Skills are ranked
- Poor
- Average
- Good
- Very Good
- Exceptional
Tasks are ranked
- Easy
- Average
- Hard
- Very Hard
- Impossible
Characters skills will generally be average, good or very good (or poor, if a player chooses)
In non-combat-time situations you can perform any task of a lower rank than your skill, you have a 50% chance of performing any task of the same rank as your skill in the time specified (but will often have the opportunity to try again)
In combat-time situations you have a 75% chance of performing any task of a lower rank than you skill
If you wish to perform a task of greater rank than your skill, it is possible, but unlikely to succeed.
Combat Time
When we move into combat time, we start counting in rounds. Most combat-type actions take 3 rounds to complete. You can perform multiple actions at the same time at the cost of 1 additional round per action (so, to attack and defend at the same time takes 4 rounds, as does charging towards an opponent and attacking).