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* '''Flame Vial:''' A creature can throw this vial as an improvised thrown weapon. If it hits, the target creature gains the Burning (1d4) condition.

|You gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the INT tag.

Additionally, when making a check with a skill that has the crafting or knowledge tag, and that is a skill you have Skill Points for, you may use your CHA instead of your INT for your Skill Check.

|Gain +3 in the Animal Handling skill.  

(1/Rest) You gain the ability to calm agitated animals. By spending 3 AP, you may choose one Beast within 20 ft of you. Make an Animal Handling check against the creature’s WILL. If you succeed, then you Charm the creature and it will not harm you, though it will not go out of its way to help you.  

|Gain +3 in the Arcana skill.  

You learn one arcane cantrip of your choice. INT is your magic attribute for this cantrip. If you already know arcane magic through a different talent, use that magic attribute instead.

|Gain +3 in the Art skill.  

|Gain the entry level of the Entertainer Profession. You must choose the Artist track instead of the Performer track.

This replaces your Artist Aspirant Talent.

|Gain +3 in the Astrology skill.  

(1/Rest) When you Take a Rest, roll 1d20 and write down the result. At any point before the next time you Take a Rest, when you roll a d20, you may choose to replace it with the number that you wrote down.  

|Gain +3 in the Astronomy skill.  

|''Repeatable.'' Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills that use the AWR tag.

|Gain +3 in the Balancing skill.  

When a creature attempts to knock you Prone, instead of using your defense against that particular effect, you may choose to roll a DEX (Balancing) skill check instead. If you meet or exceed their attack roll, you do not fall Prone (but still suffer damage or other effects, provided that they hit your appropriate defense).

|Gain +3 in the Biology skill.  

|Gain +3 in the Brewing skill.  

|Gain +3 in the Brewing skill.  

|You gain +6 Skill Points that you can assign to any skills with the INT tag.

Additionally, when making a skill check with the crafting or knowledge tags, you may use your AWR instead of your INT for your skill check.

|Gain +3 in the Calligraphy skill.  

|Gain +3 in the Appraising skill.  

|Gain +3 in the Carpentry skill.  

If you spend an hour reinforcing a door, gate, or section of wall with wooden planks, you may increase its DT by 5. You cannot do this to an area larger than 20 ft².

|Gain +3 in the Cartography skill.  

After charting an area (which takes a minimum of 1 week of [[exploration]]), you may sell a map of that area. You may sell one map per day per area that you have charted, and each map sold earns you 5 sc.

|''Repeatable.'' Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills that use the CHA tag.

|Gain +3 in the Cooking skill.  

Your artistic sense of [[how to]] mingle flavors allows you to improve any food and drink. When a creature consumes food or drink that you have had at least ten minutes to modify, you Charm that creature for 1 hour. At the end of this time, the creature is not aware that they were Charmed.

|Gain +3 in the Chemistry skill.  

Your profound understanding of how to mix chemicals enables you to manipulate the qualities of food and drink. When a creature consumes food or drink that you have had at least one minute to modify, you may roll a Chemistry skill check against that creature’s FORT. If you hit, they become Sickened for 1 hour.

Any magic that reveals [[poison]] reveals this tampering.

|Gain +3 in the Athletics skill.  

(1/Rest) You may give yourself a climb speed equal to your walking speed for 1 minute.

|Gain +3 in the Cobbling skill.  

Each time you Take a Rest, you may patch a pair of shoes. For the next 24 hours, whoever wears those shoes gains a +3 bonus to the Forced March skill.

|'''Cobbling Master'''

|Each time you Take a Rest, you may patch three pairs of shoes. For the next 24 hours, whoever wears those shoes gains a +3 bonus to the Forced March skill.

|Gain +3 in the Contorting skill.  

Moving through spaces that would require you to Squeeze costs no additional movement.

|''Repeatable.'' Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the Crafting tag.

|Gain +3 in the Dancing skill.  

Your REF increases by +1.

|Gain +3 in the Vehicles* (Water) skill.  

|''Repeatable.'' Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills that use the DEX tag.

|Gain +3 in the Disguising skill.  

You no longer need a disguise kit to make a Disguising check, provided that you are able to change your clothing, hairstyle, props, etc.

|Gain +3 in the Distance Running skill.  

You can run a number of miles equal to your END x 2 (min. 2 miles) at a steady pace before needing to make Distance Running checks.

|Gain +3 in the Forced March skill.  

When marching at a normal pace, you can travel 150% the previous distance before needing to make Fatigue rolls.

|Gain +3 in the Vehicles* (Land) skill.  

You have a way of coaxing vehicles beyond their normal capacity. Vehicles that you drive can traverse more uneven terrain than they normally could without penalty, and they ignore Difficult Terrain imposed from rocks, debris and the like. Difficult Terrain imposed by mud or sludge still slows your vehicle.

|Gain +3 in the Dungeoneering skill.  

Your ANT increases by +1.

|Gain +3 in the Eavesdropping skill.

(1/Rest) When you make an Eavesdropping check, you may roll 2d20 and use the higher.

|Gain +3 in the Economics skill.  

By spending 1 month in a town or urban area, you can gain +1 [[Goodwill]] among the Aristocracy or Mercantile spheres (your choice each time). You may sell your services as an economist for 10 sc weekly while in a settled area.

|Gain +3 in the Empathy skill.  

Once when you Take a Rest, you may commiserate with a companion of your choice. Make an Empathy check against a DC set by your MC. If you succeed, your companion removes a permanent Charmed, Enthralled, Frightened, or Phobic condition.

|''Repeatable.'' Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills that use the END tag.

|Gain +3 in the Engineering skill.  

|Gain +3 in the Entertaining skill.  

|Gain the entry level of the Entertainer Profession. You must choose the Performer track instead of the Artist track. This replaces your Entertainer Aspirant Talent.

|Gain +3 in the Evading skill.  

(2/Rest) When a creature makes an AWR check to notice you, if you are not in combat, you may move up to 20 ft before the check is resolved, potentially mitigating the check altogether.

|Gain +3 in the Foraging skill.  

When you Take a Rest, you can always find a minimum of 1 day’s worth of rations, even if you do not make a Foraging check. If you are in an extremely bleak environment, such as the void of space, your MC might rule that this ability does not work.

|Gain +3 in the Applied Force skill.  

When you have a mechanism to leverage your strength to greater effect, such as a crowbar and a fulcrum, then when you make an Applied Force check, treat any d20 roll of 1-9 as if it were a 10.

|Gain +3 in the Forging skill.  

(1/Rest) If you assemble nice inks and fine papers before you forge a document, you can make it more convincing. For every 10 sc you spend, add +1 to your Forging check.  

|Gain +3 in the Fortuity skill.  

When making a Fortuity skill check, your crit range increases by 3 (e.g., from 20 to 17-20). The maximum crit range is still 16-20.

|Gain +3 in the Geography skill.  

|Gain +3 in the Glass Blowing skill.  

(1/Week) You may make a Glassblowing check to make a plate or goblet, doing so successfully on a roll of 15 or higher. You may make a flute on a roll of 20 or higher. You can use these items or sell them for 125% their normal market rate.

|Gain +3 in the Gossiping skill.  

You can gossip to sully someone’s reputation, provided that they are not there. Make a Gossiping check against a DC equal to 15 + that creature’s CHA. If you hit, they lose 1 Goodwill. You can only do this 1/Rest, and can only target the same creature 1/Week.

|Gain +3 in the History skill.  

|''Repeatable.'' Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills that use the INT tag.

|Gain +3 in the Intimidating skill.  

(1/Rest) Before attempting to intimidate someone, you can study them to determine how to effectively frighten them. After spending 1 minute studying them, make an AWR/Intuiting check against a creature’s WILL. If you succeed, then you know exactly how to get under their skin. Roll 2d20 and use the higher when you make your Intimidating roll.

|Gain +3 in the Intuiting skill.  

(1/Rest) Your intuition extends beyond living people to intellectual fields as well. When you would make an INT roll, you can add your Intuiting bonus.

|Gain +3 in the Investigating skill.  

(1/Rest) When making an Investigating check, you can add your Fortuity on top of your Investigating.

|Gain +3 in the Savoir Faire skill.  

(1/Rest) You can present yourself to another character as though you have 1 professional rank in any occupation of your choice. This deception is nonmagical and lasts for 1 hour.

|Gain +3 in the Jeweling skill.  

(1/Rest) You can produce a work of semiprecious jewelry, provided that you have some form of mineral. Make a Jeweling roll. You can sell your jewelry for that many sc.

|Gain +3 in the Jeweling skill.  

(1/Month) You can produce a work of very precious jewelry provided that you have some form of precious mineral. Make a Jeweling roll. You can sell your jewelry for that many dc.

|Gain +3 in the Law skill.  

While staying in a friendly settlement you may sell your services as a lawyer or mediator to settle local disputes. Doing so earns you a number of sc each week equal to your Law skill, and increases your community Goodwill by +1 at the end of each month.

|Gain +3 in the Leadership skill.  

|Gain +3 in the Sheltering skill.  

When you fail a Sheltering check, you may spend 30 minutes to create a lean-to, provided that rocks, brambles, and the like are in your area. This provides minimal protection from wind and extreme temperatures, granting you and other creatures that use it a +2 bonus on END checks made to resist extreme [[weather]].

|Gain +3 in the Leatherworking skill.  

(1/Week) You can produce a nice leather good provided that you have some form of animal hide. Make a Leatherworking roll. You can sell your goods for that many sc.

|Gain +3 in the Lockpicking skill.

(1/Rest) When you are in a settled area, you can scrounge for supplies for 1d6+1 rounds to find tools that you can use to pick a lock, even if they would not normally be viable lockpick tools.

|Gain +3 in the Masonry skill.  

(1/Week) You can produce a nice stone good provided that you have some form of stone to work with. Make a Masonry roll. You can sell your goods for that many sc.

|Gain +3 in the Medicine skill.  

(1/Rest) When you have medical supplies and apply them to a Bloodied creature, it regains 1d6 HP.

|Gain +3 in the Menacing skill.  

(1/Rest) When you menace someone, you may first display your strength to show that you mean business. Make a STR/Applied Force check vs the creature’s WILL. If you hit, then you can roll 2d20 for your Menacing check, keeping the higher.

|Gain +3 in the Instrument [your choice] skill.

|Gain +3 in the Nature skill.  

(1/Week) If you gather plant matter that would normally be inedible, you can make one day’s worth of rations out of it.

|Gain +3 in the Navigating skill.  

|Gain +3 in the Military skill.  

You know how to speak with military officials. You can request an audience with any military officer who has professional ranks in the militant occupation and they will meet with you within 24 hours of your request.

|Gain +3 in the Painting skill.  

(1/Week) You can produce a nice painting provided that you have some form of canvas and pigments. Make a Painting roll. You can sell your goods for that many sc.

|Gain +3 in the Perceiving skill.  

(1/Rest) When you make a check with another skill that has the observation tag, you can add 1⁄2 your Perceiving as an additional bonus.

|Gain +3 in the Persuading skill.  

(1/Rest) You can cast the [[Charm Creature]] primal chant using your Persuading bonus for the attack roll, which does not count as magical when cast in this way.

|Gain +3 in the Sleight of Hand skill.  

|Gain +3 in the Politics [choose region] skill.  

(1/Week) You may leverage favors to secure a meeting with a noble or politician who outranks you. Choose an NPC with professional ranks equal to or less than your professional ranks + 1. They will meet with you within 24 hours after you make the request.

|Gain +3 in the Pottery skill.  

(1/Week) You can produce some pottery provided that you have some form of clay to work with. Make a Pottery roll. You can sell your goods for that many sc.

|Gain +3 in the Athletics skill.  

You can carry two additional Unwieldy items without being encumbered.

|You gain +6 Skill Points you can spend on any skills with the INT tag.  

Additionally, when making a skill check with the crafting or knowledge tags, you may use your DEX instead of your INT for your skill check.

|Gain +3 in the Religion skill, choosing which religion.  

|Gain +3 in the Scavenging skill.

(1/Rest) When you fail a Scavenging check, you may instead treat it as the lowest tier of success.

|Gain +3 in the Smithing skill.  

(1/Week) You can repair damaged and broken weapons and armor that are made of metal. If all of the pieces of the weapon or armor are still available, you can completely restore a weapon or armor set.

|Gain +3 in the Sneaking skill.  

(1/Rest) If you are hidden or Concealed, you may move up to 20 ft without being spotted, so long as you also end your movement remaining hidden or Concealed.

|Gain +3 in the Sprinting skill.  

(1/Rest) When you roll Initiative, you can give yourself +5 ft speed when you spend AP to move. This lasts for the duration of the fight.

|''Repeatable.'' Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills that use the STR tag.

|Gain +3 in the Athletics skill.  

(1/Rest) You may give yourself a swim speed equal to your walking speed for 1 minute.

|Gain +3 in the Tracking skill.  

(1/Rest) When you fail a Tracking skill check, you may count it as the lowest tier of successful.

|Gain +3 in the Tumbling skill.  

|Gain +3 in the Weaving skill.  

(1/Week) You can produce woven goods provided that you have some form of yarn or string to work with. Make a Weaving roll. You can sell your goods for that many sc.

|Gain +3 in the Woodcarving skill.

(1/Week) You can produce whittled trinkets provided that you have some form of wood to work with. Make a Woodcarving roll. You can sell your goods for that many sc.