Melee Weapons

Skill Description

The Melee Weapons skill represents training and experience with close quarters weaponry.

When To Use It

Melee Weapons skill rolls are primarily used for accuracy rolls in combat to determine whether an attack with a melee weapon successfully hits to deal damage.

A character may not be familiar with all weapons immediately. A complex or foreign weapon may require a period of practice to properly learn, or a successful Intellect/Melee Weapons roll may be required. Without this familiarity, this skill cannot be used.

Primary Attributes

Precision

Attack rolls with proficient melee weapons.

Intellect

Analyzing the technique of other melee weapon users.
Attempting to use an unfamiliar melee weapon for the first time.
Knowledge about melee weapons, such as specific legendary weapons or how weapons are constructed, can be rolled with a higher difficulty. Academics is the preferred skill for such rolls.

Athletics

In some rare cases, Athletics can be used when a weapon is used like a tool, such as prying open a door with a sword or deflecting a rolling boulder with a spear. Such rolls should generally have increased difficulty, as Conditioning ? is the preferred skill for such rolls.