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Attributes and Skills

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Attributes and Skills

Using attributes and skills is very easy if you can remember one simple concept. It's called the "Star Wars Rule of Thumb."

Pick a difficulty number. If the character's skill roll is equal or higher, she succeeds.

When you want your character to do something, the game master picks a difficulty number. (All the lists and explanations in this chapter tell him how to figure out what the difficulty number should be.) If you roll equal to or higher than the difficulty number, your character succeeded at what she was trying to do.

Now you know the one major rule you need to play this game.

Skill Descriptions

Time Taken: This is generally how long it takes to do something with the skill. Many skills (especially combat skills) can be used in one round. More complex skills, like computer programming/repair, may take a round ... or minutes, hours or even days to do something. These are general guidelines; the game master can always customize the time taken depending upon the situation.

Specializations: Characters may choose a specialization for a skill. The kinds of specializations are explained, and several examples are provided in italics. The skill description tells you what the skill covers and gives a few sample difficulties and modifiers.

Skill Levels

  • 1D - Below Human average for an attribute.
  • 2D - Human average for an attribute and many skills.
  • 3D - Average level of training for a Human.
  • 4D - Professional level of training for a Human.
  • 5D - Above average expertise.
  • 6D - Considered about the best in a city or geographic area. 1 in 100,000 people will have training to this skill level.
  • 7D - Among the best on a continent. About 1 in 10,000,000 people will have training to this skill level.
  • 8D - Among the best on a planet. About 1 in 100,000,000 people will have training to this skill level.
  • 9D - One of the best for several systems in the immediate area. About 1 in a billion people have a skill at this level.
  • 10D - One of the best in a sector.
  • 12D - One of the best in a region.
  • 14D+ - Among the best in the galaxy.