How to Play

Swords Skills

Awareness

OBSERVATION, PERCEPTION, AND ALERTNESS. Use Awareness when you notice hidden details, spot danger, read body language, or remain alert to your surroundings. A keen eye and sharp senses allow you to uncover clues, detect threats before they strike, and recognise opportunities others fail to see.

Exert

AGILITY, BALANCE, AND PHYSICAL DEXTERITY. Use Exert when you tumble, balance, dodge hazards, squeeze through tight spaces, or perform feats of agility. Whether leaping across rooftops, swinging from ropes, escaping restraints, or keeping your footing on unstable ground, Exert is all about controlling your body with speed and precision.

Deceive

DECEPTION, TRICKERY, AND MANIPULATION. Use Decieve when you lie, bluff, disguise yourself, cheat, or manipulate others for your own ends. Whether running a confidence scam, talking your way past a guard, or convincing someone of a carefully crafted falsehood, Deceive rewards cunning over honesty.

Sneak

STEALTH, INFILTRATION, AND SUBTLE MOVEMENT. Use Sneak when you hide, move unnoticed, pick locks, conceal objects, or avoid unwanted attention. Whether slipping through the shadows, infiltrating a guarded estate, planting evidence, or quietly relieving someone of their valuables, Sneak is the skill of going where you shouldn't without being seen.

Sway

PERSUASION, CHARM, AND SOCIAL INFLUENCE. Use Sway when you convince, negotiate, reassure, inspire, or otherwise influence someone through words or presence. Whether talking down a hostile stranger, winning over a crowd, bargaining for a better deal, or persuading someone to see things your way, Sway is about changing minds without relying on deception.