Sample Skills
A partial list of sample skills
Use this list as inspiration in creating particular skills tailored to individual Character Concepts.
| Broad Scope | Average Scope | Narrow Scope |
| Survival Arts | ||
| Fire Building | ||
| Hunting | ||
| Fishing | ||
| Trapping | ||
| Tracking | ||
| Food Gathering | ||
| Dowsing | ||
| Shelter Construction | ||
| Movement | ||
| Wall Climbing | ||
| Rock Climbing | ||
| Running | ||
| Swimming | ||
| Jumping | ||
| Pole Vaulting | ||
| High Jumping | ||
| Covert Movement | ||
| Hiding | ||
| Blending | ||
| Sneaking | ||
| Dance | ||
| Riding | ||
| Charioteering | ||
| Horseback Riding | ||
| Inspection | ||
| Hearing | ||
| Orienteering | ||
| Scouting | ||
| Finding North | ||
| Finding Water | ||
| Searching | ||
| Finding Traps | ||
| Finding Secrets | ||
| Nautical Arts | ||
| Sailing | ||
| Small Sailboat | ||
| Schooner | ||
| Rope Use | ||
| Navigation | ||
| Mapping | ||
| Dead Reckoning | ||
| Stargazing | ||
| Ship Building | ||
| Canoe Making | ||
| Beastmastery | ||
| Animal Handling | ||
| Animal Lore | ||
| Animal Training | ||
| Falconry | ||
| Dog Training | ||
| Lion Taming | ||
| Horseback Riding | ||
| Farming | ||
| Planting | ||
| Wheat | ||
| Corn | ||
| Harvesting | ||
| Animal Handling | ||
| Homely Arts | ||
| Sewing | ||
| Pottery | ||
| Cooking | ||
| Brewing | ||
| Carpentry | ||
| Barrel Making | ||
| Furniture Making | ||
| Leatherworking | ||
| Cobbling | ||
| Stoneworking | ||
| Masonry | ||
| Mining | ||
| Sapping | ||
| Gem Cutting | ||
| Sculpture | ||
| Metalworking | ||
| Ironmongery | ||
| Horse Shoeing | ||
| Weaponsmith | ||
| Bowyer | ||
| Goldsmith | ||
| Armorer | ||
| Chain Mail Making | ||
| Weapon Use | ||
| Natural Weaponry | ||
| Wrestling | ||
| Punching | ||
| Bow | ||
| Long Bow | ||
| Short Bow | ||
| Blade | ||
| Long Sword | ||
| Short Sword | ||
| Dagger | ||
| Club | ||
| Mace | ||
| Flail | ||
| Cudgel | ||
| Strategic Arts | ||
| Covert Tactics | ||
| Ambush | ||
| Strike from Behind | ||
| Knightly Arts | ||
| Armor Use and Care | ||
| Jousting | ||
| Heraldry | ||
| Melee Tactics | ||
| Parry | ||
| Two-Weapon Fighting | ||
| Retreat | ||
| Generalship | ||
| Mechanical Arts | ||
| Engineering | ||
| Architecture | ||
| Bridge Construction | ||
| City Planning | ||
| Road Building | ||
| Gadget Making | ||
| Clock Making | ||
| War Machinery | ||
| Siege Tower | ||
| Catapult | ||
| Cannon | ||
| Sapping | ||
| Noble Arts | ||
| Etiquette | ||
| Dance | ||
| Diplomacy | ||
| Flattery | ||
| Heraldry | ||
| Natural Philosophy | ||
| Botany | ||
| Animal Lore | ||
| Alchemy | ||
| Astronomy | ||
| Healing Arts | ||
| Herbalism | ||
| Purgatives | ||
| Soporifics | ||
| Poisons | ||
| Disease Lore | ||
| First Aid | ||
| Bone Setting | ||
| Wound Binding | ||
| Scholarship | ||
| History | ||
| Classics | ||
| Second Language | ||
| Poetics and Oration | ||
| Art | ||
| Painting and Drawing | ||
| Watercolors | ||
| Oil Painting | ||
| Portraiture | ||
| Sculpting | ||
| Art Appraisal | ||
| Music | ||
| Singing | ||
| Instrument Playing | ||
| Harp | ||
| Horn | ||
| Drum | ||
| Performance Art | ||
| Theatre | ||
| Costuming | ||
| Oration | ||
| Acting | ||
| Dance | ||
| Recitation | ||
| Physical Entertainment | ||
| Object Manipulation | ||
| Juggling | ||
| Knife Throwing | ||
| Sleight of Hand | ||
| Shell Game Expert | ||
| Acrobat | ||
| Trapeze Artist | ||
| Somersaults | ||
| Walking on Hands | ||
| Tightrope Walking | ||
| Clown | ||
| Urban Arts | ||
| Financial Arts | ||
| Usury | ||
| Money Changing | ||
| Accounting | ||
| Trade | ||
| Haggling | ||
| Flattery | ||
| Purchasing | ||
| Reading and Writing | ||
| Calligraphy | ||
| Forgery | ||
| Interaction Arts | ||
| Fortune Telling | ||
| Trade | ||
| Gaming | ||
| Dice | ||
| Cards | ||
| Stealing | ||
| Contact Crime | ||
| Pickpocket | ||
| Muggery | ||
| Purse Snatching | ||
| Burglary | ||
| Breaking and Entering | ||
| Opening Locks | ||
| Looting | ||
| Counterfeiting | ||
| Con Artistry | ||
| Fast Talking |
A few skills fully described
Use these examples as inspiration in detailing particular skills for individual characters.
Finding Secrets -- Scope: Narrow. Trait: Searching. Actions: Looking for secret doors, hidden compartments, concealed items, and lost objects. Used by: Treasure hunters, spies, those with naturally keen eyes.
Etiquette -- Scope: Average. Trait: Charisma. Actions: Moving knowledgeably in court circles; making conversation with highborns; understanding court rituals and protocols. Used by: Nobles and anyone who deals with them.
Homely Arts -- Scope: Broad. Trait: Manual Dexterity. Actions: Creating, repairing, and maintaining all manner of handworked objects, including items worked in clay, leather, cloth, wood, etc. Used by: Freeholders, farmers, colonists, jacks of all trades.
Acrobat -- Scope: Average. Trait: Agility. Actions: Tumbling, leaping, and performing handstands, flips, and all manner of other such feats. Used by: Entertainers.