Skills

📄️ Definition

In a roleplaying game, a skill is a character's proficiency or expertise in a particular area of knowledge or ability that can be used to accomplish specific tasks or actions within the game's narrative. Skills are tied to one of the character's Traits, skills can be improved through training, known as spending Advancement Points (see character advancement page ##).

📄️ Acrobatics

Knacks: Balance, Flipping, Tumbling

📄️ Animal Handling

Knacks: Husbandry (care and breeding), Riding, Training

📄️ Archery

Knacks: By Weapon Class only

📄️ Armed Combat

Knacks: By Weapon Class only

📄️ Athletics

Knacks: Climbing, Leaping, Sprinting, Feats of Strength

📄️ Chemistry

Knacks: Analytical \[identifying chemical compositions\], Biochemistry \[relating to the body\], Environmental

📄️ Computer Science

Knacks: Operation, Programming, Hacking

📄️ Counterfeiting

Knacks: Analog (physical), Electronic (including digital), Identification (identifying counterfeits)

📄️ Demolitions

Knacks: Creation, Disposal, Operation

📄️ Engineering

Knacks: Electronic, Mechanical, Weapons

📄️ Espionage

Knacks: Disguise (includes impersonation), Escape Artist, Shadowing \[following a target without being spotted\]

📄️ Filching

Knacks: Concealment \[hiding small objects on your person\], Pickpocket, Sleight-of-Hand

📄️ Gambling

Knacks: Cards, Dice, Chance Games

📄️ Gunnery

Gunnery is a skill that represents a character's proficiency with larger and more powerful munitions, such as rockets, launchers, and mounted weaponry. It involves an understanding of explosive safety, targeting, and the use of specialised equipment. Weapons in this category rely on the Physique Trait to effectively wield them over actual dexterity.

📄️ Intelligence

Knacks: Cryptography, Reconnaissance, Tactics

📄️ Intrusion

Knacks: Bypass Security, Contortion, Pick Locks

📄️ Intuition

Knacks: Intuit, Kinesics, Recall

📄️ Language

Species Language; includes reading and writing.

📄️ Medicine

Knacks: Pathology, Surgery, Toxicology

📄️ Mercantile

Knacks: Appraise, Bribe, Trade

📄️ Munitions

Munitions is a skill that represents a character's knowledge and proficiency with firearms and other weapons. It involves an understanding of firearms safety, marksmanship, and the maintenance and use of various types of firearms and ammunition. It includes both ballistic and energy weapons. Requires hand-eye coordination and agility, utilising the Dexterity Trait.

📄️ NeoScience

Knacks: Bionics, Cybernetics, Nano-Tech

📄️ Perception

Knacks: Investigate, Observation, Search

📄️ Persuade

Knacks: Charm, Negotiation, Interrogation

📄️ Pilot Craft

Pilot craft is a skill that represents a character's knowledge and ability to operate various types of vehicles, such as Aircraft (including Spacecraft), Groundcraft (tracked or wheeled vehicles) or Watercraft. It involves an understanding of the mechanics and operation of the vehicle, as well as an ability to navigate and control the vehicle in a variety of situations.