IWD2 :: Skills

	IWD2 :: Features | Subraces | Kits | Feats | Skills

• CAVEAT LECTOR: This is a premature list, subject to change. Don’t cry too much if some of these skills or subsystems aren’t implemented in the game.
• Icewind Dale 2 will be using a small portion of the 3E skills and the 3E method for distributing skill points based on class, level, race, and the Intelligence stat.
• The following skills are planned for implementation:
• Animal Empathy – Allows the user to charm animals (Drd, Rgr only)
• Bluff – Character can gain dialogue options to deceive opponents (Brd, Rog, Sor*)
• Concentration – Prevents the disruption of spellcasting (Brd, Clr, Drd, Mnk, Pal, Rgr, Sor, Wiz)
• Diplomacy – Character can gain dialogue options to maintain peaceful relations and still get his or her way (Brd, Clr, Drd, Mnk, Pal, Rog, Sor*)
• Disable Device – Disarms traps (Rog)
• Hide – Conceals the character from sight (Brd, Mnk, Rgr, Rog)
• Intimidate – Character can gain dialogue options to imply threats through dialogue (Bbn, Ftr*, Rog)
• Lore: Alchemy – Allows the character to identify potions (Brd, Clr, Drd, Sor, Wiz)
• Lore: Arms and Armor – Allows the character to identify magical weapons and armor (Brd, Clr, Drd, Ftr, Pal, Rgr, Sor, Wiz)
• Lore: Ex Miscellanea – Allows the character to identify miscellaneous magical items (Brd, Clr, Drd, Sor, Wiz)
• Lore: Scrolls and Wands – Allows the character to identify scrolls and wands (Brd, Clr, Drd, Pal, Rgr, Sor, Wiz)
• Move Silently – Prevents the character from being detected (Brd, Mnk, Rgr, Rog)
• Open Lock – Opens locks and similar devices (Rog)
• Pick Pockets – Lift valuables off of neutral targets (Brd, Rog)
• Search – Used to find traps and similar concealed items (Rgr, Rog)
• Spellcraft – Identifies enemy spells as they are being cast (Brd, Clr, Drd, Sor, Wiz)
• Use Magic Device – Activates wands and scrolls despite class restrictions (Brd, Rog only)
• Wilderness Lore – Tracking (Rgr only)
• The classes listed in parentheses are the classes that take those skills at a 1:1 cost. If a class is not listed behind a given skill, it must spend 2 points to gain one rank in a skill. If a skill has “only” listed after its classes, only the listed classes may purchase ranks in the skill (and use it).

• Every level thereafter, they receive the base amount (X + Int modifier). For example, Invae Cathimon begins play as a Ranger. Her Intelligence is 14, resulting in a bonus of +2. She begins with 32 skill points ([6+2]x4). At 2nd level, she takes a level of Fighter. For that level, she receives an additional 4 (2+2) skill points.
• Characters can only have a number of ranks in their skills equal to their class level +3. A 5th level character could only have 8 ranks in Hide, for instance.
• Humans gain 4 extra skill points at 1st level and an additional 1 point every level. Several other races have small bonuses to the listed skills. Elves gain +2 to Search, Gnomes gain +2 to Lore: Alchemy, Half-Elves gain +1 to Search, and Halflings gain +2 to Move Silently (no, they don’t get the size bonus to Hide because they don’t suffer any the penalties of Small size).
• We are still working out the details of this system. For instance, what happens when a player creates a Human Rogue with an 18 Intelligence. Stuff like that. We will have skill resolution details later on.