Fold Caller

Deep-Fold channeler.

The Fold Caller does not manifest power. The Fold Caller opens a door. Beyond the navigable shallows of the Fold -- the layer the Navigator reads and the Psion touches -- is the Deep. Things live there. The Fold Caller is the person who learned to call them through.

The Psion tears pinholes. The Navigator reads currents. The Fold Caller opens a gate and invites something across. The gate is the Caller's own mind -- the Fold-sight pushed past the fold, a channel carved through the Caller's sanity. Every summoning costs Sanity Points (WIS x 2). Every summoning risks the gate opening wider than intended. The entity the Caller meant to summon is not always the entity that arrives.

Asset Realisation has no stable category for the Fold Caller. Some corporate jurisdictions try to recruit or leash them; others order immediate containment or termination. A leashed Psion is a weapon. A leashed Navigator is navigational capital. A leashed Fold Caller is a dimensional breach waiting to happen. Specialist recovery teams exist, but their reach fades with Kadiss coverage and local cooperation. Survivors learn to hide what they are.

The Fold Caller operates on the Fold chassis (d6 HD, half BAB, Fort/Ref poor, Will good, 4 SP). Light armour only. The Caller's Sanity Pool is finite, recovery is slow, and zero SP means the Unmoored state -- a Caller whose mind has become the gate and cannot close it. Prime requisites: WIS (the will to hold the gate) and CHA (the presence to command what comes through -- entities respect authority, even borrowed authority).

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Armor Allowance	Light
Bab Tier	half
Base Skill Points	4
Hd	d6
Hd Sides	6
Max Level	20
Primary Abilities	WIS, CHA
Prime Requisites	WIS, CHA
Save Tiers / Fortitude	poor
Save Tiers / Reflex	poor
Save Tiers / Will	good
Weapon Allowance	Pistol, Knife, Ritual blade (functions as dagger, +1 Power Checks when used as focus)

Notes

Archetype Niche: The Fold Caller is the summoner and warder of the Deep. Call the Deep deploys Fold entities as combat minions -- each summon is a temporary ally that acts on the Caller's initiative, providing damage, control, or utility depending on the entity type. Sanity Ward protects the party from the very horrors the Caller summons, creating an asymmetric defense: the Caller brings Fold threats near while keeping allies safe from them. Consume Sanity provides SP recovery through predation, turning enemies (or willing allies) into fuel for more summons. The Fold Caller's niche is controlled chaos -- wielding the Fold's horrors as weapons while frantically maintaining the wards that keep those same horrors from consuming the party.

Multiclass Notes: Fold Callers rarely multiclass. When they do, it is typically with Psion or Cult-Adjacent archetypes. Non-human callers use simultaneous multiclassing rules.

Level Table

Whisperer

Field	Value
bab	0
fortitude	0
level	1
reflex	0
skillPoints	16
title	Whisperer
will	2
xp	0

Gate-Touched

Field	Value
bab	1
fortitude	0
level	2
reflex	0
skillPoints	4
title	Gate-Touched
will	3
xp	3000

Caller

Field	Value
bab	1
fortitude	1
level	3
reflex	1
skillPoints	4
title	Caller
will	3
xp	6000

Deep-Caller

Field	Value
bab	2
fortitude	1
level	4
reflex	1
skillPoints	4
title	Deep-Caller
will	4
xp	12000

Gate-Binder

Field	Value
bab	2
fortitude	1
level	5
reflex	1
skillPoints	4
title	Gate-Binder
will	4
xp	24000

Void Speaker

Field	Value
bab	3
fortitude	2
level	6
reflex	2
skillPoints	4
title	Void Speaker
will	5
xp	48000

Fold Herald

Field	Value
bab	3
fortitude	2
level	7
reflex	2
skillPoints	4
title	Fold Herald
will	5
xp	85000

Deep Herald

Field	Value
bab	4
fortitude	2
level	8
reflex	2
skillPoints	4
title	Deep Herald
will	6
xp	130000

Gate Lord

Field	Value
bab	4
fortitude	3
level	9
reflex	3
skillPoints	4
title	Gate Lord
will	6
xp	190000

Deep Gate Lord

Field	Value
bab	5
fortitude	3
level	10
reflex	3
skillPoints	4
title	Deep Gate Lord
will	7
xp	260000

Fold Sovereign

Field	Value
bab	5
fortitude	3
level	11
reflex	3
skillPoints	4
title	Fold Sovereign
will	7
xp	340000

Deep Sovereign

Field	Value
bab	6
fortitude	4
level	12
reflex	4
skillPoints	4
title	Deep Sovereign
will	8
xp	420000

Abyss-Binder

Field	Value
bab	6
fortitude	4
level	13
reflex	4
skillPoints	4
title	Abyss-Binder
will	8
xp	500000

High Abyss-Binder

Field	Value
bab	7
fortitude	4
level	14
reflex	4
skillPoints	4
title	High Abyss-Binder
will	9
xp	580000

Reality-Tearer

Field	Value
bab	7
fortitude	5
level	15
reflex	5
skillPoints	4
title	Reality-Tearer
will	9
xp	660000

Fold Master

Field	Value
bab	8
fortitude	5
level	16
reflex	5
skillPoints	4
title	Fold Master
will	10
xp	740000

Gate Commander

Field	Value
bab	8
fortitude	5
level	17
reflex	5
skillPoints	4
title	Gate Commander
will	10
xp	820000

Gate Paragon

Field	Value
bab	9
fortitude	6
level	18
reflex	6
skillPoints	4
title	Gate Paragon
will	11
xp	900000

High Gate Paragon

Field	Value
bab	9
fortitude	6
level	19
reflex	6
skillPoints	4
title	High Gate Paragon
will	11
xp	980000

Supreme Fold Caller

Field	Value
bab	10
fortitude	6
level	20
reflex	6
skillPoints	4
title	Supreme Fold Caller
will	12
xp	1060000

Special Abilities

Call the Deep

Field	Value
level	1
name	Call the Deep

description: The Fold Caller opens the gate. Full-round action to summon a Fold entity from the Deep. The cost is Sanity Points -- the Caller's own mind is the channel, and every summoning widens it. Minor entity: 2 SP. Major: 4 SP. Master: 6 SP. Power Check: d20 + WIS modifier + Caller level vs entity DN (Minor DN 12, Major DN 16, Master DN 20). Success: the entity manifests and serves the Caller for 1 minute per Caller level -- it recognises the authority of the gate-opener. Failure: SP are lost, no entity appears, the Caller rolls on the Fold Cascade table -- something on the other side noticed the attempt and was not amused. Natural 1: entity manifests but is hostile to ALL creatures -- the Caller opened the wrong door. The Caller begins with 1 known summon (Fold Wisp at Minor, Dread Shade at Major, or Void Stalker at Master). Gain 1 additional known summon per 2 levels. Sanity Pool = WIS score x 2. SP recovery: 2 + WIS modifier per full night's sleep. A Caller who reaches 0 SP becomes Unmoored -- the gate is open and cannot be closed. The Caller's mind is now a permanent threshold. What comes through next is not the Caller's choice.

Sanity Ward

Field	Value
level	3
name	Sanity Ward

description: The Caller erects a barrier -- not of force, but of will. Standard action: Sanity Ward, 15-foot radius, 1 minute. All allies within gain +2 to Will saves against Fold phenomena, psionics, and fear -- the ward is the Caller's sanity made external, a bulwark against the same horrors the Caller summons. Fold entities attempting to enter or manifest within the ward must succeed on a Will save (DC = 10 + CHA modifier + half Caller level) or be repelled -- cannot enter, 2d6 damage, stunned 1 round. The ward moves with the Caller. At level 7, radius 30 feet. At level 12, Will save bonus +4, repelled entities take 4d6 damage. The Caller has learned to hold the gate open with one hand and bar it with the other.

Consume Sanity

Field	Value
level	5
name	Consume Sanity

description: The Caller's gate feeds. Standard action: rip Sanity Points from a living creature within 30 feet. Target must succeed on a Will save (DC = 10 + CHA modifier + half Caller level). Failure: the target loses 1d4 Sanity Points (or 1d4 WIS damage if it has no SP pool) and the Caller gains those points -- the gate drinks. Success: no SP transfer, target is shaken for 1 round -- the gate touched them and they felt it. Using this on a willing ally transfers SP at no save -- the ally feels the gate pass through them and does not sleep well afterward. At level 10, drain increases to 2d4 SP. At level 15, the Caller can target 2 creatures simultaneously -- the gate has grown hungry.