Vessel

"The gods themselves handle their power irresponsibly. Why any would put their faith in such fickle beings is utterly beyond me. If you want something done right, do it yourself." - Dungrel Razevow, magic thief

Dungrel Razevow, magic thief

You have always known that something is not right with the world. Deity and demon alike seem utterly concerned with their own plans and care not for the mortal world. In response, you have grown increasingly bitter and have finally taken it upon yourself to rewrite the world as you see fit. By siphoning power from gods and planar entities, you will become a god in your own right, and will act with more justice and care than any before you.

Being a vessel is a dangerous affair. You are constantly stealing traces of power from tremendous, unfathomable planar entities. In so doing, you run the risk of their retaliation. How do you recognize your own role in the grand scheme of the cosmos? Do you steal power with a sense of resignation that one day you will be caught and punished, or do you boldly believe that eventually you might become as powerful as a demigod yourself? Do you steal from many different gods to hide your tracks, or do you find yourself returning to the same deity over and over? Would you ever enter into some form of mutual agreement with a deity in exchange for a reliable stream of power, or is this too limiting for your aspirations?

What exactly do you hope to achieve from taking godly power into your own hands? If you pursue some kind of abstract moral goal, how will you know when you have achieved it? How much power do you need from the gods in order to achieve this goal, and is there truly no safer way to do so?

Or, maybe you steal from the gods just because you like it.

Vessel Tracks/Talents

Antiessence. You channel your corrupted Essence into a scouring aura that damages and weakens your foes.

Divine Icons. Through thievery or trickery, you gain access to one or more divine icons, siphoning power from the gods.

Planar Thievery. By stealing energy from spells and planar creatures around you, you can enhance your own powers.

Soul Graft. You use the external energy that you have attached to your soul to enhance your physical stamina far beyond what you could naturally achieve.

Core Subclass Tracks

Vessel Entry Talent

After gaining the Vessel Entry talent, you can take talents from any of the Vessel stacks.

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Vessel Entry	Character Level 2	When you take this entry talent, you gain the following abilities. Divine Icon. Choose one Divine Icon from the Cleric stack. Gain one of that Icon’s abilities. Surge of Vitality. (2/Rest) If Bloodied, you may spend 2 AP to regain 1d4+CHA HP. Initiate. Gain the Initiate of the Occult talent if you did not already have it. If you already have it, gain +5 SP and +1 Occult Power instead. CHA is your magic attribute Occult Power. Each time you level up and spend your Talent Point on a vessel talent, you gain +5 SP and +1 Occult Power. Soul Sacrifice. Some talents in the Vessel stack have the soul sacrifice tag. When you take a talent with this tag, you lose the ability to ever be resurrected by any means, as your soul has suffered too much alteration to function as a normal soul would.	Vessel, Class Entry

Antiessence Track

Antiessence Track Progression

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Antiessence Aura	Vessel Entry	(END/Rest) By unleashing your strange and corrupt Essence in a torrent around you, you scour the nearby world. You may activate your Antiessence Aura by spending 3 AP on your turn. The Aura lasts for 1 minute or until you choose to end it early (costing 0 AP). Your Aura’s radius is 10 ft. Your Antiessence Aura imposes TD on hostile creatures within it	Vessel, Antiessence
Vulnerability	Antiessence Aura	Choose one type of elemental or energy damage (this choice is permanent): cold, corrosive, fire, lightning, or toxic; necrotic, psychic, radiant, or sonic. When you activate your Aura, you may use your Aura of Vulnerability power. Aura of Vulnerability. Take 1d6 damage of the type you chose. Your Antiessence Aura imposes Vulnerable 1 on the type of damage that you chose from taking this talent. Creatures that are Immune to a type of damage do not gain Vulnerable from this ability	Vessel, Antiessence
Vitriol	Vulnerability	When a hostile creature starts its turn in your Antiessence Aura, it must make an Aura Avoidance roll. If it makes the same roll from other abilities, it rolls once against all abilities. Aura Avoidance. END roll against your magic attribute+10. If a creature fails the roll, it takes 1d4 damage of the type you chose in Vulnerability.	Vessel, Antiessence
Prolong	Vitriol or Trepidation	Your Aura lasts for 2 minutes.	Vessel, Antiessence
Terror	Antiessence Aura	When a hostile creature starts its turn in your Antiessence Aura, it must make an Aura Avoidance roll. If it makes the same roll from other abilities, it rolls once against all abilities. Aura Avoidance. END roll against your magic attribute+10. If a creature fails the roll, it is Shaken until the start of its next turn.	Vessel, Antiessence
Trepidation	Vulnerability or Terror	Hostile creatures in your Aura suffer -1 to all of their defenses.	Vessel, Antiessence
Extend	Vitriol or Trepidation	Your Aura’s radius extends by +5 ft.	Vessel, Antiessence
Antiessence Aura II	Antiessence 4	When Recouping, you may take 1d10 damage to regain one use of your Aura.	Vessel, Antiessence
Vulnerability II	Antiessence Aura II, Vulnerability	Repeatable. Choose another type of elemental or energy damage (this choice is permanent). Your Antiessence Aura imposes Vulnerable 1 all types of damage that you chose from taking the Vulnerability or Vulnerability II talents.	Vessel, Antiessence, Repeatable
Vitriol II	Vulnerability II or Terror II; Vitriol	Vitriol damage becomes 1d6, and creatures that succeed the Aura Avoidance check still take ½ damage.	Vessel, Antiessence
Prolong II	Vitriol II or Trepidation II; Prolong	Your Aura lasts for 3 minutes.	Vessel, Antiessence
Terror II	Antiessence Aura II, Terror	Gain the Terrorize ability. Terrorize: (2/Recoup) You may spend 2 AP to cause a creature that is Shaken from your Aura to become Frightened of you until the end of their next turn.	Vessel, Antiessence
Trepidation II	Vulnerability II or Terror II; Trepidation	Hostile creatures in your Aura suffer an additional -1 to all of their defenses.	Vessel, Antiessence
Extend II	Vitriol II or Trepidation II; Extend	Your Aura’s radius extends by +5 ft.	Vessel, Antiessence
Antiessence Aura III	Antiessence 8	When you become Bloodied, you may reactively activate your Aura for 0 AP. If the creature that Bloodied you is in the radius of the aura, then they take 1d12 damage of a type that you chose with a Vulnerability talent. If you have no Vulnerability talents, then the damage is necrotic.	Vessel, Antiessence, Soul Sacrifice
Vulnerability III	Antiessence Aura III, Vulnerability II	You may choose not to take damage when you activate Aura of Vulnerability, but if you do take damage, a creature of your choice in your Aura takes the same damage.	Vessel, Antiessence
Vitriol III	Vulnerability III or Terror III; Vitriol II	Your Aura exudes destructive, reddish mist that imposes the Concealed condition on all creatures in the aura. However, you ignore Concealed when it is caused by this ability.	Vessel, Antiessence
Prolong III	Vitriol III or Trepidation III; Prolong II	Repeatable. Your Aura lasts for +1 minute.	Vessel, Antiessence, Repeatable
Vulnerability IV	Prolong III or Extend III; Vulnerability III	If you take damage when you use Aura of Vulnerability, a number of creatures within the aura equal to or less than ½ your END take the damage too.	Vessel, Antiessence
Vitriol IV	Vulnerability IV or Terror IV; Vitriol III	Your Vitriol damage also deals 1d4 damage of a different type. Choose any elemental or energy type each time you cast the aura	Vessel, Antiessence
Terror III	Antiessence Aura III, Terror II	Terrorize is END/Recoup.	Vessel, Antiessence
Trepidation III	Vulnerability III or Terror III; Trepidation II	Hostile creatures in your Aura suffer an additional -1 to all of their defenses.	Vessel, Antiessence
Extend III	Vitriol III or Trepidation III; Extend II	Repeatable. Your aura’s radius expands by +5 ft.	Vessel, Antiessence, Repeatable
Terror IV	Prolong III or Extend III; Terror III	Gain the Break Will ability. Break Will. (1/Rest) You may spend 3 AP to make a magic attack vs the WILL of a creature Frightened by your Terrorize. On a hit, they are Broken and Helpless until the end of your next turn.	Vessel, Antiessence
Trepidation IV	Vulnerability IV or Terror IV; Trepidation III	Hostile creatures in your Aura suffer an additional -1 to all of their defenses.	Vessel, Antiessence
Antiessence Rupture	Vitriol IV or Trepidation IV; Antiessence 14	When you activate your Aura, you may cause it to tear a rupture in reality, using Antiessence Rupture. Antiessence Rupture. (1/Rest) The area currently in the Aura is Hazardous Terrain (1d4 necrotic, 1d4 fire) and hostile creatures in the aura are Sickened. Any area that was in the aura at any point during its duration remains Difficult Terrain even after the aura moves on or fades. Any area that was in the aura at any point is also corrupted: Plant life withers, and vegetation cannot grow normally there for a year. Level 30: Your Antiessence Aura becomes an at will ability with no recharge.	Vessel, Antiessence, Capstone

Planar Thievery Track

Planar Thievery Track Progression

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Cancel Spell	Vessel Entry	(2/Rest) You can use the Cancel Spell ability. This ability counts as an Occult spell for the purpose of any abilities that interact with or reference spells. Cancel Spell Tags: Occult, Spell, Warding APC: 2 Reactive AP, which you spend when another creature within range casts a spell Range: 60 ft Requires: Visual, Line of Effect Duration: Instantaneous Make a magic attack roll; the caster who triggered this spell does the same. If they are Divine or Arcane, you add +2. If they are Primal or Psionic, they add +2. If you roll higher, the triggering caster’s spell fails, they do not spend SP, and you regain 2d6 SP. If you roll lower, then their spell succeeds and you lose 2d6 SP	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Energy Theft	Cancel Spell	Gain the Energy Theft ability. Energy Theft. After you use Cancel Spell, you deal +1d4 psychic damage on your first spell or chant attack each turn, if that spell or chant already deals damage and only targets one creature. This lasts for 1 minute.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Energy Theft II	Energy Theft	Energy Theft works on all Spell/Chant attacks that deal damage and only target one creature.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Cancel Spell II	Energy Theft II	Cancel Spell recharges ½ INT/Rest. When you cancel a spell, you can then cast that spell 1 time before the next time you use Cancel Spell, spending the spell’s normal SP	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Stamina Theft	Cancel Spell II	The next time you use magic or make a weapon attack after using Cancel Spell, it costs 1 fewer AP.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Stamina Theft II	Stamina Theft	When you use Cancel Spell, you may use Stamina Theft. Stamina Theft. (2/Rest) The target creature loses 1 AP or 1 Monster Action. Gain +2 additional AP at the start of your next turn.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Cancel Spell III	Stamina Theft II	Cancel Spell recharges INT/Rest. When you use Cancel Spell, you have +4 against Arcane and Divine. You can use the spell that you canceled any number of times, spending normal SP each time, until you Take a Rest or use Cancel Spell again.	Vessel, Planar Thievery, Soul Sacrifice
Essence Siphon	Cancel Spell III Incompatible: Crackling Field	You can drain the Essence from a magical item, using the Siphon ability. Siphon. (1/Rest) Touch a magic item that has 10 or fewer Essence and make an INT/Arcana check. The DC = the item’s Essence +1d6. If you hit, it loses all magical properties. Gain SP equal to ½ the item’s Essence and gain the item’s properties until you Take a Rest.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Crackling Field	Cancel Spell III Incompatible: Essence Siphon	You can mix your multiple sources of power together to great effect. On your turn, you may use the Crackling Field ability. Crackling Field. (½ INT/Rest). Once on your turn, for each of the following abilities that you have used this turn, your mental defenses increase by +1 until the end of your next turn (this costs 0 AP): Occult Magic Divine Magic Primal Magic Psionic Magic Arcane Magic “Surge of Magic” Ability “Surge of Energy” Ability “Surge of Vitality” Ability Divine Icon Aura You regain all expended uses when you Take a Rest.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Energy Theft III	Planar Thievery 8	If you used Cancel Spell on a spell that would deal damage, your Energy Theft ability also deals +1d4 damage of that type.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Stamina Theft III	Energy Theft III	Stamina Theft recharges ½ INT/Rest.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Essence Siphon II	Stamina Theft III, Essence Siphon	Siphon becomes a max of 15 Essence, and you regain SP equal to the Essence instead of ½ the Essence.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Crackling Field II	Stamina Theft III, Crackling Field	Regain one use of your Crackling Field each time you Recoup. Your Crackling Field also increases your physical defenses.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Cancel Spell IV	Planar Thievery 11	If you fail the contested roll from this spell, you do not lose SP.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Cancel Spell V	Cancel Spell IV	(1/Rest) When making a contested roll from this spell, you can force the other creature to roll 2d20 and use the lower.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Essence Siphon III	Cancel Spell V, Essence Siphon II	You can use Siphon multiple times: ½ INT/Rest. (1/Rest) When you use Siphon, you may increase the maximum Essence to 25.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Essence Hoard	Essence Siphon III	You are unparalleled in the art of drawing arcane energy out of objects and into yourself. (1/Rest) Siphon becomes a max of 35 Essence. (1/Month) You can make an effect from an item with 15 or fewer Essence permanent on you after siphoning it. When you die, your soul becomes a set of physical, embodied crystalline shards that have magical properties of the MC’s choosing. (This will reflect the abilities you gathered over your lifetime.) Level 30: While you are still living, a portion of your soul fractures out of your body as a physical magical item with 25 Essence. Its particular abilities are up to your MC, and its unique appearance is up to you.	Vessel, Planar Thievery, Capstone
Crackling Field III	Cancel Spell V, Crackling Field II	Crackling Field recharges ½ INT/Recoup. Crackling Field also increases your AR.	Vessel, Planar Thievery
Crackling Miasma	Crackling Field III	Your capacity to blend the Essence of many different powers and magical sources make you a terrifying, but highly sought after, instructor in the ways of magic. Crackling Field recharges INT/Recoup. (1/Rest) You may double the bonus that Crackling Field provides you (+2 per ability used). When you die, your crackling field explodes. All allies within 40 ft of you regain 4d10 HP, all enemies within 20 ft take 4d10 psychic damage. Level 30: The final cap for your INT increases from 12 to 14.	Vessel, Planar Thievery, Capstone

Soul Graft Track

Soul Graft Track Progression

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Surge of Vitality II	Vessel Entry	Regain one use of your Surge of Vitality when you Recoup.	Vessel, Soul Graft
Surge of Energy	Surge of Vitality II	Gain the Surge of Energy ability. Surge of Energy. (2/Rest) When you start your turn, gain +2 additional AP.	Vessel, Soul Graft
Surge of Magic	Surge of Energy	Gain the Surge of Magic ability. Surge of Magic. (2/Rest) When Bloodied, you may spend 3 AP to regain 1d4 SP.	Vessel, Soul Graft
Surge of Vitality III	Surge of Magic	Surge of Vitality becomes 1d6+CHA HP, and recharges on CHA/Rest.	Vessel, Soul Graft
Energy Conversion	Surge of Vitality III	Gain the Energy Conversion ability. Energy Conversion. (CHA/Rest) When you take energy damage, regain 1d4 SP.	Vessel, Soul Graft
Surge of Energy II	Energy Conversion	Surge of Energy becomes +4 AP.	Vessel, Soul Graft
Cracked Soul	Surge of Energy II	When you start your turn in combat and are Bloodied, gain SP equal to your current Death Points.	Vessel, Soul Graft, Soul Sacrifice
Surge of Magic II	Cracked Soul	Surge of Magic becomes 1d6. (1/Rest) When you start your turn with any Death Points, you can do this without expending a use of Surge of Magic.	Vessel, Soul Graft
Surge of Vitality IV	Surge of Magic II	Surge of Vitality becomes 1d8+CHA HP. (2/Rest) It can also remove 1 Death Point.	Vessel, Soul Graft
Surge of Energy III	Surge of Vitality IV	When you roll Initiative, gain 1 extra AP on your first turn.	Vessel, Soul Graft
Occult Vitality	Surge of Energy III	Gain the Occult Vitality ability. Occult Vitality. (2/Rest) 2 AP: spend X SP to gain X HP	Vessel, Soul Graft
Surge of Magic III	Occult Vitality	Surge of Magic becomes CHA/Rest.	Vessel, Soul Graft
Energy Conversion II	Surge of Magic III	Energy Conversion becomes 1d6 SP and can be triggered by elemental damage.	Vessel, Soul Graft
Occult Vitality II	Energy Conversion II	Occult Vitality becomes CHA/Rest. (1/Rest) You may add your Occult level to the HP regained.	Vessel, Soul Graft
Immortal Surge	Occult Vitality II	Your Essence is made of sterner stuff than most, and you can push yourself beyond the limits of your mortal body. When you are reduced to 0 HP, you may trigger your Immortal Surge. Immortal Surge. Regain all your HP, regain 4d10+CHA SP, and remove all conditions that you wish to remove, gain Damage Resist 4, and gain +4 to all d20 rolls for the next 10 mins. At the end of this time, you immediately return to 0 HP and gain 4 Death Points (killing you if this would put you over the number you need to die). You also gain the Sickened condition for the next 24 hours after you use this ability Level 30: Immortal Surge only gives you 2 Death Points and no longer gives you the Sickened condition.	Vessel, Soul Graft. Capstone

Divine Icon Talents

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Icons	Vessel Entry	Repeatable. Gain two additional Divine Icon abilities of your choice, provided that you can access that Icon.	Vessel, Divine Icon, Repeatable
Siphon Divinity	Vessel Entry	Repeatable. Choose one new Divine Icon from the Cleric stack. Gain access to that Icon and get one of its abilities that has no other Prerequisites.	Vessel, Divine Icon, Repeatable

Additional Subclass Tracks

Demon Soul Track

Source: Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting

You have invited a fiend to dwell within you in a tense, cosmic symbiosis. This fiend offers you tremendous power, but occasionally demands that it be unleashed. Keeping its needs satiated can be challenging, but the rewards are great

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Otherworldly Passenger	Vessel Entry	Your occult machinations have drawn the attention of a fiendish spirit that resides in your body. In exchange for dwelling within you, this demon lends you its power and expertise. This demon soul’s vast and fickle knowledge may manifest itself in different ways over your years of adventuring. Gain the Adept of the Psionic talent if you did not already have it. If you already have it, gain +5 SP and +1 Psionic Power instead. Each time you level up and spend a talent point on a Demon Soul talent, you gain +1 Psionic Power in addition to the +1 Occult Power you get from the Occult Power ability.	Vessel, Demon Soul, Soul Sacrifice
Otherworldly Expertise	Otherworldly Passenger	Choose three specialization talents with the skill tag. Your demon soul knows these talents and may give you one of these talents. (1/Week) You may reselect which talent your demon soul has given you.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Fiendish Claws	Otherworldly Expertise Incompatibilities: Gaze of Malice and Unholy Magic	Gain the Fiendish Claws ability. Fiendish Claws (1/Recoup). For 1 AP, you may allow your fiend to manifest physical characteristics in the form of your hands turning into vicious claws, and your forearms becoming covered with spikes. This lasts for 2 minutes. While your claws are manifested, your unarmed or natural weapon damage dice increase by one die size (e.g., from 1d4 to 1d6, max 1d12) and deal sharp damage. If your unarmed damage previously did not have a damage die, then this feature causes your unarmed attacks to deal 1d4 damage. When you activate your Fiendish Claws, you may simultaneously activate one of your Surge abilities without spending additional AP.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Gaze of Malice	Otherworldly Expertise Incompatibilities: Fiendish Claws and Unholy Magic	Gain the Gaze of Malice ability. Gaze of Malice (1/Recoup). For 1 AP, you may allow your fiend to manifest physical characteristics in the form of your eyes burning with hateful flames, and a third eye of equally malicious force opening on your forehead. This lasts for 2 minutes. While you use your Gaze of Malice, you gain the following special attack for the duration. Malicious Stare: (3 AP) Ranged 200 ft Natural Weapon. +CHA vs WILL. Hit: 1d6 psychic and 1d6 fire damage.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Unholy Magic	Otherworldly Expertise Incompatibilities: Fiendish Claws and Gaze of Malice	Learn three additional spells, choosing from occult and psionic spells. Gain the Unholy Magic ability. Unholy Magic (1/Recoup). For 1 AP, you may allow your fiend to manifest physical characteristics in the form of harmless, spectral flames wreathing your body. This lasts for 2 minutes. While your Unholy Magic is manifested, occult and psionic spells cost 1 fewer SP and 1 fewer AP for you to cast (min 1 each), and you add your CHA to any damage you deal with occult or psionic magic.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Dark Wisdom	Demon Soul 3	Choose another specialization talent with the skill tag, and add it to the list of talents that your demon soul knows. Your demon soul may now give you two of the talents that it knows, and you may reassign one or both 1/week.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Infernal Ward	Dark Wisdom	Increase your AR by +1. Increase one physical or mental defense of your choice by +2. Choose a specialization talent with the defense tag, and add it to the list of talents that your demon soul knows.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Demonic Aspect	Infernal Ward	Gain the Primal Aspect talent. You may now spend talent points on talents with the primal aspect tag. Whenever you are actively using one of your primal aspects, your demon soul’s frightening visage briefly manifests as an incorporeal form around you. Non- hostile creatures that witness this are likely to treat you with suspicion or fear, potentially harming your social interactions or causing you to lose Goodwill.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Domain of the Carnal Claw	Demonic Aspect, Fiendish Claws	The crit range for your Fiendish Claws increases by +1. Gain the Domain of the Carnal Claw ability. Domain of the Carnal Claw (1/Recoup). When you crit with your Fiendish Claws, you may draw your target into a demiplane, the domain of the demon soul living within you. You and the target both vanish from your current plane of existence. You appear in a pocket dimension that aesthetically reflects the preferences of the demon within you. Space is relative in this dimension. Both you and the target creature can always reach one another with melee attacks while in this dimension, and you are the same Size. Upon entering this dimension, your demon soul takes control, replacing you in battle. It is Immune to all conditions, has HP equal to 1 to your number of Vessel talents x10, and all of its defenses are 11. It otherwise has your stats, weapons, and talents. If you kill the target creature, you reappear in your previous plane of existence along with the creature’s corpse. You regain your normal abilities and defenses, and your HP returns to what it was before your demon soul took control. If the target creature kills your demon soul, then it reappears in your previous plane of existence. Your demon soul dies and your Essence shatters, leaving you in a vegetative state. You lose all talents and all of your attributes become -1. Treat this as a hero death and create a new character.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Domain of the All-Seeing Stalker	Demonic Aspect, Gaze of Malice	When you make an attack with Malicious Stare, you may choose to use Malicious Summons. Malicious Summons (1/Rest) . If you hit, you may draw your target into a demiplane, the domain of the demon soul living within you. You and the target both vanish from your current plane of existence. You appear in a pocket dimension that aesthetically reflects the preferences of the demon within you. Upon entering this dimension, your demon soul takes control, replacing you in battle. It has HP equal to to your number of Vessel talents x4, and its crit range with Gaze of Malice increases by +1. It otherwise has your stats, weapons, and talents. The dimension is 200 ft long by 5 ft wide. Your target becomes Medium sized and occupies one end of the dimension. Your demon soul becomes Medium and occupies the opposite side. Your demon soul is Concealed while in this dimension, and the ground is considered Difficult Terrain for your target. If you kill the target creature, you reappear in your previous plane of existence along with the creature’s corpse. You regain your normal abilities and defenses, and your HP returns to what it was before your demon soul took control. If the target creature kills your demon soul, then it reappears in your previous plane of existence. Your demon soul dies and your Essence shatters, leaving you in a vegetative state. You lose all talents and all of your attributes become -1. Treat this as a hero death and create a new character.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Domain of the Flaming Soul	Demonic Aspect, Unholy Magic	Gain the Domain of the Flaming Soul ability. Domain of the Flaming Soul (1/Recoup). By spending 10 SP, you may choose a target creature within 60 ft of you and draw it into a demiplane, the domain of the demon soul living within you. You and the target both vanish from your current plane of existence. You appear in a pocket dimension that aesthetically reflects the preferences of the demon within you. Upon entering this dimension, your demon soul takes control, replacing you in battle. It has HP equal to to your number of Vessel talents x6. It otherwise has your stats, weapons, and talents. The dimension is a 20 ft radius circular arena. Your target becomes Medium sized and begins combat on one side of the arena, while your demon soul becomes Medium and occupies the opposite side. The arena is Hazardous Terrain for your target, dealing 1d6 damage of an elemental or energy type of your choice based on your demon soul’s personality and preferences. If you kill the target creature, you reappear in your previous plane of existence along with the creature’s corpse. You regain your normal abilities and defenses, and your HP returns to what it was before your demon soul took control. If the target creature kills your demon soul, then it reappears in your previous plane of existence. Your demon soul dies and your Essence shatters, leaving you in a vegetative state. You lose all talents and all of your attributes become -1. Treat this as a hero death and create a new character.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Dark Wisdom II	Demon Soul 6	Choose another specialization talent with the skill or defense tag, and add it to the list of talents that your demon soul knows. Your demon soul may now give you three of the talents that it knows, and you may reassign any or all 1/week.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Infernal Wrath	Dark Wisdom II	Choose a specialization talent with the combat tag, and add it to the list of talents that your demon soul knows.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Occult Realignment	Infernal Wrath	Count up the number of occult rituals and psionic invocations that you know. (1/Month) You may reselect which occult rituals and psionic invocations you know, so that your total number does not change.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Infernal Wrath II	Occult Realignment	Choose a specialization talent with the combat tag, and add it to the list of talents that your demon soul knows.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Soulrending Claws	Infernal Wrath II, Domain of the Carnal Claw	(2/Rest). You may choose to activate your Domain of the Carnal Claw when you hit a creature, even if you did not crit.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Paralyzing Gaze	Infernal Wrath II,  Domain of the All-Seeing Stalker	The crit range on your Malicious Stare attack increases by +1. When you crit with this attack, the target creature is Suppressed until the start of your next turn.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Unholy Transformation	Infernal Wrath II, Domain of the Flaming Soul	(1/Rest). When you activate your Unholy Magic ability, you may also instantaneously cast an occult ritual or psionic invocation, ignoring its casting time. You must still observe any other casting requirements.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Occult Realignment II	Demon Soul 12	Count up the number of occult and psionic spells that you know. When you use Occult Realignment, you may also reselect which occult and psionic spells you know, so that your total number does not change.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Unfathomed Knowledge	Occult Realignment II	Choose another specialization talent with the skill, defense, combat, or primal aspect tag, and add it to the list of talents that your demon soul knows. You may now reassign any or all of the talents that you know from your demon soul 1/Rest.	Vessel, Demon Soul
Consuming Carnage	Unfathomed Knowledge, Soulrending Claws	When you are Bloodied and damage a creature with your Fiendish Claws, gain 1d6 Shield HP. When you kill a creature in your Domain of the Carnal Claw, you consume the creature’s Essence. Regain 2d10 HP. If you are Bloodied when you gain this benefit, also add your CHA to the HP regained. Level 30: Your Domain of the Carnal Claw ability becomes 2/Recoup. Your demon soul has 300 HP in this domain, instead of your number of Vessel talents x10.	Vessel, Demon Soul, Capstone
Eversight of Inferno	Unfathomed Knowledge, Paralyzing Gaze	Your Malicious Stare range becomes 300 ft, and it now only costs you 2 AP. Gain +30 ft Darkvision. Any Darkvision you have allows you to see in magical darkness. Level 30: Unseen creatures within range of your Darkvision are visible to you. If you hit such a creature with your Malicious Stare, deal +1d6 psychic and +1d6 fire damage to them, and they lose the Unseen condition.	Vessel, Demon Soul, Capstone
Soul of Immolation	Unfathomed Knowledge, Unholy Transformation	(1/Recoup). When you cast an occult or psionic spell, you may roll 2d20 and take the higher for the spell’s attack roll. In exchange, you take 1d10 psychic damage that cannot be reduced in any way. When you kill a creature in your Domain of the Flaming Soul, you consume the creature’s Essence. Regain 2d10 SP. If you are Bloodied when you gain this benefit, also add your CHA to the SP regained. Level 30: Your Domain of the Flaming Soul ability no longer has a recharge period, and you can use it at will. While in your Domain of the Flaming Soul, you can cast occult and psionic spells that cost 8 or fewer SP for 0 SP.	Vessel, Demon Soul, Capstone