BW PDF - Midnight Campaign

ENDURANCE SKILLSEndurance has limited application in that it applies justto the Grit and Spirit skills, but these can be criticallyimportant. A character who lacks Grit will fall victim tomany magics and poisons, regardless of their capacity tododge or parry. A character with no Spirit can fall victimto demonic influence.GRITThe Grit skill measures how a character withstandsphysical trauma. It is used as a counter to manyphysically-based arcane effects, as well as poisonsor resisting intense physical environments.INTIMIDATEThe Intimidate skill is used to scare people. It can beused to make weaker-willed individuals do somethingthat they would not normally do, such as run awayor give away their money. It is defended by Autonomy,and a character who fails this defense will reactaccordingly, based on the storyteller’s discretion.“Abigail doesn’t bother with the Intimidate skill.She lets her horse, Snowflake, do that for her.He’s very good at it.”SPIRITThe Spirit skill is used to power some veryspecific abilities in the Divine and Demonicraces and talents, as well as, in some rare cases,to defend against these effects, especiallyagainst demons.WILLPOWER SKILLSWillpower enables acharacter to resist magics,avoid manipulations,and to cow otherswith intimidation.AUTONOMYAutonomy represents acharacter’s resistance tomental strain. It is particularlyeffective in resisting arcane effects,but also resists intimidate checks.24