Attention(Skill)

Attention(novice)
The character is able to enter a concentrated state, in which he always can check on attention, if he get surprised.

A surprised character looses the first action and acts last for the rest of the round.

Also the attacker gets 1 free action in the beginning before the first turn. (this can be countered only by a spontanous action, because the character drops his style, when surprised(no matter what, he will lose his concentration for a split second which is enough to drop the style))

Attention is also used to determ, if a spontaous action is a success or not, if a character can react or not.

Eye contact: the character tries to communicate with someone without speaking by catching his eye. Both have to pass an attention check, which is determed hoe well their know each other.

Easy: close friends or lovers, normal: friends or companions, hard: acquaintance, very hard: strangers

Traps(expert)
The character can find traps and set them.

The character finds traps in a 1x1m area in hard: 1 round, normal: 1D4 rounds, easy: 1Phase.

Disarm: The character tries to disarm a found trap. only a critical failure activates it. If the character is 25 points hiher then the difficulty, he disarms the trap and can set it again later.(and maybe can take it with him) if not, the trap is jammed or destroyed.

activate: the character activates the trap controlled and from a (hopefull) save spot.

If the character sets traps, he must do a trap check. the trap will not go off with a critical failure. a normal failure means, the trap can easily be found (by someone looking for traps or attention: easy). a success means attention: normal is needed, with critical success is attention: hard and with a 50 points better check its only with attention: very hard to find.

Tracking(expert)
the character can read tracks, figure out where their went, how many and when. he might even find out, if their had armour and weapons, the sex and much more.

He also can try to hide his or other teammates tracks.

This skill is also used, if a character tries to find clues in a place, like blood splatter or such and if he tries to hide the same things.

Weapon and shield(expert)
This skill can be used, if the character uses a shield and a weapon and doesn´t have the right weapon skill. if he is expert in the weapon, too, teh damage against the shield is reduce by 50%.