Dragon: The Embers Core Book - MrGone's Character Sheets

Traits
Traits
The nine-chambered heart sets
Dragons apart from standard mortals, both
in immense physical prowess and in
longevity.
New New Advantage: Advantage: Furnace
Furnace
Burn hot, burn bright, and keep
burning. That’s the cornerstone of life in the
Oroboroi. To combat the cold world of
politics and secrecy, Dragons store their
fuel-source at the core of their body. Both a
rating of stature and of age, the Furnace
gauges both the control a Dragon holds over
her own body and the influence she can
bring to bear in the world around her. The
heat of the Furnace gives force to a
Dragon’s Philosophies, it incinerates the
supernatural before it reaches her person,
and it accelerates metabolism in both
digestion and the manifestation of True
Form.
All Dragon characters begin play
with one dot of Furnace. This value may be
increased at a rate of 1 Furnace dot for every
3 Merit points spent, with a maximum
starting Furnace of 3. High Furnace at
game’s start may be a result of a courageous
early career in Dragon life, or may be a
result of longevity. To make your character
more rounded, be sure to rationalize such a
purchase. After the sheet is finalized,
experience must be spent to further increase
this advantage’s rating.
With the growth of Furnace comes
greater access to Breath. The Furnace rating
represents the heat of the Dragon’s core, and
it is the heat and not the volume that creates
Breath. A Dragon with a hotter Furnace has
more Breath to spend, and can spend it more
quickly. Furnace ratings of 6 or higher also
increase the limit of Attributes and Skills to
legendary limits.
When a dot of Furnace is purchased,
it comes with two free dots of Aspects. That
means a higher-Furnace Dragon is a more
complex Dragon. As stated before, the
Furnace incinerates peculiar supernatural
forces that approach the Dragon. This is
applied as bonus dice in contested rolls
against Supernatural powers (Excluding
Spirit-Origin powers, see the “Supernatural
Conflict” sidebar on page XX).
Overcooked Overcooked and and Under Under-Processed
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Dragons are hopelessly paranoid,
and with good reason. If anyone happened
across their most valuable possession (with
knowledge of its purpose) that would be the
end of them. The Furnace does not make it
any easier on the poor monsters. As it
increases in intensity, its spectral connection
to the Heart forces the disembodied organ to
work harder to maintain core temperature.
The Heart beats louder and louder as the
Furnace grows hot, and soon it is even
audible from a distance. Anyone listening
for subtle sounds in the vicinity of the Heart
gains a bonus to hearing rolls based on the
Heartbeat rating that corresponds to its
owner’s Furnace rating. For example, a
Dragon with Furnace 4 has a Heart that
beats with such intensity that a listener
receives +2 to rolls while trying to detect it.
What horror an Oroboroi must feel when
even she can hear the Heart beating?
Another unfortunate side-effect of
high-Furnace is the heat required to stoke it.
A higher Furnace burns hotter, so it needs
more fuel. To garner a point of Breath, the
Dragon must eat a number of Calories equal
to or exceeding the listed value for her
Furnace rating. This also affects how many
Calories she must eat in a day to stave off
starvation, so high-Furnace Dragons have to
eat more, and sometimes things that are less
than pleasant, to keep their bodies ticking
(This process is simplified through the
Caloric Point system, explained in Chapter 3
on page XX.).
New New Advantage: Advantage: Breath
Breath
The Furnace generates heat, but the
application of that heat produces Breath.