Skills & Abilities

Question 1

Athletics is a [ ] check

Answer 1

Strength

Question 2

A skill

Answer 2

A skill is a specific aspect of an ability score, and an individuals’ proficiency in a skill demonstrates a focus on that aspect

Question 3

Strength checks

Answer 3

Athletics

Question 4

Dexterity checks

Answer 4

Acrobatics, Sleight of hand, stealth

Question 5

Intelligence checks

Answer 5

Arcana, history, investigation, nature, religion

Question 6

Wisdom checks

Answer 6

Animal handling, insight, medicine, perception, survival

Question 7

Charisma skill checks

Answer 7

Deception, intimidation, performance, persuasion

Question 8

Strength

Answer 8

Strength measures bodily power, athletic training, and the extent to which you can exert raw physical force

Question 9

Athletics skill check

Answer 9

A strength (athletics) check covers difficult situations encountered while, climbing, jumping, or swimming.

Question 10

Dexterity

Answer 10

Dexterity measures agility, reflexes, and balance.

Question 11

A dexterity check

Answer 11

A dexterity check can model any attempt to move nimbly, quietly, or to keep from falling on tricky footing.

Question 12

Acrobatics skill check

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A dexterity (acrobatics) check covers your attempt to stay on your feet in a tricky situation, such as balancing on, running across, or staying upright on difficult - moving, narrow, etc. terrain

Question 13

Sleight of hand skill check

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A dexterity (sleight of hand) check covers any attempt of an act of legerdemain or manual trickery, such as planting or lifting something to or from someone’s pocket.

Question 14

Stealth skill check

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A dexterity (stealth) check is made when you attempt to conceal yourself, slink past, or sneak up on someone without being seen or heard

Question 15

Intelligence

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Intelligence measures mental acuity, accuracy of recall, and the ability to reason

Question 16

History skill checks

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An intelligence history skill check covers your ability to recall lore about historical events, legends, ancient kingdoms, past disputes, recent wars, and lost civilisations.

Question 17

Arcana skill check

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An intelligence (arcana) skill check covers your ability to recall lore about spells, magic, eldritch symbols, magical traditions, planes of existence, and the inhabitants of those planes

Question 18

Investigation skill checks

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A intelligence (investigation) check covers when you look around for clues and make deductions based on those clues.

Question 19

Nature skill checks

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An intelligence (nature) skill check measures your ability to recall lore about terrain, plants, animals, the weather, and natural cycles.

Question 20

Religion skill check

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An intelligence (religion) skill check measures your ability to recall lore about deities, rites, prayers, religious hierarchies, holy symbols, and practices of secret cults.

Question 21

Wisdom

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Wisdom reflects your ability to attune yourself with the world around you and represents perceptiveness and intuition.

Question 22

What does a wisdom check cover?

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A wisdom ability check covers perception and intuition. Your ability to read body language, understand feelings, notice things about the environment, or care for an injured person.

Question 23

Animal handling skill check

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A wisdom (Animal handling) skill check measures your ability to control and intuit the feelings or behaviours of an animal, or when attempting a risky maneuver

Question 24

Insight skill check

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A wisdom (insight) skill check measures your ability to correctly determine the intentions of a creature, such as detecting a lie, or predicting someone’s next move.
Clues are drawn from body language, speech habits, and mannerisms

Question 25

Medicine skill check

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A wisdom (medicine) skill check covers when you are trying to stabilise a dying companion or diagnose an illness

Question 26

Perception skill check

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Your wisdom (perception) skill check lets you spot, hear, or detect the presence of something. It measures your awareness of your surroundings and keenness of your senses.

Question 27

Survival skill check

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A wisdom (survival) check is done to measure your ability to use survival skills, such as following tracks, hunting, identifying signs of wildlife, predict the weather, avoid natural (wilderness) hazards

Question 28

Charisma

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Charisma represents your ability to use your influential personality traits, such as confidence, charm, dominance, and eloquence, to influence or entertain others.

Question 29

When is a charisma check made?

Answer 29

A charisma check will be made when trying to influence or entertain others, or navigate a tricky social situation.

Question 30

Deception skill check

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A charisma (deception) check determines whether you can convincingly hide the truth, either verbally, or through actions. Including misleading others through ambiguity to telling outright lies.

Question 31

Intimidation check

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A charisma (intimidation) check is made when you attempt to influence someone through threats, hostile actions, and physical violence

Question 32

Performance skill check

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A charisma (performance) skill check determines how well you can delight an audience with entertainment, such as music, dance, acting, storytelling, etc.

Question 33

Persuasion skill check

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A charisma (persuasion) check is made when you attempt to influence someone with tact, social graces, or good nature.

Question 34

What is does an ability check do?

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Tests a character’s or monster’s innate talent and training in an effort to overcome a challenge.

Question 35

What is a saving throw?

Answer 35

A saving throw represents an attempt to resist a threat. Such as a spell, poison, disease, trap, or similar threat/

Question 38

Opposed check

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An opposed check is a skill check where the DC is decided by another creature’s dice roll

Question 39

What breaks concentration?

Answer 39

1. Casting another spell that requires concentration.
2. Taking damage. Make a constitution saving throw to see if you keep concentration. The DC is 10 or half the damage you take. Whichever is higher.
3. Being incapacitated or killed.
4. Environmental factors decided by the DM. Make a constitution saving throw to see if you keep concentration.