Researcher: GENERAL
Associated Skills: Education Skills, Survival
CRAFTING++
PASSIVE POKEMON SUPPORT+
TRAVEL AND INVESTIGATION+
TRAINER COMBAT+
Researchers study various academic fields and apply them to Pokémon: General Knowledge, Apothecary, Botany, Chemistry, Climatology, Crystal Artifice, Occultism, Paleontology, and Pokémon Caretaking. The world is a vast place with many complex subjects. It’s simply not possible for someone to know everything about everything, but delving deep into a handful of topics can reap many benefits. While most trainers aim to be the best, Researchers aim to know the most. Researchers become experts on the subjects that interest them. They learn how to apply this information to conflicts off and on the battlefield alike. The Researcher Class is perhaps one of the most difficult and subtle classes to play, but extremely versatile in its scope; knowledge is power, after all. Researchers all must choose carefully how to proceed with their FEATURES, as their choice of specialization will make a large impact on how they are able to apply their skills. Researcher is all about having the knowledge to make the most of any situation or challenge. When you choose to take the Researcher Class, you will advance in Fields of Study that represent more narrow topics of research. Two characters with the Researcher Class can play very differently as a result!
PASSIVE POKEMON SUPPORT+
TRAVEL AND INVESTIGATION+
TRAINER COMBAT+
Researchers study various academic fields and apply them to Pokémon: General Knowledge, Apothecary, Botany, Chemistry, Climatology, Crystal Artifice, Occultism, Paleontology, and Pokémon Caretaking. The world is a vast place with many complex subjects. It’s simply not possible for someone to know everything about everything, but delving deep into a handful of topics can reap many benefits. While most trainers aim to be the best, Researchers aim to know the most. Researchers become experts on the subjects that interest them. They learn how to apply this information to conflicts off and on the battlefield alike. The Researcher Class is perhaps one of the most difficult and subtle classes to play, but extremely versatile in its scope; knowledge is power, after all. Researchers all must choose carefully how to proceed with their FEATURES, as their choice of specialization will make a large impact on how they are able to apply their skills. Researcher is all about having the knowledge to make the most of any situation or challenge. When you choose to take the Researcher Class, you will advance in Fields of Study that represent more narrow topics of research. Two characters with the Researcher Class can play very differently as a result!
Researcher
[Class][Branch]
Prerequisites: An Education Skill at Novice Rank
Static
Effect: Choose two Researcher Fields of Study. You may take Features from those Fields with this instance of Researcher. Gain one Feature from a chosen Researcher Field for which you qualify.
Note: Researcher is broken up into multiple Fields of Study. You may not take Features from a Field of Study you haven’t chosen with the base Researcher Feature. You may take Researcher any number of times, each time choosing two different Fields of Study.
GENERAL RESEARCH FIELD Breadth of Knowledge
Prerequisites: Novice General Education
Static
Effect: You gain three Skill Edges for which you qualify. These Edges must be used to gain a Skill Edge with an Education Skill, or to gain an Edge that has an Education Skill as a Prerequisite that you meet.
Live and Learn
Prerequisites: Adept General Education
Daily x3 – Free Action
Trigger: You or your Pokémon miss with an attack, fail a Skill Check, or fail a Save Check
Effect: Add half of your General Education Rank to the next roll of the same type that the triggering user makes.
Instant Analysis
Prerequisites: Expert General Education
At-Will – Extended Action
Target: Your Pokémon with at least 2 Tutor Points remaining
Effect: Your Pokémon loses 2 Tutor Points and gains the Forewarn Ability.
Echoes of the Future
Prerequisite: Master General Education
Daily x2 – Free Action
Trigger: You or your Pokémon make a roll
Effect: You may roll twice and keep the best result.