Skills

**Skills** refer to specific abilities that a character can possess. In example, Medicine is a skill which allows a person to effectively stabilize a dying person or perform operations on them. This Skill measures a character's ability in this specific area of expertise. Skills operate off of a four-star system.

Not all Skills are available to a character, especially when just starting. There is only a limited amount of Skills to choose from. Those that aren't chosen, or have not been learned by your character, will have no points in that area represented by a hyphen. This does not mean your character possesses no ability in such an area but rather that they are not especially inclined to be able to perform special actions within it. So someone without Animal Handling may know how to approach and calm down a wild dog, but someone without it may not necessarily know how to approach a Hrakkar without being mauled.

Below is a short bullet point that encompasses the skill given in each area, dependent on the amount of points in them.

* One Star: Rudimentary. Represents someone with the most basic skill within a particular area.
* Two Stars: Adept. Represents someone with average skill within a particular area.
* Three Stars: Expert. Represents someone who has mastered a skill within a particular area.
* Four Stars: Legendary. Represents someone with skill equivalent to the legends of Westeros within their skill area.

Below is a list of all the known skills.

## Animal Handling

**Animal Handling** deals with your character's ability to calm down animals, keeping mounts under control, and so on.

### Rudimentary

At this level of skill in Animal Handling, character's can achieve rudimentary tasks within this skill. Such as tending for and calming down the natural counterparts to domesticated animals. For instance: An auroch or unbroken horse. **Also**, those who possess this level of skill in Animal Handling do not suffer a -1 to Strength and Dexterity in **Mounted Combat**.

### Adept

At this level of skill in Animal Handling, character's can achieve complicated tasks within this skill. Such as tending for and calming down natural predators. For instance: A mountain cat or wolf.

### Expert

At this level of skill in Animal Handling, character's can achieve tasks that require a master's touch within this skill. Such as tending for and calming down Apex predators. For instance: A Direwolf or Shadowcat.

### Legendary

At this level of skill in Animal Handling, character's can achieve legendary tasks within this skill. Such as tending for and calming down feral Apex predators. For instance: A Cave Bear or Hrakkar.

## History

**History** deals with your character's ability to recall historical events, legendary people, and past kingdoms with accuracy.

### Rudimentary

At this level of skill in History, character's can achieve rudimentary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to accurately recount notable events, locations, and people that have existed within the past 50 years.

### Adept

At this level of skill in History, character's can achieve complicated tasks within this skill. Such as being able to accurately recount notable events, locations, and people that have existed within the past 100 years.

### Expert

At this level of skill in History, character's can achieve tasks that require a master's touch within this skill. Such as being able to accurately recount notable events, locations, and people that have existed within the past 200 years.

### Legendary

At this level of skill in History, character's can achieve legendary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to accurately recount notable events, locations, and people that have existed within the past 300 years.

## Investigation

**Investigation** deals with your character's ability to effectively find clues and being able to use them.

### Rudimentary

At this level of skill in Investigation, character's can achieve rudimentary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to accurately gather information from a fresh environment.

### Adept

At this level of skill in Investigation, character's can complicated rudimentary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to accurately gather information from an environment that hasn't been touched in days.

### Expert

At this level of skill in Investigation, character's can achieve tasks that require a master's touch within this skill. Such as being able to accurately gather information from an environment that hasn't been touched in a week.

### Legendary

At this level of skill in Investigation, character's can achieve legendary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to accurately gather information from an environment that hasn't been touched in weeks.

## Medicine

**Medicine** deals with your character's ability to remedy illnesses, diagnose them, and perform actions necessary to stabilize and heal dying people.

### Rudimentary

At this level of skill in Medicine, character's can achieve rudimentary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to treat and clean shallow wounds, as well as having a general understanding of the human body.

### Adept

At this level of skill in Medicine, character's can complicated rudimentary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to treat and clean wounds that require stitching, as well as having a more intimate understanding of the human body.

### Expert

At this level of skill in Medicine, character's can achieve tasks that require a master's touch within this skill. Such as being able to reset bones into their proper place, as well as having an exact understanding of the human body.

### Legendary

At this level of skill in Medicine, character's can achieve legendary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to save people from near-fatal wounds, as well as having a perfect understanding of the human body.

## Nature

**Nature** deals with your character's ability to recall information about terrain, plants and animals, as well as the weather.

### Rudimentary

At this level of skill in Nature, character's can achieve rudimentary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to appropriately recall and use information regarding the natural surroundings of one's home region.

### Adept

At this level of skill in Nature, character's can complicated rudimentary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to appropriately recall and use information regarding the natural surroundings of an additional region outside of one's home region.

### Expert

At this level of skill in Nature, character's can achieve tasks that require a master's touch within this skill. Such as being able to appropriately recall and use information regarding the natural surroundings of another region outside of one's home region.

### Legendary

At this level of skill in Nature, character's can achieve legendary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to appropriately recall and use information regarding the natural surroundings of four regions across the world, in total.

## Perception

**Perception** deals with your character's ability to detect people or traps around your character, as well as their overall awareness of an environment.

### Rudimentary

At this level of skill in Perception, character's can achieve rudimentary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to sense danger within their line of sight..

### Adept

At this level of skill in Perception, character's can complicated rudimentary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to sense danger within their immediate surroundings.

### Expert

At this level of skill in Perception, character's can achieve tasks that require a master's touch within this skill. Such as being able to sense danger within their surroundings.

### Legendary

At this level of skill in Perception, character's can achieve legendary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to sense danger within the limits of natural human perception

## Religion

**Religion** deals with your character's ability to accurately describe lore regarding one's own religion, rites and prayers, and so on.

### Rudimentary

At this level of skill in Religion, character's can achieve rudimentary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to retain common information regarding one's religion, as well as perform common rites.

### Adept

At this level of skill in Religion, character's can complicated rudimentary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to hold sermons, and perform uncommon rites.

### Expert

At this level of skill in Religion, character's can achieve tasks that require a master's touch within this skill. Such as being able to perform rituals within one's religion, as well as perform advanced rites.

### Legendary

At this level of skill in Religion, character's can achieve legendary tasks within this skill. Such as being able to discern omens, as well as perform esoteric rites.