Essa Subclass — Fighter

The Still

Control / Suppression

No signal. No hardware. No registration. The Empire's grid looks right through you.

Archetype: Void-field controller — no Essa, no hardware

The Still is the absence of Essa. Not the absence of ability — the absence of Essa signature. Other practitioners channel Essa through Rigs or bodies and the Empire's Suppression Grid reads them. You produce nothing the grid can detect. The Void is not Essa. It is what Essa displaces. You move things without touching them. You hold creatures without chains. You walk through walls.

In the World

The documentation on Void practitioners doesn't exist — the Citadel of the Still destroyed it after the Collapse. The Empire has no regulatory framework for the Void because the Void has no frequency to regulate. Void Techniques cannot be detected by Scan, cannot be shut down by Sever, and cannot be suppressed by the Grid. From a bureaucratic standpoint, the Still does not exist.

Key Mechanic: Void Pool

Void generates passively at +1 per round in combat, +1 when you successfully control a creature, +1 when a creature under your Concentration fails a save. Techniques cost 2–3 Void. No vials. No Feedback Save. No Burn. Void resets each combat. You can maintain Concentration on 2 Void effects simultaneously (3 at Level 18).

Essa Interaction

No Essa. No Rig. No Burn Track. No Feedback Save. Void Techniques are undetectable by Scan, unseverable by Sever, and invisible to the Suppression Grid. The Void is the structural opposite of Essa — what Essa displaces rather than what Essa is.

Techniques

Character Level34/6 unlocked

Showing 4 of 6 techniques

M3MobilityL3

Step

2 Void

Teleport 20 ft to a space you can see. No opportunity attacks. At Level 5: through solid matter, costs only 1 Void.

TK1TelekinesisL3

Lift

2 Void, Concentration

Levitate a creature or object. STR save or Restrained while Lifted. Enhancement: lift multiple targets simultaneously.

C1ControlL3

Suppress

2 Void, Concentration

One creature cannot spend EP on enhancements for 2 rounds. Enhancement: block all Technique use. WIS DC save. Undetectable.

MN4MentalL3

Fear

2 Void, Concentration

One creature: Frightened of you, must move away. WIS save. Enhancement: affect all creatures within 30 ft.

TK4TelekinesisL7🔒 locked

Hold

3 Void, Concentration

Incapacitate one creature. Speed 0. Attacks have advantage; hits from 5 ft are crits. CON save. Undetectable.

C4ControlL5🔒 locked

Bind

3 Void, Concentration

Restrained + no Reactions. CON save. Concentration up to 1 minute. Enhancement: also Incapacitated.

Class Features

Void BodyLevel 3

Resistance to force damage. 1d6 unarmed strikes (1d8 at L7, 1d10 at L13). Undetectable by any Essa-sensing effect. No Burn Track. No Burn Buffer. No Feedback Save.

Void PoolLevel 3

Void generates +1/round in combat, +1 on successful Lift/Hold/Bind/Suppress, +1 when a Concentration target fails a save. Max 6 at L3–8, 8 at L9–12, 10 at L13+. Resets each combat.

No Essa (Rule Break)Level 3

Void Techniques cannot be detected by Scan, shut down by Sever, or suppressed by the Empire's Suppression Grid. They produce no readable Essa output.

Void EscalationLevel 5

Step costs only 1 Void. Step now functions through solid matter (no line of sight required). At Void 4+: advantage on WIS and CON saving throws.

Void SurgeLevel 7

When a creature fails a save against one of your Void Techniques, immediately gain +1 Void. Maximum 1 per activation.

Field PresenceLevel 10

Maintain Concentration on up to 2 Void Techniques simultaneously. Enemies in active Concentration effects have disadvantage on saves against new Techniques you apply.

Void OverflowLevel 13

When Void is at maximum and you would gain more: immediately Step free to any space within 30 ft. All creatures within 10 ft of you make STR save or pushed 15 ft + prone.

Void SilenceLevel 15

Passive, constant, undetectable: all Essa signatures within 30 ft function at −1 EP output (minimum 1). Creatures in range are unaware of the source.

Total VoidLevel 18

1/LR. All creatures within 60 ft make WIS save: fail = Frightened + Restrained + Incapacitated until end of next turn. Success = Frightened only. Cost: entire Void pool (min 5). Undetectable.

Apex StillLevel 18

Void generates at 2/round instead of 1. Void max increases to 12. Maintain 3 Void Concentration effects simultaneously. Void Silence extends to 60 ft.

Level Progression

Level	Features	Void Max	Concentration Limit
3	Void Body, Void Pool, No Essa, Step, Lift, Suppress, Fear	6	1
5	Phase, Throw, Bind, Void Escalation	6	1
7	Crush, Hold, Sense Intent, Void Surge	6	1
9	Void Pool Expansion	8	1
10	Cloak, Reveal, Sever, Field Presence	8	2
13	TK Field, Void Overflow	10	2
15	Void Silence	10	2
18	Total Void, Apex Still	12	3

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