over Aysta.

They appeared human, but spectral and

hovering, with some kind of blindfold covering their
eyes. They told stories of a plane where magic was

These people were once thought to be ghosts. Now,

they are known as the unwoken.
Original travelers have described the state of
meditation that brought them to this world, and
that the blindfold that appeared with them was
what they used to reach this plane—and that here,
they could see through it into this world. When the
unwoken wished to return home, they found that
they couldn’t wake up, and were instead forced to
live out their lives in this strange plane. Very few
unwoken have appeared recently, although the
descendants of travelers from centuries ago still
learn about their old world.

own world, and that in their meditative state, they

could actually bend the very fabric of the plane
around them, as if they were dreaming. This has
led to the theory that the unwoken are projections
from the Sunken Plane (see page 123), and that
their material bodies are still back home. When
the unwoken found that they couldn’t leave, it is
believed that their material body ‘woke up’, but the
projection remained, leading to the name ‘unwoken’.

Unwoken reproduce asexually by ‘dreaming’ up a

child in their sleep, which takes a portion of their
soul to do. The child appears as a sphere of purple
energy and slowly forms an unwoken over the span
of about ten years. The orb can hear its parent even
before it starts to take a humanoid shape, and they
will learn most of their knowledge of the old world
while they are in this child-like state. Each unwoken
can only dream of a child this way once in each of
their lives.
The unwoken themselves are projections, acting as

The unwoken had many different cultures back on the world. The imagination of the mind on the Sunken
their own plane, and each has a wealth of stories Plane can have immense power on the Material Plane,
warping the area around their projection to their will.
have been lost to time, but the tales the unwoken While few people or even unwoken understand how
can spin from the memory of their world enthrall this power works, the psionic ability of the unwoken
the denizens of this plane. is well-known and respected.

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 your walking speed. You are unaffected by non-
Unwoken names vary heavily depending on where
on the Sunken Plane their original unwoken
ancestor projected from. They are derived from for you. You can fall into a body of liquid if you so
many different cultures and languages, although choose, but this trait grants you no special ability
to propel yourself while underwater.
stories passed through the generations. Otherworldly Knowledge. The legends of your past
Male Names: Aaron, Alexander, Benjamin, Jack, world are the ancient history of this one. Whenever
James, Juan, Lucas, Michael, Mohamed, Oliver, Omar, you make an Intelligence check related to ancient
Peter, Santiago, Sean, Wei, Zac people, artifacts, or creatures, you are considered
Female Names: Anastasia, Ava, Charlotte, Chloe,
Emma, Fatma, Isabella, Lilly, Maria, Natalie, Olga,
normal bonus.
Family Names: Brown, Dubois, Garcia, Hansen, Bend Reality. You know the thaumaturgy cantrip.
Johansson, Kim, Kowalski, Lee, Martin, McCarthy, Also, you know the mage hand cantrip, and the hand
O’Brian, Schneider, Smith, Van Dijk, Wagner, Wong is invisible when you cast the cantrip with this trait.
When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the alter self
spell once with this trait, and you regain the ability to

Your unwoken character has the following traits. this spell using any spell slots you have. Intelligence
ASI. Your Intelligence score increases by 2, and your is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Dexterity and Wisdom scores each increase by 1. Psionic Casting. So long as you do not already
Age. Unwoken mature at the same rate as humans have a spellcasting class with a spellcasting ability
and live an average of about 150 years. of Intelligence, you can choose one of your classes
Size. Your size is Medium. that grants you either the Spellcasting or Pact Magic
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet. feature. The spellcasting ability for that feature
Psionic Being. Your body is made out of psionic changes to Intelligence, as it does all other features
energy. You have resistance to psychic damage. of the class that uses the original ability score.
Hover. Instead of walking, you can hover 1 - 2 Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common
feet above solid or liquid surfaces below you using and one other language of your choice.

Chatterbox stalked through the South Sector, to walk any other way would be to ask for trouble. Turning off a main
elevated walkway, and into a tower’s interior stairs, he held his arcane pistol loosely in his left hand knowing that
whoever was following him would catch up soon.
A hand wrenched his shoulder back, triggering a shot in Chatterbox’s surprise. The puffs of smoke dissipating against
the ground revealed the dimension door that silenced their approach, and what he thought would be one assailant
was instead six.
The nephilim who’d grabbed Chatterbox pulled his other arm back, crushing his wrist until the pistol dropped to the

— a dwarf? Most likely a Kingmaker.

towards his hip, where his jacket concealed a small, but enchanted, knife.
The gangster scoffed, “You can’t go calling us all controlling shitheads without expecting some sort of payback.”
“...Ah.” Chatterbox grabbed the knife and whipped his head into the nephilim's, their body dropping and grip loosening

but he should have paid attention to the mage.

the enemy he could reach but it was too much. The other three pierced his back as he was set alight, and unable to
hold on any longer, Chatterbox collapsed with his knife still in hand.
Hand over her wounded eye, the dwarf spat, “And this is from the Contractors, too.”

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