Class Capstones - Comparison¶

The rank-30 signature ability per class. The single class-defining "mastery beat" that fires once per long rest (or once per day). Hitting rank 30 in your unlock skill feels like an achievement because of these.

Each class article carries a deeper Capstone section with the strategic hook. This page is the side-by-side comparison: how the 13 capstones differ in cost, payoff, and when to spend them.

All 13 at a glance¶

Class	Capstone	Unlock skill	Resource	Effect summary
Warrior	Unbreakable Stance	one-handed swords	long rest	Negate next 3 hits + clear all debuffs
Rogue	Killing Blow	daggers	day	Next attack auto-crits; +50% current HP damage if hidden
Ranger	Eagle Eye	bows	long rest	Next ranged attack auto-hit + auto-crit, ignores cover/range
Scholar	True Sight	identify	day	Reveal full stat block + weakness + hidden tag on examined target
Bard	Heroic Anthem	performance	long rest	Party-wide +50% damage + 20% accuracy for 5 turns
Herbalist	Nature's Bounty	herbalism	long rest	Pull 3 consumables from your stockpile (HP + mana + bandage)
Mage	Arcane Surge	arcane arts	day	Next spell costs 0 mana + double damage
Monk	Inner Stillness	unarmed combat	day	Skip a turn; next 3 attacks auto-hit + auto-crit, ignore cover/range
Cleric	Mass Restoration	faith magic	long rest	Full-heal party + remove all debuffs
Necromancer	Soul Harvest	necromancy	long rest	Drain HP from every undead in the room into you
Tinkerer	Volatile Cascade	engineering	day	AoE (engineering rank × 2) damage, bypass armor, all hostiles in room
Paladin	Divine Intercession	faith magic	long rest	Full-heal you + 1 ally; both gain one-shot death-blow immunity
Wanderer	Lucky Break	dodge	day	The next failing roll succeeds instead

Sort by resource type¶

Per-day capstones (5) - recharge on a new dawn, regardless of rest:

Class	Capstone	Why per-day
Rogue	Killing Blow	Reflects assassin's window - a fresh moment of focus each day
Scholar	True Sight	A single moment of clear reading per day; matches the scholar's pace
Mage	Arcane Surge	The weave parts once per day; the next break is hours of meditation
Monk	Inner Stillness	One moment of perfect centering per day
Tinkerer	Volatile Cascade	One pin you can pull per day - the rest of the kit needs rebuilding
Wanderer	Lucky Break	The dice tilt once per day; you don't get to ask twice

Per-long-rest capstones (7) - recharge only after a full night's sleep at an inn:

Class	Capstone	Why per-rest
Warrior	Unbreakable Stance	Physical preparation; needs deep rest to set again
Ranger	Eagle Eye	Focus + breath; needs the next dawn to re-tune
Bard	Heroic Anthem	The song carries; you can't pull two heroic anthems in a day
Herbalist	Nature's Bounty	Restocking the apron is a morning's prep
Cleric	Mass Restoration	Heavy faith-channel; the divine breath needs to be rebuilt
Necromancer	Soul Harvest	The harvest scars you; one feast per rest
Paladin	Divine Intercession	The divine attention is once-and-once-only per cycle

Sort by payoff shape¶

Burst damage (single target)¶

The capstones to spend when you need ONE thing to die NOW.

Class	Capstone	Best target
Rogue	Killing Blow	Boss at half-HP; you're hidden
Mage	Arcane Surge	Top-tier-cost spell against a high-defense target
Ranger	Eagle Eye	Long-range called shot on a vulnerable region
Monk	Inner Stillness	High-defense boss; three crits in a row break most armor

AoE / battlefield¶

The capstones to spend on a room of enemies.

Class	Capstone	Best target
Tinkerer	Volatile Cascade	A wave of mooks; wasted on a single boss
Necromancer	Soul Harvest	A crypt full of undead; the more there are, the better

Party support¶

The capstones to spend when the party needs the moment.

Class	Capstone	Best target
Bard	Heroic Anthem	A 5-turn fight with the full party - bosses, not skirmishes
Cleric	Mass Restoration	The moment three party members are about to drop
Paladin	Divine Intercession	The round the ally tank hits 20% HP
Herbalist	Nature's Bounty	After a hard fight, before the next one - restock the kit

Defense / save¶

The capstones to spend when survival is the goal.

Class	Capstone	Best target
Warrior	Unbreakable Stance	A boss who hits like a truck; buy three rounds of no-damage
Wanderer	Lucky Break	The one critical roll a session - save the save against paralysis

Information¶

The capstones that buy knowledge, not damage or healing.

Class	Capstone	Best target
Scholar	True Sight	A boss or dungeon-master whose stats you can't otherwise read

Strategic notes¶

A few patterns experienced players use:

Stack the per-day capstones at dawn. Rogues, Mages, Tinkerers, and Monks who hit a tough fight in the morning can chain their signature beats hard.
Save the per-rest capstones for boss fights. Don't burn your Warrior's Unbreakable Stance on a wolf pack; save it for the named enemy at the end of the dungeon.
The Scholar's True Sight is a force-multiplier, not a damage cap. Use it BEFORE the fight; pair it with a party member who can act on the revealed weakness.
The Bard's Heroic Anthem rewards a long fight. 5 turns of +50% damage is the difference between a 10-turn fight and a 4-turn fight. Save it for the right one.
The Paladin's death-blow immunity is the kit's signature beat. The Paladin doesn't prevent the hit - they make the hit non- fatal. Spend it on the round the tank ally drops; the heal + immunity combo is the Paladin's identity.

Multi-class considerations¶

Capstones don't stack across multi-class characters in any way. Each character has exactly one capstone tied to their primary class. Skill investment in a secondary class's unlock skill doesn't unlock that class's capstone - the capstone is class- locked, not skill-locked.

A character who has Faith Magic at rank 30 from playing Cleric has Mass Restoration, even if they've also taken Paladin-flavored gear. The capstone follows the class, not the skill.

The exception: characters who change class mid-game (a rare narrative beat) inherit the new class's capstone and lose the old one. Cooldowns reset on the change.