See Detailed Characters sections for additional information, like Captain Perk.

Each character start with an Aggressive, a Devious and a Friendly ability, then can acquire two additional abilities, by progressing in level. Agressive abilities can be melee or range. Devious abilities are melee for Terrify, range (2) for Enrage or Sadden. Friendly abilities are melee for Excite or Encourage, range (2) for Impress.

In the table, there is a summary for the two additional abilities in parenthesis:

Level unlocked (2, 3, 4 or 5)
Type: A(ggressive)/D(evious)/F(riendly)/U(ncertain)
Range: Melee/Range/Area/Line/Cone/Circle/Self
Emotion: None, Saddened, Terrified, Enraged, Impressed, Confident, Excited

Age: 18
Captain Perk(s):

• Start every expedition with a Tool
  
• +1 Study whenever you enter an area with a Nature challenge

Starting Perks

• Naturalist - Biology
  
• Archeologist - Excavation

Starting Items

• Exploring for Dummies (+1 Speech Power)
  
• Rusty Ring (+1 Speech Defense)

Age: 25

Captain Perk(s):

• Completing a research paper will give your Study token a random improvement

Starting Perks

• Naturalist - Electromagnetics
  
• Naturalist - Classical Physics

Starting Items

• Cheap Gloves (+1 Attack Power)
  
• Rusty Ring (+1 Speech Defense)

Age: 32

Captain Perk(s):

• +4 Study for each Resolve left at the end of an expedition

Starting Perks

• Rogue - Sneaking
  
• Engineer - Piloting

Starting Items

• Cheap Gloves (+1 Attack Power)
  
• Rusty Ring (+1 Speech Defense)

Age: 67

Captain Perk(s):

• 1 Insight after each expedition
  
• +1 Study when Agatha uses insight on Study

Starting Perks

• Archeologist - Architecture
  
• Archeologist - History

Starting Items

• Exploring for Dummies (+1 Speech Power)
  
• Rusty Ring (+1 Speech Defense)

Age: 35

Captain Perk(s):

• +6 Collect whenever you complete a research paper

Starting Perks

• Engineer - Combustion
  
• Engineer - Tinkerer

Starting Items

• Cheap Gloves (+1 Attack Power)
  
• Rusty Ring (+1 Speech Defense)

Age: 19
Captain Perk(s):

• -2 Supplies capacity.
  
• +1 Supplies whenever you enter an area with a Nature challenge.

Starting Perks

• Survivalist - Hunting
  
• Survivalist - Navigation

Starting Items

• Exploring for Dummies (+1 Speech Power)
  
• Rusty Ring (+1 Speech Defense)

Age: 27
Captain Perk(s):

• +1/+2/+3 Collect for lvl 1/3/5 Beguiler and lvl 1/3/5 Survivalist when spending insight on Campaign

Starting Perks

• Survivalist - Tracking
  
• Survivalist - Spotting

Starting Items

• Exploring for Dummies (+1 Speech Power)
  
• Rusty Ring (+1 Speech Defense)

Age: 20
Captain Perk(s):

• +2 Collect whenever you enter an area with a Wits challenge

Starting Perks

• Quick Thinker - Reflexes
  
• Quick Thinker - Alert

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Starting Items

• Cheap Gloves (+1 Attack Power)
  
• Leather Vest (+1 Armor)

Age: 21
Captain Perk(s):

• +100% Gold from Treasure Hunt

Starting Perks

• Rogue - Mischief
  
• Rogue - Stealing

Starting Items

• Exploring for Dummies (+1 Speech Power)
  
• Rusty Ring (+1 Speech Defense)

Age: 25
Captain Perk(s):

• +3 Collect per level of Rogue in your crew at the end of an expedition
  
• Rogues and Athletes gain Armor reduction aura

Starting Perks

• Rogue - Surprise
  
• Rogue - Merciless

Starting Items

• Cheap Gloves (+1 Attack Power)
  
• Leather Vest (+1 Armor)

Age: 44
Captain Perk(s):

• -1 Resolve capacity.
  
• +1 Encounter whenever you resolve an encounter Aggressive.

Starting Perks

• Athlete - Smashing
  
• Athlete - Tough

Starting Items

• Cheap Gloves (+1 Attack Power)
  
• Leather Vest (+1 Armor)

Age: 30
Captain Perk(s):

• Bia becomes stronger and +10 Campaign when you defeat a boss Aggressive.

Starting Perks

• Tactician - Guerilla
  
• Tactician - Offense

Starting Items

• Cheap Gloves (+1 Attack Power)
  
• Leather Vest (+1 Armor)

Age: 30
Captain Perk(s):

• +5 Status from Collect. The bonus slightly improves whenever Dolores succeeds on the Adventure Wheel.

Starting Perks

• Athlete - Wrestling
  
• Quick Thinker - Escape Artist

Starting Items

• Exploring for Dummies (+1 Speech Power)
  
• Leather Vest (+1 Armor)

Age: 36
Captain Perk(s):

• +5 Gold from Campaign.
  
• +2 Campaign when Jean-Piet uses Insight in Paris, Cape Town or Kyoto.

Starting Perks

• Athlete - Smashing
  
• Athlete - Tough

Starting Items

• Cheap Gloves (+1 Attack Power)
  
• Leather Vest (+1 Armor)

Age: 37
Captain Perk(s):

• +100% Gold from Encounter

Starting Perks

• Tactician - Defense
  
• Tactician - Military History

Starting Items

• Exploring for Dummies (+1 Speech Power)
  
• Leather Vest (+1 Armor)

Age: 40
Captain Perk(s):

• Aquiring a specialist Entourage will give your Campaign token a random improvement

Starting Perks

• Survivalist - Cooking
  
• Diplomat - Etiquette

Starting Items

• Cheap Gloves (+1 Attack Power)
  
• Leather Vest (+1 Armor)

Age: 27
Captain Perk(s):

• +1 Campaign whenever you solve an encounter Devious. Bonus improve with each expedition completed

Starting Perks

• Beguiler - Sense of Humour
  
• Beguiler - Storytelling

Starting Items

• Exploring for Dummies (+1 Speech Power)
  
• Leather Vest (+1 Armor)

Age: 24
Captain Perk(s):

• +50% Status from Encounter.

Starting Perks

• Beguiler - Beautiful Smile
  
• Beguiler - Seduction

Starting Items

• Exploring for Dummies (+1 Speech Power)
  
• Rusty Ring (+1 Speech Defense)

Age: 14
Captain Perk(s):

• 2-4 Research from Campaign.

Starting Perks

• Diplomat - Languages
  
• Diplomat - Customs

Starting Items

• Exploring for Dummies (+1 Speech Power)
  
• Rusty Ring (+1 Speech Defense)

Age: 63
Captain Perk(s):

• Kwame will attract helpers when solving enough encounters Friendly.

Starting Perks

• Diplomat - Languages
  
• Diplomat - Customs

Starting Items

• Exploring for Dummies (+1 Speech Power)
  
• Rusty Ring (+1 Speech Defense)

Basic combat abilities are either Melee or Range (2 or 3) and between 80% and 100% x Attack.
See Combat Abilities table

• Experimentation
  
• Flank & Shank
  
• Piercing Shot
  
• Pinning Strike
  
• Triple Slash
  
• Inspiring Attack

Experimentation

Power: 50% x Attack
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Affect enemies within circle (around 2 tiles)
Cooldown: 4 turns
Additional information:

• +25% power each turn while off cooldown, to a maximum of +75%

Flank & Shank

Power: 110% x Attack
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Melee
Cooldown: 4 turns
Additional information:

• Lower the armor of the target for 1 turn
  
• Can only be used when this character is FLANKING the target !
  (You flank a target when you and an ally are next to the target, but not mext to each other)

Piercing Shot

Power: 75% x Attack
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Line (around 4 tiles)
Cooldown: 4 turns
Additional information:

• Affects enemies within the target line
  
• Cannot be used when standing next to an enemy
  
• +25% power each turn while off cooldown, to a maximum of +50%

Pinning Strike

Power: 125% x Attack
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Melee
Cooldown: 3 turns
Additional information:

• Pins down the target, making it unable to move for 1 turn
  
• Pull Aggro of the surrounding units for 1 turn

Triple Slash

Power: 100% x Attack
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Melee
Cooldown: 3 turns
Additional information:

• Attack twice, three times if the target is Terrified

Inspiring Attack

Power: 120% x Attack
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Melee
Cooldown: 4 turns
Additional information:

• HEALS all allies' Spirit in 3 squares range of target by 40% Attack, and can make them Confident.

• Enrage
  
• Try to Enrage
  
• Terrify
  
• Try to Terrify
  
• Sadden
  
• Try to Sadden

Enrage

Power: 100% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: 2
Emotion: Enraged (-25 Armor)

Try to Enrage

Power: 75% x Speech
Hit Chance: 80%
Range: 2
Emotion: Enraged (-25 Armor)

Terrify

Power: 100% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Melee
Emotion: Terrified (-25% Attack)

Try to Terrify

Power: 75% x Speech
Hit Chance: 80%
Range: Melee
Emotion: Terrified (-25% Attack)

Sadden

Power: 100% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: 2
Emotion: Saddened (-25% Speech)

Try to Sadden

Power: 75% x Speech
Hit Chance: 80%
Range: 2
Emotion: Saddened (-25% Speech)

• Strike of Fear
  
• Lecture
  
• Loudmouth
  
• Disarming Smile
  
• Primal Roar
  
• Group Insult
  
• Deride

Strike of Fear

Power: 50% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Affect enemies within line (around 3 tiles)
Cooldown: 4 turns
Emotion: Terrified (-25% Attack)
Additional information:

• Stuns non boss character
  
• +25% power each turn while off cooldown, to a maximum of +75%

Lecture

Power: 50% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Affect enemies within cone (around 3 tiles)
Cooldown: 4 turns
Emotion: Saddened (-25% Speech)
Additional information:

• +25% power each turn while off cooldown, to a maximum of +75%

Loudmouth

Power: 50% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Self
Cooldown: 3 turns
Emotion: Enraged (-25 Armor)
Additional information:

• +25% Speech per surrounding enemy
  
• Gives +30 Grit
  
• Pull Aggro of the affected unit(s) for 1 turn

Disarming Smile

Power: 75% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: 2
Cooldown: 5 turns
Emotion: Enraged (-25 Armor)
Additional information:

• Disarms the target, which makes it impossible for the target to cast physical attacks
  
• This ability has increased Aggro

Primal Roar

Power: 50% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: 0
Cooldown: 3 turns
Emotion: Terrified (-25% Attack)
Additional information:

• +20% Speech per surrounding enemy
  
• +40% Speech if Enraged or Confident
  
• This ability has increased Aggro

Group Insult

Power: 40% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Affect enemies within cone (around 3 tiles)
Cooldown: 4 turns
Emotion: Enraged (-25 Armor)
Additional information:

• Greatly increase targets'aggro
  
• Adds a debuff that gives affected: -25% Speech & -25% Attack for 1 turn
  
• +10% power each turn while off cooldown, to a maximum of +30%
  
• Pull Aggro of the affected units for 1 turn

Deride

Power: 125% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: 2 tiles
Cooldown: 4 turns
Emotion: Enraged (-25 Armor)
Additional information:

• HEALs the user's Spirit by 50% of the damage inflicted
  
• This ability has increased Aggro

• Excite
  
• Try to Excite
  
• Encourage
  
• Try to Encourage
  
• Impress
  
• Try to Impress

Excite

Power: 100% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Melee
Emotion: Excited (+25% Speech)
Can Heal Ally by 25% x Speech

Try to Excite

Power: 80% x Speech
Hit Chance: 80%
Range: Melee
Emotion: Excited (+25% Speech)
Can Heal Ally by 20% x Speech

Encourage

Power: 110% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Melee
Emotion: Confident (+25% Attack)
Can Heal Ally by 35% x Speech

Try to Encourage

Power: 80% x Speech
Hit Chance: 80%
Range: Melee
Emotion: Confident (+25% Attack)
Can Heal Ally by 20% x Speech

Impress

Power: 100% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: 2
Emotion: Impressed (-25 Speech Defense)
Can Heal Ally by 25% x Speech

Try to Impress

Power: 75% x Speech
Hit Chance: 80%
Range: 2
Emotion: Impressed (-25 Speech Defense)
Can Heal Ally by 25% x Speech

• Inspiring Course
  
• Party Time!
  
• Peace Treaty
  
• Seduce
  
• Heartplay

Inspiring Course

Power: 50% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Affect enemies within cone (around 3 tiles)
Cooldown: 4 turns
Emotion: Confident (+25% Attack)
Additional information:

• +25% power each turn while off cooldown, to a maximum of +75%

Party Time!

Power: 50% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: 2 tiles
Cooldown: 4 turns
Emotion: Excited (+25% Speech)
Additional information:

• Hits an area of effect
  
• +25% Speech by surrounding enemy
  
• This ability has reduced Aggro

Peace Treaty

Power: 50% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Circle (around 3 tiles)
Cooldown: 4 turns
Emotion: Excited (+25% Speech)
Additional information:

• Affect enemies within target circle
  
• Adds 3 Friendly to the mood
  
• Adds a debuff that gives the affected -20% Attack

Seduce

Power: 110% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: 2 tiles
Cooldown: 3 turns
Emotion: Impressed (-25 Speech Defense)
Additional information:

• +25% Speech and improved Impressed against opponents attracted to Maria

Heartplay

Power: 50% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: 2 tiles
Cooldown: 3 turns
Additional information:

• Speak twice if your current attitude is Aggressive, which will stun non-boss characters
  
• Has a Devious attitude when your current attitude is Aggressive.

There is no Basic Uncertain Combat Ability.

• Tranquility
  
• Amnesia Shot
  
• Focus
  
• Unnoticeable Attack
  
• Cheer
  
• Dance

Tranquility

Power: 50% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Affect allied within circle (around 3 tiles)
Cooldown: 4 turns
Emotion: Excited (+25% Speech)
Additional information:

• HEALS all allies
  
• +20% power each turn while off cooldown, to a maximum of +60%

Amnesia Shot

Power: 50% x Attack
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Around 3 tiles (single target)
Cooldown: 4 turns
Additional information:

• Blocked by crew member
  
• Debuff: -15 Armor, -20 Speech Defense, -20% Grit for 1 turn
  
• Removes one point from attitudes opposing the current one
  
• Does not increase Aggro

Focus

Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Self
Cooldown: 3 turns

• Adds +60% Attack Power and +80% Speech Power until the end of the next turn

Unnoticeable Attack

Power: 100% x Attack
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: Melee
Cooldown: 3 turns

• Does not influence the current attitude
  
• This ability does not increase the Aggro of the affected unit(s)

Cheer

Power: 100% x Speech
Hit Chance: 100%
Range: 2 tiles
Cooldown: 3 turns
Emotion: Excited (+25% Speech)
Additional information:

• HEALS an ally, and makes them significantly more Positive

Dance

Hit Chance: 100%
Range: 5 tiles
Cooldown: 2 turns
Additional information:

• Switch the location with another target crew member
  
• Adds a buff that gives both crew members +30 Armor and +30 Speech Defense

Each perk category contains 6 different possible perks.
Each time a new perk is acquired, there is a small bonus to your character stats

Perks are used on the following challenges:

Cultural: Archaeologist, Diplomat
Nature: Naturalist, Survivalist, Athlete
Technique: Engineer, Rogue
Wits: Quick Thinker, Tactician, Beguiler


Each unlocked perk gives +1 Speech and +2 Speech Defense

• Occult
  
• Excavation
  
• Legends
  
• Symbolism
  
• Architecture
  
• History

Each unlocked perk gives +3 Speech Defense

• Biology
  
• Electromagnetics
  
• Classical Physics
  
• Chemistry
  
• Astronomy
  
• Geology

Each unlocked perk gives +1 Attack and +2 Speech Defense

• Piloting
  
• Combustion
  
• Tinkerer
  
• Advanced Tool
  
• Automata
  
• Steam Engines

Each unlocked perk gives +1 Attack and +2 Grit

• Sneaking
  
• Mischief
  
• Stealing
  
• Surprise
  
• Merciless
  
• Bluffing

Each unlocked perk gives +3 Grit.

• Hunting
  
• Navigation
  
• Tracking
  
• Spotting
  
• Cooking
  
• Camping

Each unlocked perk gives +1 Speech and +2 Grit

• Reflexes
  
• Alert
  
• Escape Artist
  
• Nimble
  
• Unpredictable
  
• Wits

Each unlocked perk gives +2 Attack and +1 Armor

• Smashing
  
• Tough
  
• Wrestling
  
• Tenacious
  
• Powerhouse
  
• Stamina

Each unlocked perk gives +1 Attack and +3 Armor

• Guerilla
  
• Offense
  
• Defense
  
• Military History
  
• Weapons Expert
  
• Formations

Each unlocked perk gives +1 Speech and +2 Speech Defense

• Etiquette
  
• Languages
  
• Customs
  
• Politics
  
• Generous
  
• Negociations

Each unlocked perk gives +2 Speech and +1 Grit

• Sense of Humour
  
• Storytelling
  
• Beautiful Smile
  
• Seduction
  
• Charms
  
• Astonishing