This book is intended for Players in concert with the Core Rules to be able to create Characters of the Martial Artist Class. Those who focused training their body towards a specific martial discipline. As such, Players are advised to read through the Core Rules to understand how the base game plays, alongside the rules for actions and equipment that they will need during play.
In this document you will find the following sections.
Martial Artists in the World. This Chapter contains lore and details concerning what Martial Artists are, and how they interact with the world, and relevant areas of the wider cosmology it will be useful for Martial Artists to know about.
Character Generation & Levelling. This Chapter contains the basic information on how to make a Level 0 Character, such as Ancestries, Concepts, Equipment, and Templates.
Alongside these, this Chapter also contains a list of Feats available for Characters as they progress throught their adventures, and rules for Levelling up their Characters.
Martial Artist Backgrounds. This Chapter contains information for assisting in the creation of general narrative Backgrounds for a Character, alongside some aspects that are specifically appropriate for a Martial Artist.
There are also Tables here that make suggestions for Players to help make their Martial Artist more unique compared to other Martial Artists.
Martial Artist Class. This Chapter contains the rules and Class Features of the Martial Artist Class.
Martial Artist Traditions. This Chapter lists the Traditions a Martial Artist can take from their 1st Martial Artist Level onwards, and any Combo Actions the Tradition grants access to.
Appendix A: Combo Actions. This Appendix lists the Combo Actions that any Martial Artist can learn and their associated effects. It also lists those which become available upon taking certain Martial Artist Traditions.
Appendix B: Tattooed Orders. This Appendix lists of Tattooed Orders usable by any Martial Artist, especially those of the Tradition of the Tattooed Warrior, and any Combo Actions the Order grants access to.
Appendix C: Pregenerated Characters. This Appendix contains a number of pregenerated Martial Artist Characters, that Players can pick up and play with immediately or they can choose to adapt for their own use.
With each Character are example backgrounds, commentary for why choices were made, and suggested Level up paths.
Appendix D: Cosmology. This Appendix contains an example cosmology that Tables can choose to utilise for their own Campaign's Worlds.
Appendix E: Glossary. This Appendix contains a quick reference guide to phrases and rules from the Core Rules.
Appendix F: Conditions. This Appendix contains a quick reference guide to conditions.