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Tome Keepers Crusade: Battle Traits

October 2023·p. 102

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The Battle Traits reward preparation, objective fighting and resistance to psychic attack, while commanders can learn from defeats against specific factions. Librarians add another form of scholarship through mentorship, enhanced Objective Control and limited foresight, giving campaign veterans several ways to help the troops around them.

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