Common Skill Uses

You can imbue a spell into a piece of talisman paper (which costs 100 GP). Doing so requires someone to cast the spell onto the talisman paper. You must then make a crafting check using the correct kind of skill check for your type of casting. The DC is Dire (25).

You can earn money with certain skills. To do this you simply make a skill check with a relevant skill and earn the result in GP per week. To make such a check you must have appropriate supplies/resources at your disposal and be in a location where people can easily patronize you. There must also be some need for your skill. The following modifiers apply:

Identifying a creature or item gives the player insight into the creature or item. The GM should reveal basic information to them, including methods of activation for items and weaknesses for creatures. A GM should provide a basic statistical overview of a creature, though perhaps not in mechanical terms. A GM might say, “This foe is strong enough to fling a horse as though it were a small stone” rather than saying, “It has a +10 Strength modifier”.

If you identify a creature, you learn its level comparative to your own (“This troll is 2 levels higher than you.”). If it is more than 3 levels higher than you it is simply reported as “significantly higher level than you”.

It takes 1 action to attempt a skill check to identify a creature or item.

*You must have some means of detecting magic.

Identification Quick References (Not All Inclusive)

You can influence a creature’s attitude with several skills.

The attitudes used are:

• Hostile: The creature is actively attempting to harm you or is more than willing to do you harm.
• Neutral: The creature has no strong opinions regarding you or is conflicted.
• Helpful: The creature views you favorably and is generally willing to aid you (particularly if it doesn’t present much danger to them).

You can adjust a creature’s attitude by 1 step with a skill check opposed by 10 + the target’s Will save. If for whatever reason a Will save is not possible/relevant this is a Challenging DC (20).

Influencing a creature’s attitude is not mind control, nor is it supernatural. Only reasonable shifts in one's attitude are possible. You cannot, for example, befriend someone you are actively harming. It may be appropriate to grant you a Free Hero Dice based on your relationship and interactions with your target (if such a check is possible at all).

If a skill improves the attitude of the creature it moves towards being helpful. If a skill worsens the attitude of a creature it moves towards hostile.

Typically you cannot influence a creature’s attitude with a skill check while in combat (Intimidate being the exception), though in certain circumstances (such as trying to convince a neutral mercenary to join a battle for pay) it takes 2 actions.

You can use certain skills to navigate using tools like a map, compass, sextant, telescope, etc. By making use of these tools you can place yourself on a map. After taking readings, an act that takes 5-30 minutes (depending on conditions), roll a navigation check. Your result determines how exact you are. A result of 10 will place you within 100 miles of your exact location (within a region), a result of 20 will place you within about 30-50 miles, a result of 30 will pin-point you within 10 miles, and a result of 40+ will give you your exact location (more or less). Fieldcraft is generally used for overland travel and the Aquatic skill is used when at sea. You must have the appropriate tools to make a check (otherwise you lack the capacity to make navigation checks).

Multiple skills give insight into particular subjects, from Fieldcraft imparting the lay of the land to Merchant Lore grantings information of trade deals. Recalling information gives the player that information.

• Common Knowledge (Easy DC 10): This is information the average person might know off the top of their heads, particularly if it relates to their vocation. You could learn this information simply by talking to some people.
• “The next town over has famous vineyards.”
• Basic Skilled Information (Average DC 15): This is information you could get out of a book in any well-stocked library. You’d have to read a book or at least a few papers to get this information.
• “Let’s see a map of the local area with exact measurements.”
• Uncommon Information (Challenging DC 20): This is information that requires research, conjecture, and/or information gleaned from multiple sources. Researching uncommon information may require you to look up information at its source and it may exist in repositories specifically designed for such knowledge (knowledge of an ancient saint might be found in a cathedral’s private library rather than the local noble’s personal collection).
• “Why does the wine produced by the vineyards from the next town have traces of gold in it?”
• Buried Lore (DC +5): This knowledge is obscure, not recorded widely, suppressed, or otherwise difficult to get your hands on.
• “Who is the leader of the secretive order of Golden Grapes that protects the vineyards of the next town over?”
• Forgotten/Forbidden Knowledge (DC +10): This sort of information is generally only found in one location or is jealousy guarded. It may require inquest, investigation, and experimentation to find the answer.
• “How can I craft the famous life-giving Wine of Immortality that the order of the Golden Grapes produces once every 100 years?”

Once you attempt a Recall Information check, you generally can’t attempt the check again (you know what you know, nothing more). However, a GM may allow you to make a check again once time has passed or more relevant information has been found/revealed.

A character can attempt to recall information using a skill check with 1 action, though if something requires more in-depth research or access to certain books it may take many hours or days.

You can use skills to track or follow creatures. This skill can be hampered by your target’s Stealth or Fieldcraft skill.

It is an Easy DC (10) to track a creature under ideal circumstances: you know what your target looks like, you know the direction they went, you know the means of travel, and they don’t have much of a head start (within an hour). You need to make a check to track every 24 hours.

Note: These increases to an DC stack with each other.