Attributes and Skills

Eclipse Phase's core set of skills is fairly long, so we're using a pruned-down list inspired by EP2's six-attribute system.

• Athletics (SOM): Throwing distance in combat, dashing in combat
• Melee/Fight (SOM): Chance to hit in melee combat
• Fray/Dodge (REF): Chance to dodge in combat (halved vs ranged)
• Guns/Shoot (REF): Chance to hit in ranged combat
• Infiltrate/Hide (REF, possibly SAV): Chance to be spotted in combat
• Kinesics/Recognize (SAV): Chance to identify visible actor in combat
• Persuade (SAV): Bonus to gear complexity and intel secrecy in prep
• Psi (WIL): Chance to hit with sleights in combat
• Perceive/Notice (INT): Chance to spot actors or props
• Survival (INT): Chance of loot drops, damage done by environmental effects
• Research (INT): Bonus to gear availability and intel scope in prep
• Infosec/Hack (COG): Speed of hacking in combat, bonus to intel secrecy in prep
• Medicine/Cure (COG): Bonus to healing in combat
• Know [field] (COG): Randomized per-field bonuses to intel, prep, prop-specific interaction bonuses, location-specific perception bonuses

Each skill is linked to a core attribute, some of which have their own impact on calculations.

• Somatics: Melee damage bonus, chance to resist knockdown, chance to resist wound shock
• Reflexes: Initiative bonus
• Savvy: Agent recruitment bonus
• Willpower: Chance to resist Psi Sleight, Chance to resist stress, initiative bonus
• Intuition: Initiative bonus
• Cognition