Vitality Die: d8

Action Points: Dedicated heroes gain a number of action points equal to 5 + one-half their character level, rounded down, at 1st level and every time they attain a new level in this class.

Class Skills

Craft (pharmaceutical, visual art, writing) (Int), Knowledge (arcane lore, art, behavioral sciences, business, civics, current events, earth and life sciences, history, physical sciences, technology, theology and philosophy) (Int), Linguistics (Int), Perception (Wis), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Survival (Wis), and Treat Injury (Wis).

Skill Ranks Per Level: 4 + Int modifier.

Level	Base Attack	Fort	Ref	Will	Special Abilities	Defense	Reputation
1st	+0	+1	+0	+1	Talent	+1	+1
2nd	+1	+2	+0	+2	Bonus Feat	+2	+1
3rd	+2	+2	+1	+2	Talent	+2	+1
4th	+3	+2	+1	+2	Bonus Feat	+3	+2
5th	+3	+3	+1	+3	Talent	+3	+2
6th	+4	+3	+2	+3	Bonus Feat	+3	+2
7th	+5	+4	+2	+4	Talent	+4	+3
8th	+6/+1	+4	+2	+4	Bonus Feat	+4	+3
9th	+6/+1	+4	+3	+4	Talent	+5	+3
10th	+7/+2	+5	+3	+5	Bonus Feat	+5	+4

Weapon and Armor Proficiencies

The dedicated hero is proficient in the use of all simple weapons. She is not proficient with any type of armor.

Class Features

Talents

As a dedicated hero gains experience, she learns a number of talents that demonstrate her intense willpower. Starting at first level, and every odd level thereafter, she selects a talent from the following talent trees. Some trees have a set order that must be followed, while others provide a list to choose from. As long as the hero qualifies, he or she can select freely from any and all talent trees. No talent can be selected more than once unless expressly indicated.

Empathic Talent Tree

The Dedicated hero's innate talents give him or her a great capacity for empathy.

Empathy
The Dedicated hero has a knack for being sensitive to the feelings and thoughts of others without having those feelings and thoughts communicated in any objectively explicit manner. This innate talent provides a bonus on checks involving interaction skills (Bluff, Diplomacy, Handle Animal, Intimidate, Perform, and Sense Motive), provided the hero spends at least 1 minute observing his or her target prior to making the skill check. The bonus is equal to the hero's Dedicated level.

Improved Aid Another
The Dedicated hero's bonus on attempts to aid another increases by +1 on a successful aid another check. This talent can be selected multiple times, each time increasing the bonus by +1.

Prerequisite: Empathy.

Intuition
The Dedicated hero has an innate ability to sense trouble in the air. The Dedicated hero can make a Wisdom Check (DC 10). On a successful save, the hero gets a hunch that everything is all right, or the hero gets a bad feeling about a specific situation, based on the GM's best guess relating to the circumstances. This talent is usable a number of times per day equal to the character's Dedicated level.

Prerequisite: Empathy.

Healing Talent Tree

The Dedicated hero has a talent for healing.

Healing Knack
The hero has a knack for the healing arts. The hero receives a +2 bonus on all Treat Injury skill checks.

Healing Touch 1
The Dedicated hero's ability to restore damage with a medical kit or perform surgery with a surgery kit increases by +2 vitality or wound points.

Prerequisite: Healing knack.

Healing Touch 2
The Dedicated hero's ability to restore damage with a medical kit or perform surgery with a surgery kit increases by +2 vitality or wound points, which stacks with healing touch 1 for a total of +4 points.

Prerequisites: Healing knack, healing touch 1.

Insightful Talent Tree

The Dedicated hero's innate insightfulness serves her well.

Skill Emphasis
The Dedicated hero chooses a single skill and receives a +3 bonus on all checks with that skill. This bonus does not allow the hero to make checks for a trained-only skill if the hero has no ranks in the skill.

Aware
The Dedicated hero is intuitively aware of his or her surroundings. The hero adds his or her base Will saving throw bonus to Perception checks to avoid surprise.

Prerequisite: Skill emphasis.

Faith
The Dedicated hero has a great deal of faith. It might be faith in self, in a higher power, or in both. This unswerving belief allows the Dedicated hero to add his or her Wisdom modifier to the die roll whenever the hero spends 1 action point to improve the result of an attack roll, skill check, saving throw, or ability check.

Prerequisite: Skill emphasis.

Cool Under Pressure
The Dedicated hero selects a number of skills equal to 3 + the hero's Wisdom modifier. When making a check with one of these skills, the Dedicated hero can take 10 even when distracted or under duress.

Prerequisite: Skill emphasis plus either faith or aware.

Bonus Feats

At 2nd level, and every even level thereafter, the Dedicated hero gains a bonus feat. This feat must be from this list, and the Dedicated hero must meet any prerequisites.

Advanced Firearms Proficiency, Alertness, Archaic Weapons Proficiency, Blind-Fight, Deceitful, Educated, Far Shot, Iron Will, Medical Expert, Surgery, Track, Weapon Focus.