Skills to Survive A d20 conversion of Shadowrun

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Skills.  Skills make up tha tbackbone of Every good Roleplaying game.  Shadowrun was no different.  Shadowrun's entire game is base daround them.  Skills define who you are, what you know, and what you spend your time doing.  Language skills have been dropped in D20.  With the languages listed as a part of the character there was no reason to include them as skills.  Accordingly hobbies that bear little influence on the game are better designed as part of character backgrounds than anything else.  With certain exceptions the D20 system is clear about the use of skills.  Stuff like hwat kind of literature you need does not need to have skill points assigned to it.  So therefore those become part of the background.   Consequently---if you don't make up a background, it leave syou out in the cold.  You have to state what your character knows...the common day knowledge.  In any case, here is a list of skills.  Any further ideas or suggestions, please let me know.

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Skill List-Below is a list of Skills for D20 Shadowrun.  Skill rolls are made by rolling a D20 and adding the appropriate modifier to it based on your attribute.  Each skill has its listed ability and a breif description. SKILL NAME           ATTRIBUTE       UNT?         DESCRIPTION                                                Animal Empathy          Charisma              N             Used to empathically communicate with Animals Appraise                      Intelligence          Y              Appraise items for approx value Aura Reading               Intelligence           N             Used to read and interpret Auras Balance                        Dexterity             Y              Keeping your balance Bike                             Dexterity             Y              Driving a Motorbike Biotech                         Wisdom              Y              Used to heal or adminsiter first aid Bluff                            Charisma              Y             Bluff/Con Someone Car                               Dexterity              Y             Ability to drive cars/trucks Climb                           Strength              Y              Test Climbing Skill Concentration                Constitution         Y              Keep your head when going is rough Conjuring                      Wisdom              N              Summoning spirits and materials Computers                     Intelligence         N              Tests your computing skill and gen knowledge Craft/build/Repair           Intelligence         Y               General ability to fix something/build something Decipher Script              Intelligence          Y              Ability to read and itnerpret writing Disable device                Intelligence          Y              Used to deactivate traps/computers/bombs Demolitions                    Intelligence          Y              Use explosives. Electronics                     Intelligence          N              General knowledge and use of electronics Escape Artist                  Dexterity             Y               Ability to escape and break bonds Etiquette(specify)            Charisma             Y              Can be street, corporate, matrix, etc... Forgery                          Intelligence          Y              Forge papers, IDs, credsticks etc. Gather Info                     Charisma             Y              Collect info from people, matrix, etc Handle Animal                  Charisma             N             Used to handle animals who are wild or aggres. Interrogation                    Charisma             N              Used to extract info from difficult people Innuendo                          Wisdom              N             Insinuate and infer things Intimidate                         Charisma             Y             Used to intimidate people Intuit Direction                  Wisdom              N              Determine general direction Jump                                Strength              Y              Jumping.(See players hnbk) *Knowledge(specify)           Intelligence         N              Please specify from list below Leadership                         Charisma            N             See DMG for details Listen                                Wisdom             Y              Hear and interpret sounds Move Silently                     Dexterity             Y              Quietly move through enviroment Open Lock                         Dexerity              N             Basic lock opening..elec locks require more Perform                             Charisma             Y             Ability to perfomr in public-usually specified Pilot(specify)                      Dexterity             N            Pilot Boats, planes, fixed wing, etc Pick Pocket                        Dexterity             N            Slight of hand, picking pockets, casual theft Profession(specify)             Wisdom               N            Skill in main job Read Lips                           Intelligence           N           Av only to Rogue-can read lips Ride                                   Dexterity             Y            Ride a mounted animal Scry                                   Intelligence          Y            Ave only to Shaman/Magician-use Scrying Search                                Intelligence          Y            Search and investigate Sense Motive                       Wisdom              Y            Determine the reason behind things Spellcraft                             Intelligence          N           Understand better workings of magic Sorcery                               Intelligence         N            Used to research magic Spot                                    Wisdom               Y           See and understand Swim                                   Strength              Y            Not drowning Tumble                                 Dexterity             N           Recoverign from falls or tumbling Use Magic device                   Dexterity             Y           av only to rogue-experimentation Wilderness/Street Lore            Wisdom              Y           Understanding practical enviroment ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE:This site and list assumes you have access to a Shadowrun and D20 based book already.  trhe skills listed here are defined with rules in Dungeons And Dragons Players handbook. ***Possible Knowledges include: Street, Arcane, Totems, Art, biology, zoology, botony, literature, medicine, parazoology, parabotony, engineering, physics, chemistry, ecology, psycology, antrhopology, arcaheology, politics, philosophy, economics, histroy, Cybertechnology, Paranormal animals, elven society, megacorp policies, metahumanity, magic, dragons, atlantis research, data havens, legendary deckers, humanis policlub, etc.....