The mutation field guide

Its weight shifts onto two immense forepaws. One can hammer a rival. A roar from the same deep chest hardens an ally’s defences.

• Pummel

  1 energy ✦75% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 2
• Brace

  1 energy

  1 ally

  • Defence gained 1 (3 rounds)
  • Defence gained 1 (2 rounds)

Heat shines through splits in the muscle. A swipe can tear its own flesh as readily as the opponent’s.

• Fury

  3 energy ✦80% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 6
• Wild Swing

  2 energy ✦50% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 6
  On the caster

  • Damage 2

The forelimbs have outgrown the rest of the body. Slam both down and the shock reaches several enemies. Charge headlong and the flanks stay exposed.

• Whirlwind

  3 energy ✦40% crit. Precision crit chance

  Up to 3 enemies

  • Damage 8
• Deranged Charge

  3 energy ✦50% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 10
  On the caster

  • Defence lost 2 (1 round)

Curved plates overlap across its back. It can lock them together to take a hit, or drive an armoured shoulder into a rival.

• Carapace

  1 energy

  Self

  • Defence gained 7 (2 rounds)
• Body Slam

  3 energy ✦35% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 5
  On the caster

  • Defence gained 2 (3 rounds)

Pillar-thick legs can stun a creature underfoot. Beneath the heavy shell, living tissue sends a pulse of healing to an ally.

• Vital Surge

  1 energy ✦50% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 ally

  • Healing 10
• Crushing Stomp

  4 energy ✦75% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 7
  • Stun (2 rounds)

Bone grows forward over the brow. A headlong collision stuns its target, and a bite wrests energy from it.

• Crash

  3 energy ✦30% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 5
  • Stun (1 round)
• Claim

  2 energy ✦30% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 4
  • Energy lost 1
  On the caster

  • Energy gained 1

A crown of bone rises over the skull. It can batter two rivals with its forepaws, or lend an ally strength and protection with a roar.

• Dominate

  3 energy ✦50% crit. Precision crit chance

  Up to 2 enemies

  • Damage 7
• Alpha Roar

  2 energy

  1 ally

  • Defence gained 4 (2 rounds)
  • Damage bonus 2 (2 rounds)

A second pair of forelimbs unfolds from the dorsal ridge. Venom works into a claw wound. The quills further back can be shed at two targets.

• Venom Claw

  2 energy

  1 enemy

  • Damage 3
  • Bleeding 3 per round (1 round)
• Quill

  2 energy

  Up to 2 enemies

  • Damage 3

Its legs lengthen and draw tight beneath its body. It can spring after prey or spend that burst of speed on an ambush that leaves it slower afterwards.

• Pursuit

  0 energy

  1 enemy

  • Damage 3
  On the caster

  • Energy gained 2
• Ambush

  3 energy ✦35% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 10
  On the caster

  • Initiative lost 5 (1 round)

Long hooked talons hold a wound open. The hunter can bleed one victim or spring between two and drain their energy.

• Blood Hunt

  3 energy

  Up to 2 enemies

  • Damage 4
  • Energy lost 3
• Eviscerate

  3 energy ✦45% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 5
  • Bleeding 4 per round (2 rounds)

The jaw opens wide enough to stay fastened as the prey struggles. Feeding through a bite or a sustained grip repairs the hunter’s tissue.

• Bite

  2 energy ✦45% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 6
  On the caster

  • Healing 4
• Latch

  1 energy

  1 enemy

  • Bleeding 2 per round (3 rounds)
  • Damage 1
  On the caster

  • Regeneration 1 per round (3 rounds)

The feeding jaw takes up much of its head. It can close at the cost of its own flesh, or drain energy from prey while its wounds knit shut.

• Blood Price

  3 energy ✦50% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 11
  On the caster

  • Damage 3
• Soul Feast

  3 energy

  1 enemy

  • Damage 7
  • Energy lost 3
  On the caster

  • Healing 4

Swollen glands run along the back. One secretion heals allies but leaves them easier to hurt. Another gives them energy and a harder hit.

• Toxic Mend

  2 energy ✦35% crit. Precision crit chance

  Up to 3 allies

  • Healing 6
  • Defence lost 3 (1 round)
• Overdrive

  1 energy

  Up to 3 allies

  • Energy gained 4
  • Damage bonus 1 (1 round)

Toxin reservoirs feed the barbed quills. One dart can stun a target and leave it bleeding. A burst of spores eats away at the enemy’s defences.

• Paralyzing Barb

  2 energy

  1 enemy

  • Damage 2
  • Stun (1 round)
  • Bleeding 1 per round (2 rounds)
• Contagion

  1 energy

  Up to 3 enemies

  • Defence lost 3 (permanent)
  • Damage 2

The gaps in its bone mask glow orange. It can send a jolt from its skull into an enemy or direct a healing pulse towards an ally.

• Shock

  2 energy ✦50% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 4
• Revitalize

  2 energy ✦20% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 ally

  • Healing 6

Heat and frost gather on the same frame. One gesture scatters embers across the enemy team. Another wraps a single rival in slowing cold.

• Emberstorm

  3 energy ✦35% crit. Precision crit chance

  Up to 3 enemies

  • Damage 3
  • Bleeding 2 per round (1 round)
• Ice Grip

  1 energy ✦45% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 3
  • Initiative lost 3 (2 rounds)

The plates carry both flame and ice. The creature can concentrate that heat until a target burns, or bring the frost down hard enough to stun it.

• Incinerate

  3 energy ✦35% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 10
• Deep Freeze

  2 energy ✦50% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 enemy

  • Damage 4
  • Stun (1 round)

There is a pale green glow behind the exposed ribs. Raising a wall of bone makes the caster bleed. Calling spirits to attack leaves the caster wounded and the enemies bleeding.

• Infestation

  3 energy

  Up to 3 enemies

  • Bleeding 2 per round (3 rounds)
  On the caster

  • Damage 2
• Bonewall

  1 energy

  1 ally

  • Defence gained 6 (2 rounds)
  On the caster

  • Bleeding 1 per round (1 round)

The spirits in its rib cage can guard several allies at once. Their wail makes enemies bleed. The Revenant loses blood when it casts either spell.

• Wraithguard

  3 energy

  Up to 3 allies

  • Defence gained 3 (permanent)
  • Defence gained 5 (2 rounds)
  On the caster

  • Bleeding 4 per round (1 round)
• Death Wail

  3 energy

  Up to 3 enemies

  • Damage 4
  • Bleeding 4 per round (2 rounds)
  On the caster

  • Bleeding 4 per round (1 round)

Light passes through its thin membranes. An echo of its pulse heals a companion over time. A whisper carries regeneration to several allies.

• Vital Echo

  2 energy ✦55% crit. Precision crit chance

  1 ally

  • Healing 2
  • Regeneration 4 per round (2 rounds)
• Whisper

  1 energy

  Up to 3 allies

  • Regeneration 3 per round (2 rounds)

Its pale outline trails away like vapour. It releases the void through that thinning body to wound several foes, or gathers vitality and energy for a single ally.

• Void Pulse

  3 energy ✦35% crit. Precision crit chance

  Up to 3 enemies

  • Damage 4
  • Bleeding 3 per round (2 rounds)
• Renewal Burst

  3 energy

  1 ally

  • Healing 14
  • Energy gained 3