Skills

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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. This section describes each skill, including common uses and typical modifiers.

Skill	Untrained	Armor Check Penalty	Key Ability	Gained by Feat
Acrobatics	Yes	Yes	Dex	Athletics
Animal Ken	Yes	-	Cha	Ride, Tame Animal
Arcana	No	-	Int
Athletics	Yes	Yes	Str	Athletics
Commerce	Yes	-	Int
Crafting	Yes	-	Int	Alchemist, Trapper
Deception	Yes	-	Cha	Fencing
Diplomacy	Yes	-	Cha	Leadership, Warleader
Healing	Yes	-	Wis
Intimidation	Yes	-	Cha	Gladiator

Skill	Untrained	Armor Check Penalty	Key Ability	Gained by Feat
Lore	Yes	-	Int
Mysticism	Yes	-	Wis
Perception	Yes	-	Wis
Performance	Yes	-	Cha
Stealth	Yes	Yes	Dex	Scout
Streetwise	Yes	-	Wis
Survival	Yes	-	Wis
Thievery	Yes	Yes	Dex	Scoundrel
Warfare	Yes	-	Int
Any	Yes	-	Int

Skill Descriptions

Acrobatics

Animal Ken

Arcana

Athletics

Commerce

Crafting

Deception

Diplomacy

Healing

Intimidation

Lore

Nature

Perception

Performance

Religion

Stealth

Streetwise

Thievery

Warfare

• Acrobatics
• Appraise -> Commerce
• Bluff -> Deception
• Climb -> Athletics
  
• Craft -> Crafting
  
• Diplomacy
• Disable Device -> Thievery (Skill Feat)
  
• Disguise -> Deception (Skill Feat)
  
• Escape Artist -> Acrobatics (Skill Feat)
  
• Fly -> Acrobatics
  
• Handle Animal -> Animal Ken
  
• Heal -> Healing
  
• Intimidate -> Intimidation
• Knowledge(arcana) -> Arcana
  
• Knowledge(local) -> Streetwise
  
• Knowledge(nature) -> Nature
  
• Knowledge(religion) -> Religion
  
• Knowledge(warfare) -> Warfare
  
• Knowledge(other) -> Lore
  
• Linguistics -> Streetwise (Skill Feat)
  
• Perception
• Perform -> Performance
• Profession -> ?
• Ride -> Animal Ken (Skill Feat)
  
• Sense Motive -> Deception
  
• Sleight of Hand -> Thievery
  
• Spellcraft -> Arcana
  
• Stealth
• Survival -> Nature (Skill Feat)
  
• Swim -> Athletics
  
• Use Magic Device -> None