SKILLS
Skills are broken down into five main categories General, Subterfuge, Weapon, Magic and Secondary. Because adventuring classes specialize to some extent in arms or magic, physical skills or thieving ones, they gain various amounts based upon their class advancement. See the Character Class Table in the Character Creation section.
Notes for skills:
Key Stat provides a modifier based on the character stat.
Untrained means a character can use the skill as an everyman or common level, but they are at a “0” rank, gaining the stat modifier and any other but loosing the rank or level modifier. However, those skills that require training place the character at a –25% (-5 on d20) when attempting to perform a maneuver that requires the skill.
Armor Penalty reflects the limits armor places on a characters dexterity and strength. This penalty will vary based on the type of armor.
Additional Penalties are those added to the maneuver based on some other factor.
Bonus Skills are those related to the original skill and thus learned at ½ the cost. Where a skill may require four picks to acquire,
GENERAL SKILLS TABLE:
|
Skll |
Key Stat |
Untrained |
Armor Penalty |
Additional Penalties |
Bonus Skills |
|
Climbing |
STR |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Mountaineering |
|
Reading Language |
INT |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Riding |
WIS |
Yes |
No |
|
Animal Handling |
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Swimming |
STR |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
Tracking |
INT |
Yes |
No |
|
Woodcraft |
SUBTERFUGE SKILLS
TABLE:
|
Skll |
Key Stat |
Untrained |
Armor Penalty |
Additional Penalties |
Bonus Skills |
|
Ambush |
None |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Stalk/Hide |
DEX |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
Pick Locks |
INT |
No |
No |
|
|
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Disarm Traps |
WIS |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Slight of Hand |
DEX |
No |
Yes |
|
|
|
Perception |
WIS |
Yes |
No |
|
|
MAGIC SKILLS TABLE:
|
Skll |
Key Stat |
Untrained |
Armor Penalty |
Additional Penalties |
Bonus Skills |
|
Direct Spell/ Targeting |
DEX |
No |
No |
|
Mod to Offense |
|
Perceive Power |
None |
No |
Yes |
Helmet |
|
|
Read Runes/Magic |
INT |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Discern/ Use Item |
WIS |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Spell Mastery |
Varies |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Ritual Mastery |
INT |
No |
Varies |
|
|
SECONDARY SKILLS
TABLE:
|
Skll |
Key Stat |
Untrained |
Armor Penalty |
Add. Penalties |
Bonus Skills |
|
Animal Empathy |
PRE |
No |
No |
|
Animal Handling |
|
Animal Handling |
WIS |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Appraise |
INT |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Artistic Ability |
WIS |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Balance |
DEX |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Tumbling |
|
Blacksmithing |
STR |
No |
Yes |
|
|
|
Bluff |
PRE |
Yes |
No |
|
Diplomacy |
|
Blind Fight |
PRE |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Brewing |
INT |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Concentration |
CON |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Craft |
INT |
No |
No |
|
Varies |
|
Dancing |
DEX |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Decipher Script |
INT |
No |
No |
|
Unknown lang. |
|
Diplomacy |
PRE |
Yes |
No |
|
Bluff |
|
Disarm |
DEX |
No |
No |
|
Any Weapon Skill |
|
Disable Device |
INT |
No |
No |
|
Use Item/PickLock |
|
Disguise |
PRE |
Yes |
No |
|
Bluff |
|
Divination |
PRE |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Escape Artist |
DEX |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
Forgery |
INT |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Fishing |
WIS |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Gather Information |
PRE |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Healing |
WIS |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Herbalism |
INT |
No |
No |
|
Healing |
|
Hunting |
WIS |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Innuendo |
WIS |
No |
No |
|
Diplomacy |
|
Intimidate |
PRE |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Intuit Direction |
WIS |
No |
No |
|
Tracking |
|
Knowledge/Lore |
INT |
Yes |
No |
|
Related crafts/skills |
|
Lore –
Arcana |
INT |
No |
No |
|
Astrology, Demons, Ancient Mysteries, Symbols, World of Spirits, World of Dreams… |
|
Lore –
Architecture & Engineering |
INT |
No |
No |
|
Masonry, Planning, |
|
Lore-
Geography |
INT |
Yes |
No |
|
Regional |
|
Lore-
History |
INT |
Yes |
No |
|
Regional |
|
Lore- Local |
INT |
Yes |
No |
|
Regional |
|
Lore-
Nature |
INT |
No |
No |
|
Plants, Animals, weather, places |
|
Lore- Heraldry |
INT |
No |
No |
|
Politics, Nobility |
|
Lore-
Theology |
INT |
No |
No |
|
Channeling, Religions |
|
Mounted Combat |
DEX |
No |
No |
|
Riding |
|
Mountaineering |
WIS |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Mimic |
PRE |
Yes |
No |
|
Perform, Bluff |
|
Mining |
WIS |
No |
No |
|
Sapping |
|
Musical Instrument |
P/D |
No |
No |
|
Varies |
|
Navigation |
INT |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Perform |
PRE |
Yes |
No |
|
Mimic |
|
Profession/Trade |
WIS |
No |
Varies |
|
Craft |
|
Read Lips |
INT |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Rope Use |
DEX |
Yes |
No |
|
Sailing |
|
Seamanship |
DEX |
No |
No |
|
Rope Use |
|
Seamstress/Tailor |
DEX |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Sense Motive |
WIS |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Speak Language |
None |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Spot |
WIS |
Yes |
No |
|
|
|
Tumble |
DEX |
No |
Yes |
|
Balance |
|
Use Rope |
DEX |
Yes |
Yes |
|
|
|
Wilderness Lore |
WIS |
Yes |
No |
|
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WEAPON SKILLS TABLE:
|
Skll |
Key Stat |
Untrained |
Armor Penalty |
Additional Penalties |
Bonus Skills |
One Handed Bladed |
STR |
Yes |
No |
|
Swords |
|
Two Handed Bladed |
STR |
No |
No |
|
Great Swords |
|
One Handed Hafted |
STR |
No |
No |
|
Axes, maces, clubs |
|
Two Handed Hafted |
STR |
Yes |
No |
|
Battle axes, staffs |
|
Spears |
STR |
Yes |
No |
|
Lances, javelins |
|
Pole Arms |
STR |
No |
No |
|
Pikes, halberds… |
|
Long Bows |
DEX |
No |
No |
|
Adwickan, Elvin… |
|
Short Bows |
DEX |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Cross Bows |
DEX |
No |
No |
|
|
|
Slings |
DEX |
No |
No |
|
Stone or Metal bullets |
|
Thrown Missile |
DEX |
Yes |
No |
|
Dagger, axe, stone |
|
Misc. Weapons |
Varies |
No |
No |
|
Nets, ball & chain |
|
Hand & Foot Strikes |
S/D |
No |
Yes |
|
Martial Art |
|
Sweep & Throws |
S/D |
No |
Yes |
|
Martial Art |
|
Pummeling |
STR |
Yes |
No |
|
Unarmed Combat |
|
Grappling & Holds |
STR |
Yes |
No |
|
Unarmed Combat |
Weapon Chart
Armor Chart