Beachcomber (sage study)

Enables the character to survive and act effectively in beach, sea or lakeside environments.

Amateur

• Catch Fishing: use of fishing line, gaffs, bone hooks and barbed spears; includes hand gathering.
• Clam Digging: enables foraging along the strandline for meat and other foods.
• Construct Bivouac: gives knowledge of how to build a wooden frame shelter within hours.
• Sailing: able to manage a wind-powered craft upon the water over a chosen course.
• Steershand: enables the management of a boat through the safest and most efficient river waters.
• Swimming: provides the character with the basic ability to swim.

Authority

• Free-diving: empowers the character with the ability to hold his or her breath, enabling deep dives.
• Locate Water: identifies the probable location of existing fresh water in a salt-water environment.
• Orienteering: allows certain knowledge of direction and orientation.
• Predict Storms: gives a 12 hour notice of wind conditions greater than 28 knots.

Expert

• Deep Breathing: provides unnatural lung capacity that allows periods of 8 to 15 minutes underwater.

Sage

• Breathe Water: enables the character to survive continuously underwater.

See Ranger Sage Abilities