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+title: Anatomy of a Player Character
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+  publicationDate: 2025-10-08T08:43:00.000Z
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+Every model shares some common abilities
+
+## Main Characteristics
+Characteristics define the innate abilities of a model, and each characteristic has two skills associated with it
+- **Weapon Skill (WS):** Aptitude in landing and avoiding blows in close combat; governs _Melee_ and _Defence_
+- **Ballistic Skill (BS):** Capability of Hand-Eye-Coordination; governs _Skirmish_ and _Evasion_
+- **Strength (S):** Used for brute force, stamina and might; governs _Brawn_ and _Toil_
+- **Toughness (T):** Resistance to physical Trauma; governs _Consume Alcohol_ and _Endurance_
+- **Initiative(I):** Reflects speed of thought and perception; governs _Perception_ and _Outdoor Survival_
+- **Dexterity (Dex):** Affinity for performing fine and delicate manual tasks; governs _Skullduggery_ and _Tradecraft_
+- **Agility (Ag):** Physical coordination and natural athleticism; governs _Stealth_ and _Athletics_
+- **Intelligence (Int):** Power of thought, analysis, and understanding; governs _Intuition_ and _Education_
+- **Willpower (WP):** General strength if mind; governs _Cool_ and _Animal Handling_
+- **Fellowship (Fel):** Ability to get on with people; governs _Leadership_ and _Charm_
+
+## Secondary Characteristics
+- **Corruption Threshold (CT):[^*]** Ability to withstand _Mutation_
+- **Insanity Threshold (IT):[^*]** Ability to withstand _Insanity_
+- **Wounds (W):** Number of wounds a model can endure before _out of play_
+- **Movement (M):** Indicator of how far a model can move under normal conditionsA
+- **Fate Points (FP):[^*]** Can be used to avoid certain death and dark fates
+- **Luck Points (LP):[^*]** Used for Re-rolls
+- **Attacks (A):** Indicator of the numbers of attacks a character can make in a single round
+- **Magic (Mag):** Denotes the Model's Wizard Level
+
+## Skills
+Used in _Checks_
+- **Melee (WS):** Used to make _Melee Attack_ actions
+- **Defense (WS):** Used to defend against a model's _Melee Attack_ action
+- **Shooting (BS):** Used to make _Ranged Attack_ actions with _Missile_ weapons
+- **Throwing (BS):** Used to make _Ranged Attack_ actions with _Throwing_ weapons
+- **Brawn (S):** Used for immediate feats of strength
+- **Toil (T):** Used for prolonged manual labor
+- **Consume Alcohol (T):** Used for resisting short-term hazards like alcohol and poison
+- **Endurance (T):** Used to endure hardship, withstand deprivation, and survive harsh environments
+- **Perception (I):** Used to notice things
+- **Dodge (I):** Used to evade attacks and immediate hazards, e.g. Traps
+- **Stealth (Ag):** Used for moving quietly and concealing
+- **Athletics (Ag):** Used for running, jumping, climbing, and swimming
+- **Streetwise (Dex):** Used for picking locks or pockets, disarming traps and other feats of Sleight of Hand
+- **Crafting (Dex):** Used when crafting trappings
+- **Intuition (Int):** Used for detecting subterfuge and determining value of objects
+- **Education (Int):** Used for recalling relevant information
+- **Cool (WP):** Used to remain calm under stress, resisting fear, and psychological coercion
+- **Animal Handling (WP):** Used to charm, train, and care for animals
+- **Leadership (Fel):** Used for intimidation, command, and coercing obedience; often resisted by _Discipline_
+- **Charm (Fel):** Used for deceiving, blathering, haggling, gossiping; usually resisted by _Intuition_
+
+## Traits
+Inherent abilities often based on Species, examples include Flier (for flying Monsters), Dark Vision, Mutation, and so on
+
+## Lore[^*]
+Define what a character knows and specialist skills and come in the following categories
+- _Academic:_ Represent various academic fields like Accountancy, Anatomy, History and Law
+- _Cultural:_ Represent the knowledge of social groups and language
+- _Enemy:_ Represent the knowledge of adversaries and how to effectively combat them
+- _Environment:_ Represent the knowledge of surviving in various hazardous environment
+- _Magic Lores:_ Represent the knowledge of the various forms of magic and enables casting spells from them+
+- _Specialist Weapon Groups:_ Represent training with special weapons like Polearms, Two-Handed Swords, Blackpowder Guns
+- _Trade Lores:_ Represent the knowledge and ability to create certain trappings or work in certain fields, example Blacksmith, Weaver, Engineer, Artist
+- _Vehicle Lores:_ Represent knowledge in operating vehicles and mounts
+
+## Talents[^*]
+Represent certain knacks, tricks and innate abilities a character has, examples would be Ambidextrous, Aetheric Attunement, Menacing or Acute Senses
+
+## Maneuvers[^*]
+Represent special combat actions and tactics a character can employ during combat, examples include Formation Fighting, Disarm, and Shield Bash
+
+## Careers[^*]
+Represent building blocks of a character, that provide certain skills, lores, talents, maneuvers, etc.
+
+
+[^*]: Only applicable for _Player Characters_

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