Bleh. Well, there's no way I'm giving up Rank 3 - the list of goodies there include Assassin Strike, +20 to all my stealth skills and Dodge, Scrutiny +10, Greed is Good, and Shadowing. Rank 4 means I lose out on Scrutiny +20, Bloodtracker, and Blademaster primarily, so I guess that'll be the one to go. Rank 5 would actually be the best - the only thing I really want there is Deadeye Shot, but I want to actually become a Shaper before this game ends. The main benefit of improving my Willpower will be making my Ancestral Talents more effective, and that'll only be buying it up to 40; WP 40 plus dirt-cheap Resistance (Psychic Powers) and Strong-Minded will shore me up vs. mental attacks, and Mercenary plus Jaded (once I get a little bit more crazy) will take care of the rest.<br/><br/>Though in non-XP spends, I've got to get my hands on a Synskin, since right now Arkhah is still vulnerable to thermal/night vision. With that on, only psychics will be able to single him out without beating his obscene stealth checks. It'll be incredibly hard at Near Unique (Extremely Rare base, an extra degree harder for Kroot physiologies), but very valuable. Moreso than that Power Axe I wanted before.