Thanks for the update, seeing the book move towards it's final stages has been really enjoyable. I can't wait to have it in hand. Incidentally I was thinking about this project this weekend when I was cleaning my house, specifically how I was going to mix training with the combat maneuvers from A5E from EnWorld I use as a basis for my games. The two concepts dovetail together nicely in my head. Regardless it lead to me thinking about your post from October and your next book, specifically a concept I'd like to see in it. The rough form was a chapter called 'Bad Deals'. In broad strokes it's the sort of boons and training that might be forced on a character as a result of something they do. I'll use Paladins as an example because it was what I was working on at the time. Let's say the Paladin violates their oath and turns themself in to their order for penance. In the concept I was considering, in addition to the standard things like praying, fasting and tithing, they might be subjected to a boon that takes the form of a holy brand applied to their skin and then given a series of quests from their order. The boon would not only have a minor effect on them it would in fact report their location and progress to their order. If the Paladin and their party completes the quest line, the brand levels up in to a higher level boon and they regain standing with their order. In my rough mental sketch in addition to a buff of the original boon they would be able to project an ethereal symbol of their order behind them like a beacon, able to be used to turn undead and gaining advantage on certain roles to inspire or intimidate. However since I like writing open ended concepts, if they ignore their quest or further betray their order it projects a mark of the betrayer behind them every time they get in to combat, which would give a different set of buffs, but would also give people from their order and it's allies advantage on attack roles against them. In turn other organizations and orders that were antagonistic to their original order would become friendly to them since the mark uses divine magic and can't be faked. The concept then naturally grew as I was thinking about it. What sorts of trainers and advanced combat techniques would be available to the repenting Paladin? In addition they might be called upon by their order in the future to teach others who break their oaths, not only allowing role playing/follower sort of scenarios, they'd be rewarded by their order further training and reputation as they are in turn seen by their order as a paragon of virtue who successfully walked back from the (metaphorical) abyss. Different versions could be easily applied to wizards who have gone against their magic schools, warlocks who have offended their patrons and thieves who have conflicts of interest with their guilds. The basic concept boils down to simply 'benefits' that are forced on a character as a result of their decisions, but since it's falls under an 'Intangible Treasure' rather than an curse, it should give actual benefits and have a way to advance in to a full on boon. Obviously before any of these are implemented they should be discussed out of character and if they end up becoming uncomfortable with how the scenario then you can always rely Remove Curse and role play solutions.