Skill Trees

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Skill points
How skill trees work
Underworld trees
Wilderness trees
Scholarly trees
Social trees
Crafting trees
Professional trees
Exploration trees
Specialist trees

Non-combat mastery. 24 trees in 8 categories, six advancements each.

Skill points

SKILL POINTS BY CHARACTER TYPE:

Both martial and mystic characters can access Skill Trees, but with different budgets:

Martial characters: 2 skill points per level (20 total at level 10)
Mystic characters: 1 skill point per level for Skill Trees (the other goes to mystic abilities)

How skill trees work

Skill trees represent non-combat expertise and specialized knowledge. Each tree contains 6 advancements:

5 Regular Advancements (1 skill point each, NO prerequisites): Core abilities you can buy in any order
1 Ultimate Advancement (2 skill points, requires 3+ regulars): Signature mastery ability
Total: 7 skill points to fully master a tree

At Level 10: 20 skill points available = fully master 2 trees with 6 points left, OR spread across many for breadth

Skill trees are organized into 8 categories covering different areas of expertise:

Category	Tree	Focus
Underworld	Thievery	Locks, traps, stealth, black markets
	Assassination	Poisons, disguises, shadowing
	Streetwise	Rumors, contacts, urban survival
Wilderness	Hunting	Tracking, trapping, butchering
	Delving	Underground navigation, dungeon expertise
	Beast Handling	Training, riding, calming, bonding
Scholarly	Scholarship	Research, languages, history
	Occultism	Magic lore, supernatural, rituals
	Healing	Anatomy, disease, treatment, surgery
Social	Diplomacy	Etiquette, negotiation, persuasion
	Leadership	Command, inspire, organize, rally
	Performance	Performance, stories, music, deception
Crafting	Crafting	Tools, repair, materials, field work
	Alchemy	Potions, poisons, acids, compounds
	Engineering	Siege engines, traps, mechanisms
Professional	Commerce	Trade, appraisal, negotiation, networks
	Sailing	Navigation, ships, weather, knots
	Bureaucracy	Documents, legal systems, official authority
Exploration	Athletics	Climbing, swimming, jumping, running
	Pathfinding	Wayfinding, routes, maps, guiding
	Survival	Foraging, shelter, weather, danger
Specialist	Investigation	Detective work, forensics, deduction
	Inquisition	Hunting evil, forbidden lore, purification
	Espionage	Tradecraft, codes, cover identities

Trees that modify a roll. Three rolls of overland travel (Part 6, Travel) count the points you have spent in one tree. Each point in Survival adds +2 to the Sense save to forage. Each point in Hunting adds +2 to the Cunning save to hunt. Each point in Pathfinding adds +2 to the Mind save to navigate overland. A regular advancement is 1 point and an Ultimate is 2, and only the roller's own points count. Each of the three Ultimates ends its roll: with Apex Survivor the save to forage always passes, with Apex Predator the save to hunt always passes, with Lodestar the save to navigate always passes. Where an Advantage line names a save, advantage means rolling 2d20 and keeping the higher. A fourth roll is not overland: below ground the leader adds +2 to the Mind save to navigate for each point spent in the Delving tree, and Pathfinding's points, Pathfinder and Lodestar do nothing there.