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'''[[Oracle#Tarot Reader Track|Tarot Reader.]]''' You use tarot to sway the ebb and flow of fate. Destiny is written in the cards, and you have learned how to read them... and to reshuffle them.

After gaining the Oracle Entry talent, you can take talents from any of the Oracle tracks. After gaining the Oracle Entry talent, you can also gain Primal Aspect talents

|When you take this entry talent, you gain the following abilities.

* '''Hermit.''' Gain +2 Arcana, Astrology, or Astronomy; AND +2 in a skill of your choice with the observation or survival tag.

* '''Oracular Power.''' Each time you level up and spend your Talent Point on an oracle talent, you gain +5 SP and +1 Power in the source you chose.

[[File:Druid Track.png|thumb|429x429px|Druid Track Progression]]

|Pick Astronomy or Astrology. Gain +2 Skill Points in that skill. Gain the Star’s Guidance ability.

* '''Star’s Guidance.''' (1/Recoup) Use Astronomy or Astrology in place of a skill with the survival tag.

|Gain the Disciple of the Divine talent if you did not already have it. Disciple of the Divine does not grant you additional SP when you gain it in this way. Whenever you gain a talent from this track with the divine tag, gain +1 Divine Power. You have taken it upon yourself to maintain a balance between nature and deity.  

In combat, when you cast a primal chant or spell, gain 1 Primal Proclivity. When you cast a divine prayer or spell, gain 1 Divine Proclivity. At the end of combat, subtract the lesser number from the greater. If the difference is greater than 1, then you immediately lose 2d10 SP and can only cast magic from the Source that had higher Proclivity. You are also Sickened until balance is restored.  

|If you suffer the penalty from having imbalanced Proclivities, you lose 1d10 SP instead of 2d10.  

If you remain within the difference, you regain 1d6 SP and gain +1 on attribute checks for the next 1 hour.

|Gain the Initiate of the Occult talent if you did not already have it. Initiate of the Occult does not grant you additional SP when you gain it in this way. Whenever you gain a talent from this track with the occult tag, gain +1 Occult Power. You have taken it upon yourself to draw the wood’s rot into your own soul so that the wilderness might thrive even as you suffer.

Dark Power triggers on a roll of 1-2 for you. Choose two of your primal chants and one of your primal spells to gain Dark Power. Choose what effects they have from your Primeval Darkness menu (p. 117). In combat, when you cast a chant or spell without the dark power tag, gain 1 Light Proclivity. When you cast a chant or spell with the dark power tag, gain 1 Dark Proclivity. At the end of combat, subtract the lesser number from the greater. If the difference is greater than 1, then you immediately lose 2d10 HP and can only cast magic with or without the dark power tag (whichever Proclivity was stronger). You are also Sickened until balance is restored.  

|Choose 1-2 additional primal chants and 1-2 additional primal spells to gain Dark Power, choosing their effects from the ''Primeval Darkness Chart'' below.

|Gain +2 Skill Points in either Astrology or Astronomy. Star’s Guidance becomes 2/Recoup.

|(1/Rest) When you fail a Foraging, Sheltering, or Navigating check, treat it as if it were the lowest tier of a successful outcome.

|Gain +2 Skill Points in Arcana, Astrology, or Astronomy.  

Learn one Divining spell from any source, which counts as Primal for you.

|(1/Rest) You can cast [[Polymorph]] on yourself without spending SP, but when you use this spell in this way you can only target yourself and can only turn into your choice of creature that is Small or smaller, is appropriate to your current habitat or the habitat of your youth, and does not have a Monster Level (such as a squirrel, sparrow, or mundane scorpion).

|Choose 0-2 additional primal chants and 0-2 additional primal spells to gain Dark Power, choosing their effects from the Primeval Darkness menu.  

The difference between Proclivities must be greater than 2 in order for you to suffer the penalty from imbalanced Proclivities.  

When Dark Power triggers and you suffer the consequences of Dark Power, every ally within 30 ft of you can gain 1d8 Shield HP as you draw in the negative energy

|Druid 6

|Gain +2 Skill Points in Arcana, Astrology, or Astronomy. You cannot gain Death Points from poison or disease.

|Mystic Druid, Star’s Guidance II

|Gain +2 Skill Points in Arcana, Astrology, or Astronomy. You cannot become lost except by magical means.

|When you use Beast Form, you can become a Beast of ML 1 or lower. Beast Form becomes 3/Rest.

| Druid 8

|Gain the Immortal ability.

 

* '''Immortal.''' Your natural lifespan doubles.

|If you suffer the penalty from imbalanced Proclivities, you lose 1d6 SP instead of 1d10.  

Moreover, if you remain within the difference, you regain 1d10 SP and have TA on all d20 rolls for the next 1 hour

|Choose 0-2 additional primal chants and 0-2 additional primal spells to gain Dark Power, choosing their effects from the Primeval Darkness menu.  

You may voluntarily succumb to Dark Power. If you do, you suffer the Dark Power’s effects, but you also cast that ability as though you had not rolled Dark Power, rolling 2d20 and keeping whichever was higher.

|Druid 10

|You are immune to poison and disease.

|Gain +2 Skill Points in Arcana, Astrology, or Astronomy.  

|When you use Beast Form, you can become a Beast of ML 3 or lower.

|Druid 12

|Your Immortal ability becomes: Your natural lifespan increases tenfold.

|The difference between Proclivities must be greater than 3 for you to suffer the penalty from imbalanced Proclivities. You gain the normal benefits of a Recoup as well as restoring balance when necessary

|Choose 0-2 additional primal chants and 0-2 additional primal spells to gain Dark Power, choosing their effects from the Primeval Darkness menu.  

The difference between Proclivities must be greater than 3 for you to suffer the penalty. When allies gain Shield HP from you using Dark Power, they also gain the Protected condition until the end of your next turn.

|Druid 14

|As an archdruid, you look after the untamed wilderness with endless patience and incalculable wisdom.  

* '''Contemplate.''' (1/Week) You can reselect any primal, psionic, divine, and/or occult spells that you know.

* '''After the Ashes.''' If your primal spells have Dark Power, you can choose whether they keep it, remove it, or gain a different Dark Power ability.

* '''Primeval Foresight.''' (1/Month) You can reassign some or all of your Oracle talents.  

** '''Level 30:''' Your lifespan (including your bonus from Immortal) increases tenfold.

|+Primeval Darkness Chart

|Gain [[Tactical Advantages|TA]] on the attack roll.  

* '''Dark Power:''' You suffer the damage instead.

|If you do not suffer Dark Power, you become Protected until the end of your next turn.  

* '''Dark Power:''' Roll for Dark Power. On a roll of 5 or lower, you suffer 1d6 necrotic damage. If this had the nature or weather tag, then the nature in the area withers a little or the weather grows sour and corrupt.

|Gain TA on the attack roll.  

* '''Dark Power:''' You suffer the condition for the written duration instead..

|Extend the duration by 1 round if successful.  

* '''Dark Power:''' Roll for Dark Power. On a roll of 5 or lower, you instead deal 1d4 psychic damage to your ally and yourself.

|Gain TA on the attack roll.  

* '''Dark Power:''' You suffer the damage instead.

|''Spell that deals AOE damage''

|Gain TA on the attack roll.  

* '''Dark Power:''' You cast the spell and it is centered on you.

|Gain TA on the attack roll.  

* '''Dark Power:''' You suffer the condition for the written duration instead.

|If successful, the spell adds additional healing equal to ½ your LUCK.  

* '''Dark Power:''' Roll 1d20 for Dark Power. On a roll of 5 or lower, the spell deals necrotic damage equal to the amount it would have healed..

|If successful, the target gains +5 ft speed and TA for the duration.  

* '''Dark Power:''' Roll 1d20 for Dark Power. On a roll of 5 or lower, the Shibmar Conclave is angry that you stole power from it. For the next 24 hours, beasts and monstrosities are likely to treat you with hostility as they are supernaturally aware of your transgressions.

|The creature you can summon with this spell can be 1 ML higher than normal.  

* '''Dark Power:''' Roll 1d20 for Dark Power. On a roll of 5 or lower, instead of summoning the creature you intended, you summon a fiend or eldritch creature of the MC’s choice that has an ML equal to or less than the creature you would have summoned. It is hostile to you and your allies.

[[File:Elementalist Track.png|thumb|256x256px|Elementalist Track Progression]]

* '''Elemental Affinity.''' (2/Rest) When you take elemental damage, you can spend 1 Reactive AP to gain Affinity to it (including the damage you just took). The first time you deal any type of damage after taking damage for which you have Affinity, also deal 1d6 damage of that type. You retain this Affinity for 1 min.

|You grow more in tune with the natural world. Gain Resist 3 to a damage type based on what season it is: Spring = radiant, Summer = fire, Autumn = necrotic, and Winter = cold.

|Gain one of the abilities with the Repurpose Damage I tag from the ''Repurpose Damage Abilities'' table. When you are hit with the corresponding type of damage, you can activate that ability for 1 Reactive AP. You can use any abilities with a Repurpose Damage tag that you know 2/Rest collectively.

|''Repeatable.'' Gain another Repurpose Damage ability from those you have access to.

|You can use Elemental Affinity on allies within 15 ft of you when they take a type of damage that your Elemental Affinity can interact with. Elemental Affinity becomes ½ LUCK/Rest.

|Gain another Repurpose Damage ability from the old list or from talents with the Repurpose Damage II tag. You can learn abilities from the new list with Siphon Damage.  

|A creature benefitting from Elemental Affinity can gain the Elemental Strikes ability.

* '''Elemental Strikes.''' (2/Rest) +1d6 damage of the Affinity type for the duration.

|Repurpose Damage becomes ½ LUCK/Rest. You can expend your Repurpose Damage on an ally within 15 ft of you when they take that type of damage.

|Regain one use of Elemental Affinity upon Recouping.  

Affinity can work on energy damage as well.

|(1/Rest) When you take elemental damage that damaged other creatures, you can cause all other creatures to halve the damage that they took from the blast. On your next turn, you can spend 3 AP to make a special attack in a 60 ft line. +LUCK vs REF of each creature in the line, dealing 3d6 damage of that elemental type and ½ damage on a miss.  

|Gain an additional Repurpose Damage power, choosing from the old lists or from talents with the Repurpose Damage III tag. Siphon Damage can let you gain abilities from the new list.  

|(2/Rest) Elemental Strikes also apply to spells that deal damage. Spells that deal damage can be of that damage type or the normal damage type (the creature with Elemental Strikes chooses each time).  

|You are a master of all elements, and can blend them together with impeccable ease. The archfae from Ashyidir Conclave itself look upon you as skillful in their arts.  

Regain one use of Elemental Affinity each time you Recoup.  

Choose one of your Repurpose Damage abilities. It can be used indefinitely and does not expend your Repurpose Damage usages.  

* '''Superior Affinity.''' (1/Rest) Affinity negates all damage of that type and heals the recipient for ½ the total damage instead.

** '''Level 30:''' Superior Affinity becomes 1/Recoup.

|''Oracle, Elementalist, Repurpose Damage I''

|When you take corrosive damage, you can corrode your attacks. When attacking a single creature, ignore up to Resist 4 of any kind for 1 minute

|''Oracle, Elementalist, Repurpose Damage I''

|When you take fire damage, gain DR 4/Cold for 1 minute

|''Oracle, Elementalist, Repurpose Damage I''

|When you would gain the Burning condition, you may instead cast the [[Fire Shield]] spell as if it were primal or psionic without spending SP

|''Oracle, Elementalist, Repurpose Damage I''

|When you take lightning damage, gain +4 AP on your next turn

|''Oracle, Elementalist, Repurpose Damage I''

|''Oracle, Elementalist, Repurpose Damage I''

|''Oracle, Elementalist, Repurpose Damage II''

|When you take Blunt damage, you can convert the force into stone that encases your skin. Gain +3 AR for 1 minute.

|''Oracle, Elementalist, Repurpose Damage II''

|''Oracle, Elementalist, Repurpose Damage III''

|''Oracle, Elementalist, Repurpose Damage III''

|''Oracle, Elementalist, Repurpose Damage III''

|''Oracle, Elementalist, Repurpose Damage III''

[[File:Fate Track.png|thumb|531x531px|Fate Track Progression]]

|Gain the Boon of Fate ability.

 

* '''Boon of Fate.''' You can spend Luck points to reroll allies’ d20 rolls when they are within 60 ft of you.

|Gain the Weal ability.

 

* '''Weal.'''  When you crit on a d20 roll, gain 1 SP. This cannot exceed your maximum SP.

|Your crit range on skills increases by 1.

|Your crit range on spells increases by 1.

|Weal II - Skills or Weal II - Spells

|Your crit range on chants increases by 1.

|Weal II - Skills or Weal II - Spells

|Your crit range on weapons increases by 1.

|Weal III- Chants or Weal III - Weapons

|Weal III- Chants or Weal III - Weapons

|Your crit range on invocations increases by 1.

|Weal IV - Fortune's Favor or Weal IV - Invocations

* '''Bane of Fate''.''''' (2/ Rest) You can spend Luck points to reroll enemies’ d20 rolls when they are within 60 ft of you.

|Boon of Fate and Bane of Fate extend to 90 ft range.

|Choose one Weal ability that you already have: Skills, Spells, Chants, Weapons, or Invocations. Increase your crit range on that choice by 1.

* '''Ambient Luck.''' (LUCK/Rest) When an ally crits within 30 ft of you, regain 1 SP. .

* '''Manipulate Chance.''' You may spend 4 SP to regain an expended Luck point.  

|Gain the Turn of Fortune ability.

 

* '''Turn of Fortune.''' When you roll multiple d20s (e.g., you are Sickened), you apply Weal/Woe to all rolls, even though you only use one die to determine the outcome of the roll.

* '''Fated.''' Before rolling a d20, call out even or odd. If you are correct, gain +1 on the roll.

|Great Weal

|Gain the Portent ability.

 

* '''Portent.''' Regain 1 Luck point when you Recoup.

|Portent

|Portent becomes: Regain 2 Luck points when you Recoup.

|Portent II

|Portent becomes: Regain 3 Luck points when you Recoup.

|When your Woe ability activates, reroll the crit fail on your d20 (still gain the Spell Point); keep the second roll.

|Throughout select circles of oracles, mystics, and certain religious orders, you are known to be blessed by deities and/or preternaturally lucky through manipulating your own Essence. (Your precise reputation depends upon your character’s backstory, beliefs, personality, and in-world connections.)  

* '''Level 30:''' The final cap for your LUCK increases from 12 to 14.

[[File:Guide Track.png|thumb|554x554px|Guide Track Progression]]

* '''Mentor.''' (AWR/Rest) You can spend 1 AP to lose X points in a Skill to give X points in that skill to 1 ally that you touch. This lasts for 2 hours, whereupon your ally loses that bonus and you regain your normal Skill Points.

|When you end your turn with 0 AP, gain 1 special Mystic Support AP that acts as Reactive AP. You lose this AP at the start of your next turn.  

|Gain the Wakeful Serenity ability.

 

* '''Wakeful Serenity.''' The first time you roll against Fatigue after Recouping, roll 2d20 and use the higher result.

|Learn an extra spell from the source of magic that you chose when you took Oracle Entry. When you Mentor someone, you can pick a spell, expend SP, and that creature can cast that spell 1 time during their mentorship. They must spend the spell’s normal AP, but not SP, to do so. You lose access to that spell for the duration.

|Gain +2 Skill Points in any skill. When you use your Mentor ability, you may split your X Skill Points between two creatures, giving them each ½ X. (You cannot choose yourself.)

|Gain +2 Skill Points in any skill. When you use your Mentor ability, you can choose two creatures to gain the full benefit (instead of halving the benefit). (You cannot choose yourself.)

|Gain +2 Skill Points in any skill. When you use your Mentor ability, you can choose three creatures within 10 ft of you to gain the full benefit. (You cannot choose yourself.)

|Gain +2 Skill Points in any skill. When you use your Mentor ability, you can choose five creatures within 10 ft of you to gain the full benefit. (You cannot choose yourself.)

|Gain +2 Skill Points in any skill. When you use your Mentor ability, you may lose Skill Points in two skills, granting the creature that you touch bonus Skill Points in both of those skills.

* '''Expert Guidance.''' (1/Rest) When you use your Mentor ability, the target creature gains 2X the Skill Points in one skill that you lend to them.  

|Learn an extra spell from the source of magic that you chose when you took Oracle Entry. When you Mentor someone, you can pick one spell and one chant or invocation, expend SP for the spell (and a slot for the invocation if selected), and that creature can cast those abilities one time each during their mentorship. You lose access to the spells for that time.

|You are known across vast swathes of your continent as a brilliant mentor. Kings seek your counsel, and wealthy merchants and nobles dream of having you tutor their children for an afternoon. Your reputation is often sufficient to curry favors with nobles and to arrange meetings with people of import the day that you request such meetings.  

Gain +12 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills of your choice. You may use your Mentor ability indefinitely.  

People who train with you for at least 1 hour per day and at least 4 days per week can gain 1 Skill Point per month in any skill for which you have at least a +10.

* '''Level 30:''' When you use your Mentor ability, receiving creatures gain an additional +Y in the Skill Points they gain from you, where Y equals your AWR. (This cannot exceed the maximum +20 Skill Point cap unless you have Apprentice III).

|

==== '''Making a Deck''' ====

If you do not have a tarot deck, take two playing card decks with the same backs and write the 22 major arcana names on 22 cards from one deck. Also write "Page" on one face card from each suit. Shuffle those 26 cards into the other 52-card deck to create a surrogate tarot deck. Finally, draw a vertical arrow on each card, as upside-down (or “Reversed”) cards may cause different effects.

|When any creature within 20 ft of you regains HP, you also regain HP equal to 1/2 your LUCK.

|Choose an ally within 40 ft of you. Whenever you take damage, you take 1/2 and your ally takes 1/2.

|Your speed increases by +10 ft and you have Resist Damage 5 against reactive attacks.

|You deal +5 damage on all attacks, but gain Vulnerable Damage 1.

|Your spells cost 2 fewer SP to cast, but all have dark power - if you roll a 1-2 when casting a spell, you become Sickened until the end of your next turn.

|Summon a creature with the beast or humanoid tag of ML equal to or less than ½ your LUCK (min 1). It appears in an unoccupied space within 10 ft of you.

* '''Pentagrams:''' Gain Resist Magic 2.

If you meet your Fortune DC, then the subject of your reading is deemed Fortunate. One time before the subject Takes a Rest, they may activate their Fortune. They add 1d6 to all of their d20 rolls for 2 minutes.

|Your Minor Arcanas no longer have a numerical value of 2. Instead, their value is 1/2 the value displayed on the card. Face cards count as 12, and Major Arcanas that you do not know count as 14, when calculating this number.

|When you play a Queen card, instead of gaining its normal benefit, you may set it aside. The next time you play a non-face card of the same suit, apply its benefit both to yourself and to an ally within 40 ft of you. (This expires if not used in the next minute. You may only have one face card reserved at a time.)

'''Minor Arcanas Empowerment.''' You may choose to use the printed value of a Minor Arcanas card, instead of 1/2 its value. (2/Rest)

'''The Hand You’re Dealt.''' After revealing your spread, you may choose to take those same cards, reshuffle only those cards, and re-deal. (1/Rest)

Before laying out the spread, choose a suit. If the 8th card is that suit and is not reversed, then the subject of your reading gains the benefit of the Combat Cards talent based on that suit for the duration of their Fortunate ability. If it is a Major Arcana and is not reversed, it counts as that suit. If it is a Major Arcana but is reversed, and if you did not meet your DC, then the subject becomes Vulnerable Damage 1 for the duration of the Unfortunate effect.

|You may use Iztari Meditation for your Read Fortune ability, bestowing the benefit from your Major Arcanas if it is the 5th card and is not reversed. If you beat your Fortune DC by 5 or more, then the target is also Rallied while their Fortune is active.

|You may use Morgana's Star for your Read Fortune ability, bestowing the benefit from your Major Arcanas if it is the 5th or 10th card (10th cannot be reversed to gain this benefit). If they are both a Major Arcana that you know, you pick which one.

|You may use the Stravoni Cross for your Read Fortune ability, bestowing the benefit from your Major Arcanas if it is the 10th card (10th cannot be reversed to gain this benefit).

Additionally, when using your Read Fortune ability with this spread, you may choose to only count cards 3, 5, 7, 8, and 10.

'''Fate’s Gambit.''' After laying out a tarot spread, you may discard one card and replace it with the top card from your deck. (1/Rest)

|You may use the Celestial Arrow for your Read Fortune ability. Choose a number of recipients equal to or less than 1/2 your AWR (min 2). If you beat your Fortune DC, they all gain the benefit. If you do not, they all suffer the penalty.

Before revealing the spread, choose “Alliances” or “Goals.” This determines which card you should check for when determining your Major Arcanas benefit: 4th for “Alliances” and 5th for “Goals.” Either way, you gain the benefit even if the card is reversed.

|You may use Conclave Communion for your Read Fortune ability. Choose a number of recipients equal to or less than 1/2 your CHA (min 2). If you beat your Fortune DC, they all gain the benefit. If you do not, they all suffer the penalty.

They all gain the Major Arcanas benefit if it is your 7th card and is not reversed.

|You may use Lucien's Lock for your Read Fortune ability. Choose two recipients: if you beat your Fortune DC, they both gain the benefit. If you do not, they both suffer the penalty.

They gain the Major Arcanas benefit if it is your 4th card and is not reversed.

You may reselect which Major Arcanas you know. (1/Week)

|When you roll Initiative, draw a number of cards equal to 1/2 your INT. This is your Hand of Fortune. When you use your Combat Cards ability, you may place the card you drew into your hand. You may play any card from your hand for 1 AP. Your hand limit is your INT, and you must discard any excess cards immediately without gaining their benefit.

Furthermore, when using "Stack the Deck," do not shuffle your reserved cards into the top half of the deck. Instead, shuffle them separately and place them on top of the entire deck.

'''''Level 30:''''' Draw and play up to 4 cards, instead of 2, using this talent.

'''Bestow Arcanas.''' Choose one Major Arcana card that you know that is not currently active. A willing ally gains that ability until you Take a Rest or use this ability again. (1/Recoup)

'''''Level 30:''''' You may reselect your Major Arcanas daily, and your Major Arcanas Incarnation choices each time you Recoup.