⚡ Actions Compendium

Combat actions, standard reactions, skill activities, and special maneuvers.

19 Total Actions

⚡ Action System & Check Format

Actions define activities characters can perform in and out of combat encounters:

Check The d20 check required to execute the action, combining relevant ability modifiers, skill ranks, and situational factors.

Action Time & AP The Action Point (AP) cost required. Standard turns provide AP to allocate between movement, attacks, and defense reactions.

Implements & Range Equipment, tools, or somatic faculties required, along with tactical range and target areas.

AP Boosts Extra Action Points spent during execution to enhance check bonuses, damage, duration, or tactical effects.

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Action Name ▲ A-Z	Category ↕	AP Cost / Time ↕	Check ↕	Description	Action
Change Shape	Special Creature	9 AP	—	You alter your shape, according to the limitations given by your ability.	View →
Cloaker Moan	Special Creature	6 AP	d20! + Body & Mind skill + Cha mod + PAM vs. Fort	You emit a subsonic moan with one of the following effects:\nUnnerve: 12 sq spread; -2 on attack and damage rolls. After...	View →
Cloaker Shadows	Special Creature	6 AP	—	You use shadows to achieve one of these effects:\nConcealment for 1d4 rounds.\nIllusory Double (as per spell; up to 6 PP...	View →
Control Transformation	Special Creature	Reaction or full round	d20! + Lycanthropic Control skill + Wis mod + PAM vs. DC	You either try to resist an involuntary transformation or to trigger a voluntary one.\nAs a lycanthrope, you may involun...	View →
Create Web	Special Creature	6 AP (once/r)	d20! + RL + Dex mod + range mod + PAM vs. Ref	You throw a web at the chosen square.	View →
Elan Psi Conversion	Special Creature	Reaction	—	Once per round, when taking HP or SP damage, you can choose to convert all or part of it to PP damage.	View →
Elan Psi Defense	Special Creature	3 AP	—	Gain +4 racial bonus to Fort, Ref, or Will for 1 round.	View →
Energy Breath	Special Creature	6 AP (once/r)	d20! + Area Attack skill + Dex mod + PAM vs. Ref	You expel a cone of the appropriate energy type through your mouth.	View →
Energy Ray	Special Creature	6 AP	d20! + Ray Attack skill + Dex mod + PAM vs. DeC	You fire a ray of energy at a target within range.	View →
Gaze Attack	Special Creature	6 AP	d20! + Body & Mind skill + PAM vs. Fort		View →
Ground Manipulation	Special Creature	9 AP	—	You turn stone and earth in adjacent squares to mud (triple movement cost).	View →
Ink Cloud	Special Creature	2 AP (once/r)	—	You expel an ink cloud that provides total concealment.	View →
Mental Breath	Special Creature	6 AP (once/r)	d20! + Area Attack skill + Dex mod + PAM vs. Will	You expel a cone of mental energy through your mouth, causing the effect specified by the trait.	View →
Poison Breath	Special Creature	6 AP (once/r)	d20! + Area Attack skill + Dex mod + PAM vs. Fort	You expel a cone of poison through your mouth.	View →
Ray Attack	Special Creature	6 AP	d20! + Ray Attack skill + Dex mod + PAM vs. DeC	You fire a ray at a target within range.	View →