Character Skill Abilities

 
These skills grant a feat or ability to a character as long as they pay the Exp price to learn them. The Skills listed here help further define a character ability in Combat or to a Character personally. Bare in mind that some skills may have requirements for a Skill Ability to work correctly and therefore the player has to understand the facts and read what is written of the ability.

Combat Skills: Skill Name (Exp Cost in Parenthesis):

Archery (10 Exp): This advances your ability in using Bows and Crossbows with a +3 ATR.

Dead Aim (10 Exp): Advance training on firing firearms and other range weapon. +3 ATR.

Heavy Weapons (10 Exp):  Weapons outfitted on tripods, rocket launchers, Inaccurate or Heavy Melee weapons, and any mounted weapon normally suffer a -8 to ATR. However this skill reduces the penalty by half and makes the penalty a -4 than a -8. Unless the weapon has a specific penalty where it cannot be reduced then the bonus is nullified and the penalty remains.

Improvised Weapons (10 Exp): Arial">Articles or items that make a quick weapon normally get a +1 but with this skill you get a +3 ATR when using them. This can be any generic weapon.

Melee Weapons (10 Exp): Arial">All regular Melee weapons that are not large receive a +3 ATR with this skill.

Melee Dodge (10 Exp): Arial">The skill teaches a character to keep moving when in a melee encounter and grants a +2 to Dodge vs. Melee Attacks.

Range Dodge (10 Exp): Arial">The skill teaches the character to be evasive during range battles. However this does not give a bonus vs. firearms (bullet/grenades/rockets) type weapons mainly for monster range projectiles and natural range projectiles like bolts and arrows or hurled weapons.

Thrown Weapons (10 Exp): Arial"> You gain a +3 bonus when using thrown weapons for attacks such as throwing knives, boomerangs, etcetera.

Unarmed Strikes (10 Exp): Arial"> With this advance skill you know very well how to battle against opponents with unarmed attacks. Unarmed dmg now receives a +2 to dmg.

Unarmed Defense (10 Exp): Arial"> This skill promotes swift evasive movements and blocking. When attacked melee by unarmed attacks or a monsters natural weapon. You now gain +3 in avoiding such attacks.

Combat Casting (20 Exp): Arial"> During the combat Phase upon the spell Caster's turn they may choose to Cast two spells untrained however this skill negates any penalties and allows them to cast two spells at the same time with out difficulty. However they still suffer the normal penalties of Spell Casting this skill only negates the penalties of Combat Casting Untrained. Keep in mind some spells cannot be cast together and higher level forms of spells whose normal difficulty is exceedingly high is impossible. Treat this as if making two attacks at once as if the person possessed Two Weapon Fighting.

True Magi (50 Exp): A Magi no longer worries about making pass the Spell Casting difficulty. This skill negates the difficulty for one round (Those of a Difficulty of 10). However spells of higher level and strength are still performed as normal (Those higher than Difficulty of 10). This is useful for those who wish to cast spells with out worry of surpassing the difficulty of casting spells, scrolls, or performing Spell Craft required Magical items. This can be done again the following round but can only be performed once each round. Exp

Parrying (20 Exp):  By Parrying an attack you must have failed to Dodge the enemy's attack during melee combat allowing your character a chance to parry. Parrying is the skill that promotes blocking with your weapon by making a Parrying Check by purchasing Ranks. If your Parrying score is higher than the attack score the weapon blocks the attack. On a Critical a character may make a Disarm or a Deflection Check. If successful the results may end up in disarming the opponent or striking the opponent with his own weapon. You can also use the Push Skill as a free action if you are trained in it this is only good if you have these skills and if you do not you merely block the attack. This can be played as an interrupt action during some one's multiple attacks. If you are successful further attacks afterwards are ignored. Each time you raise your parry ability you gain 1 Rank in the Parry Modifier listed in your Characters Abilities. This skill is useful for those who strongly work in melee combat or unarmed combat can only use its modifiers once you have purchased the skill.

Parry Attack (20 Exp): Arial">The skill is only useful unarmed or melee merely for the fact the target must be in melee range to attack you. When you are hit you can make a d20 +Parry Mod as a Counter Attack. The enemy still gets an Evade but you might get lucky and nail him one for hitting you.  This can be played as an interrupt action during some one's multiple attacks. If you are successful further attacks afterwards are ignored.

Push (20 Exp): This skill is only good when attack from an opponent has been successfully parried or blocked during melee combat. When this occurs you may choose to push your opponent. By doing this you roll a Power Check and make a score. The opponent then must make a Power Check and score higher than your score or suffer a -4 ATR - DR vs. you till the next round.  This can be played as an interrupt action during some one's multiple attacks. If you are successful further attacks afterwards are ignored. This skill can be used with a melee weapon, unarmed, or with a shield.

Disarm Technique (20 Exp): Arial"> A appropriate skill when you wish to unarm your opponent you may do this skill after a parry and suffer -4 to ATR as a Called Shot to disarm your opponent. You make a Power Check and make a score. The opponent thus must make an opposing Power Check and score higher than your score or be disarmed. The weapon is then thrown into the battle field d8 as Direction d4 spaces from the target. When not using spaces to represent the disarm roll d8 d4x 5ft for the distance of how far the weapon was disarmed. For dramatic effects you may roll a d2 to see if it lands blade first or flat on the ground.

Feint then Strike (20 Exp): Instead of being attacked then parry you may make an attack to interrupt your enemy when you have successfully Dodge their attack. This prevents having to take damage when you can just dodge it and make an attack that way. This skill can be used to interrupt another targets multi attack if the target is hit successfully.

Take Down (20 Exp): Arial">By making an attack Unarmed or with a Melee weapon you suffer -4 to ATR but if successful on the hit the Opponent is knocked down. Once Knocked down they are vulnerable to the Effect of being Grounded or Flat footed. You also deal dmg as normal when you successfully hit them. This skill can only be used unarmed or with melee weapons.

Shield Tackle (20 Exp): Arial">You must first have a shield in order to use this skill. With your Shield you make an ATR Roll and try to tackle the person. If successful on the hit the targets suffers Half of your (Power + 4 dmg + Dmg Bonus if the shield deals Dmg divided by 2) as Dmg and are knocked down flat on their back. When this occurs the opponent is considered knock down and vulnerable to attack.

Chase Attack (20 Exp) Arial">If you manage to knock down your opponent you can issue an attack immediately at a -4 ATR. This is helpful right after you have knocked down an opponent and they are vulnerable. This does not grant multiple attacks but one attack against a knocked down target.

Two Weapons (20 Exp): Arial">A worthy Combat skill for those who wish to battle with two weapons at the same time. The skill allows you to wield a weapon off hand with out suffering a -6 to ATR roll and instead reduces your off hand penalty to a -4. Also Two weapon fighting let's you do both damage from both weapons at the same time when dmg is done on 1 attack. Though similar combinations are the best for example two melee weapons or two thrown weapons at the same time are a bit more effective. One Range and One Melee isn't the best but can be done as long as the monster is with in melee range and point blank with the range weapon.