Troubadours serve as entertainers, storytellers, actors, and songsmiths. They represent the closest thing to a historian or scholar that common people usually see. Important Attributes: Dexterity, Perception, and Charisma Racial Restrictions: None Karma Ritual: To perform a Karma ritual, troubadours must perform a ballad or skit before an audience of at least two. The Troubadour can juggle, joke, tell tall tales, or sing serious legends. The Troubadour must finish the performance with a story, ending the story with the phrase, "There it ends, for such is the truth of the thing." This completes the ritual. Artisan Skills: Juggling, Sculpture, Storytelling

FIRST CIRCLE Talents Disguise Emotion Song First Impression Karma Ritual Melee Weapons Mimic Voice SECOND CIRCLE Talents Durability Item History Speak Language Third Circle Talents Empathic Sense Read and Write Language FOURTH CIRCLE Karma: The Troubadour may spend a Karma Point on any action using Dexterity only. Talents Taunt Thread Weaving (Story Weaving) FIFTH CIRCLE Karma: The Troubadour may spend a Karma Point to support another character’s social action. Using Karma in this way counts as the Troubadour’s action. The Troubadour must speak on behalf of the other character or take another action that justifies spending the Karma Point to support the other character. Talents Engaging Banter Throwing Weapons SIXTH CIRCLE Social Defense: Increase the Troubadour’s Social Defense by 1. Talents Haggle Resist Taunt SEVENTH CIRCLE The Kiss: For a Strain cost of 1 Damage Point, the Troubadour can deliver a most passionate kiss to a member of the preferred sex. The kiss adds 3 steps to any persuasion or other interaction talent he uses on the other person. This effect lasts for 5 minutes. Talents Incite Mob Missle Weapons EIGHTH CIRCLE Physical Defense: Increase the Troubadour’s Physical Defense by 1. Talents Graceful Exit Hypnotize