Does anyone know what the requirement for the Survivalist magical feat is? The wiki lists it as just Symbiotic Research but there seems to be a missing skill requirement too, since I already know that feat and Ozursus doesn't list Survivalist as something I'm eligible for and won't let me learn it. He lists the other symbiosis feats Physical Matrices, Mental Matrices and Scholar as expected and lets me learn them.



You recall proficiency with the magic feats of Augmentation Mastery, Targeted Mastery, Deep Attunement, Raw Channeling, Efficient Channeling, Efficient Harnessing, Improved Memory, Magic Theorist, Dedicated Cambrinth Use, Area Casting and Symbiotic Research.

> ask oz for feat

Ozursus looks you over and says, "Well now, you are eligible to learn the feats of Sorcerous Patterns, Legerdemain, Basic Preparation Recognition, Faster Targeting, Faster Battle Preparations, Faster Matrices, Faster Rituals, Alternate Preparation, Focused Preparation, Debilitation Mastery, Utility Mastery, Warding Mastery, Improvised Rituals, Cautious Casting, Injured Casting, Cautious Harnessing, Physical Matrices, Mental Matrices and Scholar.

After a moment Ozursus continues, "Please ask me about learning one so we can begin."
[Each feat costs 1 spell slot to learn. Forgetting a feat will restore the slot.]

> ask oz about survivalist
Ozursus concentrates a moment and then says, "Oh yes, I know of that. Allows research of symbioses improve wilderness survival"
> ask oz about learn survivalist
Ozursus scowls and says, "Hah, you will need more skill if you want to learn that."
> ask oz for learn survivalist
Ozursus scowls and says, "Hah, you will need more skill if you want to learn that."

<<You need to learn Mental Matrices for survivalist.

It doesn't look like that's it.

> ask orl about learn mental matrices
Orliss beams proudly at you and says, "What a fantastic choice!" You are led off to the side where Orliss explains the specific nuances required to safely utilize this new skill. You find yourself feeling invigorated when finished, your confidence bolstered by his words.

> ask orl about feat

Orliss beams happily at you and says, "You are eligible to learn the feats of Sorcerous Patterns, Legerdemain, Basic Preparation Recognition, Faster Targeting, Faster Battle Preparations, Faster Matrices, Faster Rituals, Alternate Preparation, Focused Preparation, Debilitation Mastery, Utility Mastery, Warding Mastery, Improvised Rituals, Cautious Casting, Injured Casting, Cautious Harnessing, Physical Matrices and Scholar.

After learning Mental Matrices it still doesn't show up in the list of eligible feats. I also tried it with Physical Matrices and Scholar individually. No go for any of them, unless it needs more than one of them. That doesn't make sense, however, since Survivalist is the equivalent feat to Scholar. I'm still thinking it's a skill requirement for some survival skill, or maybe a combination of survival skills.

The only other feat I don't have that you do is Sorcerous Patterns, and I really doubt that is a pre-req for it. It doesn't seem to be a feat as the second requirement.

It's probably something like at least 150 or 200 ranks in each of the skills for which it provides buffs. I.e. Perception, Athletic, First Aid and Skinning. I definitely have well over 200 in all the skills tied to the Scholar feat, but have a bit less than 150 in First Aid and a bit less than 200 in Athletics so those are my top suspects for what the requirement is.

I'll update here when I get access to the feat and post if there was an obvious tipping point from one of those skills.

Thanks! It's just a bit more for the outdoorsmanship for me then.

>>FLINT-TIPPED: In the interest of documentation do the feats of Mental Matrices, Physical Matrices and Scholar have any skill requirements beyond knowledge of Symbiotic Research?

Below are the skill requirements of all of the current magical feats. (Symbiotic Research, Physical Matrices, and Mental Matrices do not have second skill requirements.)

Feat	Skill #1	Ranks	Skill #2	Ranks
Sorcerous Patterns	Sorcery	100	Arcana	100
Legerdemain	Stealth	50	Arcana	50
Silent Preparation	Stealth	100	Arcana	100
Basic Preparation Recognition	Perception	50	Arcana	50
Advanced Spell Knowledge	Perception	100	Arcana	100
Faster Targeting	Primary Magic	100	Arcana	100
Faster Battle Preparations	Primary Magic	100	Arcana	100
Faster Matrices	Primary Magic	100	Arcana	100
Faster Rituals	Primary Magic	100	Arcana	100
Alternate Preparation	Primary Magic	100	Arcana	100
Focused Preparation	Primary Magic	100	Arcana	100
Augmentation Mastery	Augmentation	100	Arcana	100
Debilitation Mastery	Debilitation	100	Arcana	100
Targeted Mastery	Targeted Magic	100	Arcana	100
Utility Mastery	Utility	100	Arcana	100
Warding Mastery	Warding	100	Arcana	100
Improvised Rituals	Primary Magic	100	Arcana	100
Cautious Casting	Primary Magic	50	Arcana	50
Injured Casting	Primary Magic	100	Arcana	100
Deep Attunement	Attunement	100	Arcana	100
Raw Channeling	Attunement	100	Arcana	100
Efficient Channeling	Attunement	100	Arcana	100
Efficient Harnessing	Attunement	100	Arcana	100
Cautious Harnessing	Attunement	100	Arcana	100
Improved Memory	Scholarship	100	Arcana	100
Magic Theorist	Scholarship	100	Arcana	50
Dedicated Cambrinth Use	Arcana	100	Primary Magic	100
Area Casting	Primary Magic	200	Augmentation	200
Symbiotic Research	Arcana	200
Physical Matrices	Augmentation	300
Mental Matrices	Augmentation	300
Survivalist	Augmentation	300	Outdoorsmanship	200
Scholar	Augmentation	300	Scholarship	200

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GM Cordulia

Ditto, Thanks! I was wondering about the Silent Preparation!

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