Overview

Name of Heritage Group:

Cauterai

The Cauterai are fire-blooded humanoids whose bodies burn with a cold, pale flame that consumes Stillgleam wherever it touches it. Unlike the magically attuned races of the world, the Cauterai are born with latent magical potential that is forcibly removed during their sacred Rite of Ashbirth.

After Ashbirth, their bodies become:

• immune to magical influence
• disruptive to spells
• reservoirs of anti-magic fire

Their central belief is simple and absolute:
Magic must be extinguished so life can begin again.

They wander Keotura as purifiers, drawn instinctively to concentrations of Stillgleam .

Species:

Cauterai (Anti-Magic Elemental People)

Race:

Cauterai

Culture:

Ashfell Lineage

Indigenous Regions:

Cauterai only come from Ashfell on the western coast of Keotura after suriving The Rite of Ashbirth.

Attribute Shifts:

Total IP Cost:

14 IP (Playable with GM Permission)

Physical Traits

Frame

Average Frame Value (Male):

5-6 (Medium)

Frame Min./Max. Values (Male):

Average Frame Value (Female):

5 (Light-Medium)

Frame Min./Max. Values (Female):

Frame Variation (both sexes):

Low

Height

Average Height Value (Male):

HV 6 (5'2"-5'8")

Height Min./Max. Values (Male):

Average Height Value (Female):

HV 6 (5'2"-5'8")

Height Min./Max. Values (Female):

Height Variation (both sexes):

Low to Moderate

Physique

Average Physique Value (Male):

6

Physique Min./Max. Values (Male):

Average Physique Value (Female):

6

Physique Min./Max. Values (Female):

Physique Variation (both sexes):

Mandatory Minimum Physique 5 as their bodies must withstand internal fire and Ashbirth.

Resilience

Resilience:

Age

Average Lifespan:

Age Breakdown Table:

adjust table based on average lifespan

Interactive Points

IP Gained per interval:

6 IP

(Avg. Lifespan/70 = Interval in yrs.):

1 year

Gender Ratio

% Male:

% Female:

Appearance

Appearance:

Ash-grey or fire-blackened skin

Cracked ember patterns across shoulders and neck

Eyes of pale coal, ember-orange, or cold blue flame

Pale, smokeless flame rising from the crown of the head

Blood glows faintly beneath the skin when angered

Inherent Physical Aspects

Inherent Physical Aspects:

Cold Anti-Magic Flame Rank 3

A pale flame constantly burns from their crown and within their body.

Effects:

• does NOT burn material
• suppresses magic
• flickers when Stillgleam is near
• grows stronger under magical strain

Fire-born Body Rank 2

Body resists heat, flame, and energy.

Cannot be harmed by mundane fire.

Inner Ember Circulation Rank 1

Blood glows faintly; body temperature is unnaturally high.

Requires special rest cycles.

Psychological Traits

Inherent Aspects:

Ritual Purpose Rank 1

Identity is shaped by Ashbirth; a burning sense of destiny.

Magic Aversion Rank 2

They instinctively recoil from Stillgleam use.

Cannot willingly maintain magical items or effects.

Unpurged Distrust Rank 1

Cauterai view magical races as "uncleansed."

Mental & Spiritual Traits

Inherent MS Aspects:

Recommended MS Aspects:

Development Considerations

Inherent Expertises:

Endurance Rank 2

Wilderness (Volcanic, Ashfields, Badlands) Rank 1

Awareness (Heat & Magical Distortion) Rank 1

Unarmed Combat Rank 2

Language (Cauterai Ashcant) Rank 5

Innate Abilities/Gifts:

Anti-Magic Consumption:

Within short range, the Cauterai passively:

• reduce spell effectiveness
• weaken active magical fields
• dispel weak enchantments on touch
• nullify low-rank spells through contact

Does not drain magical power - it erases magical structure.

Final Extinguising Rank 1

At death, the Cauterai release a burst of anti-magic that:

• dispels all magic within several yards
• collapses unstable magical constructs
• purifies Stillgleam in the immediate area

Recommended Expertises:

Cultural Features

Environmental Adaptation

Principle Environment:

Adaptability:

Heritage Orientation

Orientation:

Orientation Description:

Orientation Aspects:

Customs & Lifestyle

Cold-Born Isolation Rank 1

They struggle to integrate into magical or mixed societies.

Wanderer's Oath Rank 1

Each Cauterai must, culturally or spiritually, wander and extinguish magical concentrations.

Status & Family

Symbols & Art

Clothing & Decoration

Religion & Magic

Language

Language Family:

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Historical Notes