Skills, In-Depth

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==Appraise==
Used to determine the price of any particular item. Can also be used to identify valuable raw metals and gems.
==Balance==
Used to keep your balance while walking on a tightrope, a narrow beam, a slippery ledge, or an uneven floor.
==Bluff==
You can make the outrageous or the untrue seem plausible, or use doublespeak or innuendo to deliver a secret message to another character.
==Climb==
Use this skill to scale a cliff, to get to the window on the second story of a wizards tower, or to climb out of a pit after falling through a trap door.
==Concentration==
Used to make checks on completing your spells and focusing your mind.
==Craft (Metal)==
==Craft (Leather)==
==Craft (Wood)==
==Craft (Alchemy)==
==Craft (Mechanical)==
==Craft (Stone)==
==Craft (Cloth)==
==Craft (Other-_________)==
==Decipher script==
Use this skill to piece together the meaning of ancient runes carved into the wall of an abandoned temple, to et the gist of an intercepted letter written in the infernal language, to follow the directions on a treasure map written n a forgoten alphabet, or to interpret the mysterious glyphs painted on a cave wall.
==Diplomacy==
Used to talk your way into or out of situations that you want to be in or our of like captured by a group of ogres and talking them into ransoming you off to your friends instead of ripping your arms off.
==Disable Device==
==Disguise==
==Escape artist==
==Forgery==
==Gather information==
==Handle animal==
==Heal==
==Intimidate==
==Jump==
==Knowledge (Arcana)==
==Knowledge (Architecture and Engineering)==
==Knowledge (Dungeoneering)==
==Knowledge (Geography)==
==Knowledge (History)==
==Knowledge (Local)==
==Knowledge (Nature)==
==Knowledge (Nobility and Royalty)==
==Knowledge (Religion)==
==Knowledge (The Planes)==
==Listen==
==Move Silently==
==Open Lock==
==Perform (Vocal)==
==Perform (String Instruments)==
==Perform (Acting)==
==Perform (Woodwind Instruments)==
==Perform (Percussion Instruments)==
==Perform (Storytelling)==
==Perform (Other-________ )==
==Profession (___________)==
==Ride==
==Search==
==Sense Motive==
==Sleight of Hand==
==Speak Language==
==Spellcraft==
==Spot==
==Survival==
Used for a large variety of things. Making campfires, cooking food, constructing temporary shelters, tracking, and other wilderness-related checks. Perhaps the most notable use of this skill is its use in finding out certain combat aspects of the enemy. HP, AC, physical attribute scores, speed, level/hd, saves, initiative, and class.
==Swim==
==Tumble==
==Use Magic Device==
Used to cast spells from scrolls and wands. On wands, you make a check on the first use, and success will cause you to no longer checks for that specific wand, and cast the spell successfully. If you fail, you use up a charge, fail casting the spell, and must make another check the next time you use it.
==Use Rope==