Talents

Flemeth Zecora’s Black Grimoire

A talent is something your pony is really good at, better than most other ponies. There are many, many different talents: in this section we are going to to tell you how they work, and you will find a list of talents on the home page.
A talent is a skill or ability, or something you know about really well. In fact, you are so good at it that it sets you apart from your friends and most other ponies. For example, Rarity’s best talent is creating beautiful dresses; Rainbow Dash can fly really, really fast and with amazing control; Twilight Sparkle is great at learning spells; Fluttershy can speak with animals; Applejack is excellent at running a farm; and Pinkie Pie is fantastic at throwing parties.
A pony can have more than one talent, of course, and will probably learn more than a few as they level up during their adventures in Thedastria.
Talents are with a die value. Normally, they start at D4 and increase in rating as you level up, up to a mighty D20. A pony with a D20 in a talent is a master of that skill or knowledge—not many of the inhabitants of Thedastria can reach that level of skill in a talent! For more information of how to use talents to accomplish tests and challenges, see Playing the Game.

Cutie Mark Talents

The main talent of your pony is the one that you discovered just before getting your cutie mark. When you found your what this talent was, your cutie mark magically appeared. This talent is the one that is going to influence your pony—it often defines a pony’s job or mission in life. For example, if you find that you have a gift for healing others and you feel that healing and medicine is what you want to do more than anything else, that is going to be your talent, and your cutie mark will reflect that.
All grown-up ponies have a cutie mark talent, and our game starts just after your pony has gotten theirs. Just keep in mind that not all races have cutie marks.

Talent Development

As you level up as a result of your adventures in Thedastria, your talents will improve—the more you use them, the more they will increase in rating, and one day you can call yourself a master as you achieve D20 in a talent.
But that’s not all. You can also learn new talents as you discover new things that interest you and that you are good at. For example, you might learn how to play an instrument, become really good at a sport, or learn a new profession or hobby.
In this section, there’s a list of talents that you can choose to develop as you level up, but this list is definitely not complete. You and the game master are free to create new talents and develop them together—have fun!

Magical Talents, Spells, and Other Restricted Talents

Some talents are normally restricted to only a certain kind of pony—this will be clearly written next to a talent’s description. For example, magical talents are normally limited to Unicorns. Spells are like talents, but can only be used by Mages. Some other talents are limited to Pegasi as they require the pony character to be able to fly. Other talents are limited to Earth ponies as they depend on the Earth ponies’ natural harmony with animals and plants.
Note that if there is a good reason for it and your GM agrees, you can learn talents that are normally not available to your kind of pony—the limitations can be relaxed in the name of fun. For example, an Earth pony might find a magical item that allows them to use a magical talent, or a Unicorn could learn from a Pegasus how to summon rain clouds using magic.

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