Survival
Tiered Action — Wisdom
The Survival skill allows characters to operate and survive in the wilderness.
Contents
Specific Uses
Sustenance
| Action | DC |
|---|---|
| Start a fire | 15 |
| Dry wood readily available | -2 |
| Rained recently | +2 |
| Currently raining | +4 |
| Torrential rain | +6 |
| No proper tools | +4 |
This action is used to gather food and supplies and find shelter.
| Action | DC | Time Taken |
|---|---|---|
| Collect food for 1 character for a day | 15 | 2 hours |
| - For 2 characters | 18 | 2.5 hours |
| - For 3 characters | 20 | 3 hours |
| - For 4 characters | 25 | 3.5 hours |
| Create shelter from mild elements (light rain) | 15 | 1 hour |
| - light elements (abnormal temperatures) | 18 | 1.5 hours |
| - medium elements (rain) | 25 | 2.5 hours |
| - heavy elements (torrential rain, blizzard) | 30 | 3.5 hours |
For every 5 points that a character exceeds the DC, the time is cut by a quarter.
| Location | DC |
|---|---|
| Forest | 15 |
| Plains/Grassland | 20 |
| Scrub Desert | 25 |
| Sandy Desert | 30 |
| At Sea | 35 |
| Recently Rained | -10 |
Obviously some conditions, such as a large freshwater river or the presence of snow will make this unnecessary.
| Situation | DC mod |
|---|---|
| Dense terrain (jungle) | + 5 |
| Rough terrain (mountains) | + 5 |
This action is used to move through wilderness.
If a character's check to determine direction of travel fail by more than 5, the character selects the wrong direction and becomes lost. Every hour, the character may make a DC 25 survival check to realize that he is lost, allowing him to reassess his direction
| Action | DC |
|---|---|
| Determine Direction of travel | 20 |
| Move at 1/4 Overland Speed | 15 |
| - 1/2 overland speed | 20 |
| - 3/4 overland speed | 25 |
| - full overland speed | 30 |
Tracking
| Situation | Check Mod |
|---|---|
| Terrain is soft (mud, snow) | +5 |
| -- Terrain is spongy (moss, leaves)) | -- |
| -- Terrain is firm (dirt, grass) | -5 |
| -- Terrain is hard (rock, wood) | -10 |
| Every day since the trail was made | -2 |
| -- Every hour of rain | -2 |
| -- Every hour of snow | -5 |
| Every additional character beyond 1 | +1 |
| -- Every horse/pack animal in the group | +2 |
| -- Characters hide their tracks | -5 |
This action is used for tracking characters or groups of characters. The tracker rolls a Survival Check, applies the modifiers to the right, and compares the resulting value to the table below to determine how much information the tracker learns of his quarry.
A character can only move at one-half his overland speed while tracking.
| Result | Knowledge Gained |
|---|---|
| 20 | Direction of travel |
| 25 | Within 1d4 of the number of characters in the group |
| 30 | The actions of the characters with their movement |
| 35 | Whether or not any of the characters are injured |
Skill Tiers
This skill starts out at tier zero. The upgrade cost of skill tiers is (4 + (current tier x 2)).
