| SKILL DESCRIPTIONS AND EXPLANATIONS |
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| Agriculture | Basics of farming. |
| Alertness | Surprise on a 1. Wakes easily. Can swap weapons w/o losing initiative or dropping one |
| Ancient History | Learned of legends, lore, and history of some ancient time and place. |
| Anc. Language | Can know an ancient language of given type. |
| Animal Handling | Calm an excited pack animal or beast of burden. Otherwise 20% chance. |
| Animal Training | Choose a type of animal. Obeys simple commands. |
| Animal Lore | Interpret animal behaviour, imitate calls and cries, +2 tracking, +2 hunting, +2 trapping |
| Appraising | Estimate values of antiques, art, jewelry, gems, or other crafted items. |
| Artistic Ability | Choose type. Can create in type. |
| Artillery | Can command the crew in the use of artillery (catapult or trebuchet, etc.) |
| Astrology | +1 to navigation if stars available. Insight to future limited to thirty days. |
| Blacksmithing | Making of most tools, and implements from iron.
Can make non-quality armor/weapons.
Can repair armor and weapons. |
| Blind fighting | Skill at fighting in the dark. -2 instead of -4 to attacks. |
| Bowyer/Fletcher | Can make bows and arrows |
| Brewing | Ales, beers, and other strong drinks. |
| Carpentry | Woodworking jobs. Unusual or highly complex items created require a check |
| Charioteering | Self-explained |
| Cheating (chaotic) | Winning at a type of game by deception or misdirection. |
| Cobbling | Footwear repair |
| Cooking | An accomplished cook. check required for only a magnificent feast. |
| Dancing | Self-explained |
| Direction Sense | Concentrate 1d6 rounds, determine direction. Less chance to get lost in woods. |
| Disguise | Self-explained. -7 to check if disguising as another race or sex. |
| Endurance | Takes twice as long to become exhausted with physical exertions. |
| Escape | Ability to get loose from bondage. |
| Engineering | Can prepare plans, oversee construction of small to grand things. |
| Etiquette | Basic understanding of proper forms of behaviour of court or similar construct. |
| Fire Starting | Tinderbox not required. Adverse conditions, make a skill check w/penalties. |
| Fishing | hook/line, spear, or net. WIS score minus rolled score is number of fish caught. Net scores three times the amount. |
| Forgery | Self-explained |
| Gaming | Knows most commonly played games of chance and skill. |
| Gem Cutting | 1d10 stones per day. Requires tools. Refine uncut gemstones. |
| Healing | First aid and doctoring knowledge. 1d3 restorative to recent wounds once. Increased healing rate to 2 hp per day under the care of a healer. |
| Heraldry | Identify crests and symbols of Glastrea |
| Herbalism | Identify plants and fungus, and prepare nonmagical potions, poultices, balms, salves, ointments, infusions, and plasters for pseudo-medical purposes. |
| Hunting | Stalk and bring down game in wilderness settings. |
| Juggling | Self-explained. |
| Jumping | Can attempt exceptional leaps vertical or horizontal. Can attempt pole vault. |
| Leatherworking | Can work leather into bags, clothing, etc. Can make and repair leather armor. Cannot make magical armor. |
| Lip Reading | Self-explained. |
| Local History | History of a region or small province. Tell stories of local flare. |
| Mining | Determine site (1 week). Supervise operations. |
| Mountaineering | Given the gear, can climb steep slopes, cliffs, leges, etc. |
| Muscle | Experienced with heavy lifting techniques. +2 to STR open doors roll. |
| Musical Instrument | Self-explained. Select type. |
| Navigation | At sea, reduces the chance of getting lost by 20%. Navigate by stars on land. |
| Pottery | Work clay into vessels. Requires wheel, kiln, supply of clay, and glaze. |
| Read/Write | Can read/write one language he can speak. |
| Religion | Knows the common beliefs/cults of their homeland and the major faiths of neighboring regions. |
| Riding, Airborne | Choose type. See description in AD&D2E |
| Riding, Landbased | Choose type. See description in AD&D2E |
| Rope Use | Knowledge of knots. -6 to skill roll to escape bonds. -2 if Escape is also known. |
| Running | Can move at twice normal movement rate for a day. Have to rest 8 hrs after. |
| Science | Choose a type. |
| Seamanship | Qualified to work as crew. Does not convey navigation. |
| Seamstress/Tailor | Self-explained. |
| Set Snares | Self-explained. |
| Singing | Self-explained. |
| Spell-craft | Determine spell being cast. 1/2 chance of check to recognize magical construct |
| Stonemasonry | Self-explained. |
| Survival | Choose type environment in which the character knows survival techniques. |
| Swimming | Allows a character to swim. |
| Tightrope Walking | Attempt to fight (-5) or walk on ropes or beams. |
| Tumbling | Acrobatics. |
| Ventriloquism | Character can deceive an audience a voice spoke from elsewhere |
| Veterinary Healing | Like that of healing, but for animals and monsters. |
| Weather sense | Can make intelligent guesses about upcoming weather conditions. |
| Weaponsmithing | Can make weapons of any type. Not magical ones.
Can repair any weapon.
Add the plus of magic to skill roll when repairing magic weapons |
| Weaving | Can create garments, tapestries, and draperies from wool or cotton. Requires the use of a loom. |
| Wrestling | Success adds a +1 to the WR rating when wrestling. |
