Arcanist Unified Tradition for Legends of the Spheres

An arcanist may not be a skill class, but it has a noteworthy interest in the Study and Spellhacking spheres!

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Arcanist

Arcanists search for new and strange ways to manipulate magic energies.

Magic Type: Arcane

Casting Ability Modifier: Intelligence

Bonus Magic Talents: Mana sphere, any one other magic talent of the arcanist’s choice.

Drawbacks: Material Casting, Prepared Caster, Somatic Casting x2, Verbal Casting

Boon: +1 spell point per level gained in casting classes.

Bonus Skill Talents:

Automatic Trade Talents: Artificer, Plane-Walker

Trade Talent Class Skills: Appraise, Fly, Knowledge (arcana), Knowledge (engineering), Knowledge* (planes), Linguistics, Spellcraft, Use Magic Device.

Automatic Skill Sphere: Spellhacking sphere.

Adroit Trade Talents: Anthropologist, Esoteric Scholar

Trade Talent Class Skills: Knowledge (dungeoneering), Knowledge (geography), Knowledge (history), Knowledge (local), Knowledge (nature), Knowledge (nobility), Knowledge* (religion).
* Increased skill bonus to Knowledge (planes) and Knowledge (religion) checks.

Adroit Bonus Skill Talents: Study sphere or the Spellhacking sphere (Prescient Hack talent).