Abilities
From Lantern Hill
Skills represent knowledge and training gained through study and practice Each skill has a corresponding trait which is used to compute skill totals
Skills are rated permitted between levels one (1) to five (5)
The Skills
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- Acrobatics: Trained tumbler, leaper and Gymnast.
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- Acting: Can feign emotions, beliefs or frames of mind. Need not actually act on stage. Can fake anger, tears, friendliness, etc.
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- Area Knowledge: Familiar with history, geography and structure of an area, usually a city.
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- Art: Create works of art of some media, sketch reasonably accurate people/place.
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- Athletics: General athletic ability.
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- Brawl: How to fight unarmed. If you don't get it beyond this...lower WITS by 3.
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- Carousing: Ability to have/give a good time at a Social event.
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- Computer: How to operate, design and understand computer systems and equipment.
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- Dancing: Dance socially or for entertainment. Familiar with most styles but specialize in one.
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- Dodge: The fine art of Getting The Hell Out Of The Way Before It Kills You. Covers almost all attack types.
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- Drive: Operating land vehicles. Does not give familiarity with all of them.
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- Empathy: Understand, predict and respond to others emotions. Can also sense lies.
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- Etiquette: Ability to understand and act under the social rules of a particular culture and get along with those of that culture.
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- Expression: Ability to get a point across to others through an art form.
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- First Aid: Basic medical attention. (Teen)
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- Flirting: Ability to lure, attract and commands the attentions of others using your looks and charm. (Teen)
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- Game Playing: You are skilled at playing games. Covers strategy games, instead(Go, Chess, etc.) (Teen)
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- Gambling: (Adult)
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- Intimidation: Can exert your will, through various means, to get what you want.
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- Investigation: (Adult)
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- Linguistics: You know another language. You gain 1 fluency level per dot. Dots are separated down for other languages.
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- Music: Creation and playing music. Each dot gained improves instrument known.
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- Performance: Similar to Expression, but uses artistic actions such as singing, acting, instrument playing or dancing.
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- Photography: Using a camera for quality, artistic pictures. Can also process photos.
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- Repair: How to fix things and limited construction of others. (Adult)
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- Research: Ability to find information on any topic from conventional sources(ex. Library) (Teen)
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- Ride: Can mount a riding animals and get where you want without anything unpleasant happening. Also gives knowledge of gear involved.
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- Seduction: (Adult)
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- Singing: Ability to sing over a wide range of notes, styles and techniques.
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- Stealth: Sneaking about and hiding without being seen. Used versus someone's Perception rating. (Teen)
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- Streetwise: Can blend into local scene, learn gossip, find people and equipment and tell who see/avoid and where the power is. (Teen)
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- Survival: How to get along in the wilderness with being hurt, sick or starved. (Adult)
Special
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- Animal Training: (Teen)
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- Bribery: (Adult)
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- Computer Hacking: Use imagination and creativity to break programming barriers. Need 2 Computer dots. (Teen)
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- Firearms: Know how to work all guns up to artillery-style. Can also maintain and work limited repairs on them.
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- Forgery: Copy documents or 2D artwork to make it seem as original to inspection.
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- Instruction: (Teen)
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- Journalism: (Teen)
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- Lip Reading:
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- Lockpicking: Opening locks without the correct key or combination. Doesn't apply to all new Security Systems.
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- Mechanic: Can Build, repair and maintain mechanical devices with the correct tools, materials and time. (Teen)
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- Melee: How to fight with a hand-held weapon. From knives and spears to Chairs.
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- Pickpocket: Remove objects from another person without them knowing it, even if in a pocket.
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- Repair: How to fix things and limited construction of others. (Teen)
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- Sleight of Hand: Use quick motions to deceive others eyes. Perform Magic tricks and the like.
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- Streetwise: Can blend into local scene, learn gossip, find people and equipment and tell who see/avoid and where the power is. (Adult)
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- Survival: How to get along in the wilderness with being hurt, sick or starved. (Teen)