Arcana

Arcana

Attribute	Intelligence
Used	Rolled directly by the player
Feats	9
First choice	Level 2 (Novice)

Arcana is a Intelligence skill.

What it covers

Understand, identify, analyze, decipher, and recall magic: spells, enchantments, magical items, runes, planes, magical theory, and arcane creatures. Arcana also governs the crafting of new magical items from real materials at a workspace.

Progression

Level	Unlock	Feat	Effect
2	Novice feat choice (pick one)	The Taste of Magic	You can determine whether the magic is beneficial, harmful, or neutral, receiving a general emotional impression (warmth for healing, cold dread for curses, electric excitement for enhancement). Cursed items taste hungry.
		Arcane Autopsy	By studying magic's effects on matter and flesh, you can identify what type of magic caused the damage, discerning its spell school, damage type, and approximate power level.
		Magical Vandalism	You gain a +2 bonus to the declared Arcana check to break, corrupt, or redirect existing magic. Success doesn't dispel cleanly but causes unpredictable and often spectacular magical failure.
3	Passive bonus	Storm resistance bonus
4	Mastery bonus	+1 to Arcana rolls
6	Adept feat choice (pick one)	Unravel the Casting	Identify an enemy's spell as it's being cast and shout its weakness to allies, naming the school, the trigger, and how to brace against it. Allies who hear the warning are braced against the named effect: blunted, resisted, or shrugged off.
		Arcane Cartographer	Automatically sense the presence, location, and nature of all active magical effects within 30 feet. Focus on a specific source to learn its school and likely trigger.
		The Unraveler	Touch an afflicted ally and work at the magical effect gripping them. Make an Arcana check against the effect; on a success the knot comes apart and one such mind-affecting magical effect on them ends. Out of combat, touch range, one effect at a time.
7	Passive bonus	Fire resistance bonus
8	Mastery bonus	+1 to Arcana rolls
10	Expert feat choice (pick one)	Nothing Minor	Conditional effects take hold one grade stronger than normal, with additional uses to match. Effects already at maximum grade gain one extra use instead.
		Overflow	25% chance on activation for the effect to surge: harder, wider, or longer than written, roughly 50% stronger.
		Spare Charge	30% chance to not consume a charge on activation.
11	Passive bonus	Frost resistance bonus
12	Mastery bonus	+1 to Arcana rolls
14	Master feat choice	Pool not yet released
15	Passive bonus	Dark resistance bonus
16	Mastery bonus	+1 to Arcana rolls
18	Legendary feat choice	Pool not yet released
20	Mythic feat choice	Pool not yet released

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