.

Paramount Deception Kata

(Kurayami ••••+Foc/Path, Persuade ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 4sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Kurayami +
Tamashi. Type: Major.
A Rider may now create a smoothly-moving illusion that produces some sound.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The Rider creates a fantastic illusory simulacrum of themselves up to 4 squares away in a place they have
line-of-sight to. Foes can try to discern the reality of the image with a second Awareness roll.
Exceptional Success: The first round costs one less.

NOT MY FRIENDS.
(Kurayami •••, Intimidate ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement.
To strike a Rider’s ally is to stoke their ire and feed the black flames of the fear to come. This Power enhances an
Inimidate roll against a foe who has attacked, threatened, or even made social attacks on any of the Rider’s allies,
present or not, that the Rider is aware of.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Rider does not activate the power.
Success: The Rider gains Kura bonus dice to their Intimidate roll, botches are bumped up to failures.
Exceptional Success: The foe’s Resolve roll loses 10doubles.
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Flashbang
(Kagayaki •, Melee ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type: Enhancement
A Hero’s greatness is such that foes falter in rebuffing them. A Rider may flicker with dazzling light as they strike,
hampering their target’s ability to accurately block the coming blow.
Botch: The Rider’s attack loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider flashes brightly as they strike; the foe’s Defense loses 10doubles. If they use a Parry Bonus they
also gain 1subtracts.
Exceptional Success: 9doubles on Atk, 1d5 Blind.

Photon Sheath
(Kagayaki ••, Melee •••, Tamashi •) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Hero’s strength blesses their armaments. A Rider may coat their weapon in fragile light, honing its deadly power.
Botch: The Rider’s attack loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider’s weapon is coated in a sheath of violet-white radiance. On a successful hit, it adds +1 Dmg. On
a hit or if Parried, the light shatters in glimmering motes, with 1d5 Blind.
Exceptional Success: +2 Dmg.

Luminous Extension Kata

(Kagayaki •••••+Foc/Path, Melee •••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki +
Tamashi. Type: Enhancement
Not only may a weapon be coated in light, but a Rider may build a construct of light on their weapon that increases
its reach for a single strike.
Botch: The Rider’s attack loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider’s weapon is coated in a sheath of violet-white radiance that increases its length. All 1s and 2s on
Attack are rerolled until they are gone, and it gets +1 Dmg and +1 Atk. The Rider may strike a foe two spaces away
instead of just one space away, and may make their attack target three consecutive spaces perpendicular to them
as their huge radiance-weapon makes its wide swing. For this, Atk is only rolled once and applied to each foe in the
targeted spaces.
Exceptional Success: +3 Dmg.

Radiant Stance
(Kagayaki •••, Unarmed ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Hero’s thoughts are crystal-clear, but their enemies are left in confusion. Just before attacking, a Rider may strike
a pose that focuses their mind and baffles their foe.
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Success: If the Rider’s Tamashi exceeds that of their target, they gain bonuses to their Atk equal to their CHA. If
their opponent has equal or greater Tamashi, the Rider must roll CHA and take bonus dice equal to successes.
Exceptional Success: The foe’s Defense roll loses 10doubles.

Paragon’s Grace
(Kagayaki •••, Athletics •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 1sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi.
Type: Enhancement
A Hero is not bound to this earth. A Rider may cause themselves to hover off the ground by a few inches.
Botch: The Rider takes -1 to their next Agility Defense within 3 rounds.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: Hovering slightly off the ground, the Rider gets +1 to Speed and 9doubles on Agility Defense—but loses
10doubles to Parry Defense. They also subtract 2 dice from Attacks of Opportunity and increase their Steady Aim
values by 1.
Exceptional Success: The first round is free.

Lightscreen
(Kagayaki ••, Defend ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Hero is rarely scored by the weapons of the foe. A Rider may briefly form a shield of light to augment their Parry
roll.
Botch: The Rider’s Parry loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider momentarily forms a shield of light at the moment of impact, adding their Tamashi in bonus
dice to the Parry roll and gaining 9doubles.
Exceptional Success: A botch on the Defense roll becomes a flat failure.

Mirrorwall
(Kagayaki •••, Defend •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
Even when the foe’s schemes score a hit, a Hero does not let them go unscathed. A Rider may form a barrier of
reflective light that bursts into shrapnel if broken.
Botch: The Rider’s Defense loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider forms a shield of reflective light; they add Tamashi to their Parry dicepool and reroll all 1s. If
they still fail, the shield bursts into shrapnel, dealing 1 damage to any foes directly or diagonally in front of them by
1sp.
Exceptional Success: A botch on the Parry roll becomes a flat failure and the Rider may voluntarily explode the
shield even if they succeeded.

Dawn Treader
(Kagayaki •, Defend ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp/penalty. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi.
Type: Enhancement
A Hero’s greatness makes foes falter in their clumsy attempts to strike a blow. A Rider may flash brightly as they
dodge, hampering their foe’s attack.
Botch: The Rider fails to activate the power and their Evasion roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
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Success: One success is subtracted from the foe’s ATK and a botch on the Evasion roll is bumped up to a flat
failure. May be stacked equal to user’s END.
Exceptional Success: Stack limit increased by 1.

Flash Step
(Kagayaki •••, Defend •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Hero is quick as the glimmer of light on water. A Rider may not only distract foes with a flash of light, but when
the daze clears, they are not anywhere near where the foe was aiming.
Botch: The Rider fails to activate the power and their Evasion roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider gains +2 to the Evasion and subtracts 1 from the foe’s successes. They may freely move a
number of spaces up to their Kagayaki, and are immune to Attacks of Opportunity for this movement.
Exceptional Success: Evasion gains 9doubles.

Spotless Shine
(Kagayaki •••, Survival •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 4sp +1/add. Duration: Instant. Type: Reflexive
A Hero doesn’t worry about things like burns, paralysis, or whatever—that’s for other people. When a Status Effect
roll succeeds on the Rider (provided it is a side-effect of an attack, rather than the main purpose), they may force
that die to be rerolled—with the target being another character within 5 squares. If the Rider’s Tamashi exceeds
that of the new target, or the target is a foe with equal Tamashi, there is no opposition. Friends of equal Tamashi
incur the two rolling Tamashi against each other to determine success. Friends of higher Tamashi cannot be forced,
but can voluntarily allow the status effect roll to pass to them. Each time the Power is used in a scene, it costs 1
more.

I’m Above This

(Kagayaki ••••, Labor ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Hero can always call on their friends for aid. A Rider may attempt to use an ally’s dicepool for a Labor roll.
Botch: The Rider fails to activate the power and thier Labor roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider may use the dicepool of an ally of their choice instead of their own for a Labor roll.
Exceptional Success: The Labor roll gets 9doubles.

Rule The Road

(Kagayaki •••, Deft ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: 1 Interval. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Ride. Type: Reflexive
(Ride)
A Hero’s Vehicle is not hindered by poor conditions on the road.
Botch: The Ride check loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider ignores penalties and difficulty increases caused by road conditions or strong weather.
Hurricanes won’t blow them off the pavement, and the slickest black ice is no harder to drive on than a pristine
highway.
Exceptional Success: The cost is 1sp.

High Beams
(Kagayaki •, Awareness •, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: 1 Turn. Type: Free

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line (4 + Kagayaki) squares long. Anyone within 1sq facing the beam directly must roll Tamashi or face 1d5 Blind.

Refractive Decoy
(Kagayaki •, Thrown ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Rider may refract the light around their thrown weapon as it flies, making it difficult to tell where it is.
Botch: The Rider fails to activate the power and their ATK roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The foe’s Defense roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Exceptional Success: 1d5 Blind.

Mirror Shard
(Kagayaki •••, Thrown •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Rider need not obey the laws of physics; they may use mirrors as vectors for their retribution. The Rider must be
throwing the weapon at a mirror-like surface and the exit surface must be visible to them.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene and throws their weapon uselessly at the mirrored surface.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider throws the weapon through the reflective surface; its ATK and Dmg are unaffected when it
comes out the other side, but the weapon’s Range when exiting the mirror can be no higher than Kagayaki.
Circumstances may make this attack count as a Stealth Attack (i.e. coming out of a mirror behind the enemy).
Exceptional Success: Instead of throwing the weapon itself, the Rider throws its reflection, which dissipates as
soon as it is finished damaging the enemy. The Rider thus does not subtract the attack from their Ammo.

Reflection Spider Kata

(Kagayaki ••••+Foc/Path, Thrown ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 4sp(7sp). Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki +
Tamashi. Type: Major
A Rider who knows how to throw weapons through mirrors can do more than just that—they may make the trip
with their bodies.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene and fruitlessly tries to penetrate the mirror.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider may move through the mirror. If they only put part of themselves through and come back, it is
4sp; if they transport their entire body, it is 7sp.
A Rider may make a Grapple through a mirror to pull a foe through it.
Exceptional Success: The Rider may walk through the mirror for only 4sp, or they may reach through to make an
attack and pull back out for 7sp.

Laser Sight
(Kagayaki •, Ranged ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Rider may enhance their accuracy by manipulating light.
Botch: The Rider’s Atk roll loses 10doubles.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider rerolls all 1s on their Atk roll until none remain.
Exceptional Success: The Rider gets 1 automatic success.

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Chaser Pulse
(Kagayaki ••, Ranged •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type: Reflexive
Having struck a foe, a Rider may follow up the shot with a quick laser pulse.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the Power for the scene.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider counts up the unsuccessful dice of their Atk roll, to a max of their Kagayaki, and rerolls them for
damage. 1d5 Blind.
Exceptional Success: The pulse damage gets 9doubles.

Argon Lance Kata

(Kagayaki ••••+Foc/Path, Ranged ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi.
Type: Reflexive
An improvement of Chaser Pulse, this Power follows the Rider’s shot with a vicious blast of light.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the Power for the scene.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider rerolls their attack’s raw damage, each success being additional damage dealt. 1d3 Blind.
Exceptional Success: The beam damage gets 9doubles.

Heroic Assistance
(Kagayaki •••, Support •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement
A Rider may add their CHA to their dicepool for a Support roll, but a failure becomes a botch.

Dancing Lights
(Kagayaki •••, Stealth •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 1sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Rider may call forth a flickering ball of light to distract foes.
Botch: The light flickers directly around the Rider, drawing attention.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: Within (Kagayaki + 5) spaces, the Rider creates a briefly flickering ball of light about the size of a tennis
ball. Foes’ attention will be drawn to it.
Exceptional Success: The Power costs nothing.

Crazy Daylight
(Kagayaki •, Reason ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement
A Rider may spend 2 Spirit to ignore the penalties of making a Reason roll in combat.

Fanatically Sane
(Kagayaki •••, Resolve ••, Tamashi •••) Cost: ---. Duration: Permanent. Type: Permanent
A Rider who knows the… destabilizing effects of Kagayaki is inoculated, so to speak. On external Sanity checks,
unless the DM says otherwise, they get 9doubles on their Resolve roll.

Hard Light
(Kagayaki ••••+Foc/Path, Lore •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 4sp/5sp + 1/r. Duration: Varies. Dicepool: Kagayaki +
Tamashi. Type: Minor
A Rider can create a melee weapon of solid light; it costs 4sp for a light weapon or 5sp for a Heavy one.
Botch: The Rider’s creation shatters and deals 1 damage to them.
Fail: The power does not activate.

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Success: The Rider creates a melee weapon out of light; when wielding it, the Rider may substitute their Lore
rating in place of their Melee rating if that would be higher. Every round of maintaining it past the first costs 1
Spirit. Every time it is used to strike a foe, it has an increasing chance of breaking—1/10 the first, 2/10 the second,
etc. The weapon deals damage as normal for a weapon of that template, with 1d5 Blind.
Exceptional Success: The first strike rerolls all 1s.

I Actually Said
(Kagayaki •••, Socialize ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Type: Reroll
A Rider may pay 5sp to reroll a botched Socialize roll once per scene.

Shine On
(Kagayaki •••, Persuade ••, Tamashi •) Cost: 3sp +1/r. Duration: Varies. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
A Rider may roll this Power to, for a number of rounds up to the successes rolled, reroll dice on Persuade rolls
equal to Kagayaki.

Enlighten
(Kagayaki ••••+Foc/Path, Persuade ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Kagayaki + 1 rnd. Dicepool: Kagayaki
+ Tamashi vs Tamashi + Res Type: Enhancement
With an overbearing aura of charisma, a Rider may twist a foe’s mind.
Botch: The Power fails and the would-be target is impervious to all social attacks by the Rider for the scene.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider twists the mind of the foe, who must roll INT + Res each round without 10doubles and with
1subtracts. On a failure, that foe will attack another foe or otherwise act out. An exceptional success cures them
immediately.
Exceptional Success: The Rider may influence the foe with commands.

Terrible Beauty
(Kagayaki •, Intimidate •, Tamashi •) Cost: 1sp. Duration: 1 Scene. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
The artful way a Rider moves and speaks only makes them more terrifying.
Botch: The Power fails and the Rider’s next Intimidate roll takes -1.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider adds the higher of their Socialize or Persuade to their dicepool for Intimidation for the scene,
with a max of (stat cap -3)—that is, from Tamashi 1 to 5, the max is 2. Tamashi 6, the max is 3, etc.
Exceptional Success: The Rider has a free reroll they may use that scene.

As The Dawn
(Kagayaki •••, Intimidate •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi Type: Reroll
Blazing with an inner light, the mere mistakes of humanity are smoothed over by a Rider’s sheer aura of greatness.
Botch: The Power fails and the Rider’s next Intimidate roll takes -1.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider may reroll up to Kagayaki dice on an Intimidate roll and clear that entire roll of any external
penalties.
Exceptional Success: The rerolled dice take 9doubles.

Love Me and Despair Kata

(Kagayaki •••••+Foc/Path, Intimidate ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 7sp +1/d. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki +

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A Rider is Glory, inheritor of true heroism, and all must bend to their righteous will. This Power is rolled before an
Intimidate roll.
Botch: The Power cannot be used for the scene and the Intimidate roll fails.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider ignores all penalties to their Intimidate roll and rerolls any 1s until no 1s are present. They may
buy bonus dice for 1sp/d to a max equal to their CHA. Any foe that fails their Resolve roll and has equal or lesser
Tamashi is overcome with awe and fear.
Exceptional Success: For rounds equal to Kagayaki, foes must make Resolve checks or lose 10doubles on Atk
against the Rider.
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 Disciplines
Disciplines are special sets of Powers derived from a high level of mastery and contemplation of
a Powerset. Learning a Discipline has the following requirements:
 Three or more dots in Tamashi
 Three or more dots in the parent Powerset
 Focused Powerset is Path Powerset
The Disciplines have more Powers than are listed here; the rest are listed in the Advanced Power Book.

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Uchuu is the Discipline of space, derived from Kaze. It has fairly tricky Powers.

What’s Mined is Yours

(Kaze ••••+F/P, Stealth •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 2sp/mine. Duration: 1 Scene. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi. Type:
Major
Fire-wielders can plonk down a single flame trap, and water-users can put down a strip of runes waiting to burst
into ice spikes, but the masters of space can create terrifying minefields.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Rider fails the activate the power.
Success: The Rider creates up to Kaze bubbles of vacuum. The bubbles are approximately basketball-sized and
hover soundlessly in the air. Only very good Awareness successes can detect them. The Rider can place them
anywhere in a 4-square radius of themselves. Touching one of the bubbles deals Kaze damage to a foe and 1d4
Windburn.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the number of mines.

To Boldly Go
(Kaze •••+F/P, Athletics •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: 1 Round. Type: Enhancement
Whether space is the final frontier is… debatable, but it’s a dangerous place to go. Masters of space understand
and welcome the risks of going into dangerous territory. When going ahead of their allies into what the DM deems
“unknown territory” (including but not limited to areas covered by fog-of-war on the roll20 map system), a Rider
can pay Spirit to incur bonuses. For one round, they get +2 to Speed and receive 9doubles automatically on all
Athletics and Evasion rolls; they are immune to Attacks of Opportunity. Usable twice per scene.

One Giant Leap

(Kaze ••••+F/P, Athletics ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kaze + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
Toying with gravity and mass, a Rider need not allow physical laws to dictate their jumps. When making a
horizontal jump, they may increase their jump distance.
Botch: The Power fails and cannot be used for the scene.
Fail: The Power fails.
Success: The Rider doubles their jump distance.
Exceptional Success: And applies 9doubles.

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 Taiyou is the Discipline of the sun, derived from Nenshou. Its Powers combine offense and
intimidation as their users blaze with solar glory.

Pyroclastic Fervor
(Nenshou ••••+F/P, Melee ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Nenshou. Dicepool: Nenshou + Tamashi
With mastery of the sun’s fire, Rider can enter a state of solar battle-trance, striking true and fast.
Botch: The Rider fails to activate the Power and cannot use it for the scene.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: A pulse of fiery light goes out from the Rider in a 4sq radius. For every enemy within said radius, the Rider
receives a bonus die to all Melee ATK rolls for (Nenshou) rounds. All attacks have 1d6 Sear.
Exceptional Success: The pulse of fiery light can deal damage; its ATK is Tamashi with +0 DMG. In addition, add 1
to the Duration.

Incinerating Angel
(Nenshou •••+F/P, Intimidate •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Effects last Nenshou rounds. Dicepool: CHA
+ Intimidate + Nenshou vs INT + Res
Like the fierce light of the Sun, a Rider may burn at the cowardly hearts of their foes and put them to flight.
Botch: The Rider not only fails, but for the rest of the scene they cannot use the Power; all their Intimidate rolls
lose 10-doubles and gain 1-subtracts.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider’s roll gets 9-doubles; enemies who fail their Resolve rolls are made to flee for Nenshou rounds,
though if they have 3 or more in Tamashi (or equivalent) they may make a Resolve roll each round. Enemies who
succeed in resisting still take a -2 to their next action.
Exceptional Success: The duration of fleeing increases by 1; each subsequent roll to try to stop fleeing incurs a -1
penalty.

Jetforce [Upgrade Form Only]

(Nenshou ••••+F/P, Fly •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 2sp/rnd. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Tamashi + Nenshou
In flight, a sun-mastering Rider may propel themselves with jets of solar plasma—turning a flying kick into a strike
like a comet. This may only be used by Upgrade Forms with Fly enabled and while flying.
Botch: The Rider fails and is forced to the ground.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider creates jets of solar plasma from their feet and/or hands (or whatever seems appropriate); their
flight Speed increases by 3, and Unarmed attacks get 9-doubles and 1d6 Sear.
Exceptional Success: The first two rounds only cost 1sp/rnd; the Sear is 1d4.

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 Oto is the Discipline of sound, derived from Umi. Its Powers manipulate sonic waves both to aid
their user and scourge the foe.

Echolocate
(Umi •••+F/P, Awareness •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 1sp/r. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
Mastering sound, a Rider can emulate bats and eschew sight for a sound-based perception of the world.
Botch: The Rider gets a head full of feedback, losing 10doubles and gains 1subtracts on their next Perception roll.
Fail: The Power fails.
Success: The Rider releases a series of sonar pulses that allow them to ignore Awareness penalties in front of them
up to (Umi + Awareness) spaces away.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the distance.

Harmonic Touch
(Umi •••+F/P, Lore •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Major
Finding an object’s harmonic frequency, a Rider can use it to shatter that object.
Botch: The Rider gets a head full of feedback and takes 1 damage.
Fail: The Power fails.
Success: Touching an inanimate object, the Rider finds its harmonic frequency and causes the object to shatter.
Penalties may be imposed on the activation roll based on target object size.
Exceptional Success: It only takes a Minor Action.

Discordant Shriek
(Umi ••••+F/P, Lore •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi Type: Major
With a terrible burst of noise, a Rider can disorient and deafen a foe.
Botch: The Rider gets a head full of feedback and takes 1 damage.
Fail: The Power fails.
Success: The Rider emits a focused sonic shriek in a line Tamashi (max 5) spaces long. Foes must roll END + Surv
against the user’s Tamashi (max 5) or be Deafened and take 2 damage. Foes standing in the space directly in front
of the rider take 1 damage instantly and lose 9doubles on the roll.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the distance.

Angelic Choir Judgment Kata

(Umi •••••+F/P, Lore ••••, Tamashi ••••) Cost: 7sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Umi + Tamashi ATK, +2 DMG.
Type: Full Round
Charging up with a sound like glass harmonicas, a Rider can focus sonic energy into a devastating beam of force.
Botch: The Rider gets a head full of feedback and takes 1 damage.
Fail: The Power fails.
Success: The Rider sends forth a blazing beam of sonic energy with a range of Umi+2, ATK Umi + Tamashi w/ 2
autosuccesses, and Damage +2. 1d3 Deafen.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the range, the ATK autosuccesses, or the Dmg.

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 Tetsu is the Discipline of metal, derived from Jiban. Its Powers are mainly defensive, making
their user into an unshakeable wall.

Galvanized Surface
(Jiban ••••+F/P, Survive ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: 1 Scene. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi
This Power is derived from Impervious; instead of a per-roll basis, it lasts for the scene.
Botch: The Rider takes 1 damage.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The effects of Impervious constantly apply to the user for the whole scene.
Exceptional Success: The Rider may pay 1sp to regain 1HP, even if the status effect reroll succeeds.

Scrapmetal Bulwark
(Jiban ••••+F/P, Defend ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: 1 Scene. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi
Spare bits of metal are pulled to the Rider, forming a protective shell. At Tamashi 4+, the Rider may decide at any
time (including when the metal armor breaks) to disperse their gathered metal in a cloud of razor shrapnel with
1sq radius, Jiban flat ATK, and +0 Dmg.
Botch: The Rider takes 1 damage as the metal hits them and does nothing.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: For the rest of the scene, the Rider has an extra point of Armor that can absorb up to (Jiban + Defend +
½Tamashi) points of damage.
Exceptional Success: Add 4 to the Armor HP.

Immovable Object
(Jiban •••+F/P, Unarmed ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi
Grappling a master of Tetsu is like trying to wrestle with a tanker truck. When Grappling, a Rider may pay 2sp to
roll this Power’s dicepool as their grappling roll if their grappling roll fails. Usable (Tamashi-2) per scene.

Quicksilver Blade Kata

(Jiban ••••+F/P, Unarmed ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Jiban + Tamashi
Forming blades of liquid metal, a Rider can make unarmed blows hit like sword strikes. The Rider applies this
before they make their attack, gaining the +2 ATK and +2 Dmg bonuses granted by a Light Sword. 1d5 Magnetize.
At Tamashi 4+, the Rider may pay 4sp to make their metal blade emulate a Greatsword (+3 Dmg instead of +2).

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 Jinsoku is the Discipline of kinetic energy, derived from Raimei. Its powers focus on thrown
weaponry and speed.

Resourceful Assassin
(Raimei •••+F/P, Deft •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 1sp/obj. Duration: Instant. Type: Enhancement
Small, everyday objects can become deadly in the hands of a Rider. Charging a reasonably-sized object with a point
of Spirit, the Rider may use it as a Thrown weapon with ATK, Dmg, and Range bonuses of 0. It also does not receive
10doubles on its rolls. Examples of valid objects include coins, nails, silverware, cards, CDs, bottlecaps, small
stones, rifle bullet casings, etc.

Equal and Opposite Reaction Kata

(Raimei ••••+F/P, Deft •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi as Defender’s
Roll Type: Reflexive
Thrown or ranged attacks against a master of kinetic energy? One may as well hand the Rider a briefcase full of
knives and paint a target on one’s own chest! A Rider can attempt to steal the kinetic energy of a projectile attack
and channel it back in a reflexive Thrown counterattack. This is rolled in place of a Defense and can be used a
number of times in a scene equal to (Tamashi-1).
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider steals the energy of the projectile and retaliates by reflexively rolling a full Thrown attack roll.
The Rider may, if the attack was Thrown, choose to graciously return the foe’s weapon (right into their face)
instead of using any of their own. Throwing back the enemy’s weapon is the only way the Rider can counterattack
if they do not have any other Thrown weapons at hand; for a Ranged attack, if the projectile is a physical one, the
Rider may use Resourceful Assassin to throw it.
Exceptional Success: The counterattack gets rolled twice, no botches, pick the highest.

Speed of Pain Kata

(Raimei ••••+F/P, Athletics •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 3sp/r. Duration: By Round. Dicepool: Raimei + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement
The Dynamo Power is child’s play. Jinsoku refines it and makes it simply amazing—enhancing speed, agility, and
power.
Botch: The Rider cannot use the power for the scene.
Fail: The Power does not activate.
Success: The Rider adds Raimei to their Speed. Whenever they make a Defense roll, do not count their successes
as less than their Raimei. All Charge attacks have +4 Dmg. The Rider is immune to Attacks of Opportunity; instead,
once per round, when another character would normally be able to make an Attack of Opportunity on them, they
instead make their own Attack of Opportunity.
Exceptional Success: AoO takes 9doubles as well and the first round is free.

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 Dokuso is the Discipline of Venom, derived from Kurayami. Its powers contribute well to a
strategy of wearing an enemy down with deadly poison.

Killing Cloud
(Kurayami •••+F/P, Lore •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi Type:
Major
Riders who know water and ice can breathe out freezing clouds—but a master of venom can exhale a lurid green
mist of deadly poison. The cloud takes the form of a cone Kura+1 sq long and 3sq wide at its end.
Botch: The Rider’s own attempt backfires; they must roll END + Surv against their own flat Kura +Lore to avoid
Poison.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider sends out the cloud; enemies must roll roll END + Surv against the user’s flat Kura+1/2Lore to
avoid Poison.
Exceptional Success: +1 to the range.

Antivenin
(Kurayami •••+F/P, Support •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kurayami + Tamashi Type:
Minor
Knowing poisons means knowing how they work, and thus how to stop them. A Rider may use this Power to try to
cancel any Status Effect on an ally, but not themselves. They get +2 to the roll if the Status Effect is Poison.
Botch: The Rider makes things worse; the ally takes 1 damage.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider cancels out the Status Effect afflicting their ally, though it does not heal any damage done.
Exceptional Success: The ally is immune to that Status Effect for 5 rounds thereafter.

Avenging Blood
(Kurayami ••••+F/P, Defend ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: 1 Scene. Type: Major
With a Major Action, a Rider may imbue their very armor with poison. For the rest of the scene, every time an
enemy does damage to the Rider at melee range, a 1d6 Poison chance is rolled. In addition, the same chance
applies to all Unarmed attacks by the user.

Toxic Blade
(Kurayami •••+F/P, Melee ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Varies. Type: Minor
Applying venom to one Melee weapon, a Rider causes all attacks with it to have 1d5 Poison. However, once the
Poison is successfully inflicted, the weapon is no longer under the effect. A Rider may only have one of their
weapons under this effect at a time.

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 Hoshasen is the Discipline of Radiation, derived from Kagayaki. Its Powers blend terror and
destruction in one glorious, eerily glowing package.

Atomic Exhalation
(Kagayaki ••••+F/P, Lore ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi
Masters of flame may emulate the dragons with their fiery blasts—but those who learn Hoshasen can take that to
the next level, spewing nuclear death like a radioactive monster from the deeps.
Botch: The Rider’s efforts blow up in their face, dealing them 1 damage. They cannot use the Power again for the
scene.
Fail: The Rider fails to work up their energy; Geiger counters may twitch, but nothing happens.
Success: The Rider spews forth a jet of blue atomic fire with a range of Kagayaki, ATK Kagayaki + Tamashi w/ 3
autosuccesses, and Damage +3. 1d6 Burn, 1d4 Irradiate.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to the range, the ATK autosuccesses, or the Dmg.

Victim Shadow Kata

(Kagayaki ••••+F/P, Defend ••••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 5sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement
This builds off Flash Step; when the Rider releases their flash, it is not just light, but deadly radiation.
Botch: The Rider fails to activate the power and their Defense roll loses 10doubles and gains 1subtracts.
Fail: The power does not activate.
Success: The Rider gains +2 to the Defense and subtracts 2 from the foe’s successes. If the foe is in melee range
and fails the attack, 1d5 Irradiate.
Exceptional Success: Defense gains 9doubles.

I Am Become Death
(Kagayaki •••••+F/P, Intimidate ••••, Tamashi ••••) Cost: 9sp. Duration: 1 Scene. Dicepool: Kagayaki + Tamashi
A true master of radiation is glorious and terrifying and perfect, as beautiful as the eerie glow of Cherenkov
luminescence. Activating this Power requires two Sanity rolls.
Botch: The Rider is Irradiated.
Fail: The Rider fails to activate the Power.
Success: The Rider glows faintly with radioactive light; they gain 9doubles on Intimidate and Persuade rolls (for
which botches are bumped up to failures) and foes must make a Difficulty 2 INT + Resolve roll when trying to
attack them, or they take -2 to their ATK rolls. The same roll applies to Attacks of Opportunity, but failing instead
makes the character incapable of doing it at all. The Rider is immune to Irradiate and Blind. Whenever a foe hits
them with an attack at melee range, and whenever the Rider lands a successful Unarmed or Melee attack, 1d7
Irradiate. As a downside, the glow and uncanny presence levies a -2 penalty on all Stealth rolls by the Rider during
this effect.
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 While many Riders know conventional martial arts, there are supernatural styles of unarmed
combat usable only by wielders of Spirit or its equivalents—in game terms, only available to characters
with Tamashi ratings. These Martial Arts Styles all require the Grandmaster Skill and thus Unarmed •••.
Each Style has its own requirements.
A Style contains several Powers called Techniques. The first Style learned costs 1xp, and one
cannot begin another Style til they have all the Techniques of their current Style. Techniques from
different Styles may be stacked, but not without restrictions. The second activation roll takes a -2
penalty and loses 10doubles, and the total Spirit cost is increased by a number equal to the total count
of Styles used.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, Martial Arts Styles can be learned by anyone with the proper
ratings, including Invaders. Martial Arts Styles will state whether or not they allow Brawling Weapons.
Martial Arts Techniques each cost Skill Points, representing the level of skill required. A character must
have at least one from each cost level before they can learn one from the next cost level. That is, even if
they have the qualifications for a Technique costing 3KP, they cannot learn it until they have a
Technique costing 2KP from that Style. Each Style is presented with a flowchart diagram for easier
comprehension.
Three Martial Arts Styles are presented here in the corebook, but more can be found in the
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 Colossus Style is a branch of martial arts based on principles of hardness and heaviness—
hammer-like blows, unyielding blocks, and so forth. Along with the normal base requirements of the
Grandmaster Skill and Tamashi ••, it requires a rating of two dots in Labor, representing the intense
focus on forceful strength.
Learning the first Technique in Colossus Style allows the user to make Great Attacks
barehanded. This Style is compatible with Knuckles.

Crushing Hammer Strike

(Unarmed •••, Labor ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement. KP: --
The crushing power of a double-handed blow is focused in this Technique, which enhances a barehanded Great
Attack.
Botch: Should the user attack, the roll loses 10doubles and their Dmg is halved.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: When the user makes a barehanded Great Attack, threshold successes exceeding the target’s END are
counted twice for damage. More importantly, if the total damage exceeds the target’s (END+2), the user causes
the target to be Staggered. Should the attack be Parried successfully, the user still does 1 damage unless the Parry
Defense had 3 or more threshold successes over them.
Exceptional Success: +1 DMG, +1 DMG-if-Parried.

Solid Wall Block

(Unarmed •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type: Enhancement. KP: 2
This Technique enhances the user’s ability to block barehanded, and is used to enhance an unarmed Parry
Defense.
Botch: The Defense dicepool is halved.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user ignores any penalties to their Parry. On a successful block of an Unarmed or Melee attack, the
user and attacker roll END against each other. If the user wins, the attacker is Staggered. If the attacker wins, no
further effect.
Exceptional Success: 9doubles on Parry.

Bronze Titan Stance

(Unarmed •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: (Unarmed) turns. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type: Reflexive.
KP: 2
Immovable as a mountain, a student of this Technique solidly locks their joints and muscles, standing stock still. It
lasts a maximum number of turns equal to the user’s Unarmed rating, though it can be ended earlier.
Botch: The user pulls a muscle, taking 1 damage.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user locks their joints, standing in place as they are. They add their Tamashi in automatic successes
against any attempt to move them, stagger them, or knock them down. It also adds these successes to rolls to
maintain a Grapple, though they cannot make any Maneuvers while using this Technique.

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 Additionally, remaining statue-still has its place in stealth; as long as they have the appropriate hiding place
and remain still, they add their Tamashi in automatic successes to their Stealth rolls. There may be other ways to
apply this at DM discretion.
Exceptional Success: Add 2 to the duration maximum.

Opposing Force Defense

(Unarmed ••••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed
+ Tamashi Type: Enhancement. KP: 3
Instead of a normal block, the user stops an attack in its tracks by striking
right back. This is used in place of a normal Defender’s roll.
Botch: The user’s Defender’s roll is halved.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: Instead of a normal block or dodge, the user rolls an Unarmed
Attack roll against the attacker’s Attack roll, blocking an attack with an
opposing attack of their own. When against a close attack, if the user gets
threshold successes equal or greater than their attacker’s STR, they roll a
dicepool equal to those threshold successes to do damage.
Exceptional Success: The attacker’s STR is counted 1 less for determining if
the user’s strike breaks through.

Fists of Iron
(Unarmed ••••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed
+ Tamashi Type: Enhancement/Reflexive. KP: 3.
Filling their body with stolid Spirit, the user can enhance both their offense
and defense. Their blows strike like cannonballs, and weapons bounce off
their arms like sleet striking metal.
Botch: If used on an attack, damage is halved. If on a Parry, that is halved.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: On an attack, the user adds half Tamashi to Dmg. On a successful
Parry against a Melee weapon, they reflexively roll STR + Unarmed vs a flat
value of the attacker’s STR; if the user wins, the weapon flies from the attacker’s hand. This does not work for
Brawling weapons, however. Against pure unarmed, roll against END for knockback.
Exceptional Success: On an attack, add full Tamashi instead. On a parry, 9doubles on the disarm roll.

Advancing Tremor Step

(Unarmed ••••, Tamashi •••, requires Flurry Fiend) Cost: 2sp base + 1sp/attack. Duration: Instant. Dicepool:
Unarmed + Tamashi Type: Major. KP: 4
This Technique turns the user into an oncoming juggernaut, each step forward paired with a sledgehammer blow.
Botch: The user cannot attack.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user makes a special unarmed Flurry. For each attack, the Damage gains a bonus equal to half the
Flurry penalty that would be in effect without Flurry Fiend. In addition, each attack, whether it hits or not, moves
the user forward and their target back.
Exceptional Success: The overall cost is reduced by 2.

Colossus Body Method

(Unarmed •••••, Labor •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 2sp +1/turn, minimum total 5sp. Duration: (Unarmed + activation

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sux) turns. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type: Reflexive/Stance Technique. KP: 5
Infusing their body with stolid Spirit, the user becomes a paragon of stamina and force. This can be activated on
the user’s turn or in response to an attack.
Botch: The user takes 1 damage and their next Defense roll is halved.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user takes on a solid stance. Their Inherent Armor is doubled, their STR and END are both increased
by 1 (END increase not affecting Armor and STR increase not affecting Speed), and their Armor can reduce damage
to 0. Their own Unarmed attacks get +1 to Dmg and Armor cannot reduce their Damage below 3; they also have
knockback in spaces equal to the user’s Tamashi. Their Unarmed Parries get +1 as well. However, the user’s Speed
is halved.
This Technique can be kept up for turns equal to the user’s Unarmed rating, plus activation successes.
Exceptional Success: Besides getting to keep it up longer, add +1 to the user’s halved Speed.

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 Dancing Mist Style is a branch of martial arts based on principles of trickery and grace, favoring
nimble and light attacks over brute force. Along with the normal base requirements of the Grandmaster
Skill and Tamashi ••, it requires a rating of two dots in Deft, representing the necessity of precision and
skill.
This Style is not compatible with any Brawling weapons, requiring bare hands. In addition, users
may not use any of its Techniques while they have Additional Armor active.

Nimble Redirection
(Unarmed •••, Deft ••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement. KP: --
Avoiding a foe’s assault, this Technique allows the user to turn their attacker’s momentum against them. This is
rolled to enhance an Evasion Defense.
Botch: The Evasion loses 10doubles.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: Should there be penalties against the Evasion, up to 2 dice of them (or one instance of losing 10doubles
or gaining 1subtracts) are ignored. More importantly, if the user gets threshold successes on the Defense equal or
greater than the attacker’s REF, the user rolls (Unarmed + Deft) against the attacker’s bonusless Defense roll which
lacks 10doubles. Should the user win, they nimbly turn the foe’s momentum against them, causing them to tumble
into the space behind them. This has a damage dicepool of Tamashi.
Exceptional Success: Add 1 to either the Evasion dicepool, the redirection dicepool, or the damage dicepool.

Nerve-Deadening Strike
(Unarmed •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type: Enhancement. KP: 2
Enhancing precise strikes with Spirit, this Technique allows the user to hit special points on the body of their
target, numbing and disabling their limbs. This is used to enhance an unarmed Called Shot against an arm or leg.
Botch: Should the user attack, they cannot do more than 2 damage.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user makes a precise strike upon their foe, aiming to disable either an arm or leg. Their attack’s
Damage max is reduced to 2 and armor-soakable, but the limb of their choice is disabled for rounds equal to half
their Tamashi (max 3). A disabled arm cannot be used to attack or parry, while a disabled leg halves the target’s
Speed. Should anyone be unlucky enough to have both legs disabled, they must make a 10singles (STR + Labor) roll
to drag themselves spaces equal to sux.
Exceptional Success: The length of disabling is increased by 1.

Breath-Thieving Hands
(Unarmed •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: (Unarmed) turns. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement. KP: 2
A user of Dancing Mist Style could bring a foe to their knees with nary a bruise. The sister Technique to Nerve-
Deadening Strike, this one allows the user to interfere with a target’s breathing, though Armor somewhat spoils its
effects and targets who do not need to breathe are unfazed.
Botch: Should the user attack, they cannot do more than 2 damage.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user strikes pressure points on their foe’s body, targeting muscles and tissues around the respiratory
tract in hopes of afflicting the lungs. Instead of doing damage, the user rolls STR + Unarmed + Tamashi against a

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difficulty equal to the target’s (END + inherent Armor). For each threshold success, the target is inflicted with an
internal -1 penalty to Athletics, Labor, and close attacks; should the target ever have such penalties greater than
their END+1, they collapse and must roll END + Survive each round until they accumulate successes equal to the
user’s Unarmed rating.
Exceptional Success: On the “breath damage” roll, the user may reroll dice equal to their Tamashi.

Gentle Denial
(Unarmed ••••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 3sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type: Enhancement. KP:
3
Users of Colossus Style may block attacks by punching them, but Dancing Mist Style lets the user brush foes’ strikes
away as if shooing away flies. This is used in place of a normal Defense Roll.
Botch: The user’s Defense Roll is halved.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user rolls (REF + Deft + ½ Unarmed rnd down) as a Defense Roll (with any bonuses that are given to
Unarmed Parry) and rerolls all 5s until they are gone, brushing aside attacks so they miss just enough.
Exceptional Success: The cost is reduced to 1.

Weightless Tread
(Unarmed ••••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp/rnd. Duration: By round. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type: Movement.
KP: 3
Dancing Mist Style is based around lightness, gentleness, and finesse; it applies to more than just hitting people.
This Technique uses Spirit to balance out the user’s weight, letting them walk on flimsy surfaces with catlike
silence. This Technique requires the user to keep moving, though; while using this, making any physical action
other than movement immediately ends the effect and brings the user back to earth.
Botch: The user’s Speed is halved.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: Surfaces that would normally require REF checks to move on (like unstable rubble) make no such
requirements. Surfaces that seem ridiculous to be able to walk on can be traversed with REF checks—the user
could run over thin ice without cracking it, dash lightly on the surface of deep snow or piled leaves, etc.
Exceptional Success: The cost is reduced to 1.

Circling Fog Attack

(Unarmed ••••, Tamashi •••, Flurry Fiend) Cost: 2sp base +1/attack. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed +
Tamashi Type: Major. KP: 4
By sacrificing force, the user makes a blizzard of attacks more gracefully than normal as they circle their target.
Botch: The user cannot attack.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user makes a special Unarmed Flurry. For each attack, they shift half the ATK penalty onto the
Damage. When the penalties are odd numbers, the player chooses what gets the bigger half. In addition, each
attack (whether successful or not) moves the user in a circle around the opponent.
Exceptional Success: The cost is reduced by 2, to a minimum of 2.

Dancing Mist Fury

(Unarmed •••••, Deft •••, Tamashi •••, Flurry Fiend) Cost: 2sp + 1sp/turn, total minimum cost 5sp. Duration:
(Unarmed + activation sux) Turns. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type: Reflexive/Stance Technique. KP: 5
Moving like a spectral storm, a master of Dancing Mist Style is elusive yet perilous. This can be activated on the
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Botch: The user takes 1 damage and their next Defense roll is halved.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user shifts into the purest expression of this Style. Weightless Tread can be used for no cost, and the
user’s unnatural grace adds half their Deft (rounded up) as automatic successes to Evasion Defense rolls. On their
Major action, they may make 2 extra attacks operating as Nerve-Deadening Strike but with 1 armor-soakable Dmg.
When making Attacks of Opportunity, they may use Nerve-Deadening Strike. This Technique can be active for a
total number of turns equal to the user’s Unarmed score plus the number of activation successes.
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 Shining Hero Style is a branch of martial arts based on principles of bravery and justice. Along
with the normal base requirements of the Grandmaster Skill and Tamashi ••, it requires a rating of two
dots in Resolve. More importantly, however, it can only be learned by Kamen Riders—no Invaders or
Fallen can start down its path. Fallen retain any Techniques of this Style that they had before turning
away from the light, but cannot learn more; they additionally must pay an extra 1 Spirit when using any
Techniques from this Style.
This Style is not compatible with any weapons.

Blazing Pummel
(Unarmed •••, Resolve ••, Tamashi ••, Flurry Fiend) Cost: 1sp +1/attack. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed +
Tamashi Type: Major. KP: --
This Technique makes a hail of fast blows that sacrifice power for numbers. It is a special Unarmed Flurry.
Botch: The user loses 10doubles if they attack.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user makes a special Unarmed Flurry. They may attempt attacks equal to their total (STR + Unarmed).
Instead of normal Flurry penalties, each ATK roll simply loses dice equal to the total number of attacks. The foe’s
Defense Roll loses 10doubles. Raw damage per hit cannot exceed 3.
Exceptional Success: The ATK penalty is reduced by 1.

Spirit Breath Fist

(Unarmed •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp +1/additional use. Duration: 1 Round. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type:
Enhancement. KP: 2
This Technique is unusual; when activated, it imbues the body with a latent energy that can be inflamed with Spirit
to enhance an attack or parry. The latent energy lasts for one round; activating the Technique comes with one free
application, and more can be bought for additional Spirit. In practice, this generally pans out to using it for an
attack and applying it to following parries as needed. However, it can be activated reflexively against an attack to
enhance a Parry.
Botch: The user cannot activate the Technique for one round.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user’s body is full of a latent energy, which can be applied to unarmed attacks or parries. When
applying it, the user rolls a d5 and adds the result to their number of successes of an attack, or on the roll for a
Parry. Additionally, when used against a Fallen Rider, this Technique adds two automatic successes.
Exceptional Success: The user may reroll the d5 once for this round of activation.

Energized Reflexes
(Unarmed •••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 2sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type: Reflexive. KP: 2
The body of a practitioner of this Style is used to being charged with energy, increasing their reaction speeds. At
the beginning of a battle, this Technique may be activated to enhance the user’s Initiative roll.
Botch: The user’s Initiative dicepool is halved.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user adds their Unarmed score to their Initiative dicepool before rolling it.
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Live Wire Block
(Unarmed ••••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type: Reflexive. KP: 3
This Technique allows the user to make even their parries dangerous, surging energy through their bodies into the
foe’s hand or weapon. If Spirit Breath Fist is already activated, the cost of this Technique is halved.
Botch: The user’s Defense is halved.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user makes an Unarmed Parry Defense. If they succeed, they roll a die with sides equal to their
Tamashi, dealing the result as armor-soakable damage (provided the attack they parried was Melee or Unarmed).
Exceptional Success: The damage die may be rerolled. If Spirit Breath Fist is already activated, this Technique costs
nothing.

Heroic Aura Stance

(Unarmed ••••, Tamashi ••) Cost: 4sp. Duration: Varies. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi Type: Stance Technique.
KP: 3
Standing with formidable purpose, a user of Shining Hero Style exudes an aura that strikes uncertainty into evil
hearts. If Spirit Breath Fist is already activated, the cost of this Technique is halved.
Botch: The user’s Defense is halved for 3 turns.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: Anyone attacking the user subtracts the user’s Unarmed rating from their ATK dicepool; anyone attacking
one of the user’s obvious allies within (user’s Tamashi) spaces subtracts half (round down) the user’s Unarmed
from their ATK. The user may only move half their normal Speed and is free to Defend and make miscellaneous
actions like reloading weapons. If they move more than half their Speed or make an attack, the effects of this
Technique end.
Exceptional Success: The user adds 1 to their allowed Speed.

Crescendo Barrage
(Unarmed ••••, Tamashi •••, Flurry Fiend) Cost: 2sp base + 2/attack. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed +
Tamashi Type: Major. KP: 4.
This masterful Technique uses a storm of smaller blows to build up to a great one. It is a special flurry. If Spirit
Breath Fist is already activated, the cost of this Technique is halved.
Botch: The user cannot attack.
Fail: The Technique does not activate.
Success: The user makes a special Unarmed Flurry; the ATK penalties are all reduced by 1, but the Damage is
halved. At the end of the Flurry, the user counts up all the Damage from the Flurry and uses that as the ATK
dicepool of a final blow with no Damage halving.
Exceptional Success: 9doubles to final attack.

Shining Hero Judgement

(Unarmed •••••, Resolve •••, Tamashi •••) Cost: 6sp. Duration: Instant. Dicepool: Unarmed + Tamashi. Type:
Enhancement. KP: 5.
By pouring Spirit energy into an Unarmed attack, a master of Shining Hero Style can inflict a lingering wound on
their foe. If Spirit Breath Fist is already active, this Technique costs 4 instead.
Botch: The Damage is halved.
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Success: Upon hitting successfully, the user infuses the wound with Spirit. Within 3 turns, the target suffers the
post-Armor damage of that attack again, but this second damage infliction bypasses Armor. Additionally, the target
reduces the final damage of their attacks by 2, to a minimum of 0, for two rounds.
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 SKilLs
Skills are not the same as Powers; Skills are more like small enhancements to a Rider's capabilities, and
are bought with Skill Points (which, since Spirit also begins with an S, we will call KP). Some Skills have
requirements.
● Specialty (5 KP): Select a specific facet of an Ability, like Melee (Great Attack) or Athletics (Acrobatics); this
gives a one-die bonus to relevant dicepools. The DM has the final say on if a specialization is valid. This Skill
may be taken multiple times for different situations and Abilities, and may stack up to 3 times. Remember that
a Rider begins with one free Specialty.
● Additional Armor (5 KP): The Rider adds 1 point to their Armor rating, but subtracts 1 point from their Speed
rating. This may be bought a maximum number of times equal to the user’s END rating. Riders with this Skill
can toggle it on and off at the beginning of a scene.
● Blackbelt (5 KP): Requires Unarmed ••. The Rider gets +1 to their Unarmed DMG when not using Brawling
Weapons. Stacks with Intrinsic Weapon.
○ Grandmaster (5 KP): Requires Unarmed ••• and Blackbelt. The Rider gets +1 to their Unarmed ATK and +1
Parry Bonus when not using Brawling Weapons.
● Flurry Fiend (10 KP): Requires •• in one attacking Ability. The ATK penalty for multiple attacks in a single round
is reduced by 1 as long as you do not make more attacks than your REF score. Certain restrictions apply as
noted in Chapter 4.
● Meditative Mind (10 KP): Requires Reason or Resolve ••. Once per scene, when rolling your ([½ Justice rounded
up] + Resolve + [½ Tamashi rounded up]) Focus dicepool to regain Spirit, you may reroll failed dice equal to your
Reason or Resolve +1.
● Barfly (5KP): Requires Socialize ••, CHA ••. You’re able to find yourself at home in any social setting and are
uncannily good at getting open invitations. Most characters require rolls to avoid sticking out at social
gatherings where they don’t belong; you don’t. Rolls to identify you as an outsider are penalized by your
Socialize.
● Tactician’s Eye (10 KP): Requires Reason ••, Awareness ••. Once per scene, you may select an enemy and
make an INT+Reason roll (subject to combat penalties). Meeting enough successes, you gain an insight into
that particular individual, and can choose +1 (or, with exceptional successes, perhaps more) to ATK or Defense
rolls against that person. Lore Specialties concerning that person's faction should be taken into account, as
should the bonus from the Familiar Foe Merit. If the enemy is of a type the Rider has never seen before, their
roll is penalized by -1. If they have never encountered anything from that enemy's entire faction, it is a -2.
● Inspiring Leadership (10 KP): Requires CHA ••, Resolve ••. Once per session, when having to make INT + Res
rolls, you may choose to roll CHA + Res instead with 9doubles; your successes are treated as the minimum
successes for your present allies. If you botch, however, every ally’s successes are reduced by -1 (or more, if
you botch really badly).
● Kick Out (10 KP): Requires Unarmed ••. Twice per battle, if you are being grappled and your foe takes damage
during it (from any source), you may immediately roll to escape with a +2 bonus.
● Grapple Gun (15 KP): A hook, wire, launcher, and reel that can allow a rider to swing into action, rappel from
otherwise dangerous locations, or climb difficult vertical terrain like the sides of buildings. Adds a +2 to
Athletics checks when climbing, swinging, or jumping in appropriate situations, but can only be used (REF#)
times per scene. (Credit to OHC).
● Binding Bolas (15 KP): Requires Thrown ••. Armed with a set of bolas, you can throw them to tangle the arms
or legs of a foe. It has the same Range and ATK calculations (with no bonuses) as a Thrown Weapon. On a

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 successful hit it either binds the arms or legs of the enemy; binding their arms disables their weapons, while
binding their legs reduces them to a Speed of 1. To break free requires a STR + Labor check. Usable (REF) per
scene.
● Smokeout (15 KP): Requires REF ••. Once per scene, you can use a smoke bomb to obscure an area 5sq in
diameter as a Major Action. At first, the smoke gives -4 penalties to Awareness, then -2 next round, then none.

Upgrade Form Skills

These Skills can only be possessed by Alpha or Omega Forms. When you buy your Alpha or
Omega Form, you get one free.
 Flight (20 KP): You are able to fly! Your Athletics or Lore rating functions as your Fly rating; your max altitude is
(Fly)sq, your top speed is (Fly+1), and you can fly for (Fly+3) rounds at a time. While in flight, certain things
cannot affect you, you may be out of reach of melee attacks, and you get a +2 Evasion bonus against any
attacks that are able to reach you. Light Weapons have no Altitude penalty, Heavy Weapons have a 1sq
penalty, and Double-Heavy pairs have a 2sq penalty.
 Hundred-Fist Tempest (15 KP): Requires Flurry Fiend. Flurry Fiend’s normal effect extends to [STAT]+2.
 Super Speed (15 KP): Requires Athletics •••. You can have this in effect for (Athletics) rounds at a time. When
in Super Speed, you get two Minor Actions and a Major action, +3 Speed, and count your whole Athletics as
your Evasion Bonus. You may use your two Minor Actions as one Major Action.
 Panacaea (15 KP): Requires at least one of your forms to be Mystic. Heal and Adv Heal actions get +END
autosuccesses and the cost is reduced by 2.
 Master Thrower (15 KP): Requires Thrown •••. You get +1 to the Range of your Thrown Weapons, as well as
increased Capacity: 2 for Spears, 4 for Axes, 8 for chakram, 10 for Daggers. For Omega, it’s 3 / 5 / 10 / 12.
 Elemental Discorporation (20 KP): At the cost of 5 Sp, you can reroll a failed Defense attempt. If you succeed,
you evade by briefly discorporating into the element of one of your Focused Powersets. If the foe touches
your element-form, they take 1 damage and are inflicted with the associated status effect.
 Archmage (20 KP): Requires Lore •••. The rolls of Lore Powers automatically have 9doubles and the cost is
reduced by 1.
 Cast Off/On (5 KP): You may use a Minor Action to move points from Armor to Speed or vice versa. It takes
another Minor Action to put them back. You may automatically include the initial action in your
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Merits are a special feature of a character. At character creation, you have 7 points to distribute
among Merits. Some Merits have requirements before you can take them, some have restrictions on
how much you can take at creation, and some can only be taken at creation. Remember that at creation,
you may spend 4 Merit Points to buy a second dot of Tamashi.

Reputation (Path): 1-5. This is a measure of one’s reputation within their chosen Path; while points can be
bought with XP, points may also be awarded based on actions in-game (or, though much more rarely, points may
be confiscated). No points in Reputation indicates the Rider is either a greenhorn or has somehow done little to
prove themselves. For every point in this Merit, the Rider gets +1 to social rolls with Riders of the same Path
(though only on regular social rolls, not those augmented by Powers).
Generally, while it is a good idea to start with one or two points in this, it doesn’t make a lot of sense for a
newbie Rider to have max points in Reputation---in fact, at standard character creation, you may not invest more
than 3 points into this Merit (things are different if you are creating an experienced character, of course).
You only have Reputation for the Path in which you are a member—for your social standing in other
Paths, look to the Alliance (Path) Merit.

Alliance (Path): 1-5. This is a measure of one’s social standing with members of Paths other than their own; as
with Reputation, this may be influenced by in-game events. No points in Alliance with a Path simply means the
character hasn’t done anything to attract the goodwill of that Path’s members in general---they may well have
good friends within that Path, but that is a matter of personal relationships.
For every two points (rounded up) in this Merit, the Rider gets +1 to social rolls with members of the
specified Path (as in, 1-2pts=+1, 3-4pts=+2, 5pts=+3). However, as this is just a social construction, a Rider may
choose to deny someone those bonus dice, saying that they are ignoring that character’s general good rapport
with the Path. However, this kind of snubbing is a pretty harsh insult; unless the offender can provide justification,
their action will likely draw the disapproval of members of their Path (if it’s bad enough, they might risk losing
Reputation points) and will almost certainly earn the ire of the Path whose member they snubbed (thus risking any
Alliance points they may have with that Path).
You can’t have Alliance ratings in your own Path; that’s what Reputation is for.

Anomalous Weapon: 3 each. The Rider owns a weapon with a special property. This is not a straight
upgrade, but a situational one---for example, a sword whose Damage Bonus is +1 instead of the usual +2, except
for Stealth Attacks, wherein it has the normal +2 Damage Bonus and has +3 ATK instead of the usual +2.
A Rider may take this Merit as many times as they wish, each purchase representing one weapon.

Familiar Foe (Invader): 1, 3, 5. Only available at creation. A certain Invader faction was centrally involved in
the Rider’s Awakening, and the Rider knows them like the scars they left on the back of their hand. The Rider gets
a bonus (+1, +2, or +3 by the level of the Merit) to all knowledge-based rolls concerning the specified Invader
faction. Additionally, at the 3-point level of this Merit, said knowledge rolls have the 9-doubles quality (that is, 9
counts as two successes, the same way 10 does). At the 5-point level of this Merit, they get the 8-doubles quality.
Note that this is different from a simple Lore Specialty—a Rider can take Lore Specialties in many factions,
but only one can be a Familiar Foe. In addition, this Merit is more or less only available at creation—you generally
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more points in this Merit when you already have it is possible, but requires good in-universe justification—and
your backstory should already justify the level of this Merit you start with.

Rumors (Invader Faction): 1-5. Limited to 1 at Creation. This is another “social standing” Merit, reflecting
your reputation among a specified enemy faction---almost invariably, it’s a reputation of fear and formidability. No
dots means the faction doesn’t really have any special concerns about you. One point and the local grunts in said
faction mutter about how you’re a problem; five points and the higher-ups are consistently hearing reports of you,
and the grunts are telling ghost stories about you. Every two points, rounded up, in Rumors gives you a +1 to
Intimidate rolls (and, depending on the situation, perhaps Persuade) with that faction’s forces.
However, there is a drawback: the more your fearful reputation grows, the more that faction will see you
as a serious threat to be eliminated.
Note that among starting characters, Rumors is the most restricted—a newbie Rider has little reason to
have a reputation as a badass among the foe. Starting characters may only have one dot in Rumors, and only with
the faction they have as their Familiar Foe. Rumors is a Merit meant to be built up through play.

Contacts: This Merit represents normal human contacts you maintain, people you can trust for info. Each point
in Contacts represents a sphere of influence (Police, Vagrants, Journalists, etc) and should be noted in your
Description. You should be able to reasonably justify having them, especially if they’re in something like the
military.
To gather info from your Contacts, roll CHA or INT plus Socialize, Persuade, or Intimidate. Modifiers may
come into play depending on how relevant the info is to the Contact you’re using, etc. Depending on
circumstances, your Contacts might also be used for some services---for example, Contacts within a university’s
faculty may be able to get you into areas off-limits to students and visitors.

[UNDER CONSTRUCTION] Familiar: 5. The Rider has a Familiar, which starts as having one of several
Archetypes:
 Digital: The Familiar may help with information things.
 Battle: The Familiar may attack.
 Guardian: The Familiar may shield people.
 Recon: The Familiar may scout ahead.
 Versatile: The Familiar has no Archetype focus, but has extra points for Familiar Skills.
 Utility: The Familiar has utility abilities.

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 XP COSTS
iteM Cost
1 • in regular Core Stat 5 XP

1 • in Beginning-favored Core Stat 4 XP

1 • in one Ability 3 XP

1 • in Foc/Path Powerset 3 XP

1 • in non-Foc/Path Powerset 4 XP

5 Skill Points (KP) 1 XP

1 point of Justice 1 XP

1 point of Sanity 1 XP

+5 Max HP 4 XP

1 • in Tamashi *5 XP+

Tamashi is special in that its costs actually rise. After the 5th dot, each successive dot costs more.

Tamashi COST
6-7 6 XP

8-9 7 XP

10 8 XP

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 The Invaders are the villains of this piece—the many factions of evil spilling through the holes in
reality from their own worlds into ours, all fighting us and each other for it.
The Invaders are grouped by world of origin, one faction per world. This all seems rather neat,
but some hypothesize that each world may have had its own version of some factions, or the
predecessors of them, but—for example—the ATP Foundation never got a chance to flourish in the
World of Demons, whereas if the World of ATP has the Overworld and Underworld, that war has not
spilled over to the material realm. In general, assume that each world has only one relevant faction.
These are not the only possible Invader factions—feel free to make up your own! Also, don’t
forget that there are standard human street thugs to be had as well, in three tiers (basic, Better, and
Enforcer). They can work on their own, but are likely to work with major factions—whether for pay or
because they risk getting splattered across the street if they say no. Invader factions collaborating with
one another is… not especially common, but can happen. The Demon Armies might find the ATP
Foundation could offer help in making potential possession candidates more effective, for example.

A Game of Blame And FAvors

It sounds simple at first. Invaders are bad, let’s find them all and punch them until they go away
or die, right? Pretty cut-and-dry.
Except it’s a bit more complex than that. See, not only are the Invader factions trying to defeat
the Riders and take over the world, they’re all in competition because taking over the world rarely
involves sharing. Sometimes, the real threat seems to be one’s fellow villains more than the Riders.
The net result of all this is a very… strange relationship network. Invader factions may work
together for a bit, then try to betray one another, then gang up on another faction. It only gets more
complicated when Riders are factored in; an Invader faction may feel that another faction’s plans are
going to hamper their own, and may decide to clue the Riders in on the rival faction’s plans—partly
because they want the other villains to get kicked about, and partly because they hope the Riders will be
too focused on that other faction to deal with the first faction’s schemes.
It even works within factions, rather than just between them. You’re mad that your doomsday
plan got rejected and Bob’s is being implemented? You can’t stand the idea of that smug jerk getting the
promotion you deserve? Just leave a little note for the Riders and watch Bob eat three to five finishing
moves directly to his stupid, stupid face. Your superiors will be implementing your brilliant scheme by
next Wednesday.
This gets even more ridiculous when you factor in the Court of Locusts, because of course it
does. The Locusts are all batshit insane, and they’re all trying to look good in front of the Queen, replace
the Queen, neither, both, all of the above… and then the Queen gets involved. With her
annoying/worrying/terrifying habit of popping ‘round to Rider hangouts to say hi, she’s often happy to
give Kamen Riders tip-offs about the machinations of her own followers. Some theorize she’s trying to
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 They roll up in a black sedan, blacked-out windows, get out wearing black suits. Some people think the
whole “men in black” urban legend is preserved by people noticing these ATP goons. Their skin is a little sallow,
their lips and the corners of their eyes a little discolored. A couple of Soldats, one with a revolver and one with a
shotgun—and a couple of Engineers, both with their service 9mms and that energy-projector thing they all have.
The Engineers open up the fusebox and start tinkering with it; the Soldats stand guard, one cracking open
one of those skinny cans of that weird yellow stuff they drink, supposed to keep their implants running. How am I
gonna get past them?

The Asenath Technology Production Foundation is an Invader faction from the World of ATP,
wherein this megacorp more or less rules the Earth. Having first ensnared their Earth with their façade
of brilliant medical, information, and military hardware, they quickly subverted most governments and
instituted a brutal regime.
They use a yellow ichor called MK Fluid and cyber-implants to enhance their thuggish, vicious
Soldats and genius Engineers; higher up are the twitchy Blitz Troopers and hulking Magna Troopers.
Highest are the Auditors, who manage as much behind the scenes as in front of them. They may kidnap
people to use as test subjects, though they are just as likely to offer low-grade enhancements to street
criminals as payment.
Riders connected to this faction will probably be Techs (with stolen tech) or Bios (the results of
bioengineering and stuff).

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 Theta Wave ORder
The Mage skidded to his companion’s side, robes swishing as he laid a hand on the Theta Marksman’s
chestplate and willed healing energy forth. The sharpshooter sighted down her enchanted rifle at the Rider with the
battleaxe, only for another one to dart from the shadows and hurl a bolt of electricity from her crossed knives.
The Mage started to turn and throw up a protective spell, but the Marksman was faster; she flung out her
hand, a crackling shield of lightning spreading out to absorb and dissipate the Rider’s attack. “Just patch me up.”
She didn’t even look at her ally as she readied herself to fire again.

The Theta-Wave Order discovered the power of dreams—that is, they discovered the
Dreamlands, a realm composed wholly of the essence called Glamour that is shaped by dreams. Their
magic allows them to draw Glamour into the mundane world and, though lucid dreaming, manipulate it.
However, their forays into the Dreamlands have introduced them to the Glamour-formed denizens of
that world, the Fae; in particular, they constantly struggle with the vile Fomorians and their True Fae
masters.
The Theta-Wave Order is a sophocracy led by insidious academics, the heavily-armored
Nightmare Scholars. Under them are the Dreamer Marksmen and Monks, and below them are the
Sleepwalker Guards and Mages. Even the lowest have undergone training to allow them to send part of
themselves into a lucid-dreaming sleep, summoning up weapons or armor. The Nightmare Scholars’
lucid-dreaming mastery rivals many Rider Powers, and their long-term ritual alchemy can be terrifyingly
powerful.
Riders connected to this faction will probably be Mystics.

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Demon Armies
She lashed out with her heavy gauntlets, forcing the crossbow up to shoot uselessly into the air as her
other hand smashed into the Demon archer’s solar plexus. Wheeling around, she weaved under a spear-thrust and
gripped the attacking soldier’s shoulder and belt, her shoulder coming in and up at his ribs. His own momentum
helped her heave him up and flip him over her shoulder to slam heavily to the concrete, flat on his back.
Panting, she surveyed the scattering of downed foes around her; the black armor started to crumble away
from one, blowing off like dust in the wind. Before long, the demons had all lost their hold on their hosts, who were
a little battered but mostly alright.

In the World of Demons, there exists an Underworld and Overworld on either side of the
material Earth. The war between the outer planes has mostly overlooked the Earth, though, because 1)
the angels and demons involved don't care about it that much and 2) manifesting in the mundane plane
is energy-inefficient…
That is, until the Underworld decided the Earth might present a strategic advantage. To this end,
they have trained soldiers for the task of possessing humans. The possession provides the human hosts
with abilities and equipment that allow them to combat angels, while the angels would have to be either
willing to kill the human hosts (which they aren't) or able to take the time to exorcise the demons
(which is hard to come by in a pitched battle).
Demon soldiers are ranked in military terms and resemble Questers (a la Boukenger) with less
of a tech bent. They have no more advanced technology than crossbows, but are deadly efficient, from
the lowest Foot Archer to the greatest Defiler Major. The Demon Armies are highly likely to kidnap
people to provide more bodies for possessing. They tend not to have much in the way of benign facades;
they prefer to wrest control of organized crime from the usual owners, enforcing obedience through
sheer terror.
Riders associated with this faction are more likely to be Bios or Mystics.

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 The undead monsters shambled forward in front of the rear-guard of two swordsmen and two archers.
Behind them stood a Jiangshi in intricately-decorated armor, calmly nocking an arrow to her longbow. Tony
wondered why the swordsmen and archers weren’t doing anything, moving forward, shooting arrows—then he
saw it. Their hands were folded in prayer, and shadows like wisps of dark smoke were being sucked out of the air
around them and toward the superior sharpshooter. That same energy was collecting around the head of her
arrow.
Tony ducked, cursing, as the projectile screamed toward him.

Hailing from the World of Jiangshi, the Black Jade Dynasty began in China in the mid-20th
century. An ancient group of jiangshi (a special sort of Chinese vampire) rose from their vast crypts and
swept over the country, swiftly turning people into others of their kind. They spread out from eastern
Asia, swiftly showing that they weren’t picky about who they turned into jiangshi. Archaic weaponry was
an equal match for modern military technology, especially in nations still reeling from WWII; the strange
necromantic magics they wielded sealed their domination of Earth by the 80s.
The lowest, mindless Jiangshi are stiff-limbed hopping zombies, but the more powerful ones are
proficient warriors with flashing blades, pinpoint-accurate arrows, and deadly spells. Being undead, they
resist cold, darkness, toxins, and radiation poisoning—but they are weak against fire, light, and solar
energy. In game mechanics terms: ice, shadow, poison, or radiation damage is reduced by 1 (min 0)
against them, and the denominator of a die to roll Freeze, Terrify, Poison, or Irradiate on them is
increased by 1 (that is, 1d6 becomes 1d7). Meanwhile, fire, light, and sun damage is increased by 1 and
the die for status effects is decreased by 1 (1d6 becomes 1d5).

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 My sword pings off her long black pistols and I get a kick in the ribs. She moves like nothing I’ve ever seen
before, a herky-jerky grace like a skittering spider. Well, the spider has fangs and damned if they don’t hurt. Why
does she keep advancing? The point of guns is the distance you can use them from, isn’t it?
She twirls under my slash and drops to her knee, guns pointed at my heart and my stomach. I can’t tell if
the second before she fires is stretching on into forever, or if she’s just savoring the moment before she blows me
away. Either way, I think I lose.

The Court of Locusts is not a standard Invader faction, as it originates from the World of Riders.
During the Great Fall in 1992, a group of Taoreta Riders began to form around an unusually young one of
their number: Taoreta Rider Acridida. Remarkably charismatic, Acridida managed to quell the usual
Taoreta infighting in her little group. Instead of lasting a year and killing each other, the Taoreta Riders
established themselves as a solid, small, but terrifying group called the Court of Locusts, with Acridida as
their Queen. These are some of the toughest, craziest Taoreta Riders out there, a worldwide network
the Invaders have to treat with caution lest the capricious Locusts turn on them. They sometimes
contract the Court's agents when in dire need.
These Taoreta Riders are the holders of a Powerset of their own—the terrifying, bizarre
Shoumetsu Powerset built around annihilation. Even if learning it wouldn’t require dealing with people
trying to kill them, even the most power-hungry, unscrupulous Kamen Rider wouldn’t even think of
dabbling in this—probably because it requires the user to have, at most, 2 Sanity.
For more information on these frightening foes, check out the Taoreta book.

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 Kaijin geNeraTOR
There are preexisting enemy sheets, yes, but you might say that none of them really seem like a
proper Kaijin. Fear not, because here comes the KAIJIN GENERATOR. This series of rolling tables presents
how to whip up an enemy, whether by picking or by just rolling for random results.

FACTION
GENERAL POWER LEVEL
ROLL RESULT
ROLL RESULT
Low. 7-9 Stat Points, 15-20 Ability Points, 15- 1 ATP
1-3
20 HP
Medium. 10-12 Stat Points, 21-25 Ability 2 Demon
4-6
Points, 20-25 HP
3 Theta
Advanced. 13-15 Stat Points, 26-30 Ability
7-9
Points, 25-30 HP 4 Locust
Serious. 16-18 Stat Points, 31-35 Ability Points,
10 5 Other?
30-35 HP

SPECIAL TRAITS I
ROLL RESULT
Elastic Arms: Can make physical attacks at a distance. For each square of added distance beyond (REF-
1
1), incur a -1 ATK penalty.
Burrower: Can make a STR+Labor roll to burrow underground, max speed not exceeding STR+ Labor. If
2 moving at a speed not exceeding Stealth, counts as being hidden and thus can make a stealth attack by
bursting from the ground.
3 Winged: Can fly, as with the Flight skill. Can substitute Athletics for Fly.

4 Fragile: Subtract from base health to add to other stuff. 1 Ability Point=2HP, 1 Stat Point=5HP

5 GIT HUEG: Can turn giant, spending Spirit to do so. -1 REF, +1 STR, +1 END, -1 Speed.
6 Healer: Able to use the Heal ability.
7 Heavy Plate: +1 Armor, -1 Speed.
8 Cloth Armor: -1 Armor, +1 Speed.
9 Twitchy: Automatically wins any Initiative tiebreaker.
10 Stiff Joints: -1 Initiative, +1 Armor

SPECIAL TRAITS II
ROLL RESULT
Technopath: Can roll to take some control over technology, successes determining the scope of
1
control.
2 Wall Crawler: Can walk on walls and ceilings with a speed equal to REF.
3 Shapeshifter: Can take on the appearance of another by spending 1 Spirit and rolling INT.

4 Armored Glass: -2HP, +1 Armor

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 5 Reinforced Armor: Armor can reduce attack damage to 0.
6 Faker: At apparent death, roll REF+Stealth or CHA+Persuade to get away with 1HP.
7 Turn Red: At half HP or below, get 2 Stat Points and 5 Ability Points.
Brittle Shell: +2 Armor, but all damage absorbed by the Armor is applied to a pool of “Armor HP”
8 calculated as no more than ½ the enemy’s max HP, and no more than 10. When the Armor HP is
gone, the enemy loses the +2 Armor.
Armor Piercer: Every attack, roll 1d10; on a 10, count the target’s Armor as 1 less. If this would
9
reduce the target’s Armor below 0, there is no further benefit.
10 Cast On/Off: Spend 1 Spirit to swap up to 2 points between Armor and Speed.

GENERAL BUILDS
ROLL RESULT
Dumb Muscle: Priority is STR and END, dump INT, focus Melee/Unarmed/Labor, dump
1
Reason/Lore
2 Speed Freak: Priority is REF and STR, dump END, focus Athl/Deft, dump Defend/Survive
3 Creeper: Priority is REF and PRC, dump END, focus Stealth/Awareness
4 Olympian Build: Priority is STR END REF, dump PRC INT CHA
5 Mind>Matter: Priority is PRC INT CHA, dump STR END REF

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 Kamen Riders, well… they ride. It’s right there in the name. Specifically, every Kamen Rider,
upon Awakening, has a Rider Vehicle. In most cases, it is a motorcycle of some kind; however, small and
nimble cars are not uncommon. Some Kamen Riders already had their vehicle before their Awakening,
while others didn’t. In any case, all Riders have a stat called Ride that measures their skill with these
heroic vehicles. It is calculated as ½(Initiative) + Deft, representing a combination of quick thinking,
sharp reflexes, and manual control.

Driving from one location to another does not inherently require a Ride check. Ride doesn’t
represent the ability to operate a vehicle in a mundane fashion; it’s all about daredevil maneuvers and
amazing stunts. Most likely, Ride will be used in Chase scenes.

A Chase scene is composed of at least one Leg (often more). A Leg is a distinct environment
through which the characters travel, with an entry point (or possibly more) and an exit point. They are
represented as Extended Rolls (see the section on dice rolls in Chapter 1) with a Cumulative Goal based
on how hard or easy it is to maneuver through said environment. The Roll Interval is usually 1 minute or
less, and a Cumulative Goal of 20 is usually enough. What matters most is the Interval Difficulties.
Chases with ID1 are pretty simple, while chases with ID3 are rather taxing. ID5 is a true test for even a
heroic master of driving. At each interval, each Chase participant rolls their Ride dicepool, counting up
successes that exceed the Interval Difficulty (called “threshold successes”). This roll may be influenced
by actions taken during the interval.

Certain actions in a Chase scene cause the accumulation of Hazard. If the Chase scene happens
in a really dangerous environment, the DM may even declare that everyone accumulates a little bit of
Hazard per interval! Once a character accumulates 10 points of Hazard, they are out of the Chase.
Maybe they crash, maybe they just have to pull over and give up—either way, they’re no longer in the
Chase. At the end of the Leg, Hazard is released—sort of. We’ll explain that later.

If a Chase is just a single-Leg race to the finish, a character just needs to achieve successes equal
to the Cumulative Goal and boom, they did it. Many Chases are more complex than this, though, and
many have more than one Leg.

When a character completes a Leg, the DM doesn’t immediately move them onto the next
one—instead, the time used by the competitors to catch up can gain them an advantage. For every
interval they wait for their competitors to catch up, they may “cash in” a point of Hazard for benefits.
One point of Hazard can be converted into one bonus success toward the Cumulative Goal of the next
Leg. This is a good option for someone trying to escape pursuers; if they cash in five points over five

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Intervals before any of their pursuers finish the Leg, they might be rewarded with finishing the Chase
early, having gotten such a huge lead that their pursuers have no hope of catching them.

Alternatively, three points of Hazard cashed in over three intervals can be converted into an
extra point of Hazard imposed on the next competitor to finish the leg. Since it’s just as bad to finish a
Leg with 10 Hazard as it is to accrue it normally in the middle of the Leg, this can be a good way to take
out a single pursuer.

Ride Maneuvers are actions taken while in a Chase. Every Ride Maneuver has a Difficulty value
and a Hazard value; the former represents the increase in the Difficulty Rating of the character’s Ride
check on the Interval they make that Maneuver, and the Hazard value is the amount of Hazard they
accrue for doing so.

Activate Power
Difficulty: +1. Hazard: +0 if passenger, +1 if driver
Making this Maneuver allows the character to activate a Power that has the Ride, Minor, or Major Type;
Enhancement Powers that enhance other actions (such as Attacks) are not subject to this Maneuver, and nor are
Reflexive Powers. No Hazard is accrued if a passenger is the one using the Power; if it’s the
Driver, 1 Hazard is accrued. Two-Handed
Weapons in Riding
Aggressive Driving Obviously, while operating a
Difficulty: +1. Hazard: +1 vehicle, a character cannot use
Driving aggressively, the character tries to force their foe into danger. Whichever both their hands for weapons.
of the two characters achieves fewer threshold successes in the Interval accumulates 3 However, just because a weapon
points of Hazard. uses two hands doesn’t mean that
it cannot be used at all—just less
effectively. Two-handed Melee
Attack weapons can be wielded with one
Difficulty: +1 if ranged, +2 if close. Hazard: +2 if passenger/vehicle, +3 if driver hand while operating a vehicle;
This Maneuver allows the character to make an attack. A ramming attack with attacks with them take -2 to ATK
one’s vehicle is made with REF+Deft and has a Damage bonus determined by the vehicle (because it’s unwieldy in just one
(see the Rider Vehicle section below). Otherwise, a driver or passenger may attack hand) and -1 to Damage (because
with one arm, it’s harder to get
normally, though their ATK dicepool cannot exceed the Ride of the driver. Attacking adds 2
the proper momentum in one’s
Hazard if it is done by the passenger or uses the vehicle itself (a Ramming Attack or a swing); parries with them also
Mounted Gun [see Vehicle Skills below]), or 3 Hazard if the driver attacks with a personal take -1. Two-handed Ranged
weapon. weapons take -3 to ATK, but do
In most Chases, participants may freely target one another with Ranged weapons. not lose any damage. Note that
However, getting close enough to use Melee, Unarmed, or even Thrown takes some the Light Bowgun template is an
exception to this rule and uses its
doing. In this case, the difference between the accumulated successes of the vehicles
normal “+1 ATK if two hands, 0 if
determines range. If the target has over 6 successes more than the attacker, Melee and one”. Also note that a character
Unarmed attacks cannot be made. If it exceeds 10, Thrown attacks cannot be made. capable of dual-wielding a two-
hander with something else (i.e.
Careful Driving they have at least STR 5) is
Difficulty: +0. Hazard: -1 exempt from this rule.
Slower but more cautious driving can help a character recover from danger.
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to remove points of Hazard from themselves—these threshold successes are, therefore, not added to their
accumulated successes for the Leg. Even if the Ride roll fails, they still remove 1 point of Hazard.

Crafty Driving
Difficulty: +1. Hazard: +1
With cunning maneuvers, a character attempts to gain a tactical advantage by exploiting their
surroundings—they might steer the Chase into streets they know well or find a smart way to get closer to their
target. Doing so either gives them a +3 bonus on the next Interval or gives the opponent a -3, depending on which
makes more sense given the driver’s tactical advantage

Reckless Driving
Difficulty: +0. Hazard: +2
The driver makes a crazy, reckless maneuver and forces their opponent to match them if they want to
keep up. A fleeing driver might ramp over a raised drawbridge Blues Brothers-style, while a pursuer might take a
risky shortcut or just push their vehicle hard. Using the Reckless Driving maneuver gives the user +2 to the current
Interval roll, unless their opponent takes on 2 Hazard alongside them.

Stealthy Driving
Difficulty: Special. Hazard: +1
Sometimes it pays to be hidden. A pursuer might try to stalk their target from a way back, while a fleeing
driver might try doubling back or blending into traffic. In this case, instead of the usual Ride check, the driver rolls
REF + Stealth vs the opponent’s PRC + Awareness. If both try to be stealthy, they both make Stealth rolls against
each other.
However, it’s hard to keep hidden. Every use of this Maneuver imposes a cumulative -1 penalty on all
further uses of it for the rest of the Chase.

Weave
Difficulty: +1. Hazard: +1
When under attack, a driver can take themselves into some sort of cover—innocent pedestrians, parked
cars, trash cans, etc. Doing so gives them and any passengers a +2 cover bonus to their Defender’s Roll.

Every Vehicle has three stats: Vehicle Armor, Vehicle Damage, and Maneuverability. There are
Vehicle Skills that can affect them (and other things). A Rider may have one free Vehicle Skill that would
normally cost 5KP at creation. Starting Skill Points may be used to buy Vehicle Skills.

VehiCle StAts
 Vehicle Armor: Vehicle Armor is the number of successes subtracted from damage rolls directed at the
Vehicle. When a damage roll exceeds this, the driver gains 1 Hazard. Standard Vehicle Armor is 4, but it can be
changed.
 Vehicle Damage: Vehicle Damage is the Damage bonus when a driver makes a ramming attack with their
Vehicle. Its standard value is +2, but this can be changed.
 Maneuverability: Maneuverability is a value that adds to or subtracts from the Base Ride rank to make Full
Ride; half-rounded-down of it is also applied to vehicular Dodge rolls. Its standard value is +1, but this can be
changed.

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 VehiCle Skills
● Sidecar (5KP): The motorcycle has an added sidecar where a passenger can sit. Passengers are able to make
Ride Maneuvers with less difficulty and/or Hazard buildup than drivers. However, the added bulk reduces the
Vehicle’s Maneuverability by 1.
● Heavy Plating (5KP): The motorcycle has reinforced protective material in its construction, making it tougher
but less nimble. +1 to Vehicle Armor, -1 to Maneuverability.
● Lightweight Build (5KP): The motorcycle is made with special lightweight materials that make it more nimble
but less sturdy. +1 to Maneuverability, -1 to Vehicle Armor. Not compatible with Heavy Plating.
● Assault Gear (5KP): The motorcycle has specialized structures on it to make its impacts more deadly, but the
added weight makes it less nimble. +1 to Vehicle Damage, -1 to Maneuverability.
● Sleek Lines (5KP): The motorcycle is designed in a hyper-aerodynamic fashion that improves its handling but
makes it less effective as a ramming weapon. +1 to Maneuverability, -1 to Vehicle Damage. Not Compatible
with Assault Gear.
● Mounted Gun (Cost Varies): The motorcycle has a weapon mounted on it. As always, the dicepool of attacks
with it is constrained by the Rider’s Full Ride ranking. Reloading cannot be done manually and instead happens
automatically at the end of the Leg.
○ Autopistol (10KP): The motorcycle has a light automatic gun mounted on it.
○ SMG (15KP): The motorcycle has a medium-weight automatic gun mounted on it. -1 Maneuverability
○ Shotgun (15KP): The motorcycle has a semiautomatic shotgun mounted on it. Instead of getting 9doubles
on ATK rolls within 6 spaces, it gets 9doubles on ATK rolls against targets within 4 Accumulated Successes
of the attacker. -1 Maneuverability
○ HMG (15KP): The motorcycle has a heavy automatic gun mounted on it. -2 Maneuverability

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