SKILLS

Skills are predetermined actions that the character may do, but which require a certain amount of expertise. Unlike standard actions, there is a chance that the character's ability to perform these skills isn't good enough and that the character fails their attempt.

USING SKILLS

Skills function exactly as actions, with a certain amount of time allocated per skill. The difference lies in the chance of failure. Unlike an action which is simply declared, a skill must also be rolled. The roll is then checked against the difficuly check and the outcome decided.

DIFFICULTY CHECKS (DCs)

As with all dice rolls, to know if a skill was succesful, it must be rolled against a difficulty check. These are preset numbers that the skill value of the roll is used against. (See Dice Rolls)

MULTIPLE ABILITY SCORES

Should a skill benefit from multiple ability scores, the character chooses only one. These bonuses do not stack, and only the chosen ability score is used for the skill roll.

SKILL TYPES - NATURAL SKILLS

Natural skills are ones that relies more upon the character's natural inborn abilities. These skills aren't as heavily penalized for being untrained but don't get as much from mastery.

SKILL TYPES - LEARNED SKILLS

Learned skills can also be attempted by any character (as long as they aren't complex), although without learning the intricacies the characterwill have a much tougher task ahead. Learned skills have a heavier penalty untrained and relies upon mastery.

SKILL TYPES - TRADE SKILLS

Trade skills are very similar to learned skills, however are always complex and can only be used if they have a mastery point within. Characters without skills in these can only do imitations of the actual skills (such as proper dancing or crafting).

SKILL TYPES - KNOWLEDGE SKILLS

While knowledge skills are much like learned skills for their penalty and mastery, they also gain further penalties depending on the character's upbringing, backstory and other knowledges. Mastery in a Knowledge skill only applies to a specific sub-category of knowledge.

Knowledge - World : Knowledge skills are split into two categories and any point put into said race or region category allows the character to roll for any minor category included. These minor categories can also be further mastered. Characters start with their own race and region of growth automatically

Knowledge - Magic : Knowledge Magic is split into 5 major categories, or spheres of magic, each with specific sub-spheres. Having knowledge of magic does not give a character magical abilities, but can be used for knowing or using magical items.

COMPLEX SKILLS

Any skill marked as Complex are too intricate for lesser minds. A complex skill requires that the character be of intelligence 3 or more.

LIMITED SKILLS

Skills marked as limited aren't able to be nearly as enhanced and gain much less from any mastery. If so marked, limited skills reduce any mastery bonus by half, rounded down.

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NATURAL SKILLS

Skill	Type-	Ability Scores	Action Length
Balance	-	Agi	Free/Immediate
Bluff	-	Wis/Cha	Standard
Charm	Limited	Ele	Swift
Climb	-	Str/Agi/Dex	Move
Hide	-	Dex/Ins	Standard
Intimidate	Limited	Str/Con/Cha	Swift
Inspire	Limited	Cha	Standard
Jump	Limited	Agi	Move
Listen	Limited	Ins	Free/Immediate
Move Silently	-	Agi/Dex/Ins	Move
Search	-	x Ins/Int/Wis	10+ Full Turns
Sense Motive	-	Ins/Int/Wis	Immediate
Spot	Limited	Ins	Swift
Tumble	-	Agi	Move

LEARNED SKILLS

Skill	Type	Ability Scores	Action Length
Appraise	-	Ins/Int	1+ Full Turn
Disable Device	Complex	Dex/Int	5+ Full Turns
Disguise	-	Dex/Cha	10+ Full Turns
Forage Food	-	Ins/Wis	10+ Full Turns
Forge Copy	Complex	Dex/Int	5+ Full Turns
Handle Animal	Complex	Ins/Wis	Standard
Heal	Complex	Int/Wis	Full Turn
Persuade	-	Cha	Full Turn
Pick Lock	Complex	Dex	Full Turn
Pick Pocket	Complex	Dex	Standard
Ride	-	Agi/Ins/Wis	Swift
Swim	-	Str/Agi	Move
Track	-	Ins/Int/Wis	Full Turn

TRADE SKILLS

Skill	Type	Ability Scores	Action Length
Cook	Complex	Dex/Int 5+	Full Turn
Draw/Paint	Complex	Dex/Int 5+	Full Turn
Fish	Complex	Dex/Int 5+	Full Turn
Perform
- Act	Complex	Wis/Cha 5+	Full Turns
- Dance (Wild)	-	Agi 5+	Full Turns
- Dance (Court)	-	Cha 5+	Full Turns
- Instrument	Complex	Dex/Cha 5+	Full Turns
- Sing	-	Cha 5+	Full Turns
- Speech	Complex	Cha 5+	Full Turns
Smith	Complex	Dex 5+	Full Turns
Stonework	Complex	Dex 5+	Full Turns
Weave	Complex	Dex 5+	Full Turns
Woodwork	Complex	Dex 5+	Full Turns

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS

Skill	Type	Ability Scores	Action Length
Region (Area category)
- Nature	-	Ins/Int	Full Turn
- Geography	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- Politics	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- Myths	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- Factions	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- History	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- Religions	Complex	Int	Full Turn
Race (Type category)
- Politics	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- Myths	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- Factions	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- History	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- Religions	Complex	Int	Full Turn

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS MAGIC SPHERES

Skill	Type	Ability Scores	Action Length
Arcane
- Arcanum	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- Force	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- Illusion	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- Enchantment	Complex	Int	Full Turn
Elemental
- Fire	Complex	Ins/Int/Wis	Full Turn
- Water	Complex	Ins/Int/Wis	Full Turn
- Earth	Complex	Ins/Int/Wis	Full Turn
- Air	Complex	Ins/Int/Wis	Full Turn
Light
- Protection	Complex	Int/Wis	Full Turn
- Judgement	Complex	Int/Wis	Full Turn
- Restoration	Complex	Int/Wis	Full Turn
- Divination	Complex	Int/Wis	Full Turn
Distortion
- Nectomantic	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- Daemonic	Complex	Ins/Int/Wis	Full Turn
- Shadow	Complex	Int	Full Turn
- Blood	Complex	Int	Full Turn
Spirit
- Lunar	Complex	Ins/Wis	Full Turn
- Solar	Complex	Ins/Wis	Full Turn
- Fey	Complex	Ins/Wis	Full Turn
- Soul	Complex	Ins/Wis	Full Turn
- Plant	Complex	Ins/Wis	Full Turn
- Guidance	Complex	Ins/Wis	Full Turn

BALANCE - AGILITY - MOVE ACTION

The creature's ability to balance on ledges or tight areas that cannot be simply bypassed by walking.
Checks	Per Move action.
Difficulty Check	Per obstacle.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None.
Additional	Inherent Focus : Increase the difficulty check by 3 if the creature is in combat or doing an additional action.
Critical Success	Move your full movement.
Success	Move half your movement.
Partial Success	Fail to move, but don't fall off.
Fail	Fall off, but hang on.
Critical Fail	Fall off completely.

BLUFF - WISDOM OR CHARISMA - FREE/IMMEDIATE ACTION

The creature's ability to lie and subvert situations to their own advantage.
Checks	Per opponent, per situation.
Difficulty Check	Opponent's Sense Motive skill value.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None.
Additional	None.
Critical Success	The opponent trusts you, divulging even more information
Success	The opponent believes you.
Partial Success	The opponent believes you, but is suspicious of you.
Fail	The opponent knows you are lying.
Critical Fail	You reveal unintended pieces of information.

CHARM - ELEGANCE- LIMITED SWIFT ACTION

The creature's ability to use their attractiveness as a base persuasion or to be focused upon.
Checks	Per opponent, per situation.
Difficulty Check	Opponent's Will score.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	Pleasing Distraction : Charm may be used as a standard action in combat against all targets within 15 tiles. Allies have +3 to their Will for this.
Additional	Heart Smitten : Increase the difficulty check by 10 if the opponent would not usually consider the charmer attractive.
Critical Success	The opponent gains charm points equal to your Elegance score + 5 - their Will (Min 1).
Success	The opponent gains charm points equal to your Elegance score + 2 - their Will (Min 1).
Partial Success	The opponent gains charm points equal to your Elegance score - their Will (Min. 1).
Fail	The opponent loses all charm points and dislikes you.
Critical Fail	The opponent loses all charm points and dislikes you immensly, seeing you as a threat.

CLIMB - STRENGTH - AGILITY OR DEXTERITY MOVE ACTION

The creature's ability to climb rough surfaces, be it walls or cliffsides.
Checks	Per Move action
Difficulty Check	Per obstacle.
Armour Penalty	Yes
Combat Uses	None.
Additional	Inherent Focus : Increase the difficulty check by 3 if the creature is in combat or doing an additional action.
Critical Success	Move your full movement.
Success	Move half your movement.
Partial Success	Fail to move, but don't fall.
Fail	Fall 3 + the DC - your Climb skill tiles. (Min 1)
Critical Fail	Fall off completely.

HIDE - DEXTERITY OR INSTINCT - STANDARD ACTION

Description	The creature's ability to hide and remain in the shadows.
Checks	Declaration - No roll required.
Difficulty Check	Opponent's Spot and Search checks.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None.
Additional	Open Daylight : Hide checks cannot be used while in plain sight, in the open or while being directly looked at.
Critical Success	-
Success	-
Partial Success	-
Fail	-
Critical Fail	-

INTIMIDATE - STRENGTH, CONSTITUTION OR CHARISMA - LIMITED SWIFT ACTION

Description	The creature's ability to create unease or even fear within others.
Checks	Per opponent, per situation.
Difficulty Check	Opponent's Will score.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	Battlecry : Intimidate may be used as a standard action in combat against all targets within 15 tiles. Allies have +4 to their Will for this.
Additional	Sizable Terror : Increase or decrease the Difficulty check by 3 peru size smaller or greater than the opponent.
Critical Success	The opponent gains fear points equal to 5 + your chosen ability score - their Will (Min 1).
Success	The opponent gains fear points equal to 2 + your chosen ability score - their Will (Min 1).
Partial Success	The opponent gains fear points equal to your chosen ability score - their Will (Min. 1).
Fail	The opponent loses 3 fear points. This does not affect allies.
Critical Fail	The opponent loses all fear points. This does not affect allies.

INSPIRE - CHARISMA - LIMITED STANDARD ACTION

Description	The creature's ability to inspire allies and rekindle their hope.
Checks	Per target.
Difficulty Check	Target's fear points + 5
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	Bolster : Inspire may be used as a standard action in combat for all allies within 5 tiles.
Additional	None
Critical Success	Target loses fear points equal to 3 + your chosen ability score - the DC (Min 1).
Success	Target loses fear points equal to your chosen ability score - the DC (Min 1).
Partial Success	Target loses 1 fear point.
Fail	Target doesn't lose any fear points.
Critical Fail	Target gains 3 fear points.

JUMP - AGILITY - LIMITED MOVE ACTION

Description	The creature's ability to jump over obstacles of height and distance.
Checks	Per Move action
Difficulty Check	Per obstacle.
Armour Penalty	Yes
Combat Uses	None
Additional	None
Critical Success	Make the jump and move again at half movement.
Success	Make the jump.
Partial Success	Barely make the jump and catch the ledge.
Fail	Catch yourself before jumping. Don't move.
Critical Fail	Fail the jump and fall prone/fall down.

LISTEN - INSTINCT - LIMITED FREE/IMMEDIATE ACTION

Description	The character's ability to focus on listening for specific noises and filtering out unnecessary sounds.
Checks	Per Move action
Difficulty Check	1 per tile distance. Opponent's move silently skill.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	Resonate : Yelling lowers the difficulty by 30, shouting by 15 and whispering doubles the difficulty check.
Critical Success	You hear the exact location of the sound.
Success	You hear the sound/conversation and its approximate location.
Partial Success	You hear noise, but nothing specific.
Fail	You don't hear anything.
Critical Fail	You think you hear something else...

MOVE SILENTLY - AGILITY, DEXTERITY OR INSTINCT MOVE ACTION

Description	The creature's ability to not be heard whilst moving.
Checks	Declaration - No roll required.
Difficulty Check	Opponent's Listen check.
Armour Penalty	Yes
Combat Uses	None
Additional	None
Critical Success	-
Success	-
Partial Success	-
Fail	-
Critical Fail	-

SEARCH - INSTINCT, INTELLIGENCE OR WISDOM - 10+ ROUNDS

Description	The creature's ability for seaching the area and finding small details.
Checks	Once per action. Cancelling early automatically fails.
Difficulty Check	Per obstacle
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	Scrutiny : Increase the check result by 1 per doubling of time period searched.
Critical Success	You successfully find everything in that area.
Success	You find something in the location.
Partial Success	You find traces, but nothing specific. Increase further check results by 1.
Fail	You find nothing.
Critical Fail	You hinder the evidence. Increase the difficulty check by 1 forever.

SENSE MOTIVE - INSTINCT, INTELLIGENCE OR WISDOM - SWIFT OR IMMEDIATE ACTION

Description	The creature's ability to sense what others are feeling or thinking to do, usually used when one thinks they are being lied to.
Checks	Declaration - No roll required.
Difficulty Check	Opponent's Bluff or Persuade skills.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	None
Critical Success	-
Success	-
Partial Success	-
Fail	-
Critical Fail	-

SPOT - INSTINCT - LIMITED STANDARD ACTION

Description	The creature's ability to notice larger details or incoming dangers before they occur.
Checks	Once per action.
Difficulty Check	Per obstacle.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	None
Critical Success	You notice additional details. Gain +1 to the next roll against the target outside of combat.
Success	You notice the target/opportunity/happening.
Partial Success	You notice something out of the corner of your eye.
Fail	You fail to notice anything.
Critical Fail	You are distracted, and think you notice something that isn't there.

TUMBLE - AGILITY MOVE/IMMEDIATE ACTION

Description	The creature's ability in acrobatic movements and to fall gracefully.
Checks	Once per action/reaction to falling.
Difficulty Check	3 per tile of Falling distance.
Armour Penalty	Yes
Combat Uses	None
Additional	None
Critical Success	Increase falling distance by 5 tiles.
Success	Increase falling distance by 3 tiles.
Partial Success	Increase falling distance by 1 tile.
Fail	Take the full falling damage.
Critical Fail	Increase damage taken from the fall by 1 lethal damage per instance of distance.

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LEARNED SKILLS

APPRAISE - INSTINCT OR INTELLIGENCE 1 ROUND

Description	The creature's ability to judge the worth of a rare or unique item.
Checks	Per Item
Difficulty Check	Per Item
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	Just a Guess : Appraise checks with Instinct increase the difficulty check by 1.
Critical Success	Know the exact price, +1 on any knowledge checks for the item.
Success	Know the approximate worth.
Partial Success	The guessed worth is slightly lower.
Fail	The guessed worth is halved.
Critical Fail	The guessed worth is wrong at 1/10th the worth.

DISABLE DEVICE - DEXTERITY OR INTELLIGENCE - COMPLEX 5+ ROUNDS

Description	The creature's ability to disable mechanical devices, negating their use or effectiveness.
Checks	Per obstacle.
Difficulty Check	Per obstacle.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	Taking Time : Increase the check result by 1 per doubling of time period searched.
Critical Success	The mechanism is dismantled and you may take a few parts intact.
Success	The mechanism is disabled.
Partial Success	The mechanism is disabled momentarily.
Fail	Nothing happens.
Critical Fail	The device activates again and further difficulty checks are increased by 1.

DISGUISE - DEXTERITY - COMPLEX 10+ ROUNDS

Skill	DISGUISE - DEXTERITY - COMPLEX 10+ ROUNDS
Description	The creature's ability to hide their original looks and appear as another.
Checks	Declaration - No roll required.
Difficulty Check	Opponent's Sense Motive or Spot.
Armour Penalty	Yes
Combat Uses	None
Additional	Disguise Issues : Age (-1), Gender (-3), Size (-5 per larger, -8 per smaller), Species (-10).
	Materials : The disguise needs appropriate materials. The disguise is at -3 per material missing, per the GM's discretion.
Critical Success	-
Success	-
Partial Success	-
Fail	-
Critical Fail	-

FORAGE FOOD - INSTINCT OR WISDOM 10+ ROUNDS

Description	The creature's ability to find food in the wilderness or areas of difficulty.
Checks	Once per day.
Difficulty Check	Per area.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	Survival of the Pack : Hunger points reduced may be split with party members.
Critical Success	Reduce hunger by the chosen ability score
Success	Reduce hunger by half the chosen ability score.
Partial Success	Reduce hunger points by 1.
Fail	You find nothing.
Critical Fail	You eat something offputting. Gain 2 hunger.

FORGE COPY - DEXTERITY OR INTELLIGENCE - COMPLEX 5+ ROUNDS

Description	The creature's ability to duplicate lettering and symbols.
Checks	Once per item.
Difficulty Check	Per item
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	Linguistic Issue : Further increase the difficulty by 3 per complexity of the language bieng copied if the forger doesn't know the language.
Critical Success	The forgery's DC is the skill's value +5
Success	The forgery's DC is the skill's value.
Partial Success	The forgery's DC is the skill's value -2.
Fail	The forgery's DC is the skill's value - 5.
Critical Fail	The forgery's DC is the skill's value - 10.

HANDLE ANIMAL - INSTINCT OR WISDOM - COMPLEX 1 ROUND

Description	The creature's ability to take care of tamed animals, as well as the ability to teach them tricks.
Checks	Per creature.
Difficulty Check	Creature's will + instinct/2.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	Wild : Wild animals are immune to Handle Animal.
Critical Success	The animal gets +1 to their asked task.
Success	The animal does as commanded.
Partial Success	The animal does as commanded, but at -1.
Fail	The animal fails to understand the command.
Critical Fail	The animal gets irritated and increases further DCs for the day by 1.

HEAL - INTELLIGENCE OR WISDOM - COMPLEX X HOURS

Skill	HEAL - INTELLIGENCE OR WISDOM - COMPLEX X HOURS
Description	The creature's ability to mend wonunds.
Checks	Once per day per target.
Difficulty Check	5+ total wounds - hours taken.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	First Aid : Heal can be used as a standard action to stop bleeding out at a difficulty check of 5 +/- 1 per target's size difference. (Smaller is easier, larger is harder).
Additional	None
Critical Success	The target removes 5 additional minor wounds when next they heal.
Success	The target removes 3 additional minor wounds when next they heal.
Partial Success	The target removes 1 additional minor wound when next they heal. (-1 if larger, doubling per size difference)
Fail	The target heals nothing.
Critical Fail	Worsen the wound. The target takes 1 minor wound.

PERSUADE - WISDOM OR CHARISMA - FULL ROUND

Description	The creature's ability to change the mindset of others and convince them of a certain viewpoint.
Checks	Once per target.
Difficulty Check	Opponent's Sense Motive
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	Diplomacy : Persuasion through wisdom gains +/- 1 per reputation level.
Critical Success	The target is persuaded. Increase reputation by 1.
Success	The target is persuaded.
Partial Success	The target will begrudgingly think about it.
Fail	The target disagrees to the persuasion.
Critical Fail	The target feels insulted and is angered.

PICK POCKET - DEXTERITY OR INTELLIGENCE - COMPLEX STANDARD ACTION

Description	The creature's ability to steal from another without them noticing
Checks	Once per round.
Difficulty Check	Opponent's Spot
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	Small Advantage : Reduce the difficulty per item size smaller than you.
Critical Success	Grab an additional random item of equal size if available and if wanted.
Success	Grab the item you were trying to.
Partial Success	Grab a random item of equal size, with a chance of grabbing the item you were trying to.
Fail	Fail the pick pocket.
Critical Fail	The target notices you tried to pick pocket them.

RIDE - AGILITY, INSTINCT OR WISDOM SWIFT ACTION

Description	The creature's ability to ride upon mounts, tamed or untamed, without falling off.
Checks	Once per creature
Difficulty Check	Mount's (Agility + Instinct)/2. Increase by +3 if attempting to do an additional action.
Armour Penalty	Yes
Combat Uses	None
Additional	Riding Companion : If the mount is willing to have a rider upon it, decrease the DC by 10.
Critical Success	You no longer take penalties for additional actions while riding.
Success	You ride the mount successfully
Partial Success	You ride the mount successfully, but with a -1 to all other rolls while riding.
Fail	You fall off.
Critical Fail	You fall off and take -1 on your next ride check.

SWIM - STRENGTH OR AGILITY - LIMITED MOVE ACTION

Description	The creature's ability to move through and float in liquid based bodies.
Checks	Once per action.
Difficulty Check	Per Situation *
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	Environmental Challenges : The DC is as follows : - Still waters - 5 - Rough waters - 8 - Rapids - 13 - Large ocean waves - 15 - Stormy ocean - 18 - Waterfall pull - 20 - Whirlpool - 25
Critical Success	Move at full speed.
Success	Move at half speed.
Partial Success	Don't move, but don't sink.
Fail	Begin sinking.
Critical Fail	Thrash, making the situation worse. Increase the DC of the next roll by 1.

TRACK - INSTINCT, INTELLIGENCE OR WISDOM 1 ROUND

Description	The creature's ability to follow a target's whearabouts and previous paths.
Checks	Once per round.
Difficulty Check	Opponent's size/weight (GM's discretion).
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	None
Critical Success	Find tracks with the exact direction.
Success	Find related tracks with an approximate direction.
Partial Success	Find related tracks, but are unable to discern the direction.
Fail	Find no related tracks to the search
Critical Fail	Follow the wrong tracks.

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TRADE SKILLS

Unlike the traditional Natural and Learned skills, which each have singular specific checks and results, trade skills all roll off of the same challenges.

INSPIRATION TRADE SKILLS

These skill have a potential to increase the rolls of the target by inspiring them to greater heights. If multiple inspiration trade skills are used, the highest DC beaten is used. The bonuses given by DC's also give all previous tier bonuses.

Checks	Once per day
Difficulty Check	Choose from a difficulty of Fine or higher: Terrible -1 to all roll results Uninspired - 1 to all roll values Basic - No bonuses or penalties 5 - Fine +1 Will for the day. (+1 per tier) 8 - Beautiful +1 to one's highest skill value 12 - Graceful +1 to all skill attempt values. 17 - Elegant +1 to all roll values 23 - Alluring +2 to all roll values 30 - Enthralling +1 to all roll results 45 - Divine Increase all previous bonuses by 1.
Armour Penalty	Acting and Dances only.
Combat Uses	None
Additional	See Trade Skill Bonuses.
Critical Success	The inspiration is even greater than intended. Increase the attempted performance by 1 stage.
Success	The inspiration is as attempted.
Partial Success	The performance was almost as intended, reduce the inspiration to 1 stage lower than your skill value.
Fail	The performance failed to be as intended, reduce the performance by 2 stages lower than your skill value.
Critical Fail	The performance fails. Reduce the attempted performance to 3 stages lower than your skill value.

“There is no treasure quite like living the moment, with the exception of delicious food.” - Falgrii saying

CRAFT TRADE SKILLS

These skill are used to create things of astonishing quality. While each trade has its own use, they will not be listed here in extreme detail as the variety of objects that can be created are too many to list, and it is mostly up to the DM to say what the result entails.

Checks	Once per day
Difficulty Check	Object dependant.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	See Trade Skill Bonuses.
Critical Success	A mistake is a happy accident. The object is an even greater masterpiece than intended.
Success	The object is created accordingly.
Partial Success	The object is created, but twice the materials were used.
Fail	The object is a failure and no materials remain.
Critical Fail	The object costs twice the material value.

TRADE SKILL BONUSES

Trade skills often also grow the creature's ability in a few other skills, though not as quickly as if they had focused solely on that one aspect. Increase the related skills by half the value of the trade skill, rounded down. Limited skills still apply their further halving to this bonus.

TRADE SKILL BONUSES

Skill	Type	Bonuses
Act	Inspiration	Bluff, Disguise, Persuade
Dance (Wild)	Inspiration	Balance, Charm, Jump
Dance (Court)	Inspiration	Bluff, Disguise, Persuade
Illustrate	Inspiration	Forge Copy, Sense Motive, Spot
Instrument	Inspiration	Persuade, Listen, Appraise
Sing	Inspiration	Bluff, Charm, Persuade
Speech	Inspiration	Bluff, Persuade, Sense Motive
Cook	Craft	Know. Nature, Forage, Track, Spot, Appraise
Smith	Craft	Know. Geo, Spot, Appraise, Disable Device, Search
Stonework	Craft	Know.Geo./Nature, Appraise, Spot, Search
Weave	Craft	Know. Nature, Spot, Appraise, Forage, Search
Woodwork	Craft	Know.Nature, Appraise, Forage, Spot, Search

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS

Knowledge skills can overlap, and any creature may roll all the knowledge skills they think will give information and are not limited to rolling a single knowledge skill per query. Each knowledge facet will give different answers.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS

Checks	Once per knowledge
Difficulty Check	Per query.
Armour Penalty	No
Combat Uses	None
Additional	See below.
Critical Success	The knowledge is well known to the creature. Gain an additional piece of information for free.
Success	The queried knowledge is satisfied and known.
Partial Success	The knowledge is somewhat known, but the answer known is vague at best.
Fail	The knowledge is unknown.
Critical Fail	The character thinks the answer is something that is not even relevant.

SIMILAR KNOWLEDGE - REGION

Very Similar : Creatures may attempt Knowledge : Region checks for sub-skills a similar aspect, such as a Knowledge : Nature check for a different region of desert, although with a -1 penalty

Somewhat Similar : Knowledge skills that share a bit of a similar aspect, like a river to a lake, take a -2 penalty.

Barely Similar : Knowledge skills that are too different but still in the same sphere, such as knowledge of deserts versus knowledge of forests take a -4 penalty.

SIMILAR KNOWLEDGE - RACE

Same sub-race : Creatures may attempt Knowledge : Race checks for unknown races of the same species (human variation against another human variation), although with a -1 penalty

Known species : If the species are known to one another but not of the same species (humans and aelvenkin), the penalty is instead -3.

Conflicted species : If the races are known to one another but not in good standing (humans and goblinkin), the penalty is dropped to -5.

Unknown/Mythical species : If the species barely know or are unknown to one another (humans and faefolk), the penalty is -10.

SIMILAR KNOWLEDGE - MAGIC

Different Sphere : Creatures may attempt Knowledge : Magic checks for spheres other than their own, although with a -5 penalty.