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Probably should have included explanations right away, but here is good.

I like Witchcraft and voluntarily get 3/4 ranks in it. :p
I think it would be OP if people actually got ranks in Witchcraft only for the talent. It should be something you might get if you're investing in Witchcraft anyway, not a free grab.

Not really a direct reply, but the original idea behind Fashion Plate was "I want a talent which makes me immune to those damn Weakening Arrows random archers fire at my guy to make my plate armour fall off." I decided to make it more open because... why not make it more open? But I don't think I'm the only one who's been frustrated by that particular situation, and I imagine you'd see the talent picked up by non-mages as well. After all, haven't you ever lamented that all those extra sarongs are going to waste?

I think Shield Specialist is underrated so I didn't want to give it anything overly powerful. It's just there to cover the other two immobilizing status effects which disable Blocking (you can already acquire immunity to Stun and Knockdown).

Glass Cannon would double Head Start's drawback, making it effectively -2 to recovery AP. For me, the whole point of the drawback was "Glass Cannon would really like more starting AP, so what can we do to make this less of a pure Glass Cannon talent?" Do you really think it's a talent for Glass Cannon users?

What if Savour the Moment was worded so that, even if you make a save with Bodybuilding or Willpower, the negative status still hangs around for 1 round (since 0+1=1)? I'm not of the opinion Walk it Off is terrible, by the way; there are certain characters in your party you plan on buffing until they are death machines, and then there are other characters who you plan on just providing crowd control and not really doing or soaking up that much damage. Walk it Off is a little bit of protection for the characters who get the assists rather than score the goals. On the other hand, Savour the Moment would clearly be a talent for further buffing the death machines, so yeah, balance is a concern. (Walk it Off is usually for spellcasters, since they're the only ones who don't benefit from the global benefits of Blessed Earth.)

Walking Almanac is, I believe, the type of talent which would have a nice little niche following but be ignored by... pretty much everyone on these forums. If you're here, you're likely very aware of web content such as wikis, and you read various posts describing some specific situations. The thing to remember is: we are the minority, and less than 5% of those who play the game are likely to visit the forums. And they don't play like us. These players have the blinders up regarding the Internet, and they enjoy it better that way; they're the ones for whom spoiler tags were invented. For them, such a talent would be a very appealing pickup on their first couple playthroughs.