Manticore Update and Manticore Evolution

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Manticore Update and Manticore Evolution

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Hey there everyone! So, to help streamline and to help bring it into the same sorta boxes that other templates companions are, we’re doing a small update to Manticore Companion, as well as making a new merit to help bring Manticore Companion ideas to full fruition.

At One dot - 1 Magnitude of a Variation, 15 Attribute dots, 6 Skill dots, 1 Dread Power, 3 Merit Dots
Two Dots - 2 Magnitude of a Variation, 15 Attribute Dots, 9 Skill dots, 1 Dread Power, 5 Merit Dots
Three Dots - 3 Magnitude of a Variation, 18 Attribute Dots, 12 Skill Dots, 1 Dread Power, 8 Merit Dots
Four Dots - 4 Magnitude of a Variation, 18 Attribute Dots, 14 Skill Dots, 2 Dread Powers, 8 Merit Dots
Five Dots - 5 Magnitude of a Variation, 20 Attribute Dots, 16 Skill Dots, 2 Dread Powers, 10 Merit Dots


This is to allow a Manticore Companion to feel like more than just their power, they have other things they can do, they have skills and attributes and feel like a real character. A good mini pudding, or tiny imp companion, or robot squirrel!

To follow this, we have a Custom merit that we’ve been toying with for a bit.

Manticore Evolution (5 dots)
Prerequisite: Manticore Companion 5
The Manticore goes through an intense evolution, this could be brought on by the Deviant or an animalistic reaction to danger. However it manifests, the Manticore now has a level of independence in it’s thoughts and capabilities, if it lacked it before. Furthermore, it can gain additional Variations and now Scars. The Manticore now gains 5 minor Instability a month, which can be spent on scars, or simply reduced by spending time with their Deviant. As for Variations, the Deviant must spend their XP to grant the Manticore new abilities.

In addition, the Manticore stats become the following: 25 Attribute Dots, 20 Skill Dots, 3 Dread Powers, 15 Merit Dots, a Virtue and a Vice.

Drawback: In addition to likely extra care for the Manticore, given its evolved nature. (Yes this means it wants lasagna instead of catfood.) You also take a Major Instability if your companion ever dies. This does include if your companion dies and comes back via a variation, or Death is prevented through an ability. IE, Atirya using Fortune Donor. As the Companion has become akin to a Loyalty Touchstone.

Please note, if you take your companion as a Touchstone, you then gain the benefits as if they were a Touchstone, but if they were to die you gain 2 Major Instability instead of just 1.

And with all of this coming out there are two further notes we want to say. Manticore Companion itself, is opened up for all players within the Deviant venue to take. (Yes, this includes Mortals). However, Evolution is still restricted to Deviants only. And with these new cool friends, we do want to reiterate, that while this can provide a great deal of mechanical boon, this is primarily something to enhance story and fun, so it will still be looked at with the same level of critique we do for Deviant’s and their power sets.

If you have a Manticore Companion already, please reach out to us in your threads about converting them to the new sheet.
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