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-====Skills====
+===== Skills =====
-Skills are learned abilities such as firing
+Heroes have 12 points to buy skills during
-weapons, hand-to-hand combat, scientific
+character creation. A skill that’s below
-knowledge, professional aptitudes, and so on.
+the linked attribute (noted in parentheses
-Skills in Savage Worlds are very broad to
+beside the skill name) is cheaper to increase
-keep the action simple and straightforward.
+than one that’s at or above it. See page 55
-The Shooting skill, for example, covers all
+for Character Creation and page 54 for
-types of guns, bows, rocket launchers, and
+Advancement.
-other ranged weapons.
-=== Core Skills ====
+Core skills are marked with a red star, and
-Core Skills: Five skills are marked with a
+start at d4 for player characters (see page 10).
-red star in the list that begins on page 29:
-Athletics, Common Knowledge, Notice,
-Persuasion, and Stealth. These are “innate”
-abilities most adult adventurers have.
-Unless a racial ability (page 18), Edge, or
-Hindrance says otherwise, your character
-starts with a d4 in each of these five core skills.
-=== Buying Skills ====
+Characters can attempt skills they don’t
-Buying Skills: After core skills are assigned,
+have but it’s more difficult. See Unskilled
-you have 12 additional points to raise core
+Attempts on page 89.
-skills or buy and raise new skills as you see fit.
-Each die type costs 1 point (starting at d4)
-as long as the skill is equal to or less than the
+{{page>Academics}}
-attribute it’s linked to (listed beside the skill
+{{page>Athletics}}
-in parentheses, in the list starting on page
+{{page>Battle}}
-). If you exceed the linked attribute, the
+{{page>Boating}}
-cost becomes 2 points per die type.
+{{page>Common Knowledge}}
+{{page>Faith}}
+{{page>Fighting}}
+{{page>Focus}}
+{{page>Gambling}}
+{{page>Healing}}
+{{page>Intimidation}}
+{{page>Language}}
+{{page>Notice}}
+{{page>Occult}}
+{{page>Performance}}
+{{page>Persuasion}}
+{{page>Repair}}
+{{page>Research}}
+{{page>Riding}}
+{{page>Shooting}}
+{{page>Spellcasting}}
+{{page>Stealth}}
+{{page>Survival}}
+{{page>Taunt}}
+{{page>Thievery}}
-==== Skill Maximums ===
-Skill Maximums: Skills may not be
-increased above d12 during character creation
-unless the character’s race starts with the skill
-at d6. If the skill starts with a d6, increase her
-maximum to d12 + 1. Celestials (page 21)
-start with a d6 in Faith, for example, which
-means their Faith skill may be increased to
-d12 + 1.