Cave Bear Skills
Animalistic Interface - NA
Claw Swipes - 58
Darkspawn - NA
Forage - 13
Growl - 2
Hibernate - 37
Scents and Sensibility - 23
Stubborn - 10
Toughness - 25
Ruler Skills
Appoint Official - Level NA
Emboldening Speech - Level 20
Identify Subject - Level 10
It’s Good to be King - NA
King’s Quest - Level 15
Kingsguard - Level 1
Noblesse Oblige - Level 56
Organize Minions - Level NA
Proclaim Treaty - Level NA
Royal Audience - Level 22
Simple Decree - Level 15
Swear Fealty - Level NA
Tailor Skills
Adjust Outfit - Level 5
Clean and Press - Level 20
Recycle Cloth - Level 2
Tailoring - Level 54(69)
Model Skills
Adjust Weight - Level 14
Call Outfit - Level 6
Dietary Restriction - Level 55 (+110 to all pools)
Fascination - Level 9
Flex - Level 22
Makeup - Level 12
Self-Esteem - Level 22
Sexy Pose - Level 2
Strong Pose - Level 17
Work it Baby - Level 55 (+55% to raw item bonuses)
Necromancer Skills
Assess Corpse - Level 12
Command the Dead - Level 28
Deathsight - Level 9
Drain Life - Level 8
Invite Undead - Level 12
Mana Focus - Level NA (+11% to sanity)
Skeletons - Level 19
Soulstone - Level 45
Speak With Dead - Level 24
Zombies - Level 3
Duelist Skills
Challenge - Level 12
Dazzling Entrance - Level 17
Disarm - Level 2
Fancy Flourish - Level 13 (20)
Guard Stance - Level 22
Parry - Level 27
Riposte - Level 1
Swashbuckler’s Spirit - NA (+20 to cool)
Swinger - Level 2
Weapon Specialist - Level 50 (Brawling +25)
Animator Skills
Animus - Level 41
Animus Blade - Level 15
Animus Shield - Level 4
Arm Creation - Level 7
Command Animus - Level 23
Creator’s Guardians - Level 70
Deanimate - Level 1
Dollseye - Level 18
Eye for Detail - Level 20
Magic Mouth - Level 18
Mend - Level 68
Enchanter Skills
Appraise - Level 30
Boost+5 - Level 25
Boost +10 - Level 5
Disenchant - Level 24
Elemental Protection - Level 18
Glowgleam - Level 26
Harden - Level 36
Soften - Level 31
Spellstore I - Level 40
Spellstore V - Level 18
Spellstore X - Level 8
Wards - Level 3
Golemist Skills
Armor Golem - Level 2
Bone Golem - Level 1
Call Golem - Level 4
Clay Golem - Level 3
Command Golem - Level 24
Flesh Golem - Level 1
Golem Animus - Level 66
Golem Guardians - NA
Greater Golem Upgrade - Level 2
Invite Golem - Level 12
Mend Golem - Level 66
Program Golem - Level 43
Toy Golem - Level 83
Wood Golem - Level 19
Smith Skills
Adjust Arms and Armor - Level 20
Refine Ore - Level 15
Smelt Down - Level 7
Smithing - Level 52
Sculptor Skills
Detect Clay - Level 8
Mend Ceramic - Level 6
Refine Clay - Level 18
Sculpting - Level 61
Shaman Skills
Beastly Skill Borrow - Level 1
Call Vines - Level 1
Dreamquest - Level 25
Fated Preserver - Level NA
Poison Resistance - Level 1
Secret Herbs and Spices - Level 5
Slow Regeneration - Level 3
Speak with Nature - Level 16
Equipment
Journeyman Tailor’s Apron of fire resistance (+6 Armor, +10 Tailoring, Resist Fire 9)(+3 Armor, +5 Tailoring, +5 Resist Fire from WIB)
Okay Quality Bling
Ringtail Master’s Coat of fire resistance (+5 CHA, +5 LUCK, +5 Armor, +5 Fate, +10 Resist Fire 10)(+2 CHA, LUCK, Armor, Fate, +5 Resist Fire from WIB)
Rippen Tear Cloak (+10 to brawling, +5 Armor)(+5 Brawling, +2 Armor from WIB)
Rod of Baronly Might (+5 CHA, +5 WIS, +10 Cool)(+2 CHA, WIS, +5 Cool from WIB)
Sneakypants (+5 Camouflage)(+2 Camouflage from WIB)
Yellow Belt of Bravado (+5 AGL, +5 DEX, +5 to the Fancy Flourish skill)(+2 AGL, DEX, Fancy Flourish from WIB)
Toy Top Hat (CHA +10)(+5 CHA from WIB)
Golden Laurels (Enables the REST skill, usable every two hours.)
Inventory
A Folded-steel Dagger (Dagger Level 10)
Tailor’s Tools
4 vials of Green Reagent.
1 Vial of Blue Reagent
A pouch of assorted crystals, rank 1-4.
Minorphone (Enhances voice and social skills focused through it twice per day)
Unlocked Jobs
Air Elementalist, Berserker, Cleric, Cook, Cultist, Grifter, Spirit Medium, Tamer, Wizard
APPENDIX I: THREADBARE’S JOBS AND SKILLS
CAVE BEAR
Cave Bears are large beasts, tough and strong and stubborn. They eat pretty much anything organic and spend most of their lives underground, emerging to forage as needed. Bears gain experience by eating bear-associated foods, roaming their territory, and defeating foes with their natural weapons.
GREATER TOY GOLEM
Toy golems are the protectors of children everywhere! And also good, reasonably cheap guardians for any fledgling golemist. They aren’t the toughest of golems, but they possess a few costly powers good for helping their charges survive. Like all golems, they’re sturdy, resistant to magic, and immune to a lot of things that would kill living beings. Greater golems possess sapience, and attribute ranks that lesser golems simply do not have. They can even learn jobs! Limited in that aspect only by the intelligence of their crafter, greater golems have theoretically astronomical potential. Greater Toy Golems gain experience by doing adorable things, surviving conflict by toughing it out, and defeating foes using their natural weapons.
ANIMATOR
Animators give life to inanimate objects, awakening them to serve and defend the animator. Animators gain experience by casting animator spells and defeating foes with their animi.
DUELIST
Duelists fight with their chosen weapon and swashbuckle around, using mobility and attitude to win their fights. Duelists gain experience through fighting with their specialized weapon, defeating foes with panache and style, and doing risky, flashy things in dangerous situations. Note: Specialized weapons can be changed. Practice hard, your specialized weapon will shift to your highest weapon skill.
ENCHANTER
Enchanters are one of the oddest adventuring professions. They do most of their work beforehand, and use their items to devastating effect. Enchanters gain experience by creating magical items, casting enchanter spells, and using their created items to defeat foes.
GOLEMIST
Congratulations! Through blending Animator and Enchanter, you are now a golemist! Golemists craft unique magical constructs, and use them to fight their battles. Golemists gain experience b
y casting golemist spells, creating golems, and using their golems to defeat their foes.
MODEL
Models improve their bodies and attitudes, displaying their glory for all to see and controlling how others look upon them. Models gain experience by using model skills, successfully controlling first impressions, and defeating their foes through social maneuvering.
NECROMANCER
Necromancers raise the dead to do their bidding, and can negotiate with powerful spirits and undead entities. Necromancers gain experience by interacting positively with the dead, casting necromancer spells, and using the undead to defeat their foes.
RULER
Rulers entice people to work for them, and organize them through decrees and rewards to do their bidding. Rulers gain experience by having their subjects do their bidding, organizing others to a common goal, and looking out for the interests of those in their charge.
SCOUT
Scouts roam the wilderness, spying upon foes and using stealth and survival to accomplish their goals. Remember, be prepared! Scouts gain experience by using scout skills, exploring new wilderness areas, and remaining undetected by foes.
SHAMAN
Shamans are wise in the ways of nature, dealing with plants, beasts, and natural forces for their own benefit and the benefit of their communities. Shamans have a wide grab bag of versatile tools, and are at home dealing with most problems that can arise in the wilderness. Shamans gain experience by living in accordance with nature, dealing with beasts, plants, and natural events, and helping their chosen tribe.
SMITH
Smiths work with metal, crafting objects with the help of a forge, anvil, and hammer.
TAILOR
Tailors work with cloth and occasionally other flexible materials, crafting objects with the help of scissors, needle, and thread.
GREATER TOY GOLEM SKILLS
ADORABLE
Level 1, Cost N/A, Duration: Passive Constant
Adorable has a chance of activating when you do something cute in front of an audience, or onlookers blame you for something that isn’t your fault. It improves the attitude of anyone who fails to resist your charms.
BODYGUARD
Level: 10, Cost: 25 Sta Duration: 1 minute per toy golem level
Name a target party member when activating this skill. For the duration, you have a chance of intercepting each attack aimed at them, so long as you remain within two yards of them. Multiple attackers or overwhelming amounts of strikes may reduce the effectiveness of this defence.
GIFT OF SAPIENCE
Level 1, Cost N/A, Duration: Passive Constant
Congratulations, you now have all the attributes and can think and learn. Good luck with that. You also have 0/8 adventuring job slots open, and 2/4 crafting job slots.
GOLEM BODY
Level 1, Cost N/A, Duration: Passive Constant
Your body has no organs, and is made from inorganic or once-organic material infused with a magical force. By being exposed to effects that would kill or cripple living beings and surviving them, this skill will level up. As it levels up, you will gain immunity and resistance to a wider range of lethal effects.
INNOCENT EMBRACE
Level 5, Cost: Sanity equal to half the amount healed, Duration: Instant
Heals an embraced target 10 X the level of this skill. Will affect on other golems, is standard healing otherwise. Currently activated through Animalistic Interface, and will affect any legal target embraced. Does not affect uninjured targets.
MAGIC RESISTANCE
Level 1, Cost: N/A, Duration: Passive Constant
Has a chance of negating any non-beneficial magic cast upon you. The chance of success is dependant upon the spellcaster’s level.
CAVE BEAR SKILLS
ANIMALISTIC INTERFACE
Level 1, Cost N/A, Duration: Passive Constant
Allows the beast to use their racial skills without requiring vocalization. All skills that are not constant passives may be turned on and off as the situation and instinct require.
CLAW SWIPES
Level 1, Cost 5 Sta, Duration: 5 attacks
Enhances the damage caused by your hands and feet, and adds the sharp quality for the next five strikes. Currently activated through Animalistic Interface, and will activate whenever you brawl with intent to injure.
DARKSPAWN
Level: 10, Cost: N/A Duration: Passive Constant
You gain a bonus to all attributes equal to twice your Cave Bear level while in darkness, and can see normally in darkness. Sufficient light will disrupt this effect, and the bonus does not increase the maximum size of the associated pools.
FORAGE
Level 1, Cost 10 Sta, Duration: 10 minutes
Greatly enhances your perception for the purposes of finding food, water, or other natural resources in the wilderness. At higher levels, may be used to locate specific naturally occurring resources. Currently activated through Animalistic Interface, will activate whenever you hunt for natural resources.
GROWL
Level 5, Cost 10 Mox, Duration: Instant
Growl at a target to damage their sanity.
HIBERNATE
Level 5, Cost N/A, Duration: 1-3 months
Go into a torpid sleep. Requires a cool, dark place and you cannot be affected by the Starving condition. Restores all pools to full, as per a normal rest.
SCENTS AND SENSIBILITY
Level 1, Cost 5 San, Duration: 5 minutes
Activates heightened smell, greatly increasing perception for that sense and allowing you to catalog and remember specific odors. Currently activated through Animalistic Interface, and will activate whenever you encounter an interesting scent.
STUBBORN
Level 5, Cost N/A, Duration: Passive Constant
Increases your resistance to sanity damaging effects.
TOUGHNESS
Level 1, Cost N/A, Duration: Passive Constant
Has a chance of increasing whenever you take serious damage. Raises your maximum HP by two whenever it increases.
SCULPTOR SKILLS
DETECT CLAY
Level 1, Cost 5 For, Duration: Instant
Directs you to the nearest sources of clay, pigment, and other substances useful for sculpting
MEND CERAMIC
Level 10, Cost 20 For, Duration: Instant
Mends a damaged pottery item, repairing it a small amount.
REFINE CLAY
Level 5, Cost 10 Sta, Duration: Instant
Separates any usable pottery crafting materials out of whatever material it’s mixed with.
SMITH SKILLS
ADJUST ARMS AND ARMOR
Level 5, Cost 10 Sta, Duration: instant
Resizes any armor or weapons to fit the chosen wearer or wielder, and also allows minor alterations.
REFINE ORE
Level 1, Cost 10 Sta, Duration: Instant
Separates any usable crafting materials in a container or dirt, ore, or stone into neat piles of material.
SMELT DOWN
Level 10, Cost 25 Sta, Duration: 30+ Seconds
Breaks a metal item down into ingots of metal, and separates out any gems or other materials into a small heap nearby.
SMITHING
Level 1, Cost NA, Duration: 30+ seconds
Crafts the desired metal or mixed-metal-and-forgeable item desired, requiring different materials for each project and the presence of appropriate tools. Has a chance of failure.
TAILOR SKILLS
ADJUST OUTFIT
Level 5, Cost 20 Sta, Duration: Instant
Resizes any cloth outfit to fit the chosen wearer, and also allows minor alterations.
CLEAN AND PRESS
Level 1, Cost 10 Sta, Duration: Instant
Instantly cleans the selected item, and removes any wrinkles, stains, or other blemishes. Only works on items that are primarily textiles.
RECYCLE CLOTH
Level 10, Cost 25 Sta, Duration: 30+ Seconds
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TAILORING
Level 1, Cost NA, Duration: 30+ seconds
Crafts the desired cloth or mixed-textile-and-sewable-materials item desired, requiring different materials for each project and the presence of appropriate tools. Has a chance of failure.
ANIMATOR SKILLS
ANIMUS
Level 1, Cost 10+ San, Duration: 10 min/level
Turns an object into an animi, capable of movement, combat, and simple tasks as ordered by its creator. Must be in its creator’s party to do anything beyond defend itself. The greater the size and mass of the object, the more it costs to animate, and the more hit points, strength, and constitution it begins with. The type of material also factors in, and determines the starting armor rating of the animi.
ANIMUS BLADE
Level: 5, Cost: 15+ Sanity Duration: 10 minutes per animator level
Animates a slashing weapon and grants it minor flight, causing it to move and attack on its own. It cannot venture more than a small distance from you, and will orbit you without taking action unless invited into your party. Its weapon skill is dependent upon your weapon skill, and its equivalent strength is dependent upon your will.
ANIMUS SHIELD
Level: 10, Cost: 20+ San Duration: 10 minutes per level
Animates a shield, that moves as if wielded by an invisible warrior. Must be in a creator’s party to do anything beyond defend itself.
ARM CREATION
Level: 5, Cost: 10 San Duration: N/A
Teaches an animi a weapon skill that you know, allowing it to wield and use weapons that are manageable given its size and manipulative appendages. Lasts until the animi deanimates.
COMMAND ANIMUS
Level 1, Cost 5 San, Duration: Instant
Allows the caster to issue one command to an animi that isn’t currently in its creator’s party. If successfully cast, the animi will follow the command to the best of its ability until it is impossible to do so.
CREATOR’S GUARDIANS
Level 1, Cost N/A, Duration: Passive Constant
Enhances animi in the creator’s party, boosting all attributes. The amount buffed is influenced by the animator’s will and this skill’s level. Has a chance of increasing every time a new animi first joins the animator’s party.
DEANIMATE
Level 15, Cost 50 San, Duration: Instant
A ray that inflicts moderate damage upon a nearby animus, construct, golem, or other animated object, and has no effect on other creatures. This damage cannot be prevented by armor, or resisted by the Resist Magic skill.