Advancement Tokens
Advancement Tokens (AT) are a special currency which you use to buy spells and abilities within a special shop. It is up to you to decide if you want your character to be heavy on abilities but light on spells, or vice versa. While some spells and abilities have special requirements or prerequisites, most can be purchased at any time. You can think of Advancement Tokens like making choices in a skill tree, except it covers both abilities and spells.
Your character can only use spells that they have purchased. Likewise, you will only have access to abilities and their effects if your character owns them. As a general rule of thumb, abilities are more expensive than spells.
The intention of the Advancement Tokens is to give a sense of progression while giving a lot of flexibility to flavour your character as you see fit. The system is deliberately set up in such a way that you can create a character who is prodigiously good in a very specific area. This is then counter-balanced by the fact that such a character cannot spend those points elsewhere, and so will automatically be weaker in other areas.
You can view the amount of Advancement Tokens you have by clicking the profile icon in the top bar, where it will show right of your username:
Earning Advancement Tokens
The amount of Advancement Tokens available to you and how many you earn per year depends on if your character is a Penwick Student or an Adult, as well as your Origin. You can see how many AT you earn each year in your Origin's AT Progression Table.
Ability Shop and Spell Shop
You can buy abilities and spells in separate shops using your Advancement Tokens. Both are located within Board Index -> OOC -> Rules & Systems. Direct links can be found below:
- Ability Shop
- Spell Shop (LINK TBA)