The Athlete skill is simply a high level of physical fitness attained by running, jogging, gymnastics, stretching and suppleness exercises. A Character with the Athlete 1 skill essentially gains +5 on their „maximum health" statistic.

The Awareness skill is the ability to better understand surroundings, being able to pick up small clues and to notice small things with the aim to work out what is around you more quickly and efficiently. A character with the awareness skill essentially gains +1 on their „vision".

Every fighter worth their salt quickly learns that in the adventurers‘ world, you’ve got to get tough to survive. It is not at all uncommon to see warriors put themselves through unpleasant and painful exercises with the solepurpose of „toughening themselves up." Sometimes, with hours and banging their fists into walls and pressups on grit, the exercises pay off with the Real Grit skill. When the skill is owned the character gains artificial +5 points onto their health score and a point on their Willpower score.

Glacier Barbarians have become infamous for their chilling ferocity during combat. What is not generally known is that this single-minded rage is not a natural characteristic at all, but a special skill which Barbarians learn when training for combat. Once the skill is owned the fighter is able to concentrate so completely and ruthlessly on their opponent that they gain +5 to their attack score and +1 damage on every wound they score.

The Serpents Dance was a technique supposedly originated by the Grand Master Sum Hi Po, shortly before his defeat at the hands of the evil Dragon Emperor and his evil trickery. One who is proficient in the Serpents' Dance will have studied the movements of the Serpent, watched it twine and curl itself along its path. By addressing those supple curves to his own body the Monk's hypnotic movements become a very effective defensive technique. The result of this is a +5 defence against ALL forms of attack.. even mental!