Char Gen January 2.026

Bone Whisperers may learn two spells of choice per level. To cast, they must carry their lantern, spend a chosen total of spirit, and roll a number of d6s equal to the spirit spent. Maximum spirit is equal to INT. The spell effect varies depending on the number of [DICE] spent, and their rolled [SUM]. Spells always work, but bear risks. If one 6 is rolled, gain a Drained condition. On two 6s, roll on the side effects table. On three 6s, turn undead after casting the spell (retire the character).

Bone Whisperers regain 1 spirit for each sentient being that is killed Nearby. When Bone Whisperers slay a non-undead target themselves in a To Hit roll, they restore spirit equal to target’s remaining hit points. If two pairs are rolled, they may summon their Undead Puppet. Whenever the Bone Whisperer is hit, the creature must succeed in a Morale save or crumbles in ash.

Bone Whisperers can revive the dead by spending spirit equal to the target level, and making an INT save (with disadvantage for creatures of 7+ level). On a success, the target is raised as an undead ally with its original abilities for a number of watches equal to the Bone Whisperer level, after which they fade in smoke. On a fail, the target is raised, but acts on its accord.

The Bone Whisperer can ask a fresh human corpse one yes-or-no question. Only one question per body is allowed.

The World
Long before the Fall, humanity spread across multiple planets and systems and built the Doorway Network: fixed gate-stations that "fold" space so you can step from world to world without ships. Then came the dark years, an undocumented catastrophe that shattered civilization and burned out most high technology. The Doorways survived... but only barely. Now the Lattice, the hidden system that keeps them stable, is failing. Gates flicker, destinations do not sync, and some doors open into vacuum or unknown coordinates. The problem isn’t one of convenience, it's one of survival; the worlds have become dependent on each other’s resources. If the Doorways close, entire populations starve, or collapse within months.

The Keystone
The Keystone is an ancient Lattice Stabilizer Core, a piece of pre-Fall engineering designed to sync the network and hold the Doorways open for another generation. But it’s never been used, and after centuries of neglect and recent cascade failures, it needs to be re-primed by being connected to three specific gate stations, each one storing a different foundational function of the system. Think of it like jump-starting a dying engine using three stations that still have partial power.

The Three Worlds
To awaken the Keystone, you must reload essential settings: Anchor, Flow and Name, at three stations:
Only after the Keystone is primed by all three can it be installed at the system’s central hub, the Last Door, the oldest gate station still standing, and the only place capable of broadcasting stabilization to every planet.

Why Raema?
Nobody else can safely make the crossings anymore. The Doorways don’t just open like doors now, they misbehave. The Lattice’s collapse causes lethal "translation errors": vertigo, memory loss, internal injuries, sudden aging, or simply vanishing mid-step. Most people can’t survive even two unstable jumps, but Raema can.

She's door-touched, a rare kind of survivor who made a bad crossing and was changed when she was re-translated on the other side. Something about her biology, her neural pattern, or sheer dumb fate lets her body hold together when the Lattice slips. She's not immune, just compatible enough to finish what no convoy, army, or scientist can.

And if she fails, the system fractures, the gates die, and the last fragile civilizations of humanity on these scattered worlds begin starving in the dark.