Fallout: The Roleplaying Game skills

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There are several skills as part of Fallout: The Roleplaying Game.

Skills and skill checks

With a total of 17 skills, each skill in Fallout: The Roleplaying Game starts at 0 and can advance up to 6 and no higher. Skills are used for skill checks and are paired additively with a SPECIAL attribute - each skill or attribute point is worth +5% and the normal range of possible values is 4-16, i.e. 20-80%. A number of d20s ordinarily equal to 2 plus any bought with Action Points are rolled, and the number of successes compared to the number the DM requested determines the outcome. For instance, the GM asks for a test against shooting a raider with Big Guns, difficulty of 1. The Big Guns default primary attribute is Endurance, and with 4 ranks of Big Guns and 8 Endurance that makes the target number for a success 12 (60%; average on 2d20 will be 1.2 successes, i.e. against a DC1 check, usually beating the check and generating 1/5 of an Action Point). Rolling 2d20, the results are 12 and 15. The 12 rolled under or equal to the target number and counts as a success, but the 15 rolled over and does not count for anything. 1 success was all that was needed to beat the raider's Defense, so the player hits in this instance. With 2 successes, the raider would be hit and the players would gain a single action point; with 2 failures, the raider would be missed.

Skill test summary

Add up your Attribute + Skill combination

Check the difficulty

(Optional) buy d20s using action points?

Roll the dice

Count your successes. Did you get enough compared to the difficulty?

Yes.

No.

Any extra successes become Action Points to spend or save.

The skill test was failed.

Determining skills

Three tag skills are available from during character creation, with each tag granting 2 ranks into the chosen skill. These chosen skills are important as these are the only skills that can achieve critical successes by rolling under the skill number. Standard Skill points are granted after the tagged skills starting at 9 + Intelligence.

List

Combat

Image	Skill	Description	Default Attribute
	Big Guns	The operation and maintenance of really big guns - miniguns, rocket launchers, flamethrowers and such.	Endurance
	Energy Weapons	The care and feeding of energy-based weapons. How to arm and operate weapons that use laser or plasma technology.	Perception
	Explosives	Blowing things up, or stopping them from doing that.	Perception
	Melee Weapons	Using non-ranged weapons in hand-to-hand, or melee combat - knives, sledgehammers, spears, clubs and so on.	Strength
	Small Guns	The use, care and general knowledge of small firearms - pistols, SMGs and rifles.	Agility
	Throwing	The skill of muscle-propelled ranged weapons, such as throwing knives, spears and grenades.	Agility
	Unarmed	A combination of martial arts, boxing and other hand-to-hand martial arts. Combat with your hands and feet.	Strength

Active

Image	Skill	Description	Default attribute
	Athletics	The application of Strength to perform physical actions. Lifting, pushing, pulling, jumping, running, and swimming	Strength
	Barter	Trading and trade-related tasks. The ability to get better prices for items you sell, and lower prices for items you buy.	Charisma
	Lockpick	Chance to pick a lock.	Perception
	Medicine	Healing people and stabilizing the dying	Intelligence
	Pilot	The ability to operate and maintain all vehicles effectively.	Perception
	Repair	The practical application of the Science skill for fixing broken equipment, machinery and electronics.	Intelligence
	Science	Covers a variety of high technology skills, such as computers, biology, physics and geology.	Intelligence
	Sneak	Quiet movement, and the ability to remain unnoticed. If successful, you will be much harder to locate. You cannot run and sneak at the same time.	Agility
	Speech	The ability to communicate in a practical and efficient manner. The skill of convincing others that your position is correct. The ability to lie and not get caught.	Charisma
	Survival	Practical knowledge of the outdoors, and the ability to live off the land. The knowledge of plants and animals.	Endurance

See also

• Fallout: The Roleplaying Game SPECIAL
• Fallout: The Roleplaying Game perks

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