A Starter List of Skills

There is an infinite number of possible skills one might possess. In choosing your initial Skills, consider the Ways as a kind of template guideline, not a mandated "must-have" checklist, but merely an example of the kinds of skills your Persona may develop over time. This list identifies 60 possible skills and associates them with Ways by which one can 'learn' them. This is only an example of possibilities, and each is expanded under the different Ways in particular. BrillianceFoundationBrilliance

The WAY	Foundation	Skill Name	Explanation of SKill
Deeds	Brilliance	Armor Identification	Discern characteristics of opponent armor to determine best weapon and strategy
Deeds	Brilliance	Modern Heraldry	Awareness and recognition of coats of arms and persons on the battlefield
Deeds	Presence	Intimidate	Sway verbally through innuendo and threat of bodily harm
Deeds	Presence Resolve	Formal Challenge	Draw an opponent into Martial engagement by proper and ethical means
Deeds	Grace Resilience	Weapons Display	Demonstrates discipline and martial prowess
Deeds	Grace	Off-Hand Fighting	Martial Skill: Off-Hand use
Deeds	Grace	Archery - Bow	Martial SKill: Long or short bow
Deeds	Grace Resilience	Swordplay	Martial Skill: Blade alone
Deeds	Resilience	Soldiery	Martial SKill: Weapon and Shield
Deeds	Grace Resilience	Jousting	Martial SKill: Horsed
The WAY	dation	Skill Name	Explanation of SKill
Words	Brilliance Cognizance	Alchemy	Understanding of Alchemy and the practical application thereof
Words	Brilliance	Archaic Lore	Knowledge of Stories and Tales of the Ancient times
Words	Brilliance	Local History	Knowledge of things that happened in the recent past of the local community
Words	Brilliance	Reading/ Writing	Communicate through written means for ONE (1) language
Words	Brilliance Cognizance	Glean Emotion	Discern emotions of another through communication
Words	Brilliance Grace	Transcribe	Replicate the hand and style of another person
Words	Cognizance Presence	Speechcraft	Public speaking to massed individuals
Words	Presence	Minstrel	Field performance of the musical instrument
Words	Grace Resilience	Swordplay/ dueling	A physical engagement using blade alone
Words	Cognizance	Tact	Understanding and awareness of context and intensity in dialogue
The WAY	Foundation	Skill Name	Explanation of SKill
Intrigues	Grace Presence	Chronomy	Stealthy sign-language by hand signals
Intrigues	Grace	Forgery	Create or modify documents for illicit purposes
Intrigues	Brilliance	Appraise	Determine the financial value of an item or document.
Intrigues	Grace	Hide	Hide
Intrigues	Brilliance Presence	Camouflage	Conceal or disguise a location or individual
Intrigues	Cognizance	Eavesdrop	Overhear without being discovered
Intrigues	Cognizance Grace	Escapist	Loosens bonds and evade detention and avoids capture
Intrigues	Cognizance Grace	Tailing/ Shadowing	Passive Pursuit of Unsuspecting target
Intrigues	Grace	Startoss Jongleur	Martial skill at juggling and throwing Knives, Darts or Stars
Intrigues	Grace Resilience	Swordplay/ Dueling	Martial skill by Blade only.
Way of Life	Foundation	Skill Name	Explanation of SKill
Roads	Brilliance	Animal Lore	Understand Animal Behavior and recognize signs of animals in the area
Roads	Brilliance	Cartography	Understand Maps and Charts
Roads	Brilliance Cognizance	Navigation	Discern Direction and Distance ROAD
Roads	Cognizance	Dead Reckoning	Navigate by Landmarks
Roads	Brilliance Cognizance	Weather Sense	Predict Changes in Weather
Roads	Brilliance Resolve	Veterinary Healing	Heal animals on-magically over time
Roads	Cognizance Grace Resilience	Rope Use	Handle ropes for lading or climbing
Roads	Grace Resilience	Horse Riding	Saddle and bareback trained. Applies to one species of a steed.
Roads	Grace Resilience	Running	Long-distance Travel and Pacing
Roads	Cognizance Resolve	Bureaucratic Protocol	Awareness of Bureaucratic customs, tariffs, and taxation
The WAY	Foundation	Skill Name	Explanation of SKill
Makers	Grace	Leather-Working	Making things of Leather
Makers	Brilliance Grace	Tailor	Making things of Cloth
Makers	Brilliance Grace	Carpentry	Making things of Wood
Makers	Brilliance Resolve	Create Palliative	Reduce Negative Medical Condition
Makers	Brilliance	Chthonian Rigging	Manipulate and Manufacture Brissom powered Devices
Makers	Cognizance	Sound Analysis	Detect, Define, Identify and locate the source or discern distance
Makers	Cognizance Presence Resolve	Empyreal Dispersal	Manipulate Limn Powered Devices
Makers	Grace	Locksmith	Open simple or moderate Locks
Makers	Resilience Resolve	Tustling	Non-weapon undisciplined Brawling and Wrestling
Makers	Grace	Nimble Fingers	Fast Hands
Way of Life	Foundation	Skill Name	Explanation of SKill
Wilds	Brilliance	Herbal Medicinal	Understand Plant Extracts
Wilds	Cognizance	Diagnosis Medicinal	Discern options for medical treatment and alternatives
Wilds	Brilliance	Prognosis Medicinal	Predict outcomes of medical treatment
Wilds	Brilliance	Toxicology	Awareness of poisons and antitoxins
Wilds	Cognizance	Animal Noises	Mimicry of animal sounds
Wilds	Cognizance Resilience	Hunting	Gathering food by hunting it down
Wilds	Presence Resolve	Trail Signs and Lore	Recognize and use trail signs to direct or misdirect others.
Wilds	Resilience	Swimming	Travel in water by personal locomotion
Wilds	Brilliance	AID	Ease discomfort and mitigate adverse medical conditions non-magically
Wilds	Cognizance Grace	Thrown Weapon	Martial Skill: Hurling Weapons in combat
The WAY	Foundation	Skill Name	Explanation of SKill
Wonders	Brilliance Resolve	Sublymnation	Magical Skill; release Lymnis from a resource for users to create Magical Effects
Wonders	Brilliance	Arcanis	General understanding of many forms of Magical Lore
Wonders	Brilliance Cognizance	Interpret Lore	Read a contextual written work for possible alternative meanings and messages
Wonders	Brilliance Resilience Resolve	Dream-Weaving	Magical Skill: Manipulate the stuff of dreams and ideas into Magical Effects
Wonders	Brilliance Resilience Resolve	Necrology	Awareness of undead type, composition, and motives
Wonders	Brilliance Resilience Resolve	Crystology	Magical skill: manipulate tuned crystals to creat Magical Effects
Wonders	Brilliance Resilience Resolve	Spark Volley	Magical Skill: counterattack by targeting the Magicles being used in a Magic Effect
Wonders	Brilliance Resilience Resolve	Empyreal Delymitry	Magical Engagement to gather non-dedicated Lymnis from an area
Wonders	Brilliance Resilience Resolve	Cthonic Collection	Magical Engagement to gather non-dedicated Brissom from an area
Wonders	Brilliance Resilience Resolve	Cthonic Dispersal	Magic SKill: Disperse magicle Potential of Brissom in a targeted area.