For special traits, see the section for each Kin.

Human

• Environmental Adaptation: Humans get a +5 bonus to one Stat of their choice, reflecting their ancestors’ adaptations to their homeworld.

Bilt

• The Secret of Life: Bilt gain access to two Kin Spell Lores: Artificial Life and Mechanisms. They also gain 2 ranks to distribute among these Spell Lores as they see fit.
• Implanted Experience: Bilt get a +10 bonus to any one Skill of their choice from knowledge donated to them during their creation.

Astron/Estel

• Astral Perception: Astra receive a +10 bonus when making Perception or Arcana Skill Rolls to interpret or recognize cosmic energy (including identifying spells that are being cast, recognizing supernatural entities, etc., but not deciphering magical texts).
• Nebular Growth: While within a nebula, or on a continent-sized or larger Astron, Astra can invoke the nebular energy as a Free Action to begin their transition to the next phase of growth. This costs a point of Drive and has several temporary effects as well as some permanent ones, described below. You cannot grow again until either you have gained two levels or a year has passed (this constraint might need some changes). An Astron of Colossal Size who uses this ability must retire from adventuring, settling down to become an island, at the end of the current adventure.

There is a special Background Option available to Astra, costing 2 BP:

Grown: You have already grown beyond human-size. You start the game with the permanent effects of having used Nebular Growth once: Size Large, etc. Did you grow in a desperate situation for the temporary benefits or because you felt ready to move on to a new stage in your life? Write one of your Passions related to either that motivating incident or the new stage in your life.

Temporary effects of Nebular Growth

These effects last 1 hour for Medium-sized Astra, 1 day for Large Astra, 1 week for Huge Astra, and 1 month for Colossal-sized Astra.

• The growing Astron always acts first in any conflict, except against other growing Astra. Between multiple growing Astra, the normal resolution order rules apply.
• The Astron’s Movement Rate is increased by one half after accounting for Encumbrance, rounded up (normally 8).
• In tactical situations, the Astron can take either Two Full Actions or Three Half Actions (in addition to a Free Actions) at no penalty in a round.
• The Astron’s SWI gains a +20 bonus.

After these effects expire, the Astron suffers their inverse for the same duration:

• The Astron always acts last in any conflict.
• The Astron’s Movement Rate is halved (rounding down).
• In tactical situations, the Astron can take only a single Full or Half Action and a Free Action each round. If they take a Full Action, it is performed at a -20 penalty.
• The Astron’s SWI suffers a -20 penalty.

Permanent effects of Nebular Growth

In the fiction, these effects gradually phase in over the course of the Nebular Growth duration, but mechanically they kick inafter the beneficial temporary effects expire. Some of these effects are listed as, e.g. «+5/+15/+30». These effects have the first value listed for Large Astra, the second for Huge Astra, and the third for Colossal Astra.

• The Astron’s Size increases by one step (Medium → Large, Large → Huge, Huge → Colossal). Colossal Astra instead become islands, and must retired as adventurers. This mostly just increases the Max Result on their unarmed attacks.
• Astra of Size Huge count as two characters when determining the difficult of Camping Rolls. Colossal Astra count as three characters.
• The Astron receives a +5/+15/+25 bonus to BRN, a +5/+10/+15 bonus to , a -5/-15/-25 penalty to SWI, and a -5/-10/-15 penalty to WIT as their body grows large and more powerful but their reaction times and agility decreases.
• The Astron receives a +5/+10/+15 bonus to WSRs.
• The Astron’s Kin HP Maximum is increased to 130/150/180.