How does Skill Applications work in CRAWL!?

Question

Complete rules for Skill Applications in the CRAWL! tabletop RPG system, covering all mechanics and procedures.

Iron Brothers Games · Accepted Answer

Assess - Active observation and deduction:: Success: Understand the situation, true nature or purpose based on Effort  Failure: You’re going to notice SOMETHING, but it may not be particularly relevant or useful.  Or it just may… it’s hard to tell, isn’t it? Bushcraft - Natural signs and living creatures:: Success: Read tracks, spoor, and natural hazards with precision by Effort  Failure: General sense of what passed through and when, who might live here, etc. Delving - Dungeon architecture and mechanisms:: Success: Find exactly what you're looking for with clarity based on Effort  Failure: Notice contextual information (scratched floors, worn stones, air flow differences, details about the carved ruins, etc.) Tinkering - Mechanical and constructed elements:: Success: Understand and manipulate mechanisms based on Effort  Failure: Identify that mechanisms exist and their general purpose

Iron Brothers Games · Answer

Compared to Dungeons & Dragons 5e and Old-School Essentials (OSE), CRAWL! simplifies mechanics while maintaining tactical depth. Assess - Active observation and deduction:: Success: Understand the situation, true nature or purpose based on Effort  Failure: You’re going to notice SOMETHING, but it may not be particularly relevant or useful.  Or it just may… it’s hard to tell, isn’t it? Bushcraft - Natural signs and living creatures:: Success: Read tracks, spoor, and natural hazards with precision by Effort  Failure: General sense of what passed through and when, who might live here, etc. Delving - Dungeon architecture and mechanisms:: Success: Find exactly what you're looking for with clarity based on Effort  Failure: Notice contextual information (scratched floors, worn stones, air flow differences, details about the carved ruins, etc.) Tinkering - Mechanical and constructed elements:: Success: Understand and manipulate mechanisms based on Effort  Failure: Identify that mechanisms exist and their general purpose

Skill Applications

Assess - Active observation and deduction:

Bushcraft - Natural signs and living creatures:

Delving - Dungeon architecture and mechanisms:

Tinkering - Mechanical and constructed elements:

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