Extreme Effort Talent Tree

A Strong hero can push him or herself to make an extreme effort. The effort must relate either to a Strength check or a Strength-based skill check. You must decide to use this ability before making the check.

Extreme Effort: The effort requires a full-round action and provides a +2 bonus on the check.

Improved Extreme Effort: The effort requires a full-round action and provides a +2 bonus that stacks with the bonus provided by extreme effort (+4 total). To select this Talent, you must first select the Extreme effort talent.

Advanced Extreme Effort: The effort requires a full-round action and provides a +2 bonus that stacks with the bonuses provided by extreme effort and improved extreme effort (+6 total). To select this Talent, you must first select Extreme effort, and improved extreme effort.

Swift Effort: You can utilize the Extreme effort abilities as a standard action. This requires at least one talent from the Extreme Effort talent tree.

Atlas: You are treated as being large sized for the purpose of determining your light, medium, and heavy load.

Rock Climber: You gain a +2 bonus to climb checks.

Improved Rock Climber: You gain a further +2 bonus to climb checks. This stacks with Rock Climber. In addition, You do not take the -5 penalty to your check when you perform an accelerated climb. You must select the Rock Climber talent before selecting this one.

Advanced Rock Climber: Your bonus increases by another +2 to Climb checks. This stacks with Rock Climber and Improved Rock Climber. In addition, you lower the DC to catch yourself or catch an ally while falling by 10. Finally, you retain your dexterity bonus to armor class when climbing. You must select the Rock Climber and Improved Rock Climber talents before selecting this one.

Expert Swimmer: You gain a +2 bonus to Swim Checks.

Improved Expert Swimmer: You gain a further +2 bonus to swim checks. This stacks with Expert Swimmer. In addition, You can swim at half your speed as a move action, and your full speed as a full round action. You must select the Expert Swimmer talent before selecting this one.

Advanced Expert Swimmer: You gain another +2 bonus to swim checks. This stacks with Expert Swimmer and Advanced Expert Swimmer. In addition, You can hold your breath for a number of rounds equal to 4 times your constitution score, and you only lower this number of rounds by taking a full round action, not a standard action. You must select the Expert Swimmer talent and the Improved Expert Swimmer Talent before selecting this one.

Strong Leaper: You use your strength modifier to modify your acrobatics checks when jumping instead of your dexterity.

Improved Strong Leaper: You gain a +4 bonus to acrobatics checks, but only when jumping. In addition your movement speed is treated as 10 higher (+4 more) when you make a running jump. You must select the Strong Leaper talent before selecting this one.