ScariksGPC Skills
Skill Types
There are four categories to which a skill can belong and some skills are in several. All skill not listed below are neither knightly nor unknightly but neutral.
Knightly
These are the skills all knights are expected to show proficiency with as they are vital to the execution of his duties.
- Awareness
- Battle
- Courtesy
- First Aid
- Horsemanship
- Hunting
- Lance
- Siege
- Sword
- Signature Weapon
- Though not all weapons are as esteemed as the sword and lance many knights are known for their skill with other arms and they may treat one such weapon as if it were knightly.
Courtly
These are the civilized skills practiced at court and in polite company. Those marked with a + always give ordinary glory (10 for success, 25 for crit). Those with a # give glory only in unusual circumstances (GM discretion) or with a crit (10 glory). Those with a ^ are modified by glory (+1/1000) while those with a > are modified by the target's glory.
- Compose #
- Courtesy +^
- Dancing +
- Falconry +
- Fashion #
- Flirting #^
- Gaming #
- Heraldry +>
- Intrigue #
- Orate +^
- Play +
- Read #
- Recognize #>
- Romance +
- Singing +
- Tourney +
Knowledge
These are the skills of scholars and experts. Using them always provides some kind of information.
- Courtesy
- Faerie Lore
- Folklore
- Heraldry
- Read
- Religion
- Romance
- Tourney
Non-Knightly
These are skills which knights are typically barred from practicing. Only with special cultural dispensation can a knight perform these skills (ex. Romans using Chirurgery, Saxon bladesmiths)
- Chirurgery
- Industry