Arcane Opportunist

Required	Snake Discipline 4
Range	Self
Target Area	Self
Duration	Instant
Action	Reactive
Cost	3 Mana
Effect	Passive: You may use Sleight of Hand, Disable Device, and Pick Lock to interact with magical objects, artifacts, or traps (as long as they are physical or have a clear magical interface) even if they normally require a casting skill like Magecraft Skill. You gain +2 to these checks when used in this way. When handling cursed or trapped items, you may roll Sleight of Hand or Disable Device to delay or avoid triggering the effect (flat difficulty 4–5). You may conceal the use or activation of magical items as a Sleight of Hand roll vs. all witnesses’ Perception. This allows secret wand usage, surreptitious trap disarming, or item switching in plain sight. Active: You may attempt to activate a magical item you would not normally be able to use (e.g., a wand, scroll, or spell-trigger item). Roll Intelligence or Dexterity + Sleight of Hand + Snake Rank vs. the item’s Potency (or 2 + Spell Rank). On a success, you trigger the item as if you were a valid user, even if you do not meet class or magical requirements. If the item normally requires mana to use, you must pay the mana cost. Scrolls must still be consumed. On a failure, nothing happens, and the item may backlash (Storyteller’s discretion).