**Maker Domain** characters solve problems with their hands: tools, traps, contraptions, and gear built on the spot. Maker crafting is **soft**—no shopping lists or recipes. You describe what you build and how it looks, and **temporary items** last a **scene or a day** unless a Feature says otherwise. A Maker might be a smith's apprentice, a tinkerer with pockets full of bits, a shipwright who can patch anything, or an **artificer** who wires spells into brass and glass. ::: wrap tip 🔧 **Describe your device!** Maker cards say what a gadget *does*, not what it *is*. A Trap Setter might be a jar of spider-silk goo, a spring-loaded net, or a puddle of glowing glue. A Gadget Toss might be a fizzing smoke bomb or a little clockwork beetle that screeches. Same rules, your flavor. ::: ::: wrap tip ✨ **Artificers:** Pair Maker with **Thaumaturge** (spells as formulas etched into devices) or **Theurgy** (blessings and wards sealed into relics and holy tools). Maker's *Spell Engine* (Tier 2) lets you bind magic you already know into items your friends can use. ::: ## Tier 1 Base Card: Maker Initiate **Maker Aspect:** Choose **Discipline** or **Ingenuity**. (Use **Tact** only if your Maker is more trader than tinkerer.) ### Core Feature: Quick Build With a few minutes and some materials, build a **temporary item** (a ladder, a lantern, a pulley, a simple tool, a toy that walks across the table). It lasts **one day**. In combat, building costs **2 Action Load** and the item lasts **one scene**. Choose **two** Domain Feature Cards from Tier 1. ### Requirements to Advance to Tier 2 (complete 3): - Build something that saves the party - Repair a broken item at a crucial moment - Trap or stop a creature with a device - Trade or sell something you made - Teach someone to use a tool or gadget - Any one **Shared Milestone** (see [Domains](/rules/domains/)) ## Tier 1 Feature Cards ### Trap Setter (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** 1 Fire, splash, or set a sticky or snaring device at a point within **15 feet** (a 5-foot square). Describe it: a spray of spider-web silk, a splash of glue, a spring net, a tangle of wire, a slick of frost-grease. The first enemy in that square, or the first to enter it before your next turn, rolls **Agility** or **Fortitude** Resistance against your Maker Aspect roll. On a failure, it is **Restrained** until it uses its action to break free (same roll). You may have **one** Trap Setter device out at a time. ### Gadget Toss (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** 1 Throw a smoke ball, flash powder, sparking firecracker, or screeching wind-up critter at a point within 30 feet. Creatures within 10 feet of that point are **Distracted** until the end of their next turn. Smoke also blocks sight through the area for a round. ### Tinker's Kit (Exploration – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) You always have the right **small tool** for the job, and you can turn junk into **spare parts** for *Quick Build* almost anywhere. ### Patch Up (Team Action – Active) **Action Load:** 1 Bolt on a brace, rivet a strap, or slap on a padded plate: an ally within 5 feet gains **+1 threshold** until they are next hit. ### Makers' Guild (Roleplay – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) Crafters respect you and roll with you; you have **Advantage** to trade or bargain with them. ### Appraiser (Exploration – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) You know the value and quality of any item, and whether it is **magical** (but not what the magic does). ## Tier 2 Base Card: Maker Adept ### Core Feature: Lasting Work Choose one temporary item per Full Rest: it becomes **permanent**. A permanent item is mundane unless another Feature makes it magical. Choose **two** Domain Feature Cards from Tier 2. ### Requirements to Advance to Tier 3 (complete 4): - Build a defense for a village - Improve a weapon or armor - Invent something new - Fix a magical item - Bind a spell or blessing into a device - Win an argument with a contraption - Any one **Shared Milestone** (see [Domains](/rules/domains/)) ## Tier 2 Feature Cards ### Spell Engine (Team Action – Active) **Action Load:** none (downtime or out of combat; takes about 10 minutes per device) You bind magic into a crafted item: a wand of brass tubes, a blessed lantern, a rune-etched bullet, a bracer that hums with stored lightning. - Choose a **spell** you have prepared (Thaumaturge or other spellcaster) **or** an **Active magic Feature** you know from another Domain (e.g. Theurgy's *Blessing* or *Mend*, an Incantor element). - **Mark 1 Stress** and build the device. It holds **one charge** (two charges at Tier 3+). - Anyone holding the device may spend a charge by paying the magic's normal **Action Load**. It uses **your** Maker Aspect for any rolls or DCs and has the same range, damage, and effects. - Using the device does **not** use up your prepared spell or the Feature's own limits—the magic is copied, not moved. - You may have **Spell Engines equal to your Tier** charged at once. A spent device can be recharged with this Feature (mark Stress again). All charges fade at the end of your next Full Rest unless the item is made permanent with *Lasting Work*—even then, charges still fade and must be rebuilt. - Spells that cost **3 or more Action Load** can't be bound until **Tier 3**. ### Arcane Blaster (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** 1 You carry a hand cannon, spark-thrower, or rune-crossbow you built. Make a ranged attack within **60 feet** using your Maker Aspect for **1d8** damage of a type you chose when you built it (fire, lightning, cold, or magical bludgeoning "force bolts", or plain piercing bolts). As a **cone** within 15 feet instead (flamethrower, scatter-shot), it deals **1d6** to each creature in the cone and costs **2 Action Load**. ### Clockwork Companion (Team Action – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) You build a small mechanical helper—a brass spider, a tin owl, a wind-up dog. It carries, fetches, holds things, scouts ahead, and can fit through small gaps. It has **1 HP**, uses your Maker Aspect for any roll, and can be rebuilt over a Full Rest if destroyed. As a **Team Action** costing **1 Action Load**, it can **Help** an ally within 5 feet of it (the ally rolls with Advantage). ### Barricade (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** 2 Snap open a folding shield wall, inflate a canvas bulwark, or stack crates fast. Allies behind it gain **+2 Evasion** against ranged attacks until the end of the scene or until it is destroyed. ### Upgrade (Team Action – Active) **Action Load:** none (downtime or out of combat; takes minutes to hours) Over a Quick Rest, tune an ally's weapon (balanced blade, rifled barrel, glowing edge): it deals **+1 damage** for a day. ### Siege Mind (Exploration – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) You see the weaknesses of walls, doors, locks, and machines. You have **Advantage** to break, jam, or disable them. ### ⚡ Quick Fix (Combat – Reactive) **Action Load:** 1 When an ally's gear breaks or a device fails, fix it immediately. ## Tier 3 Base Card: Maker Expert ### Core Feature: Workshop You may build **two** temporary items at once, and *Quick Build* in combat costs **1 Action Load**. Your *Spell Engines* hold **two charges** each. Choose **three** Domain Feature Cards from Tier 3. ### Requirements to Advance to Tier 4 (complete 4): - Build a vehicle - Build something for a famous person - Craft an enduring magical item - Open a workshop - Defeat a monster with a trap or device - Any one **Shared Milestone** (see [Domains](/rules/domains/)) ## Tier 3 Feature Cards ### Explosive Device (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** 2 Throw, launch, or plant a bomb—a hextech grenade, a jar of alchemist's fire, a crackling charge on a fuse. Creatures within 10 feet of a point within 30 feet take **2d6** damage (type of your choice when built). If planted, you choose when it goes off (no action). ### Enchant Item (Team Action – Active) **Action Load:** none (takes a Full Rest of work) Make a **permanent magic item** from a permanent item you built or own. Choose one: - **Weapon:** +1 to hit and its damage counts as magical, or +1d4 of one damage type. - **Armor or shield:** +1 threshold. - **Trinket:** one Tier 1 Feature from *any* Domain you have, usable once per scene by its bearer (they pay its Action Load and use your Aspect). - **Focus:** a spellcaster attuned to it rolls one spell per scene with Advantage. You may keep **enchanted items equal to your Tier**. Making a new one past that limit unravels one you choose. ### Mechanical Beast (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** 2 Your *Clockwork Companion* (or a new one) unfolds into a fighting form for the scene: it has HP equal to **3 × your Tier**, attacks within 5 feet using your Maker Aspect for **1d8**, and acts on your turn when you spend **1 Action Load** to command it. ### Engineer (Exploration – Active) **Action Load:** none (downtime or out of combat; takes minutes to hours) Build a bridge, raft, glider, or lift in an hour. ### Masterwork (Team Action – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) Once per scene, a creature using an item you made may roll with **Advantage** on one roll that uses it. ### Snare Field (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** 2 Set up to **three** *Trap Setter* devices at once (each at a different point within 30 feet). You may have three out at a time. ### Inventor's Name (Roleplay – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) Nobles and guilds seek your work, and people with problems seek you. ## Tier 4 Base Card: Maker Master ### Core Feature: Legendary Craft Once per adventure, craft a **legendary item** with the GM. It may hold a spell or Feature you know as a **permanent, once-per-scene** effect that never needs recharging. Choose **three** Domain Feature Cards from Tier 4. ## Tier 4 Feature Cards ### Arcane Cannon (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** 3 Deploy or fire your great weapon: a shoulder-mounted spell cannon, a turret, a lightning rod tower. Creatures in a line 60 feet long (or within 15 feet of a point within 120 feet) take **4d6** damage of a type you chose when built. Once per scene, you may load a *Spell Engine* charge into it: the spell's effect happens too, with its area doubled. ### War Machine (Combat – Active) **Action Load:** none (takes a day of work) Build a siege engine, walking tank, or great contraption with the GM. ### Living Workshop (Exploration – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) You can work anywhere and need no materials for simple items. You may recharge one *Spell Engine* per Quick Rest without marking Stress. ### Arsenal (Team Action – Active) **Action Load:** none (downtime or out of combat; takes minutes to hours) Outfit the whole party with temporary gear in a Quick Rest: each ally gets one temporary item, and one ally may also get a charged *Spell Engine* that doesn't count against your limit. ### Guildmaster (Roleplay – Passive) **Action Load:** — (Passive) You lead a guild of crafters. ### ⚡ Perfect Fix (Combat – Reactive) **Action Load:** 1 Undo one broken or destroyed item instantly.