Editing Through the Breach (section)

==Advanced Pursuits (Unlockable Classes)==
Special Pursuits that can't be selected at character creation. Each one will have a specific requirement that must be fulfilled in order to enter the path of, which can be extensive efforts of training with a multitude of tests...or just owning a large enough hat. All of the following involve some form of RP/combat element, so they will not be included in the referenced functions. Also included here are specific faction/character associations that may be important for gaining ground with beforehand/within. 

Advancement in these Pursuits is slightly different as the normal ones, in that your Fatemaster may allow you to take a step further at the ''end of a session'' instead of your current Pursuit for the session, rather than committing to playing at the start. Also unlike the normal ones, Advanced Pursuits do not give any options and are all set at each step with no General talent slots, and may only be advanced if the session has a focus on the Pursuit's development (or at FM's discretion, which is strongly advised not to chain as a max level Advanced Pursuit can easily create balancing issues if used too early). They're shorter too, at only 5 steps each before they're mastered but ''boy'' are they worth it.
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| <strong>Core Advanced Pursuits</strong>
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| '''Death Marshals'''

(Guild, Lady Justice) [Crows] 

The Death Marshals are the Guild's primary anti-necromancer division, and yes the hypocrisy is clear. These [https://skulduggery.fandom.com/wiki/Skulduggery_Pleasant Skeleton Detectives] are permitted use of any necromancy Magia that does not cause an increase in the number of undead, and can fling at enemies the coffin that they built to be ''buried in when they die'', and even trap them in a pseudo-dimension within temporarily.
Kind of Ironic that their department are supposed to be banishing all Necromancers but hey-ho: ''That's the Guild for ya''.


'''Freikorpsmann'''

(Outcasts, Freikorps, Leopold Von Schill) [Masks, Tomes, All suits a little]

Ze Germans! The Freikorps are a group of elite mercs, initially part of the human <s>second invasion</s> reclamation of Malifaux, now broken away from the Guild to their own Headquarters who are paid handsomely due to their high success rate. Because of this payment they will outfit their members with some high-ass equipment (Totalling 79 Scrip worth!) and train them to become better at all standard combat areas.


'''Grave Servant'''

(Resurrectionists) [Crows, a little Mask] 

The Edge King, which you know is true when you see the first ability titled Servant of Death. The abilities are centred on those who have been spoken to by the Grave Spirit (Read as the actual Death in spooky ghost flavour), and are now amazing at summoning better undead, as well as being open to TEAR OPEN A FUCKING DIMENSION DOOR TO HAVE CTHULHU LICK AND UNDEADIFY THINGS UNDER THEIR CONTROL. This can get truly game-breaking if used at the right time (plus it would be pretty fun to have Lady J become the very thing she seeks to destroy, mastered by a necromancer).


'''Steamfitter'''

(Arcanists, Miners and Steamfitters Union, <s>Victor Ramos</s> *spoilers* Toni Ironsides, Anasalea Kaeris) [Mechanic, Magic]

It's relatively easy to become a Steamfitter, and chances are if you're a construct maker this will be of use to you. More efficiency with using construct points makes big happy golem even more big and happy. Also gives you access to the vault of the <s>Anarchists</s> ''Arcanists'', essentially choosing a new 3 Magia, 3 Immuto Grimoire every session.


'''Torakage'''

(Ten Thunders, Misaki Katanaka) [Masks, Crows]

The Torakage are ninjas with an arsenal of weapons, and significant training in them. This is reflected in gaining ANY SUIT OF CHOICE to an attack made with one of the 10 weapons, <s>well 9 weapons and a fist but still</s>. This is also where you can learn to craft shurikens (no idea why these aren't in the main equipment pages). Also leads to gaining a double crow trigger on the 10 weapons to INSTAKILL, so that's pretty sweet.

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| <strong>Into the Steam Advanced Pursuits</strong>
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| December Acolyte

[(December, <s>''Lady Grigori Rasputin''</s> Rasputina), Status, Crows]

Cannibal followers of the <s>Ex-God</s> Tyrant December. These savage hunters have an initiation ritual to hunt a dead/dying citizen trapped on the mountainside and eat their heart, armed only with a harpoon gun. The Maim trigger gained is ''sweet'', letting you CHOOSE any critical effect lower on the same table as what they got. Nice if you have a particular setup in mind. Also gives a bonus surprise round, dishes out Slow and can deny Armour/Hard to Wound. Very nice addition to a hunter-style character.

'''Silent Ones'''

[(December, <s>''The White Witch of Narnia''</s> Rasputina) [Magic(Sorcery), Subordinate(Ice Gamin/Golem), Tomes]

The other side of the cult to the December Acolytes. These are the mute worshippers of the Tyrant December. Originally they would have their tongues removed, but this has been changed as the Winter Witch Rasputina has taken leadership of the cult. Expect few to take this Advanced Pursuit unless they are a female character. Male Silent Ones have to be castrated when they take their vows. In Through the Breach they always have access to some damaging Magia and the powerful Ice Elemental Immuto. You can also summon an Ice Gamin quite easily, or an Ice Golem. Though the latter is much more difficult to cast (at TN17 with TWO Tomes), having an Enforcer-level Elemental on your side is more than worth the tax.


'''Showgirl'''

[(Arcanists, Colette, The Starlight Theatre), Subordinate, Masks]

''Ladies only!'' As a newfound cast member of Malifaux's most famous entertainment establishment, you'll get a Mannequin buddy to 'fix your clothes' -and save your ass to boot! The Armour+2 is a beautiful mini-tank to take a hit, and with the step 3 talent '''Mannequin Bodyguard''', you can make sure that happens whenever you like!(Provided the Mannequin is close enough to you). You also gain abilities focusing on your new celebrity status which really help smooth things over with the locals.

'''Shapeshifter'''

[(No affiliation), Magic(Enchantment)]

As the name suggests this is your Circle of the Moon Druid, and you can Shapeshift into beasts starting at Peon or Minion level, but later into Enforcer. Save your hand cards, as '''Rejuvenation''' allows you to heal 1/2/3 damage whenever you would fall unconscious. 


'''Demolitionist'''

[(No affiliation), DPS]

When you want to release your Vincenzo Santorini, this is the Pursuit for you. Learn how to craft a variety of Explosives, and ignore the damage from them. Also add blast to all Moderate and Severe damages from ANY WEAPON. Combine this with the '''Boomer''' Pursuit and you're gonna have some ''fun''.

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| <strong>Under Quarantine Advanced Pursuits</strong>
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| '''Abettor of Obliteration'''

[(Obliteration, Tara) Tomes, Masks]

So Obliteration is a Tyrant, let's start there. It exists currently in the Void, a space created from its own body. In Malifaux, its presence is felt by its chosen Herald, Tara. She teaches the power of nothingness, and how to manipulate the Void itself to their advantage.
In Through the Breach, the Void abilities link to time and space manipulation. With '''Adrift in Time''', you can steal time from or give it to your future self. Gaining an action on either the current or next turn, but losing one on the other. Teleports available too, or plucking a target out of existance for the round


'''Exorcist'''

[(The Guild, Death Marshals, Lady Justice), Crows]

Where the Death Marshals focus on slaying zombies, Exorcists are as you would expect, are here to take down <s>The Stay Puft Man</s> ''Spirits''. They still gain bonuses against regular undead too mind, and using their Manifested Power '''Zombie!''' you can accuse anything as being undead. Fun for roleplay to turn most rooms into a gunfight! Also gains an incredible trigger to instakill most Undead ''THAT CANNOT BE RESISTED'' once triggered.


'''Revivalist'''

[(Resurrections), Subordinate, Crows]

When you want your best pal to reek of decay! Revivalists focus on one of their li'l minions and make them ''incredible''. The only requirement is that you really care about the undead, and perform a ritual to bring them back better than before! This lets them partially remember who they were and speak with relative normalcy, being known as a Retainer. You can also never lose them, as once you're on Step 3 you can spend an Action and hit a TN10 of Crows to re-summon Bae at full health! 


'''Revenant'''

[(No affiliation), Crows]

<s>The easiest Advanced Pursuit to meet the requirement of</s>(Big Hat son!)...''You just have to die.'' Your spirit comes back as a raging hellbent Stitched character (You need to of course have been living in the first place, so if you die again you're gone!). You cannot pass for a living character so RP can get tough outside the Quarantine Zone, but with the benefit of taking HALF DAMAGE from combat/ranged attacks. You can teleport around, slashing anyone who looks at you funny, or heal back with a TN12 of Crows whenever you like (even as a reaction when you die).


'''Student of Transmortis'''

[(Resurrectionists, University of Transmortis, Albus Von Schtook ) Support, DPS?]

The students of the infamous Professor Von Schtook teaching lectures on necromancy and augmentation in the Necropolis, Malifaux's secret under-city. The students perform the Prof's advised experiments on themselves, proving he was ''surprisingly'' right! You get 40 scrip worth of pneumatic limbs/steam augments and become Undead and a Construct! You get to choose a field of study, which makes you better at fixing and...''un-fixing'' one of Living, Undead or Construct. Also able to change the suits of two cards in your twist deck, so you can be better at doing the things you want to do!

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| <strong>Into the Bayou Advanced Pursuits</strong>
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| '''Virtuoso'''

[(No affiliation), Bard]

''The only damn pursuit not placed in alphabetical order'' - The Virtuoso is a master musician! And you'll need to prove that to be one. You use your musical performances to distract, insult and befriend all around. Can give a positive twist to all Ongoing Challenges that aren't Stealth, but don't expect any magical control from this class, it's just literally being a great musician.


'''Big Hat'''

[(Gremlins), Subordinates(Bayou Gremlins)]

''This.'' This is how to Gremlin. To be a Big Hat...you've got to gain the respect of a gremlin group, and have a big fuckoff hat. You can call on the help of a retinue of idiots to die for you, literally the gremlins last for 10-20 minutes then either pass-out, wander off or accidentally kill themselves. You can also have the gremlins 'help' in an ongoing challenge, and if you fail you can have them die dramatically to ignore a Margin of Failure. Oh you also monopolise on their death too, drawing cards and healing, so have fun!


'''Lightning Bug'''

[(Gremlins, Wong), Magic(all), DPS]

There is a gremlin named Wong who holds a bag that gives him magic. Lightning Bugs are the 'students' of Wong, and he has a unique selection process; caring more for the power of the magic than its control. Lightning bugs deal bonus damage to all characters within 3" of one of their spell's targets, which includes allies and the bug themselves. '''Randomly on Fire''' is a fun talent catching on fire (Gaining Burning +3) to gain ''two turns in one round''. Eventually allows all of their magic to ignore Armor.


'''Rocketeer'''

[(No affiliation), Status]

''GUYS AND GALS THERE'S A FUCKING POKEMON REFERENCE''. The requirement of this Advanced Pursuit is that you have somehow acquired a (somewhat)functional jetpack...yep, we're going quite specific here. You get better at using it as time goes on, and can dish out Burning+3 to everyone in 3". You can zip around and dive bomb targets, you know...''standard jetpack stuff''. Just watch out as there're quite a few risks involved with zooming about on an unstable device propelled by fire.


'''Taxidermist'''

[(No affiliation), Subordinate, Crows]

When Gremlins were encountered during the first breach, and languages were shared there was apparently a mistranslation for the word ''Taxidermy''. In the time between the first breach closure and the opening of the second, Taxidermy had evolved to mean the returning of dead pets to life. Taxidermists have mastered this craft and have found how to resurrect beasts (and then for some reason thought to use them as ''gunpowder storage''). Their undead have an ability on death called '''Bacon Bomb''' (linked to Gremlins' interesting relationship with pigs, that has them blow up in dramatic fashion. Eventually you can just wack limbs from other creatures together to give Talents from the...donor. Anyone say something about flying pigs?

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| <strong>Above the Law Advanced Pursuits</strong>
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| '''Executioner'''

[(Guild, Guard), D.P.Fucking-S, Rams]

I just...''This Pursuit man.'' This is for when you don't care about the FM re-balancing combat to the point where only you can survive. You have got to sacrifice one or more hands to be replaced with Executioner claws, but with a damage track of 3/5/7 at Step ''1'' with +1 per Ram involved in the attack, who cares? If that's not enough, you later gain rams to your combat attacks (4/6/8) and can insta-kill on a double ram. 


'''Guild Lawyer'''

[(Guild, Lucius Mattheson), Status]

''LUCIUS IS THE DEVIL OKAY?'' It's still not officially confirmed anywhere but I swear he is. And now you're gonna owe him. Step 1 talent is '''Sold my Soul''' (C'monnnnnnn) where you flat gain a positive twist to Willpower duels (Wow.) The downside is that as an action AT. ANY. TIME. Lucius Mattheson (THE. DAMN. DEVIL.) can deal 3/5/6 damage to you. He's not there, he's in his office. He just can. The payoff for this obvious detriment means that all of the talents are incredible. They're also too long to describe, but the kicker is '''Sign Your Life Away'''; creating a fully real legal document to blackmail someone into performing any course of action, no matter how complex. Be smart on your wording though as any loophole can be exploited, and if the contract is made public...Lucius will ''not be pleased''.


'''Mage Killer'''

[(Guild, Witch Hunters, Sonnia Criid), Magic(Counter-Spelling, Rams]

''It's in the name.'', The irony is clear as you've got to fight magic with magic. It's also the only way you can get <s>Detect</s> Sense Magic in game (the 3rd most use D&D spell). Eventually you can ignore line of sight, add a suit and gain +3" range to all of your spells/manifested powers vs a target who possesses at least one of either. 


'''Soulstone Aficionado'''

[(No affiliation), Soulstones]

So long as you've got two soulstones and an idea of how to tune both of them to get more power, you can be an Aficionado. Soulstones in your possessions' Lades are increased by the levels in the Pursuit. Soulstones can also now hold ''extra damn charges'' equal to their respective Lades. I cannot tell you how good this is, as long as you keep killing you can have a lot of charges to kill more. Not quite the ''circle of life'' but you know.

'''Witchling Handler'''

[(Guild, Witch Hunters, Sonnia Criid), Subordinate, Status, DPS, Rams, Crows]

Again with the irony, the Witch Hunters need you to be able to cast spells to begin the process to become a Handler. In return you'll get at least one Witchling Stalker, an ex-mage that Criid reduced into little more than a husk with its soul eternally on fire, as a ''pet'' at the start of each session. You can keep track of them if they're captured so feel free to use them as bait through the use of your runed weapon(usually a greatsword), which also serves as your symbol of office. Do. Not. Lose. It. Sonnia is not a merciful leader. You also get better at dishing out ''FIRE'' stuff.
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