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Contents 1 Known Abilities 1.1 Attribute Modifications 1.2 Specialty Bonuses 1.2.1 Tier 1 1.2.2 Tier 2 1.2.3 Tier 3 1.2.4 Tier 4 1.3 Charms 1.4 Additional Bonuses and Powers 1.4.1 Traits granted 1.4.2 Nemesys's new mouse bond Scratch Pad

Known Abilities

Rodents are clever little mammals found in a wide variety of environments. They breathe air, have a carnivorous diet, and can see in the dark. Rodents are natural prey of many felines and snakes, who will attack them on sight, so novice consorts should be very careful with them.

NB: this category of empathic bond seems to include mice, rats, and hamsters, and is slightly different from and separate from squirrels, flying squirrels, and giant rodents.

Attribute Modifications

The rodent grants its consort a very large bonus to intelligence, a large bonus to dexterity, and moderate bonuses to willpower and perception.

Specialty Bonuses

Bonus specialty degrees and access are provided as follows:

Tier 1

• Cartography
• Escape
• Intelligence Analysis

Tier 2

• Combat Reflexes
• Dirty Fighting
• Dodge
• Eavesdropping
• Elude Pursuit
• Picking Pockets
• Scholarship
• Stealth

Tier 3

• Arcane Lore
• Climbing
• Diagnosis
• First Aid
• Forestry
• Gem Lore
• History
• Law
• Legend Lore
• Linguistics
• Lip Reading
• Lockpicking
• Logic
• Logistics
• Memory
• Mineral Lore
• Plains Fieldcraft
• Poison Lore
• Politics
• Psychology
• Quickness
• Rune Lore
• Strategy
• Streetwise

Tier 4

• Foraging

At "very healthy" bond strength, the first tier bonus specialties are increased to 2.

Charms

Initially:

• Urge
• Tame
• Command

Shortly after (5%):

• Call
• Send
• Kinsee

At "fairly healthy" bond strength (25%):

• Amorphism

Additional Bonuses and Powers

Traits granted

At "somewhat frail", one point of the autodidaction trait is granted, and grows with bond strength. This eventually grows to 10, according to Twlight.

Nemesys's new mouse bond Scratch Pad

You imagine what it would be like to have a deep bond with the black female mouse, and you feel a distinct echo from within her.
You experience feelings of curiosity, eagerness, surreptitiousness, and versatility.

You approach the black female mouse calmly and deliberately.
You reach out and blend the periphery of your perceptive and emotive sensitivities with a black female mouse's mind.
The black female mouse walks to your side.
You feel spiritually exhausted but deeply contented, as though you have been made more complete.
You will now trust a black female mouse.
The black female mouse is limned with a miniscule faintly shimmering black dweomer aura.
You are now a first-degree specialist in cartography, escape, and intelligence analysis. [event logged]
Your hair turns black.

At 0 bond strength

                                                                                    |
| 5256 Arienle 26 10:33 561  Shael     You are now a first-degree specialist in cartography, escape, and intelligence 
                                      analysis.    
  First, the ability to urge your familiar to specific action.  This ability can be used even if you do not know where your familiar is.  To do 
  this,concentrate on urging your
  familiar to undertake the desired action.

   Second, the ability to tame creatures over which your familiar is sovereign.  To do this, concentrate on taming the creature.

   Third, the ability to command a friendly creature over which your familiar is sovereign to undertake a specific action.  You can command multiple 
   creatures at once in this manner.  To do this, concentrate on commanding your follower or followers to undertake the desired action.

At 10 bond strength +1 Autodidaction

| 5257 Arienle 26 11:21 561  Shael     You are now a first-degree specialist in dirty fighting, dodge, eavesdropping, picking pockets, and 
                                       scholarship.                           |
| 5258 Arienle 26 11:21 561  Shael     You are now a second-degree specialist in elude pursuit and 
                                       stealth. 
  Fourth, the ability to call your familiar to your side.  To do this, concentrate on calling your familiar.

   Fifth, the ability to send your familiar to safety.  This ability can be used even if you do not know where your familiar is.  To do this, 
   concentrate on sending your familiar to safety.

   Sixth, the ability to see through your familiar's eyes.  This ability can be used even if you do not know where your familiar is.  To do this, 
   concentrate on seeing what your familiar sees.

At 20 bond strength +2 Autodidaction

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| 5259 Arienle 26 11:21 561  Shael     You are now a fourth-degree specialist in combat reflexes.                          
 Seventh, the ability to soften your form and become amorphous.  To do this, concentrate on softening my form.

At 30 bond strength +3 Autodidaction

  5354 Arienle 27 00:42 561  Shael     You are now a second-degree specialist in cartography, escape, and intelligence analysis.