CAIN update 1
10/31/24

Happy Halloween!

This is a small update to CAIN, mostly intended to adjust the difficulty of the game and the clarity of certain systems. By far not the final adjustment to the game! Enjoy wiping out the stain.

GENERAL CHANGES
Numerous spelling error changes
Added correct bookmark for EDIT

GAME SYSTEM CHANGES
Change to divine agony - can only be used once per scene for the entire group, to make use more strategic and prevent unbalancing the final confrontation.
Clarification on mundane vs supernatural forces with more specific note text.
Sin overflow now permanently ticks 2 sin boxes instead of 1.
Sin marks by themselves don't lower sin anymore (overflow does). In addition, clarification on mark vs ability (for purposes of doomed agenda).
Added nonlethal stress concept to save on wording
Service weapons are now explicitly CAT 0 by default but can be increased by spending scrip

ABILITY CHANGES
Change to metamorphosis (from doomed agenda).
Reword on firebug's weak spot for clarity.
Rework on sorcerer's Cantrip
Finishing move for Sorcerer now locks out all blasphemies
Improved chances of Loner's Dust to Dust
Clarity on missing body parts from absentia

SIN CHANGES
sins now heal 1d3 on pressure increase when retreating + wording clarification
sins can now afflict exorcists as a tension move
sins now deal 2/3/5 stress with attacks
sins now deal an injury/3/5 stress with a threat
Complications are now 2 talisman, 4 talisman, 6 talisman to deal with
clarification on complications
traces can now react once a round with the sin they are with
sin execution talisman is now 7+pressure+CAT
Severe attacks now start with 6d6 dice
Traces and all other foe's stress now 4/3/2

CHARACTER SHEET
fixed mission survived numbers on char sheets (for CAT)
Character sheet sin overflow clarification
Adjusted visuals of character sheet