Abilities

Abilities, unlocked by your Type, can be active actions (such as attacks or spell-like esoteries) or unique passive effects.

List of abilities

Glaive

Ability	Type	Effect	Tier
Opportunist	Active ability	Ends turn immediately. Make a basic attack against the first enemy that moves within weapon range. Gain +15% on attacks made this way.	Starting ability
Practiced In Armor	Passive ability	-3 Speed and Might armor cost Esotery penalty from armor reduced by 15%	Starting ability
Unfailing Precision	Passive ability	+10% critical success chance on weapon attacks	Tier 1
Skill With Defense	Passive ability	+10% Evasion +10% Willpower	Tier 1
Taunt	Active ability	Target is forced to attack the caster	Tier 1
Hook	Active ability	Snares a target and pulls it to your character	Tier 1

Jack

Ability	Type	Effect	Tier
Flex Skill	Active ability	Choose one exploration, lore, or conversation skill. +1 training level in that skill while active.	Always available (Jack)
Trained Without Armor	Passive ability	+10% Evasion +10% Willpower Only while wearing no or light armor	Tier 1
Hedge Magic	Active ability	Automatically succeed on the next Quick Fingers or Smashing task.	Tier 1
Sucker Punch	Active ability	Deal +3 damage to target, apply Dazed fettle for 1 round (-15% Willpower , -15% on attacks) if target already has a negative fettle	Tier 1
Infuse Weapon	Active ability	Choose damage type. Deal damage equivalent to your equipped weapon to the target, except of the chosen type.	Tier 1
Practiced In Armor	Passive ability	-3 Speed and Might armor cost Esotery penalty from armor reduced by 15%	Tier 1

Nano

Ability	Type	Effect	Tier
Onslaught	Esotery	Deal 5 damage of a selected damage type to target	Starting ability
Scan Thoughts	Passive ability	The surface thoughts of most people or creatures you speak with appear in conversations.	Tier 1
Resourceful	Passive ability	+1 Cypher Use	Tier 1
Innervate	Esotery	Remove all negative fettles excep for Flanked and Lasting Damage Heal target for 6 Health 5 uses per day	Tier 1
Adaptation	Esotery	Gain Protected fettle: +2 Armor +1 Resistance Each tier adds an additional +2 and +1	Tier 1
Quantum Step	Esotery	Teleport one ally to a designated point	Tier 1

Focus abilities

Ability	Type	Effect	Tier
Natural Charisma	Focus ability	+1 Max Effort for Persuasion, Deception, and Intimidation tasks	Diplomatic focus
Nocturnal	Focus ability	+5% on Quick Fingers, Deception, and Perception tasks.	Stealthy focus
Surprise Attack	Focus ability	+10% on attacks and +3 damage while Hidden or targeting a Blinded enemy	Stealthy focus
Counterattack	Focus ability	End turn immediately and make a basic attack against enemies in range whenever they miss you.	Defensive focus
Shield Master	Focus ability	+10% Evasion while having an item in the offhand slot.	Defensive focus

Companion abilities

Ability	Type	Effect	Tier
Living Tattoos	Focus ability	Grants the Living Tattoos fettle. Allows Aligern to create chained effects the more he uses similar actions (up to four links in the chain)	Aligern
Onslaught	Esotery	Deal 5 Transdimensional damage to the target and cause the Hobbled fettle if the target fails to resist	Callistege
Targeting Eye	Passive ability	+15% on Esotery attacks	Callistege
Dimensional Superposition	Esotery	Teleport to the target position, gain Phased fettle (+30% Evasion, +3 Resistance, all incoming damage is Transdimensional and +100%)	Callistege
Feint	Focus ability	Confer Feinted fettle on target if they fail a Resistance check (+4 damage on next attack)	Tybir
Elocutioner	Passive ability	+5% on Deception, Intimidation, and Persuasion tasks	Tybir

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