Skill List

Skills are divided into categories based on which level factor applies to them. The following list includes a sampling of skills- it is far from complete.

PCF- Personal Combat Factor Skills

PCF perception (personal ranged physical perception)

 Defense

 Armor wearing

 All Grapple and Overbear techniques (must specify technique)

 All Melee weapon skills (must specify weapon)

 All Melee weapon support skills (must specify general type)

 Shield (must specify type of shield)

 Mounted combat

 PCF set-up

 Pre-determined combinations skills (Katas, Forms, etc.)

 Subduing

 Familiarize weapon

 Desperate Offense:

 30 + 3%/[RANK] TO-HIT; DAM* 1/2; WSD* 1-1/2; init and damage bonuses as if it were a secondary. Includes any melee weapon or object used as a melee weapon- including the body.

G: melee weapons

 1%/[RANK]; full damage, normal speed (take a -2 because of no skill though...), init and damage bonuses as a tertiary (because it is); Includes any PCF skill.

MCF- Missile Combat Factor Skills

MCF/Targeting perception (ranged physical perception)

 All Missile or Thrown weapon skills (must specify weapon)

 All Missile weapon support skills (must specify general type)

 Move and Fire/Throw

 Missile weapon deflect/catch

 Familiarize missile weapon

 MCF set-up

DXF- Dexterity Factor Skills

DXF perception (small scale perception)

 Tie/Untie Knots

 Arm/Disarm Traps

 Lockpicking

 Sleight of Hand

 Pick Pockets

 Juggling

 Catch

 Throw

 Grab

 Tactile Search

 Poison Handling

AGL- Agility Factor Skills

AGF perception (movement awareness)

 Climbing

 Diving

 Escape Bonds

 Rope Climbing

 Movement

 Acceleration

 Acrobatics

 Jump

 Horsemanship

 Move Silently (floors, stairs, uniform surfaces)

 Falling

 Dodge

 Swimming

 Hide in Shadows

 Balance

 Narrow Walking

 Dancing

 Move Unseen

 Stealth (Blending sounds-outdoors, forests, deserts...)

SCF- Sorcery/Social Factor

SCF perception (magical awareness)

 SCF set-up

 All sorcery skills (denoted by "S:"-must specify skill)

 All ritual spells (denoted by "M:"-must specify spell)

 All schools of wizardry (denoted by "W:"-must specify school)

 All Rune lore (denoted by "R:"-must specify system)

 Control Power

 Magical Defence

 Leadership

 Persuade

 Seduction

 Public speaking

KIF- Ki Factor Skills

KIF perception (internal awareness)

 Endurance

Mental endurance

 Meditation (must specify type- one per level factor)

 Heal Self

 Sleep

 Reduce Exhaustion

 Ki focus

 Hear noise

 Smell scent

 Night vision

 Reduce Pain

 Magical Resistance

 Poison resistance

 Disease resistance

 Resilience

 Willpower

 Mind block

 Orientation

 Time Sense

INF- Intelligence Factor Skills

INF perception (data collection and retrieval)

 All Priestly Rituals (denoted by "P:"-must specify ritual)

 Weapon crafting (must specify type)

 Alchemy

 Animal Husbandry (must specify type)

 Evaluate worth (must specify category)

 Armor making

 Furriery

 Military Tactics (must specify strategic or tactical)

 Culture lore (must specify culture)

 Social lore (must specify culture)

 Trading

 Find Trap (must specify outdoor or indoor)

 Ambush

 Speak Language (denoted by "L:"-must specify language)

 Read/Write language (denoted by "R/W:"-must specify language)

 Cartography

 Navigate

 Ciphering (mathematics)

 Decoding/Encrypting

 Combat medicine

 Herb lore

Animal lore

 Any Lore skill

 Wilderness survival (must specify environment)

 Memorize

 Poison Lore

 Poison Making

 Find Hidden Objects (search area)

SKF- Skill Factor Skills

SKF perception (fix-it perception- how well made it is)

 Blacksmithing

 Cooking

 Clay working (pottery)

 Fishing

 Farming

 Hunting (must specify small game or large game)

 Trapping

 Camoflage

 Other Professions (Carpentry, Metal smith, shipwright, masonry...)

 Wood working

 Bowyer/Fletcher

 Forgery

 Sewing/Weaving

 Farrier (horse shoes)

 Pathfinding

 Tracking

DESCRIPTION: Tracking allows the character to discern and intepret tracks, droppings and other clues left behind in and on the environement by creatures or people moving through it. The skill assumes familiarity with the environment, and the thing being tracked. Inclement weather, time, and traffic all create negative modifiers to this skill. The ability of the environment to hold clues determines the base difficulty mod for the skill. A soft, forest floor is optimal- the corridor of a hospital is terrible!

GENERAL SKILL(S): Hunting

 HIGHLY RELATED SKILLS: Pathfinding, Lore<creature being tracked>, Wilderness Survival<appropriate envir.>, Search Area, Awareness

 LIGHTLY RELATED SKILLS: Short Range Perception, Trapping, any Wilderness Survival

CTF- Creative Factor Skills

CTF perception (perception of essence, and quality of essence)

 Interpersonal Awareness

 Acting

 Choreography

 Teaching, physical

 Teaching, mental

 Storywriting

 Poetry

 Songwriting (Lyricist)

 Writing Music (Composer)

 Sculpting

 Painting

 Flower Arranging

 Decorating

 Physical Disguise

 Disguise Appearance (make-up, clothing, etc....)

 Disguise Voice

 Speech Writing

 Communicate

 Design (must specify what you are trained to design)

 Conceal Item

 Reciting Poetry and Tales

 Singing

Playing an Instrument (must specify instrument)

 Blend with crowd

 Desperate Invention

 Learning

 DESCRIPTION: Learning is the skill of extracting knowledge from teaching that would normally not be effective. Learning reduces the characters effective RANK in a skill for purposes of training. Learning rank/4 is subtracted from the skill being trained in.

DVF- Divinity Factor Skills

~all denoted by "D:"

 DVF perception (supernatural awareness)

 Summon Divine Aid (must specify source-no character or training e.p.'s)

 Any Divine Gift (must specify)

Commune