Saint (FiD)

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As a saint, you were chosen by a spiritual patron to carry a message, stepping onto a path of devotion and upheaval. This calling is not one you sought; it was placed upon you, most often because of your conviction. You serve as both herald and reformer, challenging norms to inspire a better future. Your mission frequently puts you at odds with Clerics and their institutions, since your authority flows directly from the divine, not from hierarchy.

A saint who endures may inspire future generations; your words may become scripture, and your body and relics venerated. None of this helps you now.

Saints often take an additional playbook that reflects their patron’s nature: a Knight Saint for a martial deity, a Rogue Saint for a trickster, a Mountebank Saint for a god of secrets, and so on. Choosing an appropriate second playbook can be challenging, as it must align with your patron’s creed.

Touchstones: Saints, prophets, divine messengers, and reformers shape this playbook. Figures like Friar Tuck, the chaotic mystic clerics of Al-Qadim, and the divinely burdened oracles of fantasy fiction echo the tension between divine purpose and mortal limits.

Gandhi – Gandhi (1982), Joan of Arc – The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), Eli – The Book of Eli (2010), Amarendra Baahubali – Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali: The Conclusion (2017).

Trauma Condition — Faith

As a Saint, you are bound to love and serve your spiritual patron. You pray for your powers, using plain words and gestures to ask for what you want to happen. Your patron prefers loud, visible displays that proclaim their hand in the miracle, though they understand this is not always possible.

You may commune with your patron for guidance. They can direct you toward tasks or locations tied to your calling and offer personal insight, but they withhold detailed information unless you use appropriate powers. Creatures you summon are servants of your patron — friendly, but uncompromising in matters of faith.

The first power you learn that is marked in yellow reflects your patron’s domain and defines your bond with them. Once you choose a domain power, you cannot select any other yellow powers.

Special Abilities

Community

Gain +1d on Insight and Resolve actions affecting those who share your faith. When using powers in the presence of a congregation (scale equal to your Tier, p. 221), you gain increased Effect.

Charisma

Gain increased effect when you perform for an audience. This is commonly preaching but can be other performing arts. By performing before an appreciative audience, you can recruit a temporary Cohort Gang (p 96) appropriate to the situation. These cohorts stay with you for the duration of the score or until you use this ability again.

Crisis of Faith

Add +1d to all resistance rolls. On a 1-3 resistance roll, you must choose one: question your faith — a belief or trauma issue — lose sight of your friends.

Expanded Domains

You can learn any Power Form, removing the Form restrictions of Trauma Condition — Faith. Reduce the number of dice required to use powers by 2d.

Intercession

When an ally within sight suffers a consequence, you may take 1 Stress to reduce it by one level (Desperate → Risky → Controlled → none). If Judgement alerts you that someone is in danger, you may use Intercession at any distance instead of using Assist or Protect.

Judgement

You bless or curse creatures, filling them with positive or negative inclinations. Until the end of the score, you may Assist (p. 134) and Protect (p. 135) them, even if you are not physically present. You intuitively realize when they are in danger and get a rough idea of what it is. Twice per score, you can Assist your crew or Protect an NPC without expending stress.

Righteousness

When making an action roll that involves a higher-tier threat, gain +1d per difference in Tier when you invoke your patron's name or purpose.

Additional Playbook

Select another playbook. You gain immediate access to its Inventory and XP conditions. From now on, you can choose its Special Abilities. You can take this special ability multiple times, each time selecting a new playbook. Prerequisite: To select a playbook, you need an action rating of one in each of its starting actions.

Powers

You can learn these powers, expending a Special Ability for each. You can only select a single power marked yellow.

Abyss, Air, Animal, Barrier, Darkness, Death, Earth, Electricity, Fire, Ice, Flux, Illusion, Kinesis, Life, Light, Metal, Mind, Order, Plant, Space, Time, and Water.

Allies and Antagonists

˄ ˅ Dossin, a heretic.

˄ ˅ Feral, an outcast.

˄ ˅ Harli, a rebel.

˄ ˅ Karu, a cleric.

˄ ˅ Virex, an inquisitor.

Inventory

☑ Holy Disguise.

☑, ☑, ☑ Miraculous Means.

☐, ☐, ☐ Potent Oil.

☑ Vision Token.

• Holy Disguise ☑: A hooded cloak or a large hat that is ubiquitous in the setting. It helps you avoid attention as long as you lie low in a crowd, but won't conceal you if individually examined. As a Saint, this also protects you from all Attune, Study, and Survey Powers, but not mundane observation. Playbook.
• Miraculous Means ☑: A humble object sanctified by your patron. Gain +1d on a single action roll involving a Power. Consumable, Playbook.
• Potent Oil ☐: A weapon coated in this oil becomes potent against the supernatural for an hour. Alchemy, Common, Consumable.
• Vision Token ☑: A physical reminder or remnant of a recent vision.. Allows a single use of a power available to your playbook but not known to you. Playbook.

XP

Every time you roll a desperate action, mark xp in that action's attribute. At the end of each session, for each item below, mark 1 xp (in your playbook or an attribute) or 2 xp if that item occurred multiple times.

• You addressed a challenge using powers or charisma.
• You expressed your beliefs, drives, heritage, or background.
• You struggled with issues from your vice or traumas during the session.

Starting Actions

Attune 1

Sway 2

4 points by choice, no higher than 2 in any one.