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Ranked Abilities

Rank Title(s) Training time, total What success looks like
0 Incompetent None Successes are rare and of poor quality.
1 Novice 3 months Success is competent and functional, but messy.
2 Journeyman 1 year Success is at the level of professional.
3 Expert 4 years Able to teach. Successes are aesthetically pleasing.
4 Master 16 years Successes are marvelous.
5 Legend 64 years Successes are the subject of stories told for generations.

FIXME: I think these default training times ought be more expensive. Consider: R1 = 6 mo. R2 = 2 years. R3 = 8 years. R4 = 32 years. R5 = 128 years. R6 = 512 years. r7 = 2,048 years. R8 = 8,192 years. R9 = 32,768 years. 'Prodigy' (currently you start with 1 R5 ability) archetype alternative: Choose 1 ability. Training time for that ability is only 1/4 normal - you learn this ability 4 times faster.

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Abilities

The following abilities can be earned by player-characters:

Magical Abilities

Student: 'If there's no rules for magic, what's in all these books?'
Master: 'Rules for magic.'

- Three Panel Soul - 'Continuity'

Magic is a phenomenon that defies the laws of physics. Though magic can sometimes be described by rules, and replicated through research and practice, in the end, magic defies logic. Magic is the art of getting something from nothing.

The following magic schools can be earned by player-characters:

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Extended training times for characters with exceptional lifespans:
Rank 0 = None
Rank 1 = 3 months
Rank 2 = 1 year
Rank 3 = 4 years
Rank 4 = 16 years
Rank 5 = 64 years
Rank 6 = 256 years
Rank 7 = 1,024 years
Rank 8 = 4,096 years
Rank 9 = 16,384 years
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Alternative training times:
Rank 0 = None
Rank 1 = 4 months
Rank 2 = 1 year
Rank 3 = 3 years
Rank 4 = 10 years
Rank 5 = 30 years
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Academic:
Rank 0 = None
Rank 1 = One semester of one class
Rank 2 = Fully certified tradesperson
Rank 3 = Full Bachelor's degree
Rank 4 = PhD
Rank 5 = Nobel Prize