Playable Races

Demon

Ancient spirits of creation who rebelled against God for the sake of humanity. Defeated and imprisoned in the Abyss for eternity, the former angels became twisted and corrupted with Torment. The Fall at the beginning of the Seventh Age shattered the barrier and released countless demons. Many in the 7th Age have encountered demonic entities in some capacity or another, and many in the Unseelie Courts find them worthy allies and adversaries in equal measure.

Laws of the Abyss is the core LARP book for playing Demons in the 7th Age

Fae

The stories of a shimmering world just beyond ours and ancient tales of faerie folk have been proven true. Fae are manifest in reality in the 7th Age, they are imagination made real. As walking legends of a bygone era returned, Banality has less of a grasp on reality and Fae are able to return to the mortal world, for now, the Unseelie Courts control it.

Their mechanics can be found in The Shining Host, Player's Guide, and Kithbooks.

Changes

There is no human side to them any longer. As a result of this, Fae no longer have to enchant people for them to see into the dreaming. The Near Dreaming is always present in Dischordia! As well all damage is chimerical and chimerical things are real in 7th Age Dischordia.

Arts

All arts have 5 levels in them and follow the standard challenge system listed above. Arts that do not have 5 levels printed for them have been updated by converting the tabletop rules to LARP. See the Custom Powers document for details. And remember, all Arts are now a challenge vs. a character, not static challenges to succeed. Arts must be purchased in order of level to attain higher level cantrips.

Trait Cap

This chart is based upon the difference between your permanent Glamour and Banality ratings. New characters cannot begin with more than 5 permanent Glamour over their permanent Banality.

Glamour over Banality	Traits	Ability/Backgrounds	Willpower Maximum
1	14	5	6
2	15	5	6
3	16	5	8
4	17	6	8
5	18	7	10
6	19	8	12
7	20	9	14
8	21	10	16

Gaining Glamour

We use the rules for all Epiphanies from page 189 of the Shining Host. Increasing your permanent Glamour must be approved by a Storyteller and must complete a part of your character’s personal story. You cannot gain glamour for the same action twice and each gain in glamour must be more grandiose that the next. You can, only once ever, increase your permanent Glamour by permanently Ravaging your Dreamers and/or Holdings. This will decrease your population by 1,000 each time and permanently reduce your Dreamers and Holdings background by one as you rip the Glamour out of your Dreamers or Freehold and destroy them by doing so. Glamour always costs 3 experience to purchase.

Bunk Traits

Fae may gain additional traits in casting their arts by virtue of performing a Bunk (Shining Host Players Guide pg.202). However, no character may gain more bunk traits than their permanent Glamour minus arts hung, up to a maximum of 10. This is your Bunk Trait Cap. If you have a glamour of 5 and you have hung 4 cantrips, you may only gain 1 trait bunk. If you have a glamour of 7, and you do not have any hung cantrips, you can gain the full 7 bunk traits. This cap is to stop a system of easy abuse where it was possible to gain 20+ bunk traits in some scenarios. We do use the Jester’s Rules (pg. 202 Shining Host Players Guide) for determining what dictates gaining bunk traits. We use the Reality Check Method of using bunks during combat found on pg. 206 of the Shining Host Players Guide. All bunk trait gains are subject to Storyteller approval.

Hung Cantrips

To hang Cantrip you must possess the Time Realm. The Time Realm determines how long you can hold a hung cantrip (meaning a cantrip you performed previously to use later). Beyond this chart you will need to have the Art of Chronos to extend times and effects as described therein.

Time 1 - One Minute
Time 2 - Ten Minutes
Time 3 - One Hour
Time 4 - One Night
Time 5 - One Week

Countering Cantrips

As described in the Shining Host, the target of a Cantrip may utilize their Banality to defend itself against cantrips, at the cost of gaining more temporary Banality. Fae with the Fae Realm x 5: Dweomer of Glamour may attempt to manipulate the Glamour powering the cantrip itself. This requires the Fae to possess both the Art and Realms of the original casting to do so. Other cantrip-centric manipulations using the Fae Realm: Dweomer of Glamour will need to be handled by a storyteller on a case-by-case basis.

Dragon's Ire

We are using The Dragon’s Ire optional rules for Fae on pg. 199 of the Shining Host Players Guide. However, a player cannot ever call for it. It is solely up to a Storyteller whether or not the situation is dire enough for The Dragon’s Ire to come into play.

Mage

Wizards, warlocks, sorcerers, and miracle workers, mages are the quintessential casters of the 7th Age. Mages are humans that have been awakened by a divine spark, otherworldly, or inner power. They can achieve heights most mortals only dream of. However powerful a mage is imagined to be, they are limited by paradigm, a set of beliefs and practices that their magic derives from. Things that challenge this paradigm are paradoxical to the mage and make it harder for them to cast their magics causing reality to backlash against their will. A mage’s avatar guides it to ascension and greater heights of power along their spiritual journey. Mage is a high concept creature type where your power is limited by your imagination and your abilities are generally not specifically defined.

MET rules for Mages can be found in Laws of Ascension, Companion, and Tradition/Convention books.

Changes

Arete

During character creation, Arete costs 3 points per level. Note that this supersedes the Laws of Ascension discount on Arete up to 3. However, new characters may purchase Arete up to 5 at creation. After character creation, new Arete will will be available only after a successful seeking and will cost 4xp.

Trait Cap

This chart is based upon the your Arete rating. Arete up to 8 is attainable. At Arete 9, the Mage is no longer playable as a PC.

Arete	Traits	Ability/Backgrounds	Willpower Max.
1	13	5	11
2	14	5	12
3	15	5	13
4	16	6	14
5	18	7	16
6	19	8	18
7	20	9	19
8	21	10	20

Resonance

Resonance is a mage's style and emotion which colors every magical effect they do. A Mage's Resonance grows stronger as they gain experience and strengthen their magical power, making them noticeably more magical. In the 7th Age, characters begin far more advanced than beginning apprentice Mages, so their Resonance should reflect this. Instead of choosing one Resonance trait at character creation, choose a number of Resonance traits equal to half your Arete (round up), plus one for each Sphere you buy up to Master (Advanced).

Localized Reality

We are using Localized Consensual Reality. This means what is paradoxical in one domain or location may not be paradoxical in another. Each domain has its own local paradigm dictating what is and is not acceptable by the reality there. Due to magic being proven real, the Technocracy have considerable disadvantages in Dischordia. Only a few small portions of specific domains are coincidental for them. Their Conventions, having lost the War of Ascension, are found less and less.

Dynamic Casting

Dynamic Casting is a privilege guided by paradigm. With dynamic casting come dynamic foci as well, they do not have to be in stone at the start for your rotes or spheres as long as it falls within your paradigm.

Rote Casting

See page 140 of the Laws of Ascension - Fast Casting; having a rote means you cast at the sphere level. If you do not and are fast casting you add a +1 difficulty to the spell. Casting "Force Shield" is a level 2 effect. If you have the rote the Arete difficulty rating is 2, if you do not have the rote, the Arete difficulty is 3.

Each time you gain a level in a Sphere, you automatically learn a rote at the level of that sphere as well for free. To gain new Rotes, you must seek them out in Downtimes or through gameplay and the rote must conform to your paradigm.

Hollow Ones and Orphans

Hollow Ones are treated as Orphans for choosing a Specialty Sphere. However, they retain the rest of their advantages per Laws of Ascension.

Playing Aid

Here is a short guide to aid any mage player who may be unfamiliar with the basic rules and how to use them properly: Mage Guide for Idiots

Mummy

Mummies are the resurrected kings and rulers of the ancient world. Through the Ritual of Life, Mayan kings and Incan shaman return to the world of the living to see to the balance of the world around them. In Dischordia, the Amenti (Egyptian mummies) exist, but rarely in this kingdom. Here, the Capacocha see to their ancestors and protect the lands that the great tribes and civilizations once ruled over. Using their magics to create effigies, potions, and magical items, as well as manipulating the dead and spirits and divining the future, mummies are powerful and meaningful supernatural beings. In Dischordia they are rare, as many burial sites were destroyed as a result of the fall of man’s world, but they do exist, and where they exist proves to have a wise and powerful being protecting it.

Mummies use Laws of the Resurrection as the core book.
They will be heavily restricted and approved only on a case-by-case basis.

Changes

Trait Cap

All Mummies start play with one Balance trait. At character creation you can increase your Balance by spending 3 Free Traits for one Balance Trait, up to a maximum of Balance 5. Through story development and Experience your Balance can increase or decrease depending upon the actions you take and decisions you make. Increasing Balance costs 3 experience.

Balance	Traits	Ability/Backgrounds	Willpower Max
1	14	5	6
2	15	5	7
3	16	5	8
4	17	6	10
5	18	7	12
6	19	8	14
7	20	9	16
8	21	10	18

Capachocha

As a Mummy in Dischordia, you are predominantly descended of the Americas, not the Egyptian Cultures. As such you choose one of the four type listed here (also found on page 261 of Laws of the Resurrection).

Chaskimallki

The Chaskimallki were Inca messengers to the gods, chosen to die nobly in sacrificial rituals. They received special royal treatment to induce them to speak kindly of the priests who sent them to the afterlife.
Strength: The Chaskimallki returns to life completely restored to health as long as the body is kept frozen, or in ice-cold water, to preserve it.
Liability: The Chaskimallki cannot return to life if its body rots during a death cycle; it must be kept frozen in order to return. The few alive today have made arrangements to be frozen when they die or even use chemical means to preserve their bodies.

Intimallki

Intimallki are primarily from the Moche, Chimu or Inca nations, and are desert mummies that have been wrapped in huge swaths of cloth, usually with masks or false heads attached. The corpse retains its internal organs. These mummies were made before 1530 CE.
Strength: These mummies never thirst or suffer from dehydration. If one is kept from water long enough, it shrivels into a living but desiccated form.
Liability: The Intimallki are vulnerable to steel. It causes aggravated damage whether the mallki is living or dead. The Intimallki have so far managed to keep this a secret only known to themselves.

Pachamallki

The mummies of earth had their corpses eviscerated and then stuffed with grasses and herbs, reinforced with native cane, and packed in red or black clay. All known Pachamallki were created between 5050 and 1720 BCE. No one knows how many remain able to return to life.
Strength: A Pachamallki can repair its body by plastering itself with clay. Each turn, an earth mummy with access to suitable muddy material (Storyteller’s discretion) can repair one health level of damage to itself.
Liability: When a Pachamallki is dead, its corpse dissolves if immersed in running water. While living, it is not vulnerable to water.

Uchumallki

The mummies of fire and smoke were born from the jungles of the equator. They were gutted and smoked over fires of scented wood to preserve them. They lived their first lives before 1770 BCE.
Strength: Uchumallki have a limited immunity to fire and heat. Only the direct application of flame causes any damage, and it is lethal instead of aggravated.
Liability: An Uchumallki can be slain with cold. When its body is exposed to temperature below freezing, it suffers one level of aggravated damage each hour. When dead, the body of the Uchumallki does not suffer this damage.

Mummy Backgrounds

Ka - Illi for Capacocha
Ba - Samapa for Capacocha

Hekau Paths

Each path rating you purchase grants you a free spell or ritual of that path at the level of

Specialty Traits

Waka

Waka is Sekhem for Capacocha. There are a few ways they can gain this spiritual energy that the Amenti cannot.

Sacrifice

The illi can “eat” the spiritual energy released by human and animal sacrifices and gain strength from it. Each sacrifice provides a number of points equal to the victim’s Willpower, which may either be allocated in any way to the Capacocha’s Waka or Willpower, or into healing the mummy’s physical form. This is not considered a pleasant practice in modem times.

One Soul

Unlike Amenti, the Capacocha are single-spirit entities. There is no using of lives and spirits for them. Those chosen to Go Westward were usually rulers, religious figures, sages and artists, and the selection was made by the people or (more rarely) the gods. Commoners must distinguish themselves spectacularly in order to receive the honor. Due to the practice of sacrificing the young, some Capacocha are children, but they return with full Attributes because they have adult souls. Some eventually age enough to reach physical adulthood. Because of the immense gap between their original lives and modern times, they receive the Background Memory x 5 (to reflect their very clear memories of their lives) and the Flaw: Anachronism.

Resurrection

A mallki must be summoned back to life by his descendants or followers when his spirit is ready (as per him Samapa rating). A Capacocha’s original physical body is also key to rising again - it must be returned to the place of burial from his First Life before rising can take place.

Capacochan Hekau

Variations on Hekau Paths found on pg. 263 of Laws of the Resurrection and may be used by Capacochan only.

Amenti Mummies

If you wish to play a non-Capacochan Mummy, you must have ST approval as your story will vary greatly from those present in the chronicle due to your experiences in the Middle Kingdom (Egypt).

Shifters

Shifters are various types of were-creatures that exists in the world of 7th Age. Devout protectors of the earth and beings intimately tied to the spirit world, it is they whom have felt the largest impact of change after the Shroud fell and the world nearly ended. The Triat of primordial and powerful spirits has been weakened, but also has been put on track to become back in balance. The Wyrm, entropy incarnate, is free of the Weaver, order incarnate, but not fully recovered from the effects of its imprisonment. The Weaver’s madness has driven it to bring about an era redefinition for itself. The Wyld, chaotic creation incarnate, still exists in rare pockets creating all it can without losing purpose as it lost the most in the fall. Many Celestines (gods of the shifters) were destroyed at the end of the world and the Umbra, the land of the spirits was forever changed as if fully merged with the reality of earth. Now, the Near Umbra touches the Prime Material and has enveloped the world. This merging of worlds has lead to a change in many shifter roles, litanies, and practices. It is clear to them all that the War of Rage was lost mostly due to the hubris of the garou (werewolves). Now living in the relic of a world they once love and are responsible for its broken state, the shifters have been graciously invited to Unseelie Court by the Fae where many have made a strong name for themselves.

Laws of the Wild, Changing Breeds, Tribe and Breed books are used for Shifter mechanics.

Changes

Ananasi, Nagah, and Rokea are not playable.
Abominations and Hengeyokai will be heavily restricted, and playable ONLY with special permission from the storyteller.

Sun, Moon, and Earth

The spirits of the Sun and Moon are gone, shattered into thousands of pieces across the globe. Thusly, Moon Bridges, and any Gifts and Rites dealing with the Sun or Moon do not function the same. Now Anthelios rises during the day shining the black light of judgement and Lilith rises at night as the red moon of torment. This has changed many gifts and rite. Due to this change, mechanically, they work the same, except for any effect that causes damage to a vampire from sunlight. Instead of sunlight, it is a red flame that is produced. The damage is still aggravated, but it does not derive from Helios and does not invoke their curse. With the destruction of Luna her moon bridges connecting Caerns and used by many to quickly travel are gone. Lilith now controls the creation of those pathways and exacts a high price for doing so. It is rumored that Gaia may have suffered as well, or worse, perished. None know for certain as the world is still whole, but obviously dying. If there is a being that has taken Gaia’s mantle, few to none know of it yet.

Gold and Silver

Silver or Gold is the bane of shifters. All shifters susceptible to these metals suffer one health level of aggravated damage for every round they remain in contact with it. Likewise, any wound caused by silver weapons cause aggravated damage. When a shifter is faced with silver or gold weapons, the defending shifter may only claim half (½) of his normal number of traits in any category for ties rounding up. Note: this applies to the appropriate species, not globally for all shifter. Example: Garou (werewolves) would take aggravated damage from silver, and be subject to ½ traits using silver weapons, but gold weapons would not affect a garou at all. We use the rules for silver and gold found on page 207 of Laws of the Wyld West.

Trait Cap

Trait cap increases with your Rank. New characters cannot begin higher than Rank 5. Rage, Gnosis, and Willpower always cost 3 experience to purchase, either in character creation, or during gameplay.

Rank	Traits	Ability/Backgrounds	Willpower / Rage / Gnosis
0	13	5	5
1	14	5	6
2	15	5	8
3	16	6	9
4	17	6	11
5	18	7	12
6	20	8	15

Gaining Rank

Renown gains for shifter lead to higher ranks. No longer must a shifter complete a trial for ranking. Once the shifter has attained the renown to rise in rank, the spirits confer the rank to them as the spirits are the keepers of those who follow their ways. When your character is created, your renown will be recorded by the Storyteller according to the rank you choose. Rank has now been changed to a shifter only background costing 1 xp per level purchased that can be taken at character creation only, to a maximum of 5 points. As you gain renown it will be tracked by the storytellers, per adherence to your Litany.

Litanies of the 7th Age

The Litany represents the laws and traditions of the various Shifter races. These have been updated to reflect life post-apocalypse. The changes range from minor alterations to completely new sets of laws. It is important to review the Litanies of the 7th Age to ensure your character abides by the relevant laws.

Fera

The following Fera have been updated to reflect the setting of the 7th Age. Each links to their own rules page.

Abominations - RESTRICTED - Playable with ST approval ONLY
Ajaba
Mokole
Omen - These Ravens follow the old ways of leading souls of the dead to the underworld

Vampire

Undead creatures of the night, cursed with an insatiable hunger. Vampires are one of the most populous supernatural creatures in the 7th Age. Known for their immortality and their endless machinations, they find themselves well suited to a life at Unseelie Court. With the powers granted to them by their bloodlines, they spend immortality in an eternal struggle for power.

See Faith & Fire, Laws of the Night (Camarilla / Sabbat), and Clanbooks for rules.

Changes

The Black Sun does not harm vampires in any fashion. Vampires still do need to rest roughly 8 hours/day, but do not have the same hindrance of daylight under the Black Sun as they once did. However in Haven, a Shard of Helios orbits the center spire, causing them sunlight damage. Vampires still need to consume blood to survive. The blood of humans work best, however pure humans are exceedingly rare in the 7th Age. The blood of other supernaturals can sustain them, but each has side effects. There is no more Masquerade. Humans now know that monsters rule the world. As such Humanity is no longer a viable path for Vampires as humans have been proven weak and no better than cattle in the 7th Age. Every vampire must choose a path of enlightenment other than Humanity at character creation.

Trait Caps

The Generation chart follows new trait caps below. Vampires begin at 12th Generation, and cannot reduce it below 6th Generation. Willpower purchases are always 3xp, whether it is from character creation or through gameplay.

Generation	Traits	Ability/Backgrounds	Willpower (Start / Max)	Blood (Pool / per turn)
13	13	5	2 / 6	10/1
12	13	5	2 / 8	11/1
11	13	5	4 / 8	12/1
10	13	5	4 / 10	13/1
9	13	5	6 / 10	14/2
8	14	5	6 / 12	15/3
7	16	6	7 / 14	20/5
6	18	7	8 / 16	25/6
5	20	8	9 / 18	30/8
4 or Path Enlightened	25	9	10 / 20	50/10

Path Ratings

In Faith & Fire, Path Rating is on a 5-point scale. We use the tabletop 10-point scale for Paths. As a result, your starting Path Rating is determined by adding (as opposed to averaging) your Conscience/Conviction and Self-Control/Instinct Traits.

Disciplines

Blood Magic

Vampires receive a free ritual equal to the level of Blood Magic path they learn each time they purchase a Blood Magic path level.

Koldunic Sorcery - All paths are out of clan costs
Rune Magic - First path is in clan cost, the rest are out of clan costs
Setite Sorcery - First path is in clan cost, the rest are out of clan costs
Thaumaturgy - First path is in clan cost, the rest are out of clan costs
Assamite Sorcery - First path is in clan cost, the rest are out of clan costs
Wanga - First path is in clan cost, the rest are out of clan costs
Necromancy - First path is in clan cost, the rest are out of clan costs
Mortis - First path is in clan cost, the rest are out of clan costs
Dark Thaumaturgy - First path is at standard in-clan cost, but must still have a teacher. Any further paths are at out of clan costs.

Chimerstry

Fae within a mile of any use of Chimerstry can sense it. They must engage in a Kenning challenge (Mental) vs. the Chimerstry user. a tie allows the Fae to know the general vicinity in which Chimerstry was used. Winning the challenge allows the Fae to pinpoint where it was used, who used it, and the ability to interact with the Chimera and effect it, if they are present for it, or have line of effect to it. A Fae can then spend a Glamour and win in a Mental Challenge against the controller of the Chimerstry to take control of it.

Permanence: Permanence is intended to function ONLY for Ignis Fatuus and Fata Morgana, not for higher levels of Chimerstry. This is the case for the tabletop books (Vampire the Masquerade (Revised), p. 154; V20, p. 145), but was omitted from the LARP books. We are treating this as an oversight and Permanence will function only for illusions created with the first two Basic levels of Chimerstry.

Fortitude

Is needed in order to soak aggravated damage. You cannot be “Tough” enough to take aggravated damage in a defensive challenge if you do not have Fortitude.

Obtenebration

Functions like a path of magic, namely Abyss Mysticism. One may have the option to learn Abyssal Rituals if they have the appropriate levels in Obtenebration.

Arms of the Abyss: One may not have more Arms of the Abyss at any time than points they have remaining in the Occult Ability. We use Obtenebration out of "Faith and Fire."

Temporis

Extra actions fall in line with Celerity actions. The expenditure to get extra actions with this discipline is the same as per the rules outlined in the MET books, except there is no chance of failure or taking damage from activating it, it simply works by spending the appropriate amount of Stamina related traits to activate. The actions happen in the same sequence as Celerity now. Extra actions resolve at the end of the round. Using other Disciplines in Temporis causes 1 level of lethal damage per action (this includes Fortitude and Potence). One may not possess levels in both Celerity and Temporis.

Combo Disciplines

Always ask a storyteller first. You must have a story reason to look for them and enough Lore to know of them, and must find out about them through research or potent blood. See a Storyteller to determine if a combination discipline is available to you through a Mentor or to decipher what steps you must take to gain access to one. This document contains several published Combo Disciplines which the Storytellers will use as reference.

Changes and Clarifications to Clans

Kiasyd - Disciplines are now Mytherceria, Necromancy, and Obtenebration. Dominate is no longer "in clan"

Salubri - Warrior (Auspex, Fortitude, Valeran) and Healer (Auspex, Fortitude, Obeah)

Tzimisce - (Animalism, Auspex, Vicissitude, and Koldunic Sorcery) There is no Old or New clan anymore and Koldunic Sorcery is accessible by any Tzimisce at out of clan costs.

Most of the clans are available. However, certain clans are no longer playable in the 7th Age due to story that has occurred. Here is the list of rare or restricted clans which may only be played with storyteller approval

Baali
Caitiff, Panders, and Thin Bloods
Cappadocian
Giovanni
Harbinger of Skulls
Lamia
Malkavian
Ravnos
Samedi

The following clans will not be approved under any circumstances

* Antitribu - No Longer Exist
Blood Brothers - No Longer Exist
Children of Osiris - No Longer Exist
Nagarajah - No Longer Exist

Other Races

Other races not listed here are not playable at this time. The exception to this are Hengeyokai and Kuei-Jin which will be allowed on a case-by-case basis. Hsien and Wraith are not currently playable genres, but may be reconsidered in the future.