Tactics (specific)

Training in formal military strategy and tactics. Includes the abilities to follow orders effectively, evaluate combat situations to determine appropriate tactics, and identify and compensate for the tactics of opponents.

• A successful attempt to identify opponents’ tactics will allow the player to declare her own intent for a round after the GM informs the player of enemies’ combat plans.
• A successful attempt to determine appropriate tactics will result in a +3 modifier to the character’s actions for the round.
• Failures at either type of attempt results in the opposite effect.

Use the enemy’s Tactics skill or INT as the Degree of Difficulty; for groups, use the Tactics skill or INT of the commander. The various sub-skills include: infantry, cavalry, siege warfare, guerrilla warfare, aerial combat, urban combat, naval combat and subterranean combat.

• Training Period: 20 weeks
• Attribute Modifier: INT