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Valor

Valor is the domain of protection. Whether through attack or defense, those who choose this discipline channel formidable strength to protect their allies in battle. Valor offers great power to those who raise their shields in defense of others. The Valor domain can be accessed by the Guardian and Seraph classes.

CLASS DOMAINS

Each class grants access to two domains:

  • Bard: Codex & Grace
  • Druid: Arcana & Sage
  • Guardian: Blade & Valor
  • Ranger: Bone & Sage
  • Rogue: Grace & Midnight
  • Seraph: Splendor & Valor
  • Sorcerer: Arcana & Midnight
  • Warrior: Blade & Bone
  • Wizard: Codex & Splendor

PCs acquire two 1st-level domain cards at character creation and an additional domain card at or below their level each time they level up.

DOMAIN CARDS

Each domain card provides one or more features your PC can utilize during their adventures. Some domain cards provide moves you can make, such as a unique attack or a spell. Others offer passive effects, new downtime or social encounter abilities, or one-time benefits.

DOMAIN CARD ANATOMY

Each domain card includes six elements:

  • Level. The number in the top left of the card indicates the card's level. You cannot acquire a domain card with a level higher than your PC's.
  • Domain. Beneath the card's level there is a symbol indicating its domain. You can only choose cards from your class's two domains.
  • Recall Cost. The number and lightning bolt in the top right of the card shows its Recall Cost. This is the amount of Stress a player must mark to swap this card from their vault with a card from their loadout. Note: A player can swap domain cards during downtime without paying the domain card's Recall Cost.
  • Title. The name of the card.
  • Type. The card's type is listed in the center above the title. There are three types of domain cards: abilities, spells, and grimoires. Abilities are typically non-magical in nature, while spells are magical. Grimoires are unique to the Codex domain and grant access to a collection of less potent spells. Some game mechanics only apply to certain types of cards.
  • Feature. The text on the bottom half of the card describes its feature(s), including any special rules you need to follow when you use that card.
LOADOUT & VAULT

Your loadout is the set of acquired domain cards whose effects your PC can use during play. You can have up to 5 domain cards in your loadout at one time. Once you've acquired six or more domain cards, you must choose five to keep in your loadout; the rest are considered to be in your vault. Vault cards are inactive and do not influence play

Note: Your subclass, ancestry, and community cards don't count toward your loadout or vault and are always active and available.

At the start of a rest, before using downtime moves, you can freely move cards between your loadout and your vault, so long as your loadout doesn't exceed its five-card maximum.

To move a card from your vault to your loadout at any other time, you must mark a number of Stress equal to the vaulted card's Recall Cost (located in the top right of the card next to the lightning bolt symbol). If your loadout is already full, you must also move a card from your loadout to your vault to make space, though you can do this at no cost.

When you gain a new domain card at level-up, you can immediately move it into your loadout for free. If your loadout is already full, you must also move a card from your loadout to your vault to make space.

USAGE LIMITS

If a domain card restricts how often it can be used, you can track such limits with whatever method you prefer, such as turning the card sideways, flipping it facedown, or using tokens.

Note: if an effect or ability gives you a number of uses equal to a trait with a modifier of +0 or less, it grants you 0 uses.

DOMAIN CARDS

Level Option 1 Option 2 Option 3
1 Bare Bones Forceful Push I Am Your Shield
2 Body Basher Bold Presence —
3 Critical Inspiration Lean on Me —
4 Goad Them on Support Tank —
5 Armorer Rousing Strike —
6 Inevitable Rise Up —
7 Shrug It Off Valor-Touched —
8 Full Surge Ground Pound —
9 Hold the Line Lead by Example —
10 Unbreakable Unyielding Armor —