Between Adventures

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In Epic Path, it is always possible for any character to work on re-training and self-improvement. The Wizard can cloister himself in a high tower and study the arcane mysteries. The Druid can meditate at length upon the glory and might of the Nascent Seed. The Fighter can go to the Fighter's Guild and have a training montage of rapid-fire smash-cuts set to 80's rock-metal. There is always stuff to do, ways to make yourself better, and that's just fun.

All standard re-training and self-improvement is carried out using the Abstract Encounters rules. The Feat, Ability, and/or Skill roll required per Interval is defined in the sections below. All Re-Training and Self-Improvement takes place in an Interval of one day, IE, you can make a skill (or ability) roll once per day, obtain Action Dice based on that roll, roll those Action Dice for pips and bank pips, all once per day. As always, you can only be working on one Abstract Encounter at a given time. If you are in the middle of your hard-rocking montage at the Fight Club and the orcs lay siege to the town, you must choose if you will interrupt your training, or skip the siege.

Most Self-Improvement also costs money: This represents rare books, unguents, arcane materials, fees to specialists, hiring instructors, etc, to enable the character to re-forge themselves in a newer, better, mold. The exact costs are detailed in each section below.

Things you can Re-Train

Hit Points

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: Your current hit points
• Cost in GP: Free!

It is possible to train up your hit points, if they are less than the maximum possible for someone of your class, level and CON modifier. This is applicable to all characters, although the more hit points you have to begin with, the longer this takes.

To train up your hit points, you must have an appropriate place to train, be it a peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to your character. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, it requires one day to make any progress. All Characters must roll their class Bailiwick skill (or the one they prefer if they have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain their Action Dice for each day of training. The target number to increase your hit points is your current hit point total.

Moving a Skill Point

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: Free!

It is possible to move a skill point from one skill to another skill after you have placed the skill point at level-up. We have all made a choice of a skill point that we've later found questionable, and this allows your character to realistically grow and change as time passes, as you get better at some things and lose some proficiency in other things. In general, it is easier to train up skills you have fewer Ranks in than Skills you have invested a large number of Ranks. Note that you may not train out an ability that is a prerequisite for another ability.

To move a Skill Point, you must have an appropriate place to train, be it a library, peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to the skill being trained. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

A player may not use the retraining rules to swap out a skill, ability or feat taken at an earlier level for a skill, feat, or ability that they only qualify for now, but wouldn't have qualified for when they originally took the skill, feat, or ability.

The only metric that counts for Re-training rolls is the number of Ranks in the skills being worked on. Class skill bonuses, item bonuses, racial and class bonuses, none of those things have any impact on re-training at all: Re-training only affects the Ranks, and moves those ranks from one skill to another skill. All skills being re-trained must be ones that you already know: Re-training can NEVER grant you a new skill. Both skills involved in moving a point must be one that you already know and have at least one Rank in. Yes, this means you can never Re-train a Skill to zero ranks and forget how to do it completely. You may NOT move points if doing so will give you more Ranks in a Skill than you have Character Levels.

The Interval to retrain a Skill is one day.

To move a Skill Point, all Characters must roll their class Bailiwick skill (or the one they prefer if they have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain their Action Dice for each day of training. Gain that many Action Dice. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to move the Skill Point, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval. The target number to move a Skill Point is the number in the DC's chart for your character level when you finished the training. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

It is possible to Re-train skill points from multiple skills to a single skill, in which case the target number is calculated separately for each move. In all cases, you may never move a Skill Point if doing so leaves you with zero ranks in a skill, or more ranks than you have class levels.

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
1	24	0
2	26	0
3	28	0
4	30	0
5	33	0
6	35	0
7	37	0
8	41	0
9	43	0
10	45	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
11	48	0
12	50	0
13	52	0
14	54	0
15	57	0
16	60	0
17	62	0
18	64	0
19	66	0
20	68	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
21	93	0
22	96	0
23	99	0
24	104	0
25	107	0
26	110	0
27	114	0
28	117	0
29	120	0
30	123	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
31	127	0
32	131	0
33	134	0
34	138	0
35	142	0

Changing a Feat

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: Free!

Note that you may not train out an ability that is a prerequisite for another ability. Backing down a feat tree in this manner can be done, but may take several re-training actions.

A player may not use the retraining rules to swap out a skill, ability or feat taken at an earlier level for a skill, feat, or ability that they only qualify for now, but wouldn't have qualified for when they originally took the skill, feat, or ability. For example, upon reaching 21st level, a character gains access to Epic feats, but may not use retraining to swap out an earlier non-epic feat for an epic feat. Similarly, a high-level rogue may never retrain to have fewer than 4 basic rogue talents, even after she qualifies for advanced or epic rogue talents.

To swap a Feat, you must have an appropriate place to train, be it a peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to your character. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

The Interval to re-train a Feat into another Feat is one day. In all cases, you must have and retain all prerequisites for a legal character before, during, and after the re-training process for Feats.

To change a Feat you have into another Feat you qualify for requires you to make a Skill Roll with your class Bailiwick skill (or the one you prefer if you have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain your Action Dice for each day of training. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to swap the Feat, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval. The target number to move a Skill Point is the number in the DC's chart for your character level at the time you finish your retraining rolls. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
1	48	0
2	52	0
3	56	0
4	60	0
5	66	0
6	70	0
7	74	0
8	82	0
9	86	0
10	90	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
11	96	0
12	100	0
13	104	0
14	108	0
15	114	0
16	120	0
17	124	0
18	128	0
19	132	0
20	136	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
21	186	0
22	192	0
23	198	0
24	208	0
25	214	0
26	220	0
27	228	0
28	234	0
29	240	0
30	246	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
31	254	0
32	262	0
33	268	0
34	276	0
35	284	0

Changing a Class Ability

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: Free!

Note that you may not train out an ability that is a prerequisite for another ability. Backing down an ability tree (such as for Fighter Tactics) in this manner can be done, but may take several re-training actions. (This action applies to Talents, Tactics, Rage Powers, Sorcerer and Bard Spells, etc.)

A player may not use the retraining rules to swap out a skill, ability or feat taken at an earlier level for a skill, feat, or ability that they only qualify for now, but wouldn't have qualified for when they originally took the skill, feat, or ability. For example, upon reaching 21st level, a character gains access to Epic feats, but may not use retraining to swap out an earlier non-epic feat for an epic feat. Similarly, a high-level rogue may never retrain to have fewer than 4 basic rogue talents, even after she qualifies for advanced or epic rogue talents.

To change a Class Ability, you must have an appropriate place to train, be it a peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to your character. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

The Interval to re-train any Ability into another Ability (of the exact same sort, you cannot retrain a spell into a Bonus Feat, for example) is one day. In all cases, you must have and retain all prerequisites for a legal character before, during, and after the re-training process for Abilities.

To change an Ability you have into another Ability you legally qualify for requires you to make a Skill Roll with your class Bailiwick skill (or the one you prefer if you have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain your Action Dice for each day of training. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to change the Ability, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval. The target number to retrain a Talent, Tactic, Spell, etc., is the number in the DC's chart for your character level at the time you finish your retraining rolls. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

The cost of retraining an Ability is noted for the character level in which you finish training in the DC chart.

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
1	72	0
2	78	0
3	84	0
4	90	0
5	99	0
6	105	0
7	111	0
8	123	0
9	129	0
10	135	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
11	144	0
12	150	0
13	156	0
14	162	0
15	171	0
16	180	0
17	186	0
18	192	0
19	198	0
20	204	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
21	279	0
22	288	0
23	297	0
24	312	0
25	321	0
26	330	0
27	342	0
28	351	0
29	360	0
30	369	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
31	381	0
32	393	0
33	402	0
34	414	0
35	426	0

Things you can Self-Improve

Earn a Skill Point

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: special (see below)

It is possible to earn a skill point without leveling up, by intense training, study, and practice. This can only be done once per level, and if you level up 'past' a level without using this self-improvement action, the opportunity is lost.

To earn a Skill Point, you must have an appropriate place for improvement, be it a library, peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to the skill being trained. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

First, you must choose which of your already-known Skills you wish to improve by one Rank. Once you begin the Abstract Action to train the skill, you may not change the Skill you are improving without losing all your progress. The only metric that counts for Self-Improvement rolls is the number of Ranks in the skill being worked on. Class skill bonuses, item bonuses, racial and class bonuses, none of those things have any impact on self-improvement. All skills you choose for self-improvement must be ones that you already know: this process can NEVER grant you a new skill. You may NOT self-improve in a skill if doing so will give you more Ranks than you have Character Levels.

The Interval to self-improve a Skill is one day.

To improve a Skill Point, all Characters must roll their class Bailiwick skill (or the one they prefer if they have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain their Action Dice for each day of training. Gain that many Action Dice. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to earn the Skill Point, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval. The target number to gain a Skill Point is the number in the DC's chart for your character level when you finished the training. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

It is possible to self-improve your Bailiwick skill, even though you are rolling the Bailiwick skill to gain Action Dice. No, you may not count the Bailiwick skill as already-improved for these rolls.

It is possible to Self-Improve skill points in multiple skills, in which case the target number is calculated separately for each skill. In all cases, you may never earn a Skill Point if doing so would give you more ranks than you have class levels.

The monetary costs of self-improving a Skill Point is noted for the character level in which you finish training in the DC chart. It is possible for these costs to increase if you level up on the middle of self-improving a Skill.

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
1	48	20
2	52	40
3	56	60
4	60	90
5	66	110
6	70	150
7	74	190
8	82	260
9	86	320
10	90	400

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
11	96	520
12	100	640
13	104	900
14	108	1,100
15	114	1,500
16	120	1,900
17	124	2,400
18	128	3,100
19	132	3,900
20	136	8,800

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
21	186	13,600
22	192	20,000
23	198	30,000
24	208	45,000
25	214	65,000
26	220	100,000
27	228	150,000
28	234	226,000
29	240	344,000
30	246	500,000

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
31	254	760,000
32	262	1,140,000
33	268	1,720,000
34	276	2,560,000
35	284	3,000,000

Purchase a new Class Skill

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: special (see below)

It is possible to convert a non-class skill to a Class skill. Obviously, this can only be done once for each skill, as you intensely train, study, and practice that skill to make it second nature.

To make any Skill into a Class Skill, it must be a Skill you qualify for: You may not, for example, make a Bailiwick skill you do not otherwise qualify for into a Class Skill in any case. For all other skills, you must have an appropriate place for improvement, be it a library, peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to the skill being trained. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

The Interval to purchase a new Class Skill is one day.

To purchase a Class Skill, all Characters must roll their class Bailiwick skill (or the one they prefer if they have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain their Action Dice for each day of training. Gain that many Action Dice. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to purchase the new Class Skill, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval. The target number to purchase a new Class Skill is the number in the DC's chart for your character level when you finished the training. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
1	120	20
2	130	40
3	140	60
4	150	90
5	165	110
6	175	150
7	185	190
8	205	260
9	215	320
10	225	400

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
11	240	520
12	250	640
13	260	900
14	270	1,100
15	285	1,500
16	300	1,900
17	310	2,400
18	320	3,100
19	330	3,900
20	340	8,800

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
21	465	13,600
22	480	20,000
23	495	30,000
24	520	45,000
25	535	65,000
26	550	100,000
27	570	150,000
28	585	226,000
29	600	344,000
30	615	500,000

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
31	635	760,000
32	655	1,140,000
33	670	1,720,000
34	690	2,560,000
35	710	3,000,000

Re-map a Single Skill

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: special (see below)

It is possible to change the ability score that a single Skill of your choosing is based upon. It is possible to make your Acrobatics skill, for example, be based upon your Intelligence, or your Perception Skill based upon your Constitution.

To re-map any Skill from one Ability to another Ability, it must be a Skill you qualify for: You may not, for example, map a Bailiwick skill you do not otherwise qualify for to use for Charisma and thus gain use of the skill, in any case. To re-map all other skills, you must have an appropriate place for improvement, be it a library, peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to the skill being trained. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

The Interval to re-map one of your known Skills is one day. You may re-map more than one Skill, but you must complete each change before you begin the next. You may re-map a Skill more than once: You may change your Diplomacy to work off your Dexterity, and then later re-map it again to work off your Constitution. You must expend the full amount of time and money each time.

To re-map one of their known Skills, all Characters must roll their class Bailiwick skill (or the one they prefer if they have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain their Action Dice for each day of training. Gain that many Action Dice. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to re-map your Skill, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval.

The target number to re-map a Skill is the number in the DC's chart for your character level when you finished the training. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

If you are re-mapping your Bailiwick Skill, you may not count the new Ability until the change is complete.

The monetary costs of re-mapping a Skill is noted for the character level in which you finish training in the DC chart. It is possible for these costs to increase if you level up on the middle of re-mapping a Skill.

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
1	2024	185
2	2026	400
3	2028	600
4	2030	900
5	2033	1,100
6	2035	1,500
7	2037	1,900
8	2041	2,600
9	2043	3,200
10	2045	4,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
11	2048	5,200
12	2050	6,400
13	2052	9,000
14	2054	11,000
15	2057	15,000
16	2060	19,000
17	2062	24,000
18	2064	31,000
19	2066	39,000
20	2068	88,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
21	2093	136,000
22	2096	200,000
23	2099	300,000
24	2104	450,000
25	2107	650,000
26	2110	1,000,000
27	2114	1,500,000
28	2117	2,260,000
29	2120	3,440,000
30	2123	5,000,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
31	2127	7,600,000
32	2131	11,400,000
33	2134	17,200,000
34	2138	25,600,000
35	2142	30,000,000

Earn a Feat

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: special (see below)

It is possible to gain the use of a new Feat, once in a character's career. This is done using the Abstract Encounter System, like all such changes, and the Feat you gain must be legal for your character in all particulars. You choose the Feat you wish to gain at the beginning of the self-improvement process. You do not have to have all the prerequisites for a feat to begin earning it. You must satisfy all prerequisites for the Feat at the time you complete the self-improvement rolls, or you may not use the feat until you satisfy all said prerequisites. If you have a Feat you cannot use (for whatever reason) you may swap it for another feat via the normal process laid out above.

To earn a feat, you must have an appropriate place for improvement, be it a library, peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to the feat being trained. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

The Interval for earning a new Feat is one day.

To earn a new Feat, you must declare the Feat you are working on at the beginning of the process. All Characters then roll their class Bailiwick skill (or the one they prefer if they have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain their Action Dice for each day of training. Gain that many Action Dice. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to earn the Feat you are working on, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval.

The target number to earn a new Feat is the number in the DC's chart for your character level when you finished the training. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

The monetary costs of earning a new Feat is noted for the character level in which you finish training in the DC chart. It is possible for these costs to increase if you level up on the middle of earning a Feat.

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
1	2024	185
2	2026	400
3	2028	600
4	2030	900
5	2033	1,100
6	2035	1,500
7	2037	1,900
8	2041	2,600
9	2043	3,200
10	2045	4,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
11	2048	5,200
12	2050	6,400
13	2052	9,000
14	2054	11,000
15	2057	15,000
16	2060	19,000
17	2062	24,000
18	2064	31,000
19	2066	39,000
20	2068	88,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
21	2093	136,000
22	2096	200,000
23	2099	300,000
24	2104	450,000
25	2107	650,000
26	2110	1,000,000
27	2114	1,500,000
28	2117	2,260,000
29	2120	3,440,000
30	2123	5,000,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
31	2127	7,600,000
32	2131	11,400,000
33	2134	17,200,000
34	2138	25,600,000
35	2142	30,000,000

Earn a Minor Racial Ability

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: special (see below)

It is possible to gain the use of a new Minor Racial Ability, once in a character's career. This is done using the Abstract Encounter System, like all such changes, and the Minor Racial Ability you gain must be legal for your character in all particulars. Specifically, using this action you must choose a Minor Racial Ability from your current race. If you somehow change races, you must change this additional Minor Racial Ability to match your new race.

You choose the Minor Ability you wish to gain at the beginning of the self-improvement process. You may not change the Minor Ability you are working toward in the middle without losing all your progress.

To gain a Minor Racial Ability, you must have an appropriate place for improvement, be it a library, peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to the ability being trained. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

The Interval for earning a new Racial Ability is one day.

To earn a new Ability, you must declare the Ability you are working on at the beginning of the process. All Characters then roll their class Bailiwick skill (or the one they prefer if they have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain their Action Dice for each day of training. Gain that many Action Dice. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to earn the Ability you are working on, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval.

The target number to earn a new Minor Ability is the number in the DC's chart for your character level when you finished the training. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

The monetary costs of earning a new Ability is noted for the character level in which you finish training in the DC chart. It is possible for these costs to increase if you level up on the middle of earning an Ability.

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
1	4024	370
2	4026	800
3	4028	1,200
4	4030	1,800
5	4033	2,200
6	4035	3,000
7	4037	3,800
8	4041	5,200
9	4043	6,400
10	4045	8,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
11	4048	10,400
12	4050	12,800
13	4052	18,000
14	4054	22,000
15	4057	30,000
16	4060	38,000
17	4062	48,000
18	4064	62,000
19	4066	78,000
20	4068	176,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
21	4093	272,000
22	4096	400,000
23	4099	600,000
24	4104	900,000
25	4107	1,300,000
26	4110	2,000,000
27	4114	3,000,000
28	4117	4,520,000
29	4120	6,880,000
30	4123	10,000,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
31	4127	15,200,000
32	4131	22,800,000
33	4134	34,400,000
34	4138	51,200,000
35	4142	60,000,000

Earn a Major Racial Ability

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: special (see below)

It is possible to gain the use of a new Major Racial Ability, once in a character's career. This is done using the Abstract Encounter System, like all such changes, and the Major Racial Ability you gain must be legal for your character in all particulars. Specifically, using this action you must choose a Major Racial Ability from your current race. If you somehow change races, you must change this additional Major Racial Ability to match your new race.

You choose the Major Ability you wish to gain at the beginning of the self-improvement process. You may not change the Major Ability you are working toward in the middle without losing all your progress.

To gain a Major Racial Ability, you must have an appropriate place for improvement, be it a library, peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to the ability being trained. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

The Interval for earning a new Racial Ability is one day.

To earn a new Ability, you must declare the Ability you are working on at the beginning of the process. All Characters then roll their class Bailiwick skill (or the one they prefer if they have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain their Action Dice for each day of training. Gain that many Action Dice. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to earn the Ability you are working on, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval.

The target number to earn a new Major Ability is the number in the DC's chart for your character level when you finished the training. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

The monetary costs of earning a new Ability is noted for the character level in which you finish training in the DC chart. It is possible for these costs to increase if you level up on the middle of earning an Ability.

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
1	7024	650
2	7026	1,400
3	7028	2,100
4	7030	3,150
5	7033	3,850
6	7035	5,250
7	7037	6,650
8	7041	9,100
9	7043	11,200
10	7045	14,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
11	7048	18,200
12	7050	22,400
13	7052	31,500
14	7054	38,500
15	7057	52,500
16	7060	66,500
17	7062	84,000
18	7064	108,500
19	7066	136,500
20	7068	308,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
21	7093	476,000
22	7096	700,000
23	7099	1,050,000
24	7104	1,575,000
25	7107	2,275,000
26	7110	3,500,000
27	7114	5,250,000
28	7117	7,910,000
29	7120	12,040,000
30	7123	17,500,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
31	7127	26,600,000
32	7131	39,900,000
33	7134	60,200,000
34	7138	89,600,000
35	7142	105,000,000

Earning an Ability Point

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: special (see below)

It is possible to gain the use of an additional Ability Point for any Ability you choose. This may be done up to twice per Ability during a character's career. This is done using the Abstract Encounter System, like all such changes.

You choose the Statistic you wish to improve at the beginning of the self-improvement process. You may not change the Ability Point you are working toward in the middle without losing all your progress. IE, if you switch from improving your Strength to improving your Constitution, all progress toward the point of Strength is lost.

To gain an Ability Point, you must have an appropriate place for improvement, be it a library, peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to the ability being trained. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

The Interval for earning a new Ability Point is one day.

To earn a new Ability Point, you must declare the Ability you are working on at the beginning of the process. All Characters then roll their class Bailiwick skill (or the one they prefer if they have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain their Action Dice for each day of training. Gain that many Action Dice. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to earn the Ability Point you are working on, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval.

The target number to earn a new Ability Point is the number in the DC's chart for your character level when you finished the training. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

The monetary costs of earning a new Ability Point is noted for the character level in which you finish training in the DC chart. It is possible for these costs to increase if you level up on the middle of earning an Ability Point.

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
1	7024	650
2	7026	1,400
3	7028	2,100
4	7030	3,150
5	7033	3,850
6	7035	5,250
7	7037	6,650
8	7041	9,100
9	7043	11,200
10	7045	14,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
11	7048	18,200
12	7050	22,400
13	7052	31,500
14	7054	38,500
15	7057	52,500
16	7060	66,500
17	7062	84,000
18	7064	108,500
19	7066	136,500
20	7068	308,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
21	7093	476,000
22	7096	700,000
23	7099	1,050,000
24	7104	1,575,000
25	7107	2,275,000
26	7110	3,500,000
27	7114	5,250,000
28	7117	7,910,000
29	7120	12,040,000
30	7123	17,500,000

Character Level	Target DC	Total Gold Cost
31	7127	26,600,000
32	7131	39,900,000
33	7134	60,200,000
34	7138	89,600,000
35	7142	105,000,000

Things you can Purchase

Purchase an Action Point

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: Free

It is possible to gain the use of an additional Action Point through intense study, training, and meditation. This Action Point is exactly like the Action Point that is usually gained at the beginning of any Real-Time Combat, and can be used for any legal use of Action Points in your campaign. Note that it is possible to earn Action Points through the Re-training system if your Game Master is not awarding Action Points in each combat, and the Game Master allows Re-training. Yo may buy as many Action Points as you wish, with the important caveat that you cannot ever have more than one Action Point "banked' from the use of re-training. This is done using the Abstract Encounter System, like all such changes.

To gain an Action Point, you must have an appropriate place for improvement, be it a library, peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to the character being trained. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

The Interval for earning a new Action Point is one day.

To earn a new Action Point, you must declare you are working to earn one. All Characters then roll their class Bailiwick skill (or the one they prefer if they have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain their Action Dice for each day of training. Gain that many Action Dice. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to earn the Action Point you are working on, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval.

The target number to earn a new Action Point is the number in the DC's chart for your character level when you finished the training. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

Earning an Action Point does not incur any monetary costs, making it an economical alternative for all those with Vows of Poverty, wastrel habits, or penurious Game Masters.

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
1	36	0
2	39	0
3	42	0
4	45	0
5	50	0
6	53	0
7	56	0
8	62	0
9	65	0
10	68	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
11	72	0
12	75	0
13	78	0
14	81	0
15	86	0
16	90	0
17	93	0
18	96	0
19	99	0
20	102	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
21	140	0
22	144	0
23	149	0
24	156	0
25	161	0
26	165	0
27	171	0
28	176	0
29	180	0
30	185	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
31	191	0
32	197	0
33	201	0
34	207	0
35	213	0

Purchase a Combat Bonus

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: Free

It is possible to gain the use of a Combat Bonus through intense study, training, and meditation. A Combat Bonus is similar to an Action Point, in that they may only be used during Real-Time Combat, IE, while an initiative order is underway. Using a Combat Bonus adds 2d6 to the roll which is being boosted.

A Combat Bonus may be used to boost any to-hit roll, Combat maneuver check (CMB or CMD), or damage roll.

If used to boost a to-hit roll, use of a Combat Bonus may raise a D20 roll to a 20 or even higher, but it is not considered a 'natural' result, and as a consequence, may not threaten a critical strike.

If used to boost any weapon damage roll, the 2d6 rolled are treated as additional base weapon damage of the same type as the weapon being used, and thus increase upon critical hits and are further multiplied by the level of the wielder.

A Combat Bonus is NOT an Action Point, and may be used at any time during combat, even in the same round as an Action Point and even during an action granted by an Action Point.

You may buy as many Combat Bonuses as you wish, with the important caveat that you cannot ever have more than one Combat Bonus "banked' from the use of re-training. This is done using the Abstract Encounter System, like all such changes.

To gain a Combat Bonus, you must have an appropriate place for improvement, be it a library, peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to the character being trained. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

The Interval for earning a new Combat Bonus is one day.

To earn a new Combat Bonus, you must declare you are working to earn one. All Characters then roll their class Bailiwick skill (or the one they prefer if they have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain their Action Dice for each day of training. Gain that many Action Dice. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to earn the Combat Bonus you are working on, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval.

The target number to earn a new Combat Bonus is the number in the DC's chart for your character level when you finished the training. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

Earning a Combat Bonus does not incur any monetary costs, making it an economical alternative for all those with Vows of Poverty, wastrel habits, or penurious Game Masters.

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
1	24	0
2	26	0
3	28	0
4	30	0
5	33	0
6	35	0
7	37	0
8	41	0
9	43	0
10	45	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
11	48	0
12	50	0
13	52	0
14	54	0
15	57	0
16	60	0
17	62	0
18	64	0
19	66	0
20	68	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
21	93	0
22	96	0
23	99	0
24	104	0
25	107	0
26	110	0
27	114	0
28	117	0
29	120	0
30	123	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
31	127	0
32	131	0
33	134	0
34	138	0
35	142	0

Purchase Fortune's Favor

• Interval: 1 day
• Action Pool: Your bailiwick skill / 5
• Target DC: special (see below)
• Cost in GP: Free

It is possible to gain Fortune's Favor through intense prayer, training, and meditation. Every character gains Fortune's Favor in different ways. A Paladin may gain it by intense prayer in a shrine, a Brawler may get it by pouring out a ritual libation to Lady Luck with every round he drinks, a Barbarian may get it by howling to the wild, open sky, etc. Fortune's Favor is different from an Action Point or Combat Bonus, in that it may used at any time.

When you expend Fortune's Favor, you succeed at a single D20 roll without rolling any dice. This success is absolute, and occurs regardless of the target DC. However, it is only a success, not a maximum result or any other quantifiable number. If Fortune's Favor is used for an Abstract Encounter Skill Roll, for example (which has no defined upper limit for success) the Fortune's Favor will grant the minimum possible successful roll.

However, Fortunes Favor always makes the roll a success. If you are trying to Sunder a Force Wall and need a DC of 250, Fortune's Favor will automatically reach that DC, and not one digit higher, thus inflicting a single Sunder.

You may buy as many instances of Fortune's Favor as you wish over the lifetime of a character, with the important caveat that you cannot ever have more than one instance of Fortune's Favor "banked' from the use of re-training. This is done using the Abstract Encounter System, like all such changes.

To gain Fortune's Favor, you must have an appropriate place for improvement, be it a library, peaceful grove, a quiet meditation temple, a shrine, a gymnasium, a patch of howling wilderness, a deep, dark sewer, courts of intrigue, whatever is applicable to the character being trained. Once the GM adjudicates there is an appropriate location, progress may begin.

The Interval for earning a new Combat Bonus is one day.

To earn a new Combat Bonus, you must declare you are working to earn one. All Characters then roll their class Bailiwick skill (or the one they prefer if they have more than one) and divide the result by five to obtain their Action Dice for each day of training. Gain that many Action Dice. You then roll the Action Dice and expend the Pips to earn the Combat Bonus you are working on, or, spend dice to bank the pips for the next interval.

The target number to earn a new Combat Bonus is the number in the DC's chart for your character level when you finished the training. It is possible this target will increase during training if you are leveling rapidly!

Earning a Combat Bonus does not incur any monetary costs, making it an economical alternative for all those with Vows of Poverty, wastrel habits, or penurious Game Masters

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
1	48	0
2	52	0
3	56	0
4	60	0
5	66	0
6	70	0
7	74	0
8	82	0
9	86	0
10	90	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
11	96	0
12	100	0
13	104	0
14	108	0
15	114	0
16	120	0
17	124	0
18	128	0
19	132	0
20	136	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
21	186	0
22	192	0
23	198	0
24	208	0
25	214	0
26	220	0
27	228	0
28	234	0
29	240	0
30	246	0

Character Level	Target DC	Gold Cost Per Interval
31	254	0
32	262	0
33	268	0
34	276	0
35	284	0