ACROBATICS
Gymnastic movement. Your hero can tumble,
swing from ropes,walk across thin beams, and leap through windows. The hero
may reduce the difficulty rating when trying to lessen damage from falls
and dodging attacks, if the hero has sufficient room to move acrobatically.
AERIAL COMBAT
Fighting in the sky. Your hero may use
Agility instead of Strength to attack while flying. The Hero can use Agility
instead of Intellect for declaration order during aerial combat.
ARCHERY
Use of any sort of projectile weapon that
fires arrows.
ARTILLERY
The handling of really big guns. Artillerists
tend to work in groups, but use the highest Agility of the team members
to attempt the action.
BOATING
Piloting any waterbound vehicle, from a
jetski to an ocean liner. Your hero can reduce the difficulty rating to
avoid rapids, spot land, build rafts, and other life-saving tasks while
on water.
BOOMERANGS
Small objects which are thrown to inflict
damage and then somehow return to the thrower's habd. A hero with this skill
can catch his or her boomerage without fear of damage.
CONSTRUCTION
Building things. When trying to construct
a fimiliar object, the hero may reduce the difficulty rating to avoid making
mistakes.
CONTINGENT ATTACKS
Your hero can devide his or her Agility
and pre-cardplay modifiers between two Agility-based attacks each exchange,
making one ot them contingent. Cards can be played to each attack.
DEMOLITIONS
Blowing things up with volatile explosives,
generally smaller than a cruise missile.
DISGUISE
Making yourself look like someone or something
else
DRIVING
Piloting any landbound vehicle, from a
motorcycle to an eighteen-wheeler.
EQUESTRIAN
Riding horses and other fourlegged beast,
with or without wings. Your hero can use his or her Agility to control the
mount and perform tricks (see Animal Handling).
ESCAPE ARTISTRY
Getting out of dangerous places. Your
hero can reduce the difficulty rating to squeeze through ultra-narrow corridors,
squirm out of ropes, and undo handcuffs from behind.
FAST EXIT
Your hero can attack physically and move
to firing distance before any foe can complete an action that affects the
hero. But make sure you've properly analyzed the situation, because is even
one of the opponents has an Intellect higher then your hero's Agility, any
of the opponents can redirect actions toward your hero, and he or she can't
dodge any of them.
FLINGING
Throwing any easily hefted object (though
"easily varies from hero to hero). This skill can turn playing cards and
feathers into lethal projectiles and is good for tossing grenades.
GADGETRY
Disassembling something mechanical in
order to make something else. This skill reduces the difficulty of the creation
of any item if a suitable item is available for dismantling.
MARKSMANSHIP
Modern personal firearms of all types--
handguns, rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, including laser, stun, and
concussion varieties.
MARTIAL ARTS
Your hero may use Agility instead of Strength
to attack. This changes the attack 's trump suit to Agility as well. The
hero also can reduce the difficulty rating to reduce damage from falling.
If the hero doesn't attack, he or she can reduce the difficulty rating to
catch any thrown object that can be lifted by the hero, negating impact damage.
NAVIGATING
Working knowledge of most 20th century
aircraft. Even in a small spaceship, your hero has an intuitive understanding
of which flashing light is the accelerator and which is the brake.
PILOTING
Working knowledge of most 20th century
aircraft. Even in a small spaceship, your hero has an intuitive understanding
of which flashing light is the accelerator and which is the brake.
REPAIR
Repair and modification of items, but
not the building of new items.
RICOCHET
The bouncing of a weapon off one target
and into another. A hero using a ricochet can target two individuals with
a single throw, halving the action score for each. The second target is
hit as contingent action. If the hero desires, he or she also may ricochet
the weapon back into his or her hand. A second use of this skill is to launch
a surprise attack by bouncing a weapon off something behind the target;
this makes the attack contingent but reduces its difficulty. This skill
can be used with some powers, such as Energy Blast and Web-Slinging.
SKATING
Twirling and dashing with wheels or blades
on or under your feet. This also covers the use of skateboards.
SKIING
Launching yourself down snowy mountains
or across water at high speeds.
SLIEGHT OF HAND
Stage magic. Your hero can make small
items appear and disappear by a combination of misdirection and swift, fluid
gestures. The hero can also use this skill to pick someone's pocket by making
an average Agility (Intellect) action.
SLINGS
Anything spun to inflict damage, from
a staff sling to a bullroarer.
SURFING
Hanging ten. Generally, this is done on
water, but you never know.
THIEVERY
Picking pockets, moving stealthily, and
opening locks of all sorts. Your hero can also reduce the difficulty rating
in securing locks and making locks and keys.
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