{"id":35,"date":"2026-03-08T22:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:21:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:21:42","slug":"skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Italics<\/em> denotes a core skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Athletics (Agility):<\/em><\/strong> Overall athletic coordination and ability. Climbing, jumping, balancing, wrestling, skiing, swimming, throwing, or catching.<\/td><\/tr>
Battle (Smarts):<\/strong> Strategy, tactics, and understanding military operations. A key skill in Mass Battles.<\/td><\/tr>
Boating (Agility):<\/strong> Ability to sail or pilot a boat, ship, or other watercraft.<\/td><\/tr>
Common Knowledge (Smarts):<\/em><\/strong> General knowledge of a character\u2019s world.<\/td><\/tr>
Driving (Agility):<\/strong> This skill is used to drive chariots, carts, and other similar vehicles.<\/td><\/tr>
Engineering (Smarts):<\/strong> Knowledge of engineering.<\/td><\/tr>
Enlightenment (Spirit):<\/strong> The arcane skill required for Arcane Background (Path of Enlightenment\/Obscurement) for those who follow the Path of Enlightenment.<\/td><\/tr>
Fighting (Agility):<\/strong> Skill in armed and unarmed combat.<\/td><\/tr>
Gambling (Smarts):<\/strong> Skill and familiarity with games of chance.<\/td><\/tr>
Healing (Smarts):<\/strong> The ability to treat and heal Wounds and diseases, and decipher forensic evidence.<\/td><\/tr>
History (Smarts):<\/strong> This covers knowledge of the past.<\/td><\/tr>
Intimidation (Spirit):<\/strong> A character\u2019s ability to threaten others into doing what she wants.<\/td><\/tr>
Language (Smarts):<\/strong> Knowledge and fluency in a particular language.<\/td><\/tr>
Legends and Lore (Smarts):<\/strong> From common folklore to knowledge of myths and fantastic creatures and places.<\/td><\/tr>
Lotusmastery (Smarts):<\/strong> Lotusmasters use Lotusmastery to cast spells. See the Arcane Background (Lotusmastery) Edge.<\/td><\/tr>
Medicine (Smarts):<\/strong> Knowledge of medicine.<\/td><\/tr>
Notice (Smarts):<\/em><\/strong> General awareness and perception.<\/td><\/tr>
Obscurement (Spirit):<\/strong> The arcane skill required for Arcane Background (Path of Enlightenment\/Obscurement) for those who follow the Path of Darkness.<\/td><\/tr>
Occult (Smarts):<\/strong> This covers the vast field of magic, the occult and the supernatural.<\/td><\/tr>
Performance (Spirit):<\/strong> Singing, dancing, acting, or other forms of public expression.<\/td><\/tr>
Persuasion (Spirit):<\/em><\/strong> The ability to convince others to do what you want.<\/td><\/tr>
Religion (Smarts):<\/strong> This covers all religious matters. In some cases, it can also be used, with a penalty, to cover matters of Arcana or Legends and Lore.<\/td><\/tr>
Repair (Smarts):<\/strong> The ability to fix or craft items.<\/td><\/tr>
Research (Smarts):<\/strong> Finding written information from various sources.<\/td><\/tr>
Riding (Agility):<\/strong> A character\u2019s skill in mounting, controlling, and riding a tamed beast.<\/td><\/tr>
Shooting (Agility):<\/strong> Precision with any type of ranged weapon.<\/td><\/tr>
Sorcery (Smarts):<\/strong> Sorcerers use Sorcery to cast spells. See the Arcane Background (Sorcery) Edge.<\/td><\/tr>
Specific Area (Smarts):<\/strong> The focus can be the Empire, North Dominions, South Dominions, Eastern Lands, or a specific city or country.<\/td><\/tr>
Stealth (Agility):<\/em><\/strong> The ability to sneak and hide. Used to deliver poison while staying unnoticed.<\/td><\/tr>
Survival (Smarts):<\/strong> How to find food, water, or shelter, and tracking.<\/td><\/tr>
Taunt (Smarts):<\/strong> Insulting or belittling another. Almost always done as a Test.<\/td><\/tr>
Thievery (Agility):<\/strong> Sleight of hand, pickpocketing, lockpicking, and other typically shady feats.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Italics denotes a core skill. Athletics (Agility): Overall athletic coordination and ability. Climbing, jumping, balancing, wrestling, skiing, swimming, throwing, or catching. Battle (Smarts): Strategy, tactics, and understanding military operations. A key skill in Mass Battles. Boating (Agility): Ability to sail or pilot a boat, ship, or other watercraft. Common Knowledge (Smarts): General knowledge of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99,"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grown-ups.dyndns.org\/beasts-and-barbarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}