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| Prerequisites || [[Device Proficiency]] and any Spellcasting Skill
| Prerequisites || [[Device Proficiency]]
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| Key Words|| Archetype / Scout / [[Magic#Magic Points|Magic Points]]
| Key Words|| Archetype / Scout / Permanent
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| Description || The character can, at a cost in [[Magic#Magic Points|magic points]] and [[Rites#Preparing the Space|resources]], perform the rite ''[[Invest Wardbreakers Tools]]''.
| Description || The character can, at a cost in [[Rites#Preparing the Space|resources]], perform the rite ''[[Invest Wardbreakers Tools]]''.




Using lockpicks, trap-breaking tools or locksmith’s tools invested with the ''[[Invest Wardbreakers Tools]]'' rite, the character can use their [[Scoundrel]] or [[Device Proficiency]] skill to pick or disable a lock or trap enchanted to prevent picking or disabling.
Using their invested tools, the character can use their [[Scoundrel]] or [[Device Proficiency]] skill to pick or disable a mechanism enchanted to prevent mundane interference.


'''Note:''' In spite of the name, this skill does not automatically enable the character to break wards; further [[Research|research]] will unlock this and more spectacular uses of the skill.
The number of magic points the character receives each day depends on how many skills they know that use them, see [[Character Creation#Magic Points and Work Units|''Magic Points and Work Units'']].
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Revision as of 18:36, 13 September 2024

Name Wardbreaker
Cost 8 points
Prerequisites Device Proficiency
Key Words Archetype / Scout / Permanent
Description The character can, at a cost in resources, perform the rite Invest Wardbreakers Tools.


Using their invested tools, the character can use their Scoundrel or Device Proficiency skill to pick or disable a mechanism enchanted to prevent mundane interference.

Note: In spite of the name, this skill does not automatically enable the character to break wards; further research will unlock this and more spectacular uses of the skill.

Progression None


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