Skills<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a greater need for particular skills in the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
wastelands and the cities of Athas. While most adven-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
tures rely heavily upon Perception as a key skill to no-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
tice everything about a character’s surroundings, it is<\/p>\n\n\n\n
not the most important skill to possess on Athas. In or-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
der to live under the harsh light of the dark sun, Surviv-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
al is the single most important skill. Characters that lack<\/p>\n\n\n\n
this skill may find themselves at a serious disadvantage<\/p>\n\n\n\n
when traveling outside of a city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only a few key skills will be addressed in this sec-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
tion, as most skills are useful for all of the same things<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that they’re used for in any other campaign setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sleight of Hand: This skill is critical for any arcane<\/p>\n\n\n\n
casters that are attempting to hide their spellcasting<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from the eyes of anyone in view, as casting arcane magic<\/p>\n\n\n\n
carries a death sentence in most civilized areas of the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Spellcasters may attempt to hide any spell with a<\/p>\n\n\n\n
verbal or somatic component they are currently cast-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ing by making a Sleight of Hand check (DC 15 + the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
level of the spell cast) as a swift action. Success grants a<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+4 competence bonus to conceal your spellcasting. This<\/p>\n\n\n\n
bonus stacks with any benefits gained from the conceal<\/p>\n\n\n\n
spell feat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sleight of Hand Unchained: With the Sig-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
nature Skill feat and sufficient ranks in Sleight of<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hand, you may choose to gain the following bene-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
fits in place of the standard skill unlocks. Once your<\/p>\n\n\n\n
choice has been made, it cannot be changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5 Ranks: When attempting to cast a spell with<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a verbal or somatic component while concealing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
your spellcasting, you gain a +2 circumstance bo-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
nus on the roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10 Ranks: When using the conceal spell feat,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
you may conceal your spellcasting without any<\/p>\n\n\n\n
increase in the amount of time it takes to cast the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
spell..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
15 Ranks: When you successfully conceal a<\/p>\n\n\n\n
spell that you have just cast, the save DC of that<\/p>\n\n\n\n
spell increases by 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
20 Ranks: When casting a spell with a verbal<\/p>\n\n\n\n
or somatic component, you may make a Sleight of<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hand check to conceal your spellcasting as a free<\/p>\n\n\n\n
action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Survival: Athas is an incredibly harsh environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From tracking foes across desert wastes to finding wa-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ter, those that are not trained in Survival virtually guar-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
antee that they will not survive the harsh environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of the Tablelands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Small sized characters need to consume 1 gallon of<\/p>\n\n\n\n
water per day, medium sized characters need to con-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sume 2 gallons of water per day, while Large characters<\/p>\n\n\n\n
need 4 gallons of water per day in order to avoid dehy-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Table 11: Survival DCs by Task<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Survival DC Task<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Varies Follow tracks<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+15 … after a sandstorm has passed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+20 … in a dust sink (i.e. The Sea of Silt)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Varies Find water1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+0 … in farmlands or grasslands<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+0 … in the forest ridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+5 … on scrub plains<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+5 … in stony barrens<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+15 … in rocky badlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n
+25 … on salt flats<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 A successful check locates a gallon of water. For every<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 that the DC check is exceeded, the character finds an<\/p>\n\n\n\n
additional a gallon of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Swim: As there is very little standing water on<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Athas, the Swim skill is largely unnecessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following classes may replace the Swim skill<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with Linguistics as a class skill: Vigilante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following classes may replace the Swim skill<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with Escape Artist as a class skill: Barbarian, Bloodrag-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
er, Druid, Fighter, Gunslinger, Hunter, Inquisitor, Rang-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
er, Slayer, and Warpriest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The following classes may replace the Swim skill<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with Survival as a class skill: Aegis, Brawler, Cavalier,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cryptic, Dread, Magus, Monk, Ninja, Psychic Warrior,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rogue, Samurai, Skald, Soulknife, Swashbuckler, Tacti-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cian, and Wilder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Skills There is a greater need for particular skills in the wastelands and the cities of Athas. While most adven- tures rely heavily…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rules"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":30,"label":"Rules"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/sandmarches4pathfinder.gamesoup.com.au\/?author=1"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":30,"name":"Rules","slug":"rules","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":30,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":13,"filter":"raw","term_order":"5","cat_ID":30,"category_count":13,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Rules","category_nicename":"rules","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/sandmarches4pathfinder.gamesoup.com.au\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Skills There is a greater need for particular skills in the wastelands and the cities of Athas. While most adven- tures rely heavily...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandmarches4pathfinder.gamesoup.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandmarches4pathfinder.gamesoup.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandmarches4pathfinder.gamesoup.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandmarches4pathfinder.gamesoup.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandmarches4pathfinder.gamesoup.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sandmarches4pathfinder.gamesoup.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1413,"href":"https:\/\/sandmarches4pathfinder.gamesoup.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions\/1413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandmarches4pathfinder.gamesoup.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandmarches4pathfinder.gamesoup.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandmarches4pathfinder.gamesoup.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}