Appendix A: Recipes

Here we present a bunch of recipes. Some people might want to play a traditional archetype (i.e. class and/or species) and don’t want to spend time learning more of the rules than needed. Some might want to see examples of recipes to help make their own. Some might want to see if this system can replicate what they like about some other system they have been playing. Selfishly, the designer of this system also wants them simply to show that this system can replace other systems. There are plenty of reasons to have a bunch of recipes.

Species Recipes

Aarakocra / Owlin

• Features: Wings, Keen Eyesight

Bugbear

• Features: Natural Weapon, Hidden Step

Centaur

• Features: Powerful Build, Swift Stride

Dhampir / Vampire Spawn

• Features: Dark Resilience, Clinging Grip

Dragonborn

• Features: Breath Weapon, Scaled Resilience
  • Color type affects breath weapon and resistance

Dwarf

• Features: Stoneborn Toughness, Enduring Focus

Elf

• Features: Keen Senses, Graceful Movement
  • High Elf: swap Graceful Movement for Innate Magic
  • Wood Elf: swap Keen Senses for Nature Affinity
  • Sea Elf: swap Keen Senses for Amphibious or Aquatic Affinity

Fairy

• Features: Wings, Innate Magic

Firbolg

• Features: Nature Affinity, Hidden Step

Goliath

• Features: Giantkin Resilience, Powerful Build

Gnome

• Features: Keen Senses, Innate Magic

Goblin

• Features: Small Frame, Hidden Step

Halfling

• Features: Lucky Footing, Small Frame

Harengon (Rabbit folk)

• Features: Swift Stride, Lucky Footing

Hobgoblin

• Features: Enduring Focus, Martial Instinct

Human

• Features: Adaptable Nature, Keen Senses

Kobold

• Features: Small Frame, Survival Instincts

Lizardfolk

• Features: Natural Weapons, Survival Instincts

Orc

• Features: Powerful Build, Survival Instincts

Satyr

• Features: Natural Weapons, Flash Step

Tabaxi (cat people)

• Features: Graceful Movement, Keen Senses or Natural Weapons

Tiefling

• Features: Fiendish Resistance, Infernal Legacy

Tortle

• Features: Integrated Plating, Enduring Focus

Triton

• Features: Amphibious, Aquatic Affinity

Undead / Reborn

• Features: Unliving Form, Necrotic Affinity

Warforged

• Features: Construct Body, Integrated Plating

Yuan-Ti

• Features: Serpentine Resilience, Hypnotic Gaze

Class Recipes

Characters normally pick two Domains. Each recipe below is a suggested pair (or pair of options) that lands close to a familiar 5e class. Swap freely if your GM’s world uses a different Domain list.

Artificer (5e)

• Maker Domain — take Spell Engine at Tier 2
• Choose one of:
  • Thaumaturge Domain — arcane formulas etched into devices
  • Theurgy Domain — blessings and wards sealed into relics

Barbarian (5e)

• Fury Domain — Grit is the recommended Fury Aspect
• Choose one of:
  • Weapon Master Domain — disciplined rage
  • Aegis Domain — protector / ancestral guardian feel

Bard (5e)

• Skald Domain
• Choose one of:
  • Trickster Domain — College of Lore / witty face
  • Incantor Domain — more magical performance

Blood Hunter (5e)

• Weapon Master Domain
• Fury Domain — rite-fueled aggression; mark Stress as the “blood” cost

Cleric (5e)

• Theurgy Domain
• Choose one of:
  • Aegis Domain — war / protection clerics
  • Warding Domain — shielding / support clerics
  • Incantor Domain — light / tempest style casters

Druid (5e)

• Beastbond Domain
• Choose one of:
  • Warden Domain — Circle of the Land / exploration; take Old Ways (Beastbond Call of the Green also grants Nature spells)
  • Incantor Domain — wild magic / elemental focus (Nature tag)

Fighter (5e)

• Weapon Master Domain
• Choose one of:
  • Aegis Domain — battlemaster / guardian
  • Skirmish Domain — mobile / archery fighter
  • Fury Domain — brutal champion

Monk (5e)

• Fury Domain — with GM approval, Agility or Reflex instead of Grit for the Fury Aspect
• Skirmish Domain

Paladin (5e)

• Theurgy Domain
• Choose one of:
  • Weapon Master Domain — smite-forward knight
  • Aegis Domain — oathbound protector

Ranger - Magical (5e)

• Warden Domain
• Choose one of:
  • Skirmish Domain
  • Beastbond Domain — beast companion focus
  • Thaumaturge Domain — spell-heavy ranger
  • Incantor Domain — elemental / Nature caster

Ranger - non-Magical (5e)

• Warden Domain
• Choose one of:
  • Skirmish Domain
  • Weapon Master Domain
  • Beastbond Domain

Rogue (5e)

• Skirmish Domain
• Trickster Domain

Sorcerer (5e)

• Incantor Domain
• Choose one of:
  • Warding Domain — defensive / support sorcerer
  • Trickster Domain — chaotic / wild feel
  • Skald Domain — presence-forward sorcerer

Warlock (5e)

• Incantor Domain — or Thaumaturge Domain if you prefer bookish pacts
• Choose one of:
  • Theurgy Domain — patron as vow / spirit
  • Trickster Domain — fey / deceitful patrons
  • Warding Domain — hexblade-adjacent support

Wizard (5e)

• Thaumaturge Domain
• Choose one of:
  • Warding Domain — abjurer / protective school
  • Maker Domain — transmutation / item focus
  • Trickster Domain — illusion / enchantment feel

Bonus: Sailor / Pirate Captain (not 5e)

• Seafarer Domain
• Choose one of:
  • Skirmish Domain
  • Skald Domain
  • Weapon Master Domain

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