Skills

Description

[[RENDER_TYPE skill]]

Skills Descriptions

• Magic Concealment This is the ability to cast a spell with out anyone knowing who cast it.
• Modern History This is the ability to know about recent events to people and places, (general history or a specific region).
• Military Tactics This is the ability to direct a military campaign and determine what an opponents force will most likely do.
• Mining This is the ability to mine for ores and jewels, plus what geology to look for and how to identify finds.
• Navigation This is the ability to navigate correctly, e.g. through using a compass, maps or the stars.
• Observation This is the ability to notice things around you.
• Occult This is the ability to understand the arcane arts, the power and the dangers that they possess.
• Painting This is the ability to create drawings, e.g. pencil, water colours, oil paintings etc.
• Pickpocket This is the ability to remove items from someone else’s person (hopefully without them noticing)!
• Pottery This is the ability to make plates, cups etc. from clay.
• Reading & Writing This is the ability to read and write a specific language.
• Regional Knowledge This is the amount of what you know about an area. If you select a city as your knowledge area you will know every alley in that city. If you pick a region then you will know the location of towns, villages, etc…
• Religion This is the ability to understand theology.
• Remove Traps This is the ability to disarm a trap. You have to identify it first to understand its mechanics.
• Riding This is your ability to ride an animal. This could be a horse, camel, dragon etc. (specify).
• Sailing This is the ability to sail any ships, boats or any other sailing craft. It doesn’t mean you can navigate or make major repairs.
• Shield Use This is the ability to use a shield properly
• Singing This is the ability to sing. This doesn’t mean you can remember songs.
• Stealth This is the ability to move quietly and slowly preventing visual or sound detection by others. Movement rate is halved while using this skill.
• Streetwise This is the ability to spot potential trouble, know where not to go, know people to avoid and who’s OK, specifically in urban areas.
• Subterfuge This is the ability to lie without getting caught or showing suspicious signs.
• Survival This is your ability to survive in a given habitat. This teaches you what to eat, where to get it and what to avoid etc. You can choose from Ocean, Mountain, Desert, Forest and Arctic.
• Swimming This is your ability to swim, (or sink!).
• Teach This is the ability to pass on knowledge to others.
• Torture This is the ability to inflict pain and misery upon others for whatever reasons. This means you know the techniques to gain maximum pain and know where to apply them.
• Tracking This is the ability to hunt something down.
• Trapping This is the ability to build and set traps.
• Ventriloquism This is the ability to ‘send’ your voice to another direction or person.
• Weapon Blunt This is the ability to use any blunt weapon, e.g. mace, club.
• Weapon Bladed This is the ability to use any bladed weapon, e.g. sword, dagger etc.
• Weapon Missile This is the ability to use any missile weapon, e.g. bows.
• Weapon Repair This is the ability to make simple repairs to a weapon.
• Weaving This is the ability to make cloth and includes making clothes. them.