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Hall of Fire The Unofficial Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game Webzine Issue 28 March 2006 Page 9
Jury-Rig
Requirements: Wits 7+
Description: You gain a +1 bonus to all Craft: Carpenter (or
equivalent) tests, and you can make such tests untrained with
no penalty if you have no ranks in the skill. Additionally, any
penalties you suffer for working with inadequate equipment (for
any type of test) are reduced by 3. If you use the optional rules
for rushed work on a Craft: Carpenter or equivalent test (see the
Orders of Magnitude: Craftsman article), the item you craft has
40% of its normal Protection and Structure values instead of
20%.
Knife-Fighter
Requirements: Sea-craft 4+ -or- Profession: Sailor 4+;
Nimbleness 7+
Description: One of your most frequently used tools is also your
weapon of choice. You gain a +2 bonus to Armed Combat and
Ranged Combat tests made with any kind of dagger or knife, and
the Parry bonus for any knife or dagger you wield is increased by
+1. Additionally, you can draw a dagger or knife as a free action
once per round.
Star-Reckoning
Requirements: Wits 7+
Description: You have studied the heavens extensively and can
navigate by the stars. Under a starry sky, you can spend a fullround
action to determine your location and direction. Make a
TN 15 Sea-craft or Profession: Sailor test, adding your Wits
bonus. (If you have an instrument to help you measure the
position of the stars, add +2 to your test result.) Your estimate
of your location is off by one league for every point by which
your test result falls short of the TN. When estimating the
optimal course to your destination, the distance you travel to
reach your destination is increased by 5% for every point by
which your test result falls short of the TN.
If you also have 2 or more ranks in a Lore skill that involves
knowledge of the great powers of the world, you can call on the
Lady of the Stars (Varda or Elbereth, though you may not know
her by those names) to part a cloud cover just enough to let you
briefly see a few stars you can use to navigate by. You can do this
only once per night.
Additionally, this ability reduces your penalty for seeing in
conditions of darkness by 2 points.
Storm-Reverence
Requirements: Sea-craft 6+ -or- Profession: Sailor 6+; 2+
ranks in a Lore skill that involves knowledge of the great powers
of the world.
Description: You revere the great powers that rule the wind,
wave and storm: the Valar Manwë and Ulmo, though you may
not know them by their right names. When you call on these
powers for aid, you receive a +2 bonus to any one of the
following: Inspire, Observe (Spot), Profession: Sailor, Sea-craft,
Survival (Oceans or Rivers), Swim, or Weather-sense. If you
have any points of Corruption, you cannot use this ability.
Tales of the Sea
Description: The accumulated lore of generations of seafarers is
yours to share. When you make a Perform (Storytelling) or
equivalent test, add a bonus equal to one-third of your ranks in
Sea-craft or Profession: Sailor, rounding up.
Also, if you fail any Lore test, you can add the same bonus
described above to your test result, to see whether you know a
story that pertains to the subject in question. If adding the bonus
produces a success, an additional test is required to determine
whether the story you recall contains reliable information. (The
Narrator should make this test in secret.) Roll 2d6 and add your
Wisdom score, then check the result against the table below.
Result Story is…
4 or less Entirely false
5-7 Mostly false
8-10 Mostly true
11 or more Entirely true
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