Part 23

Learn about all Dark and Darker attributes like Courage and Dexterity, and talents such as Alchemy and Blacksmithing.

Attributes:

• Courage (CO): Governs decisive action in critical situations, boldness, willpower, mental toughness, and resistance to sorcery.
• Cleverness (CL): Represents intelligence, logical thought, analytical ability, and understanding of worldly and magical situations. Requires book learning and good memory.
• Intuition (IN): Enables right decisions without deliberation, quick assessment of people and situations, understanding motivations, and harmonizing with astral powers.
• Charisma (CH): Measures appeal, eloquence, leadership, and the ability to apply voice, body language, and mimicry convincingly. Linked to magical aura power.
• Dexterity (DE): Pertains to skilled use of fingers, manual skills, and good hand-eye coordination for tasks like writing, drawing, disarming traps, and picking locks.
• Agility (AG): Represents general physical mobility, quick reactions, reflexes, correct reach assessment, jumping skills, and acrobatic/gymnastic abilities.
• Constitution (CN): A passive ability for physical toughness, resistance to illness and poisons, and the basis for life force and endurance.
• Strength (ST): Represents sheer muscle power and its effective application, forming the basis of health with Constitution.

Talents: All party members contribute to talent checks. If your avatar's talent is insufficient, another party member's talent will be used.

Artisan Talents:

• Alchemy (CO/CL/DE): A branch of magic for creating potions, salves, and other items from ingredients using recipes. Requires an alchemist’s workbench. Item creation is based on talent value, not a dice roll.
• Blacksmithing (DE/CN/ST): Used to construct close combat and throwing weapons, tools, improved weapons, whetstones, lockpicks, and traps. Requires an anvil. .
• Bowyer (CL/IN/DE): For constructing missile weapons and projectiles. Requires a bowyer’s workbench. .
• Disarm Traps (IN/DE/DE): Allows disarming of various traps like spear traps, booby-trapped chests, or poison-locked doors.
• Pick Locks (IN/DE/DE): Used for opening locks without a key using tools like lockpicks or hairpins. Failing a check may break the tool and inflict the ‘Shaky Hands’ status effect for five combat rounds, penalizing subsequent attempts. Using tools is recommended; not using tools applies a -10 penalty. Tools are consumed with each attempt.

Lore Talents:

• Arcane Lore (CL/IN/IN): Enables identification of magical artifacts, potions, and enchanted items after studying arcane arts.
• Streetwise (CL/IN/CH): Helps navigate strange towns, makes people more talkative, and aids in finding information.