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Mystic Trees

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Six trees, six engines: prayers, interpretations, aspects, patrons, disciplines, jutsus. Every mystic ability costs 1 martial point plus 1 skill point, and no character mixes a mystic tree with a martial one.

Magic Under the Wounds System

The spell, prayer, litany, jutsu, and discipline entries in this book are written natively in the three-layer currency (Vigor -> Vitality -> wounds). This is the design standard they follow, and the conversion reference for anything you import from other KING material:

Spell Damage (fixed values, printed per spell)

Every damaging spell carries its own damage number in its entry. That number lands on a failed save, and a successful save takes 1 Vigor damage instead (unless the effect says otherwise). Save DC is the DC of the spell's tier (11/13/15/17/19). No damage rolls.

Spell TierSingle targetArea, to each target
132
243
364
485
5106
  • The table describes the shape of the spell list; it does not override a spell. Where an entry names a different number, the entry is right.
  • Area effects deal their full number to EACH target. The area is already priced by the spell's stamina cost; do not discount the number.
  • Effects written as Vigor damage carry their own smaller numbers, touch Vigor only, never Vitality, never wounds. Against Minors that is simply damage: their whole pool is Vigor, which makes Vigor-damage AoEs the mook-clearers.
  • Per-tier riders and conditions on individual spells stay as written; only the base harm number follows this table.
  • Prayers, litanies, jutsus, alchemical items, and psion disciplines are not on this table. Each deals the number printed in its own entry.

Prayer Damage (rises with the tier reached)

A prayer is not cast at a fixed tier: the Faith roll decides the tier the prayer reaches, from 1 to 5. Read the tier line you reached; damaging prayers print their number on each line (Holy Fire deals 1 Vitality at Tier 1, 3 at Tier 3, 5 at Tier 5). The riders printed on that line (what the fire reveals, who is unmade, how far the pillar reaches) apply exactly as written.

This is what makes the Faith roll a real gamble. A high tier hits harder, but it is also harder to hold: the tier reached sets both the disruption DC and the stamina it costs to keep the prayer alive.

Healing

  • A healing effect heals points of Vitality equal to its tier (The Laying on of Hands outdoes this table: 3 Vitality at Tier 2, full at Tier 4).
  • "Refill Vigor to cap" effects: unchanged.
  • Effects that name mending flesh and bone: remove 1 wound - literally: close one of the target's light wounds (Severity 1 or 2; the GM or player picks which). No such effect closes a middle or worst wound (Part 6, Lasting Injuries).
  • Revival and resurrection effects: unchanged.
  • Effects that reduced maximum Vitality: reduce maximum Vitality by 1 (it recovers when the effect ends).

Everything Else

  • "X Vitality" barriers, summons, and constructs: give them Minor pools by Tier (Part 7B): flimsy = Tier 1, sturdy = Tier 2, fortress = Tier 4.
  • Damage over time: 1 Vigor damage per round; Vitality only on a failed save when first applied.
  • Self-damage costs ("take X damage"): lose 1 Vigor, or 1 Vitality if the listed number exceeded 10.
  • Sovereigns: an effect that would remove a Sovereign or take its turn costs it a Sovereign Action instead (Part 7B).
  • Lost turns: an effect that takes a player character's or a Major's turn ends at the end of the target's next turn, and a creature that saves is immune to it for the fight (Part 6, Conditions).
  • Save DCs: a spell uses the DC of the SPELL's tier. Everything else that forces a save (prayers, litanies, jutsus, disciplines, tree abilities, talents, racials) uses the DC of the USER's Tier. The ladder is the same either way: 11/13/15/17/19.
  • Duration: Focus: the spell lasts only while you sustain it. Sustaining it is your Maneuver for the round, and you can sustain only one at a time (Part 6, Spellcasting).

IMPORTANT: Martial Trees and Mystic Trees are mutually exclusive. You must choose one path.

  • Each Mystic ability costs 1 martial point + 1 skill point
  • This leaves only 1 skill point per level for Skill Trees (compared to 2 for martial characters)
  • Skill Trees are available to both martial and mystic characters

Mystic Structure

All 6 Mystics follow the same point structure but have completely different mechanics:

12 Abilities
1 martial + 1 skill point each (12 martial + 12 skill total)
3 Ultimates
FREE choices at 4, 8, and 12 abilities
At Level 10
12 martial + 20 skill points available

MYSTIC SCALING: Each Mystic uses their Mystic level (abilities purchased in that tree, 1-12) for their mystic abilities, unless otherwise specified.

TIER GATE: You cannot cast a spell, manifest a discipline or use a jutsu above your own Tier, whatever your Mystic level allows, unless an ability names a higher tier.

The six trees

The spell lists

Wizards and Invokers share the arcane list. Druids cast from the primal list, and a Martial Artist may take primal spells in place of jutsus.