Skills

This page shows you:

Exactly how skills work in this game, and how they are calculated based on how many points you spend on them.
Links to the "Skill Trees," which is an easier way to browse through skills to see what you might want.
Descriptions of every available skill in alphabetical order.

Players can also come up with ideas for skills that don't already exist. Come talk to us in the "Other" thread in #submissions if you have an idea!

Click here to search skills by keyword.

The TLDR about skills:

Skills are calculated using the Controller (usually an attribute or another skill that sets the baseline for how good you are at it), the Point Mod (the amount of xp you put into it, and it's not one-for-one), its Difficulty (which is doubled if you haven't spent any xp on it) and any Other Modifiers (such as bonuses and penalties from templates). When choosing your skills, try this:

Put 1xp into the skill and see where that gets you.
Look at your Numbers tab, and look at Column D to see what the controller is. If it's a skill, we recommend spending at least one point on that too.
Always spend 1, 2, 4, or 8xp on your skills at character creation. That's when the increases happen.
Some skills (including magic, academic fields, knowledge, and musical instruments) are specialized, which means that by default, they only do "one thing." If you want them to do more, take the feature "Extra Specialty."

To find out exactly how skills work and why the above is a good strategy, open up "How Skills Work" below!

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How Skills Work

What are skills?

Skills are the most detailed and numerical part of the game, but the large number of choices allows the player to fine tune their character’s strengths and weaknesses. Each skill represents a very specific kind of knowledge or ability.

The calculations for skills can be a bit intricate, which would likely be quite the task if this game were to played by pen and paper. However, when you have a character sheet that does most of the grunt work for you, it’s a breeze! In the Resources section of this book, you’ll find a link to a Google Sheet that will do just that, and more!

The GM will provide players with a list of skills as appropriate for their game, with the following information:

The name of the skill.
Which skill or attribute it’s based on.
Whether it can be used untrained.
The difficulty rating for the skill .
A description of what the skill does.

Learned vs. Unlearned Skills

Most skills can be used, or at least attempted, without ever having practiced them. For example, you might not have had any formal training on how to draw pictures of trees, no actual art classes, but you can still sit down with a pen and paper and attempt to draw a picture of a tree. It may or not be good based on your talents, but there is nothing stopping you from trying.

However, someone who has spent a little bit of time and effort trying to improve their drawing will have a better chance at making their picture of a tree look good. In game terms, such a person will have spent their experience points on learning how to draw. You can spend any number of XP on your skills, and the more you spend, the better you get. How good you are at a skill is a number described as a Skill Level. The higher your skill level, the higher your chance of success with rolls using that skill.

Calculating Skill Levels

Your skill level is calculated by adding the following together:

The Controller

This is the skill or attribute that a skill is based on. Whenever you raise a skill’s controller, your skill level goes up, whether it’s at creation or later!

The Point Modifier

When you first start working on learning a skill, you are enthusiastic, and are able to quickly find information about how to get into the basics. As such, the first hundred or so hours spent learning is often more fruitful than the progress toward honing the skill in your ten-thousandth hour. Because of this, the first few increases to a skill cost fewer XP than later ones. The Point Modifier is not equal to the number of XP spent on the skill, it is simply determined by it according to the table.

Notice that the first 2xp that you spend on a skill each get you an increase, but the third point spent does not. At character creation, it is best to spend either 1, 2, or 4 points on a skill if you would like to be competent or good at it, but it is not advisable to spend 3xp on a skill unless you know you want to spend that fourth point ASAP and you don’t know where else to put it.

When you have at least 1xp spent on a skill, we say that skill is learned. When you have not yet spent any points on a skill, we say that skill is unlearned (even though it is likely still usable!).

The Difficulty Modifier

Different skills have different difficulties, depending on the time period of your game, the accessibility of information, and the sheer difficulty of the task itself. Medicine is more difficult than First Aid. It’s harder to train animals than it is to simply get them to do the things they can already do.

When a skill is unlearned, take the Difficulty, double it, and apply that as a penalty to your skill level.

When a skill is learned, take the Difficulty and apply that as a penalty to your skill level.

Other Modifiers

Some features provide bonuses or penalties to skill levels. Two common ones that do so are Talent and Ineptitude. Other features may as well, and it will typically be +1 or +2. Most templates will also provide bonuses and penalties to skill levels.

Gateway Skills

Some skills are based on "Gateway Skills." Although you're not required to spend xp on Gateway skills in order to learn its descendents, it's recommended, since Gateway skills tend to be high difficulty. Rolls with Gateway skills will be extremely rare if done at all, and might represent general knowledge on the topic as a whole. Not all parent skills are Gateway Skills; it will say in the skill's description. Examples of Gateway skills presented in this book include Magic and Martial Arts.

Specialized Skills

Some skills are labeled as "Specialized." This means that the skill could potentially do a number of different things, and the player chooses one when they first learn the skill. For example, when you learn Musical Instrument, you can decide whether you want that to be for Piano or for Trumpet. Players should be welcome to come up with their own unique uses for this type of skill (especially if it's a magic skill!). If you would like a specialized skill to do more than "one thing" (such as a character who wishes to play both Piano and Trumpet), use the feature called Extra Specialty. When you take that feature and designate a skill, that skill gains another function of your choice, using the same skill level. For example, suppose a character has spent 4xp to have a skill level of 12 in Musical Instrument and has chosen Piano as its specialty. If that character also spends 1xp on the "Extra Specialty" feature, they may also select a second instrument: perhaps Trumpet. That character can now use their Musical Instrument skill to play either the Piano or the Trumpet, with that same skill level of 12.

Example Skill Calculation

Consider a character named Bob with a Strength score of 11, who wants to use the Brawling skill. Brawling has a Difficulty of 2.

Unlearned

Before Bob spends any XP on learning Brawling, the calculation is as follows:

Controller (Strength): 11
Point Modifier (0xp): +0
Difficulty (unlearned): -4
Total: 7

Thus, Bob has a Brawling skill level of 7. That means whenever he wants to punch someone, he rolls 7-3d6.

Learned

Now suppose that Bob has spent 4xp on Brawling, with all the same assumptions as above.

Controller (Strength): 11
Point Modifier (4xp): +3
Difficulty (learned): -2
Total: 12

Thus Bob has a Brawling skill level of 12. That means whenever he wants to punch someone, he rolls 12-3d6.

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Self Control, Keep Calm, or Bravery?

Here are the definitions of each of these three skills:

Keep Calm - Staying rational despite intense emotions, excluding fear.
Self Control - Mastering yourself against your instincts or impulses.
Bravery - Facing your fears or acting despite them.

Whenever your character is trying to reign themselves in, one of these skills will probably come into play. Which of the skills you use depends on which force within themselves they are trying to control. If it's fear, go with Bravery. That part is simple. When it's not fear, try to figure out whether it's emotion or whether it's instinct/impulses. It might not always be clear-cut, but try your best!

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Skill Trees

These are one of the easier ways to look through skills. It shows all their descriptions and dependencies.

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Using social skills against other PCs

We want rolls to matter, but we also don't want rolls to make someone have their character do something that they feel they wouldn't! The following rules will help keep rolls with social skills fair for both sides.

Intimidation

First, ask the other player if your character has done something that the target character could find intimidating. Please be generous with agreeing to this! If they say yes, then roll, and there is no opposing roll. They may also opt to give you a +1 bonus to this roll if fear is already there. If you succeed, they respond however they see fit, and you gain Leverage on them. If you succeed by 5 or more, they also must choose one: 1) I do something for you, 2) I offer something I think you want, 3) I get frightened or shaken and run away.

Flirting

First, ask the other player if your character has done something that the target character could find attractive. Please be generous with agreeing to this! If they say yes, then roll, and there is no opposing roll. They may also opt to give you a +1 bonus to this roll if attraction is already there. If you succeed, they respond however they see fit, and you gain Leverage on them. If you succeed by 5 or more, they also must choose one: 1) I give myself to you, 2) I promise something you want, 3) I get embarrassed or flustered and act awkward.

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Persuasion

Roll unopposed when you are trying to convince a character of something. If you fail, you give them Leverage. If you succeed, they respond however they see fit, and you gain Leverage on them, which you can spend immediately toward whatever you're trying to persuade them about. If you succeed by 5 or more, then they must also choose one: 1) They agree. 2) They agree, but ask something of you in return. 3) You get +1 to a social skill roll of your choice before the end of the scene.

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All Skills

Last pasted from sheet: 9/29

Acrobatics

Based on Jumping / Difficulty 3

Flips, tricks, parkour, gymnastics, tumbling, etc.

Keywords: Athletics

Acting

Based on Charisma / Difficulty 1

Making your body language say one thing while you are feeling another, for the purpose of performing or entertaining.

Keywords: Arts

Acting Quickly

Based on Agility / Difficulty 0

Roll this to see if you can act more quickly than someone else. Used for turn orders in combat with more than two participants, and for seeing who gets the last slice of pizza!

Keywords: Combat

Air Magic

Based on Elemental Manipulation / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding air. Includes lightning.

Keywords: Magic

Animal Care

Based on Charisma / Difficulty 1

Safely and comfortably feeding and containing an animals.

Keywords: Animal

Animal Glamour

Based on Glamour / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding animals.

Keywords: Magic, Animal

Animal Handling

Based on Animal Care / Difficulty 1

Getting an animal to do the things it's trained to do.

Keywords: Animal

Animal Training

Based on Animal Handling / Difficulty 2

Training an animal to do something new, or to pushing it to do something above and beyond its training.

Keywords: Animal

Archery

Based on Agility / Difficulty 4

Using, maintaining, and firing bows and crossbows. When you succeed on your roll, the arrow is stuck in the target. When it's removed, it does 1 additional damage unless the person removing it makes a successful First Aid or Medicine check.

Keywords: Combat

Arts & Crafts

Based on Precise Tools / Difficulty 1

Specialized. Ability to do a particular kind of art or a craft.

Keywords: Basic

Athletics

Based on Strength / Difficulty 1

Covers many kinds of sports.

Keywords: Athletics

Balance

Based on Agility / Difficulty 1

The ability to hold a difficult or precarious position without falling.

Keywords: Athletics

Biking

Based on Vehicles / Difficulty 0

Operation of two-wheeled vehicles, powered or not. If you have at least some xp in this skill, then everyday biking doesn't require a roll, this is just for anything cool.

Keywords: Streetwise, Vehicle, Basic

Block

Based on Strength / Difficulty 0

Using an object to stop something from coming at you. When you succceed on your roll, you absorb the energy of the blow, and gain a +1 to your next Defense roll.

Keywords: Combat

Boating

Based on Vehicles / Difficulty 1

Operation of watercraft. If you have at least some xp in this skill, then everyday boating doesn't require a roll, this is just for anything cool.

Keywords: Streetwise, Vehicle, Survival

Bravery

Based on Will / Difficulty 1

Facing your fears or acting despite them.

Keywords: Combat,

Brawling

Based on Strength / Difficulty 3

Punches, kicks, elbows, haymakers, and cat fights. Effect: When you succeed on your roll, you may stun your opponent for their next action, sending them reeling.

Keywords: Combat

Camoflage

Based on Stealth / Difficulty 2

Decorating yourself in order to hide while staying still.

Keywords: Survival

Climbing

Based on Strength / Difficulty 1

Climbing with or without equipment. Proper equipment may give a bonus to this check.

Keywords: Survival

Cold Tolerance

Based on Pain Tolerance / Difficulty 1

The ability to continue to function despite the cold.

Keywords: Survival

Colin Smells Werewolves

Based on Taste & Smell / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Colin's supernatural ability to smell others of his kind, from hsi Detect feature.

Keywords: Notice

Combine Divine Elements

Based on Divine Elements / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding combinations of the four elements. You must already have xp in the elements you wish to combine.

Keywords: Magic

Combine Elements

Based on Elemental Manipulation / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding combinations of the four elements. You must already have xp in the elements you wish to combine.

Keywords: Magic

Combine Glamoured Elements

Based on Glamour Elements / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding combinations of the four elements. You must already have xp in the elements you wish to combine.

Keywords: Magic

Command of Animals

Based on Command of Nature / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding animals.

Keywords: Magic, Animal

Command of Nature

Based on Perception / Difficulty 3 / Not usable untrained!

Magic granted by connection with nature. Gateway skill, controlled by Perception.

Keywords: Magic, Gateway

Command of Plants

Based on Command of Nature / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding plants.

Keywords: Magic

Command of Weather

Based on Command of Nature / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulating forces of nature to control the weather.

Keywords: Magic

Command Undead

Based on Necromancy / Difficulty 3 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding undeads.

Keywords: Magic

Conducting

Based on Musical Ability / Difficulty 3

Preparing musicians for concert and conducting the performance.

Keywords: Arts

Cooking

Based on Dexterity / Difficulty 0

Preparing yummy foods!

Keywords: Basic

Create Illusion

Based on Illusion / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Creating the appearance of something; there are light waves and sounds waves entering others eyes, so they see what you conjure no matter what, and interpret accordingly.

Keywords: Magic

Dancing

Based on Flexibility / Difficulty 2

The technical art of dance. For social dance, you may use Flirting.

Keywords: Arts

Deception

Based on Acting / Difficulty 1

Speaking and acting deceptively in a purposeful attempt to mislead.

Keywords: Social

Dependent Care

Based on Will / Difficulty 1

Taking care of children, those with mental disabilities, the infirm, or the elderly.

Keywords: Medical

Detect Evil

Based on Perception / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

On success, you can tell whether something of that nature is within ten feet of you, and its approximate direction. On a fail, you can't tell whether there is any of it nearby. Roleplay it as if you don't know how well you rolled. (Example: I don't sense it, but that doesn't necessarily mean there is none.)

Keywords: Notice

Detect False Accent

Based on Hearing / Difficulty 3

The ability to analyze a person's accent upon hearing it, to see whether it is real or fake. If you lose the opposed roll, then "you cannot be sure." If you win the opposed roll, then either "it sounds fake" or "you cannot be sure." Players may request the a GM make their roll for them in secret if they wish to avoid tempting themselves with out-of-character knowledge.

Keywords: Notice, Streetwise, Social, Accent

Detect Lies

Based on Empathy / Difficulty 1

The ability to figure out if someone is lying to you.

Keywords: Social

Detect Magic

Based on Understanding Magic / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

Actively use this skill to see if you can sense magic in the area. You do not "passively" sense magic. Only someone with at least 1xp in a magic gateway skill can use Detect Magic.

Keywords: Magic

Disabling Traps

Based on Laying Traps / Difficulty 1

Safely taking down or evading traps, potentially without tripping, breaking, or harming anything.

Keywords: Survival

Disguise

Based on Deception / Difficulty 1

Creating a believable disguise, and also to changing your behavior and mannerisms enough to not be recognized.

Keywords: Streetwise

Divine Aid

Based on Divine Power / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Any divine buffs.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Air

Based on Divine Elements / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding air. Includes lightning.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Beasts

Based on Divine Power / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding animals.

Keywords: Magic, Animal

Divine Conjuration

Based on Divine Power / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Creation of physical objects.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Darkness

Based on Divine Conjuration / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Conjuration of darkness.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Earth

Based on Divine Elements / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding earth.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Elements

Based on Divine Power / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding the four elements: fire, water, air, and earth.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Fire

Based on Divine Elements / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding fire.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Guidance

Based on Divine Power / Difficulty 3 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Gaining information about the world around you or about others, granted by your divine patron.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Healing

Based on Divine Aid / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Healing powers granted by the divine.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Light

Based on Divine Conjuration / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Conjuration of light.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Movement

Based on Divine Aid / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Moving yourself or others by divine will.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Power

Based on Perception / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Magic granted by divine beings. Gateway skill. Controlled by Perception.

Keywords: Magic, Gateway

Divine Sustenance

Based on Divine Aid / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Creation or manipulation of food or drinks.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Water

Based on Divine Elements / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding water.

Keywords: Magic

Divine Weather

Based on Divine Power / Difficulty 3 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulating forces of nature to control the weather.

Keywords: Magic

DJ

Based on Musical Composition / Difficulty 1

The art of flowing from one music track to another, or any other DJ performance needs.

Keywords: Arts

Dodge

Based on Agility / Difficulty 0

Getting out of the way of something coming at you. When you succeed on your roll, you avoid your opponent's blow entirely, and do not suffer any Attack Skill Effects from this attack.

Keywords: Combat

Dream Glamour

Based on Enchantment Glamour / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulation of Dreams

Keywords: Magic

Dream Illusions

Based on Illusion / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulation of dreams.

Keywords: Magic

Dreaming

Based on Will / Difficulty 3

Controling and remember dreams.

Keywords: Esoteric

Driving

Based on Vehicles / Difficulty 0

Driving cars and other similar vehicles. If you have at least some xp in this skill, then everyday driving doesn't require a roll, this is just for anything cool.

Keywords: Streetwise, Vehicle. Basic

Earth Magic

Based on Elemental Manipulation / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding earth.

Keywords: Magic

Elemental Manipulation

Based on Intellect / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding the four elements: fire, water, air, and earth. Controlled by Intellect. Gateway skill.

Keywords: Magic, Gateway

Empathy

Based on Perception / Difficulty 1

How well you "get" people, also reading and interpreting the body language of others as presented. Unless you have the "Empath" feature, you can't get any information beyond what you can get from simply observing the person; this is not a supernatural skill.

Keywords: Social

Enchantment Glamour

Based on Glamour / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Enchanting the minds of mortals.

Keywords: Magic

Endurance

Based on Health / Difficulty 0

The ability to keep going when you're getting tired.

Keywords: Survival

Erotic Arts

Based on Flirting / Difficulty 2

Advanced bedroom techniques.

Keywords: Sexytime

Escape

Based on Flexibility / Difficulty 3

Getting out of restraints or escaping from someone holding onto you.

Keywords: Combat

Faerie Food

Based on Glamoured Conjuration / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Creation or manipulation of food or drinks.

Keywords: Magic

Faerie Glade

Based on Glamoured Conjuration / Difficulty 3 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Creation and command of a pocket dimension called a Faerie Glade. Pureblood Fae only.

Keywords: Magic

Fire Magic

Based on Elemental Manipulation / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding fire.

Keywords: Magic

First Aid

Based on Intellect / Difficulty 1

Stopping bleeding, patching people up, applying splints, etc. A person can only receive First Aid once per scene, and only if you have the right sorts of tools and supplies to help with the types of injuries they have recieved. If you succeed on a First Aid check to help an injured person, choose one: 1) Give the target +2 to their next Pain Tolerance roll. 2) Give the target +2 to their Health roll to avoid gaining a bad feature from a Mortal Wound. 3) Give the target +2 to their next Health roll to stabilize.

Keywords: Medical

Flexibility

Based on Agility / Difficulty 1

Bending, stretching, or holding flexible positions. Also includes yoga.

Keywords: Athletics, Combat

Flight

Based on Acrobatics / Difficulty 2

Maneuverability in the air. You can't hover unless your skill is 15+.

Keywords: Inhuman

Flirting

Based on Charisma / Difficulty 1

The ability to attract a certain kind of attention by speaking or acting playfully or suggestively.

Keywords: Social

Focus

Based on Will / Difficulty 1

Focusing your mind on something and blocking out other things.

Keywords: Basic

Gambling

Based on Acting / Difficulty 1

Understanding of gambling games in order to find the best strategies to win.

Keywords: Streetwise

Gesture

Based on Empathy / Difficulty 0

This is the ability to communicate through improvised hand signals. A successful skill roll will let you convey one simple idea to another person, or understand one simple idea he is attempting to get across to you. Gesture is not suited to complex communication, however. Add +1 when you have known the person for a long time and have good rapport with them. If, between the person trying to convey something and the person trying to understand, they have at least 3 Leverage on each other, add +1.

Keywords: Social

Glamour

Based on Charisma / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Faerie magic. Controlled by Charisma. Gateway skill.

Keywords: Magic, Gateaway

Glamour Air

Based on Glamour Elements / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding air. Includes lightning.

Keywords: Magic

Glamour Earth

Based on Glamour Elements / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding earth.

Keywords: Magic

Glamour Elements

Based on Glamour / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding the four elements: fire, water, air, and earth.

Keywords: Magic

Glamour Fire

Based on Glamour Elements / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding fire.

Keywords: Magic

Glamour Light and Dark

Based on Glamour / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulating light levels.

Keywords: Magic

Glamour Water

Based on Glamour Elements / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding water.

Keywords: Magic

Glamoured Conjuration

Based on Glamour / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Creation of physical objects.

Keywords: Magic

Glamoured Shapeshifting

Based on Glamour / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulation of your form or someone else's, whether partial or complete.

Keywords: Magic

Grappling

Based on Brawling / Difficulty 2

Grabbing and holding an unwilling target. To grapple a foe, make an opposed roll versus their defense of choice. When you succeed on your roll, you get +1 to maintain the grapple. The target can use their action to roll Escape, Brawling, or Grappling to attempt to break free.

Keywords: Combat

Hearing

Based on Perception / Difficulty 0

Noticing something based on sounds.

Keywords: Notice

Heat Tolerance

Based on Pain Tolerance / Difficulty 1

The ability to continue to function despite the heat.

Keywords: Survival

Heavy Weapons

Based on Strength / Difficulty 3

Fighting with heavy weapons that take great strength to weild. Effect: When you succeed on your roll, you strike a crushing blow, dealing an additional injury.

Keywords: Combat

Humanities

Based on Studies / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

Academic Field. Specialized. Knowledge, experience, and practical applications of a chosen field. Includes knowing ways of thinking that are unique to that field, how to find resources relating to it, and knowing the history of it.

Keywords: Academics

Illusion

Based on Charisma / Difficulty 3 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulating what people percieve. Controlled by Charisma. Gateway skill.

Keywords: Magic

Illusion Glamour

Based on Glamour / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Creating the appearance of something; there are light waves and sounds waves entering others eyes, so they see what you conjure no matter what, and interpret accordingly.

Keywords: Magic

Illusory Light and Dark

Based on Illusion / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulating light levels.

Keywords: Magic

Insomnia Tolerance

Based on Will / Difficulty 1

Functioning on little or no sleep.

Keywords: Basic

Intimidation

Based on Leadership / Difficulty 1

Appearing formidable in a social or physical sense in order to influence others.

Keywords: Social

Jiu Jiutsu

Based on Martial Arts / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

A type of Martial Arts. When you succeed on your roll, you take your foe to the ground, and gain a +1 bonus to your next attack roll.

Keywords: Combat

Jumping

Based on Agility / Difficulty 0

Jumping far or high.

Keywords: Athletics

Karate

Based on Martial Arts / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

A type of Martial Arts. When you succeed on your roll, you take a wide stance, and gain a +1 bonus to your next defense roll.

Keywords: Combat

Keep Calm

Based on Self Control / Difficulty 1

Staying rational despite intense emotions, excluding fear.

Keywords: Social

Knot Tying

Based on Dexterity / Difficulty 1

Tying up people or objects.

Keywords: Basic

Knowledge

Based on Studies / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Knowledge about a particular topic.

Keywords: Academics, Basic

Labor

Based on Strength / Difficulty 1

Completing physically labor-intensive tasks.

Keywords: Basic

Laying Traps

Based on Dexterity / Difficulty 2

The ability to macguyver traps, or to cleverly lay premade ones. When you succeed on your roll, your opponent is snared, or otherwise affected by the trap.

Keywords: Survival

Leadership

Based on Persuasion / Difficulty 1

Leading others, or getting a group to listen to you amidst chaos.

Keywords: Social

Light Weapons

Based on Agility / Difficulty 3

Fighting with light weapons that take great agility to weild. When you succeed on your roll, you strike a critical point, dealing an additional injury next time your opponent acts.

Keywords: Combat

Lockpicking

Based on Dexterity / Difficulty 2

Opening locks without keys/combinations/passcodes/etc. Usually requires special tools.

Keywords: Streetwise

Manipulate Energy

Based on Necromancy / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulate life force, stamina, etc.

Keywords: Magic

Marksmanship

Based on Dexterity / Difficulty 3

Using, maintaining, loading, and shooting guns. When you succeed on your roll, you do 1 extra damage.

Keywords: Combat

Martial Arts

Based on Agility / Difficulty 3 / Not usable untrained!

Gateway skill for martial arts skills.

Keywords: Combat

Massage

Based on Perception / Difficulty 1

Relaxing someone and relieving tension in their muscles through touch or use of tools.

Keywords: Sexytime

Medicine

Based on First Aid / Difficulty 2

You have advanced or professional knowledge of how to care for a sick or injured person.

Keywords: Medical

Meditation

Based on Focus / Difficulty 2

The art of meditation.

Keywords: Esoteric

Mimic Accent

Based on Acting / Difficulty 2

Speaking with an accent that is different from your native one. If you are speaking a foreign language with a proficiency level of Accented or better, you may use this skill to attempt to sound like a native of the region you're imitating. If the accent originates within 400 miles of where you learned to speak, then you take +1 to this check.

Keywords: Social, Accent

Musical Ability

Based on Charisma / Difficulty 3

Musical theory, recalling musc, understanding musical structures, communicating musical ideas, etc.

Keywords: Arts

Musical Composition

Based on Musical Ability / Difficulty 2

The ability to compose songs and/or write them down.

Keywords: Arts

Musical Instrument

Based on Musical Ability / Difficulty 2

Specialized. Playing and maintaining a specified musical instrument of your choice. If you would like to be able to play more than one instrument, take "Extra Musical Instrument."

Keywords: Arts

Natural Aid

Based on Command of Nature / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Any nature-related buffs.

Keywords: Magic

Natural Healing

Based on Command of Nature / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Healing powers granted by nature.

Keywords: Magic

Necromancy

Based on Divine Power / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Death, the dead, and spirits.

Keywords: Magic

Pain Tolerance

Based on Health / Difficulty 1

The ability to act despite pain, or to avoid crying out.

Keywords: Combat

Parry

Based on Dexterity / Difficulty 1

Knocking something coming at you out of the way. When you succeed on your roll, you disrupt your opponent's attack, and they recieve a -1 penalty to their next Attack roll.

Keywords: Combat

Persuasion

Based on Charisma / Difficulty 2

Forming convincing arguments.

Keywords: Social

Phantasmic Illusions

Based on Illusion / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Illusions that depend on what is already in the subject's mind.

Keywords: Magic

Physical Psionics

Based on Psionics / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulating the world around you, such as telekinesis.

Keywords: Magic

Piloting

Based on Vehicles / Difficulty 4

Operation of vehicles that fly. If you have at least some xp in this skill, then everyday piloting doesn't require a roll, this is just for anything cool.

Keywords: Vehicle

Plant Glamour

Based on Glamour / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding plants.

Keywords: Magic

Poison Tolerance

Based on Health / Difficulty 1

The ability for your body to metabolize poisonous or toxic things put into it, including drugs and alcohol.

Keywords: Survival, Social

Precise Tools

Based on Dexterity / Difficulty 1

Use of small, precise tools such as soldering irons or tiny screwdrivers.

Keywords: Crafts

Profession

Based on None / Difficulty 3

How well you do your job and/or how advanced in your career you are.

Keywords: Basic

Psionic Aid

Based on Psionics / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Any psionic buffs.

Keywords: Magic

Psionic Communication

Based on Psionic Aid / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Telepathy, sending messages, mindlinks, etc.

Keywords: Magic

Psionic Mind Control

Based on Psionics / Difficulty 3 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulating the mind of a subject.

Keywords: Magic

Psionic Movement

Based on Physical Psionics / Difficulty 3 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Moving yourself or others by force of will.

Keywords: Magic

Psionic Reading

Based on Psionics / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Gaining information about the world around you or about others.

Keywords: Magic

Psionics

Based on Will / Difficulty 3 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulation of others or the world around you through sheer force of will. Gateway skill.

Keywords: Magic, Gateaway

Reasoning

Based on Intellect / Difficulty 1

Critical thinking, scientific thinking, deduction, etc.

Keywords: Basic

Recognize Accent

Based on Studies / Difficulty 1

Recognizing and placing accents upon hearing them. If a person's accent (whether it is real or fake) originates within 400 miles of where you learned to speak, then you take +1 to this check.

Keywords: Notice, Streetwise, Academics, Social, Accent

Resist Influence

Based on Will / Difficulty 0

Resisting influence on your mind, magical or otherwise.

Keywords: Basic

Running

Based on Endurance / Difficulty 1

The ability to run long distances.

Keywords: Athletics

Savoire Fae

Based on Charisma / Difficulty 3

Yes, you read that right, Savoire Fae, it's not a typo. "Savoire Faire" is the ability to act or speak appropriately in social situations. Savoire Fae is your Savoir Faire with the Fae, and also represents your knowledge of them.

Keywords: Social

Search

Based on Perception / Difficulty 1

Finding something that is hidden.

Keywords: Basic

Self Control

Based on Will / Difficulty 1

Mastering yourself against your instincts or impulses.

Keywords: Social

Sexytimes

Based on Health / Difficulty 0

How long you can last in bed, and whether you know how to move the right way to please your partner.

Keywords: Sexytime

Shapeshifting

Based on Natural Aid / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Manipulation of your form or someone else's, whether partial or complete.

Keywords: Magic

Sight

Based on Perception / Difficulty 0

Spotting something with your eyes.

Keywords: Notice

Singing

Based on Musical Ability / Difficulty 1

Skill at singing.

Keywords: Arts

Sleight of Hand

Based on Dexterity / Difficulty 2

Tricks and deception involving fine movements of the hands. Includes pickpocketing.

Keywords: Streetwise

Based on Studies / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

Keywords: Academics

Sprinting

Based on Endurance / Difficulty 1

The ability to run quickly over short distances.

Keywords: Athletics

Stealth

Based on Agility / Difficulty 1

Evading others noticing you.

Keywords: Survival

STEM

Based on Reasoning / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

Academic Field. Specialized. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Knowledge, experience, and practical applications of a chosen field. Includes knowing ways of thinking that are unique to that field, how to find resources relating to it, and knowing the history of it.

Keywords: Academics

Studies

Based on Intellect / Difficulty 2

Booksmarts.

Keywords: Basic

Survival

Based on Intellect / Difficulty 1

Getting along in the wilderness, including building fires, making shelters, finding water, etc.

Keywords: Survival

Swimming

Based on Endurance / Difficulty 1

Endurance while swimming and skill in the water. When holding your breath, roll Swimming every 30 seconds. On a fail, you must surface within 30 seconds or begin to drown. Take -2 to this skill for each roll to hold your breath that you've already attempted.

Keywords: Athletics

Taekwondo

Based on Martial Arts / Difficulty 1 / Not usable untrained!

A type of Martial Arts. When you succeed on your roll, you kick face not butt! Your foe is stunned for their next action and takes a -1 penalty to their next Defense roll.

Keywords: Combat

Taste & Smell

Based on Perception / Difficulty 2

Picking up scents or discerning tastes.

Keywords: Notice

Teaching

Based on Charisma / Difficulty 1

The ability to explain complex concepts in a way that others understand, tailored to how they learn.

Keywords: Social

Technology

Based on Intellect / Difficulty 1

Getting technology to do what you want.

Keywords: Basic

Throwing

Based on Agility / Difficulty 3

Accurately throwing objects.

Keywords: Combat

Tracking

Based on Search / Difficulty 1

Using footprints, hair, scat, and other details in natural terrain to find someone or something.

Keywords: Survival

Understanding Magic

Based on Reasoning / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Represents magical knowledge, as well as how to think like a magic-user, how to find resources relating to magic, etc.

Keywords: Magic

Use Magic Device

Based on Charisma / Difficulty 3

Getting magical objects to carry out their function.

Keywords: Esoteric

Vehicles

Based on Dexterity / Difficulty 1

Gateway skill for operation of vehicles.

Keywords: Streetwise, Vehicle, Basic

Vibration Sense

Based on Perception / Difficulty 0 / Not usable untrained!

Detecting people or things based on vibrations in the air or through the ground.

Keywords: Notice

Water Magic

Based on Elemental Manipulation / Difficulty 2 / Not usable untrained!

Specialized. Controlling, conjuring, and/or finding water.

Keywords: Magic

Weight Lifting

Based on Strength / Difficulty 1

How well you can lift heavy objects, also the sport of weight lifting.

Keywords: Athletics

Work Ethic

Based on Self Control / Difficulty 1

Keeping up your effort levels on a tedious or boring task for lengths of time.

Keywords: Social

Writing

Based on Charisma / Difficulty 1

Communicating effectively in writing.

Keywords: Academics

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