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NEW AND UPDATED TALENTS
Beat Blade  Drilled
Max: Weapon Skill Bonus
Tests: Melee for a Beat Blade
You are trained to make sharp controlled blows to your
opponent’s weapon, creating an opening for an attack or
simply impeding an incoming attack. For your Action,
you can choose to Beat Blade before rolling. Perform a
Melee Test; if successful, the opposing Advantage Pool
loses –1 Advantage, and loses a further –1 if you score 6
SL. is Test is not Opposed. is Talent is of no use if
your opponent has no weapon or has a larger Size than
you.
Crew Commander
Max: Initiative bonus
Tests: Ranged Skill tests when ring a weapon with the
Crewed Flaw
A Character with this talent is practised at managing
crews of siege weapons and artillery pieces. e Character
may make a Challenging (+0) Leadership Test to help
a crew manning a weapon with the Crewed Quality
within earshot. If the Character passes the Test, the crew
members may then use the Character’s Ranged Skill
when shooting the weapon.
Distract  Test.
Max: Agility 
Bonus Tests: Athletics to Distract  Rapid Reload
You are trained in simple movements to distract or startle
your opponent, drawing eyes from your true intent.
You may use your Move to perform a Distraction. is
is resolved by an Opposed Athletics/Cool Test against
your target. If you win, your opponent can generate no
Advantage for their Pool until the end of the next Round.
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Max: Weapon Skill Bonus
Bonus Tests: Melee Tests when beside an ally with
Drilled 
You have been trained to ght shoulder-to-shoulder with
other soldiers. Characters with the Drilled Talent count
as two combatants when determining Losing Advantage
(page 137).
Flee!
Max: Agility Bonus
Tests: Athletics when eeing or when the Quarry in a
pursuit
When your life is on the line, you are capable of impressive
bursts of speed. Your Movement Attribute counts as 1
higher when Fleeing or when you are the Quarry in a
pursuit.
Gunner
Max: Dexterity Bonus
You can reload blackpowder weapons with practiced ease.
You add SL equal to your level in Gunner to any Extended
Test to reload a blackpowder weapon. Reloading a ranged
weapon during combat also counts as an Assess action.
You gain an extra +1 Advantage when making that Assess
 
 
Max: Dexterity Bonus
You can reload ranged weapons with practiced ease.
You add SL equal to your level in Rapid Reload to any
Extended Test to reload a ranged weapon. Reloading a
ranged weapon during combat also counts as an Assess
action. You gain an extra +1 Advantage when making that
Assess Test. 
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Relentless  In addition, you treat your size as being the same as that
Max: One  of your mount for the purposes of resisting Fear and
When you have your mind set on a target, there is nothing Terror caused solely by the size of your opponent, such is
anyone can do to stop you reaching them. e advantage your con dence when mounted.
cost of the Flee from Harm action is reduced to 1. 
Example: Another person on a horse would not cause Fear,
Reversal  but a Daemon or an Undead creature would.
Max: Weapon Skill Bonus
Tests: Melee when defending Shieldsman 
You are used to desperate combats, able to turn even the Max: Strength Bonus
direst circumstances to your advantage. If you win an Tests: Any Test to defend with a shield
Opposed Melee Test, instead of gaining +1 Advantage, You are skilled at using your shield to manoeuvre others
you may take 1 Advantage from the opposing Advantage in combat so you can take advantage of a desperate
Pool and add it to your own. If you do this, you do not situation. When using a Shield to defend, once per turn,
cause any Damage, even if it is your Turn in the Round. you may spend 2 Advantage to either cause Damage
when you are attacked as if it were your Action or to push
Roughrider your opponent 2 yards directly back from yourself and no
Max: Agility Bonus longer count as engaged. 
Tests: Ride Tests when in combat
You are at home in the saddle in even the most di cult of Strike to Injure
circumstances, and know how to get the best out of your Max: 1
mount during con ict. Assuming you have the Ride skill, You are an expert in striking your enemies most vulnerable
you can direct your mount to take an Action, not just a areas. When rolling on a Critical Damage table, make
Move, without a Ride Test. two rolls and choose which result you prefer.