World of Torr Secondary Skills

There are 9 Secondary Skills in the World of Torr. These skills are not part of the normal game nor do they functions like normal skills. Many of these are considered "Tradeskills" as they involve manufacturing of some sort of item but a few of them are not. The 5 Tradeskills are: Alchemy, Armorcrafting, Itemcrafting, Weaponcrafting and Mining. There are also 4 Special Skills: Ritual Magic, Siegecraft, Faith, and Leadership. For more information click Tradeskills or Special Skills.

These skills are managed from your "Player's Handbook", a persistent item in you characters inventory which is used for almost all the special features. For more information click Players Handbook.

Your character earns 3 skill points per level to spend on secondary skills. To spend your points or see how many points you have remaining use your Player's Handbook. Each point spent on a particular skill will increase that skill by 1 level. If you use tradeskills then you also spend your skill points learning individual "Crafts"

The skill system employed here is based off an RPG called "Rolemaster" and modified to work in this environment. While it is very different from the traditional D&D skill rolls, some basic principles are the same.

In the D&D system you typically add a die roll of d20 to an appropriate skill bonus and if that total is better than the "DC" or difficulty rating of the task, then you succeed.

To gain a "success" in the system used here in Torr, you must add you skill bonus and the difficulty together to a roll of d100 and if that total is 100 or more, you have succeeded in your attempt. The difficulty on a task is a "bonus" to the roll with easy tasks usually being in the positive numbers and the harder ones in the negatives.

A quick example would be if you had Weaponcrafting skill bonus at 25 and tried making a weapon which had a difficulty of +50 (fairly easy), you would add 75 to a roll of d100 and if the total was 100 or more it would be a success.

Please Note. D&D uses a d20 system where this system uses a d100 thus making all the number involved "scaled up" by 5 times. In this system a "+5" is equivalent to a "+1" in D&D. Bear that in mind when considering how large the numbers are when using this system. In the end, the odds are exactly the same.

You have a "total skill bonus" which represents how good you are with a particular skill. This bonus is derived from several different places. The largest factor is usually your "skill bonus" based on how many levels in a particular skill you have. This will give you about +5 per level of skill. You also get added bonuses from the attributes that go with that skill (like Strength or Dexterity) equal to the bonus times 5. You also will get a bonus from certain items like well made tools when using Itemcrafting for example. All these bonuses combine to form your total skill bonus

Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, there will be a difficulty "bonus" associated with it. This difficulty is also added to your total before a roll is made. The lower the number is the harder the task since less will be added to your skill roll, you are trying to break 100 after all and the more added to your roll the better. The difficulty is usually a positive number (like +75) for simple tasks but can also be a negative number into the hundreds for the more difficult tasks.

When performing a skill, you roll a d100 plus you skill bonus plus the difficulty and you are trying to break 100 total for a successful attempt. For example if you had a total skill bonus of 50 and the difficulty of what you were rolling for was +25 you would roll a d100 and add 75 to it , if the total is 100 or more you succeeded. If you had a skill of 50 and the difficulty of the task was (-30) for example, you would roll a d100 and add only 20 to it and try to break 100 (Skill of 50 + Difficulty of (-30) = 20 added to the roll). The factors that go into your total skill bonus as well as some examples are described below

Skill bonus: Your skill bonus is +5 per level of skill, 7 levels of skill would be a 35 bonus (5 times 7 = 35). However the amount of bonus you gain begins to taper off as they get higher providing less and less bonus to your skill. Every 10 levels you have in a particular skill reduces the bonus the additional levels add. Your first 10 levels in a skill provide +5 bonus each, the next 10 after that will only add +2 each , then +1. You always get at least +1 bonus for a level of skill.

Stat bonus: You also get a bonus to your skill from your appropriate stats (attributes like Strength or Dexterity). Much like D&D every skill has a certain stat that helps (or penalize) your skill. Unlike D&D however, this system adds bonuses from TWO stats averaged together.

Mining skill for example uses Strength and Constitution as a bonus. Since the numbers in this system are "scaled up" by a factor of 5 compared to D&D, you have to multiply your bonuses by 5 as well. For example, when Mining, if you had a Strength bonus of +3 and a Constitution bonus of +1 you would be adding +10 to your skill bonus ( 15 + 5 = 20, divided by 2 (averaged) = +10). Every skill takes a different pair of attributes that will add or subtract to your skill bonus. Viewing your skill with your Player's Handbook will give you details on where your total bonus is coming from.

Criticals - "Open Ended" d100: In D&D if you roll a 20 its considered a "Critical" and a 1 is considered a "Fumble". This system used on this server employs a similar system except on d100, a roll of 96-100 is considered a crit and 01-05 is considered a fumble (the odds are exactly the same as in D&D , do the math). To represent the added benefit of rolling a critical in this system, you are allowed to roll the dice again and add it to the total. This makes it possible to succeed at a task which would normally be impossible even if you rolled 100 on the die. This is explained below.

If your first "roll" is 96-100 on the die then you can roll the die again and ADD it to the total, if you roll yet another 96-100 you can add that also and roll again, and continue rolling until you get a "non-Crit" result thus making it possible to "roll" an infinite number on a d100 if you're lucky enough. However if your first roll is 01-05 (fumble) then you roll again using the same rules above except you will be SUBTRACTING the next roll from your total and if you roll crit (96-100) you will continue to subtract and roll until a non-crit is rolled, you are essentially "Critically Fumbling". Rolling a fumble (01-05) is only important on the first roll of the die and sets the entire roll as a "fumble", if rolled again it is simply taken at value. The system does the entire roll for you and displays the end result so don't be too confused if you see "Roll: 168" on your screen.

Successful Skill Roll: Your skill roll consists of you total skill bonus (including your stat bonuses), plus the difficulty of the task you are performing plus a roll of d100 added together. If the result is greater than 100 you achieve a success.

Often the system refers to your skill "modifier", this is simply the total number that is going to be added to the roll. This is essentially your total skill bonus and the difficulty combined. It makes the chance for success easier to visualize. In the above example, your "modifier" for that attempt would be be +25 because your skill of 55 + the difficulty of (-30) = 25 . With a roll of d100 at a +25 modifier its easy to understand that you have about a 1 in 4 chance of getting a success. When picking an item to craft from your Player's Handbook, your total modifier is often displayed next to an approximate chance of success if that task was attempted.

Different levels of success: This is what makes this system so much fun, there are different levels of success! Breaking 100 is a "normal" success but breaking 150 is "Great Success" and breaking 200 is an "Incredible Success" ect. There are also different levels of failure. A Greater Success usually yields a better product when it comes to tradeskills or an added benefit when used with the other skills while failures range from simply "try again" to ruining the components and tools to well... Catastrophes! Partial Success usually means try again at an additional bonus to your next roll. The following table shows all the possible outcomes of your skill attempt:

Total Roll	Success Level	Typical Results
(-51) or less	Catastrophic Failure!	Typically the total loss of the components being worked with in addition to physical damage or death and/or highly detrimental effects inflicted on the user and sometimes the general public!
(-50) to 0	Incredible Failure!	Failure with a loss of some components or progress when it comes to tradeskills. Moderate adverse effects in addition to total failure when other skills are involved
1 to 74	Failure	Simple failure usually warrants a total "retry" concerning tradeskills or simply "no effect" when it comes to other skills. Sometimes involves the loss of some components or temporary adverse effects.
75 to 99	Partial Success	Almost, but not quite. Either provides a lesser effect / lower quality item or is the same as normal failure but provides an additional one shot bonus to the next roll using the same skill.
100 to 149	Success	Typical success provides the effect or item you were shooting for.
150 to 199	Great Success!	A better quality version or more quantity of the intended item when it comes to tradeskills. An additional effect or bonus when it comes to other skills.
200 - 249	INCREDIBLE Success!	A Superior quality item when Tradeskilling and an even bigger benefit when used with other skills.
250 - 299	PHENOMENAL Success!	An exceptional quality item when Tradeskilling. Special bonuses or events when using other skills.
300 +	LEGENDARY SUCCESS!!	An Item of Legendary craftsmanship when Tradeskilling and typically a special event or divine intervention when other skills are involved.