1. Notes

Training in skills

Minimum lifestyle: Modest

To learn proficiency in a skill requires finding an appropriate trainer who will teach you, and then a period of dedicated time to train in it.


Finding a trainer


Resources

Finding a trainer requires 1 week of downtime and 25 gold.


Resolution

To determine the level of the teacher, roll a stat check for the same stat as the skill you wish to learn. You may add a bonus equal to your lifestyle modifier plus the number of weeks you have already trained divided by 5 (round down), up to a maximum of +5.


Success: You find a trainer that’s willing to start training you.


Training level table
Stat Roll
Weeks of training required to learn skill
Under 20
25 weeks
20-24
20 weeks
25+
15 weeks

The length of your training program is reduced by the stat modifier of the ability that applies to the skill.

You may attempt to find a better trainer after every 5 weeks of training.

  • If you switch to a faster training program, you keep all of the time you have trained in that skill so far.


Failure: You don’t find a new trainer


Training in a skill (Requires a trainer)


Resources

200 gp (living expenses included) per week of downtime.


Complications

There is a 10% chance of complications, checked after every 5 weeks of training.


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DM resolution

Complications. Every five weeks spent in skills training brings a 10 percent chance of a complication:


Training Complications

d10

Complications

1

Your instructor disappears, forcing you to spend one week finding a new one.

2

Your teacher instructs you in rare, archaic methods, which draw comments from others.

3

Your teacher is a spy sent to learn your plans.

4

Your teacher is a wanted criminal.

5

Your teacher is a cruel taskmaster.

6

Your teacher asks for help dealing with a threat.

7

Your teacher is a fake - two additional weeks of downtime are wasted finding another.

8

Another student is jealous of your progress and vows to surpass you. (gain a rival)

9

Your teacher speaks with a difficult accent - the training takes four weeks longer.

10

A fellow student becomes obsessed with you. (gain a superfan/follower)

September 13th, 2022