Gregor Eckstall

+2 Wounds

Gain Knowledge Skill; collect small favor from an institute of higher learning.

Use the appropriate Knowledge skill when making checks to determine Initiative. Source: DOR (Extended Talent Book)

Readying a weapon is now an incidental.

When your character makes a check to construct new items or modify existing ones, use this talent to add a number of :gB: to the check equal to ranks of Inventor. In addition, your character may attempt to reconstruct devices that they have heard described but have not seen and do not have any kinds of plans or schematics for.

Take strain per rank of Dodge to upgrade opposing combat check once for each strain spent.

+2 melee weapon damage for the first turn of an encounter where a Melee weapon is drawn.

Maneuver to decrease difficulty of combined combat check by one

When your character makes a check to construct new items or modify existing ones, use this talent to add a number of :gB: to the check equal to ranks of Inventor. In addition, your character may attempt to reconstruct devices that they have heard described but have not seen and do not have any kinds of plans or schematics for.

Once per session, your character may use this talent to make a Mechanics check to attempt to cobble together the functional equivalent of any item using spare parts or salvage. Difficulty is based on item rarity.

When your character suffers a hit from a melee combat check, after damage is calc'd but before soak is applied, suffer 3 strain to reduce damage by 2+ ranks in Parry.

Your character must have purchased the Parry talent to benefit from this talent. While wielding a weapon with the Defensive quality, your character may use Parry to reduce the damage of an attack targeting an engaged ally.

Your character must have purchased the Parry talent to benefit from this talent. When your character suffers a hit from a melee combat check and uses Parry to reduce the damage from that hit, after the attack is resolved, you may spend :n$: or 3 :n%: from the attacker’s check to use this talent. Then, your character automatically hits the attacker once with a Brawl or Melee weapon your character is wielding. The hit deals the weapon’s base damage, plus any damage from applicable talents or abilities. Your character can’t use this talent if the original attack incapacitates them.

Once per session, identify one enemy target and make a hard appropriate Knowledge check. If successful, for the rest of the encounter, allies within short range of your character add 1 :g^: to attacks against the target equal to :g*: generated on the check.

Once per session, take a Thorough Assessment action: make a Hard ( :nD: :nD: :nD: ) Knowledge check to gain :nB: equal to :n*: that can be distributed during the encounter.

Gain +1 Strain Threshold.

Gain +2 Wound Threshold