At 1st level, you gain one ancestry feat, and you gain an additional ancestry feat every 4 levels thereafter (at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level). As a kassyn, you choose from among the following ancestry feats.
1st Level
Aesthetic Design — Feat 1
[Kassyn]
You have an innate understanding of the principles of good design. You gain a +2 circumstance bonus to skill checks to Recall Knowledge about the origin or significance of objects of art, fashion, and high-quality technology. Additionally, when you use Crafting to Earn Income, you can compare your result to a DC that is 2 lower than the standard DC for your level to determine your earnings, representing the higher prices your aesthetically pleasing work commands.
Fangs — Feat 1
[Kassyn]
Prerequisite Dusk heritage
Life on the harsher moons has left you with more primal traits. You have sharp, pronounced canines ideal for tearing tough food or enemies. You gain a fangs unarmed attack that deals 1d6 piercing damage. Your fangs are in the brawling weapon group and have the finesse and grapple traits.
Integrated Goggles — Feat 1
[Kassyn]
Your signature eyewear is more than just a tool; it’s an extension of yourself. Your Kassyn photosensitive goggles are integrated with your senses. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus to saving throws against effects with the visual trait while wearing your goggles.
Kassyn Lore — Feat 1
[Kassyn]
Your Kassyn upbringing has given you an eye for quality and a knack for negotiation. You are trained in Crafting and Diplomacy.
You also gain the Additional Lore skill — Feat for Kassyn Lore.
5th Level
Effortless Grace — Feat 5
[Kassyn]
Your inherent poise and empathic sense allow you to navigate social situations with remarkable speed. You can use the Make an Impression action as a single 1-minute activity, instead of the normal 10 minutes of conversation.
Masterwork Analysis — Feat 5
[Kassyn]
Prerequisite Aesthetic Design
Your eye for design allows you to quickly deconstruct an object’s function. After spending one minute examining a device (such as a weapon, piece of armor, or computer console), you gain a +1 circumstance bonus to your next skill check to use, repair, disable, or identify that specific object.
Shared Emotion [one-action] — Feat 5
[Kassyn]
Emotion, Mental, Incapacitation
Prerequisite Deep Mind heritage
Frequency Once per 10 minutes
You can project a simple, powerful emotional concept. Target a single creature within 30 feet who must attempt a Will saving throw.
Critical Success The target is unaffected and immune to Shared Emotion for 1 minute
Success The target feels a fleeting, strange emotion but is otherwise unaffected.
Failure The target feels a strong and unexpected emotion and becomes Stunned 1
Critical Failure The target is overwhelmed by a sudden flood of unexpected emotion and becomes Stunned 2.
9th Level
Painstaking Perfection — Feat 9
[Kassyn]
Your Kassyn drive for perfection means you can catch and correct a fatal flaw at the last second. When you critically fail a skill check with Crafting or Perform you can use your reaction to get a regular failure instead.
Psionic Talents — Feat 9
[Kassyn]
Your innate psionic abilities have blossomed, granting you greater power. Choose two 2nd-rank occult spells with either the emotion or mental trait (such as Calm, Laughing Fit or Paranoia). You can cast each of these spells once per day as an innate occult spell.
13th Level
Integrated Optics — Feat 13
[Kassyn]
You have modified your signature Kassyn eyewear to serve as the housing for a fully integrated augmentation. You gain one of the following augmentations at no cost, which is considered part of your goggles: laser eye, autorecognition lens, retinal reflectors, or psychoactive eyes (commercial). Alternatively you may select nano-optics node or psychoactive eyes (tactical) but pay only half price. This augmentation does not count against the normal number of augmentations you can have installed.
Overshared Emotion — Feat 13
[Kassyn]
Prerequisite Shared Emotion
You can now project your emotional spikes in a wide cone. When you use the Shared Emotion activity, you can choose to affect all creatures in a 15-foot cone instead of a single target.
Psionic Bond — Feat 13
[Kassyn]
Your mental prowess allows you to forge lasting psychic connections. You can cast the Telepathy spell once per day as a 4th-rank innate occult spell.
17th level
Aesthetic Apotheosis — Feat 17
[Kassyn]
You represent the pinnacle of Kassyn artistry, able to turn a simple success into a masterpiece through sheer talent. Once per day, when you succeed at a Crafting or Performance skill check, you can choose to treat the result as a critical success instead.
Psychic Supremacy — Feat 17
[Kassyn]
Your mind is a weapon and a fortress. Select either possession or warp mind. You can cast this spell once per day as a 7th-rank innate occult spell.
Pure Thought — Feat 17
[Kassyn]
You have mastered the art of conveying complex concepts through pure thought, bypassing the need to share a common language. When you cast a spell with the emotion, fear or mental trait that also has the linguistic trait, you can choose to remove the linguistic trait.