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AWR, Survival

You might use this skill when riding a mount (see mounted) or when trying to train an animal that views you as a friendly creature.

You can use this skill to break down doors, use a crowbar to leverage heavy weights, and similar applications of pure  

strength with or without a mechanism to assist you.

This skill can help you determine how valuable something  

is, or whether the materials are genuine. If you also have a Crafting skill, your MC might let you use that skill when appraising a particular craft, or even let you make an INT/ Appraising check and a skill check using that Crafting skill,  

taking the higher.

You can use this skill when trying to recall information  

related to planar entities or trying to recall factual information about any of the five Sources of Magic. You can  

also use this skill to manipulate magical devices.

This skill can help you determine factual information about art, such as the materials used or the message that the artist was trying to convey. Your MC might also let you add ½  

your Art skill when trying to produce art, although if you have any points in a Crafting skill, you are more likely to just use that skill.

You can use this skill when recalling information about  

astrological symbols and their significance. Your MC might rule that you can make an INT/Astrology check to give you a circumstantial bonus on a CHA/Empathy check or an AWR/Intuiting check when interacting with someone, as your understanding of their astrological signs might lend  

you insight into their character or unconscious motives.

You might use this skill whenever you want to recall or  

infer information related to space and the orbit of planets,  

to navigate, although if you have the Navigating skill you are likely to use that instead.

This skill represents your general athletic capacity. When climbing or swimming, and at your MC’s discretion when jumping, you might use this skill. If you have a climb speed or a swim speed, this skill will not come up as often.

You might use this skill when traversing tricky and narrow  

terrain, such as the lip of a cliff or the pinnacle of a rooftop.

This skill will help you to recall or research any information related to biological studies. Your MC may allow you to make an INT/Biology check to gain a circumstantial bonus when making an INT/Nature check or an AWR/Animal Handling check.

If you have the appropriate tools, you can attempt to brew craft beers, wines, or spirits.

Your MC might also allow you to attempt to make potions, using ½ of your Brewing skill in place of Alchemy. You may use this skill when trying to recall or discern intellectual information about the practice of brewing, and doing so does not require any tools.

When you have the appropriate tools, you can use this skill to create beautiful calligraphic works.

You can use this skill to recall or research any information related to chemistry and chemical studies.

If you have the appropriate time and tools, you can use this skill to repair shoes or make new ones.

This skill allows you to contort your body and squeeze through spaces that would otherwise be too tight for a creature of your size. Especially tight contortions will be  

more difficult during [[combat]].

Given the appropriate time and tools, you can use this skill to cook delicious food. You can also make checks to determine the quality or sourcing of food and similar cooking-related topics, regardless of whether you have tools.

You can use this skill to put on entertaining dance performances.

You might use this skill when trying to mislead someone, tell half-truths, or outright lie in a convincing way.

Provided that you have the relevant tools, such as makeup, a costume, hair dye, a wig, or similar cosmetics, you can use this skill to disguise yourself. Disguises made under duress will be more difficult than disguises made in leisure.

Distance running: END, Stamina

This skill can help you keep up a steady running pace over  

La prolonged amount of time, allowing you to cover vast distances.

Economics: INT, Knowledge

This skill can help you recall or deduce information about the economy in a settled area and to better understand economic theory.

Empathy: CHA, Influence

You can use this skill to make other people feel seen and understood, as well as helping you understand what people are feeling.

Engineering:INT, Knowledge

This skill allows you to improve your knowledge in various types of engineering (architectural, mechanical, etc).

Entertaining: CHA, Performance

You can use this skill when you want to captivate a crowd by making a public performance of any kind.

Evading: INT, Subterfuge

You can use this skill to practice the art of hiding in plain sight. By knowing what people look for, you can avoid detection by changing your gait, sticking to crowded areas, or otherwise throwing off those that look for you.

Foraging: AWR, Survival

You might use this skill when looking for food in the wilderness or finding ingredients.

Forced March: END, Stamina

You can use this skill when trying to push beyond the normal travel pace that you could manage in a day, whether by walking a greater distance or by walking a normal distance with a greater load.

Forging*: INT, Subterfuge

This skill can help you replicate signatures or create official-looking documents. If you do well on anINT/Forging check, then your MC will likely give you a circumstantial bonus to INT/Disguising or CHA/Savoir Faire checks.

Fortuity:Luck

Fortuity represents the likelihood that good things just happen to you. If your MC asks you to make a LUCK check to determine the likelihood of a positive outcome, you can add your Fortuity.

Geography INT, Knowledge

You can use this skill when trying to remember where you are in relation to somewhere else, or when you want to deduce information about common geographical patterns in an area.

Glassblowing*: INT, Crafting

When you have the appropriate tools,you can use this skill to create stunning artistic glasswork, such as dining plates and even glass musical instruments.

Gossipping: CHA, Influence

You can use this skill to seed real or false information about a person, event, etc. among populated areas.

History: INT, Knowledge

This skill reflects your capacity for remembering historical events and your ability to quickly research historical events  

when given access to a library, university, or the like. Your MC might let you use this skill in tandem with another Knowledge skill when researching a particular field of  

knowledge, making an INT/History check and an INT check of the relevant Knowledge type.

When you gain points in this skill, specify one type of instrument. When you have that instrument, you can use this skill to make better performances with that instrument. Your MC might rule that you can apply ½ of your skill points  

to related instruments; for example, if you have Instrument (Lute) +6, then your MC might allow you to play a banjo with a +3 bonus.

You can use this skill when trying to peel back someone’s  

psyche and frighten them into cooperating with you.

This skill helps you assess when someone is being honest or  

if they might be hiding something.

INVESTIGATING

INT, Observation

a crime scene, or when looking for a secret door or hidden  

compartment in a room.

JEWELING*

INT, Crafting

place of Appraising when you want to assess the value of a  

piece of jewelry.

LAW

INT, Knowledge

might also use this skill, along with the Entertaining and  

Persuading skills, to win a case in court.

LEADERSHIP

CHA, Influence

status and influence over various officials and convince  

them to follow your commands.

LEATHERWORKING*

INT, Crafting

When you have the appropriate tools, you can use this skill  

to make leather goods such as clothes, bags, or even [[armor]].

LOCKPICKING*

INT, Subterfuge

When you have a set of lock picks, you can use this skill to  

attempt picking any nonmagially sealed lock.

MASONRY*

INT, Crafting

When you have the appropriate tools, you can use this skill  

to carve rock into sculptures or architectural stonework.

MEDICINE

INT, Knowledge

the types of medicine that you need, will be mentioned in the  

disease’s description.

MENACING

STR, Stamina

You can use this skill when trying to physically intimidate  

someone through a show of force.

M I L I TA RY

INT, Knowledge

speaking with members of a military and can help you when  

trying to recall information about a military institution.

NATURE

INT, Survival

edible and toxic mushrooms, recalling the behavior of [[wolf]]  

packs, or other information about the natural world.

N AV I G AT I N G *

AWR, Survival

that you can make this check without the relevant tools, but  

the DC will be higher.

PAINTING*

INT, Crafting

When you have the appropriate tools, you can use this skill  

to create beautiful paintings.

PERCEIVING

AWR, Observation

PERSUADING

CHA, Influence

You can use this skill when trying to influence someone