Engineer abilities

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Contents 1 Starting Abilities 2 Abilities Gained From Trainers 3 Abilities Gained From Mastery Paths 3.1 Path of The Rifleman 3.2 Path of The Grenadier 3.3 Path of The Tinkerer

[edit] Starting Abilities

These are the abilities that an Engineer starts with at level one.

Icon	Ability Name	Ability	Type	Path	Description
	Auto Attack	Action	Damaging	Core Ability	Attack with your melee or ranged weapon.
	Flee	Action	Buff	Core Ability	You run away from the battle in a mad panic, increasing your run speed by 30 for 10 seconds. You immediately lose all of your action points, any career mechanic points, and your Morale will begin to drop, and you will not begin to regain action points until 10 seconds have passed.
	Gun Blast	Action	Damaging	Path of The Rifleman	A gun attack which deals damage to your enemy
	Spanner Swipe	Action	Hex	Core Ability	You clobber your enemy with your spanner, dealing damage. If the target is Hexed, then they will become snared, reducing their run speed by 40% for 10 seconds.

[edit] Abilities Gained From Trainers

These abilities can be bought from a Career Trainer at the required rank or above.

Icon	Ability Name	Ability	Required Rank	Type	Path	Description
	Firebomb	Action	2	Damaging	Path of The Grenadier	You toss a grenade filled with flaming pitch which deals Corporeal damage to your target.
	Field Repair	Action	3	Healing	Core Ability	You remotely activate your turret's self repair mechanism, restoring health to it.
	Gun Turret	Action	3	Buff	Core Ability	You construct a turret with a self-aiming gun which will fire at distant enemies.
	Penetrating Round	Action	3	Damaging	Path of The Rifleman	You build an upgrade into your Gun Turret. The Turret will now be able to blast the target with an armor-destroying round, dealing damage and reducing their Armor for 20 seconds.
	Friction Burn	Action	4	Hex	Path of The Tinkerer	A powerful swipe with your spanner which smacks all enemies in front of you up to 30 feet away, dealing Corporeal damage over 9 seconds.
	Acid Bomb	Action	5	Hex	Path of The Grenadier	You toss a grenade which splatters a corrosive acid everywhere. Your target and all other enemies within 20 feet of them have Corporeal resistance reduced and suffer Corporeal damage over 21 seconds.
	Blunderbuss Blast	Action	6	Damaging	Path of The Tinkerer	You fire a blast of short-range pellets which deal damage to all enemies in front of you, up to 40 feet away.
	Flamethrower	Action	6	Damaging	Path of The Tinkerer	You build an upgrade into your Flame Turret. The Turret will now be able to release a searing gout of flame, dealing damage to all targets in front of the turret up to 65 feet away.
	Flameturret	Action	6	Damaging	Core Ability	You construct a turret with a self-firing flamethrower which will attack enemies at close range.
	Addling Shot	Action	7	Debuff	Core Ability	You Detaunt your target, making them hate you less and causing them to deal 50% less damage to you for 15 seconds. If you attack anyone that you have Detaunted, the effect will end immediately.
	Bombardment Turret	Action	8	Buff	Core Ability	You construct a turret with an auto-firing grenade launcher which will attack enemies at a moderate range.
	Point Blank	Morale (1)	8	Debuff	Core Ability	A mid-range attack that deals damage and knocks targeted player away. Monsters will be knocked down.
	Shock Grenade	Action	8	Damaging	Path of The Grenadier	You build an upgrade into your Bombardment Turret. The Turret will now be able to fire a compact shot directly at the target which deals Corporeal damage.
	Incendiary Rounds	Action	9	Hex	Path of The Rifleman	You fire bullets that burst into flame when they strike the enemy, dealing Corporeal damage over 15 seconds.
	Hip Shot	Action	10	Damaging	Path of The Rifleman	A quick shot from the hip which deals damage. This attack may be used at close range.
	Flak Jacket	Action	11	Damaging	Core Ability	You don an experimental suit of protective gear, increasing your Armor for up to 1 hour. This effect will fade after you are hit 20 times. The armor just might be improved up to a proper Dwarf standard with only a few hundred years of further work and refinement.
	Stoutness Of Stone	Tactic	11	Buff	Core Ability	You recover from Stuns and Knockdowns 50% quicker. You will still gain immunity based on the original duration.
	Barbed Wire	Action	12	Hex	Core Ability	You fling coils of barbed wire all around you, rooting all enemies within 30 feet in place for 10 seconds. There is a 50% chance of the root breaking with every hit.
	Unshakable Focus	Morale (2)	12	Buff	Core Ability	A cold unyielding focus increases your damage by 100% for 7 seconds.
	Expert Skirmisher	Tactic	13	Buff	Core Ability	You deal 25% more damage when you are within 45 feet of your target, but 20% less damage when you are further than 45 feet away from them.
	High-Explosive Grenade	Action	13	Damaging	Path of The Grenadier	You build an upgrade into your Bombardment Turret. The Turret will now be able to launch a grenade packed with explosives at the target, dealing Corporeal damage to the victim and all enemies within 20 feet of them.
	Flashbang Grenade	Action	14	Damaging	Path of The Grenadier	You toss a grenade which explodes with a burst of force, dealing Corporeal damage to the target. The blinding flash interrupts the victim and all enemies within 20 feet of them.
	Reinforced Casing	Tactic	15	Buff	Core Ability	Adds Wounds to your turrets.
	Steam Vent	Action	15	Damaging	Path of The Tinkerer	You build an upgrade into your Flame Turret. The Turret will now be able to open its safety-release valves for up to 3 seconds, repeatedly dealing Corporeal damage every 1 seconds to all targets within 30 feet.
	Concealment	Morale (1)	16	Buff	Core Ability	With luck and experience you are able to both Dodge and Disrupt all attacks against you for 7 seconds.
	Fragmentation Grenade	Action	16	Damaging	Path of The Grenadier	You lob a grenade which shatters when it hits your enemy, dealing Corporeal damage over 15 seconds to the target and all other enemies within 20 feet of them.

[edit] Abilities Gained From Mastery Paths

These abilities can be gained by adding mastery points into different mastery paths. These points also increase the 'effective level' of every base ability in their path, making them more powerful.

[edit] Path of The Rifleman

This mastery path focuses on the Engineer's long-range attacks with a gun.

Icon	Ability Name	Ability	Required points	Type	Description
	Stopping Power	Tactic	3	Buff	Hip Shot now will knock the victim back a short distance.
	Crack Shot	Action	5	Damaging	A well-aimed shot which deals damage and disarms your target for 5 seconds, making them unable to use their weapons.
	Hollow-Points	Tactic	7	Buff	Snipe and Gun Blast will now deal additional damage over 5 seconds.
	Snipe	Action	9	Damaging	A slow but powerful gun shot which deals damage to your enemy and can not be defended against.
	Quick Reloader	Tactic	11	Buff	All of your Path of the Rifleman abilities cost 35% fewer actions points.
	Phosphorous Shells	Action	13	Hex	You blast your enemy with powerful and unstable phosphorous ammo, dealing Corporeal damage to them. The victim and all enemies within 20 feet of them will also suffer Corporeal damage over 15 seconds as the shells burst into flame.
	Scattershot	Morale (4)	15	Buff	You release a string of several gun blasts in a row for up to 4 seconds, dealing damage each second to all enemies in front of you, up to 65 feet away.

[edit] Path of The Grenadier

This mastery path focuses on the Engineer's short-range combat with grenades and bombs.

Icon	Ability Name	Ability	Required points	Type	Description
	Extra Powder	Tactic	3	Buff	Acid Bomb and Fragmentation Grenade gain a 75% increase to the size of their areas of effect.
	Sticky Bomb	Action	5	Hex	A packet of explosives which sticks to your target and slowly burns, dealing Corporeal damage over 15 seconds. If the effect runs its full course or the target is killed, then a concealed inner package of explosives will suddenly detonate, dealing Corporeal damage to the victim and all enemies within 20 feet of them.
	Throwing Arm	Tactic	7	Buff	Increases the range of all Path of the Grenadier abilities by 25%.
	Strafing Run	Action	9	Damaging	You call for air support, signaling for a strafing run which deals damage to all enemies in a line in front of you, up to 60 feet away. Any enemy players hit by the powerful shells will be sent flying away from you, while monsters will be knocked down.
	Bandolier	Tactic	11	Buff	All of you Path Of The Grenadier abilities cost 35% fewer action points.
	Napalm Grenade	Action	13	Damaging	You toss a grenade packed full of dangerous napalm gel on to the ground, where it will burst open and burn for 30 seconds, causing damage every 2 seconds to any enemies who come within 20 feet of that spot. The fires increase in intensity over time, causing X Corporeal damage during the first 10 seconds, 2X Corporeal damage for the next 10 seconds, and 4X Corporeal damage for the final 10 seconds. If there are multiple Napalm Grenades in the same area only the highest level one will deal damage.
	Artillery Barrage	Morale (4)	15	Damaging	You select a spot on the ground and call in an artillery strike for up to 4 seconds, dealing damage per second to all enemies within 30 feet of that spot.

[edit] Path of The Tinkerer

This mastery path focuses on the Engineer's close combat using deployables and gadgets.

Icon	Ability Name	Ability	Required points	Type	Description
	Well-Oiled Machine	Tactic	3	Buff	You can now construct your turrets instantly.
	Lightning Rod	Action	5	Damaging	You deploy a shock rod at your feet which will remain for up to 9 seconds and periodically blast out with waves of power, dealing Corporeal damage every 3 seconds to all enemies within 30 feet of it.