Skills

Skills Overview

• Roll Green dice equal to the skill level vs Negative dice set by GM
• Skills stacked in a ladder (in order to have a skill at rank 4, you must have another skill at rank 3, and rank 2)
• Each skill covers a specific area. Creative use of skills is encouraged, but gaming the system is not.
• Modifying skills
  • Field of Related Knowledge (FoRK)
    • A secondary skill, if applicable, can modify the primary skill being rolled. If the Secondary skill is equal or higher, it adds an additional Blue die to the pool. If it is equal or lower there is no effect.
  • Limiting
    • A secondary skill can be declared limiting in specific situations. If the Secondary skill is equal or lower, it adds in an additional Black die. If it is equal or higher there is no effect.
• Skill cap starts at 4, Skill min set at 1
  • At start, all skills are set at 1

Skill List

GENERAL

ATHLETICS - Ability perform a variety of dexterity related skills. General Defensive skill for Physical attacks.

BLEND - Ability to go unnoticed in a situation.

CONVICTION - Measure of willpower. Primary Defensive skill for Mental attacks.

DISCIPLINE

INTUITION - 'Gut instinct' and measure of a situation

INVESTIGATE - Ability to evaluate a situation and gain a measure of what is going on. Physical empathy.

MECHANICS

MEDICINE - Ability to treat disease and injury

MIGHT- Measure of the character's physical strength

NAVIGATE - Getting lost prevention

PERCEPTION -Ability to garner details past a first glance

RESILIENCE - Skill for Physical fortitude

SKULDUGGERY - General skill for criminal activity such as lock picking or picking pockets

STEALTH - Ability to physically hide

STREETWISE - The 'I know a guy' skill. Urban cunning.

SURVIVAL

VIGILANCE

COMBAT

BRAWL - Skill to utilize your body as a weapon.

GUNNERY

MELEE - Ability to manipulate weapons that are not intended to leave your hand while using.

RANGED - Skill to use any sort of implement with the intent to hit a target not immediately next to you

GUNS

SOCIAL

COOL - The ability remain cool and collected in a social situation. Social Will save.

DECEPTION - A deliberate attempt to convince a target by obscuring or withholding the truth. Social evasion.

EMPATHY - The ability to read a target or understand a target through social means. Social Intuition.

PRESENCE - General persuasion/charisma skill, also used to motivate individuals through force of personality.

PROVOKE - Skill to engender negative feelings in a target such as anger or fear.

RAPPORT - Skill to instill positive feelings in a target such as cheer and kindred ship.

KNOWLEDGE

LORE - Knowledge of the esoteric, occult, and myth

SCHOLARSHIP - SCIENCE! The skill. Also, general education.