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You are skilled at acrobatics.

Whenever you make a ranged attack while wielding multiple guns, you fire a shot with each of them.

Your chance to strike with an off-hand weapon increases to 55%. Flurry's cooldown is reduced by 10.

You can voluntarily amputate your own limbs and the limbs of infected companions.

Healing tonics you apply last an extra round.

You are skilled with axes.

You get +2 to hit with axes.

Whenever you make a cudgel attack with your primary hand, there's a 25% chance you make an additional free attack with the same hand.

As long as your target is flaming, luminous, or phosphorescent, Sure Fire is upgraded to Beacon Fire. Beacon Fire shots are also treated as critical hits.

Cooldown 50. You shame a nearby creature for 6d6 rounds, giving it a -4 penalty to DV, to-hit, Ego, Willpower and a -10 penalty to quickness.

Activated; cooldown 100.

You work yourself into a blood frenzy, and for 5 rounds your chance to dismember with axe attacks is 100%. To use Berserk, Dismember must be off cooldown, and using Berserk puts Dismember on cooldown.

Whenever you hit with a cudgel, there's a 50% chance to daze your opponent (-4 int, -4 agi, -10 movespeed) for 3-4 rounds. If you daze a dazed opponent, they're stunned for 1 round instead (cannot take actions and 0 DV).

You are skilled with bows and rifles.

You can butcher fresh ingredients and other usable parts from animal corpses.

Your natural AV improves to 1.

Whenever you gain a level, and 5% of the time you explore a new map, you become inspired for two days. While inspired, the next time you cook a meal by choosing ingredients, you get a choice of three dynamically-generated effects to apply. You create a recipe for the chosen effect.

You charge forward two or three squares and perform a melee attack with +1 to your penetration roll.

When you charge an opponent with an axe and hit, if you cleave their armor, they get an additional -1 penalty to their AV. If you have Dismember, your chance to dismember when charging with an axe is doubled.

When you charge with a cudgel and hit, you automatically daze your opponent.

Whenever you hit an opponent with an axe, there's a 75% chance you cleave their armor, giving them a -1 penalty to their AV. This penalty can stack a number of times up to half your strength modifier, rounded up, +1 on a critical hit.

You may sprint for an additional 10 turns.

Activated; cooldown 10.

You make an attack with a cudgel at an adjacent opponent. If you hit, you automatically daze your opponent. If your opponent is already stunned, you instead knock them unconscious for 30-40 rounds (unconscious opponents wake up dazed when they take damage).

You are skilled at cooking and gathering meal ingredients.

You are skilled with crushing and bludgeoning weapons.

You get +2 to hit with cudgels.

You are familiar with the customs and folklore of Qud.

Critical hits you score with pistols are more deadly.

Heads are added to the list of possible limbs you can dismember. If you chop off the only head of an organic opponent, they're killed instantly. If they have multiple heads, they start bleeding profusely (2-3 damage per turn. toughness save; difficulty 35).

Your chance to block with a shield improves to 75%.

Your throw range is increased by 3 and your throw variance is halved when throwing at a target inside your throw range.

Activated; cooldown 100.

For the next 5 rounds, your chance to daze with cudgel attacks is 100% and Slam has no cooldown. To use Demolish, Slam must be off cooldown, and using Demolish puts Slam on cooldown.

You may deploy missile weapons as static turrets.

You have an agility-based chance to disarm your opponent when you score a hit with a pistol.

You can disassemble scrap and artifacts for bits. You get the most significant bit from the item schematic plus a 50% chance to receive each remaining bit.

As long as your target can't see or hear any faction allies, Wounding Fire is upgraded to Disorienting Fire. Disorienting Fire also reduces your target's DV and MA by 4.

You gain access to dueling stance. While wielding a long blade in your primary hand, you get +2 to hit with long blades and short blades.

Cooldown 200. For 20 rounds, firing a pistol only takes half a round instead of a full round.

Activated; cooldown 100. For the next 10 rounds, Lunge and Swipe have no cooldown.

You are skilled at enduring harsh conditions and situations.

The action cost of firing pistols is reduced by 25%.

You hunger and thirst at one-half the normal rate.

Metabolic effects from meals last twice as long.

As long as your target is surrounded by 6 or more solid obstacles, Suppressive Fire is upgraded to Flattening Fire. Flattening Fire also knocks your target prone and disarms them.

Activated; cooldown 60. You make an attack with every hand, including extra hands granted by mutation or technology.

You are much more successful at examining artifacts, and you can deploy wiring.

You can harvest fresh ingredients and other usable parts from plants.

During each round you spend healing, you regain 5% of your maximum HP. If you take any action other than pass or you are attacked, the healing process is canceled. You may heal for up to five turns.

You are skilled with heavy weapons.

You make an attack with a short blade in your primary hand, looking for a weak spot in your opponent's armor. If you hit, you penetrate exactly once and hobble them (-50% movespeed for 16-20 rounds).

You receive no penalty to your DV when you sprint.

Your penetration bonus in aggressive stance is increased to +2, but your to-hit penalty is increased to -3.

Your DV bonus in defensive stance is increased to +3.

Your to-hit bonus in dueling stance is increased to +3.

Your words embolden your companions.

Cooldown 50. You try to terrify adjacent, hostile creatures (1d8 + [Ego modifier] penetration roll vs. MA). On success, a frightened creature flees from you for 4d4 rounds.

Each round you are confused, you have a (Willpower-10)% chance to shake off the effect.

Whenever you make an offhand attack with a short blade, you immediately make another attack with that same weapon. Flurry attacks do not trigger this.

You may ingest one additional tonic without it reacting adversely to the tonic you have already ingested.

Activated; cooldown 40. You move one square at no action cost. You may swap squares with a hostile opponent.

You jump into an unoccupied square within range 2. You cannot jump over a square occupied by a creature.

Whenever you fire a missile weapon at a target in melee range, you attempt to kick the target backwards.

You may lay down grenades as mines or set them as bombs.

Each round you are terrified, you have a (Willpower-10)% chance to shake off the effect.

You are skilled with long thrusting and slashing blades.

You gain access to two stances.

Aggressive stance: With a long blade in your primary hand, your long blade and short blade attacks gain +1 to your penetration roll but -2 to hit. Defensive stance: While wielding a long blade in your primary hand, you gain +2 DV.

You may sprint for an additional 10 turns.

Start a campfire for cooking meals and preserving foods.

You stare down a nearby opponent and send him fleeing in terror.

You hunger and thirst at one-sixth rate.

Metabolic effects from meals last six times as long. You suffer no penalty for becoming famished.

Doubles the chance of regaining your bearings when you are lost.

Reduces chance of getting lost by about 15%. You travel on the overland map twice as quickly.

Your chance to strike with each of your offhand weapons is increased by 35%.

You are skilled at multiweapon fighting. Your chance to attack with offhand weapons is increased.

Your chance to strike with each of your offhand weapons is increased by 50%.

Your chance to strike with each of your offhand weapons is increased by 20%.

You extend.

You can treat bleeding, poison, illness, and disease onset for you and your companions at a campfire.

Your chance to strike with an off-hand weapon increases to 35%.

Whenever you score a critical hit with a melee weapon while single-weapon fighting, the cooldowns of up to two random weapon or shield skills are immediately refreshed.

Your attacks always penetrate one extra time.

You are skilled at convincing others.

You are skilled at physicking.

You are skilled with pistols of various kinds.

Whenever you juke an opponent while wielding a short blade in your primary hand, you make a free attack. If you have Bloodletter, the attack's chance to cause bleeding is 100%.

You take 25% less initial damage from poison and the duration of poison is reduced by 25%.

You persuade an intelligent creature to join you.

Once per turn, when an opponent misses you with a melee attack, there's a 40% chance you make a free attack with a short blade you're wielding.

You may repair broken items with Bits.

Whenever you disassemble an item, you have a 25% chance to learn how to build the item.

Whenever you step over garbage, you astutely rifle through it and occasionally discover scrap. Additionally, you harvest extra scrap from robots you destroy.

You are skilled at maintaining self-discipline.

If you spend five turns setting a limb, you may remove the Crippled status effect. If you take any action other than pass or you are attacked, the setting process is canceled.