Rogue Revisions

Proficiencies

• Rogues now qualify for Melee 2 at 10th and Melee 3 at 20th. Scouts can take Ranged 2 and Ranged 3 at 10th and 20th, respectively.
• Initiative + 1 is now available to rogues starting at 3rd level. The level requirements for all other ranks of Initiative have been dropped by five.
• Rogues with Toxin proficiency may now learn Toxic Weapon at level 3.

Merits

• All rogues may now learn the Guerilla merit at level 6, which allows them to regain their initiative after 10 seconds of concealment.
• Assassins may now learn the Impunity merit at level 9, which makes them immune to retorts.
• Bards may now learn the Trickster merit at level 6, which allows them to call Crit damage against opponents affected by compulsions.
• Bards may now learn the Showboat merit at level 12, which allows them to move without ending a performance. (I very, very nearly named this Walk This Way.)
• The Steady Aim scout merit has been revised. In addition to calling pierce damage with ranged weapons, characters with Steady Aim treat any ranged weapon as a light weapon, allowing them to use most rogue abilities at range.
• Scouts may now learn the Sharpshooter merit at level 3.
• Scouts may now learn the Fish in a Barrel merit at level 6, which allows them to call Crit damage against opponents affected by confinement.

Actions

• All rogues may now learn the Creep and Weak Point actions.
• The Deadly Accuracy action has been discontinued. Assassins may still call Crit damage with sneak attacks by taking the Cutthroat merit, but need not spend an action selection to do so.
• Bards may now learn the Subterfuge action.
• Bards have new performances, including Distracting Performance, Fascinate, and Countersong.
• The level requirements for most Song of Healing actions have been lowered.
• Because the new benefit for Steady Aim allows scouts to use Precise Strike for bonus damage, all Penetrating Shot actions have been removed. Likewise with Cripple and Skewer.
• Scouts may now learn Volley actions, which allow them to call Spray damage.

Respends

These changes represent a major shift for scouts. As such, any scout may request a free respend.