Usage

Overcome an obstacle: tackle a skill-related obstacle or hindrance
- Examples:
  - Use strength to climb a steep cliff
  - Use charisma to bluff at a hand of cards
  - Use intelligence to recall an esoteric fact
Create an advantage: use a skill to discover, create, or leverage an aspect which can help you succeed in your goals
- Examples (create/discover):
  - Use strength to push over a bookcase to slow pursuers
  - Use perception to gain information to leverage on a suspect
- Examples (known):
  - Use endurance to ensure an out-of-shape pursuer is winded when you engage them
  - Use charisma to appeal to a royal's famous ego
Attack: use a skill to harm another actor
- Examples:
  - Use strength to stab an opponent
  - Use charisma to intimidate an opponent into submission
Defend: use a skill to avoid harm caused by another actor or to actively keep them from creating an advantage
- Examples:
  - Use endurance to withstand a blow with a club
  - Use perception to avoid submitting to intimidation
Some actions will not be available to some skills (cannot typically Attack with intelligence)

Allocation

Two methods of initial allocation:
- Pyramid (default): each skill level must contain fewer skills than the level below
- Tower: each skill level may have no more skills than the level below
Players start with pyramid/tower including 1/2 of the skills (rounding up)
Skills are capped at starting max (determined by initial allocation)
Upon advancement each skill level may have no more skills than the level below

An ordered list of skills grant you better place in combat turn order
- Two skills (major and minor) by default
- Determine order by comparing skills in order - first turn goes to the first highest number, and so on
Some skills may grant extra stress boxes and consequence slots. By default these skills give:
- 0: nothing
- +1/+2: 3-point stress box
- +3/+4: 3- and 4-point stress boxes
- +5/...: 3- and 4-point stress boxes, minor consequence slot