Last Emperor: Skills
This article is the discussion of the Last Emperor D20 Dragonstar conversion to the Storytelling system, specifically addressing skills and skill use.
The Skills
| D20 Skill | ST Skill |
|---|---|
| Alchemy * | Science (Chemistry) |
| Animal Empathy * | Animal Ken |
| Appraise | Academics |
| Balance | Atheletics |
| Bluff | Persuasion |
| Climb | Atheletics |
| Concentration | Resolve + Composure |
| Craft (Speciality) | Crafts (Speciality) |
| Cryptrography + | Science or Computer |
| Decipher Script | Academics |
| Demolitions + | Crafts (EOD Speciality) |
| Diplomacy | Persuasion |
| Disable Device | Crafts or Larceny |
| Disguise | Subterfuge |
| Escape Artist | Atheletics or Larceny |
| Forgery | Science |
| Freefall + | Atheletics |
| Gather Information | Socialize |
| Handle Animal | Animal Ken |
| Heal | Medicine |
| Hide | Atheletics or Larceny |
| Inneuendo * | Expression |
| Intimidate | Intimidate |
| Intuit Direction * | Survival |
| Jump | Atheletics |
| Knowledge (Speciality) | Academics or Science |
| Listen | Wits + Composure |
| Move Silently | Atheletics |
| Navigate + | Survival |
| Open Lock | Larceny |
| Perform (Specialtiy) | Expression |
| Pick Pocket or Sleight of Hand * | Larceny |
| Pilot + | Drive (Pilot Speciality) |
| Profession (Speciality) | Academics or Science |
| Read Lips * | Expression or Language |
| Repair + | Craft (speciality) |
| Research + | Investigation or Academic |
| Ride | |
| Scry * | Occult |
| Search | Investigation |
| Sense Motive | Empathy |
| Spellcraft | Occult |
| Spot | Wits + Composure |
| Survival & | Survival |
| Swim | Atheletics |
| Tumble | Atheletics |
| Urban Lore | Streetwise |
| Use Device + | |
| Use Magic Device | Occult |
| Use Rope | Atheletics |
| Wilderness Lore * | Survivial |
The D20 system has 50 skills (including a few added by Dragonstar), with several of which cascade, requiring selection of specific subskills. Storytelling system has 24, rather broader skills. So as skills are converted there will be overlap.
In general converting a skill requires looking up the original skill on the table to the right, and dividing the number of skill ranks by five to get the number of dots the corresponding ST skill.
Skills marked with a '+' are skills introduced by the Dragonstar rules, in addition to the base D20 rules. Skills marked with a '*' are D&D 3.0 skills which were removed (or changed) for the the D&D 3.5 rules. Skilles marked with an '&' are new to D&D 3.5.
Language skills
In D20, languages are a skill (called Speak Language), each new language costs two skill point to learn, in addition to the skills leared as a racial ability and intelligence modifier.
Language skills in ST are merits, and should be purchased as one point Language merits.
Perception skills
ST does not use a skill for quick perception tasks, so a character with ranks in Spot or Listen skill should get a bonus dot to either their Wits or Composure attributes.