We’ve taken a break from our next Character Pack to work on a project that has been percolating for a while: synchronizing the skills between the various Kalos Mechanism games.
The modern skill list (as seen in Bulletproof Blues and Rough Magic) and the futuristic skill list (as seen in ZeroSpace) were easy enough to sync. That required only a few adjustments in the skill examples. The archaic skill list (as seen in Warlords Of Kruhl) required a little more work. Some skills (such as Computing) have no counterpart in an archaic game, while other skills (such as Piloting and Science) are different enough that a name change was unavoidable.
Another issue with archaic games is the heavy emphasis on religion: unlike modern and futuristic games, gods are often real in archaic games, so a new skill, Religion, was needed. (In modern games, religion falls under the umbrella of the Culture skill.)
| Archaic | Modern | Futuristic |
|---|---|---|
| Athletics | Athletics | Athletics |
| Computing | Computing | |
| Culture | Culture | Culture |
| Deception | Deception | Deception |
| Diplomacy | Diplomacy | Diplomacy |
| Crafting | Engineering | Engineering |
| Finesse | Finesse | Finesse |
| Gambling | Gambling | Gambling |
| Hand-to-hand Combat | Hand-to-hand Combat | Hand-to-hand Combat |
| Investigation | Investigation | Investigation |
| Manipulation | Manipulation | Manipulation |
| Medicine | Medicine | Medicine |
| Mental Combat | Mental Combat | Mental Combat |
| Occult | Occult | Occult |
| Perception | Perception | Perception |
| Performance | Performance | Performance |
| Seafaring | Piloting | Piloting |
| Ranged Combat | Ranged Combat | Ranged Combat |
| Religion | ||
| Nature | Science | Science |
| Stealth | Stealth | Stealth |
| Survival | Survival | Survival |
| Warfare | Warfare | Warfare |
