Cursed Soul Ancestry for Daggerheart (Patreon)

I've been running a Daggerheart campaign for a couple of months now and wanted to share some Vodari conversions I've been dabbling with as free content. Please feel free to comment below with feedback.

Cursed Soul (Ancestry)

Most people dismiss tales about cursed souls as ghost stories told to frighten children. Some of these stories are actually true; the cursed do exist. Cursed souls suffer in a state between life and death, doomed to remain that way until they can resolve their curse. They shift between the person they were and an empty version of themselves they have become. Anyone unlucky enough to become the target of a cursed soul is in for trouble if they stand in the way of its singular goal.

REASON FOR CURSE

Work with your GM to fit your curse into your campaign’s story using one of the reasons below or your own idea. Resolving the curse can free your character to return to the person they were, a peaceful afterlife, or another resolution.

You were killed and cannot rest until you have exacted revenge on your murderer.

You made grave mistakes and cannot rest until you have redeemed yourself.

Your quest was interrupted by your death and you will not rest until it is complete.

A wizard, hag, witch, or other arcane force cursed you.

You have been cursed by a demon, fey, deity, or spirit for their own benefit or amusement.

Your crew found a cursed treasure that was spent. You will not rest until the entire treasure has been returned.

ANCESTRY FEATURES

Enduring Trait: You must choose the first feature from one ancestry that represents your character’s former ancestry. Write this down on a notecard you can keep with your other cards or next to your character sheet. For example, if your cursed soul used to be a faerie, you take the “Luckbender” feature. For mixed ancestry, take whichever feature is a first feature from your ancestries. 

Ghostly Form: When an adversary attacks you and deals physical damage, you can Mark a Stress to take an incorporeal form and gain resistance to physical damage from that attack.