Land Vehicles

Land Vehicles
Use: May be
used as a macro skill.
Sample specializations: chariot,
wagon, carriage, sled
This skill reflects a
character’s ability to operate, pilot and make minor repairs to all types of
wheeled, or sled based Vehicles. The difficulty of any particular driving task
is determined by the gamemaster using the difficulty Number Scale. The land vehicles skill is also used to
increase a vehicle’s speed beyond its normal capabilities. This is accomplished
with a speed push similar to the type characters can do with their own movement
rates. All vehicles have a speed value that is essentially the same as a character’s
limit value. It is not the maximum possible speed of the vehicle, just the
maximum speed possible without putting stress on the vehicle’s structure. The
rules for speed pushes can be found in Chapter Four. The macro use of this
skill is handled with the same rules that apply to the macro movements of
characters in the “Timed movement” sidebar. In vehicle combat, a driver’s land vehicles skill is used in
place of combat skills such as dodge and maneuver. In the case of a vehicle
being attacked by someone using melee weapons or unarmed combat while the vehicle is
in motion, the pilot’s land
vehicles skill
substitutes for the normal defensive skill values. Animal-drawn land vehicles
are normally controlled with this skill instead of beast riding since being attached
to the vehicle restricts the animal’s free movement. Under appropriate
circumstances, gamemasters may allow characters to use beast riding in place of land vehicles.