Mobile Scout
Always mobile, scouts have developed ways to ride and drive over all types of terrain. The following talents enable a scout to become a more effective rider and pilot.
Battle Mount
You know how to fight from a living mount. You can use each of the following actions once per encounter:
- Covered Attack: Once per encounter, when you use Use Mount as Cover (but not improved cover) with the Ride skill (see page 72 of the Saga Edition core rulebook), you can make an attack as a standard action, but you must have a free hand to do so.
- Reduce Profile: You gain additional cover from your mount. When you succeed in using the Use Mount as Cover application of the Ride skill (see page 72 of the Saga Edition core rulebook), you gain improved cover. If you fail by less than 10, you still gain the benefit of normal cover. You gain no benefit if you fail by 10 or more.
- Swift Attack Mount: Once per encounter, the mount you are riding can make an attack as a swift action instead of as a standard action.
- Prerequisites: Expert Rider, Terrain Guidance, Trained in Ride
Expert Rider
You can reroll any Ride check, but the result of the reroll must be accepted even if it is worse.
- Prerequisite: Trained in Ride
Mechanized Rider
You use your riding experience to improve your skills on a speeder bike or a swoop. When riding a speeder bike or a swoop (or similar vehicle), you can use the following applications of the Ride skill (see page 72 of the Saga Edition core rulebook): Fast Mount or Dismount, Soft Fall, Stay in Saddle, and Use Mount as Cover.
- Prerequisites: Trained in Pilot and Ride
Terrain Guidance
You effectively guide your mount through rough terrain. When in control of your mount, you can make a DC 20 Ride check as a swift action to negate the effect of difficult terrain on your mount’s speed.
- Prerequisite: Trained in Ride