Skip to main content

Bushcraft (Insight, Survival)

Properties

Base(s): Insight | Survival
Usage: substitution(act) -> chk|sv= +M
◊ know(free-act) -> chk= +M
Usage (aspect): provenance -> Bio
◊ search(min+) -> chk= +M(Investigate) +R
◊ notice(min+) -> chk= +M(Perception) +R
◊ animal-handling(min+) -> chk= +M(Persuade) +R
◊ track(min+) -> chk= +M(Investigate:Track) +R -> set(PC)= 8 +M(Stealth+B) +R
Description: A knowledge of survival in a wilderness

This technique covers a range of practices and knowledge concerning survival in a wilderness. When concerning negotiating hazards, this skill can be used in the place for the Survival forte. It’s most direct usage, however, is in being able to hunt or forage for food. This includes the ability to use the resources around you to make crude weapons and build snares, pits and other traps. Rolls on this skill can be used therefore to settle the outcome of short term needs, or determine whether long- term survival is possible.

You can make use of this skill as an aspect on Investigate for the purposes of understanding any general thing in a wilderness setting, you may do this by observing the subtle signs of working, such as disturbed ground, abrasions on stone, snapped twigs, or moved stones. In any case, the following investigations are possible:

  • activities toward your survival, such as finding water, shelter, or useful plants
  • finding basic, but concealed traps, such as pits, snares, tripwires and similar.
wilderness search

search(min+) chk= +M(Investigate) +R

Notice/Detect​

Noticing hazards that are immediately in your path (rather than systematically looking for them, as in the search action above) can be achived through an aspected Perception check.

wilderness search

notice(min+) chk= +M(Perception) +R

Persuade (Animal Handling)​

You can make use of this skill as an aspect on Persuade for the purposes of animal handling. This aspect represents your ability to intuit an animal’s feelings and intentions. In the case of domesticated animals, and particularly mounts, it settles questions around calming it, preventing it from being spooked. It can be used as a check to determine whether you can maintain control of a mount as you attempt a risky manoeuvre.

control a mount during difficult manoeuvre

animal-handling(min+) chk= +M(Persuade) +R

Track​

You can make use of this skill as an aspect on the Track technique for the purposes of tracking a creature in wilderness or other natural setting

track creature in wilderness

track(min+) chk= +M(Investigate:Track) +R -> set(PC)= 8 +M(Stealth+B) +R