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Acrobatics
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Acrobatics skill enables one to jump long distances and to avoid damage when falling from great heights. Nimble acrobats can reach areas others cannot get to and can direct their paths while falling.
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Skill Influences |
| Strength |
Jumping Ability |
Falling Ability |
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Hand-to-hand
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Hand-to-hand skill is the martial art of unarmed combat. Hand-to-hand attacks damage only the fatigue of a standing opponent, but hand-to-hand attacks damage health when a target has been knocked unconscious by fatigue loss.
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Skill Influences |
| Speed |
Successful Attack |
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Light Armor
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Light armor skill lets one move and defend while wearing light-weight, flexible armors like leather, boiled leather, fur, chitin, and glass armor. To use any style of armor effectively, the wearer must be trained, conditioned, and skilled in its use.
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| Governing Attribute |
Skill Influences |
| Agility |
Offense Absorption |
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Marksman
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With the marksman skill, one is more effective with ranged weapons like the short bow, long bow, crossbow, throwing star, and throwing knife.
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| Governing Attribute |
Skill Influences |
| Agility |
Successful Attack |
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Mercantile
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Mercantile skill is the art of buying low and selling high. This skill guarantees lower initial prices for goods, equipment, and services, and improves chances of getting better deals by bargaining.
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Skill Influences |
| Personality |
Successful Bargain |
Successful Bribe |
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Security
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Security skill lets one open locked doors and containers with lock-picks or disarm traps with probes. This skill is essential for agents and thieves alike.
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Skill Influences |
| Intelligence |
Defeat Trap |
Pick Lock |
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Short Blade
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Characters with great short-blade skill are more effective with short, quick, thrusting weapons like daggers, tantos, short swords, and wakazashis.
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Skill Influences |
| Speed |
Successful Attack |
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Sneak
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The Sneak discipline is the art of moving unseen and unobserved. Skilled sneaks are also adept pickpockets.
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Skill Influences |
| Agility |
Avoid Notice |
Successful Pick-pocket |
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Speechcraft
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Those skilled in speechcraft influence others by admiring, intimidating, and taunting them. Listeners are more willing to divulge information or to entrust important tasks to the skilled speaker.
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| Personality |
Successful Persuasion |
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