It is believed by some that within the heart of each mortal lies a slumbering beast. These predatory instincts and violent urges are what allowed mortals to survive in the primordial world until they discovered civilization. While civilization caused these beasts to slumber, some were able to tap into their savage inner nature and assume some of its abilities.
Hello Everyone! Welcome to the public playtest for the Wild Heart martial discipline! Wild Heart is a full redux of the never released Chimera Soul discipline and so much more, a martial discipline focused around using natural weapons and shifting to adapt to situations in combat. It has a new unique mechanic called Atavism, which triggers and grants unique effects when they initiate maneuvers or stances that grant them natural attacks, senses, or natural armor they already possess from another source. The discipline also provides synergy with shifting feats and shapechangers. The playtest is slated to end May 2nd!
Inside this playtest you will find:
- - The Wild Heart Martial Discipline
- - A brand new martial tradition- The Adherents of the Mark
- - New Style Feats for the Wild Heart discipline and several hybrid feats designed to connect it to other disciplines
- - Title and New Dao veil associated with the discipline- The Wild and Wilding Mantle, granting users a chance at akashic power (using akashic magic system originally from Dreamscarred Press)
- - New class archetypes and options focused around the idea of adapting to overcome difficulties or forcing evolution.
- - And Much More!
Go take a look!
(for those using mobile, there's also this link to make things easier)
Due to some issues with the playtest doc, had to create a new one. Here is the new link for the non-mobile version.
Welcome to week one of the playtest! Quite a bit has been edited for clarity and altered due to suggestions and comments. Thank you for your help as the playtest continues!
The following are the major updates and edits.
- -Tarrasque Jaws strike maneuver removed the Full-round removal option for the atavism effect.
- -Wilding Mantle veil's transformation now lasts 1 + 1/2 Veilweaving modifier (rounded down, minimum 3) rounds, and wording is edited for clarity.
- -Nemean Roar strike maneuver effects edited for balance, now deals initiation level in sonic damage with a Will save for half for each effect removed and heals you by IL when things fail the will save.
- -Aspectual huay archetype now can select 2 additional disciplines
- -Seidhr hunter archetype switched to 3rd person to match other archetypes
- -Mutagenesist medic archetype can now trade one of their known disciplines for Cursed Razor
- -Wild Heart Adaptation and Wild Heart Dominance feats wording edited for clarity.
- -Thrash strike maneuver renamed to Thrashing Wings, now can be used with slam or wings, wording edited for clarity and forced movement of struck targets now does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
- -Bloody Horns strike maneuver effect now causes target to be knocked prone and take 1d4 bleed on a failed Fortitude save. Atavism effect now allows you to strike an additional target.
- -On the Hunt boost maneuver skill bonus changed to 1/2 initiator level (rounded down, minimum 2)
- -Chimeric Shift feat wording edited for clarity, shift now grants circumstance bonuses instead of insight.
- -Hellwasp Sting and Envenom maneuver's effects are now specifically not a poison effect, but may be improved by effects that improve poisons.
- -Sharpen Fangs Boost maneuver's bonus to attack and damage is now untyped instead of inherent.
- -Quill Strike counter maneuver now nauseates for 1 round, +1 round for every 6 initiator levels after 9th. Atavism bleed effect now has no duration and deals 2d4 bleed even if they succeed the save.
- -Tearing Sting strike maneuver's bleed effect no longer has a duration.
- -Heartstrike boost effect now specifies that the haste effect does not stack and instead resets the duration.
- -Horn Strider Stance is now a 1st level stance (changed from 3rd), provides better benefit with lower level maneuvers.
- -Moonlit Hunter stance is now a 3rd level maneuver (replacing hornstrider stance) now grants bite with trip special quality and DR/Silver, that scales.
- -Kraken Grasp counter maneuver now specifies that it grapples the target
- -Wild Rampage strike maneuver's movement no longer provokes and it no longer has an attack penalty. May attack the same target but each target cannot be attacked more times than your initiation modifier.
- -Wild Swipes strike maneuver’s atavism effect now causes bonus damage from successive hits to ignore temp hp and DR.
- -Dread Wyrm Stance maneuver's Atavism effect now grants elemental damage equal to your initiation modifier of the elemental type you gained a resistance to from the stance, instead of increasing die size and granting an attack bonus.
- -Mangle strike maneuver now reduces speed by half for 1 round or for initiation mod rounds if both saves are failed
- -Naturalize boost maneuver atavism now grants fast healing
Hello everyone! Welcome to the second week of the Wild Heart martial discipline public playtest! At last count there was over 300 suggestions and comments for this playtest, and I can't believe the amount of interest that has been shown.
There has been way to many edits, but below are some of the big ones:
- -Dragon Breath maneuver effects clarified to specify it is a scatter effect and does not have a save.
- -Wary Tentacle Shift feat effects edited for clarity.
- -Toxic Panacea shifting feat added, grants resistance to disease and poison and some healing.
- -Venomfang shift now sickens/nauseates instead of fatigue.
- Wilding mantle effects changed, now grants a shifting feat, +1 shifting feat per 3 essence bound to the veil. Shoulders bind no longer grants special attack action.
- -Multiple edits made for balance.
- -Multiple edits made to maneuver descriptions and tables
- -Edits made to Style and Hybrid feats to balance and clarify effects
- -Seidhr Hunter Archetype bonus feats gained from pack shifting ability moved to 4th level and every 4 class levels thereafter to balance changes made to the wilding mantle veil they gain as a class ability.
- -Bioengineer prestige class Adaptation I, II, & III abilities edited for clarity.
Hello everyone! Welcome to the end of week 3 of this playtest, I have received more support than I anticipated (there was over 100 recommendations in a single day at one point) and I appreciate all the support!
The following updates and changes have been made this week:
- - Clarifying edits have been made across the board to make things make sense
- - Multiple changes made to prerequisites of maneuvers and feats to balance them out
- - Several Tables in the document have been updated for uniformity
- - Effects of Wilding Mantle and Lashing Tail veils edited for clarity.
Hello everyone! The Wild Heart Martial Discipline Public Playtest has completed its 4th week and is moving on to its 5th. The playtest is set to end May 2nd.
This has been an amazing playtest and I appreciate all the interest that has been shown. Tweaks and small edits continue to be made, so if you see something you think needs addressing be sure to let me know!
And so week 5 draws to a close and we move towards the last week of the playtest! Reminder that the end of the playtest is 02 May, though like my previous playtests the doc will remain up and active until the book is released on DriveThruRPG.
This time we have some new content, a new veil: Sigil of Ablation! A Force and Shatter descriptor veil that provides a bonus to the veilweaver's AC that also applies to incorporeal touch attacks can be divided as you wish between an Armor or Natural Armor bonus. It can also be shattered to double the bonus to AC against a critical threat, and while shattered it can damage enemies who attempt to strike you with unarmed strikes or natural attacks!
Hello everyone and welcome to the final official day of the Wild Heart Martial Discipline public playtest!
Its been an interesting ride and I appreciate all the interest that has been show to this project. A final edit has been made, which is to allow initiators to choose not to benefit from the Atavism effects of Wild Heart Maneuvers.
As with my previous playtests, the document will remain open and live until it is released on DriveThruRPG. My next project slated to be published is Psikasha Expanded: Intrusive Thoughts hopefully in June/July 2026, and my next playtest is going to be Expanded Mythic Options: Paths of Akasha and War (Playtest from 05JUL-15AUG26).
See you next time!