Insightful Talent Tree

The Dedicated hero’s innate insightfulness serves her well.

Skill Emphasis: The Dedicated hero chooses a single skill and receives a +3 bonus on all checks with that skill. This bonus does not allow the hero to make checks for a trained-only skill if the hero has no ranks in the skill. This can be selected multiple times, once for each skill.

Improved Skill Emphasis: The Dedicated hero gains a further +3 bonus to the same skill it selected with Skill Emphasis. This can be selected multiple times, once for every time you have Skill Emphasis and never for the same skill twice. You must possess the Skill Emphasis talent to select this one.

Aware: The Dedicated hero is intuitively aware of his or her surroundings. The hero adds 1/2 of her Dedicated hero level to her Perception and sense motive checks. You must possess the Skill Emphasis talent to select this one.

Faith: The Dedicated hero has a great deal of faith. It might be faith in self, in a higher power, or in both. The Dedicated hero gains a faith pool. This pool has a number of points equal to 1/2 of the Dedicated hero's level. By spending a point of the faith pool, the Dedicated hero can add it's Wisdom modifier to the die roll to improve the result of an attack roll, skill check, saving throw, or ability check. You must possess the Skill Emphasis talent to select this one.

Greater Faith: You can use your faith as an instant action. You must possess the Faith talent to select this one.

Cool Under Pressure: The Dedicated hero selects a number of skills equal to 3 + the hero’s Wisdom modifier. When making a check with one of these skills, the Dedicated hero can take 10 even when distracted or under duress. You must possess the Skill Emphasis talent, faith, aware, and any other talent to select this one.