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Gaze of the Marksman
Gaze of the Marksman is a weapon 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.