Backpacker
Associated Skills: Survival
TRAVEL AND INVESTIGATION +++
TRAINER COMBAT ++ Travel is synonymous with the Pokémon Trainer’s lifestyle, and the best way to travel is with a full pack of supplies for any situation. Backpackers know how to make the most of their items, using them with quickness and efficiency, whether they be Potions to heal their friends or Repel to drive away dangerous wild Pokémon. The adventurer’s lifestyle teaches a Backpacker adaptability and endows them with many talents that would normally seem outside their field of expertise. Stealth gear or even fashionable wear can be like armor to them, and their experience trekking through treacherous terrain has taught them to avoid hazards as they walk. Backpacker fits a variety of builds, letting Survival-oriented characters gain combat prowess without needing a large investment in the Combat SKILL and providing crafters with more efficient ways to use their creations.
BACKPACKER TALENTS Call to Adventure
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Effect: You gain the Instinctive Aptitude Edge, even if you do not meet its prerequisites. If you already have this Edge, gain another Edge for which you qualify.
During Combat or tense situations (never Extended Actions), if you spend AP to add a bonus to a Skill Check, you may add +1d6 instead of +2. Frisk
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Effect: You gain the Frisk Ability. Handyman
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Effect: Whenever you use an item or a non-Weapon piece of equipment which calls for a Skill Check or has an effect or prerequisite based on a Skill Rank, you may substitute Survival for the used Skill. This does not affect prerequisites for Books. Hat Trick
Static
Effect: While wearing Head Equipment worth at least $1000, you gain 15 Damage Reduction against Critical Hits. This does not stack with any Damage Reduction granted by any Head Equipment. Movement Mastery
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Effect: Choose one of Art of Stealth, Athletic Initiative, Mounted Prowess, Nimble Movement, Slippery, Stamina, Swimmer, or Wallrunner. You gain the chosen Edge, even if you do not meet the prerequisites. Additionally, you may take any of these Edges in the future as if you did meet the prerequisites. Sole Power
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Effect: While wearing Feet Equipment worth at least $1000, you do not trigger Hazards while Shifting. However, you still trigger any Hazards that you are standing on at the start or end of your turn. Reactive Hazards such as Stealth Rock cannot be triggered against you. Wayfarer
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Effect: You may use your Survival Skill when making Opposed Rolls when defending against Disarm, Grapple, Push, and Trip Maneuvers. When wielding a Weapon, you may use Survival instead of Combat to determine the Damage Base of your Struggle Attacks and to qualify for a Weapon’s Moves. Wear it Better
Prerequisites: Expert Survival
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Effect: While wearing Body Equipment worth at least $1000, you gain +5 Damage Reduction. This does not stack with any Damage Reduction granted by any Body Equipment.
TRAINER COMBAT ++ Travel is synonymous with the Pokémon Trainer’s lifestyle, and the best way to travel is with a full pack of supplies for any situation. Backpackers know how to make the most of their items, using them with quickness and efficiency, whether they be Potions to heal their friends or Repel to drive away dangerous wild Pokémon. The adventurer’s lifestyle teaches a Backpacker adaptability and endows them with many talents that would normally seem outside their field of expertise. Stealth gear or even fashionable wear can be like armor to them, and their experience trekking through treacherous terrain has taught them to avoid hazards as they walk. Backpacker fits a variety of builds, letting Survival-oriented characters gain combat prowess without needing a large investment in the Combat SKILL and providing crafters with more efficient ways to use their creations.
BACKPACKER TALENTS Call to Adventure
Static
Effect: You gain the Instinctive Aptitude Edge, even if you do not meet its prerequisites. If you already have this Edge, gain another Edge for which you qualify.
During Combat or tense situations (never Extended Actions), if you spend AP to add a bonus to a Skill Check, you may add +1d6 instead of +2. Frisk
Static
Effect: You gain the Frisk Ability. Handyman
Static
Effect: Whenever you use an item or a non-Weapon piece of equipment which calls for a Skill Check or has an effect or prerequisite based on a Skill Rank, you may substitute Survival for the used Skill. This does not affect prerequisites for Books. Hat Trick
Static
Effect: While wearing Head Equipment worth at least $1000, you gain 15 Damage Reduction against Critical Hits. This does not stack with any Damage Reduction granted by any Head Equipment. Movement Mastery
Static
Effect: Choose one of Art of Stealth, Athletic Initiative, Mounted Prowess, Nimble Movement, Slippery, Stamina, Swimmer, or Wallrunner. You gain the chosen Edge, even if you do not meet the prerequisites. Additionally, you may take any of these Edges in the future as if you did meet the prerequisites. Sole Power
Static
Effect: While wearing Feet Equipment worth at least $1000, you do not trigger Hazards while Shifting. However, you still trigger any Hazards that you are standing on at the start or end of your turn. Reactive Hazards such as Stealth Rock cannot be triggered against you. Wayfarer
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Effect: You may use your Survival Skill when making Opposed Rolls when defending against Disarm, Grapple, Push, and Trip Maneuvers. When wielding a Weapon, you may use Survival instead of Combat to determine the Damage Base of your Struggle Attacks and to qualify for a Weapon’s Moves. Wear it Better
Prerequisites: Expert Survival
Static
Effect: While wearing Body Equipment worth at least $1000, you gain +5 Damage Reduction. This does not stack with any Damage Reduction granted by any Body Equipment.
Backpacker
[Class] [+Speed]
Prerequisites: Traveler
Static
Effect: You gain the Skill Enhancement EDGE. You then gain an instance of the Skill Stunt Edge for each of the two Skills you chose with Skill Enhancement.
Item Mastery
[+Speed]
Prerequisites: Backpacker
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Effect: You learn the Moves Fling and Recycle. Equipment Savant
[+Speed]
Prerequisites: Backpacker, Expert Survival
2 AP – Swift Action
Effect: Use or Equip an Item or piece of Equipment which would normally require a Standard Action to use or equip. You may not make an Attack with a Weapon this way - using other Items or Equipment that requires “Attacks” (such as Cap Cannons or Poké Balls) is acceptable. Hero’s Journey
[Ranked 3] [+Speed]
Rank 1 Prerequisites: Backpacker
Rank 2 Prerequisites: Backpacker, Adept Survival
Rank 3 Prerequisites: Backpacker, Expert Survival
Rank 4 Prerequisites: Backpacker, Expert Survival
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Effect: Each Rank, you may gain two Backpacker Talents for which you qualify.