If It Was Real: Talent Trees

The ability to level up is one that lets you customise the way that you play a game and thus, allows for a large replayability factor. However, imagine if you could level up in life, if you could assign skill points to specific professions and abilities, unlocking new skills along the way. Sure, you could say this is “Growing up” and “Specialising” but what about if you could, at any point, say “Screw this, I want to respec”. Well, in the nature of assigning skill points, here are our top 5 talent trees and their special abilities!

Gaming
As you would expect, we would love to be able to spec a talent tree to let us play the role of the pro gamer. Therefore, this tree has to hold such abilities as:

• Increase reaction time by 15 points
• Decrease the cost of gaming gear from vendors by 50%
• Reduces likelihood of Rage Quit being cast

Gamers tend to partake in hardcore gaming sessions, because of this they need to learn how to control themselves. Therefore, their special ability is:
Bladder Control - Allows the user a bladder of steel buff which releases the need for the bathroom. Lasts 60 minutes. Cooldown of 4 hours.

Sports Jock
Becoming a sports star is a childhood dream of many youngsters. With this talent tree, you can slowly become an overpaid jock!

• Increases crotch strength by 20 points
• Reduces likelihood of Chunder
• Grants War Cry buff

A Sports Jock special ability should allow them to move easily and lightly through the opposition, with little interference. Therefore, their special ability is:
Tinkerbell Wings - Allows the user to float slightly above the heads of enemies and float gracefully to victory. Removes all protective buffs. Lasts 20 seconds. Cooldown of 20 minutes.

Technician
Technicians need to be able to decipher clues and troubleshoot problems to find the root cause and fix the issue(s).

• Increases patience by 20 points
• Grants Hawk Eye buff
• Reduces electromagnetism by 12 points

Troubleshooting is usually a slow and grueling process where you must repeat the same step over and over, Therefore, their special ability is:
Iron Finger - Allows the user to remove screw after screw without gaining fatigue. Lasts 120 minutes. Cooldown of 6 hours.

Salesman
The ability to buy low and sell high is one that is trained and perfected over time, until now.

• Increases persuasive language by 30 points
• Increases teeth whiteness by 24 points
• Grants Fake Laugh buff

Salesman must sometimes deal with customers who aren’t the most pleasant of beings, therefore their special ability is:
White Noise - The ability to drown out anybody for 120 seconds and still know what they were saying. Cooldown of 5 minutes.

Gambler
Gambling, is it an obsession or a skill? With this tree, you can hone the necessary abilities to bluff anybodies straight flush.

• Increases chance by 27 points
• Grants Poker Face buff
• Reduces emotion by 15 points

You must be able to distract the competition when trying to bluff your way out of a tight corner. Therefore, their ability is:
Wacky Shirt - Transform your normal, stylish shirt for a technicoloured dream shirt. It confuses and distracts your opponent, giving you the upper hand. Lasts 30 seconds. Cooldown 45 minutes.

What talent tree would you want to see? What statistics and abilities would it have on it?