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BOP stands for the Background, Occupation, and Profession system in MythCraft. [[Background, Occupations, and Professions]] explains all backgrounds and professions in detail. Every background allows you to gain a profession, except for the urchin background.

Backgrounds also specify that if you pick a profession with a certain occupation tag, then you gain additional Skill Points.<blockquote>'''What’s a Tag?''' Tags are referenced frequently in spells, lineage features, talents, and the like. They help to categorize them for ease of reference. See the Tags subsection for more information on tags.</blockquote>Each BOP will give you Skill Points. You can read more about how skills work in [[Skills]]. Furthermore, your BOP will give you your [[Backgrounds#Starting Gear|starting equipment]].

Finally, now that you have picked a lineage, assigned your attributes, and chosen a background (and profession if relevant), it is time to pick a talent.  

At level 1, you may pick a [[Specialization Talents|Specialization Talent]] or [[Magic Talents|Magic Entry Talent]]. Note that some talents have prerequisites that you must meet before being able to gain that talent. For example, all class talents have the prerequisite of Character Level 2.<blockquote>'''Example: Hanniah Sharptooth'''

Grant and Jake are creating Hanniah Sharptooth, and they give her the “Basic Dual Wield” talent so that she can use her handaxes more effectively.</blockquote>

Spells, talents, items, and the like might have one or more specific categorizations, or tags. These can be found in italics under the name of the talent, feature, magical ability, item, etc. Other abilities might reference these tags. “Repeatable,” “Entry,” and “Capstone” are three of the most common tags.

 

'''Entry.''' If a talent has an Entry tag, that means you must take that talent before taking any other talent in that stack.  

'''Capstone.''' Classes also have several talents with the capstone tag. Capstone talents are especially powerful ways to define your character’s greatest powers at the height of their adventuring career.  

'''Repeatable.''' If something has the repeatable tag, then that means that you can select the same feature multiple times, gaining its benefit each time.

=== Skills, Conditions, and Attack/Damage Interactions ===

'''Conditions.''' Many features, talents, and abilities interact with various conditions.. A full list of conditions and their details can be found [[Conditions|here]].

 

'''Attack/Damage Interactions.''' Several features, talents, and abilities interact with resisting damage, becoming more vulnerable to damage, or adjusting your chances to hit. Information on Resist, Vulnerable, and Immune,  as well as, abbreviations such as DR and DT can be found [[Damage|here]]. Information on TA/TD can be found [[Tactical Advantages|here]].

# '''Talent.''' Each time you level up, you gain one new talent of your choice. Note that some talents have prerequisites that you must meet before qualifying for that talent.

# '''Attribute Point.''' Increase one attribute of your choice by +1. Each time you level up, you may also reduce one of your attributes by 1 to gain another Attribute Point, potentially allowing you to increase an attribute by +2. Be sure to observe your level’s Attribute Point cap.

# '''Hit Points.''' Finally, each time you level up, you gain additional Hit Points (HP).

<blockquote>'''Example: Marcus Luxxor'''

At level 2, Marcus became a Cleric, so Nathan and Andi have access to Cleric subclass tracks. Nathan chooses for Marcus to learn the “Healing Hands” talent from the Piety track, but Andi chooses for Marcus to learn the “Sense Planar” talent from the Exorcist track.</blockquote>