Rogue

"Only four guards? I'm offended." - Avery Gray, the "Little Shadow"

Avery Gray, the "Little Shadow"

You were dealt a difficult hand. You grew up in society’s unforgiving underbelly and from an early age you had to resort to thievery or deception to find food and lodging. Through trial and error, you learned what fools people and what does not. Living in the shadows on the fringes of society, you quietly observed as other, more skilled rogues earned their illicit livelihoods. Seeking to emulate the most successful thieves and con artists, you have learned how to stay one step ahead of the law.

The most successful rogues know the other players in their game: crime lords, skilled pickpockets, charlatans, corrupt nobles, bribed guards, aspiring politicians, and the pesky incorruptible altruists among such folk. You make it your business to stay informed on all such individuals. Are there any among these scoundrels whom you would trust? Would you ever try to form a family of sorts with any of these fellow rogues, or do you find that you only trust your own intuition? Even if you would never trust another rapscallion, what offer would convince you to work alongside another individual or group to complete a job? You should always ask yourself these questions, relying on both logic and gut instinct as your answers might change on a daily or even hourly basis.

Rogue Tracks/Talents

Con. You wear identities like clothes. Capable of impersonating nearly anyone, you can pull elaborate cons.

Guild Affiliate. You are a talented poisoner and use deadly reagents to enhance your weapon attacks.

Psyblade. You have an aptitude for psionic magic and use this to silence your footfalls and improve your thievery.

Stealth Archer. You are a master of raining death on your enemies from a hidden vantage.

Subtlety. Silent as a shadow, you infiltrate and exfiltrate even well-guarded buildings with meticulous skill.

Dark Jester. Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting. They laugh and laugh, knives as sharp as their grins, always just the faintest bit confused why no one else seems to be laughing along with them.

Sleuth. Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting. Nothing escapes your keen intuition. By implementing superior deductive and inductive reasoning, you can outmaneuver and track down any foe, no matter how sly.

Core Subclass Tracks

Rogue Entry Talent

After gaining the Rogue Entry talent, you can take talents from any of the Rogue tracks.

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Rogue Entry	Character Level 2	When you take this entry talent, you gain the following abilities.. Sneak Attack. Your Sneak Attack damage increases by +1d6 (if you had no Sneak Attack, it becomes 1d6). You can apply Sneak Attack damage to a creature that you hit with a melee attack with a light weapon if you had TA against the target and no TD. You may do this once per turn.. Skilled. Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the acrobatics, influence, observation, or subterfuge tag. Well Equipped. You gain hooded common clothes, a hooded lantern, two daggers, a skullduggery kit, and one disguise of your choice.	Rogue, Class Entry

Con Track

Con Track Progression

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Confidence	Rogue Entry	You gain 1 rank in the Charlatan profession. If you already have any ranks in the Charlatan profession, you gain +3 Skill Points in Savoir Faire, and +3 Skill Points that you can spend on Empathy, Gossiping, Intimidating, Leadership, or Persuading.	Rogue, Con
Impersonate	Confidence	Your false identity now holds up to some scrutiny. After spending a day studying someone and at least a week in their area of residence, you can use the Impersonate ability Impersonate: Roll an INT/Disguise check and an INT/Forging check and take the average of the two rolls. This becomes your Identity Score. People inspecting your credentials, paperwork, or claims may make an INT roll, and if they do not beat your Identity Score, they do not get suspicious unless you give them a clear reason to be suspicious. You may have one active identity. You can only repeat your Disguise and Forging check by spending another day with the person and another week in their area of residence A creature inspecting you gains a bonus to their INT roll if circumstances allow. They use the highest bonus they qualify for. Bonus Reason +5 You have just done something very suspicious +20 You are within 5 miles of the home of the person you are impersonating +30 The person inspecting has heard of or knows about the person you are impersonating +40 The person inspecting has been fooled by a different identity before +50 The person inspecting has met the person you're impersonating before +70 The person inspecting has met the person you're impersonating in the last year The creature automatically beats your score if they have interacted with the person that you are impersonating in the last month, the person you are impersonating is a well known individual in the area you’re in, or the inspector knows the individual that you are impersonating personally	Rogue, Con
Master of Disguise	Impersonate	Repeatable. You gain +3 to Disguising and +3 to Forging checks	Rogue, Con, Repeatable
Additional Identities	Impersonate	Repeatable. You may have an additional identity. It takes you one hour to switch between identities	Rogue, Con, Repeatable
Better Identities	Impersonate	Repeatable. You gain +5 to your Identity Score.	Rogue, Con, Repeatable
Sturdier Identities	Impersonate	Repeatable. You gain +10 to your Identity Score when the inspector has any number of circumstantial bonuses.	Rogue, Con, Repeatable
Quicker Identites	Impersonate	You may shortcut the 1 week requirement for identities and take a -5 on your Forgery check per day skipped (Max -30).	Rogue, Con
Betrayal	Impersonate	If you attack someone who is Completely Surprised and has been fooled by your identity, that attack is an automatic crit and deals maximum damage.	Rogue, Con
Charming Identity	Impersonate	You may attempt to Charm someone who has been fooled by your Identity. Make a CHA roll vs LOG. If you hit, they treat you as a friendly acquaintance for 1 minute, and do not know they have been Charmed. This does not work if the creature is in combat.	Rogue, Con
Leave it to Luck	Con 5	Gain the Coin Toss ability. Coin Toss. (½ LUCK/Rest) Your next d20 roll becomes a 50/50 chance. If you roll an odd number, treat it as a 1. If you roll an even number, treat it as a 20.	Rogue, Con
Fool's Strike	Leave it to Luck	Repeatable. You gain an additional Sneak Attack die against creatures while you are disguised and your target does not know your true identity. You can take this talent up to six times.	Rogue, Con, Repeatable
How Dare You	Leave it to Luck	People inspecting your identity must subtract your Savoir Faire from their INT roll.	Rogue, Con
Leave it to Luck II	Leave it to Luck	Your Coin Toss ability becomes LUCK/Rest.	Rogue, Con
Jammy	Leave it to Luck	Your total number of Luck Points per day is equal to your LUCK.	Rogue, Con
Slippery	Leave it to Luck	You can now spend 2 Luck Points to force a creature that you can see within 30 ft of you to reroll a d20 after they make an attack roll or after they inspect your identity	Rogue, Con
Catch Me if You Can	Leave it to Luck	If you have at least 1 Luck Point when you are reduced to 0 HP, you can regain 1 HP and immediately move 40 ft without provoking reactive actions. Doing so costs all of your remaining Luck Points.	Rogue, Con
Play Dead	Leave it to Luck	If you have at least 1 Luck Point when you hit 0 HP you can regain 1 HP and pretend to be dead. You begin Catching your Breath when you do this. Additionally, make a CHA/ Performance roll vs the LOG of each creature that can see you. If you hit more than half the witnesses, then you are believed to be dead (or the identity that you are currently using is believed to be dead).	Rogue, Con
Master of Disguise II	Leave it to Luck, Master of Disguise	You gain +3 In Savoir Faire and +3 Skill Points that you can spend on any skill with the influence tag.	Rogue, Con
Check it Again	Leave it to Luck	You may now spend 1 Luck Point to force a creature to reroll their INT check made to overcome your Identity Score.	Rogue, Con
Frame	Leave it to Luck	You can now abandon an identity after you attempt a Rug Pull using the rank 5 Charlatan ability. There is a 50% chance that the blame will fall on the person you were impersonating instead of you.	Rogue, Con
Conman Extraordinaire	Con 14	Who exactly are you? No one knows. Your original identity has been completely erased from all records and only the people closest to you might know your real name. You may now attempt a grand impersonation. When someone inspects you, they gain no bonus from having heard of the person that you are impersonating or from having met them before. People who personally know the creature you are impersonating will only find you out if they can see you and are within 30 ft of you. Your Grand Impersonation only lasts for 24 hours, and you may only attempt a Grand Impersonation once a week. After 24 hours, future inspections gain a +40 bonus to their roll. Level 30: The final cap for your CHA increases from 12 to 14.	Rogue, Con, Capstone

Guild Affiliate Track

Guild Affiliate Track Progression

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Guild Member	Rogue Entry Incompatible: Disciple of the Divine, Initiate of the Occult, Warden of the Primal	You join Harlan’s Guild (or another guild, as specified by your MC.) You may only gain the benefits of this talent after Taking a Rest in an area of civilization such as a town or village. You swear off all deific influence. You gain access to three poisons, and can keep one vial of each on your person. A vial is enough for three doses of each poison. You may only refill these by Taking a Rest in a populated area. You learn how to identify fellow members of the guild who can provide this service to you, as well as clue you in to potential contracts. If you break your oath, you may no longer refill your poisons until reparations have been made. You can spend 1 AP to coat a weapon that has the Light property. The first vials are free, but new vials cost 20 sc each Drake’s Breath: Your attacks have a 50% chance to deal an extra 1d6 fire damage for 1 minute. The extra damage occurs on odd-numbered attack rolls. Ice Blood: The first target struck with a weapon coated in this poison must make an END check with a DC of 10 at the start of their turns for the next 1 minute. On any turn where they fail, they gain the Chilled condition. A creature with a ML instead loses one of the actions on their actions list. Harlan’s Breach: Your attacks ignore all Resist properties, as well as Immune Blunt, Immune Sharp, and Immune Physical for 1 minute.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Find a Weak Spot	Guild Member	Once per turn, you may target a creature’s FORT instead of their AR.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Find a Weak Spot II	Find Weak Spot	Repeatable (even levels only). You gain an additional Sneak Attack die whenever you use Sneak Attack and Weak Spot together.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate, Repeatable (even levels only)
Find a Weak Spot III	Find Weak Spot II	Repeatable (odd levels only). (1/Catch Breath) If your Weak Spot attack hits, you may move 5 ft for free. This movement does not provoke reactive attacks. Each time you take this talent again, gain +2 uses /Catch Breath	Rogue, Guild Affiliate, Repeatable (odd levels only)
Find a Weak Spot IV	Find Weak Spot III	Weak Spot attacks that exceed the target’s FORT by 5 or more cause Bleeding 1d4 for 1d6 rounds.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Find a Weak Spot V	Find Weak Spot IV	Your Weak Spot attacks gain +1 crit range.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Garrote	Guild Member	Gain the Garrote ability. Garrote. (1/Rest) By spending 3 AP, you may make a DEX vs ANT attack against a creature who cannot see you and is in melee distance. On a hit, you begin a special grapple that requires both of your hands. You can take no actions other than movement. Otherwise this follows the normal Grappled rules. If their ML is less than half your character level, they are rendered Helpless and begin Suffocating while Grappled in this way. Otherwise, the creature is Silenced and Staggered while Grappled in this way.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Rogue Maneuvers	Guild Member	Your range for thrown weapons is doubled and thrown weapons can now trigger Sneak Attack.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Hamstring	Rogue Maneuvers, Guild Affiliate 5	Gain the Hamstring Ability. Hamstring. When a creature leaves your melee reach, you can attack with a melee weapon by spending 2 Reactive AP. On a hit, that target’s movement is halved until the end of their turn.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Quick Strike	Rogue Maneuvers, Guild Affiliate 5	Gain the Quick Strike ability. Quick Strike. When you hit a creature with a melee attack, you may spend 2 AP to teleport to another unoccupied space within 5 ft of the creature you attacked.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Prepatory Strike	Rogue Maneuvers, Guild Affiliate 5	Gain the Preparatory Strike ability. Preparatory Strike. Make a weapon attack against a creature and then end your turn immediately. You add a bonus to your physical defenses until the beginning of your next turn. The bonus equals the number of AP you have remaining to use reactively	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Evasive Throw	Rogue Maneuvers, Guild Affiliate 5	Gain Evasive Throw ability. Evasive Throw. Spend 1 additional AP as a part of a thrown weapon attack. If it hits, you gain +2 to your mental defenses against that creature and take no damage when the creature misses you if you would otherwise take half damage	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Quick Throw	Rogue Maneuvers, Guild Affiliate 5	You can now make a ranged thrown attack as a part of drawing a concealed weapon. If the creature is Partially Surprised it automatically hits. If the creature is Completely Surprised it automatically hits and crits.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Aimed Strike	Guild Member	Spend 1 additional AP on an attack to gain TA on that attack.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Aimed Strike II	Aimed Strike	When using Aimed Strike, roll 2d20 and keep the higher result.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Tactical Superiority	Aimed Strike	Your Aimed Strikes deal +1 damage. Additionally, when you have one source of TA, you can ignore two sources of TD, potentially allowing you to use Sneak Attack.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Tactical Superiority II	Tactical Superiority	Your Aimed Strikes deal +1 damage. Additionally, when you have one source of TA, you can ignore three sources of TD.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Tactical Superiority III	Tactical Superiority II	Your Aimed Strikes deal +1 damage. Additionally, when you have one source of TA, you can ignore all sources of TD.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Poisoner	Guild Member	You may now apply poison to ammunition.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Drake's Breath Preference	Poisoner	You may replace Ice Blood or Harlan’s Breach with extra vials of Drake’s Breath when you refill your poisons.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Drake's Breath Efficiency	Poisoner	You can get four doses from a vial of Drake’s Breath.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Drake's Breath Efficacy	Poisoner	Drake’s Breath becomes 2d6 fire damage.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Lingering Drake's Breath	Poisoner	Drake’s Breath lasts for 2 minutes.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Drake's Breath Ammunition	Poisoner	You can apply Drake’s Breath to a quiver of up to 20 arrows or a case of up to 20 bolts, but the duration remains unchanged.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Drake's Breath Expertise	Poisoner	You can now add your INT to Drake’s Breath damage.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Ice Blood Preference	Poisoner	You may replace Drake’s Breath or Harlan’s Breach with extra vials of Ice Blood when you refill your poisons.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Ice Blood Efficiency	Poisoner	You can get four doses from a vial of Ice Blood.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Ice Blood Efficacy	Poisoner	Ice Blood’s DC becomes your INT+10.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Lingering Ice Blood	Poisoner	Ice Blood lasts for 2 minutes.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Ice Blood Ammunition	Poisoner	You can now apply Ice Blood to a quiver of up to 20 arrows or a case of up to 20 bolts, but the duration remains unchanged.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Harlan's Breach Preference	Poisoner	You may replace Drake’s Breath or Ice Blood with extra vials of Harlan’s Breach when you refill your poisons.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Harlan's Breach Efficiency	Poisoner	You can get five doses from a vial of Harlan’s Breach.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Harlan's Breach Efficacy	Poisoner	Any creature struck with Harlan’s Breach loses its Resist properties until the beginning of its next turn.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Lingering Harlan's Breach	Poisoner	Harlan’s Breach lasts for 2 minutes.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Harlan's Breach Ammunition	Poisoner	You can apply Harlan’s Breach to a quiver of up to 20 arrows or a case of up to 20 bolts, but the duration remains unchanged.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate
Guildmaster	Guild Affiliate 14	You are an individual of great renown among the shadowy underbelly of Ancerra. Commanding entire operations for your guild, approving new members, and handling the most sensitive of issues. You gain two vials of each of the three poisons when you Take a Rest in a populated area, and refilling them is free. Once per week, you can have a guild representative meet you where you are camping for refills, assuming your location is accessible without major magic or combat. The representative will not partake in combat or favors for you, but may take messages back to the nearest town if you request it. Level 30: You gain one additional vial of each of the three poisons from this track each time you restock.	Rogue, Guild Affiliate, Capstone

Psyblade Track

Psyblade Track Progression

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Psyblade Focus	Rogue Entry	You gain the Adept of the Psionic talent if you do not already have it. INT is your magic attribute. Each time you level up and spend your Talent Point on a talent in the Psyblade track, you gain +5 SP and +1 Psionic Power	Rogue, Psyblade
Soul Knife	Psyblade Focus	Regardless of your Aptitude, Create Weapon costs you 0 SP to cast, and 0 AP to resummon a Light weapon.	Rogue, Psyblade
Soul Rend	Psyblade Focus	Gain the Soul Rend ability. Soul Rend. (INT/Rest) When you deal psychic damage to a creature, it can no longer regain HP until the beginning of its next turn.	Rogue, Psyblade
Psychic Bond	Psyblade Focus	Gain the Psychic Bond ability. Psychic Bond. (INT/Rest) Choose an ally within 30 ft of you and spend 2 AP. Gain TA on enemies that take damage from that ally during the duration. This ability lasts for 1 minute.	Rogue, Psyblade
Psychic Strike	Psyblade Focus	(INT/Rest) If you would miss an attack roll, you may spend SP to add to your attack roll total at a rate of 1 SP per +2.	Rogue, Psyblade
Mind Spike	Psyblade Focus	Your attacks and spells that deal psychic damage may now deal Sneak Attack damage.	Rogue, Psyblade
Improved Mind Spike	Mind Spike	You gain +1 Sneak Attack die when dealing psychic damage.	Rogue, Psyblade
Space Bend	Psyblade Focus	(½ INT/Rest) When you would be the victim of damage that affects more than one creature, you may teleport to an unoccupied space up to 15 ft away, but you start your next turn with 3 fewer AP.	Rogue, Psyblade
Psyblade Focus II	Psyblade 5	You can now choose if the weapons created by your Create Weapon are visible, invisible, or shed bright light in a 15 ft radius and dim light for an additional 15 ft.	Rogue, Psyblade
Soul Knife II	Psyblade Focus II, Soul Knife	(INT/Recoup) You may now spend 1 AP to teleport to a thrown weapon from Create Weapon once per turn.	Rogue, Psyblade
Soul Rend II	Psyblade Focus II, Soul Rend	Soul Rend now lasts until the end of the creature’s turn	Rogue, Psyblade
Psychic Bond II	Psyblade Focus II, Psychic Bond	Psychic Bond now grants TA to your ally against creatures that you have damaged during the duration. Additionally, you can communicate telepathically with your Psychic Bond.	Rogue, Psyblade
Psychic Bond III	Psyblade Bond II	While the TA benefit only extends to one ally, you can include up to eight willing creatures that you can see when communicating telepathically. One of these creatures must be the ally that you chose to gain TA.	Rogue, Psyblade
Enlightened Mind	Psyblade Focus II	(½ INT/Rest) Spells with a range of self or touch cost you fewer AP: subtract your INT from the APC (min 1 APC).	Rogue, Psyblade
Piercing Strike	Psyblade Focus II	Your attacks ignore Resist Psychic.	Rogue, Psyblade
Psychic Scream	Psyblade Focus II	Gain the Psychic Scream ability. Psychic Scream. (3/Rest) Spend 3 AP to make an INT vs LOG attack against all creatures within 5 ft of you. On a hit, deal 1d4+INT psychic damage and the creature cannot take reactive actions until after their next turn.	Rogue, Psyblade
Psionic Armor	Psyblade Focus II	(INT/Rest) You may use your LOG in place of your ANT or WILL when a creature attacks your ANT or WILL.	Rogue, Psyblade
Master Psyblade	Psyblade 14	Your hardened capacity to manipulate the world around you with a mere thought is something of an urban legend among cons and crooks. Even some circles of spellcasters whisper your name with wonder. If you have zero uses of Soul Rend or Psychic Scream and a creature attacks but misses your LOG, you regain one use of Soul Rend or Psychic Scream. If you have zero uses of both, you can choose which one. Level 30: You now also regain uses of Soul Rend or Psychic Scream if you’re using your LOG against a WILL or ANT attack using Psionic Armor.	Rogue, Psyblade, Capstone

Subtlety Track

Subtlety Track Progression

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Vanish	Rogue Entry	You may roll 2d20 and take the higher result when attempting to hide.	Rogue, Subtlety
Shadow Hop	Vanish	You may now move between sources of Cover and concealment, and do not lose the Unseen condition from moving into line of sight in Dim Light unless you end your movement out of Cover or concealment.	Rogue, Subtlety
Scale the Balcony	Vanish	You gain +3 Athletics when climbing, which increases to a +6 while you have a Climber Kit. Additionally, once per turn when you spend AP to move in combat, you gain a climb speed equal to your speed.	Rogue, Subtlety
Keep Quiet	Vanish	Being struck by a melee attack no longer causes you to lose the Unseen condition. While you are Unseen, ranged attackers do not know if they hit you with a ranged attack or spell.	Rogue, Subtlety
Sidestep	Vanish	If you are Unseen and a creature who is hostile to you or neutral to you would walk through your space, you may move 5 ft to get out of their way. If you have the Scale the Balcony talent, this movement may include climbing.	Rogue, Subtlety
Blink of an Eye	Vanish	On any turn where you take the Move action two times, your attempts to take the Hide action while in Total Cover automatically succeed.	Rogue, Subtlety
BlackJack	Vanish	Gain the Blackjack ability. Blackjack. By spending 5 AP, deal 20 nonlethal blunt damage to a creature who is Completely Surprised. If a single instance of this ability renders the creature Unconscious, you do not need to roll to retain the Complete Surprise condition.	Rogue, Subtlety
Sprint	Vanish	When you gain the Unseen condition, you may immediately take the move action for 0 AP.	Rogue, Subtlety
Shadow Assault	Vanish	You gain an additional Sneak Attack die while you are Unseen.	Rogue, Subtlety
In the Dark	Subtlety 5	When you are in Darkness, you are Unseen to creatures who are relying on Darkvision to see you.	Rogue, Subtlety
Shadow Hop II	In the Dark, Shadow Hop	The first attack you make on your turn does not cause you to lose the Unseen condition.	Rogue, Subtlety
Born in Darkness	In the Dark	Gain the Born of Darkness ability. Born of Darkness. By spending 4 AP, suppress all conditions of your choice for 1 minute and move up to your speed. If you end this movement in Cover or being Concealed, gain the Unseen condition. If you end one of your next six turns without the Unseen condition, all of your suppressed conditions return.	Rogue, Subtlety
Shadow Mastery	In the Dark	When you are in dim light you do not lose the Unseen condition by entering Line of Sight for creatures who do not have Darkvision.	Rogue, Subtlety
Fellow Inhabitant	In the Dark	If you spend 30 seconds in combat observing a creature, you learn if they have Darkvision and if they have any other remarkable source of non-magical perception.	Rogue, Subtlety
Shadow Trick	In the Dark	If a creature you can see attempts to target a square they think you are in, and you are within 5 ft of that square, you may spend 1 AP reactively to make them believe they hit you, and then take a 5 ft step. This trick lasts until the beginning of your next turn. Each time they target that space they must beat your LOG with their INT to know you are not in that space.	Rogue, Subtlety
Shadow Assault II	In the Dark, Shadow Assault	Repeatable. You gain an additional Sneak Attack die while you are Unseen. You may take this talent up to five times.	Rogue, Subtlety, Repeatable
Vanish II	In the Dark, Vanish	(INT/Rest) You automatically succeed your Hide roll while you are in Darkness or Total Cover.	Rogue, Subtlety
Shadowstep	In the Dark	You can now pass through 5 ft of bright light without losing the Unseen condition.	Rogue, Subtlety
Quiet One	In the Dark	You gain +10 to Eavesdropping while you are Unseen. This can exceed the normal cap of 20 for a skill, but cannot exceed 25.	Rogue, Subtlety
Master of Shadow	In the Dark, Subtlety 14	Your true identity is a mystery, and only the most powerful and knowledgeable of Ancerra know of your existence at all. You are a creature of shadow, coming and going as you please. You are now considered Unseen by creatures without Darkvision, and Concealed by creatures with Darkvision, whenever you are not in bright light, unless you chose to be seen. Level 30: You have learned how to simulate your own shadows by placing yourself where bright light will assail the eyes of any who look for you. When you are in bright light, you are considered Concealed, unless you choose to be seen.	Rogue, Subtlety, Capstone

Stealth Archer Talents

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Aimed Shot	Rogue Entry	You can spend 1 additional AP to give yourself TA on a target that is Flanked	Rogue, Stealth Archer
Shadow Shot	Rogue Entry	If your target is at least 45 ft away, firing a silent ranged weapon does not cause you to lose the Unseen condition. This does not work with ranged weapons that produce concussive noise.	Rogue, Stealth Archer
Shadow Shot Range	Shadow Shot	Shadow Shot becomes: If your target is at least 35 ft away	Rogue, Stealth Archer
Silent Shot	Rogue Entry	Your ranged weapon attacks can now apply Sneak Attack damage if your target is within 30 ft of you and you have TA.	Rogue, Stealth Archer
Silent Shot Range	Silent Shot	Repeatable. Your ranged weapon attacks can apply Sneak Attack damage 10 ft further than they previously could.	Rogue, Stealth Archer, Repeatable
Improved Silent Shot	Silent Shot	Repeatable. You gain an additional Sneak Attack die when making a ranged weapon attack. You can take this talent up to five times.	Rogue, Stealth Archer, Repeatable

Additional Subclass Tracks

Dark Jester Track

Source: Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting

At the dawn of creation, the start of all things, an entity called the Toymaker— so the story goes— began telling a joke. What followed has been every twist & turn of that joke’s long, long setup. The birth and death of gods, the rise and fall of empires, every love and heartbreak, every speck of dust in the cosmos... all just the little details necessary to make sure that the ending— the punchline— is a real killer. Death has been listening to this joke since the beginning. Some actually think the Toymaker is telling the joke to Death, that the whole affair is ultimately for an audience of one.

This is the Catechism of the Clown, a secret teaching amongst a group of scattered mummers and merrymakers some call the Dark Jesters. They are laughing shadows who’ve been clued into the Toymaker’s joke, originally by Death themself (if the Jesters can actually be believed, that is). They listen along, and enthusiastically add flourishes of their own: a justly deserved end here, a cruel irony there, a dagger in the back, a rictus smile. They laugh and laugh, knives as sharp as their grins, always just the faintest bit confused why no one else seems to be laughing along with them.

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Catechism of the Clown	Rogue Entry	Gain +4 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills with the acrobatics, performance, or subterfuge tag. You gain a jester’s motley and a special dagger called the Pugnale del Pagliacci, the Clowns’ Dagger. This weapon can look however you wish, but usually has the image of an open-mouthed skull etched or engraved somewhere on it. The Pugnale has the concealed tag. The Pugnale is designed to blend in especially well with the folds and padding of your jester’s outfit. It cannot be spotted when concealed on your person while wearing your jester’s motley, only via a thorough pat-down of your person. For all Dark Jester talents, if a talent references a magic attack, use CHA if you do not have a magic attribute.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Killer Punchline	Catechism of the Clown	Once per turn when you damage a Bloodied creature, you inflict additional damage equal to your CHA.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Frightful Facade	Killer Punchline	Gain the Face of Fear ability. Face of Fear (2/Rest). When you inflict damage on a Bloodied creature or cause a creature to become Bloodied, you may immediately make a CHA attack against their ANT. On a hit, the creature is Broken until the end of your next turn.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Killer Punchline II	Frightful Facade	Gain the Dark Jokes ability. Dark Jokes (2/Recoup). When you inflict bonus damage using your Killer Punchline talent, you can increase the damage by +1d6.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Venomous Humor	Catechism of the Clown	Your connection to the Cosmic Joke and obsession with Death has allowed you to manifest an otherworldly toxin upon your blades. Gain the Deadly Prank ability. Deadly Prank (2/Rest). When you attack a creature with an attack that would inflict Sneak Attack damage, you can choose to change all damage inflicted by that attack to toxic.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Venomous Humor II	Venomous Humor	When you use Deadly Prank to inflict toxic damage against a creature without Resist Toxic or Immune Toxic, you may treat them as if they have Vulnerable Toxic 1 for that attack. If the target has Resist Toxic, you can reduce the Resist rating by -1 (min of Resist Toxic 1) for that attack.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Laughing Shadow	Catechism of the Clown	Gain the Horrid Duplication ability. Horrid Duplication (2/Rest). For 3 AP you may create a perfect illusory duplicate of yourself woven from the threads of your own shadow in an unoccupied space within 30 ft. While this duplicate is manifested, neither you nor it cast a shadow. This illusion lasts for 1 minute, but can be dismissed early on your turn for free. For 1 AP on your turn, you may move the duplicate up to 30 ft, though it must always stay within 90 ft of you. You may only have one Horrid Duplication active at a time. Using this ability again while you already have an illusory duplicate active will destroy the original duplicate and replace it with the newly created one. If both you and your duplicate are adjacent to a creature, you gain +1 TA to attacks against that creature. If your duplicate is attacked, it uses your defenses; being an illusion it is immune to all conditions, but if it suffers damage it is destroyed. It has Resist 1 against area of effect attacks and spells, and does not take damage from attacks that miss it, even if they would normally deal reduced damage on a miss.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Jester's Privilege	Laughing Shadow	While you have an illusory duplicate active from the Horrid Duplication ability, you are Protected.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Laughing Shadow II	Jester's Privilege	Gain the Cacophony of Laughter ability. Cacophony of Laughter (1/Recoup). A nightmarish chuckle echoes out of you, causing minds to fracture and spirits to crumble. For 2 AP, make a magic attack against the ANT of any creature within 15 ft of you. If you have an illusory duplicate from Horrid Duplication active and within 30 ft of you, you can spend +2 AP on this attack to target an additional creature within 15 ft of your duplicate. On a hit, the creature is Demoralized until the start of their next turn.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Terror Toys	Killer Punchline II, Venomous Humor II, and Laughing Shadow II	Gain the Special Delivery ability. Special Delivery. You may spend 1 Reactive AP whenever your illusory double from Horrid Duplication is destroyed or dismissed. If you do so, a magically conjured trap that takes the shape of a gift-wrapped box is left in its place. If a hostile creature starts its turn or moves within 5 ft of the trap, the trap is triggered, causing a diminutive puppet version of yourself to pop out of the box and emit a soul- piercing shriek before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Make a magic attack against the triggering enemy’s ANT. On a hit, deal 2d6 psychic damage and the enemy is Frightened of you for up to 1 minute, or until you attack them.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Noxious Mind	Terror Toys	Your WILL increases by +1. Gain the Mindfreak ability. Mindfreak. You may spend 1 Reactive AP whenever you’re hit by an attack that targets one of your mental defenses. Make a magic attack against the ANT of the creature that attacked you. On a hit, deal 1d6 psychic damage and the creature is Shaken until the end of its next turn.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Frightful Facade II	Killer Punchline II	As long as they are within melee reach, you have +1 TA against Bloodied creatures and creatures that are Frightened of you.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Killer Punchline III	Frightful Facade II	When you inflict Sneak Attack damage against a creature that is suffering from the Frightened condition inflicted by you, add +1 Sneak Attack die.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Murderclown	Killer Punchline III or Noxious Mind	Your melee attacks have +1 TA and gain +1 Sneak Attack die against creatures that have their max HP.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Jester's Privilege II	Laughing Shadow II	Gain the Poof! Ability. Poof! (1/Recoup) You may spend 1 Reactive AP when you’re hit by an attack while you have an illusory duplicate from the Horrid Duplication ability active and within 30 ft of you. The attack misses you, and you and your duplicate teleport to each other’s spaces, swapping places. Your duplicate is automatically destroyed by this action.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Laughing Shadow III	Jester's Privilege II	The cost of Horrid Duplication becomes 2 AP and becomes 3/Rest. When you use Poof!, you create a cloud of magical smoke at your teleportation destination that causes you to become Concealed until the start of your next turn. This cloud only occupies your space, and doesn’t affect any other creatures.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Lethal Laughter	Laughing Shadow III or Noxious Mind	Gain +1 use of Cacophony of Laughter per Recoup. Creatures Demoralized by your Cacophony of Laughter remain Demoralized for 1 minute.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Toxic Talent	Noxious Mind	Once per turn when you inflict toxic damage, increase that damage by an amount equal to your CHA. Creatures that have suffered toxic damage from you have their AR and physical defenses reduced by −1 until the start of your next turn.	Rogue, Dark Jester
Serrated Smiles	Toxic Talent, Dark Jester 14	You are a dark and legendary nightmare. The ragged, bloody trail you’ve walked and carved. Behind your smile, darkness lurks & hides there. And Death, you’ve made sure, is not to be starved. Gain the Now You See Me and The Killings Will Continue abilities. Now You See Me (1/Rest). When you roll Initiative, you can choose to teleport up to 30 ft and become Unseen. You lose this condition when you make any attack or at the end of your first turn. The Killings Will Continue (1/Rest). When you kill a creature with a ML equal to or greater than 1⁄2 of your level, you may regain +1 use of any Dark Jester ability that has its uses tracked in Rests (except this one), and immediately gain 2 AP. Level 30: Whenever you gain TA from a Dark Jester talent, you gain +2 TA instead of +1. If you have at least double the TA bonus of your TD penalty, you may inflict Sneak Attack even if you have TD. Your total bonus is still calculated with the TD modifier, but you are able to use Sneak Attack despite the presence of the TD.	Rogue, Dark Jester, Capstone

Sleuth Track

Source: Harker's Guide to Vampire Hunting

Nothing escapes your keen intuition. By implementing superior deductive and inductive reasoning, you can outmaneuver and track down any foe, no matter how sly.

Talent	PreReq	Description	Tags
Building the Case	Rogue Entry	By collecting evidence, you can build a case file to learn more about humanoid or monstrous suspects. The following list of skills are considered your “Evidence Skills.” Influence: Deceiving, Empathy, Gossiping, Intimidating, Persuading Knowledge: Biology, Chemistry, Medicine* Luck: Fortuity Observation: Appraising, Eavesdropping, Intuiting, Investigating, Perceiving Stamina: Menacing Survival: Foraging, Nature, Tracking Gain +2 Investigating and +2 in one other Evidence Skill. Whenever you make an attribute check and use an Evidence Skill, if you succeed on the check, you gain +1 Evidence. If you gained this Evidence in a settled area, it is considered “Humanoid Evidence.” If you gathered this Evidence in the wilderness, it is considered “Monstrous Evidence.” The max Evidence you can have at one time is 2xINT (min 2) + your number of Rogue talents. On your turn in combat, you may spend 1 AP to declare a creature within 60 ft of you the Culprit. When you declare a creature the Culprit, and once on each of your subsequent turns for 1 AP, you may spend Evidence to gain a bonus against the Culprit, choosing from the following options. You must spend Humanoid evidence if it is a humanoid, and Monstrous Evidence if it is a non-humanoid. Anticipate (1 Evidence): Gain +1 mental defenses against the Culprit for 1 minute. Outmaneuver (1 Evidence): Gain +1 TA against the Culprit until the end of your next turn. Analyze (2 Evidence): Learn the creature's Traits, if any. You may only have one Culprit at a time, and may only declare a Culprit 1/Recoup. Once you declare a Culprit, you lose any mechanical bonuses against previous Culprits, though you retain any information you learned about their mechanics and abilities.	Rogue, Sleuth
Insider's Knowledge	Building the Case	Choose any two skills with the crafting or knowledge tag. Gain +2 in each of these skills. These skills become Evidence Skills for you if they were not already.	Rogue, Sleuth, Repeatable
Impeccable Mind	Building the Case	Gain +6 Skill Points that you can spend on any skills that are classified as an Evidence Skill.	Rogue, Sleuth, Repeatable
Suspect Profile	Building the Case	When a Culprit survives a social or combat encounter with you, you may record their name as a Suspect. You have no limit on the number of Suspects you can have. When you engage in combat against a Suspect, you gain 4 free Evidence against that Suspect, but can still only use this Evidence if it is the active Culprit. You lose any excess Evidence that you got from this talent at the end of combat. For the purposes of your Suspect Profile, a social encounter is a meaningful interaction at least five minutes in length. At their discretion, your MC may adjust this definition based on the situation, perhaps changing the requisite duration.	Rogue, Sleuth
Heinous Accusation	Suspect Profile	Gain the Heinous Accusation attack. Heinous Accusation (1/Rest): (2 AP and 4 Humanoid Evidence) You may make a devastating criticism of a humanoid that you can see. Make an INT attack against a humanoid within 60 ft of you, targeting their WILL. On a hit, deal 1d12 psychic damage, the target cannot Charm or Enthrall any creature for 1 minute, and the target loses 2 Goodwill of your choice.	Rogue, Sleuth
Elementary, My Dear	Heinous Accusation	You can spend Evidence to gain additional benefits in regards to your Culprits or Suspects. You may spend 5 Evidence to cast Compel Truth, Detect Thoughts, or Detect Truth, targeting one Culprit or Suspect. This is considered nonmagical, so magic cast in this way ignores antimagic fields, nondetection wards, and the like.	Rogue, Sleuth
Follow the Trail	Elementary, My Dear	When making a skill check using an Evidence Skill with the knowledge, observation, or survival tag, you may extrapolate conclusions. If you fail the check, you may spend 1-5 Evidence to gain +2 to your roll per Evidence spent. The Evidence must be Humanoid if you are in a settled area, or Monstrous if you are in wilderness.	Rogue, Sleuth
Esprit de Corp	Follow the Trail	You know a sort of shorthand that you can use in conversation with law enforcement and private security personnel, including guards, bouncers, and the like. By spending twice as long having a conversation as you otherwise would, you can communicate a coded message such as learning which areas of town are most likely to have suspicious characters.	Rogue, Sleuth
Brain Fuel	Esprit de Corp or Informant Network	While under the influence of alcohol or psychoactive drugs, suffer a -2 to all AWR and CHA based d20 rolls. Your ANT and WILL suffer a -1 penalty during this time. Gain +2 to all END and INT based d20 rolls and to your FORT and LOG. Additionally, you gain +1 Luck Point that expires once you are sober.	Rogue, Sleuth
Informant Network	Follow the Trail	When you are in a settled area, you may spend 10 sc to establish an informant. You may have a number of informants equal to your INT+CHA (min 1). (1/Week). While in this settled area, you may meet with your informant and pay 2 sc to learn some of the latest gossip in regards to the most powerful individuals in the area, gaining +2 Humanoid Evidence.	Rogue, Sleuth
Undercover	Informant Network or Esprit de Corp	Gain +4 Disguising*. When you are disguised and you gain Humanoid Evidence, make a Disguising check. If it was higher than the AWR/Perceiving check of any potentially hostile humanoid that you interacted with, gain +2 Evidence.	Rogue, Sleuth
Overwhelming Evidence	Sleuth 6	You gain the following additional ways to spend Evidence against Culprits. Duck and Roll (1 Evidence): The creature cannot attack you reactively until the end of your current turn. Crack (2 Evidence): If you hit on this turn and can deal Sneak Attack damage, add +2 Sneak Attack dice. Perfect Strike (2 Evidence): Target a creature’s unmodified AR, ignoring Evasive and similar modifications to their AR.	Rogue, Sleuth
Overwhelming Evidence II	Overwhelming Evidence	Your Anticipate, Outmaneuver, and Analyze abilities become stronger. Anticipate (1 Evidence): Gain +1 to AR, physical, and mental defenses against the Culprit for 1 minute. Outmaneuver (1 Evidence): Gain +2 TA against the creature until the end of your next turn. Analyze (2 Evidence): Learn the creature’s Traits, if any. Also learn which damage and conditions the creature has Resist or Immune against.	Rogue, Sleuth
Concealed Carry	Overwhelming Evidence II	Ranged weapons with the light tag also have the concealed tag for you.	Rogue, Sleuth
Quick Draw	Concealed Carry	The first time you use a ranged weapon with the concealed tag in Initiative, it only costs 1 AP and you have +1 TA on the attack roll. If you make this attack against a Surprised creature, you may spend 4 Evidence to turn a hit into a crit. The target need not be a Culprit in order for you to spend Evidence in this way.	Rogue, Sleuth
Trick Shot	Quick Draw	When making a ranged attack with ammunition, if the target of your attack has Cover, you may attempt to ricochet the ammunition. If there is a wall, ceiling, or another object that is not currently offering the creature cover, but is large enough to do so, and that structure is within 5 ft of your target creature, you may ignore their Cover. Doing so costs you 2 Evidence, but the target need not be a Culprit in order for you to spend Evidence in this way.	Rogue, Sleuth
Enhanced Caseload	Sleuth 12	You may have a number of active Culprits equal to 1⁄2 your INT.	Rogue, Sleuth
Quick Study	Enhanced Caseload	Gain the following additional ways to spend Evidence against Culprits. Quick Study (2 Evidence): Learn if a creature is your superior, inferior, or equal in each of its physical and mental attributes. Spot Weakness (3 Evidence): Learn if a creature has any Vulnerabilities, DR, or DT.	Rogue, Sleuth
Analytical Combatant	Quick Study	When you crit or crit fail, or when a creature crits or crit fails against you, you gain +1 Evidence. The Evidence is Humanoid or Monstrous based on whether the creature is humanoid or not.	Rogue, Sleuth
Labyrinthian Mind	Analytical Combatant	Gain the following additional ways to spend Evidence against Culprits. Outwit (2 Evidence): You may end the Charmed or Enthralled condition on yourself if a Culprit is the source of the condition. Befuddle (6 Evidence): You may use the Outwit ability (without paying its additional Evidence cost). Furthermore, make an INT attack against the WILL of the creature that imposed the condition on you, provided that you are within 60 ft of it. On a hit, the creature is Staggered until the end of your next turn. Discombobulate (10 Evidence): This ability costs 3 AP, instead of the typical 1 AP. Make an INT attack against the LOG of a Culprit within 60 ft of you. On a hit, the creature is Staggered for 1 minute. If you miss, it is Staggered until the end of your next turn. Level 30: You have no Evidence, Culprit, or Suspect limit.	Rogue, Sleuth, Capstone