Difference between revisions of "Environment"

| style="background:lightyellow"|Mastering the environment around you offers a variety of skills to help you survive in the differing surroundings. Skills in this ability range from movement (such as finding sewers or climbing trees) to perceiving the state of the environment around you to useful skills to survive the weather.

{{SkillTableRow|Surveying|Inept|50|Gain information on the characteristics of your location.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Forecast|Novice|50|Check the weather in your location accurately.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Squinting|Apprentice|0|See extended distances in your line of sight.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Secrets|Apprentice|50|Discover hidden exits.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Perceive|Capable|50|Perceive magics melded into the local environment.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Flyers|Adept|0|Take notice of those in the skies.}}

{{SkillTableRow|RockClimbing|Adept|66|Scale even the most difficult of surfaces.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Observe|Master|33|Gain information about your extended surroundings.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Sewers|Master|66|Gaining entry to the dark underbelly of the cities.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Chop|Gifted|0|Chop down the sacred trees of the nature communes.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Fluidswim|Gifted|50|Swimming with not a care in the world.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Tumbling|Expert|0|Tumble past obstructions.}}

{{SkillTableRow|TrueGround|Expert|50|Uncover the true environment in unmelded areas.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Mountaineering|Virtuoso|0|Scale the sides of steep mountain slopes.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Crashing|Virtuoso|33|Crashing past obstructions that block your way.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Stargazing|Virtuoso|66|Witness the splendor of the stars.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Climbing|Fabled|0|Rise up into the trees.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Rooftops|Fabled|33|Scale up onto rooftops in urban environs.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Diving|Fabled|66|Dive deep below the waves.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Shaking|Mythical|0|Shaking a tree to see what falls out.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Clinging|Mythical|33|Clinging tightly onto a tree.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Weathersight|Mythical|66|Navigate through even the most horrid weather conditions.}}

{{SkillTableRow|Attunement|Transcendent|0|Attune yourself to your surroundings.}}

|syntax = GLANCE <direction>

|description = Take a quick glance into an adjacent location.

|description = You've learned the lay of the land enough to be able to determine some basic information about your surroundings from a simple glance.

|notes = This will show what area and plane you're in, as well as some key facts such as the presence of stink or the destination of mystic pathways. Note that the environment it shows might be false if a mage or druid has imbued the area (even if not melded), or if an illusory terrain is placed, or both.

|notes = Despite the name it doesn't actually tell you what the weather will be, just what it is right now.

|description = When surveying a location, you can now determine whether you are treading within the demesne of a powerful mage or druid.

|notes =Contrary to the description above, you don't get this information automatically when you <tt>SURVEY</tt>, you have to separately <tt>PERCEIVE</tt>.

|notes =All you really learn is who is up there.

|cost = Power: 3 (any)

|description = If you find yourself stuck in a pit and are having trouble climbing out normally, your skill at rock climbing is such that you are able to pull yourself out under even the most severe conditions.

|notes =Also note that sometimes sewers can lead you unwillingly into the body of Muud, which is very dangerous for all but the most powerful.

|syntax = CHOP <tree> [WITH <axe>]

|description = With an axe, you can chop down even the great trees of the forests, including dryad trees.

|notes =The stats of your axe do determine how many blows it takes to fell a tree.

|notes =Very few things prevent tumble and even fewer will stop a tumble once it's been started.

|cost = Power: 2 (Any)

|syntax = SCALE [UP{{!}}DOWN]

|description = Using this ability, you will be able to crash through any unnatural wall (except a firewall). This will destroy the wall completely. Note that it may take multiple attempts before the wall comes tumbling down, and different walls may be harder to destroy than others.

|description = By grasping a basic knowledge of astronomy, you can generally tell the alignment of the Sun and Moon within the heavens, depending on which currently ascends the sky. If it is night and you have an unobstructed view of the sky, you can attempt to predict when Nexus World weakenings will occur - though this is inaccurate at best. Only an Astrologer can make accurate predictions and reveal the full readings of the heavenly bodies.