Skill Breakdown

Skills breakdown a character's specialties in a numerical format. They also determine what you can add to your rolls for each skill. Some skills are Inherited and some are Learned. Inherited skills represent the natural skill level a character may have in a skill without having any training. Learned skills are the skills that a character has had to dedicate practice and learning to. They represent all knowledge or skills that don't come naturally to a person.
Skills each have a numerical value. Even if a skill has no skill points, its numerical value is 0. These values modify rolls for those skills. For example, a GM will request a player to make a Small Ship Piloting check to fly a ship during the Pilot Phase of ship combat. The player rolls their d8s and then adds their skill value from Small Ship Piloting to the roll. The total is their combined value for the skill challenge.

Skill Points

These are the numerical values that each skill has and what a player uses to increase a skill's value. For example, a player who has a "3" for Athletics may wish to take some skill points from leveling up and place them into Athletics. This would increase the value of the skill and therefore modifier for its rolls. There are a few different ways to increase the value of a skill. These include leveling up, specific equipment, or reward points from a skill roll.
The first method is done by using skill points earned after leveling up. When a character levels up they receive a specific number of skill points and may add them to any skill they choose.
The second method requires the player to use certain equipment. For example, a player who has the Vision Enhancement Goggles (VEG) and has them equipped receives 2 extra skill points in their observation skill. These points are then removed when they no longer have the goggles equipped.
The third method is an optional method on the part of the Game Master. When a character succeeds on an extremely difficult roll and or has performed amazingly well on a series of skill checks, the GM may feel the need to reward them. It is recommended that the player should receive a skill point increase in the skill that was tested. Commonly the increase should only be 1 point, but there may be some scenarios that the character did the impossible and they may deserve more. This increase represents a character learning or improving their skills from their experience of the extremely difficult challenge.

Inherited Skills

Name	Parent Stat	Example Uses
Athletics	Strength	Climbing, Swimming, Jumping
Might	Strength	Performing a great feat of strength, Bracing yourself
Acrobatics	Dexterity	Balancing, Flexibility, Dodging
Stealth	Dexterity	Sneaking, hiding, staying hidden
Immunity	Constitution	Resisting Poison, Overcoming Disease
Endurance	Constitution	Holding Breath, Staying Awake, Withstanding Exhaustion
Deception	Charisma	Coning Someone, Gambling, disguise
Intimidation	Charisma	Scaring or convincing someone
Observation	Fortitude	Perceiving, Tracking, Recalling past observations
Persuasion	Fortitude	Bartering, Influencing Someone

Learned Skills

Name	Skill Label	Example Uses
Small Melee	Melee Weapon	Making an attack with a short melee weapon or punching.
Medium Melee	Melee Weapon	Making an attack with a medium melee weapon.
Large Melee	Melee Weapon	Making an attack with a large melee weapon.
Small Arms	Ranged Weapon	Making an attack with small firearms.
Medium Arms	Ranged Weapon	Making an attack with medium firearms.
Large Arms	Ranged Weapon	Making an attack with large firearms.
Gunnery	Vehicle Weapon	Firing a cannon on a rover or ship.
Small Ship Pilot	Vehicle	Trying to pilot a small vessel.
Medium Ship Pilot	Vehicle	Trying to pilot a medium vessel.
Large Ship Pilot	Vehicle	Trying to pilot a large vessel.
Small Rover	Vehicle	Trying to drive a small ground vehicle.
Medium Rover	Vehicle	Trying to drive a Medium ground vehicle.
Large Rover	Vehicle	Trying to drive a Large ground vehicle.
Chemical	Scholar	Identifying fluids, mixture, or hazardous materials.
Medical	Scholar	Creating medicines or healing others. Identifying sickness.
Physics	Scholar	Prepping for a ship maneuver or identifying strange effects.
Biological	Scholar	Identifying or understanding wildlife or plant life.
Engineering	Scholar	Repairing/modifying vehicles, ships, and other mechanical objects.
Tech	Scholar	Hacking or programming on a device. Using a complex digital device.
Astrology	Arcane	Using the Opus Stone's powers to grasp at the cosmos.
Alchemical	Arcane	Attempting to use the Opus Stone's transmutative abilities.
Nimble	Tactician	Lock Picking, pickpocketing, moving your hands carefully
Navigation	Tactician	Plotting the route of a ship, or finding your way.
Investigation	Tactician	Looking for clues or seeking out hidden spaces.
Performance	Social	Distracting people or attempting to pull off a tricky entertaining display.
Animal Handling	Social	Interacting with animals, creatures, or not fully sentient entities
Insight	Social	Inferring past a person's words, looking for deeper meaning in writing
History	Social	Understanding a place's past. Remembering lore or legends.
Religion	Social	Remembering philosophical and religious context, identifying iconography of faith, and recalling the ideals of cults, faiths, and philosophies of faith.