Stats and Skills
- Characters in Torglike have six Stats: Body, Coordination, Sense, Knowledge, Charm, and Spirit.
- Note that Stats can never have any special die attached to them. Possibility die are spent immediately and are used for 1 dicepool only.
STATS and SKILLS
- Characters in B-Grade have six Stats: Body, Coordination, Sense, Brains, Charm, and Spirit. These are the innate physical and mental characteristics of the character, and "govern" certain skills. Skills are under each stat.
- Notes:
- Stats can go up to 5+special die for starting characters. Humans can not have more than 5 in a stat. Monsters can advance beyond 5+special die in a stat.
- Only monsters can have a special die in a stat. Humans can only have special die in a skill.
- BODY - this encompasses the Torg stats of STRENGTH and TOUGHNESS
- This is a general indication of physical strength and toughness. It helps with feats of strength, and resisting/surviving injury. Also Threat is derived from this stat
- Skills are
- Athletics (includes short distance activities such as swimming/gymnastics/climbing)
- Endurance (includes anything long distance/ marathon/lifting)
- Vigor (determines how quickly you recover from injury, resistance to poisons)
- Brawl (unarmed fighting)
- Fight (using simple weapons that you whack people with. eg. axes, clubs, hammers)
- COORDINATION - this encompasses the Torg stats of DEXTERITY
- Encompasses motor coordination, agility, reflexes, speed, and general dexterity. It is used in fighting, shooting, and dexterous physical activities. Also Threat is derived from this stat
- Skills are
- Dodge/Escape
- Ride/Drive________ (eg horseriding, land vehicles)
- Stealth/Thievery
- Weaponskill ________ (eg blades, guns, thrown weapons, Martial Arts (only if you have bought a martial path))
- CHARM - this encompasses the Torg stats of CHARISMA
- This is charisma, presence, confidence, and force of personality. This is used in tests of leadership, argument, and other social situations.
- Skills are
- Disguise (Very important for pretending to be a human)
- Performance _________ (eg dance, song)
- Command
- Taunt/Jest
- Persuade (includes lie/plead/haggle/streetwise)
- SENSE - this encompasses the Torg stats of PERCEPTION
- Indicates how well your five senses deliver information to you - high Perception indicates you have clear vision, good hearing, a keen nose.
- Skills are
- Survival (includes tracking/orienteering/direction)
- Intuition (includes sensing spells/supernatural)
- Spot (spotting things quickly. Mechanic: Time taken to notice something = 5 - width of set (in rounds). No successes = surprised if being ambushed.)
- Search (used when searching, scrutinising and investigating. Mechanic: Time taken to find something hidden = 5 - width of set (in minutes). No successes = can't find anything.)
- Ride/Drive (only flying mounts, air and water vehicles)
- BRAINS - this encompasses the Torg stats of MIND and translates to BRAINS
- This is pure intellectual capacity. Helps you analyze problems, understand information, make logical inferences, and generally perform any task requiring the application of thought and knowledge.
- Skills are
- Strategy/Tactics
- Lore ________ (eg Occult, Physics, Astronomy, Gadgets, Religion). Specialised knowledge (learnt at a university, from advanced books, from a tutor, etc)
- Languages ________ (Note that starting characters start with a HtD in their native language)
- Spellcasting
- Schooling - Things that you learn at school, such as maths, general knowledge, geography, history, basic science.
- SPIRIT - this encompasses the Torg Stat of SPIRIT, and translates to COOL and COMMAND
- This is a measure of the character's ability to remain calm under pressure (or under fire), keep your wits about you, and not freeze in a crisis.
- Tag skills are
- Intimidate
- Faith (To perform miracles.)
- Cool (Keeping cool under pressure. Sometimes used to control monster flaws)
- Willpower (To resist spells. Sometimes used to activate certain powers/advantages)