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General Skills
Acrobatics | Arcana | Athletics | Crafting | Deception | Diplomacy | Intimidation | Lore | Medicine | Nature | Occultism | Performance | Religion | Society | Stealth | Survival | Thievery

General Skills

Source Player Core pg. 225 ^2.0
While your character's attributes represent their raw talent and potential, skills represent their training and experience at performing certain tasks. Each skill is keyed to one of your character's attributes and used for an array of related actions. Your character's expertise in a skill comes from several sources, including their background and class. In this chapter, you'll learn about skills, their scope, and the actions they can be used for.

Click here for the full rules on Skills.

Decipher Writing (Trained)

Source Player Core pg. 228 ^2.0
When you encounter particularly archaic or esoteric texts, the GM might require you to Decipher the Writing before you can understand it. You must be trained in the relevant skill to Decipher Writing.

The skills used for Deciphering Writing and the types of texts they usually decipher are:

Item Bonsues for Common items

Ability/Skill	Item	Bonus	Level	Category	Consumable?	Note
Decipher Writing	Whispering Staff	+3	20	Staves	No	—

Item Bonsues for Uncommon/Rare/Unique items

Ability/Skill	Item	Bonus	Level	Category	Consumable?	Note
Decipher Writing	Spectacles of Understanding	+1	5	Other Worn Items	No	—
Decipher Writing	Conundrum Spectacles	+1	5	Other Worn Items	No	—
Decipher Writing	Conundrum Spectacles (Greater)	+2	10	Other Worn Items	No	—
Decipher Writing	Spectacles of Understanding (Greater)	+2	11	Other Worn Items	No	—

Skill Uses

[Arcana] Decipher Writing about arcane theory.
[Occultism] Decipher Writing on occult topics, including complex metaphysical systems, syncretic principles, obscure philosophies, and incoherent ramblings.
[Religion] Decipher Writing of a religious nature, including allegories, homilies, and proverbs.
[Society] Decipher Writing that's a coded message, text written in an incomplete or archaic form, or in some cases, text in a language you don't know.

Decipher Writing

Concentrate Exploration Secret
Source Player Core pg. 228 ^2.0

You attempt to decipher complicated writing or literature on an obscure topic. This usually takes 1 minute per page of text, but might take longer (typically an hour per page for decrypting ciphers or the like). The text must be in a language you can read, though the GM might allow you to attempt to decipher text written in an unfamiliar language using Society instead.

The DC is determined by the GM based on the state or complexity of the document. The GM might have you roll one check for a short text or a check for each section of a larger text.

Critical Success You understand the true meaning of the text.
Success You understand the true meaning of the text. If it was a coded document, you know the general meaning but might not have a word-for-word translation.
Failure You can't understand the text and take a –2 circumstance penalty to further checks to decipher it.
Critical Failure You believe you understand the text on that page, but you have in fact misconstrued its message.

Sample Decipher Writing Tasks

Trained entry-level philosophy treatise
Expert complex code, such as a cipher
Master spymaster’s code or advanced research notes
Legendary esoteric planar text written in metaphor by an ancient celestial

Earn Income (Trained)

Source Player Core pg. 228 ^2.0
You can use a skill to earn money during downtime. You must be trained in the skill to do so. This takes time to set up, and your income depends on your proficiency rank and how lucrative a task you can find. Because this process requires a significant amount of time and involves tracking things outside the progress of adventures, it won't come up in every campaign.

In some cases, the GM might let you use a different skill to Earn Income through specialized work. Usually, this is scholarly work, such as using Religion in a monastery to study old texts—but giving sermons at a church would still fall under Performance instead of Religion. You also might be able to use physical skills to make money, such as using Acrobatics to perform feats in a circus or Thievery to pick pockets. If you're using a skill other than Crafting, Lore, or Performance, the DC tends to be significantly higher.

Item Bonsues for Common items

Ability/Skill	Item	Bonus	Level	Category	Consumable?	Note
Earn Income	Hat of Many Minds	+2	12	Other Worn Items	No	—

Item Bonsues for Uncommon/Rare/Unique items

Ability/Skill	Item	Bonus	Level	Category	Consumable?	Note
Earn Income	Fortune Cord	+2	11	Held Items	No	—

Skill Uses

[Crafting] Earn Income by crafting goods for the market.
[Lore] Earn Income by using your knowledge to practice a trade.
[Performance] Earn Income by staging a performance.

Income Examples

The following examples show the kinds of tasks your character might take on to Earn Income during low-level and high-level play.

Harsk Makes Tea

Harsk is a 3rd-level ranger and an expert at harvesting and brewing tea. He has a Tea Lore modifier of +7. He has 30 days of downtime at his disposal and decides to work at a prestigious local tea house. The GM decides this is a 5th-level task if Harsk wants to assist the tea master, or a 2nd-level task if he wants to serve tea. Harsk chooses the tougher task, and the GM secretly sets the DC at 20.

Harsk rolls a 4 on his Tea Lore check for a result of 11. Poor Harsk has failed! He earns only 2 sp for his efforts and continues working for 3 more days, for a total of 8 sp.

At that point, the GM offers Harsk a choice: either he can finish out the week with the tea master and look for a new job, or he can lower his ambitions and serve in the tea house. Harsk, now more aware of his own capabilities, accepts the less prestigious job for now. He moves to his new job and attempts a new Tea Lore check against DC 16. Rolling a 19, he gets a result of 26—a critical success! He earns 5 sp per day (like a success at a 3rd-level task). The GM rules that demand will be high enough that Harsk can work there for the remainder of his downtime if he so chooses, a total of 26 days. Harsk accepts and earns a total of 138 sp (13 gp, 8 sp) that month.

Lem Performs

Lem is a 16th-level bard and legendary with his flute. He has a Performance modifier of +31 with his enchanted flute. With 30 days of downtime ahead of him, Lem wonders if he can find something that might excite him more than performing in front of a bunch of stuffy nobles. He finds a momentous offer indeed—a performance in a celestial realm, and Lem's patron goddess Shelyn might even be in attendance! This is a 20th-level task, and the GM secretly sets the DC at 40.

Lem rolls an 11 on his Performance check for a result of 42. Success! The engagement lasts for a week, and at the end, the grateful celestials present Lem with a beautiful living diamond rose in constant bloom worth 1,400 gold pieces (200 gp per day for 7 days).

With 23 days of downtime left, Lem accepts a 14th-level task performing at a prestigious bardic college for members of a royal court. The GM secretly sets the DC at 32, and Lem critically succeeds, earning 28 gp per day for a total of 644 gp. Between the two performances, Lem has earned just over 2,000 gold pieces during his downtime—though he's not sure he'll ever sell that rose.

Extra Preparation

When Earning Income, you might be able to spend days of downtime to prepare for your task, which adjusts the DC of the skill check. This might involve rehearsing a play, studying a topic, and so on. The GM determines how long preparation takes and how much the DC changes. This is most useful when you're trying a task that's higher level than you; otherwise such tasks have an increased DC!

Ending Or Interrupting Tasks

When a task you're doing is complete, or if you stop in the middle of one, you normally have to find a new task if you want to keep Earning Income. For instance, if you quit your job working at the docks, you'll need to find another place of employment instead of picking up where you left off. This usually takes 1 day or more of downtime looking for leads on new jobs.

However, you might pause a task due to an adventure or event that wouldn't prevent you from returning to the old job later. The GM might decide that you can pick up where you left off, assuming the task hasn't been completed by others in your absence. Whether you roll a new skill check when you resume is also up to the GM. Generally speaking, if you had a good initial roll and want to keep it, you can, but if you had a bad initial roll, you can't try for a better one by pausing to do something else. If your statistics changed during the break—usually because you leveled up while adventuring—you can attempt a new check.

Earn Income

Downtime
Source Player Core pg. 228 ^2.0

You use one of your skills to make money during downtime. The GM assigns a task level representing the most lucrative job available. You can search for lower-level tasks, with the GM determining whether you find any. Sometimes you can attempt to find better work than the initial offerings, though this takes time and requires using the Diplomacy skill to Gather Information, doing some research, or socializing.

When you take on a job, the GM secretly sets the DC of your skill check. After your first day of work, you roll to determine your earnings. You gain an amount of income based on your result, the task's level, and your proficiency rank (as listed on the Income Earned table).

You can continue working at the task on subsequent days without needing to roll again. For each day you spend after the first, you earn the same amount as the first day, up until the task's completion. The GM determines how long you can work at the task. Most tasks last a week or two, though some can take months or even years.
Critical Success You do outstanding work. Gain the amount of currency listed for the task level + 1 and your proficiency rank.
Success You do competent work. Gain the amount of currency listed for the task level and your proficiency rank.
Failure You do shoddy work and get paid the bare minimum for your time. Gain the amount of currency listed in the failure column for the task level. The GM will likely reduce how long you can continue at the task.
Critical Failure You earn nothing for your work and are fired immediately. You can't continue at the task. Your reputation suffers, potentially making it difficult for you to find rewarding jobs in that community in the future.

Table 4-2: Income Earned

Task Level	DC	Failed	Trained	Expert	Master	Legendary
0	14	1 cp	5 cp	5 cp	5 cp	5 cp
1	15	2 cp	2 sp	2 sp	2 sp	2 sp
2	16	4 cp	3 sp	3 sp	3 sp	3 sp
3	18	8 cp	5 sp	5 sp	5 sp	5 sp
4	19	1 sp	7 sp	8 sp	8 sp	8 sp
5	20	2 sp	9 sp	1 gp	1 gp	1 gp
6	22	3 sp	1 gp, 5 sp	2 gp	2 gp	2 gp
7	23	4 sp	2 gp	2 gp, 5 sp	2 gp, 5 sp	2 gp, 5 sp
8	24	5 sp	2 gp, 5 sp	3 gp	3 gp	3 gp
9	26	6 sp	3 gp	4 gp	4 gp	4 gp
10	27	7 sp	4 gp	5 gp	6 gp	6 gp
11	28	8 sp	5 gp	6 gp	8 gp	8 gp
12	30	9 sp	6 gp	8 gp	10 gp	10 gp
13	31	1 gp	7 gp	10 gp	15 gp	15 gp
14	32	1 gp, 5 sp	8 gp	15 gp	20 gp	20 gp
15	34	2 gp	10 gp	20 gp	28 gp	28 gp
16	35	2 gp, 5 sp	13 gp	25 gp	36 gp	40 gp
17	36	3 gp	15 gp	30 gp	45 gp	55 gp
18	38	4 gp	20 gp	45 gp	70 gp	90 gp
19	39	6 gp	30 gp	60 gp	100 gp	130 gp
20	40	8 gp	40 gp	75 gp	150 gp	200 gp
20 (critical success)	—	—	50 gp	90 gp	175 gp	300 gp

Sample Earn Income Tasks

These examples use Alcohol Lore to work in a bar or Legal Lore to perform legal work.
Trained bartend, do legal research
Expert curate drink selection, present minor court cases
Master run a large brewery, present important court cases
Legendary run an international brewing franchise, present a case in Hell’s courts

Extra Preparation

When Earning Income, you might be able to spend days of downtime to prepare for your task and lower the DC of the skill check. This might involve rehearsing a play, studying a topic, and so on. The GM determines how long preparation takes and how much the DC changes. This is most useful when you're trying a task that's higher level than you.

Ending Or Interrupting Tasks

Crafting Goods for the Market [Crafting]

Source Core Rulebook pg. 229 ^4.0
Using Crafting, you can work at producing common items for the market. It's usually easy to find work making basic items whose level is 1 or 2 below your settlement's level.

Higher-level tasks represent special commissions, which might require you to Craft a specific item using the Craft downtime activity and sell it to a buyer at full Price. These opportunities don't occur as often and might have special requirements—or serious consequences if you disappoint a prominent client.

Practicing a Trade [Lore]

Source Core Rulebook pg. 230 ^4.0
You apply the practical benefits of one of your Lore specialties during downtime by practicing your trade. This is most effective for Lore specialties such as business, law, or sailing, where there's high demand for workers. The GM might increase the DC or determine only low-level tasks are available if you're attempting to use an obscure Lore skill to Earn Income. You might also need specialized tools to accept a job, like mining tools to work in a mine or a merchant's scale to buy and sell valuables in a market.

Staging a Performance [Performance]

Source Core Rulebook pg. 230 ^4.0
You perform for an audience to make money. The available audiences determine the level of your task, since more discerning audiences are harder to impress but provide a bigger payout. The GM determines the task level based on the audiences available. Performing for a typical audience of commoners on the street is a level 0 task, but a performance for a group of artisans with more refined tastes might be a 2nd- or 3rd-level task, and ones for merchants, nobility, and royalty are increasingly higher level.

Your degree of success determines whether you moved your audience and whether you were rewarded with applause or rotten fruit.

Identify Magic (Trained)

Magical Traditions and Skills

Each magical tradition has a corresponding skill, as shown on the table below. You must have the trained proficiency rank in a skill to use it to Identify Magic or Learn a Spell. Something without a specific tradition, such as an item with the magical trait, can be identified using any of these skills.

Magical Traditions and Skills

Magical Tradition	Corresponding Skill
Arcane	Arcana
Divine	Religion
Occult	Occultism
Primal	Nature

Source Player Core pg. 230 ^2.0
Using the skill related to the appropriate tradition, as explained in the Magical Traditions and Skills sidebar, you can attempt to identify a magical item, location, or ongoing effect. In many cases, you can use a skill to attempt to Identify Magic of a tradition other than your own at a higher DC. The GM determines whether you can do this and what the DC is.

Item Bonsues for Common items

Ability/Skill	Item	Bonus	Level	Category	Consumable?	Note
Identify Magic	Auric Noodles	+1	3	Alchemical Food	Yes	Checks to Identify Magic
Identify Magic	Whispering Staff	+3	20	Staves	No	—

Item Bonsues for Uncommon/Rare/Unique items

Ability/Skill	Item	Bonus	Level	Category	Consumable?	Note
Identify Magic	Exploration Lens (Detecting)	+2	10	Held Items	No	Checks to Identify Magic within the light
Identify Magic	The Vision	+2	20	The Deck of Destiny	No	—

Skill Uses

[Arcana] Identify Magic, particularly magic of the arcane tradition.
[Nature] Identify Magic, particularly magic of the primal tradition.
[Occultism] Identify Magic, particularly magic of the occult tradition.
[Religion] Identify Magic, particularly magic of the divine tradition.

Identify Magic

Concentrate Exploration Secret
Source Player Core pg. 230 ^2.0

Once you discover that an item, location, or ongoing effect is magical, you can spend 10 minutes to try to identify the particulars of its magic. If your attempt is interrupted, you must start over. The GM sets the DC for your check. Cursed magic or esoteric subjects usually have higher DCs or might even be impossible to identify using this activity alone. Heightening a spell doesn't increase the DC to identify it.

Critical Success You learn all the attributes of the magic, including its name (for an effect), what it does, any means of activating it (for an item or location), and whether it is cursed.
Success For an item or location, you get a sense of what it does and learn any means of activating it. For an ongoing effect (such as a spell with a duration), you learn the effect's name and what it does. You can't try again in hopes of getting a critical success.
Failure You fail to identify the magic and can't try again for 1 day.
Critical Failure You misidentify the magic as something else of the GM's choice.

Learn a Spell (Trained)

Source Player Core pg. 230 ^2.0
If you're a spellcaster, you can use the skill corresponding to your magical tradition to learn a new spell of that tradition. The Learning a Spell table lists the Price of the materials needed to Learn a Spell of each rank. Learning a Spell is most useful for classes that use a limited list of spells, like the bard, witch, or wizard, though other classes might use it gain rare or uncommon spells.

Item Bonsues for Common items

Ability/Skill	Item	Bonus	Level	Category	Consumable?	Note
Learn a Spell	Endless Grimoire	+1	6	Grimoires	No	Checks to Learn a Spell if you do so by inscribing the spell into the grimoire
Learn a Spell	Endless Grimoire (Greater)	+2	10	Grimoires	No	Checks to Learn a Spell if you do so by inscribing the spell into the grimoire
Learn a Spell	Endless Grimoire (Major)	+2	14	Grimoires	No	Checks to Learn a Spell if you do so by inscribing the spell into the grimoire
Learn a Spell	Endless Grimoire (True)	+3	18	Grimoires	No	Checks to Learn a Spell if you do so by inscribing the spell into the grimoire

Skill Uses

[Arcana] Learn a Spell from the arcane tradition.
[Nature] Learn a Spell from the primal tradition.
[Occultism] Learn a Spell from the occult tradition.
[Religion] Learn a Spell from the divine tradition.

Learn a Spell

Concentrate Exploration
Source Player Core pg. 230 ^2.0
Requirements You have a spellcasting class feature, and the spell you want to learn is on your magical tradition's spell list

You can gain access to a new spell of your tradition from someone who knows that spell or from magical writing like a spellbook or scroll. If you can cast spells of multiple traditions, you can Learn a Spell of any of those traditions, but you must use the corresponding skill to do so. For example, if you were a cleric with the bard multiclass archetype, you couldn't use Religion to add an occult spell to your bardic spell repertoire.

To learn the spell, you must do the following:

Spend 1 hour per spell rank, during which you must remain in conversation with a person who knows the spell or have the magical writing in your possession.
Have materials with the Price indicated in the Learning a Spell table.
Attempt a skill check for the skill corresponding to your tradition (DC determined by the GM, often close to the DC on the Learning a Spell Table). Uncommon or rare spells have higher DCs; full guidelines for the GM appear on page 52 of GM Core.

Critical Success You expend half the materials and learn the spell.
Success You expend the materials and learn the spell.
Failure You fail to learn the spell but can try again after you gain a level. The materials aren't expended.
Critical Failure As failure, except you expend half the materials.

Table 4-3: Learning a Spell

Spell Level	Price	Typical DC
1st or cantrip	2 gp	15
2nd	6 gp	18
3rd	16 gp	20
4th	36 gp	23
5th	70 gp	26
6th	140 gp	28
7th	300 gp	31
8th	650 gp	34
9th	1,500 gp	36
10th	7,000 gp	41

Learned Spells

A spell you learn is added to your repository of spells, such as a spellbook for a wizard, familiar for a witch, or spell list for a cleric or druid. If you have a spell repertoire, such as a bard, it's not automatically added since you can only know a limited number of spells. Instead, you can select it when you add or swap spells.

Recall Knowledge (Untrained)

Source Player Core pg. 231 ^2.0
To remember useful information on a topic, you can attempt to Recall Knowledge. This action is one you're likely to use frequently. Learning more about the world and people around you is one of the best ways to inform your decisions, and Recalling Knowledge can help you figure out how to best fight monsters and figure out puzzles and social challenges.

You might know basic information about something without needing to attempt a check, but Recall Knowledge requires you to stop and think for a moment so you can recollect more specific facts and apply them. You might even need to spend time investigating first. For instance, to use Medicine to learn the cause of death, you might need to conduct a forensic examination before attempting to Recall Knowledge.

Item Bonsues for Common items

Ability/Skill	Item	Bonus	Level	Category	Consumable?	Note
Recall Knowledge	Codex of Unimpeded Sight (Greater)	+1	12	Grimoires	No	—
Recall Knowledge	Cinnamon Seers	+1	4	Alchemical Food	Yes	Checks to Recall Knowledge
Recall Knowledge	Insight Coffee (Lesser)	+2	6	Alchemical Food	Yes	Recall Knowledge with a skill determined by the blend chosen when the item is crafted (Religion, Nature, Arcana, Society, Occultism, Medicine)
Recall Knowledge	Diadem of Intellect	+3	17	Other Worn Items	No	—
Recall Knowledge	Artificer Spectacles	+3	17	Other Worn Items	No	—
Recall Knowledge	Whispering Staff	+3	20	Staves	No	—
Recall Knowledge	Insight Coffee (Moderate)	+3	12	Alchemical Food	Yes	Recall Knowledge with a skill determined by the blend chosen when the item is crafted (Religion, Nature, Arcana, Society, Occultism, Medicine)
Recall Knowledge	Insight Coffee (Greater)	+4	19	Alchemical Food	Yes	Recall Knowledge with a skill determined by the blend chosen when the item is crafted (Religion, Nature, Arcana, Society, Occultism, Medicine)

Item Bonsues for Uncommon/Rare/Unique items

Ability/Skill	Item	Bonus	Level	Category	Consumable?	Note
Recall Knowledge	Scholarly Journal	+1	3	Adventuring Gear	No	Recall Knowledge about the subject
Recall Knowledge	Survey Map	+1	3	Adventuring Gear	No	Skill checks to Recall Knowledge, provided the checks are related to the location detailed on the map
Recall Knowledge	Survey Map (Atlas)	+1	3	Adventuring Gear	No	Skill checks to Recall Knowledge, provided the checks are related to the location detailed on the map
Recall Knowledge	Hoax-Hunter's Kit	+1	3	Adventuring Gear	No	Recall Knowledge about a creature you are studying
Recall Knowledge	Watch of Lost Ages	+1	3	Relic Seeds	No	Recall Knowledge about historical subjects
Recall Knowledge	Exploration Lens (Investigating)	+1	12	Held Items	No	Checks to Recall Knowledge while Investigating

Skill Uses

[Arcana] Recall Knowledge about arcane theories; magic traditions; creatures of arcane significance (like constructs, beasts, and elementals); and the Astral Plane, Elemental Planes, and the Netherworld.
[Crafting] Recall Knowledge about alchemical reactions, the value of items, engineering, unusual materials, and alchemical or mechanical creatures. The GM determines which creatures this applies to, but it usually includes constructs.
[Lore] Recall Knowledge about the subject of the Lore skill's subcategory.
[Medicine] Recall Knowledge about diseases, injuries, poisons, and other ailments. You can use this to perform forensic examinations if you spend 10 minutes (or more, as determined by the GM) checking for evidence such as wound patterns. This is most useful when determining how a body was injured or killed.
[Nature] Recall Knowledge about fauna, flora, geography, weather, the environment, creatures of natural origin (like animals, beasts, fey, and plants), the First World, and the Elemental Planes.
[Occultism] Recall Knowledge about ancient mysteries; obscure philosophies; creatures of occult significance (like aberrations, spirits, and oozes); and esoteric planes like the Astral Plane, Creation's Forge, the Ethereal Plane, the Netherworld, and the Void.
[Religion] Recall Knowledge about divine agents, the finer points of theology, obscure myths regarding a faith, and creatures of religious significance (like celestials, fiends, and undead), Creation's Forge, the Void, and the Outer Sphere.
[Society] Recall Knowledge about local history, important personalities, legal institutions, societal structure, and humanoid cultures. The GM might allow Society to apply to other creatures that are major elements of society in your region, such as the draconic nobility in a kingdom of humans ruled by dragons.

Recall Knowledge [one-action]

Concentrate Secret
Source Player Core pg. 231 ^2.0

You attempt a skill check to try to remember a bit of knowledge regarding a topic related to that skill. Suggest which skill you'd like to use and ask the GM one question. The GM determines the DC. You might need to collaborate with the GM to narrow down the question or skills, and you can decide not to Recall Knowledge before committing to the action if you can't don't like your options.

Critical Success You recall the knowledge accurately. The GM answers your question truthfully and either tells you additional information or context, or answers one followup question.
Success You recall the knowledge accurately. The GM answers your question truthfully.
Critical Failure You recall incorrect information. The GM answers your question falsely (or decides to give you no information, as on a failure).

Sample Recall Knowledge Tasks

These examples use Society or Religion.
Untrained name of a ruler, key noble, or major deity
Trained line of succession for a major noble family, core doctrines of a major deity
Expert genealogy of a minor noble, teachings of an ancient priest
Master hierarchy of a genie noble court, major extraplanar temples of a deity
Legendary existence of a long-lost noble heir, secret doctrines of a religion

Recall Knowledge Questions

When encountering a subject for the first time, your first question will likely be a basic “What is it?”, which the GM can answer with a name and basic description like, “That's an ogre, a tough and cruel giant” or “This is the symbol of Urgathoa, a goddess of disease, gluttony, and undeath.” If you already know this base level of detail on the subject, the list below includes some reasonable questions. The GM determines what other questions to allow. Usually this is simple as long as you stick to one question. Any question must be about something observable in the game world, not the abstract numbers of the rules. The GM might tell you a lumbering monster's Reflex save is its weakest—translating a concept your character could understand using the game term for clarity—but wouldn't reveal the exact Reflex modifier. The GM can find more guidance in GM Core.

Creatures: “Can it be reasoned with?” “What environments does it live in?” “What's its most notable offensive ability?” “Is it highly vulnerable or resistant to anything?” “Are any of its defenses weak?”

Magic: “How can it be avoided?” “What type of people use this magic?” “How long does it last?”

Organizations: “What kind of influence does it have?” “Where is it headquartered?” “How large is it?” “What kind of members does it have?” “Who are its major authorities?” “Do they have any notable allies and enemies?”

People: “What's their personality like?” “What do they look like?” “Do they have any notable talents?” “Do they have notable allies and enemies?” “What kind of influence do they have?” “Do they have any vices?”

Sites: “What's its general location?” “How large is it?” “What's the government like?” “Do any notable people live there?” “What kind of monsters dwell there?” “What's the environment and terrain like?”

Recall Knowledge Skills

The following skills can be used to Recall Knowledge about the listed topics. Some topics might appear on multiple lists, but the skills could give different information. For example, Arcana might tell you about the magical defenses of a construct, whereas Crafting could tell you about its sturdy resistance to physical attacks.

Arcana: Arcane theories, magical traditions, creatures of arcane significance, and arcane planes.
Crafting: Alchemical reactions and creatures, item value, engineering, unusual materials, and constructs.
Lore: The subject of the Lore skill's subcategory.
Medicine: Diseases, poisons, wounds, and forensics.
Nature: The environment, flora, geography, weather, creatures of natural origin, and natural planes.
Occultism: Ancient mysteries, folk superstition, obscure philosophy, creatures of occult significance, and esoteric planes.
Religion: Divine agents, divine planes, theology, obscure myths, and creatures of religious significance.
Society: Local history, key personalities, legal institutions, societal structure, and humanoid culture.

Using an applicable Lore to Recall Knowledge about a topic, such as Engineering Lore instead of Crafting to find structural weaknesses in a bridge, typically comes with a lower DC. Your special interests can pay off! In some cases, you can get the GM's permission to use a different but related skill, usually against a higher DC than normal. The GM might allow checks to Recall Knowledge using other skills. For example, you might assess the skill of an acrobat using Acrobatics. If you're using a physical skill (like in this example), the GM will most likely have you use a mental modifier—typically Intelligence—instead of the skill's normal physical attribute modifier.

Subsist (Untrained)

Source Player Core pg. 232 ^2.0
If you need to provide food and shelter, you can use the Subsist downtime activity. This typically uses Society if you're in a settlement or Survival if you're in the wild.

Skill Uses

[Society] Subsist in a settlement by finding shelter, scrounging, or begging for food.
[Survival] Subsist in the wild by foraging for food and building shelter.

Subsist

Downtime
Source Player Core pg. 232 ^2.0

You try to provide food and shelter for yourself, and possibly others as well, with a standard of living described on page 295. The GM determines the DC based on the nature of the place where you're trying to Subsist. You might need a minimum proficiency rank to Subsist in particularly strange environments. Unlike most downtime activities, you can Subsist after 8 hours or less of exploration, but if you do, you take a –5 penalty.

Critical Success You either provide a subsistence living for yourself and one additional creature, or you improve your own food and shelter, granting yourself a comfortable living.
Success You find enough food and shelter with basic protection from the elements to provide you a subsistence living.
Failure You're exposed to the elements and don't get enough food, becoming fatigued until you attain sufficient food and shelter.
Critical Failure You attract trouble, eat something you shouldn't, or otherwise worsen your situation. You take a –2 circumstance penalty to checks to Subsist for 1 week. You don't find any food at all; if you don't have any stored up, you're in danger of starving or dying of thirst if you continue failing.

Sample Subsist Tasks

Untrained lush forest with calm weather or large city with plentiful resources
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Tap Ley Line (Trained)

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Source Secrets of Magic pg. 215 ^1.1
You can use your magical prowess to temporarily access the power of a ley line. Tapping the Ley Line requires a skill check using the skill associated with its tradition (Arcana for arcane, Nature for primal, Occultism for occult, and Religion for divine). In cases where a ley line has multiple associated traditions, you can use any of the appropriate skills to Tap the Ley Line. The benefits of a ley line are always magical in nature and can be counteracted in a similar way to a magic item.

Skill Uses

[Arcana] Tap Ley Line tapping an arcane ley line
[Nature] Tap Ley Line tapping a primal ley line
[Occultism] Tap Ley Line tapping an occult ley line
[Religion] Tap Ley Line tapping a divine ley line

Tap Ley Line [one-action]

Concentrate
Source Secrets of Magic pg. 215 ^1.1

You attempt to manipulate the magical essence of a ley line that you're aware of within 30 feet. The GM determines the DC based on the hard DC for the ley line's level.

Critical Success You gain the ley line's benefits until the end of your next turn.
Success You gain the ley line's benefits until the end of your turn.
Failure You take mental damage equal to 1d6 × the ley line's level. You can't Tap the Ley Line again for 1 hour.
Critical Failure As failure, and you're subject to the ley line's backlash effect. You can't Tap the Ley Line again for 24 hours.

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