The Risen are extraordinary people. They are warriors of the Light, soldiers brought back from the dead by the power of the Traveler. Their only purpose is to fight. Their only objective is to win. To this end, the Traveler granted this army of the chosen dead exceptional endurance, strength, and agility, and gave them its greatest gift of all: the ability to wield paracausal Power.

Your class is the primary definition of what your Risen can do. More than a set of skills and proficiencies, your class shapes the way you view the world and approach situations both in and out of combat. A defender who comes across a band of starving pilgrims would feel compelled to lend aid or support without question. A gunslinger, on the other hand, may be wary of the strangers, and may try to learn more about them before offering any help.

Your class gives you a variety of special features, such as the arcstrider’s graceful lethality, or the voidwalker’s enhanced Light abilities. At low levels, your class may not give you much, but each class should still feel unique. As you advance in level, you start to refine and enhance your abilities until you become the best of your kind.

Class Overview — The Light

Class	Superclass	Shield Die	Power Ability	Affinity
Gunslinger	Hunter	d8	Charisma	Solar
Arcstrider	Hunter	d6	Intelligence	Arc
Nightstalker	Hunter	d10	Wisdom	Void
Striker	Titan	d6	Constitution	Arc
Defender	Titan	d10	Charisma	Void
Sunbreaker	Titan	d12	Wisdom	Solar
Voidwalker	Warlock	d6	Intelligence	Void
Sunsinger	Warlock	d8	Charisma	Solar
Stormcaller	Warlock	d10	Wisdom	Arc

Class Overview — The Darkness

Class	Superclass	Shield Die	Power Ability	Affinity
Revenant	Hunter	d10	Constitution	Stasis
Threadrunner	Hunter	d8	Dexterity	Strand
Behemoth	Titan	d10	Intelligence	Stasis
Berserker	Titan	d10	Strength	Strand
Shadebinder	Warlock	d8	Strength	Stasis
Broodweaver	Warlock	d6	Constitution	Strand

Superclass

As a Risen you have an inherent second class called your superclass. The superclass comes in three types: Hunter, Titan, or Warlock. Which type of superclass you have is determined by the class you pick, as shown in the Superclass column of the Class Overview tables. Your superclass determines which exotics you can attune to and which classes you can multiclass into.

Paracausal Powers

As a Risen you have Powers, special effects you can cause thanks to the paracausal forces you wield. You have a Power ability score determined by your class (see Class Overview tables). You use your Power ability score when determining your Power attack modifier or setting the DC for Powers that call for a saving throw. When you are told to make a Power saving throw, you make a saving throw using your class’s Power ability.

For instance, if your Power ability is listed as Intelligence, and you have a +3 Intelligence modifier and a +2 proficiency bonus, you calculate your Power stats as:

Power Ability Score: Intelligence

When told to make a Power saving throw, you make an Intelligence saving throw.

Power Modifier (same as Intelligence modifier): +3

Power Attack Modifier: 3 + 2 = +5

Power Save DC: 8 + 3 + 2 = 13

See our Powers section for more information.