Sera “Brightline” Vance

Heritage: Human • Community: Highborne

Class: Cybermancer • Subclass: Amplifier

Level 1 • Proficiency: +1 • Evasion: 0 • Armor: 0

HP: 0 / 0 • Stress: 0 / 6 • Hope: 2 / 6

Traits

Strength	Agility	Finesse	Instinct	Presence	Knowledge
0	1	1	0	-1	2

Defense & Resources

Major Threshold: 0 • Severe: 0

Resistances:
Physical: — • Magical: —

Gold: 0 coins • 1 handfuls • 0 bags • 0 chests

Experiences

Cacophony affinity (2): “Overcharged a neural lattice and rebooted a whole lab wing.” Applicable in situation that are full of noise and chaos, particularly ones with sensory overload.
A feeling for the machine (2): “Stabilized a teammate’s mind when their implant desynced mid-operation.” Applicable when understanding or interacting with a electronic device or cybernetic

Features

Ancestry

High Stamina –
Gain an additional Stress slot at character creation.
Adaptability –
When you fail a roll that utilized one of your Experiences, you can mark a Stress to reroll.

Community

Privilege –
You have advantage on rolls to consort with nobles, negotiate prices, or leverage your reputation to get what you want.

Class

Ride the wave – Spend 3 Hope to force an adversary within Far to re-roll a Spellcasting check of any type.
Feedback Loop – When an ally fails a roll, as a Reaction, Spend 1 Hope to make a Spellcasting (15) and on a success turn their failure it into a Success with Fear.
Fractal Surge – Once per scene, unleash a burst of raw probability. o All Devices within Very Close gain -2 to their Hacking Difficulty o All adversary electronic systems gain Disadvantage on their attack rolls until the GM spends 1 Fear to end that effect.
Detect anomaly – You are highly attuned to the presence of effects that attempt to alter the local Resonance. Spend an action concentrating to detect if there are any anomalies within Close. Spend at least 1 minute concentrating to detect information about any anomalies within Very Close – you may ask the GM up to 3 yes/no questions about an resonance field disturbance you detect and examine in this way.

Subclass

Reverb – Mark 1 Stress to cause ALL (from yourself, allies, and adversaries) magical effects within Close to do +d4 damage for the remainder of the Scene
Chaos wave – All adversaries within Very Close must Mark 1 Stress
Resonant Overdrive – Spend 1 Hope to amplify an ally’s next roll. That roll gains Advantage and deals +d4 damage.
Disorientation – Spend 2 Hope - all adversaries within Very Close are disoriented and gain -2 Evasion until the GM spends 2 Fear to end the effect.
Reality fissure – Once per session, redirect one successful ranged attack on any target within Close to a different target also within Close. That attack’s damage is applied to the new target.
Schlieren patterns – All allies within Close gain +1 Evasion.
Reprogram reality – Once per session, shift to an approximately identical parallel universe - change one thing about the scene (with the GM’s discretion). Describe what has changed and narrate the effect.

Domain Abilities

Name	Domain	Level	Text
Book of Ava	codex	1	Power Push: Make a Spellcast Roll against a target within Melee range. On a success, they’re knocked back to Far range and take d10+2 magic damage using your Proficiency. Tava’s Armor: Spend a Hope to give a target you can touch a +1 bonus to their Armor Score until their next rest or you cast Tava’s Armor again. Ice Spike: Make a Spellcast Roll (12) to summon a large ice spike within Far range. If you use it as a weapon, make the Spellcast Roll against the target’s Difficulty instead. On a success, deal d6 physical damage using your Proficiency.
Signal Boost	circuit	1	“Sometimes all you need is a better connection.” Once per Scene, you can reroute local energy or data flow. Choose one ally within Close range; they gain +1 to their next roll that involves technology or reflexes.

Name

Domain

Level

Text

Book of Ava

codex

Power Push: Make a Spellcast Roll against a target within Melee range. On a success, they’re knocked back to Far range and take d10+2 magic damage using your Proficiency.

Tava’s Armor: Spend a Hope to give a target you can touch a +1 bonus to their Armor Score until their next rest or you cast Tava’s Armor again.

Ice Spike: Make a Spellcast Roll (12) to summon a large ice spike within Far range. If you use it as a weapon, make the Spellcast Roll against the target’s Difficulty instead. On a success, deal d6 physical damage using your Proficiency.

Signal Boost

circuit

“Sometimes all you need is a better connection.”

Once per Scene, you can reroute local energy or data flow. Choose one ally within Close range; they gain +1 to their next roll that involves technology or reflexes.

Weapons

Name	Equipped	Trait & Range	Damage	Actions
Light Semi-auto pistol	No	agility • close	d6 (physical)

Armor & Gear

Armor

Slash-Resistant Polymer Jacket (Equipped: No)
Base: 4 • Major 7 • Severe 15
Medium-weight body armor woven from advanced polymer rings designed to resist slashes and punctures—perfect for Megatropolis alleys.

Consumables

Persona Enhancement Dose (x1)
An injectable charisma mod that boosts confidence and pheromonal output. +1 bonus to your next Presence roll.

Other Gear

Adrenaline Patch Geneartor Mk.1 (x1)

As a downtime move, you can craft a Minor Adrenaline Patch. nanite payload delivers fast onset effects