Sagacity

Composes a category of skills focussing on leadership, inspiring allies and demoralizing foes, and puts characters to the role of ambassadors uniting forces of the civilized folks; and all other living entities. Often a secondary source of damage in a party, commanders will stand shoulder to shoulder with their companions that accompany them on their adventures and are trained to fight alongside them.This allows them to get on distance to their foes but have their companions crush through the front lines without them being at as much risk of death as most of their party members

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Self-Assertion

A self-asserted character adds a bonus to their authority checks, equal to this skill’s proficiency level

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Diplomacy

A character proficient in diplomacy adds a bonus to their persuasion checks, equal to this skill’s proficiency level

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Perseverance

A perseverant character adds a bonus to their survival checks, equal to this skill’s proficiency level

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Handling

[ACTION] A character making use of this action can control or command a mechanical- or living entity. This skill however is limited to less sophisticated targets like constructs, animals, plants but also mechanisms, and entities of similar categories. This does not just focus on controlling or commanding per se but may also involve communicating with sophisticated individuals in a partial verbal or non-verbal way in order to request information.

It may be necessary for the character to pass a cognition, volition or charisma check in order to determine the overall outcome. This heavily depends on the case and desired outcome. An unhinged or aggressive animal will more likely require charisma, interacting with a mechanical construct will rely on ingenuity. The narrator should therefore go into close communication with the character using this skill.

The knowledge and awareness of creatures is limited by their cognition attribute, but at minimum, they can provide information about nearby locations and characters, including whatever they can perceive or have perceived within the past day. It is, however, up to the narrator's discretion what information they can provide