Talents (Origins)

Talents are unique selectable abilities that warriors and  rogues can use. Mages do not use talents and have access to spells instead. Players receive one talent per level, two at character generation time and one free talent based on their background. They have custom animations and Senior technical designer Georg Zoeller says that the number of talents is "in Baldur's Gate territory."

There are three types of talents

Active - the character executes a special attack or action. (e.g. bashing your shield into the opponent, sending them flying).

Passive - a permanent bonus, change in game mechanics or upgrade to an existing ability (e.g. adding a chance of stun to all 2h attacks).

Modal/Sustained - while turned on, the player character gains some buffs or some game mechanics will change. (e.g. using your shield to increase your cover vs. missiles).