====== Gaze of the Marksman ======
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**Gaze of the Marksman** is a [[weapon]] [[skills|skill tree]] associated with the [[bow]]. As a trained bowman, use your skills in archery to strike your enemies from afar, disabling them before they ever become a threat.
This skill tree provides a number of long ranged abilities that deal damage, debuff opponents, and retain advantageous positioning for the user.
===== List of Skills =====
^ __Skill__ ^ __Prerequisites__ ^ __SP Cost__ ^ __Levels?__ ^ __Description__ ^
| **Bow Proficiency** | None | 10 SP | None | Allows the player to equip bows. |
| (Upper Branch) |
| **[[Arrow Strike]]** | Bow Proficiency | 2 SP | 3 | Pull back and fire a powerful strike towards your target. |
| **Marksman** | Arrow Strike | 3 SP | 3 | Passive ability that increases the range of your bow skills by +1 tile range per level. |
| **[[Precision Shot]]** | Marksman | 3 SP | 4 | Offensive skill that can pierce through enemies to hit all targets in its path. |
| **[[Rain of Arrows]]** | Precision Shot | 4 SP | 3 | Offensive skill that fires a volley of arrows in the sky, raining them down on the selected area. A wide area of effect that damages targets. |
| **[[Deadshot]]** | Rain of Arrows | 4 SP | 3 | Offensive skill where each successful hit improves your focus and precision. Starts with modest damage but increases by 35% with each consecutive hit across turns. Missing a shot breaks your concentration, resetting the damage to base level. Requires consistent accuracy to reach devastating potential. |
| (Upper Central Branch) |
| **[[Retreating Shot]]** | Bow Proficiency | 3 SP | 3 | Offensive priority skill that fires an arrow, while simultaneously moving the player 2 tiles in the opposite direction of the projectile to dodge incoming attacks. |
| **[[Overwatch]]** | Retreating Shot | 4 SP | None | Target an area and become rooted, for the next turn, you will automatically attack anyone that moves within the area. |
| **[[Smoke Shot]]** | Overwatch | 5 SP | None | Offensive skill that fires an arrows with a smoke bomb attached to it. Spawns obscuring smoke for 3 turns that inhibits the vision of those in the smoke effect. When within the obscuring smoke, you cannot see any incoming skills in the combat chat. |
| **[[Tri Shot]]** | Smoke Shot | 3 SP | None | Offensive skill that fires 3 arrows in rapid succession. |
| **[[Final Draw]]** | Rain of Arrows, Tri Shot, Keen Eye | 8 SP | 2 | A very long range offensive skill that is both unblockable and pierces through enemies, at the cost of skipping your next turn. |
| (Lower Central Branch) |
| **[[Ankle Shot]]** | Bow Proficiency | 2 SP | 3 | Offensive skill that damages the target, while also debuffing their agility. |
| **[[Survivalist]]** | Ankle Shot | 7 SP | None | Non-combat skill that allows the player to mend minor injuries without the need of a bandage. Each use requires 10 energy. |
| **[[Ricochet]]** | Survivalist | 5 SP | None | Offensive skill that fires a single arrow at a target. When the projectile hits either a target or tile, it will fork and hit targets within 2 tiles of the initial target. |
| **Keen Eye** | Ricochet | 3 SP | 3 | Passive trait where the player will deal 50% extra damage every 6 attacks. Upgrading the skill reduces the threshold of attacks needed for the damage bonus, down to 3 attacks needed at max level. |
| (Lower Branch) |
| **[[Explosive Arrow]]** | Ankle Shot | 4 SP | None | Offensive skill that fires an arrow with a explosive arrowhead, dealing damage to all enemies in a small area. |
| **[[Grapple Arrow]]** | Explosive Arrow | 4 SP | None | Offensive skill that fires an arrow at the target, damaging them and pulling them closer to the user. |
| **[[Barbed Arrow]]** | Grapple Arrow | 4 SP | None | Offensive skill that fires an arrow at the target. On top of doing its base damage, it will also apply a small bleeding damage over time effect and debuff any incoming healing to the target by 50%. |
Where possible, skill lists will try to emulate the shape and flow of the in-game skill tree to ensure optimal readability, however this will not always be possible due to the shapes or interconnectivity possessed by some trees.
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