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--- basic20:skills:start [2012/12/07 03:16] – old revision restored (2012/12/02 11:05) cedwards
+++ basic20:skills:start [2014/06/01 22:40] (current) – cedwards
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 Skills represent some of the most basic and yet most fundamental abilities your character possesses. As your character advances in level, he can gain new skills and improve his existing skills dramatically.
-Acquiring Skills
+===== Acquiring Skills =====
 Each level, your character gains a number of skill ranks dependent upon your class plus your Intelligence modifier. Investing a rank in a skill represents a measure of training in that skill. You can never have more ranks in a skill than your total number of Hit Dice. In addition, each class has a number of favored skills, called class skills. It is easier for your character to become more proficient in these skills, as they represent part of his professional training and constant practice. You gain a +3 bonus on all class skills that you put ranks into. If you have more than one class and both grant you a class skill bonus, these bonuses do not stack.
-Table: Skill Ranks
+== Table: Skill Ranks ==
 ^ Class ^ Skill Ranks per Level ^
-| Fighter	| 2 + Int modifier |
+| Expert        | 8 + Int modifier |
-| Mage          | 2 + Int modifier |
+| Spellcaster   | 2 + Int modifier |
-| Rogue         | 6 + Int modifier |
+| Warrior	| 2 + Int modifier |
 The number of skill ranks you gain when taking a level in one of the base classes is shown on Table: Skill Ranks. Humans gain 1 additional skill rank per class level. Characters who take a level in a favored class have the option of gaining 1 additional skill rank or an additional hit point . If you select a level in a new class, all of its class skills are automatically added to your list of class skills, and you gain a +3 bonus on these skills if you have ranks in them.
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 When your character uses a skill, he isn't guaranteed success. In order to determine success, whenever you attempt to use a skill, you must make a skill check.
-Each skill rank grants a +1 bonus on checks made using that skill. When you make a skill check, you roll 2d10 and then add your ranks and the appropriate ability score modifier to the result of this check. If the skill you're using is a class skill (and you have invested ranks into that skill), you gain a +3 bonus on the check. If you are not trained in the skill (and if the skill may be used untrained), you may still attempt the skill, but you use only the bonus (or penalty) provided by the associated ability score modifier to modify the check. Skills can be further modified by a wide variety of sources—by your race, by a class ability, by equipment, by spell effects or magic items, and so on. See Table: Skill Check Bonuses for a summary of skill check bonuses.
+Each skill rank grants a +1 bonus on checks made using that skill. When you make a skill check, you roll 1d20 and then add your ranks and the appropriate ability score modifier to the result of this check. If the skill you're using is a class skill (and you have invested ranks into that skill), you gain a +3 bonus on the check. If you are not trained in the skill (and if the skill may be used untrained), you may still attempt the skill, but you use only the bonus (or penalty) provided by the associated ability score modifier to modify the check. Skills can be further modified by a wide variety of sources—by your race, by a class ability, by equipment, by spell effects or magic items, and so on. See [[#Table: Skill Check Bonuses]] for a summary of skill check bonuses.
-Table: Skill Check Bonuses
+== Table: Skill Check Bonuses ==
-^ Skill	                ^ Skill Check is Equal To* ^
+^ Skill	             ^ Skill Check is Equal To [(table:stars:a)] ^
-|Untrained	        |2d10 + ability modifier + racial modifier|
+|Untrained	     |1d20 + ability modifier + racial modifier|
-|Trained	        |2d10 + skill ranks + ability modifier + racial modifier|
+|Trained	     |1d20 + skill ranks + ability modifier + racial modifier|
-|Trained Class Skill	|2d10 + skill ranks + ability modifier + racial modifier + 3|
+|Trained Class Skill |1d20 + skill ranks + ability modifier + racial modifier + 3|
-|* Armor check penalty applies to all Strength- and Dexterity-based skill checks.||
+[(table:stars:a>Armor check penalty applies to all Strength- and Dexterity-based skill checks.)]
+~~REFNOTES table:stars ~~
 If the result of your skill check is equal to or greater than the difficulty class (or DC) of the task you are attempting to accomplish, you succeed. If it is less than the DC, you fail. Some tasks have varying levels of success and failure depending on how much your check is above or below the required DC. Some skill checks are opposed by the target's skill check. When making an opposed skill check, the attempt is successful if your check result exceeds the result of the target.
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 Since taking 20 assumes that your character will fail many times before succeeding, your character would automatically incur any penalties for failure before he or she could complete the task (hence why it is generally not allowed with skills that carry such penalties). Common “take 20” skills include Disable Device (when used to open locks), Escape Artist, and Perception (when attempting to find traps).
-Ability Checks and Caster Level Checks: The normal take 10 and take 20 rules apply for ability checks. Neither rule applies to concentration checks or caster level checks.
+**Ability Checks and Caster Level Checks:** The normal take 10 and take 20 rules apply for ability checks. Neither rule applies to concentration checks or caster level checks.
+==== Aid Another ====
-**Aid Another:** You can help someone achieve success on a skill check by making the same kind of skill check in a cooperative effort. If you roll a 10 or higher on your check, the character you're helping gets a +2 bonus on his or her check. (You can't take 10 on a skill check to aid another.) In many cases, a character's help won't be beneficial, or only a limited number of characters can help at once.
+You can help someone achieve success on a skill check by making the same kind of skill check in a cooperative effort. If you roll a 10 or higher on your check, the character you're helping gets a +2 bonus on his or her check. (You can't take 10 on a skill check to aid another.) In many cases, a character's help won't be beneficial, or only a limited number of characters can help at once.
 In cases where the skill restricts who can achieve certain results, such as trying to open a lock using Disable Device, you can't aid another to grant a bonus to a task that your character couldn't achieve alone. The GM might impose further restrictions to aiding another on a case-by-case basis as well.