Skills List

Engineering: Engineering governs the building of things -- anything from siege weaponry, castle walls, ships, and mechanical trinkets. It is also the skill used when researching or rediscovering novel devices (examples from the RP here would be the Mother's Tears). Moreover, successful engineering rolls upon their construction or repair gives direct mechanical advantage when those things are being used. For instance, a castle built by an expert engineer may grant a +10 bonus to a Battle roll by anyone defending it, on top of any normal benefit from defending a castle. Superior siege weapons will provide similar bonus to besiegers, and ships boost naval battle. Obviously there is a limit to what can be achieved through technological progress, but innovative players will be able to gain interesting advantages by taking this skill.
If you have the Fortification/Construction skill, please replace it with Engineering.


Medicine: If a player reaches -100 in a fight but is not dealt a death blow, prompt medical attention and a good Medicine roll from a nearby character can downgrade the death to a permanent injury. If a player reaches -50 in a fight, a medicine roll can cancel out the longterm penalty (-5 to fighting or whatever) of such extensive wounds. And if a player is injured but does not reach -50, a medicine roll will get them back on their feet with no penalties right away rather than having to wait a few days.
The healing and poison skills will be folded together into this one skill. If your character has EITHER Poisons OR Healing, replace the higher of the two with Medicine and choose a new skill to replace the lower one. There is not a doctor on earth who knows how to mix tinctures together to heal you that wouldn't also know how to mix up a potion that would cause your body harm. And we know, for instance, that maesters ARE learned on poisons from their medical training. It also just makes this a stronger and better skill. Compare to something like Battle, which rolls in things like manuever, scouting, defensive warfare, cavalry charges, and personal leadership into one skill.


Economics: Economics is the skill for making money. Most lords of Westeros probably do not have any economics skill at all, this being a feudal society. That doesn't mean they are broke, it just means the only revenue is what they get from taxes on their land. High economic skill represents someone like Littlefinger, who had no family money but became the richest man in Westeros through profitable investment. Economics skill will be mostly passive, based on Admin discretion. A high skill in Economics represents for bribes or whatnot, or the occasional big purchase like a mercenary company or a professional assassin. And if a player with this skill becomes another player's steward (or Master of Coin) his skill should enhance the gold that other player has on hand too.


The skills History, and Law are being folded into the Stewardship skill. If your character has EITHER History OR Law, replace it with Stewardship; if you have both, replace the higher one with Stewardship and the lower with another skill of your choosing. Stwardship represents your lordly education, which involves managing your lands properly, having knowledge of the law, important events in history, the heraldry of various lordly houses as well as the living members of those houses.