Adept Talents: Practiced Techniques

Adept Speed

Your speed increases by 10 feet while you are not wearing armor or wielding a shield.

Acquired Knowledge

Choose any combination of three languages, tools, gaming sets, or performance arts you are not proficient with. You become proficient with all three.

Battlefield Etiquette

After you have fought beside a martial artist for an encounter, battled against them, or observed them for at least 10 minutes, you gain Advantage on Charisma checks against them. Any creature proficient in martial weapons or at least one combat maneuver tradition are martial artists.

Humble Existence

While in Havens, you may live a modest lifestyle without any cost. Most middle- or low-class inns and shops will not charge you for simple goods and services, and most guards will not accost you without good reason. The DM might have high-class shops and areas ignore this ability for 24 hours, though you gain one Willpower if they do. If you are carrying a number of expensive items in excess of your proficiency bonus, this talent has no effect. An expensive item is 100gp or an item worth at least much.

Insightful Intuition

Prerequisite: Proficiency with the Insight skill
As an action, study a creature you have watched speak for at least 1 minute. You can ask the DM one of the following questions:

• Is the creature hiding any strong emotions?
• Does the creature have a secret agenda?
• Did the creature conceal the truth in the last minute?
• Is the creature hiding their true heritage and/or culture?

The DM must give you a truthful answer. Once you have used this ability on a creature, you cannot use it on that creature again until you finish a short or long rest.

Marathon Runner

When you move at a fast pace, you don’t suffer a penalty to your passive Perception. In addition, you have Advantage on ability checks and saving throws due to forced marches, prolonged sprints, or other prolonged movement.

Meditative Trance

Instead of falling unconscious when you sleep, you can meditate deeply, remaining in a semi-conscious trance for 4 hours. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit others gain from a full night's rest.

Nature of Consciousness

You gain proficiency with one of the following skills: Animal Handling or Nature. If you have the Battlefield Etiquette talent, you consider beasts and beast-like monstrosities, fey, and other creatures to be martial artists.

Nimble Athlete

You gain proficiency in Athletics, and can always use Dexterity when making ability checks

Power and Precision

You gain proficiency in Precision, and can always use Strength when making ability checks

Total Concentration Breathing

You may hold your breath for a number of minutes equal to 1 + your Constitution modifier + your Wisdom modifier, you can always hold your breath as long as you aren't surprised, and you can take any action except speaking without losing breath. You do not begin suffocating until a number of rounds equal to your Constitution Modifier + your Wisdom Modifier. You have advantage on saving throws against harmful gasses or vapors.

Warrior's Awareness

Prerequisite: Proficiency with Perception
You cannot be surprised while you are conscious. If you are surprised in combat while unconscious, you may take the Study action at the start of your first turn for free, ending the Unconscious and Surprised conditions on yourself and allowing you to take your turn normally.

Kip Up

Prerequisite: 5th level
You can stand up from Prone with a Reaction.

Slow Fall

Prerequisite: 5th level
You can use your Reaction when you fall to reduce any falling damage you take by an amount equal to five times your martial class levels.

Wall Run

Prerequisite: Adept Speed, 5th level
Adept Speed increases your speed by an additional 5 feet, and you gain the ability to move along vertical surfaces on your turn without falling during the move.

Unbroken Surface

Prerequisite: Adept Speed, 9th level
Adept Speed increases your speed by an additional 5 feet, and you gain the ability to move along liquid surfaces without falling. You can freely suppress this ability or reactivate it at will (no action required).

Tongue of the Sun and Moon

Prerequisite: 13th level
You understand all spoken and signed language. Moreover, any creature that can understand a language can understand what you say or sign.