Scope
The single governing idea defining what the Grant can do and what it can never become.
Grant system · Public playtest
Build a Channel from foundation to Apex.
Choose a primary Classification, define one coherent Scope, compare focused and hybrid starts, and test every later Power Development in purchase order.
Player primer
One Grant, one governing idea
A Grant is one focused supernatural capability conveyed through a Deal. The Deal explains who offered the power and what was promised. The Grant describes how that power behaves in play. Completing the Promise resolves the obligation, but it does not control mechanical Power Development.
Accommodation
The passive way the recipient’s body, senses, or instincts have adapted to carrying the power.
Expressions
Precise techniques with a clear activation, range, effect, resource, and limit.
Manifestation
The physical or sensory sign showing how the power has taken shape through the character.
Choose a working tree
Grant Classifications
A Classification describes what a power does, not where it came from or how strong it is. One is primary. Secondary Facets change how that same power operates without adding an unrelated Grant.
Level-one foundation
What every Channel begins with
Grant Abilitycharisma
Grant resource1 Grant ChargeShort or long rest
Starting accessRank IOne or two starting Expressions
Automatic scale1 damage die1 Charge at this draft
Conduit Adaptation
Your own Channel Expressions cannot damage you or impose their harmful conditions on you. You can direct your momentary output and recognize its residue. Similar effects from other sources affect you normally.
Minor Emission
Create one narrow harmless use of the output. It cannot damage, impose a condition, move a creature, or replace a Profession feature.
Directed Discharge
Make a ranged Grant attack. On a hit, deal 1d6 damage of one type fixed by the Scope.
Clear Conduction
The output must travel through an unobstructed path from you to its target. Total cover blocks it, and it cannot persist or act independently unless an Expression says otherwise.
Test the root concept
Channel Scope sentence
I release [a narrow phenomenon] from [where it emerges]. It naturally [one thing it naturally does], but it cannot [one rule it cannot bypass].
Level-one choice
Choose the starting package
Both choices belong to one Grant and one Deal.
Driving Discharge
Action · 60 feet · InstantaneousMake a ranged Grant attack. On a hit, deal 2d6 damage and push the target up to 10 feet.
Burst Discharge
Action · Self, 15-foot cone · InstantaneousCreatures in the cone make a Dexterity save, taking 2d6 damage on a failure or half on a success.
Hindering Discharge
Action · 60 feet · Until your next turnMake a ranged Grant attack. On a hit, deal 1d6 damage and reduce the target’s speed by 10 feet until the start of your next turn.
Power Development
Choose nodes in purchase order
Each selection represents one level where experience developed the Grant instead of advancing the Profession. Automatic scaling keeps the foundation effective while purchased nodes create identity.
Tier 1
Available nowEarly Development
Available with the level-one foundation.
Additional Rank I Expression
Learn one additional approved Rank I Channel Expression.
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Learn one additional approved Rank I Channel Expression. It costs 1 Grant Charge unless its rule says otherwise.
Extended Conduction
Increase the range of the Core Expression by 30 feet.
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Increase the range of the Core Expression by 30 feet. Total cover still blocks it.
Steady Conduit
Gain advantage on Constitution saves made to maintain concentration on Channel Expressions.
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Gain advantage on Constitution saves made to maintain concentration on Channel Expressions.
Secondary Facet Seed
Gain the chosen secondary Classification’s Facet Seed.
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After using a primary Expression, move 5 feet. This movement does not provoke an opportunity attack from one creature affected by that Expression.
Tier 2
3 earlier purchases neededDeveloped Grant
Unlocks after three Grant investments.
Rank II Expression
Learn one approved Rank II Channel Expression.
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Learn one approved Rank II Channel Expression. It normally costs 2 Grant Charges.
Controlled Spread
When an area Expression forces a save, exclude a number of visible creatures up to the Grant Ability modifier.
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When an area Expression forces a save, exclude a number of visible creatures up to the Grant Ability modifier.
Hardened Conduit
Gain resistance to the damage type or harmful phenomenon used by the Core Expression, including outside sources.
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Gain resistance to the damage type or harmful phenomenon used by the Core Expression, including outside sources.
Facet Development
Strengthen the selected Facet Seed into one approved ability comparable to a Rank I Expression.
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Strengthen the selected Facet Seed into one approved ability comparable to a Rank I Expression. It remains part of the same Grant.
Requires: Secondary Facet SeedTier 3
6 earlier purchases neededPotent Grant
Unlocks after six Grant investments.
Rank III Expression
Learn one approved Rank III Channel Expression.
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Learn one approved Rank III Channel Expression. It normally costs 3 Grant Charges.
Perfect Conduction
The Core Expression ignores half and three-quarters cover, but total cover still stops it.
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The Core Expression ignores half and three-quarters cover, but total cover still stops it.
Convergence Expression
Create one signature Expression that combines Channel with the developed Facet and could not be produced by either Classification alone.
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Create one signature Expression that combines Channel with the developed Facet and could not be produced by either Classification alone.
Requires: Facet DevelopmentTier 4
9 earlier purchases neededApex
Unlocks after nine Grant investments.
Apex Output
Create one unique Apex Expression usable once per long rest without spending Grant Charges.
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Create one unique Apex Expression usable once per long rest without spending Grant Charges. It must remain inside the original Scope and hard boundary.
Total Convergence
Create one Apex ability that fully combines Channel with the selected Facet.
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Create one Apex ability that fully combines Channel with the selected Facet. It must change how the character approaches an engagement, not merely increase damage.
Requires: Convergence Expression