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Wvaske: Current-truth cleanup (issue #2): convert short-form (S NN) session citations to numbered references

2026-09-15T18:42:21Z

Current-truth cleanup (issue #2): convert short-form (S NN) session citations to numbered references

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	=== Rulings ===		=== Rulings ===
	* Any d20 roll is a legal target — including '''monster-harvesting checks''' (~~S54:~~ with a long rest imminent in town, the entire party was allowed to spend on the same carcass).		* Any d20 roll is a legal target — including '''monster-harvesting checks''' <ref name="s54">[[Session 54 - Serpents at Boareskyr Bridge (2026-08-30)\|Session 54]] — with a long rest imminent in town, the entire party was allowed to spend on the same carcass.</ref>.
	* It may raise a save DC you impose on others — but '''(~~S53~~) a save-DC boost applies to only ONE creature''' of a multi-target spell (Baelgrum's Fireball d4+1 raised the DC for the dragonborn alone).		* It may raise a save DC you impose on others — but '''<ref name="s53">[[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|Session 53]].</ref> a save-DC boost applies to only ONE creature''' of a multi-target spell (Baelgrum's Fireball d4+1 raised the DC for the dragonborn alone).
	* '''The die may be added to damage''' ''(official ruling, 2026-08-09)'' — a legal, if less efficient, use of the surge (established by Keyleth's spends in S52 and S53).		* '''The die may be added to damage''' ''(official ruling, 2026-08-09)'' — a legal, if less efficient, use of the surge (established by Keyleth's spends in S52 and S53).
	* It may be applied to a check already rolled (retroactively), and you may spend it '''after''' you learn what you are facing — ''"the whole point is, like, you know whether or not you need to go bigger."''		* It may be applied to a check already rolled (retroactively), and you may spend it '''after''' you learn what you are facing — ''"the whole point is, like, you know whether or not you need to go bigger."''
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			== References ==
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	[[Category:Feats]]		[[Category:Feats]]

Wvaske: Player-guide cleanup — dice-pool mechanics confirmed (10 charges, d4=4/d6=6, half on short rest), editorial/DM notes removed

2026-09-03T15:42:43Z

Player-guide cleanup — dice-pool mechanics confirmed (10 charges, d4=4/d6=6, half on short rest), editorial/DM notes removed

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	As of '''S52 (2026-07-12)''' the feat has evolved into '''Tempered Soul: Aspects''' — see [[#The Aspects\|the Aspects]] below. On D&D Beyond, the old ''Tempered Soul'' feat is deleted and ''Tempered Soul: Aspects'' added in its place, with your Aspect chosen from the drop-down. ''(If both feats linger on your sheet you'll see duplicate actions — remove the old feat and refresh.)''		As of '''S52 (2026-07-12)''' the feat has evolved into '''Tempered Soul: Aspects''' — see [[#The Aspects\|the Aspects]] below. On D&D Beyond, the old ''Tempered Soul'' feat is deleted and ''Tempered Soul: Aspects'' added in its place, with your Aspect chosen from the drop-down. ''(If both feats linger on your sheet you'll see duplicate actions — remove the old feat and refresh.)''

	=== ~~The two dice~~ ===		=== How it works ===
	~~Every spend uses one of two dice, and '''the log tracks which''' ([[Tempered Soul/Usage Log]]):~~		Immediately after you make a D20 Test, before you learn the outcome, you may add a '''soul die''' to the roll — or to a save DC you are imposing on another creature. Every spend must be '''narrated''': tell the table the feeling, memory, or instinct you pour into the moment.
	* '''The standard d4''' — usable on any d20 test, always. On the sheets: ''"Once per Long Rest, immediately after you make a D20 Test, before you learn the outcome, add ~~1d4~~ to the roll. ~~Describe to your DM~~ the feeling, memory, or instinct you pour into the moment~~."''~~
	* '''The Aspect d6''' — usable only '''in your Aspect's domain''' (below); 3 uses per long rest as currently built. In-domain use is also what grows the Aspect.

	''(The ~~S52–S53 table sessions described a shared~~ charge pool — 7 + ~~5 boxes at level 9,~~ d4 = 4 ~~charges~~, d6 = 6 ~~— with half back on~~ a ~~short rest~~. ~~The character sheets currently implement~~ the ~~simpler d4 ×1 / Aspect d6 ×3 per~~ long rest~~; the sheets are the working version, and~~ the pool ~~description is retained in the [[Tempered Soul/Usage Log\|log]]~~'~~s history.)~~''		You hold two dice:
			* '''The base d4''' — usable on any roll, always. The universal floor.
			* '''Your Aspect d6''' — usable only on rolls '''inside your Aspect's domain''' (table below). In-domain use is also what grows the Aspect.

			'''The charge pool.''' Your pool equals '''the total sides of every soul die you hold''' — currently '''10''' (base d4 + Aspect d6). Rolling a die costs charges equal to its sides: a d4 costs 4, a d6 costs 6. On a full pool that is '''one d6 and one d4, or two d4s'''. You may always roll the smaller die to spend less, even in-domain.

			'''Recovery.''' A '''long rest''' refills the pool; a '''short rest''' restores half of your maximum. Camping overnight counts as a long rest.

	=== The Aspects ===		=== The Aspects ===
	Using the feat repeatedly '''in the same domain''' tempers the soul in that direction until it crystallizes into an '''Aspect'''. The DM: ''"you have used your tempered soul enough times in a single domain that you have… basically leveled up your soul a little bit."'' All six party Aspects crystallized during S52 — and [[Carl]], reforged alongside the company, has one too. ~~The canonical names and domains, from the character sheets:~~		Using the feat repeatedly '''in the same domain''' tempers the soul in that direction until it crystallizes into an '''Aspect'''. The DM: ''"you have used your tempered soul enough times in a single domain that you have… basically leveled up your soul a little bit."'' All six party Aspects crystallized during S52 — and [[Carl]], reforged alongside the company, has one too.

	{\| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"		{\| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
	! Character !! Aspect !! Domain (in-domain rolls take the d6)		! Character !! Aspect !! Domain (in-domain rolls may take the d6)
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	\| [[Shade]] \|\| '''Arcane Certainty''' \|\| Rolls made in '''unhesitating confidence of her own magical power''' — spell attack rolls and spell save DCs, especially destructive evocation; saving throws she faces down through sheer self-belief in her craft; Arcana wielded as a flex rather than a question. ''Out of domain: subtlety, humility, mundane skill, and anything attempted while genuinely unsure of herself.''		\| [[Shade]] \|\| '''Arcane Certainty''' \|\| Rolls made in '''unhesitating confidence of her own magical power''' — spell attack rolls and spell save DCs, especially destructive evocation; saving throws she faces down through sheer self-belief in her craft; Arcana wielded as a flex rather than a question. ''Out of domain: subtlety, humility, mundane skill, and anything attempted while genuinely unsure of herself.''
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	\| [[Carl]] \|\| '''Aye Aye, Captain''' \|\| Any roll made while '''visibly afraid and doing the thing regardless''' — following an order or keeping a promise through the fear, staying at his post when leaving is an option, speaking up with the useful thing when silence would be safer. ''Out of domain: anything done boldly, acts of unrequested initiative, and — by party treaty rather than soul-mechanics — all attack rolls made with his bow.''		\| [[Carl]] \|\| '''Aye Aye, Captain''' \|\| Any roll made while '''visibly afraid and doing the thing regardless''' — following an order or keeping a promise through the fear, staying at his post when leaving is an option, speaking up with the useful thing when silence would be safer. ''Out of domain: anything done boldly, acts of unrequested initiative, and — by party treaty rather than soul-mechanics — all attack rolls made with his bow.''
	\|}		\|}

	''(The sheet definitions above supersede the looser domain sketches recorded at the S53 table — notably, Karma's finalized domain is stand-firm resolve rather than the harvest-craft reading discussed then, and Keyleth's explicitly includes "harvesting the deserving dead," confirming the S54 ruling.)''

	=== Growth ===		=== Growth ===
	* An Aspect scales '''d6 → d8 → d10 → d12 → d20''' with continued in-domain use — which is why the [[Tempered Soul/Usage Log\|log]] tracks Aspect spends explicitly.		* An Aspect scales '''d6 → d8 → d10 → d12 → d20''' with continued in-domain use — which is why the [[Tempered Soul/Usage Log\|log]] tracks Aspect spends explicitly. A bigger Aspect die also enlarges the pool.
	* '''One Aspect equipped.''' The character sheet shows '''three Aspect drop-down slots''', but only one may be filled until a '''soul evolution''' (timing: the DM's call) unlocks the second. You can ''learn'' additional Aspects before you can equip them.		* '''One Aspect equipped.''' The character sheet shows '''three Aspect drop-down slots''', but only one may be filled until a '''soul evolution''' (timing: the DM's call) unlocks the second. You can ''learn'' additional Aspects before you can equip them.
	* Spreading across several Aspects makes any one of them harder to push high — ''"do you want to focus in one area, or do you want to branch it out so that you have broader domains?"''		* Spreading across several Aspects makes any one of them harder to push high — ''"do you want to focus in one area, or do you want to branch it out so that you have broader domains?"''
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	* '''The die may be added to damage''' ''(official ruling, 2026-08-09)'' — a legal, if less efficient, use of the surge (established by Keyleth's spends in S52 and S53).		* '''The die may be added to damage''' ''(official ruling, 2026-08-09)'' — a legal, if less efficient, use of the surge (established by Keyleth's spends in S52 and S53).
	* It may be applied to a check already rolled (retroactively), and you may spend it '''after''' you learn what you are facing — ''"the whole point is, like, you know whether or not you need to go bigger."''		* It may be applied to a check already rolled (retroactively), and you may spend it '''after''' you learn what you are facing — ''"the whole point is, like, you know whether or not you need to go bigger."''
	* ~~'''Camping overnight~~ is ~~a long rest''' and fully resets the feat~~.		* The DM adjudicates whether a roll is in-domain.

	=== Intent ===		=== Intent ===
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	=== Usage Log ===		=== Usage Log ===
	Every use is recorded on '''[[Tempered Soul/Usage Log]]''' — '''which die was rolled (~~standard~~ d4 or the named Aspect d6)''', what was empowered, the math, the feeling channeled, and a verbatim quote. The log is how the feat's growth is tracked over time, and the DM uses it to decide when an Aspect advances — so name your die, narrate the spend, and record both.		Every use is recorded on '''[[Tempered Soul/Usage Log]]''' — '''which die was rolled (base d4 or the named Aspect d6)''', what was empowered, the math, the feeling channeled, and a verbatim quote. The log is how the feat's growth is tracked over time, and the DM uses it to decide when an Aspect advances — so name your die, narrate the spend, and record both.

	=== Holders ===		=== Holders ===

Wvaske: Canonical Aspect names/domains from the character sheets (incl. Carl's Aye Aye, Captain); two-dice model; d4-vs-Aspect tracking mandate

2026-09-03T15:30:35Z

Canonical Aspect names/domains from the character sheets (incl. Carl's Aye Aye, Captain); two-dice model; d4-vs-Aspect tracking mandate

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Wvaske: S54 — harvest checks confirmed as legal targets (whole-party spend); Keyleth's domain explicitly covers harvesting the deserving dead

2026-09-03T14:34:28Z

S54 — harvest checks confirmed as legal targets (whole-party spend); Keyleth's domain explicitly covers harvesting the deserving dead

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	'''Rulings:'''		'''Rulings:'''
	* Any d20 roll is a legal target.		* Any d20 roll is a legal target — including '''monster-harvesting checks''' (S54: with a long rest imminent in town, the entire party was allowed to spend on the same carcass).
	* It may raise a save DC you impose on others — but '''(S53) a save-DC boost applies to only ONE creature''' of a multi-target spell (Baelgrum's Fireball d4+1 raised the DC for the dragonborn alone).		* It may raise a save DC you impose on others — but '''(S53) a save-DC boost applies to only ONE creature''' of a multi-target spell (Baelgrum's Fireball d4+1 raised the DC for the dragonborn alone).
	* '''The die may be added to damage''' ''(official ruling, 2026-08-09)'' — a legal, if less efficient, use of the surge (established by Keyleth's spends in S52 and S53).		* '''The die may be added to damage''' ''(official ruling, 2026-08-09)'' — a legal, if less efficient, use of the surge (established by Keyleth's spends in S52 and S53).
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	\| [[Karma]] \|\| ''(name pending)'' \|\| '''Suppression, craft, and the found weakness''': harvesting, crafting, nature and medicine; holding or suppressing a foe (the Dragon Turtle); and picking out the precise weakness — the right save, the soft point.		\| [[Karma]] \|\| ''(name pending)'' \|\| '''Suppression, craft, and the found weakness''': harvesting, crafting, nature and medicine; holding or suppressing a foe (the Dragon Turtle); and picking out the precise weakness — the right save, the soft point.
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	\| [[Keyleth]] \|\| ''(name pending)'' \|\| '''The hunt and the wild''': nature, survival, tracking; finding her prey and striking when she has found it.		\| [[Keyleth]] \|\| ''(name pending)'' \|\| '''The hunt and the wild''': nature, survival, tracking; finding her prey and striking when she has found it. '''(S54 clarification:)''' the domain explicitly covers '''"harvesting the deserving dead"''' — her d6 applies to harvest checks on slain prey.
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	\| [[Gootcha]] \|\| ''(name pending)'' \|\| '''Name, memory, and what has passed''': rolls drawing on memory, past knowledge, or experience — aligned with the [[Raven Queen]]'s domain, where death and memory keep house. ''(The DM intends to tighten this definition.)''		\| [[Gootcha]] \|\| ''(name pending)'' \|\| '''Name, memory, and what has passed''': rolls drawing on memory, past knowledge, or experience — aligned with the [[Raven Queen]]'s domain, where death and memory keep house. ''(The DM intends to tighten this definition.)''

Wvaske: Official ruling: the soul die may be added to damage (DM confirmation 2026-08-09)

2026-08-09T19:48:04Z

Official ruling: the soul die may be added to damage (DM confirmation 2026-08-09)

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	* '''One Aspect equipped.''' The character sheet shows '''three Aspect drop-down slots''', but only one may be filled until a '''soul evolution''' (timing: the DM's call) unlocks the second. You can ''learn'' additional Aspects before you can equip them.		* '''One Aspect equipped.''' The character sheet shows '''three Aspect drop-down slots''', but only one may be filled until a '''soul evolution''' (timing: the DM's call) unlocks the second. You can ''learn'' additional Aspects before you can equip them.

	'''Rulings:''' ~~any~~ d20 roll is a legal target~~; it~~ may raise a save DC you impose on others — but '''(~~new,~~ S53) a save-DC boost applies to only ONE creature''' of a multi-target spell (Baelgrum's Fireball d4+1 raised the DC for the dragonborn alone)~~; it~~ may be applied to a check already rolled (retroactively); and you may spend it '''after''' you learn what you are facing — ''"the whole point is, like, you know whether or not you need to go bigger."~~'' ''(Open question, twice tolerated at the table: spending the die on '''damage''' rather than a d20 test — Keyleth, S52 and S53.)~~''		'''Rulings:'''
			* Any d20 roll is a legal target.
			* It may raise a save DC you impose on others — but '''(S53) a save-DC boost applies to only ONE creature''' of a multi-target spell (Baelgrum's Fireball d4+1 raised the DC for the dragonborn alone).
			* '''The die may be added to damage''' ''(official ruling, 2026-08-09)'' — a legal, if less efficient, use of the surge (established by Keyleth's spends in S52 and S53).
			* It may be applied to a check already rolled (retroactively), and you may spend it '''after''' you learn what you are facing — ''"the whole point is, like, you know whether or not you need to go bigger."''

	=== The Aspects ===		=== The Aspects ===

Wvaske: S53: one-creature save-DC ruling, Aspect domains defined for all six, prof-scaled charge pools (level 9), DDB setup notes

2026-08-09T19:23:54Z

S53: one-creature save-DC ruling, Aspect domains defined for all six, prof-scaled charge pools (level 9), DDB setup notes

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	'''Tempered Soul''' is a feat granted to every member of [[Deez Nuts]] when their souls were reforged in the Hells and they signed [[A Compact of restoration and continuance]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)\|Session 50]]. It is as much a roleplaying device as a mechanic.		'''Tempered Soul''' is a feat granted to every member of [[Deez Nuts]] when their souls were reforged in the Hells and they signed [[A Compact of restoration and continuance]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)\|Session 50]]. It is as much a roleplaying device as a mechanic.

	As of '''S52 (2026-07-12)''' the feat has evolved into '''Tempered Soul Aspects''' — see [[#Aspects (from S52)\|Aspects]] below. On D&D Beyond, the old ''Tempered Soul'' feat is deleted and ''Tempered Soul Aspects'' added in its place, with your Aspect chosen from the drop-down.		As of '''S52 (2026-07-12)''' the feat has evolved into '''Tempered Soul Aspects''' — see [[#Aspects (from S52)\|Aspects]] below. On D&D Beyond, the old ''Tempered Soul'' feat is deleted and ''Tempered Soul Aspects'' added in its place, with your Aspect chosen from the drop-down. ''(If both feats linger on your sheet you'll see duplicate actions — remove the old feat and refresh.)''

	=== Effect (the original form, S50–S52) ===		=== Effect (the original form, S50–S52) ===
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	* '''In-domain, roll a d6 instead of a d4.''' The d4 stays available for anything — including in-domain, if you want to spend less.		* '''In-domain, roll a d6 instead of a d4.''' The d4 stays available for anything — including in-domain, if you want to spend less.
	* '''Charges replace "once per day."''' Your pool is the sum of every soul die you hold: base d4 + one d6 Aspect = '''10 charges'''. A d4 costs 4 charges to roll, a d6 costs 6.		* '''Charges replace "once per day."''' Your pool is the sum of every soul die you hold: base d4 + one d6 Aspect = '''10 charges''' at proficiency +3. A d4 costs 4 charges to roll, a d6 costs 6.
			* '''Pool scales with proficiency bonus''' (confirmed S53): at level 9 (proficiency +4) the boxes grow to '''7 + 5 = 12 charges''' — enough for, e.g., three d4 spends.
	* '''Recovery:''' all charges back on a '''long rest''' (camping overnight counts), half back on a '''short rest''' — this applies to everyone, Aspect or not.		* '''Recovery:''' all charges back on a '''long rest''' (camping overnight counts), half back on a '''short rest''' — this applies to everyone, Aspect or not.
	* '''Growth:''' an Aspect scales '''d6 → d8 → d10 → d12 → d20''' with continued in-domain use. Spreading across several Aspects makes any one of them harder to push high — ''"do you want to focus in one area, or do you want to branch it out so that you have broader domains?"'' One Aspect ~~each for now~~.		* '''Growth:''' an Aspect scales '''d6 → d8 → d10 → d12 → d20''' with continued in-domain use. Spreading across several Aspects makes any one of them harder to push high — ''"do you want to focus in one area, or do you want to branch it out so that you have broader domains?"''
	* The ~~number of charge boxes is tied to~~ '''~~proficiency bonus~~''', so the ~~pool grows again at level 9~~.		* '''One Aspect equipped.''' The character sheet shows '''three Aspect drop-down slots''', but only one may be filled until a '''soul evolution''' (timing: the DM's call) unlocks the second. You can ''learn'' additional Aspects before you can equip them.

	'''Rulings:''' any d20 roll is a legal target; it may raise a save DC you impose on others; it may be applied to a check already rolled (retroactively); and you may spend it '''after''' you learn what you are facing — ''"the whole point is, like, you know whether or not you need to go bigger."''		'''Rulings:''' any d20 roll is a legal target; it may raise a save DC you impose on others — but '''(new, S53) a save-DC boost applies to only ONE creature''' of a multi-target spell (Baelgrum's Fireball d4+1 raised the DC for the dragonborn alone); it may be applied to a check already rolled (retroactively); and you may spend it '''after''' you learn what you are facing — ''"the whole point is, like, you know whether or not you need to go bigger."'' ''(Open question, twice tolerated at the table: spending the die on '''damage''' rather than a d20 test — Keyleth, S52 and S53.)''

	=== The Aspects ===		=== The Aspects ===
	All six ~~were "bumped up"~~ by the end of S52; the DM ~~finalized~~ the drop-downs ~~afterward~~.		All six crystallized by the end of S52; the '''domains were defined at the table in S53''' (the DM is finalizing the D&D Beyond drop-downs).
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	! Character !! Aspect !! Domain ~~!! Crystallized~~		! Character !! Aspect !! Domain (as defined in S53)
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	\| [[Shade]] \|\| '''Arcane Certainty''' \|\| Empowering arcane energy ~~\|\| S52~~ — ~~overnight visions of~~ "throwing fireballs and chromatic orbs, and just the power of the destruction that you're able to wield"		\| [[Shade]] \|\| '''Arcane Certainty''' \|\| Empowering arcane energy — "throwing fireballs and chromatic orbs, and just the power of the destruction that you're able to wield"
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	\| [[Baelgrum]] \|\| '''Protection and Healing''' \|\| ~~Shielding and blessing the party \|\| S52~~ — ~~overnight visions of "been sort of the shield for the party… taking on damage so that they didn't"~~		\| [[Baelgrum]] \|\| '''Protection and Healing''' \|\| Protection / sacrifice: rolls where he '''takes, redirects, or discharges harm''' — interposing, shielding, warding. Spirit Guardians qualifies; a Fireball attack does not.
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	\| [[~~Gootcha~~]] \|\| ''(~~named after the session~~)'' \|\| ~~— \|\| S52 —~~ '''~~mid-combat~~''', on the ~~sneak-attack shot that exposed Rook: "your Tempered Soul is going to bump you into your aspect"~~		\| [[Xanphina]] \|\| ''(name pending)'' \|\| '''Past the point of breaking''': rolls made past when she should have stopped — continuing while bloodied, raging, or exhausted; feats of strength against what has resisted her; breaking through pressure bearing down on her (e.g. the necromancer's curse).
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	\| [[~~Keyleth~~]] \|\| ''(~~named after the session~~)'' \|\| ~~Nature~~ and ~~survival~~ (the ~~DM's steer~~) ~~\|\| S52~~		\| [[Karma]] \|\| ''(name pending)'' \|\| '''Suppression, craft, and the found weakness''': harvesting, crafting, nature and medicine; holding or suppressing a foe (the Dragon Turtle); and picking out the precise weakness — the right save, the soft point.
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	\| [[~~Xanphina~~]] \|\| ''(~~named after the session~~)'' \|\| ~~— \|\| S52~~		\| [[Keyleth]] \|\| ''(name pending)'' \|\| '''The hunt and the wild''': nature, survival, tracking; finding her prey and striking when she has found it.
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	\| [[~~Karma~~]] \|\| ''(~~named after the session~~)'' \|\| — ~~\|\| S52~~		\| [[Gootcha]] \|\| ''(name pending)'' \|\| '''Name, memory, and what has passed''': rolls drawing on memory, past knowledge, or experience — aligned with the [[Raven Queen]]'s domain, where death and memory keep house. ''(The DM intends to tighten this definition.)''
	\|}		\|}

	=== Intent ===		=== Intent ===
	The DM ([[Wes Vaske]]) framed this as a deliberately open-ended, evolving feature rather than a flat bonus: "''this is something that you should try to use every day… it will evolve over time.''" Each invocation is meant to deepen the character — a small, recurring window into who each survivor became after passing through death and the Hells. The Aspects are that evolution paying out: what you reach for under fire is what your soul becomes.		The DM ([[Wes Vaske]]) framed this as a deliberately open-ended, evolving feature rather than a flat bonus: "''this is something that you should try to use every day… it will evolve over time.''" Each invocation is meant to deepen the character — a small, recurring window into who each survivor became after passing through death and the Hells. The Aspects are that evolution paying out: what you reach for under fire is what your soul becomes. More of the system exists than the players have seen — "there's kind of a bunch of other stuff around it that you don't know yet, that you're gonna find out in-universe."

	=== Usage Log ===		=== Usage Log ===

Wvaske: Add Feats category so the shared feat appears in the feat catalog

2026-07-19T15:07:14Z

Add Feats category so the shared feat appears in the feat catalog

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Wvaske: Session 52: feat evolved into Tempered Soul Aspects — replace the once-per-day 1d4 text with the Aspect/charge economy, add per-character Aspects and the S52 rulings

2026-07-13T18:43:21Z

Session 52: feat evolved into Tempered Soul Aspects — replace the once-per-day 1d4 text with the Aspect/charge economy, add per-character Aspects and the S52 rulings

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 '''Tempered Soul''' is a feat granted to every member of [[Deez Nuts]] when their souls were reforged in the Hells and they signed [[A Compact of restoration and continuance]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)|Session 50]]. It is as much a roleplaying device as a mechanic.
-=== Effect ===
+As of '''S52 (2026-07-12)''' the feat has evolved into '''Tempered Soul Aspects''' — see [[#Aspects (from S52)|Aspects]] below. On D&D Beyond, the old ''Tempered Soul'' feat is deleted and ''Tempered Soul Aspects'' added in its place, with your Aspect chosen from the drop-down.
 Once per long rest, a character may add '''1d4''' to any d20 test they make (an attack, check, or save) — or raise the DC of a save they are imposing on another by the same amount. To use it, the player must '''narrate the emotion, memory, or instinct''' that fuels the surge: the grief, rage, love, or stubbornness their soul has been tempered by.
 === Intent ===
-The DM ([[Wes Vaske]]) framed this as a deliberately open-ended, evolving feature rather than a flat bonus: "''this is something that you should try to use every day… it will evolve over time.''" Each invocation is meant to deepen the character — a small, recurring window into who each survivor became after passing through death and the Hells.
+The DM ([[Wes Vaske]]) framed this as a deliberately open-ended, evolving feature rather than a flat bonus: "''this is something that you should try to use every day… it will evolve over time.''" Each invocation is meant to deepen the character — a small, recurring window into who each survivor became after passing through death and the Hells. The Aspects are that evolution paying out: what you reach for under fire is what your soul becomes.
 === Usage Log ===
-Every use is recorded on '''[[Tempered Soul/Usage Log]]''' — what each character empowered, the feeling they channeled, and a verbatim quote. The log is how the feat's growth is tracked over time, so narrate (and record) every spend.
+Every use is recorded on '''[[Tempered Soul/Usage Log]]''' — what each character empowered, the roll and the die, the feeling they channeled, and a verbatim quote. The log is how the feat's growth is tracked over time, and the DM uses it to decide when an Aspect has been earned, so narrate (and record) every spend.
 === Holders ===

Wvaske: Add Usage Log section linking the new Tempered Soul/Usage Log tracker

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Add Usage Log section linking the new Tempered Soul/Usage Log tracker

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	The DM ([[Wes Vaske]]) framed this as a deliberately open-ended, evolving feature rather than a flat bonus: "''this is something that you should try to use every day… it will evolve over time.''" Each invocation is meant to deepen the character — a small, recurring window into who each survivor became after passing through death and the Hells.		The DM ([[Wes Vaske]]) framed this as a deliberately open-ended, evolving feature rather than a flat bonus: "''this is something that you should try to use every day… it will evolve over time.''" Each invocation is meant to deepen the character — a small, recurring window into who each survivor became after passing through death and the Hells.

			=== Usage Log ===
			Every use is recorded on '''[[Tempered Soul/Usage Log]]''' — what each character empowered, the feeling they channeled, and a verbatim quote. The log is how the feat's growth is tracked over time, so narrate (and record) every spend.

	=== Holders ===		=== Holders ===

Wvaske: Pass 2 (S50 texture): create Tempered Soul — the universal feat from signing the Compact (1d4 to any d20 / +DC once per long rest, requiring the player to narrate the emotion fueling it); a roleplay-forward, evolving mechanic the DM wants used every session

2026-06-18T15:33:06Z

Pass 2 (S50 texture): create Tempered Soul — the universal feat from signing the Compact (1d4 to any d20 / +DC once per long rest, requiring the player to narrate the emotion fueling it); a roleplay-forward, evolving mechanic the DM wants used every session

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== Tempered Soul ==
'''Tempered Soul''' is a feat granted to every member of [[Deez Nuts]] when their souls were reforged in the Hells and they signed [[A Compact of restoration and continuance]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)|Session 50]]. It is as much a roleplaying device as a mechanic.

=== Effect ===
Once per long rest, a character may add '''1d4''' to any d20 test they make (an attack, check, or save) — or raise the DC of a save they are imposing on another by the same amount. To use it, the player must '''narrate the emotion, memory, or instinct''' that fuels the surge: the grief, rage, love, or stubbornness their soul has been tempered by.

=== Intent ===
The DM ([[Wes Vaske]]) framed this as a deliberately open-ended, evolving feature rather than a flat bonus: "''this is something that you should try to use every day… it will evolve over time.''" Each invocation is meant to deepen the character — a small, recurring window into who each survivor became after passing through death and the Hells.

=== Holders ===
All reforged members of [[Deez Nuts]]: [[Shade]], [[Xanphina]], [[Keyleth]], [[Gootcha]], [[Karma]], and [[Baelgrum]] (the soul bound in [[Alexios]]'s place).

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