Theme

As your heroes participate in certain specific events, some event outcomes will modify a hero's appearance, abilities, and/or stats. An example of a common theme, also called a transformation, is Flamesoul, where one or more of the hero's limbs can be replaced with fire limbs.

A theme can modify the appearance of (one or more of) a hero's theme slots, possibly through maiming. A hero can have more than one theme (such as Flamesoul, and a pet), as long as the themes don't conflict with each other.

Theme slots

Theme modifications can include replacing the hero's head, left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, or torso. In addition, the hero can gain wings, a tail, or a pet. Transformation body parts will be randomly offered at chapter intervals or forcibly added if a hero gets maimed.

Theme skins

Some themes have cosmetic variants (which can be unlocked by completing theme-related achievements). Once unlocked, they can be chosen in the customize section in the character sheet.

Theme conflicts

Main article: Theme conflicts guide

See also: Theme order conflicts guide

A hero can have multiple themes as long as the themes do not conflict with each other (see Theme conflicts guide).

Incompatible themes may be coded, or include transformations that affect the same body part. For example a hero cannot be Sylvan and Crystalline, as the facial sylvan tattoo is incompatible with the gem eye. However, a hero could be Sylvan and Spell Touched, with a Sylvan tattoo and blue skin.

If you recruit a legacy hero who already has a particular theme, that theme event will not occur in the campaign even if other heroes would be eligible for it. If you wish to have two party members with the same theme, wait to recruit legacy heroes until after your other hero receives the theme.

List of themes

ID	Name	Blurb	Effect	Is Blocked By	Acquisition	Theme skin
bear	Beartouched	Hero contains the soul of an old bear	+3 Health, -0.6 Speed, Bear Hug, Swipes	Botanical, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crystalline, Deepist Spy, Elmsoul, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Gorgonoid, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Skeletal, Sylvan, Vulture Acolyte, Wolftouched	The Shape Of Things To Come	Ghost
crow	Crowtouched	Hero's inner crow is showing	+1 Speed, +10 Dodge, +1.2 Warding, -0.4 Health, Crow Scratch, Peck, Scratch and Claw	Child of the Hills, Deepist Spy, Drauven Wings, Elmsoul, Frost, Gorgonoid, Hawksoul, Mark of the Horn, Mothly, Sylvan, Teeny Wings	Company of Crows	White
deepist	Mark of the Horn	Hero is marked with Deepist symbols	+5 Charisma, +10 Tenacity, +0.5 Warding	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crowtouched, Crystalline, Deepist Spy, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Skeletal, Sylvan, Vulture Acolyte, Wolftouched	Into The Underworld	---
deepistMole	Deepist Spy	Hero spent time blending in among the Deepists	---	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crystalline, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Gorgonoid, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Skeletal, Sylvan, Vulture Acolyte, Wolftouched	Monarchs Under the Mountain	---
drauvenWings	Drauven Wings	Looted off a dead Drauven and repurposed	+1.4 Speed	Crowtouched, Hawksoul, Mothly, Teeny Wings	Featherless Flight	---
fire	Flamesoul	Fire twists inside Hero, just barely contained	+1.6 Warding, -0.4 Speed, immune to fire, Cone of Fire, Flame Strike	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Crystalline, Elmsoul, Frost, Shadow, Skeletal, Sylvan, Wolftouched	Stories of Fire	Lava
foothill	Child of the Hills	Hero carries the hills in their very bones	+2 Armor, -1 Speed, immune to knockback, Crush, Stonewall	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Crowtouched, Crystalline, Deepist Spy, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Gorgonoid, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Skeletal, Sylvan, Vulture Acolyte, Wolftouched	The Offering	Canyon
fox	Foxish	Hero has a bit of a fox's flash	+4 Stunt, +4 Dodge, +0.4 Speed	Scorpioid, Skunkish	The Merchant	---
frog	Frogtouched	Hero has been transformed into a bit of a frog	Tongue Whip	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crystalline, Deepist Spy, Flamesoul, Frost, Gorgonoid, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Skeletal, Sylvan, Vulture Acolyte, Wolftouched	Jigsaw	---
frost	Frost	Winterlock's warning to the firewatching world	+10 Charisma	Crowtouched, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Skeletal, Wolftouched	Out of the Rain	---
gem	Crystalline	Shine on, you crazy diamond	+12 Stunt, +10 Block, -0.2 Speed, Crystal Sword, Shield	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Deepist Spy, Elmsoul, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Gorgonoid, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Skeletal, Sylvan, Vulture Acolyte, Wolftouched	Heart of Stone	Knight
gorgon	Gorgonoid	Hero is infected with a Gorgon seed	---	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crowtouched,Crystalline, Deepist Spy, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Skeletal, Sylvan, Vulture Acolyte, Wolftouched	Rising Tide	---
gorgonStone	Petrified	Turned to stone by a Gorgon curse	-0.7 Speed, +0.2 Armor, Stone Claw	None	True Gorgon	---
green	Sylvan	Marked by a Sylvan entity after sleeping in a spirit's clearing	+5 Retirement age, -5 Tenacity, -10 Block, +1 Speed, Invigoration, Witherbolt	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crowtouched, Crystalline, Deepist Spy, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Gorgonoid, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Skeletal, Vulture Acolyte, Wolftouched	Drifters	Knot
hawk	Hawksoul	Hero's inner hawk is showing	+1.4 Speed	Crowtouched, Drauven Wings, Mothly, Teeny Wings	Dreams of Icarus	---
morthagi	Mortificial Enhancements	Hero has replaced and augmented parts of their body with mortificial components	+0.6 Speed, -6 Dodge, Wrist Bolt, Hammer	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crowtouched,Crystalline, Elmsoul, Flamesoul, Shadow, Skeletal, Stormtouched, Sylvan, Wolftouched	Troygan the Enchanger	Steel
mothWings	Mothly	Hero's satiny wings can unfold to cast a shroud over those hero wishes to hide from sight	Gloamglow	Crowtouched, Drauven Wings, Hawksoul	Eluna and the Moth	---
rat	Ratlike	Hero has a certain ratlike spirit about them	---	Foxish, Scorpioid, Skunkish	The Offering	---
scorpion	Scorpioid	Hero has a wicked, segmented aspect	Tail Stab	Foxish, Skunkish	The Merchant	---
shadow	Shadow	Something that had been sleeping inside you is now waking up	+1 Speed, Harvest, Dread Harvest	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crystalline, Deepist Spy, Elmsoul, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Gorgonoid, Mark of the Horn, Skeletal, Sylvan, Vulture Acolyte, Wolftouched	The Inhabitant	Wild
skeleton	Skeletal	Hero is cursed by the dagger of the Oldwane mystics	+0.6 Speed, +2 Spell Damage, +2 Potency, +2 Warding, +1000 Retirement Age, No Relationships, Inscrutable Stare, Bitter Scratch, Dagger Strike	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crystalline,Deepist Spy, Elmsoul, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Frost, Gorgonoid, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Spell Touched, Sylvan, Vulture Acolyte, Wolftouched	To Humble Ends	Monster
skunk	Skunkish	Hero has a foreboding odor	Tail Spray	Foxish, Scorpioid	The Merchant	---
spellTouched	Spell Touched	Hero touched a raw primal node, and has been marked	-0.5 Physical Damage, +2 Potency, +5 Recovery rate, +10 retirement age	Beartouched, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crowtouched, Crystalline, Elmsoul, Flamesoul, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Skeletal	Worlds Apart	---
star	Celestial	An ethereal sparkle emanates from Hero	+0.4 Speed, -0.8 Armor, Blinding Attacks, Celestial Path, Falling Stars, Shooting Star	Beartouched, Botanical, Child of the Hills, Crystalline, Deepist Spy, Elmsoul, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Gorgonoid, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Skeletal, Sylvan, Vulture Acolyte, Wolftouched	Star Dance	Gold
storm	Stormtouched	Hero contains the coiled power of a storm	-10 Block, Static Shock, Jumpjolt, Chain Lightning, Thunder Stomp	None	Distant Thunder	Sea
tinyWings	Teeny Wings	Frankly, these are useless	---	Crowtouched, Drauven Wings, Hawksoul, Mothly	Dreams of Icarus	---
tree	Elmsoul	There's an ancient, Elmish soul inside Hero's heart	+10 Recovery rate, +1.2 Armor, -0.8 Speed, Bash, Heavy Bash, Splinterskin	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Crowtouched, Crystalline, Flamesoul, Shadow, Skeletal, Wolftouched	Splinter	Autumn
vine	Botanical	Hero's blood runs a little green	+10 Recovery rate, -0.4 Health, +0.6 Speed, Thorn Lash, Entangle	Beartouched, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crystalline, Deepist Spy, Elmsoul, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Gorgonoid, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Skeletal, Sylvan, Vulture Acolyte, Wolftouched	The Strider	Mythical
vultureAcolyte	Vulture Acolyte	Hero serves the Vulture Lord	---	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crystalline, Deepist Spy, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Gorgonoid, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Skeletal, Sylvan, Wolftouched	---	---
wolf	Wolftouched	Hero accepted the blessing of the Wolf God	-0.6 Armor, +1 Speed, Wolf Bite, Wolf Claw, Frenzy	Beartouched, Botanical, Celestial, Child of the Hills, Crystalline, Deepist Spy, Elmsoul, Flamesoul, Frogtouched, Frost, Gorgonoid, Mark of the Horn, Shadow, Skeletal, Sylvan, Vulture Acolyte	The Wolf Price	Dire

List of pet themes

All pets conflict with each other, except the Drauven Bird which sits on the Hero's shoulder rather than on the ground.

ID	Name	Image	Blurb	Effect	Acquisition
petBirdDrauven	Drauven Bird		Hero healed the bird's injury and apparently earned some loyalty	+5 Melee accuracy, +5 Range accuracy	One Small Life
petCritter	Critter		Hero had made friends with a critter	+15 Melee Accuracy	Sneakthief
petDuck	Duck		This duck has decided that you are the love of its life, and nothing will convince it otherwise	+7 Dodge, +7 Block	The Heirloom Spring
petFireChicken	Fire Chicken		Hero has taken on a pet Fire Chicken	Hero's Pet can light a fire on an adjacent tile, once every three turns.	Fire Eagles
petPineCone	Pinecone		Hero has taken on a pet pinecone-spirit-creature-thing	Hero can wall with trees.	Silver and Shadows
petRabbit	Golden Rabbit		Hero is now bonded to a glowing rabbit	+1 Bonus Damage	Avenger
petRat	Rat		Hero has taken on a pet Rat	+5 Dodge	Curiosity and Cats