characters

strength

• 1 (–5) Morbidly weak, has significant trouble lifting own limbs
• 2-3 (–4) Needs help to stand, can be knocked over by strong breezes
• 4-5 (–3) Knocked off balance by swinging something dense
• 6-7 (–2) Difficulty pushing an object of their weight
• 8-9 (–1) Has trouble even lifting heavy objects
• 10-11 (0) Can literally pull their own weight
• 12-13 (+1) Carries heavy objects for short distances
• 14-15 (+2) Visibly toned, throws small objects for long distances
• 16-17 (+3) Carries heavy objects with one arm
• 18-19 (+4) Can break objects like wood with bare hands
• 20-21 (+5) Able to out-wrestle a work animal or catch a falling person
• 22-23 (+6) Can pull very heavy objects at appreciable speeds
• 24-25 (+7) Pinnacle of brawn, able to out-lift several people

dexterity

• 1 (–5) Barely mobile, probably significantly paralyzed
• 2-3 (–4) Incapable of moving without noticeable effort or pain
• 4-5 (–3) Visible paralysis or physical difficulty
• 6-7 (–2) Significant klutz or very slow to react
• 8-9 (–1) Somewhat slow, occasionally trips over own feet
• 10-11 (0) Capable of usually catching a small tossed object
• 12-13 (+1) Able to often hit large targets
• 14-15 (+2) Can catch or dodge a medium-speed surprise projectile
• 16-17 (+3) Able to often hit small targets
• 18-19 (+4) Light on feet, able to often hit small moving targets
• 20-21 (+5) Graceful, able to flow from one action into another easily
• 22-23 (+6) Very graceful, capable of dodging a number of thrown objects
• 24-25 (+7) Moves like water, reacting to all situations with almost no effort

constitution

• 1 (–5) Minimal immune system, body reacts violently to anything foreign
• 2-3 (–4) Frail, suffers frequent broken bones
• 4-5 (–3) Bruises very easily, knocked out by a light punch
• 6-7 (–2) Unusually prone to disease and infection
• 8-9 (–1) Easily winded, incapable of a full day’s hard labor
• 10-11 (0) Occasionally contracts mild sicknesses
• 12-13 (+1) Can take a few hits before being knocked unconscious
• 14-15 (+2) Able to labor for twelve hours most days
• 16-17 (+3) Easily shrugs off most illnesses
• 18-19 (+4) Able to stay awake for days on end
• 20-21 (+5) Very difficult to wear down, almost never feels fatigue
• 22-23 (+6) Never gets sick, even to the most virulent diseases
• 24-25 (+7) Tireless paragon of physical endurance

intelligence

• 1 (–5) Animalistic, no longer capable of logic or reason
• 2-3 (–4) Barely able to function, very limited speech and knowledge
• 4-5 (–3) Often resorts to charades to express thoughts
• 6-7 (–2) Often misuses and mispronounces words
• 8-9 (–1) Has trouble following trains of thought, forgets most unimportant things
• 10-11 (0) Knows what they need to know to get by
• 12-13 (+1) Knows a bit more than is necessary, fairly logical
• 14-15 (+2) Able to do math or solve logic puzzles mentally with reasonable accuracy
• 16-17 (+3) Fairly intelligent, able to understand new tasks quickly
• 18-19 (+4) Very intelligent, may invent new processes or uses for knowledge
• 20-21 (+5) Highly knowledgeable, probably the smartest person many people know
• 22-23 (+6) Able to make Holmesian leaps of logic
• 24-25 (+7) Famous as a sage and genius

wisdom

• 1 (–5) Seemingly incapable of thought, barely aware
• 2-3 (–4) Rarely notices important or prominent items, people, or occurrences
• 4-5 (–3) Seemingly incapable of forethought
• 6-7 (–2) Often fails to exert common sense
• 8-9 (–1) Forgets or opts not to consider options before taking action
• 10-11 (0) Makes reasoned decisions most of the time
• 12-13 (+1) Able to tell when a person is upset
• 14-15 (+2) Can get hunches about a situation that doesn’t feel right
• 16-17 (+3) Reads people and situations fairly well
• 18-19 (+4) Often used as a source of wisdom or decider of actions
• 20-21 (+5) Reads people and situations very well, almost unconsciously
• 22-23 (+6) Can tell minute differences among many situations
• 24-25 (+7) Nearly prescient, able to reason far beyond logic

charisma

• 1 (–5) Barely conscious, incredibly tactless and non-empathetic
• 2-3 (–4) Minimal independent thought, relies heavily on others to think instead
• 4-5 (–3) Has trouble thinking of others as people
• 6-7 (–2) Terribly reticent, uninteresting, or rude
• 8-9 (–1) Something of a bore or makes people mildly uncomfortable
• 10-11 (0) Capable of polite conversation
• 12-13 (+1) Mildly interesting, knows what to say to the right people
• 14-15 (+2) Interesting, knows what to say to most people
• 16-17 (+3) Popular, receives greetings and conversations on the street
• 18-19 (+4) Immediately likeable by many people, subject of favorable talk
• 20-21 (+5) Life of the party, able to keep people entertained for hours
• 22-23 (+6) Immediately likeable by almost everybody
• 24-25 (+7) Renowned for wit, personality, and/or looks