Aurora

If a character makes an opposed roll in a field where they are trained against someone who is not trained, the trained character rolls with advantage and the untrained character rolls with disadvantage. For example, a trained fighter rolls damage with advantage against someone who is not trained in fighting, while the untrained opponent rolls damage with disadvantage. If that trained fighter has to roll for critical damage during the same fight, that roll is also made with advantage, while the untrained opponent would roll critical damage with disadvantage.

If a character makes an opposed mental roll in a field where they are trained against someone who is not trained, the trained character rolls with advantage and the untrained character rolls with disadvantage. For example, a trained interrogator or manipulator rolls mental damage with advantage against someone who is not trained in social attack, while the untrained opponent rolls mental damage with disadvantage. If that trained character has to roll for mental critical damage during the same exchange, that roll is also made with advantage, while the untrained opponent would roll mental critical damage with disadvantage.

Armor does not reduce damage caused by the character.

The character rolls ranged attacks with advantage when they have time to aim and a clear line of fire.

The character rolls fear-based critical mental injury with advantage.

The character rolls with advantage when treating wounds, disease, or shock with proper tools and a few moments to work.

The character rolls with advantage to resist panic, intimidation, or immediate supernatural shock.

The character rolls with advantage when persuading, calming, or misdirecting someone who is willing to listen.

The character rolls with advantage to keep balance or move safely across ice, rubble, rooftops, narrow ledges, or other treacherous ground.

The character rolls with advantage to calm, control, or read horses, dogs, pack animals, and other domesticated beasts.

The character rolls with advantage when leaning on criminal contacts, recognizing underworld custom, or judging who actually holds power in a gang, crew, or neighborhood racket.

The character rolls with advantage when lifting a purse, palming a small object, or hiding something on their person without notice.

If the character can approach unnoticed in a fitting environment such as darkness, heavy cover, crowding, noise, or similar confusion, they may attempt a sneak attack by making a precision test. On a success, they make one free attack before the first combat round begins; that attack deals maximum damage without a roll. After resolving the attack, the attacker may immediately disengage without a roll. If they stay engaged, they still act first in the first combat round. On a failure, the sneak attack is lost, but combat still begins with that attacker taking the first normal attack.

The character rolls with advantage when opening ordinary locks, manacles, shutters, or sealed chests with proper tools and a little time.

The character rolls with advantage when climbing walls, slipping through windows, moving across rooftops, or getting into places not meant for entry.

The character rolls with advantage when maintaining a false name, passing as someone expected to belong, or keeping their true purpose hidden during conversation.

The character rolls with advantage when shadowing a target, memorizing a routine, or spotting when someone is watching back.

The character rolls with advantage when judging the quality of craft work, repairing common tools, or improvising a practical fix from available materials.

The character rolls with advantage when estimating the value of mundane goods, spotting shoddy workmanship, or bargaining over honest labor and materials.

Works the land, keeps animals, and knows the rhythm of planting, harvest, and hard physical labor.

Delivers children, tends mothers, and carries practical knowledge of herbs, bodies, and village gossip.

Earns a living from rivers, lakes, or the sea and knows nets, boats, knots, and bad weather.

Watches over flocks, survives long lonely stretches outdoors, and learns to notice danger early.

Fells trees, splits timber, and is used to heavy work in rough country.

Tracks animals, moves quietly, and lives by patience, fieldcraft, and a clean kill.

Sets snares, skins animals, and knows how to survive on the edges of settled land.

Runs a mill, bargains over grain, and holds a small but vital place in the local economy.

Keeps a family alive through planning, bargaining, and the unglamorous burdens of responsibility.

Travels from place to place selling goods, trading stories, and reading what people want.

Keeps a small business alive through counting, bargaining, and knowing the needs of regular customers.

Handles records, letters, and contracts and understands the slow power of writing things down.

Carries messages quickly through busy streets or between villages and survives by speed, nerve, and local knowledge.

Takes whatever heavy work is available and endures exhaustion, injury, and poor conditions better than most.

Works underground in darkness and dust, digging out wealth while living with constant danger.

Hunts vermin in alleys, cellars, and sewers, earning poor pay for filthy but necessary work.

Breaks into crypts and barrows for coin, relics, or forbidden objects, always risking curses and the law.

Survives on alms, pity, and a sharp eye for danger, rumor, and human weakness.

Lives by stealth, nerve, and quick hands in markets, taverns, and festival crowds.

Runs or serves in an inn, hearing travelers' tales while dealing with drunks, merchants, and secrets.

Makes and sells candles, soap, and other necessities, working with smoke, tallow, and stubborn customers.

Was dragged or pressured into service and learned to survive war through fear, obedience, and luck.

Fights in formation, follows orders, and knows camp life, forced marches, and ugly discipline.

Trains to kill at range and understands patience, positioning, and the value of distance.

Moves ahead of the force, reading tracks, terrain, and ambushes before others see the danger.

Digs trenches, undermines walls, and knows the brutal craft of siege work.

Sells skill at arms for pay and has likely changed banners more than once.

Keeps rough order among frightened recruits or unruly town militia.

Keeps order through fear, intimidation, and relentless pressure on weaker workers.

Lives on the edge of armies, trading, cooking, patching gear, and surviving among desperate people.

Lives under rule and discipline while learning prayer, obedience, and the daily order of a religious house.

Copies texts, keeps the hours, and balances spiritual duty with the plain labor needed to sustain the monastery.

Oversees prayer, work, and care within a convent, often holding more practical authority than outsiders expect.

Copies books, letters, and records with patient hands and trained eyes.

Grows, dries, and prepares remedies, poisons, and tonics from a carefully tended garden.

Moves between settlements preaching, performing rites, and carrying doctrine to remote places.

Leads the faithful along dangerous roads, knows shrines and customs, and keeps hope alive.

Reads omens, dreams, and strange signs, whether as a true seer or a troubled visionary.

Serves in a noble household, learning manners, discipline, and the first lessons of war and service.

Manages servants, stores, and accounts, keeping an estate running through diligence and pressure.

Survives on charm, status, gossip, and careful insults disguised as courtesy.

Serves a noble household while navigating rank, obligation, and private scandal.

Carries messages, offers, and veiled threats between powerful houses.

Holds local memory, settles disputes, and has seen enough hardship to judge people quickly.

Was raised with privilege, expectation, and the constant weight of inheritance.

Learns metalwork through heat, repetition, and hard criticism from a demanding master.

Cuts stone, studies structure, and slowly learns how great buildings are held together.

Mixes rare substances, cleans dangerous tools, and knows that one mistake can scar or kill.

Cares for horses, tack, and travel gear, and is at home on the road or in a stable yard.

Serves a knight in camp and battle, carrying arms while learning what chivalry looks like in practice.

Fights as an armored elite, trained for war, status, and the harsh burden of reputation.

Specializes in public displays of mounted skill where honor, spectacle, and injury meet.

Hauls trunks, guides travelers, and knows timetables, station masters, and the chaos of crowded platforms.

Sends coded messages across great distances and learns patience, precision, and discretion.

Endures noise, heat, and dangerous machinery while surviving the discipline of industrial labor.

Climbs narrow flues in soot and darkness, doing filthy work for meager pay and constant risk.

Walks the streets at dusk and dawn, tending the city lights and seeing what moves in the half-dark.

Loads cargo, coils rope, and labors among ships, cranes, and hard men from every port.

Sews for long hours under dim light, earning little through skill, speed, and aching hands.

Educates children in a wealthier household while living uneasily between servant status and genteel expectations.

Keeps public order, breaks up brawls, and learns which alleys, public houses, and faces bring trouble.

Sets type, runs presses, and handles pamphlets, posters, and newspapers that can stir a whole district.

Works below ground amid dust, bad air, and the ever-present fear of collapse or fire.

Prepares the dead, manages grieving families, and conducts business where sorrow, ritual, and profit meet.