Errata

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Introduction

• Stacking Range Expansions (p. 10). In the last sentence, add “16” to the example Opportunity range so it reads, “if the die shows a 16, 17, 18, 19, or 20”.

Chapter 3: Character Statistics

• Skill Examples (p. 67). In the table entry for Thievery, change “against the merchant’s cognitive defense” to “against the merchant’s Spiritual defense”.

Chapter 4: Heroic Paths

• Terms from Later Chapters (p. 71). In the Conditions bullet, change “Stunned condition” to “Slowed condition”.

• Calm Appeal (p. 84, 86). Change the talent’s activation type from “∞” (always active) to “★” (special activation).

• Decisive Command (p. 99). Change “gain a command die” to “gain a command die, which begins as a d4 and can increase to a maximum of d12.”

Chapter 5: Radiant Paths

• Truthwatcher History (p. 182). In the third paragraph, change “Watchers of Pailiah” to “the Eyes of Pala”.

Chapter 6: Surges

• Cohesion on Others (p. 218). In the last sentence, change “the Heavy trait” to “the Cumbersome trait”.

Chapter 7: Items

• Unarmed Attacks (p. 248). Change the last sentence of the Always Available trait to read, “You can make an unarmed attack even if both of your hands are holding weapons or other items, but when you do, that attack still counts as an attack using a hand of your choice. If you use the Strike action to make an unarmed attack, you might describe it as a punch, kick, or headbutt—but you must still choose which ‘hand’ is making that attack, and you can’t make another Strike using a weapon you’re holding in that hand.”

• Grappling Hook (p. 259). Change “Acrobatics and Athletics tests” to “Agility and Athletics tests”.

Chapter 8: Goals and Rewards

• Example Companions by Tier table (p. 281). Change all occurrences of “Standard” to “Rival”.

• Example Companion: Animal (p. 281). In the last sentence, change “tier 2” to “tier 3” so it reads, “At tier 3, a character might even be able to earn the trust of a Ryshadium steed”.

Chapter 10: Combat

• Reactive Strike (p. 305). Change “make a melee weapon attack against” to “make a melee weapon attack or unarmed attack against”.

• Weapon Attacks (p. 306). In the second sentence, remove “either an unarmed attack or”, so it reads “When you make a weapon attack, choose a weapon you’re currently wielding in your hand…”

• Forced Movement (p. 310). Change “Reactive Attack reaction” to “Reactive Strike reaction”.

• Falling (p. 311). At the end of first paragraph, add “If an ability allows you to jump more than 10 feet, that doesn’t count as falling.”

Chapter 11: Conversations

• Example Conversation (p. 321). In the second-to-last italicized paragraph, change “Jorni’s Spiritual defense” to “Jorni’s Cognitive defense”.

Chapter 12: Endeavors

• Example Endeavor (p. 335). In the third italicized paragraph, change “along with the +3 from the plot die” to “along with the +2 from the plot die”.

Appendix: Animal Companions

• Chull (p. 369). In the Strike: Pincer action, change the damage on a hit from “7 (1d6 + 4)” to “9 (1d6 + 6)”.

• Mink (p. 369). In the Strike: Bite action, change “Attack +3” to “Attack +4”, and change damage on a hit from “5 (1d4 + 3)” to “6 (1d4 + 4)”.

• Horse (p. 370). Change the horse’s size from “Small Animal” to “Large Animal”.

• Axehind (p. 371). Change “Reduce their movement rate by 5 feet” to “Reduce their movement rate by 10 feet”.

• Hunting Chicken (p. 372). Change “Remove the Aquatic feature” to “Remove their swim movement rate”.

Glossary and Index

• Windrunner (p. 382). Change “bond with windspren” to “bond with honorspren”.

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Chapter 1: The World

• Nature Spren (p. 15). Change “Common types of nature spren” to “Well-known types of nature spren”.

Chapter 5: Allies and Organizations

• Mraize (p. 142). Change “The man whom Shallan knows by the title of Mraize—whose real name is Betd—is a worldhopper from Thaylenah” to “The Thaylen man whom Shallan knows by the title of Mraize—whose real name is Betd—is a presumed worldhopper”.

Chapter 6: Points of Interest

• Kholin (p. 164). Change “a small contingent remained behind to maintain the remnants of the warcamp, while Brightness Jasalai led the bulk of the force to relocate to Urithiru” to “a small contingent led by Brightness Jasalai remained behind to maintain the remnants of the warcamp, while the bulk of the force relocated to Urithiru.”

Chapter 8: Adversaries and Bestiary

• Chasmfiend (p. 193). In the Strike: Claws action, change “impact damage” to “keen damage”.

• Chull (p. 194). In the Strike: Pincer action, change “Attack: +4” to “Attack: +6”.

• Socialite (p. 196). In the spiritual skills, add “+5 Insight”.

• All Dustbringer stat blocks (p. 200, 202, 203). Rename the “Decaying Touch” action to “Inescapable Decay”.

• Dustbringer of the Second Ideal (p. 200). Change the deflect value from “2 (chain)” to “2 (Abrasion)”.

• Dustbringer Tactics (p. 202). Change “gravitationspren” to “flamespren”.

• Dustbringer of the Third Ideal (p. 202). In the Complication effect, change “remove the Investiture cost” to “remove the Investiture and focus costs”.

• Dustbringer of the Fourth Ideal (p. 203). In the Complication effect, change “remove the Investiture cost” to “remove the Investiture and focus costs”.

• Dustbringer of the Fourth Ideal (p. 203). In the Strike: Shardblade action, add an asterisk after the damage modifier so it reads, “Hit: 21 (2d10 + 10*) spirit damage”. In the Strike: Shortbow action, add an asterisk after the damage modifier so it reads, “Hit: 13 (1d6 + 10*) keen damage”.

• Deepest One (p. 207). In the Complication effect, change “their features or actions” to “their actions”.

• Flowing One (p. 211). In the Complication effect, change “remove the focus costs” to “remove the Investiture and focus costs”.

• Focused One (p. 213). In the Complication effect, change “without spending focus” to “without spending Investiture”.

• Husked One (p. 217). In the surge skills, change “Transformation” to “Transportation”.

• Skybreaker of the Fourth Ideal (p. 248). In the Strike: Shardblade action, add an asterisk after the damage modifier so it reads, “20 (2d10 + 9*) spirit damage”.

• Skybreaker of the Fourth Ideal (p. 248). In the Lashing Shot action, after the attack but before the graze, add “The Skybreaker touches a Huge or smaller unattended object and launches it at the target.”

• Skybreaker of the Fourth Ideal (p. 248). In the Opportunity and Complication effects, change “Distant Decay” to “Inescapable Decay”.

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Chapter 2: Weeper’s Trail

• Vedolin Opportunities and Complications (p. 48). Reverse the Opportunity and Complication symbols; the rolling cart should happen on ✶(Complication), and Vedolin dropping his knife should happen on ✧(Opportunity).

• Talking to Taln (p. 54). Change “A PC with the Alethi expertise recognizes the vision as Rathalas” to “A PC with the Alethi expertise recognizes the description: this is Rathalas”.

Chapter 5: The Eighty’s War

• The Eighty’s War (p. 93). In the first paragraph in chapter, change “The Nightwatcher encourages the PCs to proceed through the war-torn lands of Greater Hexi” to “The Nightwatcher encourages the PCs to travel to Emul’s war-torn border”.

• Herald of Honor... or Odium? (p. 101). Change “preventing nascent Heralds from swearing Ideals” to “preventing nascent Radiants from swearing Ideals”.

Chapter 7: What Was and What Could Be

• Y1: Meditation Room (p. 120). Change “decline of the Truthwatchers” to “decline of the Eyes of Pala”.

Appendix A: Adversaries

• Axehound (p. 133). Change the role from “Rival” to “Minion”.

• Dustbringer of the Second Ideal (p. 141). In the Decaying Touch action, change “Attack +6” to “Attack +6 vs. Spiritual”.

• Dustbringer of the Second Ideal (p. 141). In the Skate free action, change “Costs 1 Investiture” to “Costs 2 Focus”.

• Skybreaker of the Second Ideal (p. 153). In the Regenerate free action, change “The Dustbringer” to “The Skybreaker”.

• Skybreaker Tactics (p. 153). Change “wield Gravitation and Division to devastating effect” to “wield Gravitation to devastating effect”.

• Stormform Regal (p. 158). In the Strike: Shortspear action, change “Attack +6, reach 5 ft. or range 20 ft., one target” to “Attack +6, reach 5 ft., one target”.

• Warform Singer (p. 163). In the Strike: Shortbow action, change “range 100 ft.” to “range 80/320 ft.”

GM Tools

• Same changes as listed for “Appendix A: Adversaries.”

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Survivors

• Survivors (p. 8). In the last paragraph, change “two bridgemen lie buried” to “three bridgemen lie buried”.

Chasmfiend Pursuit

• Running Toward Danger (p. 14). In the last sentence of sidebar, change “Adapt the Take Shelter scene and Parshendi Hunting Party scene” to “Adapt the scenes in ‘The Surface’ and ‘The Way Home’ as the party moves...”

The Lost Shrine

• Resolving the Endeavor (p. 23). In the Failure subsection, change “south side of the drawer” to “south side of the pedestal”.

Appendix A: Adversaries

• Spear Infantry (p. 34). In the Strike: Shortspear action, change “Graze: 4 (1d8) impact damage” to “Graze: 3 (1d6) impact damage”.

Player Quick Reference

• Reactions (p. 39). Change “When an enemy leaves your reach, make a free attack with a melee weapon you’re wielding” to “When an enemy leaves your reach, spend 1 focus to make a melee weapon attack or unarmed attack against them.”

Pregenerated Characters

• Abena. Remove “Shortspear” from the equipment list.

• Talani. Change her Speed from 2 to 1, and change her Presence from 1 to 2. Change her Physical defense from 15 to 14, and change her Spiritual defense from 13 to 14.

• Zvynda. Replace her current expertises with the following: “Thaylen, Azish, and Alethi: You speak these languages and automatically know basic facts about their cultures. You can make Lore tests to recall related obscure information,” and “Archeology, Equipment Crafting, History: Recall basic facts, make Lore tests to recall obscure information.”

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Part 3: Combat

• Reactive Strike (p. 34). Change “make a melee weapon attack against” to “make a melee weapon attack or unarmed attack against”.

• Weapon Attacks (p. 35). In the second sentence, remove “either an unarmed attack or”, so it reads “When you make a weapon attack, choose a weapon you’re currently wielding in your hand…”

Part 6: Items

• Unarmed Attacks (p. 50). Change the last sentence of the Always Available trait to read, “You can make an unarmed attack even if both of your hands are holding weapons or other items, but when you do, that attack still counts as an attack using a hand of your choice. If you use the Strike action to make an unarmed attack, you might describe it as a punch, kick, or headbutt—but you must still choose which ‘hand’ is making that attack, and you can’t make another Strike using a weapon you’re holding in that hand.”

• Grappling Hook (p. 54). Change “Acrobatics and Athletics tests” to “Agility and Athletics tests”.

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Actions

• Ready. Change the activation from 2 to 1*.

Reactions

• Reactive Strike. Change “When an enemy leaves your reach, make a free attack with a melee weapon you’re wielding” to “When an enemy leaves your reach, spend 1 focus to make a melee weapon attack or unarmed attack against them.”

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