• 1st level: small RP focused traits to differentiate 1st level characters, like the ethics/etc in stellaris
• no auto stat scaling for level
• level = skills, feats, power knowledge. not stats
• stat increase = new power source (vampire, mantle of power, magic item, etc)
• flatten spell max level
• SECONDARY STATS > primary stats. ideas:
  • fort / will / reflex
  • reactions / action points / luck rolls
  • crit range
  • hit rating? (mainly the ability to bypass avoidance)
  • armor penetration (bypass mitigation)
  • concentration
  • attunement (magic items?)
  • dominance (controlling minions)
  • haste?
• not sure what to call them...tertiary stats?
  • strength: bonus damage, but not used for hitting

Attributes test

Each level, gain 1 attribute perk.

Fortitude

Basic use: absorb damage without becoming disabled, stabilize when dying, avoid death, etc.

• Ignore Critical: use a Fort roll to turn a crit into a non-crit

Concentration

Basic use: as in 5e.

• Pause Spell: pause a concentration spell for another, resume the first later
• Double Conc: some limitations, but yeah, that
• Sustain: don't lose concentration when not present, unconscious, etc
• Combat Casting: no risk of losing spell when hit for damage

Accuracy

Basic use: none

• Improved Critical: add +1 crit range
• Deadly Critical: add more crit multiplier (some amount)
• Hard to Dodge: dodge vs you? disadvantage.
• etc