The Witcher 3 abilities/General

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General Abilities
Ability	Description
Sun and Stars	During the day, Vitality regenerates by an additional 10 points per second when not in combat. At night, Stamina regenerates by an additional 1 points per second during combat.
Steady Shot	Crossbow bolts deal 25% more damage.
Metabolism Boosts	If available, Adrenaline Points will be consumed to reduce the Toxicity cost of drinking potions by 33% per point. Does not affect mutagen decoctions.
Gorged on Power	The bonus from a Place of Power lasts indefinitely - but only one such bonus can be active at a given time.
Survival Instinct	Increases maximum Vitality by 15% (Was 500 prior to Patch 4.0)
Rage Management	If your current Stamina levels are too low, Signs can be cast using Adrenaline Points.
Trick Shot	You can shoot one additional bolt before you must reload.
Gourmet	Eating food regenerates Vitality for 20 minutes.
Cat School Techniques	Each piece of light armor increases critical hit damage by 25% and fast attack by 5%.
Adrenaline Burst	Increases Adrenaline generation by 5%. Using Signs now generates Adrenaline Points.
Advanced Pyrotechnics	Damage dealt by a bomb's explosion generates 0.1 Adrenaline Points.
In Combat's Fires	You ignore bomb and special bolt effects.
Griffin School Techniques	Each piece of medium armor increases Sign intensity by 5% and Stamina regeneration by 5%.
Focus	Adrenaline Points increase both weapon damage and Sign intensity.
Battle Frenzy	Instead of its previous effect, Battle Trance now increases critical hit chance by 8% per Adrenaline Point.
Heavy Artillery	Bomb damage is tripled -- but the number of bombs in slots is decreased by half. This does not apply to bombs which deal no damage. (Originally bomb damage was increased by 200% with slots decreased by 50% prior to Patch 4.0)
Bear School Techniques	Each piece of heavy armor increases maximum Vitality by 5% and strong attack damage by 5%.
Metabolic Control	Increases maximum Toxicity by 30 points.
Strong Back	Maximum inventory weight is increased by 60.
Attack is the Best Defense	Each defensive action generates Adrenaline Points: Parries 0.1 points, Counterattacks 0.4 points, Dodges 0.3 points, Rolls 0.2 points. Cannot be activated more than once every 5 seconds.