Echos of the Past

This page is for what was "The Void Cycle"

Lore pages start with: EOP

Summary

Echoes of the Past Skill List

General	Social	Combat	knowledge	Magic
Name Attribute Source Alchemy Intellect Core Rulebook Athletics Brawn Core Rulebook Computers(Hacking) Intellect Shadow of the Beanstalk Computers(SysOps) Intellect Shadow of the Beanstalk Cool Presence Core Rulebook Coordination Agility Core Rulebook Disclipline Willpower Core Rulebook Driving Agility Core Rulebook Mechanics Intellect Core Rulebook Medicine Intellect Core Rulebook Operating Intellect Core Rulebook Perception Cunning Core Rulebook Piloting Agility Core Rulebook Resilience Brawn Core Rulebook Skullduggery Cunning Core Rulebook Stealth Agility Core Rulebook Streetwise Cunning Core Rulebook Survival Cunning Core Rulebook Vigilance Willpower Core Rulebook	Name Attribute Source Charm Presence Core Rulebook Coercion Willpower Core Rulebook Deception Cunning Core Rulebook Leadership Presence Core Rulebook Negotiation Presence Core Rulebook	Name Attribute Source Brawl Brawn Core Rulebook Melee Light Brawn Core Rulebook Melee Heavy Brawn Core Rulebook Ranged Agility Core Rulebook	Name Attribute Source Knowledge Intellect Core Rulebook Spellcraft Intellect Echoes of the Past Religion Intellect Echoes of the Past Society Intellect Echoes of the Past InfoSphere Intellect Echoes of the Past	Name Attribute Source Arcane Intellect Core Rulebook Divine Willpower Core Rulebook Meta Intellect Echoes of the Past

Placeholder Description of the Overall Setting

Important Groups

Garm Collective

A collection of systems ran by a Council. This group was the first to reach the stars, Due to this they own a good chunk of the galaxy. The most common species you will find in this group are the Garm, though you will find Hu'zark a close 2nd, followed by Humans.

Sovar Federation

Started by a group of systems near the northern tip of the Garm Collective. This group slip off wanting to escape the bureaucracy of the Garm Collective, Over time more and more systems have joined the Federation.

Revalents

A Collection of systems owned by the Wassie, one of the younger civilizations in the galaxy. They generally have open borders and don't mind letting the other species of the galaxy come and go.

Milran

The Systems that you will find most Arakona located. This civilization has a focus on robotics and generally rejects outsiders. Most outsiders will find themselves being treated with indifference when in this region.

Pheonix Shroud

Leader: Zakres

A stealth based PMC created by Zakres, a Hu'zark who was 2nd in command of another PMC called 'Raven's Stash'. When his original PMC collapsed due to betrayal and internal conflict, he took those who remained and made 'Pheonix Shroud'.

Jrillvis

Leader: Mi-quan (Mi)

This PMC puts the MILITARY in PMC, they are ruthless and unforgiving. This PMC has a focus on pure Lethal action, their armor can withstand most bullets and there shielding tech can block most shots.

The Rectifiers

Leader: Yanivos Serrel

A PMC with a focus on energy. Their guns fire off arcs electricity and their shields can withstand most bullets easily. This specific group is known for its rather strange way of enter the Area of Operations, with drop pods and cannons.

Technology Level

Well beyond the space age, travelling across the galaxy only takes a couple days. [EXPAND LATER].

Background

Backgrounds represent your life overall. The things you focused on before adventuring. This determines your Attributes, starting skill, and your Wound and Strain Threshold.

Well Rounded

You don't lean into any skill and treat them all as Equal.

Attributes

Brawn	Agility	Intellect	Cunning	Willpower	Presence
2	2	2	2	2	2

Skill: 1 Free skill rank in any non-Career skill. No Skill can go over 2 ranks in Character Creation.

Wound Threshold	10+Brawn
Strain Threshold	10+Willpower

Hard Labor

You spent a good amount of your life in hard labor.

Attributes

Brawn	Agility	Intellect	Cunning	Willpower	Presence
3	2	2	2	1	2

Skill: You start with 1 Rank in any skill that uses Brawn. No Skill can go over 2 ranks in Character Creation.

Wound Threshold	12+Brawn
Strain Threshold	8+Willpower

Long Study Nights

You spent a good amount of your life studying and learning things

Attributes

Brawn	Agility	Intellect	Cunning	Willpower	Presence
2	1	3	2	2	2

Skill: You start with 1 Rank in any Knowledge Skill or any Skill that uses Intellect. No Skill can go over 2 ranks in Character Creation.

Wound Threshold	8+Brawn
Strain Threshold	12+Willpower

Socialite

You spent your life partying and/or being around others.

Attributes

Brawn	Agility	Intellect	Cunning	Willpower	Presence
1	2	2	2	2	3

Skill: You start with 1 Rank in Cool, or any Social. No Skill can go over 2 ranks in Character Creation.

Wound Threshold	10+Brawn
Strain Threshold	10+Willpower

Divine Worshiper

Your life had a focus on prayer and meditation

Attributes

Brawn	Agility	Intellect	Cunning	Willpower	Presence
2	2	2	2	3	1

Skill: You start with 1 rank in Divine Magic ((If the skill exist) or any skill that uses Willpower. No Skill can go over 2 ranks in Character Creation.

Wound Threshold	8+Brawn
Strain Threshold	12+Willpower

Something Unaccounted For

None of the above really sit with what you want. Or Maybe you just want to min-max. Either way you are free to create your own Backstory using the following Setup

1: Pick one attribute to be your best attribute, something that your character used a lot as they lived. This stat will have 3 in it.

2: Pick one attribute to be your worst attribute, something your character ignored or didn't focused on as they lived. This stat will have a 1 in it.

3: Pick a skill related to your Best Attribute.

4: Every other attribute is at 2.

For Wounds and Strain. Take a base of 10 for each. You can take points from one to increase the other

So you can decrease your Wound Threshold by 1 to give you 11 Base Strain Threshold , but 9 base Wound Threshold

After that add your Brawn to your Wound Threshold and Willpower to your Strain Threshold.

After picking your background, pick a Race below. This will give you two free talents.

Races In the Milky Way

This section is all the races that can show up in the Milky way Galaxy. They are the most common and the kind you will see everywhere you go.

Each race grants you two racial Talents, for the sake of talent rules, these are considered Tier 0 and will not help you towards getting Tier 2 talents (Subject to change. I need to read the book to see how it handles racial talents)

Human

Humans from the planet Earth, and for some reason Jiv'kun.

Name	Description
Ready for Anything	Once per session (Or Once per Day) as an out of turn incidental, you may move one Story Point from the GM’s pool to the Player’s Pool.
Cool Under Pressure	When a Cool roll is required you can spend 1 strain to add a Bonus Die, this can be used after the roll is made.

Android

Androids come in many shapes and sizes. They can come from a large range of backgrounds. Some were created by the Arakona while others seem to appear at random. They are humanoid in form, most typically resembling humans. It is common for androids to be obviously robotic but not unheard of for them to pass as human.

Name	Description
Made of Sturdier Stuff	Unlike the meatbags of the world, a couple of stabs isn’t going to put you down so quickly. When rolling for Critical wounds, your roll takes a -10 to the total.
Machine	You do not need any help traversing dangerous environments. You take no penalty for being in a bad environment and do not need any items to travel in space.

Hu'zark

Humanoid dragons created by the Garm a long time ago. They usually stand around 5-6 feet in height. Mutations within the species cause them to have many different layouts for their horns and sometimes digitigrade legs.

Name	Description
Scaled hide	Your rough scales help protect you from most impacts and physical attacks. You can add 1 to your SOAK.
Hard to Kill	When you are either knocked unconscious from breaking the Strain threshold or from wounds. You can remain standing an amount of turns equal to your Willpower.

Garm

Large Bulky humanoids with large black eyes and no mouths. The Garm are on average 7 Feet tall.

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Name	Description
Telepathic	Since you lack a mouth, you have to speak by projecting your thoughts. This allows you to easily sneak messages to select people. You can also send multiple different messages at once, albeit with some difficulty.
Overcharge	Even Garm who are not spell casters know how to tap into their inner supply of energy to give them just a bit more ‘Mmmph’ when they need it. A Garm can spend 2 Strain to upgrade a dice in their pool. (Turn an k to l)

Arakona

(A collection of Spider themed dudes. [Maybe, not sure yet. Def Placeholders] )

Name	Description
Poison Claws	When attacking with your fist. You can use claws instead that do +2 damage, and can spend 2 ADV to inflict poison onto a person. This does 2 damage a turn on the enemy for 2 Turns and gives the enemy a j.
Amazing Climbers	You can upgrade a die in your pool when climbing a surface.

Wasie

Wasie are shapeshifters and so are not defined by a notable size or shape. Despite being able to replicate other species’ forms, they are unable to replicate coloration. Instead, Wasie have their own unique color patterns.

Name	Description
Change Shape	At the cost of 1 Strain per silhouette increase or decrease , you are able to change your entire shape and size. This change can also be done per limb  to turn them into sharp melee weapons, a tool like a crowbar, or something of similar size and shape.
Another Face in the Crowd	When hiding in a crowd, you can upgrade a  single dice in your pool. (Changing an k dice to a l dice)

NOT OF THIS UNIVERSE

Occasionally creatures from another reality make their way into our own. There are a couple ways to arrive here, as listed below. Choosing one of these backgrounds does not allot your character any particular bonuses, but gives you an idea of their past and placement in the world. You can also pick races from Star of Solestine and Gears in the Machine.

Name	Description
Void Refugee	You were rescued from the void. Either your original universe was thrown into the void or you were cast there by yourself. Due to this your introduction to your current universe was Kol-No.
Misplaced	A spell that went wrong, an old artifact that supposedly removes people, or maybe you were in the wrong place. Either way you were misplaced and somehow landed in this universe.
Reclaimers Experiment	A mysterious faction of people who claim to be researching the ‘Abyss’. You were living a normal life when they brought you here against your will. They might have given you a job, or maybe you are a part of one of their experiments.

Goblin

A humanlike species that is short with green skin.

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Name	Description
Anythings Food if You're Brave enough	Goblins are able to consume a good amount of things that most races can’t. When rolling a resistance check to resist the effects of something you ate, you can add a j to the roll. You can also add a j to survival checks when looking for food. Though the stuff you find might not be edible for everyone else.
Goblin Luck	Goblin’s just seem to have a good amount of luck with them at all times. When rolling they can spend 1 story point to re-roll a die and take the better result.

Dwarf

A humanlike species that is shorter, thicker, and hairier. Most dwarves sport beards of some length. Many dwarven societies put a focus on mining and blacksmithing.

Name	Description
The Power of Beard	Your Beard doesn’t just serve the purpose of being cool. You can use that beard of yours to detect vibrations. When it's pressed against a surface, you can feel any vibrations going on. Pressing  your beard against a door lets you feel if anyone is talking. Or against the floor gives you a vague idea of where people are up to medium range.
Stout and Sturdy	Add 1 to your soak.

Paziki

Humanoid rat creature with Digitigrade legs.  Used to be apart of a hivemind.

Name	Description
Strange Sense	Paziki have an innate sense of smell for aether or mana in general. They can smell nearby magical items and gain a j for identifying if something is magical.
The Old Collective	Paziki work best with others. When supporting or when being supported you add an additional j to the dice pool.

Kobold

Small humanoid creatures with dragon features. Known most for their diminutive stature, Kobold can pack a surprising punch due to their connection with fire.

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Name	Description
Connection to the Vul	You gain 2 soak against attacks that are fire based.
Dragon breath	You always have a Fire breath weapon...well unless you can’t open your mouth. Name Skill DAM CRIT RANGE SPECIAL Breath, Fire Ranged (Light) 3 2 Short Cone 2, Burn 1

Cone: You can spend two advantage to have the attack hit  2 enemies in the same range band as your target, if your attack missed its main target, you can spend 3 to hit the other targets in the cone.

Burn: You can spend two Advantages to set the target on fire. Causing them to take burn damage 3 for 2 turns. Enemies can spend an action to put this fire out (CHECK RULES TO CLARIFY THIS)

Moth

Its a Moth

Name	Description
Flight	As a moth you have two perfectly working wings to use. Getting hit while in the air requires a hard coordination check to remain in the air.
Night Guide	You can add one j when you are navigating, either by Astrocartography or by Survival.

Salamanders

(Salamander-like Humanoids)

Name	Description
Regenerative Limbs	Once per day you can spend a story point to instantly recover from any critical wound. This can be done as a Maneuver while in a structured encounter.
Toxic Spit	You can spit  a ball of poison at your enemies, unless you can’t open your mouth. Name Skill DAM CRIT RANGE SPECIAL Spit, Poison Ranged (Light) 4 5 Short 'Burn' 2

Burn: You can spend two Advantages to inflict poison on your foe. Causing them to take poison damage 4 for 2 turns

A Fragment

You are nothing more than a fragmented memory of someone, split by a powerful force, you only remember flashes of your former life. You appear as a humanoid blob, with two glowing eyes.

Name	Description
Connected to the Universe	You can spend One Story Point to cast a Meta spell with no strain cost. You do not choose what spell is cast, and you treat it as if you gained 1 Success. This can only happen once per encounter.
A Moment Remembered	At the cost of 2 Strain, you may use any Skill as if you had 2 ranks in it.

In addition to the above. You can regain shards of yourself. How you get these are left up to your DM. Though it doesn't have to be your goal. Doing this lets you 'Return to your Former self'. Both of these are really something you should talk to your DM about ahead of time due to the effect these shards can have.

When acquiring shards you can choose to embrace them or forget them. Embracing gives you some small bonus. While Leaving behind gets you nothing. No matter what you gain a hint of who you were. The only exception is on the 4th fragment, where you are given back all your memories and can choose to embrace fully or forget. If you Embrace the 4th your character is replaced with your original form. Keeping only some skills, while Leaving the 4th behind will let you keep the memories, but you will stay as you are.

A Shard can take on any form, but in most cases it takes on the form of something related to the character. They can spread anywhere, but do move around from time to time.

Fragment	Embraced	Leave Behind
1	You gain a concrete memory from your former life. This can be plot relevant or just a random memory	You gain a concrete memory from your former life. This can be plot relevant or just a random memory
2	You gain 1 Career Skill from your Previous Life, and another memory hinting at who you were	You remember another memory hinting at who you were
3	You gain 1 Racial Talent from your Previous Life, and a fact about your previous life	You remember a fact about your previous life
4	You are Whole once again. You lose your racial talents in favor of your original Races. Your skills are replaced with your Original forms skill list. You can keep 2 Skills from your fragmented form.	You Know fully who you once were. But for your own reasons decide to let go of this former life.

Armor, Weapons, Gear

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Meta Magic

Lore Page: Meta

Meta spells are a list of powerful spells that those with the Meta skill can cast, unlike normal magic these have a unique cost that changes depending on your ranks in Meta.

Meta magic are spells that mimic certain unseen functions of the universe. Using these spells takes a large amount of energy at first, but as a caster gets more experience with these spells the cost decreases.

Anyone can learn these spells but it's not common for someone to learn about them by themselves. It can happen but most of the time the knowledge is passed on from someone who has already figured it out.  You can only put ranks into Meta If you have at least 2 rank in either Arcana or Spellcrafting.

No matter what the cost of Meta magic starts at 7 and goes down by 1 per rank in Meta.

To cast a spell you make a Hard (kkk) Meta Check. Every success makes the spell stronger. If the check is a wash or failure then the spell fizzles out and you take the strain cost, plus any additional gained from Threat.

Structured Encounters

Spell	Effect
Sight	For some turn equal to your Success. Any attacked targeting the caster increases its Difficulty by 2.
Revert	Negate the action of a number of Targets based on your success.
Pause	Every Success gives you a bonus action or Maneuver. If Successfully cast you may ignore the Maneuver limit. You cannot Spend strain to get additional actions while using this spell

Meta spells can cancel each other out, in a simple rock, paper, scissors way.

Sight counters Revert, Revert counters Pause, and Pause counters Sight.

Any Meta caster can cast a Meta spell as a reaction to another caster. Both losing Strain but neither gains the bonus effects of the spell.

Narrative Encounters

Meta spells generally function the same in both structural and narrative encounters, they still have the same cost. With each rank the effect should be a bit stronger. Example,

Meta Descriptions

Spell	Effect
Sight	The caster gets a hint of some event about to happen. How useful the hint is depends on the dice pool.
Revert	The Caster is able to return to a previous moment in time they have marked. Every hour increases the Strain cost by 1, this is canceled out by the amount of success the caster has in their pool.
Pause	The Caster is able to stop the flow of time around them. The caster can move freely for a minute per each success.

Spending Threat and Despair on Meta rolls

With the power these bring, there is also a chance it will backfire. While threats might make the spell cost a bit more, it could do other things depending on the spell cast.

Cost	Result Options
h Or d	The spark inside the character fizzles a bit. For one round the caster adds jj to all magical checks for 2 rounds
h h Or d	The Strain cost of the spell is Doubled.
h h h Or d	Something goes wrong while they are casting, until their next turn the caster upgrades all magical checks by 2. As if the universe is actively trying to make them fail.
d	The caster is overwhelmed by the spell. The spell increases their wounds instead of their strain. The Caster falters during the casting and the spell backfires. Pause freezes them in time for one turn. Sight increases the difficulty of all checks by 2 for a turn, and Revert misplaces the caster into a dangerous spot.
ddd	The caster is unable to control the spell and the energy blast back. Fragmenting them slightly. Until they are able to reform, all skills and Attributes are capped at 2. This can be reverting through the story (The caster is able to find their fragment) or via a Formidable Arcane check. Do not do this unless the player is ok with it.