Survival of the fittest: in the wilderness, this is the one and only law that matters. There are no morals, no civilized values -- only the strong and the dead, the predators and the prey. The wilderness is the ultimate crucible, forging beasts over millions of years into perfect killing machines. Their claws are sharper than swords; their scales are thicker than plat armor. What warriors spend decades training to master, predators already know by instinct. Their advanced adaptations -- gills, wings, and enhanced senses -- ensure that no prey ever escape their constant hunger. You are the product of countless generations, a finely-honed creature crafted by mother nature herself to do one thing: survive. It is now your turn to survive the trial of blood and fang. Will you be the hunter, or the hunted?
Examples of Beast characters include: Given sentience by a druid, an intelligent wolf hunts the human trappers who butchered his pack. A shaman draws power from her spirit animal, an ethereal bear that has protected her bloodline for generations. A naga, a terrifying hybrid of man and serpent, raids coastal fishing villages to secure blood sacrifices for his shark-toothed god. Beast Envelop (Beast | Combat) Effects
You can put a smaller creature inside of you. They can't escape until you're defeated or you let them, and they gain the condition "Crushed" or "Digested" (your choice) while inside of you. However, physical conditions that they inflict on you are much worse than normal Descriptions
swallowing someone whole wrapping with tentacles constricting them with your snake-body Fight or Flight (Beast | Combat) Effects
Collaborate on what constitutes being close to death. When you are close to death, increase all rolls to fight or flee (choose one) until you're safe Descriptions
acting like a cornered beast running on instinct becoming feral doing whatever it takes Fling (Beast | Combat) Effects
You can fling a creature that's smaller or lighter than you a close distance Descriptions
knocking them aside with horns slamming into them biting them and flinging them into the air Gorgon's Gaze (Beast | Combat) Effects
You can set someone (max 1) under your gaze. While under your gaze, they move half as fast as normal and have the condition "Turning to Stone" Descriptions
your serpentine eyes freezing them with your baleful gaze poisoning their mind and muscles Rend (Beast | Combat) Effects
You can attack someone to give them the condition "Bleeding Out" Descriptions
going for the jugular ripping their flesh to shreds anti-coagulant venom disemboweling them Trample (Beast | Combat) Effects
You can charge more or less in a straight line, moving through other creature's spaces. Melee attack each creature you move through Descriptions
crushing them underfoot bull rushing past them turning ghostly and ripping through their souls Tooth and Nail (Beast | Combat) Effects
Give your body 5 item traits. These don't affect the cost of future item traits for your body Descriptions
glossy chitin armor thick scales serrated teeth curved talons a tail with a barbed stinger Burrow (Beast | Exploration) Effects
You can slowly burrow through the earth. If you like, leave behind a 1-space tunnel Descriptions
digging with heavy claws slithering through soil like a worm pushing apart rock with your mass Cheetah's Swiftness (Beast | Exploration) Effects
Collaborate on how you're much faster than normal, and how traveling like this exhausts you Descriptions
sprinting at top speed running in leaps and bounds charging across the open plains Enhanced Senses (Beast | Exploration) Effects
Collaborate on an enhanced natural sense that you have Descriptions
studying others with slitted cat-eyes sniffing the air or the ground your ears perking up suddenly Examples
Senses
bat-like echolocation wolf-like sense of smell cat-like night vision rabbit-like sense of hearing Kaiju (Beast | Exploration) Effects
Collaborate on how you're bigger or smaller than normal Descriptions
tiny frame high-pitched voice massive size shaking the earth with each step booming voice Spin Web (Beast | Exploration) Effects
You can produce sticky or non-sticky web strands that are stronger than steel chains. If sticky, they powerfully stick to everything they touch other than you Descriptions
spinning a deadly web dangling strands from the ceiling platinum strands that glimmer faintly Swarm (Beast | Exploration) Effects
You can disperse into a swarm or reconstitute around one of your component pieces. At the GM's discretion, losing parts of your swarm may harm you Descriptions
falling apart vanishing in a cloud of creatures scattering into holes and cracks dispersing Examples
Swarm of
rats bats snakes ants bugs leeches and worms flies motes of light woodland creatures birds Wall Climbing (Beast | Exploration) Effects
You can adhere to any solid surface, including ceilings Descriptions
holding on with powerful claws adhering with sticky feet attaching with webbing or sticky goo Awaken Beast (Beast | Interaction) Effects
You can give an animal human-like intelligence and the ability to speak. Collaborate on its personality. Its disposition toward you significantly improves Descriptions
unlocking its mind giving it a fragment of your consciousness accelerating its evolution Alpha (Beast | Interaction) Effects
When you defeat a beast, you can force it to become your minion with the contract "________ will loyally serve you in exchange for indulging its instincts" Descriptions
holding your teeth to their neck staring them down integrating them to your pack a battle of will Beast Master (Beast | Interaction) Effects
You can communicate with animals Descriptions
growling and grunting reading each other's minds understanding the animal's chittering as words Call of the Wild (Beast | Interaction) Effects
You can cause all animals in the region to follow a basic instinct of your choice Descriptions
unleashing a primal roar provoking their instinct starting a stampede releasing pheromones Examples
Instinct
stampede gather around a certain location calm down flee the area protect this territory Gift of the Pack (Beast | Interaction) Effects
You can give all of your far allies one of your traits (max 1) as a temporary trait as long as they're in your presence Descriptions
leading your pack spreading a hive mentality having monkey see monkey do moving as one Hive Mind (Beast | Interaction) Effects
Collaborate on which creatures are in your hive mind. Creatures in a hive mind share consciousness; when one learns something, everyone else in the hive learns it as well Descriptions
sharing your consciousness ruling as the hive queen/king forming a primal bond Play Possum (Beast | Interaction) Effects
You can look convincingly dead for as long as you like Descriptions
going limp your skin taking on a ghastly hue exaggerating your wounds slowing your heartbeat 
