Mental Toughness Talent Tree

The Hero can mentally resist even the most challenging or alluring of mind games.

Better Mind: Your deft mind allows you to shrug off minor mental inconsistencies. When taking ability score damage to your Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma, you take 1 less damage, even if the result would mean they take no damage.

Improved Better Mind: When taking ability score damage, your bonus from better mind increases so that you take 2 less damage, even if the result would mean they take no damage. You must possess better mind to select this trait.

Advanced Better Mind: Your bonus from Better mind increases by 2 (Maximum of 4) and applies to ability drain now as well. Furthermore, you recover double the amount of ability damage when resting. You must possess Improved better mind to select this trait.

Heroic Will: Gain a +1 bonus on Will saving throws. This bonus increases to +2 when the save is against a fear effect or illusion.

Improved Heroic Will: Your bonus on Will saving throws increases to +2, the bonus against fear or illusions increases to +4. You must possess Heroic Will to select this talent.

Concentration: You gain a +2 bonus to concentration checks made, in addition, creatures whom you cause you to make a concentration check gain a +2 to the save DC.

Improved Concentration: Your bonus from Concentration increases to +4. You must possess concentration to utilize this.

Peace of mind: When selecting this talent, select one of the following status ailments. (Dazzled, Dazed, stunned, Rattled, Shaken, Frightened, sickened, nauseated). If effected by one of these ailments, it does not take effect until one round later than it normally would. This can be selected multiple times, however you must select a different ailment each time.

Improved Peace of Mind: The Ailment you had selected through Peace of Mind, is lessened by 1 round when effected, even if this would mean you are no longer effected. This can be taken multiple times, however you must have the peace of mind talent for that ailment before you can select it.