Skill descriptions

EVERYMAN:

BASIC:

Adrenaline Rush - Gain +4 Permanent Strength for Feats of Strength for up to 10 seconds, can Break Free From a single Pin/Bind effect, or increase their Bleed Out count by up to 60 seconds (this option can be used while Bleeding Out).This skill can be used once each reset.

Brawl - Allows a character to use Short Weapons as fists (one in each hand), for melee combat. These weapons must be Yellow in color, cannot have a cross guard, and deal 1 points of base damage. Characters can apply Focus and Precision damage to their attacks made with this skill; however, they cannot use any Class Features or Combat Techniques. The weapons gained from this skill do not count as claws for the purposes of prerequisites.

Brew Potion - This skill allows the character to create potions that store the power of magical spells to be used later. Each time the skill is purchased, what they can produce and the amount they can produce, is increased. For more information, see the Production section.

Chemistry - This skill allows the character to create poisons and elixirs. Each time the skill is purchased, what they can produce and the amount they can produce, is increased. For more information, see the Production section.

Cook - This skill allows a character to spend time in game creating items that can be consumed for some in game benefit, such as healing, curing of ailments, granting them temporary defense, or even restoring expended resources. Each cooking recipe will have the cost, time to prepare, and effect listed on it. If taken at character creation, the character will begin with 1 Recipes per Rank.

Craftsman - This skill can be taken for any art of crafting the player chooses. Some examples are: Glassblower, Brewer, Herbalist, Baker, Etc. At Event Check In, for each purchase of this skill, the character will either receive 10 Copper per rank, or produce appropriate tagged items related to their art of crafting. This skill has a max of 20 Ranks.

Diagnose - This skill will allow the character to determine the condition of the creature, by asking the following questions: “Are you- (Dying, Dead, Conscious, Unconscious, Venomed, Diseased, Stunned, Sleeping, How much body are you down)?” The character may also be able to receive other information at the marshal’s discretion. You must be within arm’s reach of the target though you do not have to touch them.

Disable device - This skill allows the character to use and understand both simple and complex locks, traps, physical puzzles, tools, and even mechanical devices. The use of this skill requires a Contested Roll, must be roleplayed, and takes 2 minutes of concentration to attempt. This skill can also be used to arm traps which also take 2 minutes of concentration. Some traps or puzzles may have physical components that can be disarmed without a Contested Roll, and the player has the option to still make the Contested Roll or can choose to physically try and disable the trap/puzzle and once the choice is made you cannot go with the other option. A large advantage to physically disabling the trap is that there is no time restriction and you can disable as fast as you physically can. A player can spend 30 seconds to analyze the object to be disabled at the end of which the marshal will tell them the level of the item as well as how well-crafted it is. Trap/Lock level is equal to the production cost of the item. This skill has a max of 20 Ranks, and each Rank adds 1 Bonus to the characters Contested Rolls.

Engineering - This skill allows the character to create traps, locks and other anachronisms. Each time the skill is purchased, what they can produce and the amount they can produce is increased. For more information, see the Production section of the book.

Estimate Value - This skill allows a character to spend 1 minute studying an item to determine its market value. The value will be given by a Marshal or will have a code on it that will tell the player the value.

Farmer, Minor/Standard/Major :This skill allows a character to operate a Node and collect Herb/Food components from it. The amount and type of components that are collected is based on the level of skill the character has purchased. Additionally, the character can Refine and Extract components.

First Aid: This skill allows a character to stabilize a Dying creature with a 60-second counted action. While performing this count, the target’s bleeding out counts stops, but they are not stabilized until the 60-second count is completed without interruption.

Improved Instructor: This skill reflects the characters’ skill at educating others. While anyone can instruct another character in a skill they have, a character with this skill can do it far quicker, taking only 5 minutes to teach a Basic skill and only 15 minutes to teach an Advanced skill.

Healing Arts: This skill allows the character to treat a targets wounds and injuries. This skill takes 20 minutes and can be applied to 2 targets at once. At the end of the treatment, the targets will be healed for up to half of their maximum Body Points, all Toxins removed from their body and up to 2 limbs regenerated. Alternatively, the user can choose to spend only 10 minutes, but will generate only one of the effects instead of all 3.

Knowledge (Area): This will allow the characters to access knowledge that they have trained in. How much information may be garnered is based on the character’s rank in that area. Knowledges are ranked from 1 to 5, with 1 being just above basic education and 5 being a versed scholar in the field. You may ask questions to a Marshal or Plot member during a game; however, they may or may not have an answer for you at that time. Reasonable answers will be given immediately. Each time a rank of Knowledge (Area) is purchased, the character will gain 1 knowledge point. Purchasing the 5th rank will award 2 points instead of 1. All knowledge points are in a shared pool and can be used as the character needs with any Knowledge (Area) that they have. Appendix 2 has a list of what each knowledge area can do and the point cost to generate said effects. The highest effect that can be generated is capped by the rank in that Knowledge (Area) the player has purchased. Each reset a player can spend a limited number of the Knowledge points in a given Knowledge; they can spend a maximum of 2 times their current rank in the associated skill from their pool of points. The following is a list of Common Knowledge (Area) skills; others would need to be approved by the local plot team: Astronomy, Cycle, Deep Elf, Dwarf, Ent, Felis, Geography, Gnome, Half Troll, High Elf, History, Human, Magic, Nature, Nautical, Nobility, Planes, Rok’Shen, and Warfare.

Merchant: This skill allows the character access to an In Game feature where they can trade In Game items. During an event, the character can go to the guild house to ‘trade’, this takes 1 hour of game time, during which the character is out of game. This allows for set number of trades, and the amounts gained from each trade can be found in Appendix 4.This can be done once each reset. Additionally, a between-game trade can be done, so long as it is submitted along with event pre-reg at least 1 week before the game. This skill can be purchased up to 10 times.

Miner, Minor/Standard/Major: This skill allows a character to operate a Node and collect Ore components from it. The amount and type of components that are collected is based on the level of skill the character has purchased. Additionally, the character can Refine and Extract components.

Read and Write: This skill allows you to read and write in the designated language and must be purchased once for each language. The following common languages can be purchased without a specific instructor: Common, Deep Elf, Dwarf, Felis, Gnome, High Elf, and Rok’Shen. Any other languages must have a specific instructor.

Resurrection: This skill allows the character to resurrect another character that has died and dissipated. To use this skill, the character must be at a Life Well and must perform a Contested Roll. It takes 15 minutes to resurrect a target, and the end effect varies on how skilled the person performing the resurrection is. For further information, see the chapter on Death and Dying. This skill has a max of 10 Ranks; each Rank adds +1 Bonus to the Contested Roll.

Scribe Rune: This skill allows the character to create magical Runes that store the power of their spells to be used at a later time. Each time the skill is purchased, what they can produce and the amount they can produce is increased. For more information, see the Production section