Cold Iron

The Wood lies outside fae and human influence alike, but there are some who immerse themselves in its ancient depths nonetheless. The Woodsman does not dominate the wilderness, but they have reached with it what some might call a polite accord. In exchange for the cooperation of the world’s forests, rivers, and deserts, the Woodsman has dedicated themselves to a particular doom, and fate will have its due. There is much debate as to the nature of abilities conferred by the Wood. Are practitioners simply reading signs hidden in the natural world around them, or is the wilderness shaping itself to their needs? Those who have seen the granite bones of the earth explode from black soil to crush the Woodsman’s foes under the weight of geological eons do not ask these questions. The Woodsman is going to die. The Doom class feature designates a fatal circumstance that the Woodsman must one day meet, and it makes them a little more vulnerable to death when they do. There’s no avoiding it (...