Human
Increases how many Swordmastery abilities can be equipped at once, from two up to four across three ranks. Swordmastery works day and night, so these are the only ability slots a build buys once and fields in both forms. The ladder costs one skill point for the first rank, one for the second and two for the third, and one time segment each: four points and three segments to reach four slots. The node itself waits on the Master Fencer Manual, which costs neither.
Each rank is bought separately. Point costs are unpublished except where stated.
The rank ladder — point cost, time cost, slot count, and for Vrakhiri Might the Corruption thresholds — is published exactly by a first-hand retail guide, and is the only exact per-rank costing any source gives for any node. What it does not give is the rest of the tree: where this node sits relative to anything other than its own prerequisite is still unpublished, and nothing here is extrapolated to its neighbours. Its tier, its prerequisite and its rank count come from a September 2026 structured tree listing — a strong secondary source rather than a first-hand one, so the edges are reported rather than verified. Its on-screen position, its time cost and any Corruption gate remain unpublished. Its prerequisite is independently reproduced by a second September 2026 tree listing, so the edge is attested twice rather than once.