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+ | ======Skills====== | ||
+ | | Go Back to ^ [[roleplaying: | ||
+ | The points in a skill, or the skill' | ||
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+ | The use of Major Arcana cards is the only way to exceed a skill level. | ||
+ | ====Repartee==== | ||
+ | The primary skill used in Versailles is Repartee, which is broken down into four different areas. | ||
+ | * Wit - **Staves (Clubs)** | ||
+ | * Conviction - **Swords (Spades)** | ||
+ | * Flattery - '' | ||
+ | * Spite - '' | ||
+ | ===Empathy and Social Skills=== | ||
+ | Suit: '' | ||
+ | * Acting --- Performing in the theatre. | ||
+ | * Bribery --- Knowing when and where, and how much is appropriate. | ||
+ | * Bureaucratics --- Knowing of the proper paperwork and procedures of parliament. | ||
+ | * Dog handler --- The breeding and training of hunting dogs. | ||
+ | * Falconer --- The breeding and training of hunting falcons and hawks. | ||
+ | * High Society --- The etiquette of the table. | ||
+ | * Horse handler --- The breeding and training of horses. | ||
+ | * Interrogation --- Discovering information through less gentlemanly means. | ||
+ | * Oratory --- Declamation, | ||
+ | * Seduction --- The ability to gain the intimate trust of another. | ||
+ | * Storytelling --- Weaving a story in an entertaining manner. | ||
+ | * Streetwise --- The ability to realise you are about to be mugged, and where to go to get items of dubious legality. | ||
+ | * Trading --- Also includes Haggling | ||
+ | ===Intellectual Skills=== | ||
+ | Suit: '' | ||
+ | * Accounting --- Knowing how fast you are getting into debt. | ||
+ | * Alchemy --- How the various humors of the body and the alignments of the stars cause this unusual metal of sodium to burn in water. | ||
+ | * Astrology --- Interpreting God's plan for your client through his movements of the heavens. | ||
+ | * History --- Can be specialised to different areas or families. | ||
+ | * Knowledge --- Specialty knowledge of a particular area you define. | ||
+ | * Literacy --- Not so much ability to read, as to how well read one is. Mainly pertaining to current popular literature. | ||
+ | * Natural Sciences --- Observing natural forces and postulating on the causes. | ||
+ | * Poetry --- Not just the ability to listen and appreciate it, but also to write it. | ||
+ | ===Physical Skills=== | ||
+ | Suit: **Staves (Clubs)** | ||
+ | * Climbing --- Useful for walls and ropes. | ||
+ | * Dancing --- One of the primary skills used at court. | ||
+ | * Fencing --- Using swords for duelling. | ||
+ | * Firearms --- Primarily the use of pistols in duelling. | ||
+ | * Lockpicking --- Some nobles still insist on privacy. | ||
+ | * Riding --- Staying on the back of a horse no matter what speed or the terrain. | ||
+ | * Sleight Of Hand --- Palming coins or cards without being seen. | ||
+ | * Stealth --- How not to be seen when sneaking from boudoir to boudoir. | ||
+ | ===Professional and Miscellaneous Skills=== | ||
+ | Suit: **Swords (Spades)** | ||
+ | * Appraisal --- Evaluating the worth of an object based on its materials, the artistic interpretation and the breeding of the artist. | ||
+ | * Concealment --- Hiding secret letters, or discovering where they might be hidden. | ||
+ | * Cryptography --- Letter substitution codes are all the rage. With this skill you can attempt to convert them back into the French. | ||
+ | * Deduction --- You know, on reflection, considering their state of undress, I don't really think that was his visiting niece. | ||
+ | * Demolitions --- //Remember, remember the fifth of November, | ||
+ | * Disguise --- With the use of the correct wig, false nose, and sufficient padding you may appear like another courtier. | ||
+ | * Forgery --- Imitating someone else's hand in personal letters or for signatures. | ||
+ | * Gambling --- The skill to use so as not to immediately destitute yourself when playing at cards or dice. | ||
+ | * Language --- Non-French languages as spoken in less civilised courts. | ||
+ | * Lipreading --- Understanding most of a conversation from across the room merely by observing the lip movements of those present. | ||
+ | * Mechanics --- Being able to understand or even repair these new mechanical devices. | ||
+ | * Mimicry --- Imitating another person' | ||
+ | * Navigation --- Determining where you are and how to get to other places using the stars or landmarks. | ||
+ | * Medicine --- How the various humors of the body and the alignments of the stars cause this person to have a headache and the chewing of willow bark to be efficacious. | ||
+ | * Professional Skill --- Define a general skill for your profession that isn't listed separately. | ||
+ | * Shadowing --- Following someone without them being aware of you. | ||
+ | * Survival --- Being able to live off the land, mostly through poaching. | ||
+ | * Tactics --- Knowing how quickly musketeers can walk, and how quickly concentrated musket fire will reduce their ranks. | ||
+ | * Tracking | ||
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