It was a good thing Krow at least bought scribe tools and basic skills last night after he left the butchers, because he hadn't expected this.
The basic skills of Scout and Tracker were the same: Stalk and Keen-eyed. Stalk was already covered by his Forester subclass.
He thought it was a coincidence when the master scout of the Rakaen Town Guard challenged him to an obstacle race before he allowed Krow to buy the Keen-eyed skill and the Marcher skill for the Soldier subclass.
But this was his third visit to one of the town's masters, and the siren smilingly offered a game of shahmat before getting down to business.
Chess, basically.
The master leatherworker he'd visited this morning also required him to assist in preparing several curing solutions before he deigned to sell him Tanner and Skinner skills.
Three times, as they said, was enemy action.
Krow suspected Balgurai.
Krow tips: finding people to tell you important information is like fishing, catch and release is the humane method.