[WIP] Add talents

src/assets/earthdawn/talents/__template__.yml

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 name: <name>
 attr: NULL|dex|str|tou|per|wil|cha
-action: free|simple|standard|sustained
+action: na|free|simple|standard|sustained
 strain: 1
 skill_use: no|novice|journeyman
 examples:

src/assets/earthdawn/talents/air-dance.yml

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+name: Air Dance
+attr: dex
+action: free
+strain: 2
+skill_use: no
+description:
+  The adept floats on a thin cushion of air, allowing him to perform quick,
+  gliding movements and rapid attacks. Air Dance requires that the adept be able
+  to move. Windlings may use this talent while flying, but it cannot be combined
+  with other talents that use forms of magical flight, such as Gliding Stride.
+
+  The adept substitutes his Air Dance Step for his Dexterity Step when making
+  his Initiative test (see Determine Initiative, p. 372), suffering Initiative
+  penalties for armor as normal. If making a close combat attack that round, the
+  adept compares his Initiative test result against his opponent’s. If he scores
+  three successes, the adept may make an additional close combat attack after
+  his opponent’s action. This talent does not allow an adept to remain suspended
+  in midair, or do anything to reduce falling damage.

src/assets/earthdawn/talents/air-sailing.yml

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+name: Air Sailing
+attr: wil
+action: sustained
+strain: 0
+skill_use: novice
+description:
+  "The adept knows how to work the rigging, tiller, and oars of airships. The
+  adept makes an Air Sailing (5) test to help propel an airship. If successful,
+  he counts as one crew member for each success scored.
+
+  An adept who wishes to join an airship crew must know Air Sailing at Rank 1 or
+  higher. Positions of command require greater ability: the higher an adept’s
+  Air Sailing Rank, the bigger the ship he can command or the higher the
+  position he can fill within a ship’s crew. For an airship to stay airborne, at
+  least 25 percent of the required crew must make successful Air Sailing tests
+  each hour. For example, an airship with a crew of twenty needs at least five
+  rowers to succeed to stay afloat. This might be an equivalent number, such as
+  two rowers, one of whom achieved four successes on his test. If at least 50
+  percent of the crew make successful tests, the airship can maneuver at its
+  current altitude, dive, or climb slowly in a straight line. If 75 percent of
+  the crew are successful, the airship can speed up, maneuver while climbing, or
+  perform aerobatics."

src/assets/earthdawn/talents/air-speaking.yml

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+name: Air Speaking
+attr: per
+action: simple
+strain: 1
+skill_use: no
+description:
+  The adept communicates without vocalizing, moving his lips and mouthing the
+  words he wants to speak. He makes an Air Speaking test and compares it to the
+  Mystic Defense of each target he wishes to speak with. If successful, the
+  target hears the adept speaking as if he were conversing normally, regardless
+  of other noise in the area. If unsuccessful, the individual target does not
+  hear the adept. There is no limit to the number of targets that can be
+  affected at once, but all must be within Rank x10 yards, and all targets hear
+  the same words. The adept must speak in a language he knows. If a target does
+  not speak the language, they cannot understand what it being said.

src/assets/earthdawn/talents/animal-companion-durability.yml

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+name: Animal Companion Durability
+attr: NULL
+action: na
+strain: 0
+skill_use: no
+description:
+  An animal companion’s ability to take damage is improved in a similar manner
+  to the Durability ability (p. 85), with each rank increasing the companion’s
+  Health Ratings by +5. The maximum number of animal companions that can benefit
+  from this talent is equal to the adept’s Animal Companion Durability rank. An
+  animal companion may only benefit from a single Durability-type talent at a
+  time.

src/assets/earthdawn/talents/animal-possession.yml

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+name: Animal Possession
+attr: wil
+action: standard
+strain: 2
+skill_use: no
+description:
+  The adept places his spirit into the body of an animal by touching it and
+  making an Animal Possession test against the animal’s Mystic Defense. If
+  successful, his spirit takes possession of the animal’s body. The adept
+  controls the animal’s body for a number of hours equal to his Animal
+  Possession rank or until animal and adept touch again. While using this
+  talent, the adept’s physical form slumps into a coma-like state. He retains
+  his own intellect while in the animal’s body, but cannot perform any actions
+  that the animal is normally incapable of, such as speaking.
+
+  An unwilling animal may attempt to resist the talent at the time of possession
+  by making a Willpower test against the adept’s Animal Possession Step. If
+  successful, the animal prevents the possession occurring, although the adept
+  can try again. Otherwise the talent functions normally and the animal may take
+  no further independent actions until the possession ends. When the talent ends
+  the adept’s spirit returns to his proper body. If the host animal is killed or
+  knocked unconscious while the talent is in effect, the possession ends
+  immediately, and the adept suffers any damage dealt to the host while the
+  possession was in effect. No armor protects from this damage.

src/assets/earthdawn/talents/animal-talk.yml

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+name: Animal Talk
+attr: per
+action: standard
+strain: 0
+skill_use: no
+description:
+  The adept can understand animals and creatures, talking with them by imitating
+  their own forms of communication and making an Animal Talk test against the
+  target’s Mystic Defense. If successful, the adept can talk to and understand
+  the target for a number of minutes equal to his Animal Talk rank. This talent
+  does not compel the animal or creature to communicate with the adept, it
+  merely makes communication possible.
+
+  The gamemaster is advised to treat animals as if they were gamemaster
+  characters, using the rules for Social Interactions (see the Gamemaster’s
+  Guide), but he should keep in mind that animals aren’t as intelligent as
+  Namegivers and perceive the world differently.

src/assets/earthdawn/talents/armor-mount.yml

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+name: Armor Mount
+attr: wil
+action: simple
+strain: 1
+skill_use: no
+description:
+  The adept wills an increase to his mount’s natural armor, making an Armor
+  Mount test against the animal’s Mystic Defense. If successful, the adept adds
+  his Armor Mount rank to the animal’s Physical Armor for a number of minutes
+  equal to his Armor Mount rank. The adept must be in contact with the mount to
+  use this talent.

src/assets/earthdawn/talents/astral-interference.yml

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+name: Astral Interference
+attr: wil
+action: standard
+strain: 1
+skill_use: no
+description:
+  The adept increases the local astral background interference to make
+  spellcasting more difficult. He makes an Astral Interference test against the
+  highest Mystic Defense within Rank x4 yards. If successful, a shimmering wave
+  emanates from the adept to cover the area. All Spellcasting tests made inside
+  the area, or that target someone in the area, suffer a -2 penalty per success
+  for Rank rounds. This penalty also affects astral sensing tests (p. 209).

src/assets/earthdawn/talents/orbiting-spy.yml

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+name: Orbiting Spy
+attr: per
+action: standard
+strain: 0
+skill_use: no
+description:
+  The adept summons a spy spirit to serve as a lookout by making an Orbiting Spy
+  (6) test. If successful, the spirit travels in a circular pattern around the
+  adept, up to 20 yards distance, for one hour per success.
+
+  Conjured spy spirits cannot affect or be affected by the physical world and
+  are immune to most spells, except those which disrupt or dispel magic. An
+  adept can only have one orbiting spy active at a time.
+
+  Whenever the adept wants to use the spirit to detect something, he makes an
+  Orbiting Spy test instead of a Perception test. If successful, the spy spirit
+  informs him of anything unusual it notices. The spirit can be given specific
+  instructions on what to look for, to prevent unpleasant surprises; the maximum
+  number of instructions is equal to his Orbiting Spy rank. The spirit will
+  remain on alert for these creatures or objects and will notify the adept if
+  they are detected—the gamemaster makes Orbiting Spy tests for the spirit and
+  advises the adept of the results, if applicable.
+
+  Spy spirits can see into the astral plane as well as the physical world—though
+  this follows the normal rules for astral sensing (p. 209)—so they can inform
+  the adept of anything lurking around in astral space.