Other Skills and Abilities
I Don't Like This Stupid Ol' List
If you don't like the Skills or Abilities lists for reason other than the possibility that their too broad or narrow for your game and you want to change them, than of course, your free to do so. In some cases this decision makes perfect sense, because you want the character sheet to envoke the mood and feel of the world your characters live in. For example, you may be playing a game set in a world where Greek mythology has come to life, and you want to replace the skills with a list of various gods and have the ranks represent how much the character is in a particular god's favor. This makes perfect sense because the ancient Greeks believed that your ability to do this or that was passed on how much the subject's patron deity favored you (if you don't believe, look at how much success Odysses had as a sailor after pissin' Poseidon off).
But, if your reason is just a lack of understanding or comfort, I strongly urge you to just try our lists out. It may not seem like it, but a lot of time and effort was spent putting together a working combination.
Broader and Narrower Lists
The following lists replace the previous. The bold entries are the new lists Skills/Abilities, while the old lists equivalent is shown after the '=.'
Twice as Broad Skills
- Interaction= Expression and Society
- Knowlege= Research and Science
- Life Force= Animalism and Survival
- Prowess= Athletics and Combat
- Wisdom= Academics and Humanity
Twice as Narrow Skills
- Academics= History & Literature
- Animalism= Animal Ken & Insticts
- Athletics= Manueverability & Power
- Combat= Melee & Tactics
- Expression= Articulation & Performance
- Humanity= Empathy & Psychology
- Research= Investigation & Study
- Science= Sciences & Technology
- Society= Etiquette & Style
- Survival= Herbalism & Travel
Twice as Broad Abilities
- Intensity=Toughness and Presence
- Effectiveness=Aptitude and Understanding
Twice as Narrow Abilities
- Aptitude= Ease and Precision
- Toughness= Force and Resistance
- Presence= Overt and Subtle
- Understanding= Cognizance and Perception
Three Times as Narrow Abilities
- Aptitude= Accuracy, Consistency and Reaction Time
- Toughness= Power, Endurance and Resilence
- Presence= Influence, Aura and Magnetism
- Understanding= Perception, Reason and Mnemonics
