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Brendan Cass: /* Choosing a Skill for the Job */

2020-04-14T22:54:48Z

Choosing a Skill for the Job

Brendan Cass: /* Pushing Past Limits */

2020-04-14T22:52:00Z

Pushing Past Limits

Brendan Cass: replaced term Success Check with Skill Check added social skills

2020-04-14T22:50:55Z

replaced term Success Check with Skill Check added social skills

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Brendan Cass: /* List of Core Skills */

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List of Core Skills

Brendan Cass: /* List of Core Skills */

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List of Core Skills

Brendan Cass: /* List of Core Skills */

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Brendan Cass: /* Pushing Past Limits */

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Pushing Past Limits

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 ==Choosing a Skill for the Job==
-For any given challenge the Skill used to accomplish it is typically the verb used to describe what the character is doing (e.g. the Swim skill gets used when a character is swimming across a fast-moving river). It is possible that in some situations multiple Skills might be relevant to the task at hand, and in these cases players should use whichever Skill gives them the highest chance of success (only one Skill and its corresponding Specialization can be used at a time). Any character can attempt to make a Skill Check, even if they are not specialized in that skill. If the character does not have a relevant Skill Specialization that suits the challenge simply use the character's most relevant Ability.
+For any given challenge the Skill used to accomplish it is typically the verb used to describe what the character is doing (e.g. the Swim skill gets used when a character is swimming across a fast-moving river). It is possible that in some situations multiple Skills might be relevant to the task at hand, and in these cases players should use whichever Skill gives them the highest chance of success (only one Skill and its corresponding bonus can be used at a time). Any character can attempt to make a Skill Check, even if they are not trained in that skill. If the character does not have a relevant Skill that suits the challenge simply use the character's most relevant Ability.
   Storyteller's Note: Players are going to want to use the skills they are specialized in regardless of whether they are actually relevant to the situation. At times like these it is recommended that some kind of situational penalty be applied to characters that are using skills that are only marginally related to the problem (e.g. a -20 penalty for a character attempting to use their carpentry skills to solve a stone-working problem).

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   Storyteller's Note: In some cases the result of a roll might give a player meta information about what is about to happen in the story (e.g. a poor roll on a sneak Skill Check might cause a player to behave more cautiously than he otherwise might). In situations like these it is recommended that the Storyteller makes the roll for the player and keeps the outcome secret in order to save the player from having to pretend that they did not know this meta information.
-=== Power Skills ===
+===Power Skills===
 Some skills are used for determining the target number of Power rolls, such as weapon damage or spell power skills, these skills are denoted with a superscript <sup>P</sup> and are not used for Skill Checks made to determine the success of an action.
 ==Pushing Past Limits==
-Swords of Infinity is a game designed to tell stories about heroes that succeed no matter the costs. To reflect this players are able to modify their rolls by taking damage to a single Damage Target, this is referred to as Pushing Past Limits (and often shortened to just "Pushing"). Players have the opportunity to use this mechanic whenever they make a Power or Success Check, and do so by increasing or decreasing their rolls to reach any target number they desire, once their rolls have been modified they apply damage equal to the amount they modified their roll by to a single Damage Target. This mechanic can be used once per check.
+Swords of Infinity is a game designed to tell stories about heroes that succeed no matter the costs. To reflect this players are able to modify their rolls by taking damage to a one or more Damage Target, this is referred to as Pushing Past Limits (and often shortened to just "Pushing"). Players have the opportunity to use this mechanic whenever they make a Power or Success roll, and do so by increasing or decreasing their rolls to reach any target number they desire, once their rolls have been modified they apply damage equal to the amount they modified their roll by to a single Damage Target. This mechanic can be used once per check.
   Example: Parthenia is attacking a Goblin with her greatsword, and rolled a 50 on her Success Check. Her target number for success on an attack is 40, so Parthenia's attack will miss. This attack is very important to Parthenia, so instead of accepting the failure, she pushes past her limits and applies the difference between her roll (50) and her success target (40) as 10 damage to her right arm. Her attack is now a successful hit and the Goblin will need to defend itself.

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 | Awareness
 | Interposing a weapon, shield, or limb in the way of an attack.
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 | Spot

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 | Strength
 | Using wings to fly.
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 | Hitting*
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 | Dexterity
 | Avoiding incoming attacks entirely.
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 | Stealth
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 | Intelligence
 | Successfully performing the ritual necessary to cast a spell.
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 | Training*
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 | Personality
 | Determining the power of a spell being cast.
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 | Art

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 | Social Interaction
 | Intelligence
-| Choosing the right words to affect an opponent in Social Conflict.
+| Choosing the right words to affect an opponent in Social Interaction.
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 | Spell Success*
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 | Social Interaction
 | Personality
-| Determining the power of the words chosen in Social Conflict
+| Determining the power of the words chosen in Social Interaction
 |-
 | Spell Power*

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 | Intelligence
 | Choosing the right words to successfully affect a target with a social technique.
 |-
 | Social Conflict

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   Example: Parthenia is attacking a Goblin with her greatsword, and rolled a 50 on her Success Check. Her target number for success on an attack is 40, so Parthenia's attack will miss. This attack is very important to Parthenia, so instead of accepting the failure, she pushes past her limits and applies the difference between her roll (50) and her success target (40) as 10 damage to her right arm. Her attack is now a successful hit and the Goblin will need to defend itself.
-  Storyteller's Note: This mechanic is not a good fit for all Skills, particularly those that reflect an activity that takes long periods of time and where many things could go wrong during the process. Therefor players should typically not be allowed to "Push" on crafting or training skill checks.
+  Storyteller's Note: This mechanic is not a good fit for all Skills, particularly those that reflect an activity that takes long periods of time and where many things could go wrong during the process. Therefore players should typically not be allowed to "Push" on crafting or training skill checks.
 === Non-Player Characters and Pushing Past Limits ===