Craft Skills

These skills are mostly for making a living, but they might prove useful in other contexts. Note that they all can be taken as a Knowledge skill: however, those versions emphasize theory over practice.

All Craft Skills are at -3 for a lack of proper tools: lack of parts can be anywhere from -1 to -4. These modifiers are cumulative. The Scrounging skill may modify this total.

Agronomy (Precision) Default -2 - This skill covers most of the day to day skills involved in growing crops, from sowing to plowing to reaping.

Animal Handling (higher of Precision or Perception) Default -3 - Use this skill to care for domestic animals. If the user also has Medicine, he or she may also diagnose and treat common veterinary diseases. A roll at -1 to -4 will also allow the user to deal with wild animals.

Blacksmith (higher of Strength or Precision) Default -3 - This skill is used for repairing or making simple metal tools or objects by hand. If the user also has Artistry (sculpture), he or she may attempt to make decorative work at the same time.

Carpentry (Precision) Default -1 - This skill is used to make large wooden structures, from a box to a house. Ornate or complicated wooden structures require the Woodworking skill.

Mechanic (higher of Precision or Perception) Default -3 - The user may diagnose and repair mechanical devices. A specialty must be taken: possible ones include electrical motors, clockwork or internal combustion engines. Skill rolls for something outside the specialty are at -4.

Plumbing (Precision) Default -1 - This skill will allow the user to make, repair and replace pipe networks designed to carry fluid (-2 or more for toxic conditions).

Scrounging (Perception) Default -0 - Not a Craft skill per se, but very useful. A successful roll on it (modified for location, general availability of parts, danger of acquisition and whatever else the GM deems necessary) will reduce the penalty for lack of parts on any Craft skill by the check digit (this can lead to a bonus to the roll).

Woodworking (either Precision or Perception) Default -1/-2 - Use the first characteristic to create furniture or wooden tools: use the second for delicate work (it's really Artistry: woodworking).

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