Artistic Ability

You use this skill to draw a suspect’s face, create a painting, or carve a small wooden or clay figure.

Check: INT/DEX/DEX
New Application: Draw Magical Signs (see page 285).
Applications: Carving, Drawing, Painting
Encumbrance: yes
Tools: paint, chalk, pens, carving knife
Quality: the drawing is better than usual.
Failed Check: the hero manages to create a drawing that is recognizable with a little imagination, but is not pretty.
Critical Success: the painting is so good that people mistake the hero for a famous painter.
Botch: terrible scrawl, impossible to recognize
Improvement Cost: A

• Decorate a wooden box with notched sections — 10 minutes, 7 checks
• Make a quick sketch of a fugitive — 10 minutes, 10 checks
• Draw a herd of cows on a cave wall — 20 minutes, as many checks as required
• Paint a hero’s portrait — 2 hours, 5 checks
• Paint a large landscape — 1 day, 4 checks