USING KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
Does the player know the capital of Tir Tairngire? What about the process of making a sim chip? What are the normal operating parameters of a smartlink and why does what this chipped ork whom the player just offed was using seem to work differently? Players may not know this information, but their characters might. The Knowledge Skill Table suggests target numbers and a Success Table for using the various Knowledge Skills.
KNOWLEDGE SKILL TABLE
Situation Target Number
Character is seeking:
General knowledge 3
Detailed knowledge 5
Intricate knowledge 8
Obscure knowledge 12
Number of Successes Result
1 General knowledge, no details
2 Detailed information, with some minor inaccuracies
3 Detailed information, with some minor points obscure or missing
4 Detailed and accurate information
Does the player know the capital of Tir Tairngire? What about the process of making a sim chip? What are the normal operating parameters of a smartlink and why does what this chipped ork whom the player just offed was using seem to work differently? Players may not know this information, but their characters might. The Knowledge Skill Table suggests target numbers and a Success Table for using the various Knowledge Skills.
KNOWLEDGE SKILL TABLE
Situation Target Number
Character is seeking:
General knowledge 3
Detailed knowledge 5
Intricate knowledge 8
Obscure knowledge 12
Number of Successes Result
1 General knowledge, no details
2 Detailed information, with some minor inaccuracies
3 Detailed information, with some minor points obscure or missing
4 Detailed and accurate information
USING LANGUAGE SKILLS
Failure to achieve successes in a Language Test usually means that communication never really occurred. Information is misunderstood, usually to the character’s detriment. The gamemaster may want to make any required die rolls himself, so that the players will not know whether what they intended to say got across.
LANGUAGE SKILL TABLE
Situation Target Number
Universal concept 2 (hunger, fear, bodily functions)
Basic conversation 4 (concerns of daily life)
Complex subject 6 (special/ limited-interest topics)
Intricate subject 9 (almost any technical subject)
Obscure subject 11 (deeply technical/rare knowledge)
Speaking lingo +2 to the above (or variation of a particular language) target numbers
Failure to achieve successes in a Language Test usually means that communication never really occurred. Information is misunderstood, usually to the character’s detriment. The gamemaster may want to make any required die rolls himself, so that the players will not know whether what they intended to say got across.
LANGUAGE SKILL TABLE
Situation Target Number
Universal concept 2 (hunger, fear, bodily functions)
Basic conversation 4 (concerns of daily life)
Complex subject 6 (special/ limited-interest topics)
Intricate subject 9 (almost any technical subject)
Obscure subject 11 (deeply technical/rare knowledge)
Speaking lingo +2 to the above (or variation of a particular language) target numbers