Humanoid
Sawbones
The Sawbones is a twisted surgeon of war, blending cutting-edge medical technology with grotesque, unnatural modifications. Cloaked in stitched-together garments, surgical implements dangling from their belt, they see the battlefield as an operating table and their enemies as raw material.
Whether serving as a rogue Exaltaco bioengineer, a battlefield medic who has abandoned ethics, or a deranged collector of “improvements,” the Sawbones is both a healer and a horror, capable of keeping themselves and their creations alive far beyond reason.
Endure: d8
Navigate: d8
Influence: d4
Glean: d6
Manifest: d12
Attack: d10
Armor: 2
Life Points: 8
Range: 6
Speed: 8
Size: Average
Adaptive Grafts: 1st - Passive - Endure - Self
The Sawbones enhances their own body through unnatural modifications. The first time the Sawbones takes damage from any source in a round, they immediately regain Life Points equal to half of Escalation.
Surgical Incision: 2nd - Action - Attack - Melee
The Sawbones strikes with precision and clinical efficiency, cutting deeper than expected. The Sawbones makes a melee attack against a foe within range. If the attack hits, the target takes escalation damage and has disadvantage on their next Endure check.
Patchwork Mend: 3rd - Reaction - Endure - 6 Spaces
The Sawbones promptly attends to a fallen ally injured in battle. Whenever an ally within range is about to be reduced to 0 Life Points, the Sawbones can move to their location and stabilize them as a reaction. The fallen ally instead drops to Life Points equal to the value of Escalation. Once a creature has been affected by this ability, they are immune to it until the end of combat.
Horrid Reconstitution: 4th - Action - Manifest - 6 Spaces
The Sawbones restores an ally with unnatural means. The Sawbones selects a target within range. They immediately regain Life Points equal to Escalation, but they take disadvantage on all Influence checks until the end of the combat.
Reassembled Horror: 5th - Action - Manifest - Touch - Focus - 1 Minute
The Sawbones resurrects a fallen creature as a monstrous servant, stitching it together into an aberration. The Sawbones can touch a creature that has been reduced to 0 Life Points within the last minute. This creature will be restored to full Life Points and will remain standing for the duration of the power. Once the power ends, the creature will drop back to 0 Life Points and are immune to this power for the rest of the encounter.