Ascend Skills

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Skills

As a character levels up their skills they attain new levels of competence, which allow the unlocking of certain new specialties. These traits can be selected from a list, and at each new qualifying level of competence, a character can select one new speciality for which they meet the necessary prerequisites.

At level 5 in a skill a character unlocks access to adept specialties; at level 10 they unlock expert specialties; at level 15, master specialties, and at level 20, paragon specialties. A character also gains one point to spend on specialties every five levels in a skill. A character does not have to select a higher level specialty, and can instead purchase an additional lower level specialty, including taking a previous specialty again, unless specifically disallowed.

Additional specialties can be purchased on leveling up for two skill points. A character cannot purchase more than one additional specialty this way each time they level.

Physique Skills

Boxing

Adept Specialities (level 5):

Lethal Weapon: Fists can do lethal damage, and add to melee AC vs weapons

Expert Specialities (level 10):

Stunning Blow: On a traumatic hit, target is stunned for one round

Piercing Punch: -1 to the DR of target armour

Master Specialities (level 15):

Disarming Block: If opponent fails to beat AC by 5 or more with melee weapon attack, chance to disarm

Catch the Arrow: Can use Melee AC vs thrown, bow and crossbow attacks.

Paragon Specialities (level 20):

Killing Blow: On a traumatic hit, target must save or die.

Handgun

Adept Specialities (level 5):

Fast Reload: Reloading is a Free Action

Precise Shot: -1 to DR of target armour

Favoured Weapon: +2 to the accuracy of a single specific type of handgun (EX: "Desert Eagle .50")

Expert Specialities (level 10):

Hong Kong Style: Handguns can be dual wielded without penalty

Vital Shot: +10 to the resolution of any Traumatic Injury

Master Specialities (level 15):

Greater Precise Shot: -2 to DR of target armour

Hong Kong Master: Dual wielding handguns doubles their rate of fire

Paragon Specialities (level 20):

Quickness Skills

Dodge

Adept Specialities (level 5):

Unencumbered Evasion: +2 to Melee and Ranged AC when not wearing armour.

Agile Armour : -1 to the agility penalty suffered by wearing armour.

One with the Machine: Apply half Dodge skill to vehicle evasion

Expert Specialities (level 10):

Sudden Reflexes: Character retains their full dodge even when surprised

Hasty Improvisation: Character can always find at least 50% “one shot” cover

Master Specialities (level 15):

Greater Unencumbered Evasion: +4 to Melee and Ranged AC when not wearing armour

Greater Agile Armour: -2 to the agility penalty suffered by wearing armour.

Paragon Specialities (level 20):

Social Skills

Aether Skills