Skills

Skills are learned abilities, the result of training, study or experience. In general, anything that can be taught is considered a skill. The character’s background, education and life experiences will determine what skills she would be likely to have.

Buying Skills

To acquire skills, use the character points allocated to the Skills category (as determined by the Character Type). Most skills are deemed Regular Skills, and cost 1 point per level from levels 1 to 5. After level 5, each additional level costs 3 points. For example, Lorna wants her character to have the Driving Skill. She decides that the character is an excellent driver — in fact, she could race cars for a living! Such expertise would require a skill of 5 or higher. Lorna decides to go for broke and give the character a Driving Skill of 7. This would cost her 5 points for the first 5 levels, and 6 points for the other two levels, for a total of 11 character points. Lorna’s character will be an ace driver, but she will not have very many skills in other categories.

Special Skills

Certain skills are more difficult to learn, requiring more time and greater dedication. They are called Special Skills, and include Martial Arts, Medicine and others. Special Skills cost 2 points per level until level 5, and 5 points per level thereafter, unless otherwise specified in the skill description.

Skill List

Skill Type
Acrobatics Special Skill
Acting Regular Skill
Beautician Regular Skill
Brawling Regular Skill
Bureaucracy Regular Skill
Cheating Regular Skill
Climbing Regular Skill
Computer Hacking Regular Skill
Computer Programming Regular Skill
Computers Regular Skill
Craft (Type) Regular Skill
Dancing (Type) Regular Skill
Demolitions Regular Skill
Disguise Regular Skill
Dodge Regular Skill
Driving (Type) Regular Skill
Electronic Surveillance Regular Skill
Electronics Regular Skill
Engineering (Type) Regular Skill
Escapism Regular Skill
Fine Arts (Type) Regular Skill
Skill Type
First Aid Regular Skill
Gambling Regular Skill
Guns (Type) Regular Skill
Weapon (Type) Regular Skill
Haggling Regular Skill
Humanities (Type) Regular Skill
Instruction Regular Skill
Intimidation Regular Skill
Language (Type) Regular Skill
Lock Picking (Type) Regular Skill
Magic Theory Regular Skill
Martial Arts Special Skill
Mechanic Regular Skill
Medicine (Type) Special Skill
Myth and Legend (Type) Regular Skill
Notice Regular Skill
Occult Knowledge Special Skill
Pick Pocket Regular Skill
Piloting (Type) Regular Skill
Instrument (Type) Regular Skill
Questioning Regular Skill
Skill Type
Research Regular Skill
Riding Regular Skill
Rituals Regular Skill
Running (Type) Regular Skill
Sciences (Type) Regular Skill
Seduction Regular Skill
Singing Regular Skill
Sleight of Hand Regular Skill
Smooth Talking Regular Skill
Snares Regular Skill
Sport (Type) Regular Skill
Stealth Regular Skill
Streetwise Regular Skill
Surveillance Regular Skill
Survival (Type) Regular Skill
Swimming Regular Skill
Tracking Regular Skill
Traps Regular Skill
Unconventional Med. (Type) Special Skill
Veterinary Medicine Regular Skill
Writing (Type) Regular Skill
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