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All sidereal characters must take the following template:

|| Level || Points || Attribute || || 1 || 1 || Divine Relationship || || 2 || 4 || Energy Bonus || || 2 || 2 || Fast Healing || || 4 || 4 || Robustness || || 1 || 4 || Reincarnation || || 2 || 2 || Special Defense: Aging || || 2 || 2
-1 || Energy Respiration
Only in Creation, Heaven and the Wyld || || 2 || 2
-1 || Features: caste mark glow, know location of gates to Yu-Shan
Burns Energy: 1pt || || 1 || 1 || Sixth Sense: Precognition || || 1 || 1
3
-3 || Sensory Block: Memory (arcane fate)
Targets: everyone inside fate, unless under resplendent destiny
Permanent || || || -1 || Cursed || || || -2 || Anima Flare || || || 18 || Total ||

Sidereals must also choose one faction template and one caste template. Sidereals must also buy at least one astrological college template and a resplendent destiny template from that college.

Bronze Faction Template

|| Level || Points || Attribute || || 1 || 3 || Organizational Ties: Bronze Faction || || 1 || 3
-2 || Organizational Ties: Celestial Bureaucracy
Red Tape || || || 4 || Total ||

This template represents the lowest level of membership in both the Bronze Faction and the Celestial Bureaucracy. Players may wish to spend points to buy additional levels of Organizational Ties to represent increases rank or responsibility within the organization. Members of the Bronze Faction are also likely to use points to purchase levels of Organizational Ties in powerful organizations in Creation, such as the Immaculate Order and so on.

Gold Faction Template

|| Level || Points || Attribute || || 1 || 3 || Organizational Ties: Gold Faction || || 1 || 3
-2 || Organizational Ties: Celestial Bureaucracy
Red Tape || || || 4 || Total ||

This template represents the lowest level of membership in both the Gold Faction and the Celestial Bureaucracy. Players may wish to spend points to buy additional levels of Organizational Ties to represent increases rank or responsibility within the organization. Members of the Gold Faction are also likely to use points to purchase levels of Organizational Ties in powerful organizations in Creation, such as the Cult of the Illuminated and so on.

Silver Faction or Independent Template

|| Level || Points || Attribute || || 1 || 3
-2 || Organizational Ties: Celestial Bureaucracy
Red Tape || || || 1 || Total ||

This template represents the lowest level of membership in the Celestial Bureaucracy, but not with any of the major factions in Heaven. Players may wish to spend points to buy additional levels of Organizational Ties to represent increases rank or responsibility within the organization

Ronin Template

|| Level || Points || Attribute || || || -2 || Wanted || || || -2 || Total ||

Ronin sidereals are wanted by heaven, but usually not by anyone else. Heaven has effective tracking methods, however.

Journeys Caste Template

|| Level || Points || Attribute || || 3 || 3
4
4
-6
1
1
-1 || Metamorphosis (reduction: extremely limited effect)
Area: 100m
Duration: 10 min
Burns Energy: 20pts
Selective targets: allies only
Activates for free with bonfire anima
Detectable: yellow glow || || || 6 || Total ||

The metamorphosis effect for the chosen of journeys triples the movement rate of allies within the area of effect.

Serenity Caste Template

|| Level || Points || Attribute || || 3 || 3
4
4
-6
1
1
-1 || Metamorphosis (reduction: extremely limited effect)
Area: 100m
Duration: 10 min
Burns Energy: 20pts
Selective targets: allies only
Activates for free with bonfire anima
Detectable: blue glow || || || 6 || Total ||

The metamorphosis effect for the chosen of serenity gives three levels of Highly Skilled to allies in the area of effect, which manifests as the following skill bonuses: Acrobatics +1, Artisan +4, Cultural Arts +2, Etiquette +2, Performance Arts +5, Seduction +2, Visual Arts +2.

Battles Caste Template

|| Level || Points || Attribute || || 3 || 3
4
4
-6
1
1
-1 || Metamorphosis (reduction: extremely limited effect)
Area: 100m
Duration: 10 min
Burns Energy: 20pts
Selective targets: allies only
Activates for free with bonfire anima
Detectable: red glow || || || 6 || Total ||

The metamorphosis effect for the chosen of battles supplies a single level of Armor to allies within the area of effect.

Secrets Caste Template

|| Level || Points || Attribute || || 3 || 3
4
4
-6
1
1
-1 || Metamorphosis (reduction: extremely limited effect)
Area: 100m
Duration: 10 min
Burns Energy: 20pts
Selective targets: allies only
Activates for free with bonfire anima
Detectable: green glow || || || 6 || Total ||

The metamorphosis effect for the chosen of secrets supplies three levels of Mind Shield to allies within the area of effect.

Endings Caste Template

|| Level || Points || Attribute || || 3 || 3
4
4
-6
1
1
-1 || Metamorphosis (reduction: extremely limited effect)
Area: 100m
Duration: 10 min
Burns Energy: 20pts
Selective targets: allies only
Activates for free with bonfire anima
Detectable: violet glow || || || 6 || Total ||

The metamorphosis effect for the chosen of endings supplies a single level of Massive Damage to muscle-powered attacks made by allies within the area of effect.

Astrological College Template

|| Level || Points || Attribute || || 4 || 20
-3
-2
-8
-2
-2 || Metamorphosis
Restriction: specific targets (those in the sphere of the college)
Restriction: limited attributes
Activation Time: 1 week
Backlash: paradox
Red Tape || || || 3 || Total ||

This template represents basic training in a single astrological college. Other than sorcery, this is the only way sidereals can buy the Metamorphosis attribute. This template allows the sidereal to generate a 4 point effect, at least two points of which must be spent on the Target and Duration PMVs. To increase the number of points generated by an effect, the sidereal must increase the level of Metamorphosis, paying five points per level.

The Duration PMV for astrological effects starts at rank 10 (1 month). The Targets PMV works slightly differently. Targets that have the Mundane defect are handled collectively, starting at rank 3 (10 people). Targets that do not have the Mundane defect, however, must be paid for individually, for one point per target.

Only a limited set of attributes and defects may be used with astrology: Adaptation, Divine Relationship, Enhanced [Stat], Features, Heightened Senses, Highly Skilled, Special Defense, Achilles Heel, Blind Fury, Cursed, Easily Distracted, Famous, Less Capable, Recurring Nightmares, Unskilled.

Resplendent Destiny Template

|| Level || Points || Attribute || || 0 || 2
-1
3
-1 || Alternate Form
Restriction: No physical changes
Duration: 1 year
Skeleton in the Closet: Secret Identity || || || 3 || Total ||

This represents the bare bones of a resplendent destiny. Since the introductory astrological college template above will generate a 4 point effect, there will be at least one point remaining for purchasing resplendent destiny like effects. At low levels these will probably be Features or other simple attributes or increased duration. As a character gains more levels in the Metamorphosis attribute of a given college, destinies created by that attribute will provide more points, which might provide things like Special Attacks related to the college. Such effects often have the Limited Use, Instantaneous defect.