Skillsets
In Murdon, skillsets offer a broad range of abilities tailored to diverse classes and scenarios. These skillsets can include everything from using thieve's tools to infiltrate a corrupt noble’s manor, to skillfully shooting an arrow through heavy fog and hitting the target. Unlike combat proficiencies, skillsets often focus on non-combat abilities, though some exceptions apply. Additionally, the skill stat can be utilized across all skillsets, enhancing any of the proficiencies listed.
Acrobatics
Your proficiency in Acrobatics enhances your ability to execute feats of grace and dexterity. This skill is invaluable for captivating audiences with impressive displays, dodging attacks with agile movements, and navigating tight spaces. Additionally, it improves your capability to escape from an enemy’s hold and excel at jumping and landing with precision.
Stat: Speed
Level 4: Advantage with all speed rolls
Bonus: If you fumble, you still can perform the first action you attempted if you attempted a number of actions less then or equal to your acrobatics level
Athletics
Mastering the Athletics skill boosts your strength and stamina, enabling you to excel in a range of physical feats. This skill enhances your abilities in swimming, running, climbing, jumping, and throwing objects. It also improves your capacity to lift and push heavy items and carry them over extended periods.
Stat: Strength
Level 4: Advantage with all strength rolls
Bonus: Health is increased by 100 for each level in athletics
Faith
The Faith skill encompasses both healing and religious knowledge. It primarily focuses on enhancing your character's ability to recall religious knowledge and improve their effectiveness in prayer. Characters skilled in Faith can perform better in healing rituals and religious practices, making them invaluable in spiritual and supportive roles.
Stat: Magic
Level 4 Feat Options:
Smite: weapon or spell attack with the faith prof added if you roll a 15 or higher
Pray: Faith action that can be used to heal
Leadership
The Leadership skillset combines combat expertise with charisma, leveraging your talents in oration to enhance your effectiveness in battle. Skilled leaders can inspire and encourage allies, demoralize opponents, and effectively command armies. This skill is crucial for those who wish to lead, strategize, and excel in both personal and large-scale combat scenarios.
Stat: Skill
Level 4 Feat Options:
Command: as an action, have an ally perform an action
Aid: can take an ally's reaction for them. Reactions taken this way have twice as many dice
Music
The Music skillset is ideal for those with a passion for learning and performing. Taking music allows you to play any instrument effortlessly and deliver exceptional vocal performances. Perfect for bards and traveling performers, this skill enhances your ability to entertain, relax, and connect with others, making it a valuable asset in both social and artistic settings.
Stat: Skill
Level 4 Feat Options:
Performance: a spell that adds your music prof
Assist: an action with a positive effect that effects all allies
Nature
The Nature skillset encompasses a character's ability to interact with and understand both wild and domestic animals. From navigating untamed wilderness to handling horses and dogs, this skill is essential for anyone spending significant time with animals. Mastery in Nature allows you to bond with creatures, interpret their behavior, and leverage their abilities effectively in various situations.
Stat: Skill
Level 4 Feat Options:
Beast Speech: can speak with animals and commune with plants
Companion: Nature action that includes controlling and attacking with a beast
Perception
The Perception skillset is crucial for any class, enhancing your ability to detect and interpret subtle details in your environment. Whether through reading, conversation, or investigation, Perception helps you uncover hidden information and discern truths. With this skill, you can detect lies, expedite research, spot distant objects, and gather more clues from your surroundings, making it an invaluable tool for any adventurer.
Stat: Magic
Level 4 Feat Options:
Third Eye: can see energy and other normaly invisble things without a roll or action
Sharpshoot: a ranged attack with perception added
Reason
Essential for intellectually inclined characters, the Reason skillset enhances memory, problem-solving abilities, and logical thinking. This skill is crucial for those who rely on intellect and analysis, aiding in complex decision-making and strategic planning. With strong Reason skills, characters can tackle intricate puzzles, recall vital information, and approach challenges with a clear, logical mindset.
Stat: Magic
Level 4: Advantage with magic
Bonus: Your magic quality is boosted with each level of the reason prof
Speechcraft
Mastering Speechcraft enhances your ability to communicate effectively. This skill covers every aspect of oration, including persuasion, negotiation, deception, and emotional influence. Whether you're convincing someone, haggling for better terms, or swaying opinions, Speechcraft allows you to excel in verbal interactions and manipulate conversations to your advantage.
Stat: Skill
Level 4: Advantage with Skill
Bonus: for each level in speechcraft, one skillset does not require a speed roll
Stealth
Mastering Stealth grants you the ability to perform actions without detection. This skill includes sneaking past enemies, hiding effectively, and conducting covert operations. With Stealth, you can move silently and remain unseen, making it ideal for espionage, surprise attacks, and remaining unnoticed in critical situations.
Stat: Speed
Level 4 Feat Options:
Hide: as an action, you can turn yourself invisible for as long as you hold this action
Sneak Attack: a weapon or spell attack that deals double damage if you're hidden
Survival
The Survival skillset is essential for outdoor adventurers, encompassing a range of practical abilities. Key skills include setting up camp, finding and preparing food, tying knots, cooking, and repelling monsters during rest. Taking Survival ensures you can thrive in wilderness environments and handle various challenges encountered in the great outdoors.
Stat: Skill
Level 4 Feat Options:
Camper: resting and sleeping is more effective at healing you and allies
Wildling: an action that adds your survival dice when you're in natural terrain
CRAFTING
is a skillset wielded by the tinkerers, smiths, and artificers of the world. From creating potions and enchanting items to forging weapons and armor, you have the potential to make anything that you set your mind to. No builder's toolset would be complete without the crafting skill.
Stat: Varies
Level 4 Feat Options:
Master Smith: a crafting action that allows you to create legendary gear
Master Alchemist: a crafting action that allows you to create legendary consumables and enchantments
Thievery
The Thievery skill encompasses a broad array of criminal abilities and techniques. Key aspects include using lockpicks, stealing, forgery, con artistry, and cheating. Mastering Thievery also involves locating and navigating underground criminal organizations, both friendly and hostile. This skill is crucial for any character involved in covert operations or underworld activities.
Stat: Speed
Level 4 Feat Options:
Identify: Thievery action that tells you about any magical effects on an item
ingenuity: Thievery action that doesn't require any tools