Statistics & References: Skills

Changes from Existing Skills
The following changes are incorporated from Paizo's Pathfinder rules:


 * Balance, Jump, and Tumble are now combined into Acrobatics
 * Hide and Move Silently are now combined into Stealth
 * Listen and Spot are now combined into Perception

Some of the Pathfinder abstractions are not integrated - Gather Information and Diplomacy remain separate, as do Pick Lock and Pick Pockets, because of the diversity of skills required in each field. Pickpockets and safecrackers have very different skillsets, and the ability to do one does not guarantee the other.

The following skills are added:
 * Artillery
 * Class Skill for Soldier advanced class and Military background.
 * Features as per WW2
 * Sport (x)
 * Class Skill for all physical classes and associated advanced classes (Fast, Strong, Tough, etc.)
 * Allows movement through appropriate terrain type without penalty at full movement rate.
 * Examples include: Parachuting, SCUBA, Skiing

Craft: Electronics
This skill also doubles as an electronic-warfare skill. Simple jamming is a contested skill roll between the jammer and the jammed target; eavesdropping is a roll with DC of 15 plus the target character's skill ranks in Craft: Electronics.

Decipher Script
Decipher Script may be used to interpret ciphers and simple replacement codes (rather than cryptographically prepared materials) (DC 10+creating character's ranks in Decipher Script, minimum 15).

Knowledge: Arcana
This skill encompasses the Knowledge: Mythos Lore skill from Call of Cthulhu, and each rank of Knowledge: Arcana lowers the character's maximum Sanity by 1.

Knowledge: Mathematics
This skill may be used for cryptography, both encrypting and decrypting. Encryption has a base target of 10 to create simple encryption; decryption has a base target of 15 plus the margin of success of the original encryption roll. Both may be computer-assisted.

Literacy
Literacy must be purchased at a cost of two skill points for the first alphabet known and one skill point per additional alphabet. Examples of alphabets include the Roman alphabet (what you are currently reading), the Greek alphabet, Cyrillic, Church Slavonic, Elvish/Dragonese, Gobblely/Orc, Splugorth, and Elder Script.