Skill Mastery (Talent)

Skill Mastery (Ex)

Prerequisites: Advanced Talents

Benefits: The rogue becomes so confident in the use of certain skills that she can use them reliably even under adverse conditions. Upon gaining this ability, she selects three skills in which she has at least 5 ranks each. When making a skill check with any of these skills, she may take 10, even if stress and distractions would normally prevent her from doing so.

A rogue may select this advanced talent multiple times, selecting three additional skills for skill mastery to apply to each time.

Special: A rogue with the "Clever Rogue" path may, once per day, use Skill Mastery to take 20 on a single skill check of one of her mastered skills, instead of taking 10. If the Clever Rogue has taken Skill Mastery multiple times, she may take 20 once per day for each time she has selected the Skill Mastery advanced talent. Note that taking 20 is not a 'natural' 20 and is not a critical success.

Special: A rogue with the "Ruthless Rogue" path may take 12 instead of taking 10 on her mastered skills.