Driving

From donkey carts to chariots, this skill allows you to control all kinds of animal- or human-pulled vehicles. Vehicles whose operation is beyond most common people are deemed complex; their operation requires a trade secret (see page 219).

Check: CHA/DEX/CON
Applications: Chases, Combat Maneuvers, Long Distances, Races
Encumbrance: yes
Tools: vehicles
Quality: negotiate the distance faster.
Failed Check: the vehicle moves sluggishly, or the hero can’t set it into motion.
Critical Success: the vehicle makes good speed and arrives in record time.
Botch: the vehicle suffers a broken axle or tips on its side and throws the driver, who suffers falling damage (see page 340).
Improvement Cost: A

• Quiet ride on an Imperial Road +5
• Travel on a busy road +3
• Bumpy road +1
• Turbulent ride +/-0
• Risky turning maneuver -1
• Ramming attack -3
• Escaping from a city while under missile fire -5
• Chase see page 349