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Knowledge is used whenever a player wants to find out how much his character knows about a certain field. The difficulty depends upon how obscure the information is and how much the character knows about the general subject. Use the following guidelines to pick a difficulty, but remember that they should be modified based on the circumstances. | Knowledge is used whenever a player wants to find out how much his character knows about a certain field. The difficulty depends upon how obscure the information is and how much the character knows about the general subject. Use the following guidelines to pick a difficulty, but remember that they should be modified based on the circumstances. | ||
* | *Very Easy: General, common knowledge that almost anyone would know. | ||
* | *Easy: Most people would know this much. | ||
* | *Moderate: Professional level of knowledge. The average person who has an interest in the subject would know this much. | ||
* | *Difficult: Professionals would know this much about a given subject; the average person would be hard-pressed to give much information. | ||
* | *Very Difficult: This represents detailed, comprehensive knowledge of the subject. Professionals and scholars would probably have to research a subject to gain this amount of knowledge. | ||
* | *Heroic: Only a very small number of people would know this much information. | ||
Gamemasters should modify difficulties — andhow much information characters get — to suit the particular situation. Easily found knowledge probably won't have a modifier; very obscure information could have a difficulty modifier of +10, +20 or much more. | Gamemasters should modify difficulties — andhow much information characters get — to suit the particular situation. Easily found knowledge probably won't have a modifier; very obscure information could have a difficulty modifier of +10, +20 or much more. | ||
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Knowledge skill roll represents what a character can recall at the time the roll is made, or the extent to which the character remembers certain general information. It's not reasonable to say that a character is an expert on the subject simply because he rolls well once when looking for information. A high roll might reveal one specific bit of information sought, and a few hints for finding the rest of the knowledge the character is looking for. | Knowledge skill roll represents what a character can recall at the time the roll is made, or the extent to which the character remembers certain general information. It's not reasonable to say that a character is an expert on the subject simply because he rolls well once when looking for information. A high roll might reveal one specific bit of information sought, and a few hints for finding the rest of the knowledge the character is looking for. | ||
*[[Accounting]] | *[[Accounting]] | ||
*[[Agriculture]] | *[[Agriculture]] | ||
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*[[Value]] | *[[Value]] | ||
*[[Willpower]] | *[[Willpower]] | ||
'''OTHER ATTRIBUTES''' | |||
*[[Dexterity Skills|<u>Dexterity Skills</u>]] | |||
*[[Mechanical Skills|<u>Mechanical Skills</u>]] | |||
*[[Perception Skills|<u>Perception Skills</u>]] | |||
*[[Strength Skills|<u>Strength Skills</u>]] | |||
*[[Technical Skills|<u>Technical Skills</u>]] | |||
Revision as of 22:50, 7 December 2010
Knowledge Skills
Knowledge skills generally reflect how much a character knows about a given subject, whether it's aliens, languages or laws.
Knowledge is a measure of your character's "common sense" and academic knowledge. Characters with a high Knowledge have a good memory for details, and have learned a lot about different aliens and planets. They often have a flair for languages, and they know how to get things done in bureaucracies.
Knowledge is used whenever a player wants to find out how much his character knows about a certain field. The difficulty depends upon how obscure the information is and how much the character knows about the general subject. Use the following guidelines to pick a difficulty, but remember that they should be modified based on the circumstances.
- Very Easy: General, common knowledge that almost anyone would know.
- Easy: Most people would know this much.
- Moderate: Professional level of knowledge. The average person who has an interest in the subject would know this much.
- Difficult: Professionals would know this much about a given subject; the average person would be hard-pressed to give much information.
- Very Difficult: This represents detailed, comprehensive knowledge of the subject. Professionals and scholars would probably have to research a subject to gain this amount of knowledge.
- Heroic: Only a very small number of people would know this much information.
Gamemasters should modify difficulties — andhow much information characters get — to suit the particular situation. Easily found knowledge probably won't have a modifier; very obscure information could have a difficulty modifier of +10, +20 or much more.
Modifiers might also be made for particular situations under which knowledge must be recalled — trying to remember the right Rodian custom for signalling cease-fire would be easier in the calm comfort of one's starship, and much more difficult in a confusing firefight with several very angry Rodian bounty hunters.
Knowledge skill roll represents what a character can recall at the time the roll is made, or the extent to which the character remembers certain general information. It's not reasonable to say that a character is an expert on the subject simply because he rolls well once when looking for information. A high roll might reveal one specific bit of information sought, and a few hints for finding the rest of the knowledge the character is looking for.
- Accounting
- Agriculture
- Alien Species
- Artist
- Brainwashing
- Bureaucracy
- Business Administration
- Business
- Culinary Arts
- Cultures
- Drink Mixology
- Economics
- Home Economics
- Intimidation
- Languages
- Law Enforcement
- Military History
- Planetary Systems
- Scholar
- Shockball
- Streetwise
- Survival.
- Tactics
- Traffic Control Procedures
- Torture
- Value
- Willpower
OTHER ATTRIBUTES