These are the Skills used in Age of Aquarius. Presented here are Skills K to L in alphabetical order. Follow these links to see other skills
Know level
guide:
1: You know a little about the subject. The general ideas, a couple of facts
and a bit of history.
2: You know some things about the subject. The obvious stuff really but you
can mention it in conversation.
3: Your understanding begins to take shape. You can tell what sounds like a
correct fact from something wrong.
4: You have a solid understanding of the basics. You can participate in serious
discussions.
5: You have a good knowledge of the subject, and you have studied or travelled
enough to know the facts about many different views on the matter. There are
probably a few things that you have thought up and want to try out. You can’t
be tricked easily on this subject.
6: Through observation and study you have become a very well rounded academic
on this subject.
7: Right now you are researching a particular aspect of this field. You may
even be about to write a paper.
8: You have published many papers on the subject. Many people in this field
respect your knowledge, while others passionately disagree with you.
9: A lot of people look to you for guidance on this subject. You are well respected
inside your field and many people outside of it know about your work.
10: People discuss both you and your work widely: you are amongst the wisest
in this field and are often sought after for guidance.
Know -
When you choose this skill, you must immediately choose a specialisation category.
You can choose more than one category, but must develop each specialisation
separately. Many categories of the Know skill also require a specific subcategory.
The categories are:
Culture: When you choose this skill, you must immediately choose
a specific culture. You can Know more than one Culture, but must develop each
Know – Culture: separately. This represents your knowledge of a specific
peoples art, custom, and society.
Language: When you choose this skill, you must immediately
choose a specific language. You can Know more than one Language, but must develop
each Know – Language: separately. This is simply the ability to speak
and write a language. The higher your level, the greater vocabulary you will
have and the more native you will sound.
Law: When you choose this skill, you must immediately choose
a specific culture whose Law you know. You can Know more than one cultures Law,
but must develop each Know – (Culture)Law: separately. You are trained
in the complexities of a specific cultures legal system. You may also use this
skill to cut through legal procedures - or wrap an opponent in red tape.
Religion: When you choose this skill, you must immediately
choose a specific religion. You can Know more than one religion, but must develop
each Know – Religion: separately. Among these would be Christian (Catholic,
Lutheran, Protestant, Baptist, Mormon, Greek Orthodox), Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Judaism, or some other earlier religion such as Wicca, Sufism, Mithraism, Greek,
Roman, or Egyptian religions, and so forth.
This skill deals with the religions and sects of the world, and provides knowledge
of rituals, beliefs, deities, symbols, usual practices, and important places
of a particular belief system.
Astrology: this is your knowledge of the influence of heavenly
bodies, stars, and constellations on terrestrial events and human behaviour.
Nephilim also take into account the effects of
meteors, subtle bodies, and some planets yet unknown to humans. This skill can
be used to predict the exact value of an upcoming Astrological modifier.
Tarot: this knowledge and use of tarot. The Tarot is a secret
system made by the Gypsies in ancient times to preserve and pass on their knowledge.
Tarot cards can be used to ask for clues. Alternately, it can be used as a symbolic
system through which to interpret certain types of occult data. Thus it can
be used like Hermetic, Cabbalistic or Astrological Knowledge.
Cabala: The heart of Hebraic occultism, this skill provides
knowledge of the Cabbalistic tree of life. More deeply, Cabbalism is a systematic
study of magical energy, and of the path of spiritual attainment, and the relationship
between the spiritual and mystical. You can use this skill to identify the qualities
of a summoned creature, or to identify an alchemical process, or a sorcerous
working. It represents a character's overall understanding of the subtleties
of magic.
Arcanum: this skill allows a Nephilim to recognize the secret
signs used by the Major Arcana. The secret signs might be general enough that
Nephilim of all Arcana can recognize them, or they may be known to only a particular
Arcanum. Signs are not just symbols and words, but sounds, musical harmonies,
hand gestures, colour combinations, and more. These signs are not a language
in themselves, but serve to attract the attention of those who know of them,
and in combination with words or pictures, can convey messages.
Philosophy: this is the study of ethics and morals. You can
lecture on the merits of a good life, different forms of government or the nature
of an ideal. This skill can also be used to determine someone’s guiding
principles by paying attention to their words and actions.
Legerdemain
You are good at holding things without their being seen, and like a juggler
or thief, you can manipulate objects with skill and dexterity, making them seem
to disappear. You can try and take objects or replace them quickly (if they
are within easy reach), and can produce objects unexpectedly, and sometimes
do it without others noticing.
Life Experience -
This skill is taken once for each historical period in which you have lived.
It deals with all your knowledge of a particular time and place, and gives more
detailed information than does the Know or Lore skills.