Character Creation

Classes of Onan

Fourteen Essa subclasses spread across every base class chassis — the same vial economy, the same Feedback Save, radically different everything else. Plus the Pulse Knight: a standalone bonded martial adept who runs on kinetic will alone.

Essa Subclasses

The Essa engine runs across fourteen subclasses — one per base class chassis, with the Ranger running two. Each subclass plugs the Essa system into a different base class: Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard, and Artificer. Same resource system. Same Feedback Save. Same vials. Different rig, different Rule Break, different everything else.

Fighter Subclass

Essa Knight

Gauntlet Rig. Burn a vial every round; hit harder than anything at the table.

Ranger Subclass

Hexslinger

You don't close distance. Distance is your safety margin.

Ranger Subclass

Tetherbound

Hunter's Mark lives in the rig. No Concentration. No Bonus Action.

Warrant

Stack intel on a marked target. Punish with everything gathered.

Cleric Subclass

Covenant

The blade is the rig. It generates its own fuel between rests.

Ironhand

No rig. No vials. Only what you put down.

Sorcerer Subclass

Rawcaster

No buffer. The body burns. You are the rig.

Warlock Subclass

The Still

No Essa. No rig. Undetectable by the Empire's Suppression Grid.

Artificer Subclass

Machinist

Your constructs fight for you. You manage the field.

Paladin Subclass

Oathbound

Your oath holds the vial. Break one, break both.

Barbarian Subclass

Burnbound

The Yoke pilots you, and you negotiate.

Wizard Subclass

Cipherbound

The page burns. Your body doesn't.

Wildbound

The rig is alive. You are cohabiting.

Cantbound

Your voice is a carrier wave. Your songs are payload.

Pulse Knight

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Controller / Skirmisher

Pulse Knight

A martial conduit of living pulse — forged through bond, will, and blade.

Doctrine — Level 3

Doctrine of the Vanguard

Vanguard Knights lock on to a single target and refuse to let go. They channel p

Doctrine — Level 3

Doctrine of the Warden

Warden Knights extend their bond outward — protecting allies, absorbing punishme

Doctrine — Level 3

Doctrine of the Veil

Veil Knights use pulse to blur perception, dominate initiative, and strike from