Skill Actions Overview

Skill actions are specific activities you can attempt using your skills. Some require a minimum proficiency rank; others are available to anyone.

Untrained Skill Actions (anyone can attempt):

• Recall Knowledge: Remember facts (Arcana, Crafting, Lore, Medicine, Nature, Occultism, Religion, Society)
• Perform: Entertain an audience (Performance)
• Gather Information: Canvass for info (Diplomacy)
• Make an Impression: Improve NPC attitude (Diplomacy)
• Lie: Convince of a falsehood (Deception)
• Create a Diversion: Distract to Hide (Deception)
• Demoralize: Frighten a foe, 1 action (Intimidation)
• Coerce: Threaten compliance (Intimidation)
• Balance / Tumble Through / Squeeze: Agility tasks (Acrobatics)
• Climb / Swim / High Jump / Long Jump: Physical feats (Athletics)
• Hide / Sneak / Conceal an Object: Stealth activities (Stealth)
• Sense Direction / Subsist: Wilderness basics (Survival)
• Palm an Object / Steal: Sleight of hand (Thievery)

Trained Skill Actions (require Trained proficiency):

• Treat Wounds: Heal 2d8+ HP over 10 min, DC 15+ (Medicine)
• Administer First Aid: Stabilize dying creature, 2 actions (Medicine)
• Treat Disease / Treat Poison: Aid saving throws (Medicine)
• Identify Magic: Determine spell or item properties (Arcana/Nature/Occultism/Religion)
• Learn a Spell: Copy a spell to your spellbook (tradition skill)
• Decipher Writing: Decode texts (Arcana/Occultism/Religion/Society)
• Disable a Device / Pick a Lock: Bypass mechanical obstacles (Thievery)
• Impersonate: Disguise as another person (Deception)
• Feint: Make target off-guard, 1 action in melee (Deception)
• Craft: Create items with formulas and materials (Crafting)
• Grapple / Shove / Trip / Disarm: Combat maneuvers (Athletics)
• Cover Tracks / Track: Wilderness pursuit (Survival)
• Command an Animal: Direct a non-hostile animal (Nature)
• Request: Ask an NPC for aid (Diplomacy)
• Create Forgery: Fake documents (Society)
• Earn Income: Work between adventures (Crafting/Lore/Performance)
• Maneuver in Flight / Arrest a Fall: Aerial control (Acrobatics)

Expert+ Skill Actions: Some skill feats and legendary actions require Expert, Master, or Legendary proficiency to unlock increasingly powerful uses.