Astropath career book

Astropath-Transcendant


Stats

bold 0 adroit +1 vigorous -1 charming +1 warped +2
bold +2 adroit 0 vigorous -1 charming -1 warped +2
bold +1 adroit +1 vigorous -2 charming +1 warped +2
bold -1 adroit +2 vigorous -1 charming 0 warped +2
bold +2 adroit 0 vigorous -2 charming 0 warped +2


Origins

Homeworld: Hive world, fedual world, void-born or noble-born

Born to: Scavenger, scholastic, criminal, mutant, or noble

Past glories: Tainted, heroic, zealot, shiplorn, or daemon-fighter

Motivations: Endurance, pride, or prestige


Looks

Man, woman or ambiguous

Officer wear, penitent wear, monastery wear or hiver wear

Pocked face, callow face, aged face, hooded face, or deep face

Crippled hand, poxied claw, bionic hand, gloved hand, or skeletal hand

Blinded sockets, bound eyes, burning sockets or glowing sockets

Elongated build, tallow build, twisted build, or scrabby build


Moves

You get this one:

Astral Telepathy (Warped)
You can send messages through the warp across light-years. Unlike all other Warped moves, you do not expose yourself to the warp on a miss. On a Black Hit (10+), you send a message and it isn't garbled. On a Red Hit (7-9) You send the message, but the MC chooses 1:

• It's intercepted.
• It's garbled.
• It takes time to arrive.

And choose 2:

Warp-Marked
You take +1 Warped.

Telepathic Thrust (Warped)
You can use psykana to seize by force. When you use telepathic thrust to seize by force, it counts as a (1-insanity 1-harm ap close area messy weapon).

Compulsion (Warped)
When you use psykana to manipulate someone, roll Warped rather than Charming.

Deep Mind Probe (Warped)
When you have intimacy with someone and an extended period of time, you can use psykana to probe someone's mind someone, roll Warped. On a Black Hit (10+), hold 3. On a Red Hit, (7-9), hold 1. Spend to ask the character's mind:

• What are your secret plans?
• What was your lowest moment?
• In what ways are your mind and soul vulnerable?
• Pick any question from read a person.

Minor Psykana (Warped)
Choose 3 minor psykana from the list below. When you use minor psykana, roll Warped. On a Black Hit (10-11), it works perfectly. On a Red Hit (7-9), it works, but the MC chooses 1:

• You are exposed to the warp.
• You broadcast your thoughts.
• You take s-harm.
• You take 1-harm (ap).
• You take 1-insanity.

Minor Psykana:
Delude (convince up to 10 NPCs of one untrue fact)
Beastmaster (control up to a large squad of beasts and animals)
Psychic Scream (use as an s-harm close messy weapon)
Mind Scan (hold 2 to assess the situation)
Terrify (force 1 NPC to flee the situation)
Distract (give someone -2 forward)
Inspire (give someone +1 forward)
Psychic Shield (take +1 armour)

Plus

Astropath Special
When you sleep with another character, the deeply human bond that is established allows you to drop 2 insanity points. At your option, they may also lose 2 insanity points.

Astropath Rapport
Everyone introduces their character by name, look, and origin. Take your turn by listing the other character's names.

Go around again for Rapport. On your turn:
One of the other players doesn't trust you because you're a psyker. Tell that player Rapport -2.
Tell everyone else Rapport -1. You're distinctly distant from people, in general.

On the other player's turns:
One of the players has transmitted their most personal secrets through you. Whatever number they tell you, ignore it and write down Rapport +3.
Everyone else, write down the number they tell you +1. You can intuitively sense other's minds.

Gear
You can take:
1 charm
astropath wear of your choice

Charms (choose 1)
Imperial icon (spend to recover 1 sanity)
Warp gem (+1 to Astral Telepathy rolls)
Psykana tome (+1 to Minor Psykana rolls)
Wrath staff (+2 harm to Telepathic Thrust)


Advances

• Take +1 Bold
• Take +1 Adroit
• Take +1 Charming
• Get a new astropath move
• Get a new astropath move
• Choose 3 minor psykana
• Get a move from another career
• Get a move from another career