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Characters are defined by their “Traits, | Characters are defined by their “Traits, | ||
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===== Attributes ===== | ===== Attributes ===== | ||
Attributes don’t directly affect skill rolls. Savage Worlds treats learned knowledge and training as the most relevant and direct factors. A high attribute allows one to increase a skill faster and opens up options to Edges that greatly differentiate two characters with the same skill. Every character starts with a d4 in each of five attributes: | Attributes don’t directly affect skill rolls. Savage Worlds treats learned knowledge and training as the most relevant and direct factors. A high attribute allows one to increase a skill faster and opens up options to Edges that greatly differentiate two characters with the same skill. Every character starts with a d4 in each of five attributes: | ||
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+ | * **Agility** is a measure of a character’s nimbleness, dexterity, and general coordination. | ||
+ | * **Smarts** measures raw intelligence, | ||
+ | * **Spirit** is self-confidence, | ||
+ | * **Strength** is physical power and fitness. It’s also used as the basis of a warrior’s damage in hand-to-hand combat, and to determine how much he can wear or carry. | ||
+ | * **Vigor** represents an individual’s endurance, resistance to disease, poison, or toxins, and how much physical damage she can take before she can’t go on. It is most often used to resist [[Fatigue]] effects, and as the basis for the derived stat of [[Toughness]]. | ||
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+ | ==== Using attributes ==== | ||
+ | Attributes are used to: | ||
+ | * Determine how fast skills increase during [[Advancement]]. | ||
+ | * Limit access to [[edges]]. | ||
+ | * Derive secondary statistics such as [[Toughness]] or melee damage. | ||
+ | * Resist effects such as being [[grappled]] or counter spells, [[powers]], or social attacks such as Taunt or Intimidation. | ||
===== Skills ===== | ===== Skills ===== |