Western Roman skill trees

The Western Roman (Roman) trees for , , general, veteran, priest, spy, line by line as the game lays them out. Hover or tap a skill for its levels, the rank it unlocks at and its effects.

Used by Western Roman Empire

(14 skills)

Civil Duty
Civil Duty2 levels
Level 1
- Public order: +2 (local province)
Level 2
- Public order: +4 (local province)
Every man should feel compelled to aid his state.
Military Engineering
Military Engineering2 levels
Level 1
- Construction cost: -6% (local province)
- Wealth: +10% from industrial buildings (local province)
Level 2
- Construction cost: -12% (local province)
- Wealth: +20% from industrial buildings (local province)
Weapons of war can be fine-tuned for even greater devastation.

Limitanei
Limitanei2 levels
Level 1
- Integrity: +2 when in own or allied territory
Level 2
- Integrity: +4 when in own or allied territory
Requires: Civil Duty, Light Training, ComitatensesA man will always fight for his home. He may as well make it his duty.
Comitatenses
Comitatenses2 levels
Level 1
- Integrity: +2 when in foreign territory
Level 2
- Integrity: +4 when in foreign territory
Requires: Military Engineering, PalatiniFight! Win! Prevail!
Palatini
Palatini2 levels
Level 1
- Integrity: +2
- Recruitment cost: -6% for land units
Level 2
- Integrity: +4
- Recruitment cost: -12% for land units
In defence of Rome, in defence of its ruler!

Light Training
Light Training2 levels
Level 1
- Unit experience: +1 for light unit recruits
Level 2
- Unit experience: +2 for light unit recruits
Requires: Medium Training"You will learn to fight, and to move, and to never be caught".
Medium Training
Medium Training2 levels
Level 1
- Unit experience: +1 for medium unit recruits
Level 2
- Unit experience: +2 for medium unit recruits
Requires: Heavy Training"You will learn discipline, then combat, then you will be deadly."
Heavy Training
Heavy Training2 levels
Level 1
- Unit experience: +1 for heavy unit recruits
Level 2
- Unit experience: +2 for heavy unit recruits
Requires: Defenders of Virtue, PalatiniA well trained, armoured soldier is a terror on the battlefield.

Logistics
Logistics2 levels
Level 1
- Replenishment: +1%
- Ammunition: +3%
Level 2
- Replenishment: +2%
- Ammunition: +6%
Requires: Barbarian Subjugators, Light TrainingThe right man in the right place makes all the difference.
Foederati Corps
Foederati Corps2 levels
Level 1
- Recruitment cost: -6% for mercenary units
- Recruitment cost: -6% for foreign levy units
Level 2
- Recruitment cost: -12% for mercenary units
- Recruitment cost: -12% for foreign levy units
Requires: Defenders of VirtueThe state has protected these outliers. Now it expects their services.
Defenders of Virtue
Defenders of Virtue2 levels
Level 1
- Melee defence: +5
- Morale: +4 when defending
- Morale: +4 when reinforcing
Level 2
- Melee defence: +10
- Morale: +8 when defending
- Morale: +8 when reinforcing
Honour requires satisfaction. This satisfaction will be had, by force.

Barbarian Subjugators
Barbarian Subjugators2 levels
Level 1
- Morale: +3 versus barbarian kingdoms
Level 2
- Morale: +6 versus barbarian kingdoms
Requires: Bane of the East, Foederati CorpsNobody will miss a mud hut or ten.
Bane of the East
Bane of the East2 levels
Level 1
- Morale: +3 versus eastern empires
Level 2
- Morale: +6 versus eastern empires
Requires: Nomad HuntersThe claimants to Parthian power will fall before us!
Nomad Hunters
Nomad Hunters2 levels
Level 1
- Morale: +3 versus nomadic tribes
Level 2
- Morale: +6 versus nomadic tribes
Requires: Defenders of VirtueKilling a horde of riders at the same time is more efficient.

(10 skills)

Coastal Patrol
Coastal Patrol2 levels
Level 1
- Integrity: +2 when patrolling
Level 2
- Integrity: +4 when patrolling
Requires: Military EscortsIn home waters, these sailors remain unrivalled.
Military Escorts
Military Escorts2 levels
Level 1
- Missile attack rate: +5% when escorting transports
- Integrity: +2 when escorting transports
Level 2
- Missile attack rate: +10% when escorting transports
- Integrity: +4 when escorting transports
Requires: Interdictor FleetSafeguarding precious cargo to its destination.
Interdictor Fleet
Interdictor Fleet2 levels
Level 1
- Integrity: +2 when in hostile or contested waters
Level 2
- Integrity: +4 when in hostile or contested waters
"Good. Our first catch of the day."

Naval Logistics
Naval Logistics2 levels
Level 1
- Replenishment: +1%
- Ammunition: +3%
Level 2
- Replenishment: +2%
- Ammunition: +4%
Requires: Military Escorts, DestroyersEverything must be in order, and ready for the voyage.

Destroyers
Destroyers2 levels
Level 1
- Unit experience: +1 for artillery ship recruits
Level 2
- Unit experience: +2 for artillery ship recruits
Requires: Defenders of the Mediterranean, Interdictor Fleet"Nothing stands against us. Send them to the deep!"

Mediterranean Seamanship
Mediterranean Seamanship2 levels
Level 1
- Campaign movement range: +10%
- Upkeep cost: -4% for naval units
Level 2
- Campaign movement range: +20%
- Upkeep cost: -8% for naval units
Requires: Bane of the East, Naval LogisticsThey're hardly ever sick at sea.
Blockaders
Blockaders2 levels
Level 1
- Morale: +3 when blockading
Level 2
- Morale: +6 when blockading
Requires: Destroyers"Intensify the forward firepower, I don't want anything to get through!"
Defenders of the Mediterranean
Defenders of the Mediterranean2 levels
Level 1
- Morale: +3 when defending at sea
- Melee defence: +5
- Morale: +4 when reinforcing
Level 2
- Morale: +6 when defending at sea
- Melee defence: +10
- Morale: +8 when reinforcing
To hold the Mediterranean is to be strong. These men hold the Mediterranean.

Bane of the East
Bane of the East2 levels
Level 1
- Morale: +3 versus eastern empires
Level 2
- Morale: +6 versus eastern empires
Requires: Blockaders, Barbarian SubjugatorsEastern navies are shiny, but they rightly fear Roman power.
Barbarian Subjugators
Barbarian Subjugators2 levels
Level 1
- Morale: +3 versus barbarian kingdoms
Level 2
- Morale: +6 versus barbarian kingdoms
Requires: Defenders of the MediterraneanA rabble of mudmen on rafts cannot stand against the Roman fleet!

General (64 skills)

Administrator
Administrator2 levels
Level 1
- Tax rate: +3% (governed province)
Level 2
- Tax rate: +6% (governed province)
This man's seal is respected throughout the world.
Relentless Attacker
Relentless Attacker2 levels
Level 1
- Morale: +3 when attacking (commanded force)
Level 2
- Morale: +6 when attacking (commanded force)
Renowned for dogmatic belligerence, this man will not stop until his enemies are trampled beneath him.
Steadfast Defender
Steadfast Defender2 levels
Level 1
- Morale: +3 when defending (commanded force)
Level 2
- Morale: +6 when defending (commanded force)
A wall, upon which enemies crash in multitudes and are dashed and broken.
Magnate
Magnate2 levels
Level 1
- Wealth: +10% from industrial buildings (governed province)
Level 2
- Wealth: +20% from industrial buildings (governed province)
The world finds important whatever this man deems to be important.
Handler
Handler2 levels
Level 1
- Agent recruitment cost: -15% (local province)
- Agent recruit experience: +1 (local province)
Level 2
- Agent recruitment cost: -30% (local province)
- Agent recruit experience: +2 (local province)
Just and fair in all things, this man provides tutelage and advice to those who seek it.
Landowner
Landowner2 levels
Level 1
- Wealth: +10% from agricultural and animal husbandry buildings (governed province)
Level 2
- Wealth: +20% from agricultural and animal husbandry buildings (governed province)
In a world wracked by abject poverty, the landowner is king.
Leader
Leader2 levels
Level 1
- Authority: +1
Level 2
- Authority: +2
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but triumph over it."
Marksman
Marksman2 levels
Level 1
- Unit experience: +1 for missile unit recruits
Level 2
- Unit experience: +2 for missile unit recruits
Through fire, and wind, and death, his shot flies true to its target every time.
Fighter
Fighter2 levels
Level 1
- Unit experience: +1 for melee unit recruits
Level 2
- Unit experience: +2 for melee unit recruits
The weapon is no mere tool, but an extension of the very arm itself.
Merchant
Merchant2 levels
Level 1
- Wealth: +10% from commercial buildings (governed province)
Level 2
- Wealth: +20% from commercial buildings (governed province)
This man cares little for nation, allegiance or creed. Only for coin.
Patron
Patron2 levels
Level 1
- Wealth: +10% from cultural buildings (governed province)
Level 2
- Wealth: +20% from cultural buildings (governed province)
"This is a glorious basilica. Yes. Beautiful. I'll take ten".
Political Animal
Political Animal2 levels
Level 1
- Personal influence: +1 per influence-earning situation
Level 2
- Personal influence: +2 per influence-earning situation
"That's how you devour a whale; one bite at a time."
Champion Rider
Champion Rider2 levels
Level 1
- Unit experience: +1 for cavalry unit recruits
Level 2
- Unit experience: +2 for cavalry unit recruits
There are men who ride, and there are riders.
Scholar
Scholar2 levels
Level 1
- Research rate: +5% (factionwide)
Level 2
- Research rate: +10% (factionwide)
Books are the mightiest weapon in the war against ignorance.
Master Planner
Master Planner2 levels
Level 1
- Cunning: +1
Level 2
- Cunning: +2
Every possibility accounted for, every breath explained.
Logistics Expert
Logistics Expert2 levels
Level 1
- Replenishment: +1% (commanded force)
Level 2
- Replenishment: +2% (commanded force)
Feeding one man a day is feat enough. Feeding an entire army is prodigious.
Taskmaster
Taskmaster2 levels
Level 1
- Integrity: +2
Level 2
- Integrity: +4
No feat nor effort can truly please this man.
Fearless Warrior
Fearless Warrior2 levels
Level 1
- Zeal: +1
Level 2
- Zeal: +2
"I move for no man."
Ambitious
Ambitious
- Personal influence: +3 per influence-earning situation (husband)
- Personal influence: +3 per turn
- Loyalty: -1 (husband)
"No, my love. The others are holding you back because they are jealous…"
Arrogant
Arrogant
- Authority: +1 (husband)
- Cunning: -1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
"And who are you, to speak to MY husband?"
Cunning
Cunning
- Cunning: +2 (husband)
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
"I see more than you, dear, because no one notices a woman watching…"
Drunkard
Drunkard
- Cunning: -1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
"It makes me happier than you ever could, you bastard!"
Faithful
Faithful
- Authority: +1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
"My husband, my lord, my love. Always."
Fertile
Fertile
- Chance of having children: +20% (husband)
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
"Children are the blessings of heaven!"
Flirtatious
Flirtatious
- Authority: -1 (husband)
- Cunning: -1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
"He has eyes for me. This will work to our advantage, my darling…"
Beautiful
Beautiful
- Authority: +1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
- Integrity: +2 (husband when commanding)
Beauty is a blessing in an ugly world.
Harridan
Harridan
- Zeal: -1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
- Chance of having illegitimate children: +20% (husband)
"Mother always said I was too good for you. Poor mother…"
Intelligent
Intelligent
- Cunning: +1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per influence-earning situation (husband)
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
"We can turn this to advantage, my love. Just let me think…"
Poisoner
Poisoner
- Agent self-defence: +10% chance of wounding aggressors (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
"The next banquet, dear: would you put one of my special sauces on the menu?"
Quiet
Quiet
- Cunning: +1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
It's the quiet ones who need watching.
Religious
Religious
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
- Religious influence: +5 state religion (husband when governing)
"The omens are always in your favour, my dear. Always. My prayers see to that."
Shrewish
Shrewish
- Authority: -1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
- Chance of having illegitimate children: +20% (husband)
"And what time do you call this to get in from campaigning? Bah! More drinking! Don't you dare be sick!"
Brutal
Brutal
- Zeal: +2 (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
- Integrity: -2 (husband when commanding)
- Public order: -4 (husband when governing)
"I've had all the slaves flogged. One died out of sheer spite. I need money, dear. I'm off to the slavers'."
Educated
Educated
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
- Research rate: +2% for civil developments (husband)
"Men, my darling, do not look at a woman's mind first. And I have a sharp mind…"
Efficient
Efficient
- Authority: +1 (husband)
- Cunning: +1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
"Within these doors, I run the household. You have enough with everything else!"
Domestic Goddess
Domestic Goddess
- Authority: +1 (husband)
- Zeal: +1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
"Ooohh! Yes! Cream…"
Mean
Mean
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
- Integrity: -2 (husband when commanding)
- Upkeep cost: -5% for all units (husband when commanding)
"Your men do not need new boots. They had some three years ago. Are they eating the things?"
Political
Political
- Personal influence: +1 per influence-earning situation (husband)
- Personal influence: +3 per turn
- Political action cost: -10% personal influence (husband)
"No. No friends. Everyone at table tonight can be used. It will help us to better things."
Protective
Protective
- Agent self-defence: +10% chance of wounding aggressors (husband)
- Hostile agent success chance: +5% (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
"I've hired six new bodyguards, dear. All strapping fellows."
Acid Tongue
Acid Tongue
- Authority: -1 (husband)
- Zeal: +1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
"He may be a general, but he's still an indolent, pathetic, little, horse-dung excuse of a man."
Social Climber
Social Climber
- Personal influence: +1 per influence-earning situation (husband)
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
"You get over there and you say something NICE to HIS wife! Ingratiate yourself, fool!"
Spendthrift
Spendthrift
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
- Corruption: +5% of current value (husband when governing)
"What do you mean? Of course it's your money. You're in charge! Really! Men!"
Superior
Superior
- Authority: -1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
"Do we have to entertain those awful, little people again? I hate counting the napkins afterwards..."
Unfaithful
Unfaithful
- Authority: -1 (husband)
- Chance of having children: -20% (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
"Yes, I flirted with him! And more. Of course I did. I thought it might help your prospects."
Unsuitable
Unsuitable
- Cunning: -1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
"Some men marry for love, and others call them fools."
Wealthy
Wealthy
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
- Wealth: +10% from all buildings (husband when governing)
"Some men marry for gold, and others envy them."
Traditional
Traditional
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
- Public order: +3 (husband when governing)
"What finer thing is there than a lady at the side of her manly husband?"
Decorous
Decorous
- Authority: +1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
"Husband, home, hearth. What more need there be for a lady?"
Ex-Vestal
Ex-Vestal
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
- Religious influence: +2 state religion (husband when governing)
"Any flames I have burn for my husband!"
Noble
Noble
- Personal influence: +2 per turn
- Loyalty: +1 (husband)
"My forefathers built this city. You, my dear, will save it!"
Sharp Tongue
Sharp Tongue
- Authority: -1 (husband)
- Zeal: +1 (husband)
- Personal influence: +1 per turn
"And why are we entertaining that fat pig, Flatulus Maximus, again? And no, I don't care if he hears!"
Well Connected
Well Connected
- Personal influence: +3 per influence-earning situation (husband)
- Personal influence: +3 per turn
"I will write to my cousin, of course. And grandfather. And my uncles…"

Sentinel
Sentinel2 levels
Level 1
- Army recruitment capacity: +1 (governed province)
- Navy recruitment capacity: +1 (governed province)
- Melee defence: +3 (commanded force)
Level 2
- Army recruitment capacity: +2 (governed province)
- Navy recruitment capacity: +2 (governed province)
- Melee defence: +6 (commanded force)
Requires: Logistician, Overseer"I am the sword that guards the people."
Logistician
Logistician2 levels
Level 1
- Replenishment: +3% (commanded force)
- Food: 5 from characters (governed province)
Level 2
- Replenishment: +6% (commanded force)
- Food: 10 from characters (governed province)
Requires: StrategistThe most complex strategies lay in pieces before him, to be assembled as if a puzzle.

Overseer
Overseer2 levels
Level 1
- Construction cost: -6% (governed province)
- Recruitment cost: -6% (commanded force)
Level 2
- Construction cost: -12% (governed province)
- Recruitment cost: -12% (commanded force)
Requires: StrategistThere is no aspect, nor minutiae or scrap that escapes this man's attention.
Strategist
Strategist2 levels
Level 1
- Unit experience: +1 for all recruits
- Fatigue rate: -10% (commanded force)
Level 2
- Unit experience: +2 for all recruits
- Fatigue rate: -20% (commanded force)
Requires: Vir IllustrisIn victory, this man takes all the credit. In defeat, silence. That is strategy.

Legatus
Legatus2 levels
Level 1
- Authority: +1
- Integrity: +2 (commanded force)
Level 2
- Authority: +2
- Integrity: +4 (commanded force)
Requires: Dux, Infantry Commander, SentinelCommander of an army, appointed by the ruler himself.
Dux
Dux2 levels
Level 1
- Cunning: +1
- Public order: +2 (local province)
Level 2
- Cunning: +2
- Public order: +4 (local province)
Requires: Overseer, VicariusA man above men. Born to command. A leader.
Vicarius
Vicarius2 levels
Level 1
- Zeal: +1
- Corruption: -5% of current value (governed province)
Level 2
- Zeal: +2
- Corruption: -10% of current value (governed province)
Requires: Strategist"I answer to one man, and that is not you."
Vir Illustris
Vir Illustris2 levels
Level 1
- Authority: +1
- Cunning: +1
- Zeal: +1
- Charge bonus: +4% (commanded force)
- Growth: +5 (local province)
Level 2
- Authority: +2
- Cunning: +2
- Zeal: +2
- Charge bonus: +8% (commanded force)
- Growth: +10 (local province)
"Do you know who I am!?"

Cavalry Commander
Cavalry Commander2 levels
Level 1
- Melee attack: +3 for cavalry units (commanded force)
- Melee defence: +3 for cavalry units (commanded force)
- Battle movement speed: +3% for cavalry units (commanded force)
- Morale training: +3 for cavalry recruits (governed province)
Level 2
- Melee attack: +6 for cavalry units (commanded force)
- Melee defence: +6 for cavalry units (commanded force)
- Battle movement speed: +6% for cavalry units (commanded force)
- Morale training: +6 for cavalry recruits (governed province)
Requires: VanguardThe sound of thundering hooves rouses this man to great deeds.

Infantry Commander
Infantry Commander2 levels
Level 1
- Melee defence: +3 for infantry units (commanded force)
- Morale training: +3 for infantry recruits (governed province)
Level 2
- Melee defence: +6 for infantry units (commanded force)
- Morale training: +6 for infantry recruits (governed province)
Requires: Cavalry Commander, Fleet CommanderThe men will walk far, fighting many foes, so long as this man commands them.
Vanguard
Vanguard2 levels
Level 1
- Campaign movement range: +10% (commanded force)
- Melee attack: +3 (commanded force)
Level 2
- Campaign movement range: +20% (commanded force)
- Melee attack: +6 (commanded force)
Requires: Vir IllustrisLook to the fore, at the head of the charge; you will doubtless find this man.

Fleet Commander
Fleet Commander2 levels
Level 1
- Naval battle movement speed: +4% (commanded force)
- Morale training: +3 for all naval recruits (governed province)
Level 2
- Naval battle movement speed: +8% (commanded force)
- Morale training: +6 for all naval recruits (governed province)
Requires: VanguardThe wind at his back, and the fleet at his call; this man needs nothing else.

Veteran (29 skills)

Tribunus Militum
Tribunus Militum2 levels
Level 1
- Authority: +1
Level 2
- Authority: +2
This man has worked his way up over many years, inspiring greatness as he aspires to greatness.
Propugnator
Propugnator2 levels
Level 1
- Assault action: +5% chance of killing target
Level 2
- Assault action: +10% chance of killing target
"I will be your champion."
Campidoctor
Campidoctor2 levels
Level 1
- Military Training action: +10 experience per turn
Level 2
- Military Training action: +20 experience per turn
"You will listen, and you will learn, or you will surely die."
Domesticus
Domesticus2 levels
Level 1
- Zeal: +1
Level 2
- Zeal: +2
A trusted servant, this man has earned respect.
Architectus
Architectus2 levels
Level 1
- Construction cost: -10% (local province)
Level 2
- Construction cost: -20% (local province)
To the warmaker, artillery is a weapon of war. To this man, it is a work of art.
Veterinarius
Veterinarius2 levels
Level 1
- Fatigue rate: -6% for all cavalry units. (parent army)
- Upkeep cost: -5% for cavalry units (parent army)
Level 2
- Fatigue rate: -12% for all cavalry units. (parent army)
- Upkeep cost: -10% for cavalry units (parent army)
"Open wide and say "neigh!""
Liburnarius
Liburnarius2 levels
Level 1
- Integrity: +2 when embarked at sea (parent army)
Level 2
- Integrity: +4 when embarked at sea (parent army)
Victory on land, victory on sea. Victory above all.
Pankration Master
Pankration Master2 levels
Level 1
- Melee attack: +3 (parent army)
- Melee defence: +3 (parent army)
Level 2
- Melee attack: +6 (parent army)
- Melee defence: +6 (parent army)
"Okay, I want a good clean fight. No kicks in the tassets."
Medicus
Medicus2 levels
Level 1
- Replenishment: +2% (parent army)
- Upkeep cost: -5% for infantry units (parent army)
Level 2
- Replenishment: +4% (parent army)
- Upkeep cost: -10% for infantry units (parent army)
"Physician, heal thyself."
Centurion
Centurion2 levels
Level 1
- Army recruitment capacity: +1 (local province)
Level 2
- Army recruitment capacity: +2 (local province)
Leaders of men. Warriors. Covered in blood, battle and glory.
Armicustos
Armicustos2 levels
Level 1
- Recruitment cost: -10% (parent army)
- Ammunition: +5% (parent army)
Level 2
- Recruitment cost: -20% (parent army)
- Ammunition: +10% (parent army)
The matter of procurement, and suitable equipment, is this man's expertise.
Explorator
Explorator2 levels
Level 1
- Cunning: +1
Level 2
- Cunning: +2
"The road ahead is shrouded in darkness. I am the light."
Signifer
Signifer2 levels
Level 1
- Integrity: +2 (parent army)
Level 2
- Integrity: +4 (parent army)
The banner of victory, proud and resplendent in this man's hands.
Athleta
Athleta2 levels
Level 1
- Fatigue rate: -10% (parent army)
Level 2
- Fatigue rate: -20% (parent army)
Faster. Higher. Stronger.
Evocatus
Evocatus2 levels
Level 1
- Public order: +2 (local province)
Level 2
- Public order: +4 (local province)
This man lives for war. His time is done, his battles won, yet he remains.
Vigile
Vigile2 levels
Level 1
- Campaign line of sight: +25%
Level 2
- Campaign line of sight: +50%
He waits. That's what he does.
Personal Combat
Personal Combat2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Assault Target: Any foreign character
Level 2
- Assault action: +20% chance of killing target
- Enables: Assault Target: Any foreign character
- Zeal: +1
"We could engage each other in unarmed combat. Then I would snap your spine."
Training
Training2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Military Training Target: Own army
Level 2
- Military Training action: +30 experience per turn
- Enables: Military Training Target: Own army
- Authority: +1
Discipline, strength, skill. Mastery of these brings victory.
Provision
Provision2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Military Supply Constant local effect
Level 2
- Military Supply action: +4 replenishment rate
- Enables: Military Supply Constant local effect
- Cunning: +1
An army marches on its stomach.

Sabotage
Sabotage2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Sabotage Building Target: Foreign settlement
Level 2
- Sabotage Building action: +30% damage caused
- Enables: Sabotage Building Target: Foreign settlement
- Zeal: +1
Requires: SappingSabotage is art. The art of spoiling the enemy's plans.
Sapping
Sapping2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Sabotage Walls Target: Foreign settlement
Level 2
- Sabotage Walls action: +1 walls breached
- Enables: Sabotage Walls Target: Foreign settlement
- Cunning: +1
Requires: RaidingA wall is just another obstacle for this man to undermine.

Tactics
Tactics2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Harass Army Target: Foreign army
Level 2
- Harass Army action: +5% casualties inflicted
- Enables: Harass Army Target: Foreign army
- Authority: +1
Requires: Sabotage, Skirmishing, Subversion"There is a right way to deal with this, and a less right way…"
Subversion
Subversion2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Sabotage Army Target: Foreign army
Level 2
- Sabotage Army action: -5% ammunition
- Sabotage Army action: -5% armour
- Sabotage Army action: -5% melee and missile damage
- Enables: Sabotage Army Target: Foreign army
- Cunning: +1
Requires: Ruse, SappingThe way to a man's heart is through his mind.
Raiding
Raiding2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Raid Settlement Target: Foreign settlement
Level 2
- Raid Settlement action: +15% damage caused
- Enables: Raid Settlement Target: Foreign settlement
- Zeal: +1
Raiding leaves nothing for the victim, and everything for the opportunist.

Skirmishing
Skirmishing2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Assault Unit Target: Foreign army
Level 2
- Skirmish action: +15% casualties inflicted
- Enables: Assault Unit Target: Foreign army
- Zeal: +1
Requires: Intimidation, RuseA continuous barrage of missiles consistently wears an enemy down to dust.
Ruse
Ruse2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Trap Target: Foreign agent
Level 2
- Trap action: +20% chance of stopping target
- Enables: Trap Target: Foreign agent
- Cunning: +1
Requires: Raiding, Terror"Look over there! A three-headed monkey!"

Glory
Glory2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Call to Arms Deploy: Own province
Level 2
- Call to Arms action: +1 recruitment capacity
- Enables: Call to Arms Deploy: Own province
- Authority: +1
Requires: SkirmishingThey shall cover themselves in gore, and blood and, ultimately, victory.
Intimidation
Intimidation2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Oppress Target: Foreign agent
Level 2
- Oppress action: +20% chance of converting target
- Enables: Oppress Target: Foreign agent
- Zeal: +1
Requires: TerrorThey have ways of making you talk. Oh yes…
Terror
Terror2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Guerrilla Activity Deploy: Foreign province
Level 2
- Guerrilla Activity action: -1 recruitment capacity
- Enables: Guerrilla Activity Deploy: Foreign province
- Zeal: +1
No man is safe. Everyone is a target.

Priest (25 skills)

Numerarius
Numerarius2 levels
Level 1
- Tax rate: +3% (local province)
Level 2
- Tax rate: +6% (local province)
A man with a gift for numbers is valuable amongst a crowd of warmongers.
Consiliarius
Consiliarius2 levels
Level 1
- Authority: +1
Level 2
- Authority: +2
What his lord dreams, this man will build.
Curator
Curator2 levels
Level 1
- Wealth: +10% from cultural buildings (local province)
Level 2
- Wealth: +20% from cultural buildings (local province)
When the cat is away, this man makes sure the mice stay entirely where they should.
Senator
Senator2 levels
Level 1
- Public order: +2 (local province)
Level 2
- Public order: +4 (local province)
Honeyed words and wisdom make sweetness of intelligence.
Militarist
Militarist2 levels
Level 1
- Zeal: +1
Level 2
- Zeal: +2
"Well, I suppose peace is AN option, but so is bloody dancing!"
Progressive
Progressive2 levels
Level 1
- Public order: -20% penalty due to presence of other religions (local province)
Level 2
- Public order: -40% penalty due to presence of other religions (local province)
Stay on the cliff too long and you'll be washed away.
Orator
Orator2 levels
Level 1
- Inspire Populace action: +1 public order
Level 2
- Inspire Populace action: +3 public order
"Friends, Romans, countrymen! Lend me your ears!"
Radical
Radical2 levels
Level 1
- Encourage Dissent action: -3 public order
Level 2
- Encourage Dissent action: -6 public order
The status quo is stagnation, and stagnation is the enemy.
Scholaris
Scholaris2 levels
Level 1
- Research rate: +5% (factionwide)
Level 2
- Research rate: +10% (factionwide)
"Stay a while and listen."
Scriniarius
Scriniarius2 levels
Level 1
- Wealth: +10% from commercial buildings (local province)
Level 2
- Wealth: +20% from commercial buildings (local province)
The written word, though unintelligible to most, is the history of the world laid down.
Pontifex
Pontifex2 levels
Level 1
- Spread Religion action: +4 religious influence
Level 2
- Spread Religion action: +8 religious influence
"In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti."
Latrunculi Player
Latrunculi Player2 levels
Level 1
- Cunning: +1
Level 2
- Cunning: +2
A good player is not one who is five moves ahead, but who has won from the first.
Spiritual Leadership
Spiritual Leadership2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Inspire Populace Deploy: Own province
Level 2
- Inspire Populace action: +3 public order
- Enables: Inspire Populace Deploy: Own province
- Authority: +1
"The blind will see! The deaf will hear!"
Rhetoric
Rhetoric2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Spread Religion Constant local effect
Level 2
- Spread Religion action: +12 religious influence
- Enables: Spread Religion Constant local effect
- Cunning: +1
"Words have power. They offer the means to a meaning."
Provocation
Provocation2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Encourage Dissent Target: Foreign settlement
Level 2
- Encourage Dissent action: -5 public order
- Enables: Encourage Dissent Target: Foreign settlement
- Zeal: +1
"Swords will not avail you. I am guarded by a heavenly host."

Damnation
Damnation2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Preach Doom Target: Foreign army
Level 2
- Preach Doom action: -5 morale
- Enables: Preach Doom Target: Foreign army
- Zeal: +1
Requires: PrejudiceThey will choose salvation or the stake.
Prejudice
Prejudice2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Preach Intolerance Target: Foreign settlement
Level 2
- Preach Intolerance action: +100% religious unrest
- Enables: Preach Intolerance Target: Foreign settlement
- Zeal: +1
Requires: RetributionAn evil, unnatural demon must be damned and destroyed.
Retribution
Retribution2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Betray Target: Any foreign character
Level 2
- Betray action: +20% chance of killing target
- Enables: Betray Target: Any foreign character
- Zeal: +1
"And you will know my name is the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

Dogma
Dogma2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Persuade Target: Foreign agent
Level 2
- Persuade action: +20% chance of converting target
- Enables: Persuade Target: Foreign agent
- Authority: +1
Requires: Prejudice"I will succeed because I believe it."
Mystery
Mystery2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Distract Target: Foreign agent
Level 2
- Distract action: +20% chance of stopping target
- Enables: Distract Target: Foreign agent
- Cunning: +1
Requires: RetributionA conundrum, wrapped in a puzzle, shrouded in secrecy.

Pessimism
Pessimism2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Discourage Populace Deploy: Foreign province
Level 2
- Discourage Populace action: -3 public order
- Enables: Discourage Populace Deploy: Foreign province
- Authority: +1
Requires: Dogma, Imposition, Conviction"With every step, you inch yourself closer to your inevitable demise!"
Conviction
Conviction2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Inspire Troops Target: Own army
Level 2
- Inspire Troops action: +3 Integrity
- Enables: Inspire Troops Target: Own army
- Authority: +1
Requires: Mystery, Instigation"Dark and sinister man, have at thee!"
Instigation
Instigation2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Encourage Mutiny Target: Foreign army
Level 2
- Encourage Mutiny action: -4 Integrity
- Enables: Encourage Mutiny Target: Foreign army
- Authority: +1
"One more thing…"

Imposition
Imposition2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Compromise Security Target: Foreign settlement
Level 2
- Compromise Security action: -1 security
- Enables: Compromise Security Target: Foreign settlement
- Cunning: +1
Requires: Admonition"Do you have a moment to talk about…"
Admonition
Admonition2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Compromise Command Target: Foreign army
Level 2
- Compromise Command action: -1 general's attributes
- Enables: Compromise Command Target: Foreign army
- Authority: +1
Requires: InstigationStrong words sometimes cut deeper than a blade. Not often, but sometimes.

Spy (23 skills)

Agricola
Agricola2 levels
Level 1
- Wealth: +10% from agricultural and animal husbandry buildings (local province)
Level 2
- Wealth: +20% from agricultural and animal husbandry buildings (local province)
Some animals are more equal than others.
Artitianus
Artitianus2 levels
Level 1
- Wealth: +10% from industrial buildings (local province)
Level 2
- Wealth: +20% from industrial buildings (local province)
"My hands are my tools; with them I create great and beautiful things."
Fabricator
Fabricator2 levels
Level 1
- Construction cost: -10% (local province)
Level 2
- Construction cost: -20% (local province)
One brick follows another. The greatest buildings start with the smallest objects.
Conspirator
Conspirator2 levels
Level 1
- Cunning: +1
Level 2
- Cunning: +2
Chicanery, machinations and a fair deal of skulduggery.
Veredarius
Veredarius2 levels
Level 1
- Unit experience: +1 for cavalry unit recruits (accompanying general)
Level 2
- Unit experience: +2 for cavalry unit recruits (accompanying general)
Fleet of foot and swift of tongue.
Venator
Venator2 levels
Level 1
- Unit experience: +1 for missile unit recruits (accompanying general)
Level 2
- Unit experience: +2 for missile unit recruits (accompanying general)
They hunt so that they do not become the hunted themselves…
Proditor
Proditor2 levels
Level 1
- Misdirect Army action: -15% movement range
Level 2
- Misdirect Army action: -30% movement range
"You're actually working for us but they think you're working for them? This espionage business is terribly confusing…"
Speculator
Speculator2 levels
Level 1
- Infiltrate action: -5% chance of being detected
Level 2
- Infiltrate action: -10% chance of being detected
A man in the right places, hearing the right things, is more valuable than a thousand armies.
Exactor
Exactor2 levels
Level 1
- Zeal: +1
Level 2
- Zeal: +2
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."
Agens in Rebus
Agens in Rebus2 levels
Level 1
- Authority: +1
Level 2
- Authority: +2
This man sees all, and hears all. He misses nothing.
Misdirection
Misdirection2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Misdirect Army Target: Foreign army
Level 2
- Misdirect Army action: -25% movement range
- Enables: Misdirect Army Target: Foreign army
- Cunning: +1
A dropped coin, a broken vase. All that is needed is eyes to look elsewhere.
Subterfuge
Subterfuge2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Infiltrate Constant local effect
Level 2
- Infiltrate action: -20% chance of being detected
- Enables: Infiltrate Constant local effect
- Zeal: +1
It's a messy business. Dirty hands are an occupational hazard.
Diversion
Diversion2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Deceive Target: Foreign agent
Level 2
- Deceive action: +20% chance of stopping target
- Enables: Deceive Target: Foreign agent
- Authority: +1
"Look at me, I'm a distraction!"

Tracking
Tracking2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Scout Ahead Target: Own army
Level 2
- Scout Ahead action: +10% movement range
- Enables: Scout Ahead Target: Own army
- Cunning: +1
Requires: ObservationA broken twig is all that's needed to track an enemy. Giant footprints help, too.
Observation
Observation2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Gather Intelligence Target: Foreign army
Level 2
- Gather Intelligence action: +2 targets identified
- Enables: Gather Intelligence Target: Foreign army
- Authority: +1
Requires: Military Infiltration"The shift changes twice a day. There is a five-minute window. That's when I strike."
Military Infiltration
Military Infiltration2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Ruin Provisions Target: Foreign army
Level 2
- Ruin Provisions action: +10% fatigue rate
- Enables: Ruin Provisions Target: Foreign army
- Cunning: +1
To a master of concealment, locked doors and barred passages are of no concern.

Surveillance
Surveillance2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Investigate Corruption Deploy: Own province
Level 2
- Investigate Corruption action: -10% corruption
- Enables: Investigate Corruption Deploy: Own province
- Cunning: +1
Requires: Corruption, TrackingWatch. Wait. See. Then act.
Murder
Murder2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Assassinate Target: Any foreign character
Level 2
- Assassinate action: +20% chance of killing target
- Enables: Assassinate Target: Any foreign character
- Zeal: +1
Requires: Coercion, Military Infiltration"Murder can be fun."

Corruption
Corruption2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Corruption Deploy: Foreign province
Level 2
- Corruption action: +10% corruption
- Enables: Corruption Deploy: Foreign province
- Authority: +1
Requires: Opportunism"One for me, none for you."
Opportunism
Opportunism2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Exploit Corruption Target: Foreign settlement
Level 2
- Exploit Corruption action: +2% corruption money stolen
- Enables: Exploit Corruption Target: Foreign settlement
- Cunning: +1
Requires: Civilian Infiltration, MurderWhen the cat's away, the mice will probably kill someone.
Coercion
Coercion2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Extort Target: Foreign agent
Level 2
- Extort action: +20% chance of converting target
- Enables: Extort Target: Foreign agent
- Zeal: +1
"What good is a missive if you are unable to speak?"

Bribery
Bribery2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Misdirect Workforce Target: Foreign settlement
Level 2
- Misdirect Workforce action: +1 construction time
- Enables: Misdirect Workforce Target: Foreign settlement
- Authority: +1
Requires: Corruption"Perhaps my good friend Flavius could change your mind…?"
Civilian Infiltration
Civilian Infiltration2 levels
Level 1
- Enables: Ruin Stores Target: Foreign settlement
Level 2
- Ruin Stores action: -10 food production
- Ruin Stores action: +2 squalor
- Enables: Ruin Stores Target: Foreign settlement
- Cunning: +1
Requires: CoercionA wolf among sheep.

From character_skill_node_sets, character_skill_nodes, character_skill_node_links, character_skills, character_skill_level_details and character_skill_level_to_effects_junctions (Steam build 25370302).