Ah. Cancer.
The one who says, βI can care enough for both of us,β and means it β even when it costs them sleep, safety, and several emotional organs.
CANCER β THE HEARTHWARDENΒ
(Emotional Architect / Keeper of Continuity)
Core Fantasy
Cancer is the class that understands what everyone else forgets: Nothing survives without care.
Not empires, magical systems… or people. Cancer does not conquer the world. They keep it alive.
PRIMARY STAT: WISDOM
(emotional perception, memory, attunement)
Secondary: CONSTITUTION
(endurance, resilience, capacity to hold)
Cancer does not just feel. They contain.
CLASS ROLE: Guardian / Anchor / Emotional Tank
Cancer characters excel at:
β’ protection
β’ emotional regulation (for groups)
β’ continuity across chaos
β’ creating safety where none exists
β’ remembering what matters when others dissociate
If Gemini moves the message, Cancer makes sure someone is there to receive it.
CLASS FEATURE: THE HEARTH
Cancer carries an internal hearth β a psychic space of safety, familiarity, and warmth.
This hearth:
β’ stabilises allies
β’ softens shock
β’ restores morale
β’ allows healing to penetrate fully
Where Cancer is present, people feel: βI can breathe here.β Even if they do not know why.
PASSIVE TRAIT: EMOTIONAL PERMANENCE
Cancer remembers how things felt, not just what happened.
Benefits:
β’ unmatched empathy
β’ emotional pattern recognition
β’ ability to predict relational outcomes
Cost:
β’ difficulty letting go
β’ vulnerability to emotional hoarding
β’ tendency to carry what was never theirs
Cancer must learn discernment: care β self-erasure
SIGNATURE ABILITIES
1. HOLDING THE LINE: Reaction
When chaos hits β emotional, relational, existential β Cancer automatically absorbs shock.
They: slow the moment, ground the group and prevent total collapse. Others may not notice what did not happen. Cancer does.
2. SANCTUARY: Once per session
Cancer creates a safe zone β physical or emotional β where defences lower, truth can surface, and healing is possible.
No one can be forced to enter. But once inside, masks fall. This is sacred space, not control.
3. CARE AMPLIFICATION: Passive / Scaling
Any care Cancer gives is multiplied.
A small gesture becomes meaningful.
A quiet presence becomes stabilising.
A meal becomes medicine.
This is why Cancer is often underestimated β their power does not look loud.
SHADOW MECHANIC: OVERGIVING
Cancerβs shadow appears when they believe: βIf I stop caring, everything will fall apart.β
Warning signs:
β’ taking responsibility for othersβ emotions
β’ staying past the point of harm
β’ confusing loyalty with endurance
Cancer must learn: Care without consent becomes self-betrayal.
LEVEL-UP ARC
Early Cancer: Protects everyone
Mid Cancer: Learns boundaries
Advanced Cancer: Chooses where care flows
At mastery, Cancer becomes an emotional sovereign, a keeper of chosen kin, a sanctuary builder, and the one who leaves when care is not reciprocated.
The hearth moves with them.
MANIFESTATION STYLE (PLAYER GUIDANCE)
Cancer manifests through:
β’ emotional safety
β’ repetition of care
β’ creating familiarity
β’ tending environments (homes, routines, bodies)
They do NOT manifest through force or detachment. Their magic sounds like: βThis is allowed to be gentle.β And reality β exhausted, honestly β agrees.
WHY CANCER IS DANGEROUS
Because Cancer understands what people are willing to die for, they will endure for love and happens when care is removed.
They do not threaten. They withdraw. And suddenly, nothing holds.
CLOSING NOTE
Cancer is not fragile. They are deeper than the greenest sea. They can hold grief, love, memory, and hope β but only for those who respect the tide.
And yes.
They really can care enough for both of you. But they are no longer required to.
