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The Cupped Flame
Mage · The Pyre-Veined
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STR
9
-1
DEX
11
+0
CON
12
+1
INT
15
+2
WIS
15
+2
CHA
12
+1
Affinity Hearthfire
Ward the Undertow
Bane the Cold Between
Proficiencies Arcana · Medicine · Religion
Mage · The Pyre-Veined
The body is the focus. Channels warmth and fire through their own flesh, at a mounting cost.
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The Ladder
What they learn
LV 1
Kept Flame Shed warmth and light; those near you resist cold.
LV 3
Inner Fire Channel a fire effect through your hands; take a point of strain.
LV 6
Banked Heat Store harm taken as heat, released in your next strike.
LV 10
Cup Runs Over 1/story, release all banked heat at once — and pay the cost after.
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For the Guide
How to run The Cupped Flame
VoiceQuiet, warm, carefully contained.
WantsTo keep the flame cupped. To warm, not burn. To not let it out too fast.
Do this nowThe Cupped Flame channels — warmth as ward, then as weapon.
“(unforged)”
A body-focus fire-mage of the sheltered flame, canon unwritten. Promoted to the Pyre-Veined; the cost of what she carries is the story's to name.
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