Original Sin Talents

Each character start with 2 talents points. The character will gain another point at level 3 and will continue to gain more every four levels afterwards, ending up with 7 talent points.

Note that this page covers Original Sin Classic talents, which are different from Enhanced Edition's Talents.

Talents

Talent	Effect	Requirements
All Skilled Up	Gives you 2 extra Ability Points to spend. (Note that if you wait for it to be unlocked in your Homestead, you can instead trade 1 unused Talent Point for 10 Ability Points.)	Level 3
Anaconda	Increases your damage with crushing weapons by 10%.	Single-Handed 1
Arrow Recovery	Gives you 33% chance to recover a special arrow after shooting it.
Back-Stabber	Allows a character to backstab with daggers and knives. Backstabs always get a 100% chance to critical (using the weapon's critical multiplier, e.g. x2), assuming you position properly.	Scoundrel 1
Bigger and Better	Gives you 1 extra Attribute Point to spend. (Note that if you wait for it to be unlocked in your Homestead, you can instead trade 1 unused Talent Point for 10 Ability Points, and then trade 5 Ability Points for each additional Attribute Point.)	Level 5
Bully	Gives you 50% extra damage against opponents that are slowed, crippled or knocked down. Only works with melee or ranged weapons; not with spells.
Comeback Kid	When an opponent lands the blow that should kill you, Comeback Kid will leave you with 1 health as long as you had more than 1 left.	Willpower 5
Courageous	Grants you immunity to fear, but you can no longer flee from combat.	Incompatible with Escapist
Demon	A character with Demon has a chance to burn an opponent who strikes with a melee weapon but takes a 25% penalty to Water Resistance.	Pyrokinetic 5
Elemental Affinity	Lowers the Action Point cost of spells by 1 when standing in a surface of the same element.
Elemental Ranger	Arrows may inflict bonus elemental damage depending on the surface on which your target is standing.	Expert Marksman 5
Escapist	Allows you to flee combat even when enemies are right next to you.	Incompatible with Courageous
Far Out Man	Increases the range of spells and scrolls by 2.0m.
Five-Star Diner	Doubles the effects of food.
Glass Cannon	Doubles your recovery AP but your total vitality is decreased by 50% (including the bonus from Lone Wolf).	Level 5
Guerrilla	Doubles your attack damage while sneaking. Works with any weapon, not just daggers/knives.	Sneaking 1
Headstrong	Gives you a 20% bonus against being Frozen, Stunned, Petrified and Knocked Down.	Scoundrel 5
Ice King	A character with Ice King has a chance to chill an opponent who strikes with a melee weapon but takes a 25% penalty to Fire Resistance.	Hydrosophist 5
Know-it-All	Decreases everyone's attitude towards you by 20 but gives you 1 extra point in Intelligence.
Leech	Heals you when standing in blood. (Note: usually only during your turn)
Light Stepper	Gives you a +2 Perception bonus for detecting traps and secrets.
Lightning Rod	Makes you immune to Stun.	Aerotheurge 5
Lone Wolf	A character with Lone Wolf can no longer have a companion but receives a 60% bonus to base vitality, 1 bonus to Recovery and maximum Action Points and an extra ability point on level up.
Morning Person	When resurrected, you revive to full health. (Note: Revive normally raises you at 20% HP)	Body Building 1
My Precious	Every time you hit or get hit, your gear has a 50% chance of not losing durability.
Opportunist	Gives you the ability to perform attacks of opportunity.	Man-at-arms 1
Packmule	Doubles the amount of weight you can carry.
Pet Pal	Enables you to talk to animals. (Note: This is useful for starting/completing some quests, as well as tapping into the general humor of the game)
Picture of Health	Gives you 5% × Man-at-arms extra Vitality.	Man-at-Arms 2
Politician	Gives you 2 bonus points in Charisma, but you lose a point in Intelligence.
Quickdraw	Reduces 1 AP from the cost of using ranged weapons.	Expert Marksman 5
Scientist	Gives you a bonus point in Blacksmithing and one in Crafting.
Sidestep	Gives you 10% extra chance to evade hits.	Expert Marksman 2
Sidewinder	Removes your defense rating penalty when flanked. (Note: The penalty is normally 10 per adjacent enemy beyond the 1st. Unfortunately, this talent appears to frequently only halve the penalty, instead of eliminating it outright.)	Man-at-arms 5
Speedcreeper	A character with Speedcreeper moves at normal speed while sneaking.	Sneaking 1
Stand Your Ground	A character with Stand Your Ground cannot be knocked down.	Body Building 5
Stench	Decreases everyone's attitude towards you by 25, but melee opponents will find you less attractive in combat.
Swift Footed	Gives you a 10% movement bonus. (Note: affects combat only? needs additional verification)	Scoundrel 2
Thick Skin	Gives you 5 extra base armour + Man-at-arms × 2. (Up to +15 armor)	Man-at-arms 1
Voluble Mage	Gives you immunity to Muted.	Willpower 5
Walk it Off	Reduces all status duration by 1 turn. This also affects positive statuses.
Weather the Storm	Gives you a 5% × Man-at-arms extra Elemental Resistance. (+25% Fire/Water/Earth/Air resist, but not Poison or Tenebrium. Resistances still cap at 80 without temporary bonuses.)	Man-at-Arms 5
Weatherproof	Makes you immune to environmental effects. (Note: Weather effects only, such as desert Slow status; standing on different elemental surfaces like poison/fire/etc still affects you normally. Lava is also still lethal.)	Geomancer 5
What a Rush	Increases your recovery and maximum Action Points by 2 when your health is below 30%.
Zombie	Lets you heal from poison but causes damage from regular healing. (Note: This grants 200% Poison Resistance and makes you immune to the Poisoned status. This stacks with other poison resistance effects, e.g. from equipment. Any other elemental resistance higher than 100% will also heal you, as does sleeping in a bed, draining blood with Leech, and few other limited methods. However, other forms of healing will harm you, even food or spells like Vampiric Touch.)