Advanced Skills

Alchemy

(Skills must be unlocked sequentially)

Alchemy allows you to create powerful Elixirs, Bombs, and Balms via different processes.

Requirements: Spellcasting, Monsters, Medicine (3)
Research Method: Skillbook

About Alchemy

Alchemy requires Components & Effective Hours to create essences. Most components are found in Monster Blood, which can be harvested and stored in vials.

Skills

Common Transmuting
Common Catalysis
Common Distilling
Premium Transmuting
Premium Catalysis
Premium Distilling
Supreme Transmuting
Supreme Catalysis
Supreme Distilling
Peak Transmuting

Common Transmuting

Difficulty: 10
Effective Hours: 6
Effect: Turns Monster Blood into a powerful Elixir. Properties depend on the blood’s origin. Requires a Cauldron.

Common Catalysis

Difficulty: 10
Effective Hours: 3
Effect: Turns Elixirs into Bombs using Catalysis (cooking in a Cauldron).

Common Distilling

Difficulty: 10
Effective Hours: 3
Effect: Turns Elixirs into Balms via Distilling (cooking in a Cauldron). Balms can en-coat weapons with effects.

Premium Transmuting

Difficulty: 8
Effective Hours: 4
Effect: Transmute faster and more effectively.

Premium Catalysis

Difficulty: 8
Effective Hours: 2
Effect: Transmute faster and more effectively.

Premium Distilling

Difficulty: 8
Effective Hours: 2
Effect: Infuse faster and more effectively.

Supreme Transmuting

Difficulty: 6
Effective Hours: 2
Effect: Transmute faster and more effectively.

Supreme Catalysis

Difficulty: 6
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Transmute faster and more effectively.

Supreme Distilling

Difficulty: 6
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Infuse faster and more effectively.

Peak Transmuting

Difficulty: 12
Effective Hours: 3
Effect: Converts an essence into any other essence.

Bardic Combat

(Skills must be unlocked sequentially)

Bardic Combat allows the Bard to invoke powerful effects through music.

Requirements: Spellcasting, Music, Culture, Persuasion
Research Method: Exercise

About Bardic Combat

Provides effects for the Bard and allies.
Requires a musical instrument or singing voice.
Only 1 Song can be active at a time.
Cannot perform other actions while sustaining a song, except Movement.
Sustained songs do not require further rolls unless Movement occurs, then a test must be repeated.

Skills

Song of Charm
Song of Bravery
Song of Darkness
Song of Luck
Song of Terror
Song of Haven
Heathen Charge
Note of Dreams
Song of Runik
Song of the Restless

Song of Charm

Type: Action
Risk: 1
Effect: Prevents a target within Perception from performing aggressive Actions for the current Round. (Roll must exceed target’s Vigor)

Song of Bravery

Type: Action (Active)
Risk: 2
Effect: Protects allies from Fear, Confusion, Dishearten, and Berserk within a Ring Radius 5.

Song of Darkness

Type: Action (Active)
Risk: 3
Effect: Creates magical Darkness suppressing illumination in Ring Radius 5. Bard unaffected.

Song of Luck

Type: Action (Active)
Risk: 4
Effect: Allies within Ring Radius 5 roll Strong Dice.

Song of Terror

Type: Action (Active)
Risk: 5
Effect: Causes Fear to enemies within Ring Radius 5. Vigor Roll required.

Song of Haven

Type: Action (Active)
Risk: 6
Effect: Allies ignore the Bard and cannot perform aggressive actions toward them.

Heathen Charge

Type: Action (Mobile)
Risk: 7
Effect: Deals Damage, moves, and causes Fear to enemies in Ring Radius 5. Attack Roll vs. target Vigor required.

Note of Dreams

Type: Action
Risk: 8
Effect: Causes Unconsciousness to enemies in Ring Radius 5 for current Round (Vigor Roll).

Song of Runik

Type: Action (Active)
Risk: 9
Effect: Prevents Spellcasting within Ring Radius 5. Spells cast outside still function normally if landing inside.

Song of the Restless

Type: Action (Active)
Risk: 10
Effect: Allies within Ring Radius 5 can perform Actions or Reactions without Risk.

Battle Dancing

(Skills must be unlocked sequentially)

Battle Dancing allows you to increase your strength and prowess by performing ceremonial dances during battle.
Dances are regular Actions that use Charges. Only 1 Battle Dance effect can be active at a time.

Requirements: Dancing, Combat Style (1), Warfare (3)
Research Method: Exercise

Battle Dancing Catalysts

1 Effective Hour of Dancing generates 1D10 Battle Dancing Charges.

Skills

Guardian Dance

Catalyst: 1 Charge
Type: Action
Effect: Raises Perception by 1 category for the battle.

Snake Dance

Catalyst: 2 Charges
Type: Action
Effect: Raises Mobility by 1 category for the battle.

Lion Dance

Catalyst: 3 Charges
Type: Action
Effect: Raises Threat by 1 category for the battle.

Titan Dance

Catalyst: 4 Charges
Type: Action
Effect: Raises Vigor by 1 category for the battle.

Primal Dance

Catalyst: 5 Charges
Type: Action
Effect: Raises Grit by 20 points for the battle.

Owl Dance

Catalyst: 6 Charges
Type: Action
Effect: Provides Moonvision for the battle (Nightvision outdoors).

Warrior Dance

Catalyst: 7 Charges
Type: Action
Effect: Provides +5 Absorption for the battle.

Arcane Dance

Catalyst: 8 Charges
Type: Action
Effect: Imposes -1 Grit Level penalty to spells cast against you.

Elemental Dance

Catalyst: 9 Charges
Type: Action
Effect: Protects against 50% Elemental Damage and Critical Effects.

Hero Dance

Catalyst: 10 Charges
Type: Action
Effect: Protects against Critical effects from physical attacks.

Druidism

(Skills must be unlocked sequentially)

Druidism allows you to perform rituals that harness primal forces to shape the environment and commune with nature.
Druidic rituals are outside of combat and require Druidism Charges.

Requirements: Spellcasting, Divination, Nature
Research Method: Skillbook

Druidism Catalysts

1 Effective Hour at night draws lunar power, generating 1D10 Druidism Charges.

Skills

Illumination

Catalyst: 1 Charge
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Charges an item with solar energy, producing light in a Field Area 5 for 1D10 hours.

Pyromancy

Catalyst: 2 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Divination via fire using organic components. Reveals information about a specific person.

Rain Calling

Catalyst: 3 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Causes rain in an area (1d10x1000 m²) for 1D10 hours. Can also stop rain in the same area.

Snow Summoning

Catalyst: 4 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Causes snow in an area. Can also stop snow or light snow in the same area.

Wind Whisper

Catalyst: 5 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Sends verbal messages through the wind. Distance ~1d10x100 km. Longer distances may distort the message.

Storm Calling

Catalyst: 6 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Gradually unleashes a storm with rain, wind, and thunderbolts over an area (1D10x1000 m²) for 1D10 hours. Can reverse active storms.

Spirit Binding

Catalyst: 7 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Binds a minor nature spirit to a location, granting minor magical effects. Spirit becomes a Lingering Spirit in combat; destroyed spirits require ritual repetition.

Animal Shape

Catalyst: 8 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Shapeshift into a specific animal for 1D10 hours. Retains mental faculties and can revert at will.

Ancestor Communion

Catalyst: 9 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Communicate with ancestral spirits for guidance, wisdom, and knowledge. Requires a personal item from the ancestor and a sacred location.

Sacred Grove

Catalyst: 10 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Creates a temporary sacred grove with the following benefits (1D10 hours, radius 1D10x10 m):
- Caster & Allies always at Prime Grit
- Caster receives 1D10 healing per Round
- +10 bonus on Withering Rolls
- Evil spirits cannot enter
- Caster & Allies cannot be surprised

ESP

(Skills must be unlocked sequentially)

ESP allows you to develop telepathic and telekinetic abilities to control mind and matter via powerful rituals.

Requirements: Spellcasting, Meditation, Insight, Divination
Research Method: Skillbook

ESP Catalysts

1 Effective Hour of Meditation generates 1D10 ESP Charges.
Certain powerful rites may cause permanent Grit loss.

Skills

Telepathy

Catalyst: 1 Charge
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Send a telepathic message to a target anywhere in the world. Duration: 1D20 seconds. Target may reply telepathically.

Mind Read

Catalyst: 2 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Read a target’s mind within line of sight via a Vigor Roll. Can be performed 3 consecutive times to probe deeper:
1. Surface Thoughts: Current day memories.
2. Core Thoughts: Memories of the past 10 years.
3. Deep Thoughts: All memories, including repressed or forgotten.
One failed Roll cancels the process.

Erase Memory

Catalyst: 3 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Partially or completely erase a target’s memory. Requires submission to the caster and a successful Vigor Roll. Can only be attempted once per target.

Anibrain

Catalyst: 4 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Grant life and intelligence to an item. Item gains basic intelligence and a personality (GM’s preference). Usable only by the caster.

Astral Projection

Catalyst: 5 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Exit body and travel in Ethereal form with x10 Movement and flight. Body remains Oblivious. Duration: 1D20 minutes.

Teleportation

Catalyst: 6 Charges, 1 Grit permanently
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Teleport a consenting target anywhere. Destination must be known.

Parallel Gates

Catalyst: 7 Charges, 1D10 Grit permanently
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Opens two gates (origin + known destination). Anyone may teleport in/out for 1D10 hours.

Mental Barrier

Catalyst: 8 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Fortify brain and gain Mental Immunity for 1 day.

Change Body

Catalyst: 9 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Swap bodies with a fully submitted target. Requires Vigor Roll. Exchanges Attributes and Racial Features permanently. Restores permanent Grit Damage and Injuries.

Energy Vessel

Catalyst: 10 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Create a living vessel from a fully submitted target. Destroys their brain and intelligence; becomes a living object that obeys the caster.
- Each vessel: 30 Grit, native racial Attributes.
- Operates as a life bank: caster cannot be harmed while vessels live.
- Death of a vessel reduces caster’s Total Grit by 5 points permanently.
- Unlimited vessels can be created.

Necromancy

(Skills must be unlocked sequentially)

Necromancy allows you to perform rituals connecting the living and the dead.
Rituals take place outside of combat and require Catalysts.

Requirements: Spellcasting, Divination, Necropsy, Dimensions
Research Method: Skillbook

Necromancy Catalysts

1 hour of Necropsy generates 1D10 Necromancy Charges.
Certain powerful rites may cause permanent Grit loss.

Skills

Language of the Dead

Catalyst: 1 Charge
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Communicate with a dead target for 1D10 minutes.

Spirit Call

Catalyst: 2 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Communicate with a Spirit to request minor favors (GM discretion).

Last Time

Catalyst: 3 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Witness the last 30 minutes of a dead target’s life first-person.

Degeneration

Catalyst: 4 Charges
Effective Hours: 3
Effect: Inflict a powerful Curse on a target using an organic component. The target suffers gradual decay and dies within 1D20 days unless they succeed in repeated Vigor Rolls.

Soul Trap

Catalyst: 5 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Trap a living, weakened target’s soul to enhance caster power. Only one soul at a time. Effects (roll 1D10):
1. Threat +1 category
2. Mobility +1 category
3. Vigor +1 category
4. Perception +1 category
5. Risks -1 Point
6. Grit +10 Points
7. Grit +20 Points
8. Experience gains +1D10
9. Karma gains doubled
10. Karma gains tripled

Possession

Catalyst: 6 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Possess a living target (submitted and incapacitated) via Vigor Roll. Target retains consciousness but submits for 1D10 days.

Raise Dead

Catalyst: 7 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Animate a corpse as an Undead Minion (Dweller) under the caster’s control.

Restoration

Catalyst: 8 Charges
Effective Hours: 1
Effect: Heal all severe injuries (broken bones, amputations, etc.).

Resurrection

Catalyst: 9 Charges, 1D20 Grit permanently
Effective Hours: 3
Effect: Restore a dead target to life, including previous injuries. Longer deaths may cause memory loss.

Phylactery

Catalyst: 10 Charges
Effective Hours: 3
Effect: Store caster’s soul in an item. If the caster dies, soul retreats to the item. Destruction of the item during this period may cause true death or -50% experience penalty if alive.

Oneiromancy

(Skills must be unlocked sequentially)

Oneiromancy allows the Seer to perform deeds and divinations within the realm of dreams.

Requirements: Spellcasting, Divination, Food Gathering, Insight
Research Method: Skillbook

Oneiromancy Catalysts

Mushrooms consumed before sleep generate 1D10 Oneiromancy Charges.
All abilities occur during sleep.

Skills

Riddler’s Dream

Catalyst: 1 Charge
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Receive an answer to a puzzling question in a dream (GM discretion).

Haunting Dream

Catalyst: 2 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Enter another target’s dream to convey a message.

Astral Dream

Catalyst: 3 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Travel in Astral Form for 1D20x10 minutes (x10 Movement). Considered Ethereal.

Shadow Dream

Catalyst: 4 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Travel in Astral Form for 1D20x10 minutes, then wake up at the destination (teleportation).

Chrono Dream

Catalyst: 5 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Observe past events for 1D20 minutes. Cannot intervene.

Real Vision

Catalyst: 6 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Gain Mental Immunity for the following day.

Viscera

Catalyst: 7 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Create a shadow replica to act autonomously during sleep. Spirit acts as a Lingering Spirit; destruction awakens the Seer.

Borrowed Eyes

Catalyst: 8 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: See through a target’s eyes (Vigor Roll) for 1D20 minutes while they are awake.

Good Omens

Catalyst: 9 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Cleanse aura; gain +20 Grit and +1 Karma Point for the following day.

Lethal Dream

Catalyst: 10 Charges
Effective Hours: -
Effect: Enter a target’s dream to engage in combat. Dream combat affects real life if wounding/killing occurs.

Runecraft

(Skills can be unlocked in random order)

Runecraft allows you to place magical effects on items by carving runes upon their surfaces.

Requirements: Spellcasting, Blacksmithing (2), Items
Research Method: Skillbook

About Runecraft

Runecraft requires Effective Hours to carve runes onto items.

Item Type determines the nature of the rune.
Item Quality determines the number of runes it can sustain.
Failing an enchantment requires a Durability Check.

Item Quality

Common Items: 1 Enchantment Slot
Premium Items: 2 Enchantment Slots
Supreme Items: 3 Enchantment Slots

Item Types (Hosts)

Weapons: Any type of weapon
Armor: Armor, Shields, Gauntlets, Helms
Accessories: Rings, Amulets, Cloaks, Belts, Boots, Bracers, Robes, Gloves

Rune Types

Runes function as magic domains, offering periodic, reactive, or passive effects.
Each level of Runecraft allows learning 1 new Rune with 6 Variations.

Example: Selecting the Fire Rune grants: Inferno, Flame, Ember, Pyre, Comet, Blaze.

Enchanting

Difficulty: 10
Effective Hours: 10
Effect: Carve 1 Rune onto an item

Rune Compatibility Table

Rune	Weapons	Armor	Accessories	Rune	Weapons	Armor	Accessories
Ankh	No	Yes	Yes	Mask	No	No	Yes
Anvil	Yes	Yes	Yes	Mirage	No	Yes	No
Astral	No	Yes	Yes	Moon	Yes	No	No
Bane	Yes	Yes	Yes	Oak	Yes	No	No
Beacon	No	Yes	Yes	Olive	No	No	Yes
Blaze	No	Yes	No	Oracle	Yes	Yes	Yes
Blizzard	No	Yes	Yes	Pact	Yes	Yes	Yes
Breeze	Yes	Yes	Yes	Phantom	No	No	Yes
Chain	Yes	Yes	No	Pine	No	No	Yes
Chalice	No	Yes	No	Prism	No	Yes	Yes
Chrono	Yes	Yes	Yes	Pulse	Yes	Yes	Yes
Circle	Yes	Yes	Yes	Pyre	No	Yes	Yes
Cloud	No	Yes	Yes	Ram	No	No	Yes
Comet	No	Yes	Yes	Raven	Yes	Yes	Yes
Crackle	No	Yes	No	Ray	No	Yes	Yes
Cross	Yes	Yes	Yes	Reflection	No	No	Yes
Cyclone	No	Yes	Yes	Root	Yes	No	No
Drop	Yes	No	No	Rumble	No	Yes	Yes
Ember	Yes	Yes	Yes	Scale	No	No	Yes
Eye	Yes	No	No	Scythe	No	Yes	Yes
Fade	Yes	Yes	Yes	Shadow	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fang	Yes	Yes	Yes	Shield	No	Yes	Yes
Flake	Yes	Yes	Yes	Shimmer	No	No	Yes
Flame	No	Yes	Yes	Shroud	Yes	Yes	Yes
Flare	Yes	No	No	Skull	Yes	No	No
Flower	No	No	Yes	Snow	No	Yes	No
Frost	Yes	No	No	Spiral	No	Yes	Yes
Gale	No	No	Yes	Star	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gauntlet	Yes	Yes	Yes	Stasis	No	Yes	Yes
Glacier	No	Yes	Yes	Stigma	Yes	Yes	Yes
Glow	No	No	Yes	Sting	No	Yes	Yes
Gust	Yes	No	No	Storm	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hail	No	Yes	Yes	Strike	Yes	No	No
Halo	Yes	No	No	Sun	No	Yes	Yes
Hammer	No	Yes	No	Tornado	No	Yes	No
Heart	Yes	Yes	Yes	Tree	No	No	Yes
Helm	No	Yes	No	Triangle	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hourglass	No	No	Yes	Warp	Yes	Yes	Yes
Inferno	Yes	No	No	Whisper	Yes	No	No
Jolt	No	Yes	Yes	Willow	No	Yes	Yes
Link	No	Yes	Yes	Yew	No	No	Yes
Maple	No	Yes	Yes	Zephyr	No	Yes	No

Runecraft Runes and Variations (1/2)

Rune	Variation	Effect	Use
Fire	Inferno	Burn on Critical Hit (1D20 Bonus Die Fire Damage per Round)	Active
	Flame	Fire Resistance (50% Damage) & Critical Protection	Active
	Ember	Pyrokinesis (Reaction, redirects Fire attacks)	Roll
	Pyre	Protection from Heatstroke	Active
	Comet	10 Fire Absorption	Active
	Blaze	1D10 Active Fire Damage to melee attackers on hit	Active
Ice	Frost	Freeze on Critical Hit	Active
	Glacier	Ice Resistance (50% Damage) & Critical Protection	Active
	Flake	Cryokinesis (Reaction, redirects Ice attacks)	Roll
	Blizzard	Protection from Frostbite Disease	Active
	Hail	10 Ice Absorption	Active
	Snow	1D10 Active Ice Damage to melee attackers (automatic)	Active
Wind	Gust	Push 1D10 Tiles on Critical Hit	Active
	Zephyr	Removes Armor Penalties	Active
	Cyclone	Fast Dodge (1 Action instead of 2)	Active
	Breeze	Immunity to Forced Movement	Active
	Gale	Allows Long Leaps	Active
	Tornado	Pushes back 1 Tile Melee Attackers automatically	Active
Thunder	Strike	+1D10 Bonus Die Damage on every Hit	Active
	Rumble	Thunder Resistance (50% Damage) & Critical Protection	Active
	Storm	Electrokinesis (Reaction, redirects Thunder attacks)	Roll
	Jolt	Momentum (Immune to Prone)	Active
	Cloud	10 Thunder Absorption	Active
	Crackle	1D10 Active Thunder Damage to melee attackers (automatic)	Active
Core	Eye	Fear on Critical Hit	Active
	Astral	Protection from Control effects	Active
	Link	+1D10 Bonus Die when using Core Spells	Active
	Oracle	Flight ability	Active
	Warp	Invisibility 5 Rounds	Action
	Circle	Detect Invisibility 5 Rounds	Action
Iron	Anvil	Doubles Durability Rolls	Active
	Hammer	+1 Critical Resistance	Active
	Chain	Locks items & protects from Disarm	Active
	Shield	Protection from Knockdown	Active
	Helm	+1 Absorption	Active
	Gauntlet	Deflects metallic weapon attacks 1/day	Active
Wood	Oak	+5 Range to Missile/Range Weapons	Active
	Maple	Protection from drowning	Active
	Yew	Doubles Herbalism Rolls	Active
	Olive	Trackless walking	Active
	Willow	-1 Grit Level to Ranged Attacks in forests	Active
	Pine	Doubles Food Gathering Rolls	Active

Runecraft Runes and Variations (2/2)

Rune	Variation	Effect	Use
Death	Skull	Drain on Critical Hit (1D20 Bonus Die)	Active
	Scythe	Protection from Drain & Death Spells	Active
	Bane	Control Lesser Undead 5 Rounds	Action
	Raven	Protection from Critical Attacks 5 Rounds	Action
	Shroud	Etherealness 5 Rounds	Action
	Cross	Summons Undead 5 Rounds	Action
Blood	Drop	Bleeding on Critical Hit	Active
	Pulse	+1 Vigor	Active
	Heart	+20 Grit	Active
	Stigma	+1 Mobility	Active
	Fang	+1 Perception	Active
	Pact	+1 Threat	Active
Nature	Root	Immobilize on Critical Hit	Active
	Sting	Protection from Poison	Active
	Scale	Grants Water Breathing	Active
	Flower	Walk on Difficult Terrain	Active
	Ram	Grants Wallcrawling	Active
	Tree	Double Healing Rate from Diseases	Active
Theurgy	Halo	x2 Damage vs Undead	Active
	Spiral	-1 Grit Level to incoming Undead attacks	Active
	Triangle	Retain Core Prime Grit always	Active
	Ankh	Immune to Fear/Confusion/Berserk	Active
	Chalice	-1 Grit Level to incoming Ranged Physical Attacks	Active
	Star	Healing (Touch, 1D20, 1 hour)	Action
Time	Moon	Slow on Critical Hit	Active
	Sun	Immune to Time Stop spell	Active
	Chrono	+1 Action per Round	Active
	Hourglass	x2 Movement	Active
	Fade	First Action on Advantage each Round	Active
	Stasis	Immune to Paralysis	Active
Illusion	Whisper	Inflicts Insanity on Critical Hit	Active
	Mirage	Makes armor appear as clothing	Active
	Mask	See through Illusions	Active
	Reflection	Creates fake footprints 1D20 minutes	Action
	Shimmer	Alter facial features 1D20 minutes	Action
	Phantom	+4 Invisible Slots for Quickbelt	Active
Light	Flare	Inflicts Blindness on Critical Hit	Active
	Prism	Protection from Blindness	Active
	Shadow	Provides Light 3 Field Radius 1 hour	Action
	Glow	Illuminates path 1D20 minutes	Action
	Beacon	Protection from magical/artificial Darkness	Active
	Ray	Provides Moonvision (outdoors)	Active

Shamanism

(Skills are unlocked sequentially)

Shamanism allows you to develop your senses and increase your power by applying ceremonial Body Paint before events and battles.

Only 1 Shamanism effect can be active at a time.
Each effect lasts 24 hours.
Paint can be applied to up to 10 individuals, paying the Catalyst cost separately.

Requirements: Spellcasting, Painting, Divination, Religion
Research Method: Skillbook

Shamanism Catalysts

Shamanism uses Painting to generate Catalysts.

1 Hour of Body Painting = 1D10 Shamanism Charges

Abilities

Ability	Catalyst	Effective Hours	Effect
Paint of Vision	1	1	Detect invisible characters and see in the dark
Paint of Sanity	2	1	Protection against Fear, Berserk, and Confusion
Paint of Spirithold	3	1	Repels Spirits and prevents attacks on targets
Paint of Spirithunt	4	1	X2 Damage against Spirits
Paint of Readiness	5	1	+1 Action per Round
Paint of Deathhunt	6	1	X2 Damage against Undead
Paint of Bloodstop	7	1	Protection from Critical effects from weapons
Paint of Monsterhunt	8	1	X2 Damage against Beasts
Paint of Resistance	9	1	Reduce Magical Damage by 50%
Paint of Vigor	10	1	Disables Risk factors for all abilities

Spellblade

(Skills are unlocked sequentially)

Spellblade allows you to combine magic and warfare, performing maneuvers that benefit from both combat styles.

Requirements: Spellcasting, Combat Casting, Light Melee Weapons, Warfare (1)
Research Method: Exercise

Spellblade focuses on enchanted blows, imbuing energy into one-handed melee weapons and releasing it against enemies, even at range.

Abilities

Ability	Type	Risk	Effect
Arcane Strike	Action	Weapon +1	Deals Damage to a target up to 10 Tiles away
Arcane Bash	Action	Weapon +2	Deals Damage to a target up to 10 Tiles and pushes them 1D10 Tiles further
Rune Blade	Action	Weapon +3	Deals Damage and dispels active magical effects of the target
Cone Blade	Action	Weapon +4	Deals Damage to all targets within Cone Radius (5) in front of the target (Light Attack)
Arcane Shield	Action (Active)	5	Protective energy layer; -1 Grit Level to any Spellcasting attempt targeting the character
Steel Ray	Action	Weapon +6	Deals Damage to all targets in a straight line up to 10 Tiles
Arcane Chain	Action	Weapon +7	Deals Damage to 2 separate targets up to 10 Tiles away
Steel Blast	Action	Weapon +8	Deals Damage to all targets within Field Radius (5) around a main target (Light Attack)
Rune Reign	Action	Weapon +9	Deals Damage to a target up to 10 Tiles with +3 Critical Levels
Queen’s Blade	Action	Weapon +10	Deals Damage and disrupts Spellcasting of the target for 1 Round

Tactics

(Skills are unlocked sequentially)

Tactics allow you to position yourself and your allies on the battlefield to gain strategic advantages as a team.

Requirements: Insight, Combat Styles (1), Warfare (1), Persuasion
Research Method: Skillbook

Abilities

Ability	Type	Effect
Order	Active	Rearranges individual Advantage order between allies at the start of combat. Must be called once Advantage is rolled.
Fast Support	Active	Allies providing Supporting Reactions (Flank, Surround, Enchant) no longer need to match or exceed the initiating roll. Support is automatically successful unless the roll falls in the Risk zone.
Placement	Active	Arrange allies anywhere within 5 Tiles of the tactician at the beginning of combat.
Lead	Action	Spend an Action so that all allies gain Strong Dice on their next Action or Reaction.
Tactical Retreat	Action	Allows a retreat Action for all allies by rolling a single Roll against a GM-specified Difficulty. Allies must accept the order.
Double Combo	Action	Sacrifice an Action so two allies can perform an Action simultaneously. Allies must have spare Actions to use.
Triple Combo	Action	Sacrifice an Action so three allies can perform an Action simultaneously. Allies must have spare Actions to use.
Phalanx	Action	Sacrifice an Action so all allies perform a Phalanx. Allies must be on adjacent Tiles in a straight line and have a reserved Action. Enemy attacks receive -1 Grit Level. Moving breaks the formation; other Actions are allowed.
Shield Wall	Action	Sacrifice an Action so all allies perform a Shield Wall. Allies must be on adjacent Tiles, in a straight line, wielding shields, and have a reserved Action. Enemy attacks receive -2 Grit Levels. Moving breaks the formation; only Reactions without relocation allowed.
Arcane Circle	Action	Sacrifice an Action so spellcasting allies form a Circle. Allies must be within a Ring Radius (5) and have a reserved Action. One caster is Host, others are Vessels. Only Host can perform Actions/Reactions. Spells cast by the Circle gain X Bonus Dice, where X = number of casters. Movement disrupts the Circle.

Example: Arcane Circle

A 4-Caster Circle (1 Host + 3 Vessels) casts Fireblast (Fire + Blast):

Roll 4d20 to determine damage.
The first d20 determines Risk and Critical effects.