The Old World: Grim and Perilous

Awakening of the
Forest
Tier:
Activation: Active (Action)
Ranked: No
Once per encounter, your character may suffer
strain to use this talent to make a Hard
(kkk) Arcana check targeting a tree within
short range. If the check is successful, the
tree awakens (use the characteristic of Aymhelin
Scion, Realms of Terrinoth p. ) and
obeys your character's commands until the
end of the encounter or until dispelled. Your
character may spend a maneuver to direct the
tree, allowing them to determine its action
and maneuver.
Bad Press
Tier:
Activation: Active (Action)
Ranked: No
Once per session, your character may make
a Hard (kkk) Knowledge (Academic) check
targeting an easily distinguishable group of
characters (for example members of a particular
guild or servants of a nobleman). If the
check is successful, during the next social
encounter, decrease strain thresholds of all
members of the targeted group by your character's
Presence rating.
Bloodhound
Tier:
Activation: Active (Incidental)
Ranked: No
When your character makes a check to follow
another character’s trail (whether their physical
tracks or a trail of information), you may
use this talent to add a number of a equal to
your character’s ranks in Streetwise or Survival,
as appropriate for the environment, to
the check results.
Born in the Saddle
Tier:
Activation: Active (Incidental)
Ranked: No
Once per encounter, your character may use
this talent to add s equal to their ranks in
Riding to a single check (using any skill) they
make while mounted on a beast or vehicle.
College Wizard
(Improved)
Tier:
Activation: Passive
Ranked: No
Your character must have purchased the College
Wizard talent to benefit from this talent.
Your character reduces any Miscast result they
cause by instead of , to a minimum of .
Combined Attack
Tier:
Activation: Active (Incidental)
Ranked: No
Once per round, when your character makes
a melee combat check, they may suffer
strain to use this talent. Upgrade the difficulty
of the check once. While resolving the
check, the weapon gains the Linked item
quality with a rating equal to your character's
ranks in Coordination.
Demolitionist
Tier:
Activation: Active (Action)
Ranked: No
Your character may use this talent to make
an Engineering check to attempt to destroy
some sort of cover present in the current encounter
at the expense of a bomb. The difficulty
of the check is Easy (k) plus k for each
point of defense the cover provides, to a maximum
of Formidable (kkkkk). Additional
bombs can be used to add j per bomb used,
to a maximum of jj. If the check is successful,
for each s one enemy benefiting from
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