Most skills have a base Ability that they derive from. Most Melee Skills are derived from athletics, because coordination (more then any other factor) determines success. So, if characters choose to train in any Melee Skill, their Athletics Ability will determine their natural advantage over others. Thus, if two different characters both take 1d6 skill in staff, and were sparring against each other, the one with the higher Athletics Ability would be rolling more dice to determine success. This is because, the player can opt to use all their athletic ability to back their attack, thus adding those dice to their staff wielding skill for the contest.
I'm developing a Skill Tree to illustrate which skills benefit most from certain Abilities:
Skill Tree:
Physical Abilities:
Strength-pure physical strength
Heavy Armor (30 lbs +)
Heavy (10 lbs+) Melee Weapon
Smithing (any)
Bull Rush
Stability
Reaction-quickness of reflex actions
Balance
Evasion
Ready Action (action) - you always practice this opening combat action.
Athletics-ability to move the body, coordination.
Light (<10 lbs) Melee Weapon-each weapon is trained separately.
Ranged (weapon)-each weapon is trained separately.
Climbing
Jumping
Riding
Swimming
Tumbling
Hiding
Move Silently
Pick Pocket
Use Rope
Light Armor
Light Shield
Ambidexterity
Mounted Archery
Mounted Combat
Running
Two-Weapon Style (weapons)
Health-pure physical endurance
Escape Artist
Attractiveness-pure physical attractiveness
Mental Abilities:
Alertness-ability to perceive changes in one's surroundings
Listen
Spot
Search
Blind-fighting
Focus-ability to concentrate
Elemental Spellcasting (spell)
Elixir making (type)
Concentration
Craft magical (type)
Medicine
Open Lock
Scrying
Use Magical Device
Scribe Scroll
Intelligence-ability to learn or solve problems
Learning-each die of learning is subtracted from any learning task.
Decipher Script
Chemistry (Elemental)-knowledge of mundane substances that aid in elemental spellcasting.
Alchemy-knowledge of magical substances that aid in elemental spellcasting
Appraise
Craft mundane (type)
Disable Device
Forgery
First Aid
Innuendo
Knowledge (subject)
Profession (type)
Read Lips (language)
Write Language (language)
Wilderness Lore
Tracking
Toughness-resistance to fatigue or attack of the mind
Mantra of Iron Will
Emotional:
Spirituality-level that soul is attuned to the spiritual forces of the universe
Spirit Spellcasting (spell)
Potion-making (type)
Spirit Sensing (type)
Animal Empathy (type)
Intuit Direction
Sense Motive
Use Spiritual Device
Enhanced Sense (type) - enhances checks involving that sense.
Imbue Charm
Spirit Tracking
Charisma-ability to influence others through emotions
Bluff
Diplomacy
Disguise
Gather Info
Handle Animal
Intimidate
Perform
Speak Language (language)
Leadership
Resilience-ability of the soul to resist influence/attack
Centering
Luck-how attuned the spirit is to the opportunities of chance
Gambling
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