Always on

• Hack and Slash

  When When you attack an enemy in melee.

  When you attack an enemy in melee, roll+STR. On a 10+, you deal your damage to the enemy and avoid their attack. At your option, you may deal +1d6 damage but expose yourself to the enemy's attack. On a 7-9, you deal your damage to the enemy and the enemy makes an attack against you.

• Volley

  When When you take aim and shoot at an enemy at range.

  When you take aim and shoot at an enemy at range, roll+DEX. On a 10+, you have a clear shot and deal your damage. On a 7-9, choose one: you have to move to get the shot, you have to take what you can get and deal -1d6 damage, or you have to take several shots and reduce your ammunition by one.

• Defy Danger

  When When you act despite an imminent threat or suffer a calamity.

  When you act despite an imminent threat or suffer a calamity, say how you deal with it and roll. On a 10+, you do what you set out to do and avoid the threat. On a 7-9, you stumble, hesitate, or flinch, and the GM will offer you a worse outcome, hard bargain, or ugly choice.

• Defend

  When When you stand in defense of a person, item, or location under attack.

  When you stand in defense of a person, item, or location under attack, roll+CON. On a 10+, hold 3. On a 7-9, hold 1. So long as you remain in defense, when you or the thing you defend is attacked, you may spend hold to choose one: redirect the attack to yourself, halve the attack's effect or damage, open the attacker to an ally, or deal damage to the attacker.

• Spout Lore

  When When you consult your accumulated knowledge about something.

  When you consult your accumulated knowledge about something, roll+INT. On a 10+, the GM will tell you something interesting and useful about the subject. On a 7-9, the GM will only tell you something interesting, and it may be dangerous or incomplete.

• Discern Realities

  When When you closely study a person, situation, or place.

  When you closely study a person, situation, or place, roll+WIS. On a 10+, ask the GM three questions from the list. On a 7-9, ask one. Take +1 forward when acting on the answers. Questions include: What happened here recently? What is about to happen? What should I be on the lookout for? What here is not what it appears to be? What is the true position of my enemy?

• Parley

  When When you have leverage on a GM character and manipulate them.

  When you have leverage on a GM character and manipulate them, roll+CHA. Leverage is what they need or want. On a 10+, they do what you ask if you first assure them that you will do what they ask. On a 7-9, they will do what you ask, but need some concrete assurance of your promise first.

• Divine Physique

  When Always, while your divine blood sustains you.

  You possess the physical resilience and martial inheritance of a divine bloodline. You have a d10 hit die, proficiency with all armor, shields, simple weapons, and martial weapons, and you may choose one of Athletics, Acrobatics, Intimidation, Medicine, Nature, or Perception as a trained field of expertise. In Dungeon World terms, you are equipped to fight in any conventional armor and wield any conventional weapon.

• Divine Dominion

  When When you invoke the supernatural authority of your chosen dominion.

  Choose Earth as your Divine Dominion. You possess a supernatural Dominion Gift associated with earth and battlefield control, and a pool of Divine Force points equal to your proficiency bonus. At level 1, your proficiency bonus is 0, so you currently have 0 Divine Force points. Divine Force is regained after a long rest, with limited recovery through Awakened Blood at a later level.

• Blood of Ares

  When When your divine heritage gives you a plausible supernatural edge.

  Your divine heritage manifests through your spear and your refusal to yield. When the fiction establishes that your bloodline grants you a supernatural advantage involving war, endurance, intimidation, or martial prowess, you may act as one touched by a god. The GM may ask what the manifestation costs, risks, or demands.

• Mortal Courage

  When When you Defy Danger using STR against fear, pain, physical force, or the threat of battle.

  When you Defy Danger using STR against fear, pain, physical force, or the threat of battle, take +1. This reflects the stubborn courage of a mortal who carries divine blood but still chooses her own path.

• Kinship of the Battlefield

  When When you enter a dangerous conflict beside a proven companion.

  When you enter a dangerous conflict beside someone who has fought at your side before, name the bond that ties you together. Take +1 forward to protect, assist, or fight alongside that companion, but on a miss the GM may reveal how your loyalty has made you vulnerable.

• Storm-Bitten Weapon

  When When you strike with your divine spear while invoking your lineage.

  When you strike with your Storm-Bitten Spear while invoking your divine lineage, describe the flash of supernatural electricity or force that accompanies the blow. On a 10+, the attack leaves a memorable sign of Ares's attention. On a 7-9, choose one: the display draws unwanted attention, damages something nearby, or exhausts you. On a 6-, the GM makes a move as the divine power answers in an uncontrolled way.

• TraitHumanAdaptable mortal heritage
• TraitHumanDetermined courage in the face of supernatural threats
• TraitHumanCan form powerful bonds with companions through shared hardship