Math

To determine the interest for a loan, calculate the launching angle for a catapult, or find the surface area of a temple’s dome, you need the skill Math.

Check: SGC/SGC/INT
Applications: Addition and Subtraction, Fractions, Multiplication and Division, Geometry, Trigonometry
Encumbrance: no
Quality: get a result more quickly
Failed Check: the result is incorrect.
Critical Success: you quickly derive the correct answer.
Botch: the result is completely wrong, but the hero is sure that it’s correct.
Improvement Cost: A

• Count to 20 using your fingers and toes +5
• Simple addition +3
• Divide larger sums +1
• Calculate the surface area of a ducat coin +/-0
• Calculate the last 15 years of interest for a small loan -1
• Complicated sums using Al’Gebra and arithmetic -3
• Calculate a ship hull’s volume -5