Scouting (sage study)

Scouting is a sage study in the field of Wilderland, which offers a set of survival and orientation skills that ensure survival in the wild, ensuring a goodly supply of food, water, shelter and protection, whatever the landscape or weather.

Sage Abilities

The sage abilities below are those acquired by a character through the study, according to status.

Amateur Status

• Catch Fishing: describes the angling skill of catching fish with a line or net.

• Evasion: describes skills at avoiding detection in the wild by most onlookers.

• Foraging: improved ability to find vegetables, roots, fruits and nuts in a wilderness environment.

• Hunting: locating, tracking and successfully bringing down small game in order to serve as a food supply.

• Pathfinding I: improve distance covered when crossing untracked wilderness.

• Tracking: locating creatures and animals that move in the wild according to the trail they leave behind.

Authority Status

• Camouflage: the ability to proficiently camouflage the body.

• Counter-Tracking: an advanced form of evasion, allowing a possibility of shaking off a tracker.

• Make Fire: the ability to produce fire using only dry tinder and friction.

• Pathfinding II: improves the safety of the ranger and others when crossing the wilderness.

• Sheltering: chooses the best place to rest and avoid the elements.

• Water Discipline: gives experience in knowing when to drink in order to avoid dehydration.

Expert Status

• Avoid Encounter: enables avoidance of dangerous creatures or monsters that are sensed to be active in the vicinity.

• Earth Hearing: the ability to track by hearing a distant quarry's footfalls through the earth.

See Ranger Sage Abilities