Cartography

Attributes: .................Intellect & Wisdom

Level: .........................DF: 3 BCS 40%; 500 Exp

The character has received training in the reading and drawing of maps. Map reading is a difficult business as most of them were more art or flowchart than maps as we know them today. Unless the map is a simple one and contains only easily recognisable symbols, an illiterate with no training would find it almost incomprehensible.

The skill also involves the artistry of drawing maps with a reasonable accuracy. A character having cartography allows a gamemaster to do away with the long explanations describing the characters surroundings foot by foot, he can draw a map for the group as would be rendered by the character with cartography. Make an accuracy check every so often against the map maker’s TSC% to see if the map has flaws or not. This also works for mapping larger areas perhaps coastal sea journeys etc.