Profession Skill

General Skills Rules:

• Taking 10: If you are not threatened or distracted you can take 10 on a roll.
• Taking 20: when you have plenty of time, 2 minutes or more and faced with no threats or distractions, you can take 20. This does not count as a ‘natural 20’ and indicate automatic success. Generally this takes 20 times longer than normal. You can’t take 20 on any check that has consequences for failure.
• “1” Rolls: When you roll a natural 1 on a skill check, roll D20 again. SUBTRACT this number from your check.
• “20” Rolls: When you roll a natural 20 on a skill check, roll D20 again. Add this number plus the 20 to your check. 

Profession (WIS)(Trained Only) Retries: None Requires: varies, usually a single check for a weeks work.

• Work: you have skills that allow you to function in a given profession.
• Earn A living: you make ½ your profession check in gold per week.

Specific Professions:

• Profession Miner (RoDr 98): can remove so many 5’ blocks in 8 hours.
• Profession Sailor: (SW 87): 1-2 ranks are deckhands, 3-7 ranks are officers, 8 or more ranks are expert ship handlers.