With Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s October release looming, BioWare is starting to discuss the finer details of its latest fantasy RPG. And its newest deep-dive provides a look at how progression will work for protagonist Rook and the companions they’ll meet along the way.

Rook’s progression systems won’t, it has to be said, be much of a surprise to anyone that’s had even the faintest brush with a video game in the last decade. Players do stuff, earn XP, gain a new Skill Point each level, then spend them to unlock new abilities on a skill tree.

BioWare’s latest blog post does, however, go a little deeper into the minutiae of things - explaining, for instance, that the biggest experience boost comes from completing quests, although there’s still XP to be earn from combat and exploration. Of more interest, though, are the particulars of Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s skill tree.