An attribute is an innate capacity a character is born with and develops only slowly — the raw material a skill is built on. Where a skill measures training at a particular activity, an attribute measures the underlying faculty that training draws upon.
Attributes matter chiefly through Skill Base: a skill’s starting Mastery Level is derived from the attributes that skill depends on, so a character’s innate capacities shape what they can readily learn. They are also tested directly when a situation calls on raw capacity rather than trained technique.
| Name | Shortcode | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agility | agl | Quickness, balance, and fluidity of whole-body movement. |
| Aura | aur | Depth of the soul, and the presence every mystical connexion rests on. |
| Comeliness | cml | How far a person’s physical form pleases the eye. |
| Creativity | cre | Imagination: seeing new connections and forging original solutions. |
| Dexterity | dex | Hand-and-eye coordination, steadiness of grip, and precision of touch. |
| Eloquence | elo | The power of chosen words to convince, inspire, teach, or deceive. |
| Empathy | emp | Sensing and understanding the feelings and motives of others. |
| Endurance | end | Stamina and constitutional health: hardship borne without collapse. |
| Morality | mor | Ethical conscience, and the willingness to act on it under temptation. |
| Pall | pal | The weight of death and chaos an undead thing presses on the living world. |
| Perception | per | Acuity of the senses taken together: eye, ear, and nose. |
| Reasoning | rea | Logic, memory, and deduction; the foundation of learning and craft. |
| Scent | snt | Smell alone: detecting, distinguishing, and following a trail on the air. |
| Strength | str | The power of muscle and bone brought to bear by physical exertion. |
| Voice | voi | The musical quality of speech: timbre, pitch, and natural resonance. |
| Will | wil | Determination and self-mastery; holding a course despite hardship or fear. |