Prodigies

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1.7.4

Prodigies are powerful talents that you can acquire at experience levels 25 and 42. They can be learned by any character so long as their requirements are met, although some prodigies have special prerequisites that may be difficult or impossible for certain characters to obtain.

All prodigies require at least 50 points in their respective stat. Unless otherwise specified, once a prodigy is learned, it will always be available for use even if its requirements are no longer being satisfied. Prodigies can never be unlearned.

Class evolutions and race evolutions are special kinds of prodigies. You cannot take more than one evolution prodigy (class or race) on a single character.

Some requirements for prodigies are marked as "special". Generally, these are requirements for the completion of quests or other tasks that are specific to the main campaign (Maj'Eyal: The Age of Ascendancy). If you are instead playing Infinite Dungeon: The Neverending Descent or The Arena: Challenge of the Master, these requirements are waived. However, they are not waived when playing Orcs: Embers of Rage, so most of the prodigies with these requirements are unavailable in that campaign. On this page, these requirements are written in italics. The Lich and Fallen prodigies have a similar but different system, where each campaign can specify a requirement for the prodigy, and otherwise the requirement is waived. Currently only the main campaign specifies a requirement for them, so these requirements are waived in all other campaigns (including Embers of Rage).

Strength

Image	Prodigy	Prerequisite	Cooldown	Effect
	Giant Leap	Deal 50k damage with weapons, shields or fists	20 turns	Leap to any tile in sight within range 10. Deal 200% weapon damage and daze all targets for 3 turns within radius 1 of landing spot. When you jump you free yourself from any stun, daze and pinning effects.
	I Can Carry The World!	Heavy Armour Training level 3	Passive	Fatigue = 0%, Encumbrance +500, Strength +50, +1 Size Category.
	Irresistible Sun	Deal 50k light or fire damage	25 turns	For 8 turns, pull in creatures within radius 5, dealing (50 + (Str * 1.7)) damage per turn, divided evenly between fire/light/physical, and reducing their damage dealt by 30%. Proximity boosts damage by up to +50%.
	Legacy of the Naloren	Kill Ukllmswwik the Wise and don't kill Slasul (yet)	Passive	Gain water breathing, (0.1 * Character Level) talent points in Exotic Weapons Mastery and Spit Poison, and can recieve the Legacy of the Naloren trident artifact from Slasul.
	Massive Blow	Dig 30 times Deal 50k damage with 2H weapon	10 turns	Attack for 150% weapon damage with 4 knockback. If target hits wall, deal another 350% weapon damage, apply the counterstrike effect and smash down wall.
	Pain enhancement system	Earned the achievement Size Matters on this character Level 30	Passive	When you deal a critical hit your embedded system activates, increasing all your primary stats except Strength by 50% of your Strength for 6 turns.
	Steamroller	Know Rush	Passive	Reduces Rush stamina cost to 2. Kill a rushed target in 2 turns to reset Rush cooldown and gain +20% damage bonus for 2 turns. Damage bonus stacks up to +100%.
	Superpower	None	Passive	Increase Mindpower by 60% of Strength. Gain 40% Willpower damage modifier on all weapons.
	You Shall Be My Weapon!	Be size "big" or larger	10 turns	Attack for 350% weapon damage and 5 knockback, stunning all in path of knockback for 3 turns. Add +80% weapon damage per size category over "big". Cannot be used if you are no longer size "big" or larger.

Dexterity

Image	Prodigy	Prerequisite	Cooldown	Effect
	Automated Reflex System	Have gained the 'Matrix Style' achievement with this or any previous character for the current difficulty & permadeath settings. Level 30	Passive	When a projectile is about to hit you, you gain a free turn. Can Trigger every 5 turns
	Crafty Hands	Imbue Item level 5	Passive	May imbue gems into helm and belt.
	Flexible Combat	None	Passive	50% chance of unarmed strike on each melee attack.
	Roll With It	Have been knocked back 50 times	Sustained 10 turns	Gain 10–15% physical resist. When hit by melee/archery, move back one tile and gain 200% movement speed for 1 turn.
	Swift Hands	None	3 turns	Swapping weapons ('q') takes no time. Can prepare up to 4 tools, which you can use as if they were worn.
	Through The Crowd	Had 6 party members	Sustained	Swap places with friendly creatures in 1/10 turn. Never damage allies or neutral creatures. +10 all saves per friendly creature in sight. +3 global speed per friendly creature in sight (max 15%) Party members are automatically granted Through The Crowd.
	Vital Shot	Deal 50k damage with ranged weapon	10 turns	Deal 450% weapon damage plus 5 turn stun and cripple (combat speed -50%).
	Windblade	Deal 50k damage with dual weapons	12 turns	Deal 320% weapon damage and 4 turn disarm in radius 4.
	Windtouched Speed	10 levels of Equilibrium using talents	Passive	Gain +20% global speed. 10% cooldown reduction Does not trigger pressure traps.

Constitution

Image	Prodigy	Prerequisite	Cooldown	Effect
	Armour of Shadows	Deal 50k darkness damage	Passive	When on unlit tile, gain Max(30;Con/2) Armour, 50% Armour hardiness and 20% evasion. Dealing darkness damage will unlight your tile and target's tile. Passively increases your stealth by 30.
	Bloodspring	Let Melinda be sacrificed	Passive 12 turns	When hit for 15% life, create 4-turn blood wave that knocks back. Deals (100+(Con*3)) blight damage and heals your for half of damage dealt.
	Corrupted Shell	Receive 3.5k blight damage Completed The fall of Zigur quest Grand Corruptor is still alive	Passive	+500 Life, +20% armor hardiness, armor by +(Con/3.5) and +(Con/3) in defense and all saves
	Draconic Body	Be a Wyrmic OR BOTH Consume (Corrupted) Sandworm Heart (Non-corrupted does not work if undead) AND Consume Wyrm Bile	Passive 15 turns	When below 30% life, heal 40% life.
	Eternal Guard	Know Block	Passive	Block lasts 1 turn longer, and does not end when hit.
	Fungal Blood	Can use infusions	Passive/Active	Store fungal power when using infusions. Activate to heal and remove magic effects using fungal power.
	Never Stop Running	20 levels of stamina using talents	Sustained 8 turns	Spend 12 stamina per tile to move without taking time.
	Spine of the World	None	Passive	When hit by physical effect, gain 5-turn physical effect immunity.
	Subcutaneous Metallisation	Thick Skin 5	Passive 12 turns	When below 50% of your total life, all damage done to you is reduced by a flat amount equal to 100% of your Constitution for 6 turns.

Magic

Image	Prodigy	Prerequisite	Cooldown	Effect
	Aether Permeation	Have been exposed to the void of space (Visited Abashed Expanse, Fearscape, Fearscape (Tannen), Orbital Fearscape Platform, Searing Halls, or Anteroom of Agony)	Sustained 20 turns	While sustained, +40 raw spellpower. While sustained, if you would be affected by a dispel, you are protected from the dispel and any further dispels for 6 turns, and this spell is unsustained.
	Arcane Amplification Drone	Have gained the 'Tales of the Spellblaze' achievement with this or any previous character for the current difficulty & permadeath settings	10 turns	You create an Arcane Amplification Drone at the selected location for 3 turns. When you cast a spell that damages the drone it will ripple the damage as 130% arcane damage of the initial hit in radius 4.
	Arcane Might	None	Passive	Adds 50% magic modifier to equipped weapons; increases raw physical power by 100% of your raw spellpower. Additionally, increases physical critical chance by 25% of your bonus spell critical chance.
	Blighted Summoning	Summoned 100 times Some more permanent summons count as more than 1: Doomed Shadows and Lich Shadows count as 2 Worms that Walk and Mecharachnids count as 12 when initially summoned Alchemist Golems count as 100 when initially summoned	Passive	Your golem or summoned creatures gain talents, and bonus spellpower equal to your Magic.
	Cauterize	Receive 7.5k fire damage Cast 1,000 spells	Passive 12 turns	If Life < 0, absorb all damage this turn, burn for 8 turns. Take 10% of absorbed damage per turn that cannot be reduced.
	Ethereal Form	Have an effective defense of at least 40	Passive	Gain 25% absolute damage reduction and 25% all damage penetration, which decrease when hit by weapons. Also gain 70% of your Magic or Dexterity stat as defense.
	Mystical Cunning	Know traps or poisons	Passive	Gain 1.0 mastery in Cunning/Poisons and Cunning/Trapping. Reduce Venomous Strike cooldown by 3 and Lure cooldown by 5. Can use Vulnerability Poison and make Gravitic Traps.
	Revisionist History	Have time-traveled (Used Timeport: Point Zero, or used a talent that splits the timeline)	30 turns	Start 20-turn alternative timeline Any time during this, using the Unfold History skill returns you to when History was used.
	Temporal Form	Cast 1,000 spells Visited Temporal Rift or Paradox Plane, or used Timeport: Point Zero	30 turns	Become a telugoroth for 10 turns.

Willpower

Image	Prodigy	Prerequisite	Cooldown	Effect
	Draconic Will	Be a Wyrmic OR BOTH Consume (Corrupted) Sandworm Heart (Non-corrupted does not work if undead) AND Consume Wyrm Bile	15 turns	Prevent all negative effects for 5 turns.
	Garkul's Revenge	Learned all Garkul lore Wear Garkul's Teeth Wear Steel Helm of Garkul	Passive	+1,000% damage to constructs, +20% damage to humanoids and giants.
	Hidden Resources	"That was close" achievement	15 turns	Talents use 0 resources for 5 turns. Prevents talent failures (e.g. from Equilibrium or Crippling Poison), except from effects that specifically cause spell failure (e.g. Spell Feedback).
	Lucky Day	Have at least +5 Luck (above the baseline 50 Luck, so at least 55 Luck)	Passive	+40 Luck 10% to move out of the way of every attack.
	Mental Tyranny	Deal 50k mind damage	Sustained 20 turns	Convert 33% damage to mind damage +30% mind resistance penetration +10% mind damage.
	Meteoric Crash	A meteor has crashed, from any of the following: Meteor Slam, Rain of Fire, Anomaly Meteor, Meteor Rain, or Meteoric Crash itself. The meteor event that appears randomly in outdoor zones, with a 7% chance per floor. It only triggers when the player gets within 3 range of the target location. The player doesn't need to actually see it happen. Needs verification	Passive 15 turns	Spell and mind attacks trigger meteor. Deals (100 + 5 * Mindpower or Spellpower) damage split between fire/physical and stuns for 3 turns. Turn ground into lava for 8 turns Sets your fire damage bonus and penetration to your highest damage bonus and penetration.
	Range Amplification Device	Have a light radius of 10 or more	Sustained 10 turns	Activate a special focusing device that extends all your ranged spells and psionic powers range by 3 (max 10). Increases fatigue by 20% while active.
	Spell Feedback	Antimagic	Passive 9 turns	When hit by spell damage, retaliate with (20 + 2 * Wil) mind damage Also inflict 35% spell failure for cooldown duration of that spell.
	Unbreakable Will	None	Passive 5 turns	Automatically cures Mental effects while not on cooldown.

Cunning

Image	Prodigy	Prerequisite	Cooldown	Effect
	Adept	None	Passive	You are adept at many different skills, granting you +1.5 to all known talent levels.
	Elemental Surge	Deal 10k arcane, fire, cold, lightning, light or nature damage	Passive 10 turns	Automatically releases elemental blasts of damage, also granting buffs for 2-3 terms. The blasts are charged by dealing elemental damage and each element has a separate cooldown.
	Endless Woes	Deal 10k acid, blight, darkness, mind or temporal damage	Passive 10 turns	Automatically releases magic blasts of damage, also inflicting debuffs for 5 turns. The blasts are charged by dealing magic damage and each element has a separate cooldown.
	Eye of the Tiger	None	Passive	Critical hits reduce talent cooldowns. Does not affect Demented talents.
	Master of Disasters	None	Passive	Causing one cross-tier effect causes the other two. Your physical, steam, spell, and mind powers are all increased.
	Secrets of Telos	Possess Telos's Staff Crystal Possess Telos's Staff (Top Half) Possess Telos's Staff (Bottom Half)	Passive	Assembles the Telos Spire of Power.
	Tricks of the Trade	Side with Assassin Lord in Trapped! quest	Passive	+0.2 mastery in Cunning/Stealth (if unlocked) or unlock at mastery 1.0 (if locked) +0.1 mastery in Cunning/Scoundrel (if unlocked) or unlock at mastery 0.9 (if locked or not known) Invisibility damage penalty is halved.
	Tricky Defenses	Antimagic	Passive	Antimagic Shield absorbs 10–50%cSS:Cun more damage
	Worldly Knowledge	None	Passive	Learn a new talent category and unlock it at 1.0 mastery and gain 5 generic talent points. Can learn any Escort category with the same conditions

Class Evolution

This is a new class of prodigies available only for specific classes. They are specific prodigies that diversify a class into a specific direction, unlocking multiple categories and enabling others as locked. This feature has been first introduced in 1.6.1.

Image	Prodigy	Class	Prerequisite	Cooldown	Effect
	Fallen	Sun Paladin	Unlocked the Fallen Evolution Committed a heinous act: (Only required if playing main campaign) i.e. Didn't save the merchant OR Let Melinda die OR Sided with the Grand Corruptor OR Killed an escort yourself OR Let all 20 lumberjacks die OR Won the Ring of Blood fight 50 Willpower, 25 Magic	Passive	Lose the Shield Offense and Two-handed Assault talent categories, and get a refund for any talent or category points spent on them. Swap Radiance for Gloom, Guardian for Crimson Templar, and Crusader for Dark Sun. Talent points are refunded, category points are transferred to the new categories. Learn the Bloodstained, Darkside, Hatred, and Dirge talent categories, and get 1 point in Dirge Acolyte and Self-Sacrifice. Your Combat Techniques cost hate instead of stamina, and your Combat Veteran talents restore hate in addition to stamina.
	Avatar of a Distant Sun	Sun Paladin	Unlocked the Avatar of a Distant Sun Evolution Did not anger the Distant Sun during the conversation that occurs when trying to take the prodigy 50 Strength, 25 Magic Know Sun's Vengeance, Weapon of Light, Searing Sight, and Judgement	Passive	Can wield a 2-handed weapon in main hand 50% Light damage conversion on all damage you deal Learn Gravitic Effulgence, which makes Weapon of Light deal damage in a radius 2 sphere and pull in all foes in range 5 Searing Sight damage and effect chance doubled Triggering Sun's Vengeance reduces Judgement's remaining cooldown by 6 If you also know Irresistible Sun, it will set the fire and light resistances of those affected to 0%
	High Thaumaturgist	Archmage	Unlocked the High Thaumaturgist Evolution, 50 Magic, 25 Willpower	Passive	Flame, Manathrust, Lightning, Pulverizing Auger, and Ice Shards become 3-wide beams. Gain the Thaumaturgy class talent category. You cannot use your High Thaumaturgist abilities if you are wearing anything heavier than cloth.
	Technomancer(Class Evolution)	Archmage	Unlocked the Technomancer Evolution, 50 Magic, 25 Cunning	Passive	Gain: Arcane Dynamo Tinker Schematic, gain physics unlocked, gain chemistry locked, gain an Automated Portable Extractor, gain 1 point in smith, 2 points in mechanical, 2 points in electricity, gain Galvanic Technomancy, Terrene Technomancy and Occult Technomancy locked and unlock one of them.

Race Evolution

This class of prodigies was first introduced in 1.7.0. Previously, Rak'Shor's Cunning was an ordinary prodigy, and you became a lich via the quest From Death, Life and talent Lichform, with no prodigy involved.

Image	Prodigy	Prerequisite	Cooldown	Effect
	Lich	Know a necromancy talent Not already undead 50 Magic 25 Willpower Completed From Death, Life (Only required if playing main campaign)	Passive	The next time you die, you rise again as a Lich. As a Lich, you gain the following: Immune to poisons, diseases, fear, cuts, and stuns. 20% cold and darkness resistance. +12 Magic, Willpower, and Cunning, 60% crit shrug, +4 life rating (not retroactive), +35 spell and mental saves and 7 mana regeneration. The Lich racial talent category, and 1 point in Neverending Unlife. As a Lich you are undead and cannot use Infusions.
	Rak'Shor's Cunning	Skeleton and Ghoul unlocked Not already undead Not Antimagic Consumed Blood of Undeath 50 Cunning	Passive	If you die you will have the option to raise back from the dead once, but at the cost of becoming a ghoul or a skeleton (you can choose which). You keep access to your original racial talent category, and you also gain access to the ghoul or skeleton racial talent category, starting with 2 points in each talent. As an undead, you can no longer use infusions. If you become a skeleton, you are treated as having already used the revive from Re-assemble.