Pathfinder, 2nd Edition

Character Action
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Credits and Attributions

Pathfinder 2e Game System by Paizo (OG license)
Clock by Alexander Wiefel, DE. (CC license)
Compass by Amy Morgan. (CC license)
Sword by Johan H. W. Basberg, GB. (Public domain)
 Encounter Actions
ADMINISTER FIRST AID (MEDICINE)
MANIPULATE
Requirement: You have healer’s tools (page 290).
Attempt to heal dying/bleeding adjacent creature.
• Stabilize: DC 5 + their recovery DC (15 + its dying value).
• Bleeding: DC is the DC that caused the bleeding.
Success: If stabilizing, success. If bleeding, flat check to end.
Crit Failure: Stabilize: Dying++
Bleeding: Take bleed damage again.
+ AID
Trigger: Ally is about to use action you prepared for.
Requirement: Ally is willing to accept aid.
After spending an action preparing to help, you use your re-
action to assist an ally in their action. Usually DC 20 for you.
Crit Success: Grant +2 (+3@Master, +4@Legend) bonus.
Success: Grant ally +1 circumstance bonus.
Crit Failure: Ally takes -1 circumstance penalty instead.
ARREST A FALL
Trigger: You fall.
Requirement: You have a fly speed.
Acrobatics vs DC 15 (usually, higher based on circumstance)
Success: Fall gently, taking no damage from the fall.
AVERT GAZE
Avert your gaze from danger until SoYNT. +2 circumstance
bonus to saves that require you to look at a creature/object.
BALANCE (ACROBATICS)
MOVE
Requirement: On narrow surface, uneven ground, etc.
Acrobatics vs Balance DC. You’re Flat-Footed.
Crit Success: You move up to your Speed.
Success: Treat the surface as difficult terrain.
Crit Failure: You fall and your Turn ends.
BATTLE MEDICINE (MEDICINE) Feat Required
HEALING MANIPULATE SKILL
Attempt Treat Wounds, target is immune to this for one day.
DC 15 (+/- circumstances) Medicine (20 @ Expert for +10 HP,
30 @ Master for +30 HP, 40 @ Legend for +50 HP).
Crit Success: Target regains 4d8 HP and Wounded removed.
Success: Target regains 2d8 HP and Wounded removed.
Crit Failure: Target takes 1d8 damage.
BURROW
MOVE
Requirement: You have a burrow speed.
Dig up to your Speed through dirt/sand/loose material.
Can’t burrow through rock unless told otherwise.
CLIMB (ATHLETICS)
MOVE
Move up, down, or across an incline. You are Flat-Footed.
Crit Success: Move 5’ + 5’ per 20 of your land Speed.
Success: Move 5’ per 20 of your land Speed (min 5).
Crit Failure: You fall and land prone.
COMMAND AN ANIMAL (NATURE)
AUDITORY CONCENTRATE
Nature vs Will DC (GM may +/- the difficulty).
Auto-fail if its Hostile/Unfriendly. +1 degree if Helpful to you.
You must spend same # of actions as the animal must use.
Success: It does as you command on its next turn.
Failure: It hesitates, doing nothing.
Crit Failure: It misbehaves/misunderstands and does that.
CONCEAL AN OBJECT (STEALTH)
MANIPULATE SECRET
Hide a small/light object on your person. GM rolls Stealth vs
all observer’s passive Perception DC. If specifically looking,
the observer can roll Perception instead. Can also be used to
stash an object somewhere hidden to similar effect.
Success: The object remains undetected.
Failure: The searcher finds the object.
COVER TRACKS (SURVIVAL) Trained
CONCENTRATE MOVE
When you cover your tracks, the DC to Track you is the high-
er of your Survival DC or the normal DC to Track you.
CRAWL
MOVE
Requirement: Prone and Speed is at least 10’
Move 5’, you stay Prone.
CREATE A DIVERSION (DECEPTION)
MENTAL
Attempt to distract targets. If gesture/trick, add Manipulate
trait. If verbal, add Auditory & Linguistic trait. Deception vs
Perception DC’s, then they get +4 vs this action for 1 min.
Success: Become Hidden, and usually Sneak away.
Failure: They don’t fall for it, and are aware of your attempt.
DELAY
Trigger: Your turn begins.
Take any persistent damage or other negative effects, lose
any beneficial ones that would end on your turn, then you’re
removed from initiative. You can return via a Free Action
triggered by the end of any other creature’s turn.
 DEMORALIZE (INTIMIDATE)
AUDITORY CONCENTRATE EMOTION MENTAL
Shake resolve of an enemy within 30’. Intimidate vs Will DC.
-4 circumstance penalty if they can’t hear/understand you.
Regardless, target is immune to your Demoralize for 10 mins.
Crit Success: Target becomes Frightened 2.
Success: Target becomes Frightened 1.
DISABLE DEVICE (THIEVERY) Trained
MANIPULATE
Requirement: Some devices require Thieves Tools.
Attempt to make progress disabling a device.
Crit Success: Disabled, or 2 successes on complex item.
Success: Disabled, or 1 success on complex item.
Crit Failure: You trigger the device.
DISARM (ATHLETICS) Trained
ATTACK
Requirement: Free hand & target at most 1 size larger.
Knock item out of their grasp. Athletics vs Reflex DC.
Crit Success: It falls to the ground in opponent’s space.
Success: Until their turn, +2 to disarm, -2 to use item.
Crit Failure: Become flat-footed until your next turn.
DROP PRONE
MOVE
You fall prone.
ESCAPE
ATTACK
Attempt escape of one effect causing Grabbed/Immobilized/
Restrained. Roll Unarmed/Acrobatics/Athletics. DC based on:
Athletics if grabbed, Thievery if tied up, Escape DC if listed.
Crit Success: Freed of that effect and Stride up to 5’ if able.
Success: Freed of that effect
Crit Failure: Nope, and can’t attempt Escape ‘til next turn.
FEINT (DECEPTION) Trained
MENTAL
Requirement: Within melee reach of the opponent.
Try to throw them off guard. Deception vs Perception DC.
Crit Success: Flat-Footed against your melee until EoYNT.
Success: Flat-Footed against your next melee this turn.
Crit Failure: You become Flat-Footed vs them until EoYNT.
FORCE OPEN (ATHLETICS)
ATTACK
Force a door/window/etc. -2 penalty without a crowbar.
Crit Success: Success, and avoid damaging it.
Success: Success/Progress, per GM.
Crit Failure: You jam it, causing -2 to more attempts.
FLY
MOVE
Requirement: You have a fly speed.
Move through air up to your fly Speed. Treat upwards as
difficult terrain. Straight down is double-Speed. You can use
an action to Fly 0’. If airborne and don’t fly 1/turn, you fall.
GRAB AN EDGE
MANIPULATE
Trigger: You fall from/past an edge or handhold.
Requirement: Your arms are free to flail about.
Try to grab the edge, potentially stopping your fall. Make a
Reflex save vs Climb DC.
Crit Success: You grab the edge, whether or not you have a
free hand. Take damage from distance fallen so far -30’.
Success: You grab the edge only if you have a free hand.
Take damage from distance fallen so far -20’.
Crit Failure: Keep falling, and if you already fell 20’+, take 10
damage for every 20’ fallen.
GRAPPLE (ATHLETICS)
ATTACK
Requirement: Free hand & target at most 1 size larger.
Attempt to grab foe vs Fortitude DC.
Crit Success: Restrained til EoYNT unless you move, or they
escape.
Success: Grabbed til EoYNT unless you move/they escape.
Failure: You fail, and if you already had ‘em, lose ‘em.
Crit Failure: Fail, They choose: You’re Grabbed or Fall Prone.
HIDE (STEALTH)
SECRET
Hide behind cover or deeper concealment to become hid-
den, rather than observed. GM rolls vs Perception DC’s of all
creatures you’re observed by. You gain circumstance bonus
from cover or greater cover to your check.
Success: If seen, now hidden. If better, keep better status.
Ends if you lose cover/concealment/become observed, or
you do anything but Hide, Sneak, Step, GM allowed action. If
you Strike a creature, they’re Flat-Footed vs that attack.
HIGH JUMP (ATHLETICS)
MOVE
Stride, then make a vertical Leap. DC 30 Athletics.
Crit Success: 8’ Vertical, or 5’ Vertical + 10’ Horizontal.
Success: 5’ Vertical + 5’ Horizontal.
Failure: 3’ Vertical + 5’ Horizontal. (Normal Leap)
Crit Failure: You fall prone in your space.
INTERACT
MANIPULATE
Use your hand(s) to manipulate an object or the terrain. Skill
checks are sometimes required to determine success.
 LEAP
MOVE
Horizontal: Up to 10’ if Speed is 15+, or 15’ if Speed is 30+.
Vertical: Up to 3’ vertical and 5’ horizontal.
For more distance, see Long/High Jump Athletics actions.
LONG JUMP (ATHLETICS)
MOVE
Stride, then make a horizontal Leap. DC equal to the dis-
tance sought (Speed at most).
Success: You did it.
Failure: Normal Leap (10’ at 15 Speed, 15’ at 30 speed)
Crit Failure: Normal Leap, but you fall and land prone.
MANEUVER IN FLIGHT (ACROBATICS) Trained
MOVE
Requirement: You have a fly Speed.
Attempt a maneuver. GM sets the DC and possibilities, but
rarely move further than your Speed.
Success: You succeed at the maneuver.
Failure: You fail, GM chooses appropriate consequence.
Crit Failure: The consequences are even more dire.
MOUNT / DISMOUNT
MOVE
Requirement: Adjacent to willing creature 1+ size larger.
Move onto the creature & ride it. Or off into adjacent space.
PALM AN OBJECT (THIEVERY)
MANIPULATE
Palm small unattended object. Thievery vs Perception DC’s
of those observing you. Object is taken regardless.
Success: They don’t notice you.
Failure: They notice you, and GM determines response.
PERFORM (PERFORMANCE)
CONCENTRATE
Make brief performance, mostly to prove capability or im-
press someone quickly. Might influence subsequent DCs.
Crit Success: Impresses them and they may tell of you later.
Success: You prove yourself, and they appreciate you.
Failure: Your performance falls flat.
Crit Failure: You demonstrate only incompetence.
PICK A LOCK (THIEVERY) Trained
MANIPULATE
Requirement: Thieves Tools.
Attempt to unlock something without having the key.
Crit Success: 2 successes, no trace of tampering.
Success: 1 success.
Crit Failure: You break your tools.
POINT OUT
AUDITORY MANIPULATE VISUAL
Requirement: You detect a creature your allies haven’t.
Point and describe distance to turn an Undetected creature
Hidden instead to all allies that can see and hear you. If they
only see OR hear you, they make Perception vs Stealth DC or
they misunderstand & believe target is in a different location.
RAISE A SHIELD
Requirement: You are wielding a shield.
Position it to protect yourself, gaining its listed circumstance
bonus to AC. It remains raised until SoYNT.
READY
CONCENTRATE
Prepare a Single/Free Action outside your turn, and a Trigger.
Your turn ends. If the trigger happens, use Reaction to take
your prepared Action. Multiple Attack Penalty still applies.
RECALL KNOWLEDGE
CONCENTRATE SECRET
Applicable Skills: Arcana, Crafting, Lore, Medicine, Nature,
Occultism, Religion, Society
You stop and think a moment to recall specific facts.
Attempt a skill check to try to remember a bit of knowl-
edge regarding a topic related to that skill.
Crit Success: Recall + Gain additional info/context.
Success: Recall or gain useful clue about your situation.
Crit Failure: Incorrect info or gain erroneous clue.
RELEASE
MANIPULATE
Let go of something with one/two hands. Cannot trigger
Attacks of Opportunity, despite being a Manipulate action.
REQUEST (DIPLOMACY)
AUDITORY CONCENTRATE LINGUISTIC MENTAL
Make a request of a Friendly/Helpful creature. DC set by GM.
Crit Success: Target agrees without qualifications.
Success: Target agrees, might demand provision/alteration.
Failure: Target refuses, might propose alternative.
Crit Failure: Target refuses, becomes one step less friendly.
SEEK
CONCENTRATE SECRET
For Creatures: If precision necessary, pick either a 30’ cone
from you, or 15’ burst w/in line of sight. Penalties may apply.
For Objects: search up to a 10’ square adjacent to you. GM
may rule that Seeking takes longer (actions/minutes/hours).
GM makes Perception vs Stealth DCs of the things in area.
Crit Success: Creatures observed if possible, objects found.
Success: Undetected -> Hidden, or Hidden -> Observed if
possible. Objects may be found, or hinted at, per GM fiat.
 SENSE MOTIVE
CONCENTRATE SECRET
Try to discern abnormal behavior of one creature. GM makes
Perception check vs Deception DC. You usually can’t retry.
Crit Success: Detect true intent, plus if under mental magic.
Success: Detect whether behaving normally.
Failure: You believe what they want you to believe if being
deceptive. Assume they’re behaving normal otherwise.
Crit Failure: You get a false sense of their intentions.
SHOVE (ATHLETICS)
ATTACK
Requirement: Free hand & target at most 1 size larger.
Push an opponent away. Athletics vs their Fortitude DC.
Crit Success: Push them up to 10’ and can Stride after.
Success: Push them 5’ and can Stride after.
Crit Failure: You fall and land prone.
SNEAK (STEALTH)
MOVE SECRET
Attempt to Move to another place, becoming/staying un-
detected. Stride up to half your Speed. Gain circumstance
bonus from cover/etc if kept the whole movement. Automat-
ically fails if you end your movement without conceal/cover.
Success: You’re undetected, but lose it if you don’t Hide,
Sneak, Step, GM allowed action. If you speak/make noise
you become hidden instead of undetected.
Failure: Oops, they know your position, but still hidden.
Crit Failure: Oops, you’re spotted! If impossible to spot,
hidden instead.
STAND
MOVE
You stand up from Prone.
STEAL (THIEVERY)
MANIPULATE
Steal small object from target. Auto-fail in combat/on guard.
DC usually the Perception DC of the target. -5 if protected.
May also have to check vs other observers as well.
Success: They don’t notice you.
Failure: Target notices you before theft, or observer saw
you. The GM determines their response.
STEP
MOVE
Requirement: Speed is 10’+, Land speed only
Move 5’ carefully, don’t trigger Reactions (like Attack of Op-
portunity). You usually can’t Step into difficult terrain.
STRIDE
MOVE
You move up to your Speed.
STRIKE
ATTACK
Attack vs the AC of target.
Crit Success: Double damage!
Success: Deal damage normally
SWIM (ATHLETICS)
MOVE
DC set by GM. If still in water, sink 10’ or move with current if
you haven’t passed a check this turn.
Crit Success: Move 10’ + 5’ per 20’ of your Land Speed.
Success: Move 5’ + 5’ per 20’ of your Land Speed.
Crit Failure: Make no progress, lose 1 round of air.
TAKE COVER
Requirement: There’s cover to take, or you’re Prone.
Gain Standard Cover (+2 AC, Reflex, Stealth), or upgrade
Standard to Greater Cover (+4). Lasts until you leave your
space, use an Attack, become unconscious, or...stop this.
TREAT POISON (MEDICINE)
MANIPULATE
Attempt to prevent spread of Poison. Medicine vs Poison DC.
Can’t retry until after their next save vs the poison.
Crit Success: Target gets +4 to its next save vs the poison.
Success: Target gets +2 to its next save vs the poison.
Crit Failure: Target gets a -2 penalty to its next save, instead.
TRIP (ATHLETICS)
ATTACK
Requirement: Free hand & target at most 1 size larger.
Try to knock an opponent down. Athletics vs Reflex DC.
Crit Success: They are prone + 1d6 bludgeon damage.
Success: They are prone.
Crit Failure: You fall and land prone.
TUMBLE THROUGH (ACROBATICS)
MOVE
Stride up to your speed, and you can try to move through
the space of one enemy. Acrobat vs Reflex DC.
Success: Treat the enemy’s squares as difficult terrain.
Failure: Your move ends, and you trigger reactions.
 Exploration Activities
Basic Actions
AVOID NOTICE Move at half your travel speed to attempt a Stealth check. At the start of an encounter, use your
Stealth check to determine initiative and whether enemies noticed you.
DEFEND Move at half your travel speed with your shield raised, so that if combat breaks out, you start with
the benefit of Raising a Shield before your first turn.
DETECT MAGIC You cast Detect Magic at regular intervals. You have no chance of accidentally overlooking an aura at
up to 300’ per minute, but must be moving no more than 150’ feet per minute to detect auras before
moving into them.
FOLLOW THE EXPERT Choose a willing ally attempting a recurring skill check while exploring that they are at least an
Expert in. Match their tactic, adding your level as a proficiency bonus, plus a bonus based on your
ally’s proficiency: +2 for expert, +3 for master, and +4 for legendary.
HUSTLE Move at double travel speed for minutes equal to your Constitution modifier x 10 (min 10).
INVESTIGATE Move at half your travel speed to Recall Knowledge to discover clues among the various things you
can see and engage with as you journey along.
REPEAT A SPELL Move at half your travel speed to repeatedly cast the same spell that you can cast in 2 actions or
fewer. Instead you can Sustain a spell/activation with a sustained duration.
SCOUT Move at half your speed to scout ahead of your party, watching for danger. At the start of the next
encounter, every creature in your party gains a +1 circumstance bonus to their initiative rolls.
SEARCH You seek hidden doors, concealed hazards, etc. To be thorough you need to travel no more than
300’ per minute, or 150’ per minute if you want to detect things before walking into it. The GM will
attempt a secret check to Seek hidden objects/hazards. In locations with many objects to search,
you may have to stop or spend significantly longer to search thoroughly.

Skill-Based Actions
BORROW AN ARCANE SPELL (ARCANA) Trained DECIPHER WRITING (VARIES)
CONCENTRATE
If you use a spellbook, you can attempt to prepare a spell
from another book. GM sets the DC based on level and rarity;
typically a bit easier than Learning the Spell.
Success: Prepare the spell as normal.
Failure: Can’t, and no retry until next time you prepare
spells. The Slot is still usable by other spells.
COERCE
AUDITORY CONCENTRATE EMOTION LINGUISTIC MENTAL
Spend at least 1 min threatening a creature so it does what
you want. Then, Intimidation vs Will DC, +/- circumstances.
Crit Success: Target complies, and continues for usually 1
day. After, they become at least Unfriendly, but afraid of you.
Success: As Crit Success, only unfriendly and unafraid to act.
Failure: Failure, and target is at least Unfriendly to you.
Crit Failure: Failure, target becomes Hostile, immune to this
for at least 1 week.
COVER TRACKS Trained
CONCENTRATE MOVE
Move 1/2 speed to obscure your trail with Survival. Anyone
tracking you faces higher DC of your Survival or the normal.
Trained
CONCENTRATE SECRET
Used to understand archaic/esoteric/obscure texts. Usually
takes 1 min per page, sometimes longer. 1 hour for ciphers.
Text must be in a language you can read, or Society for unfa-
miliar languages. DC based on state/complexity of text. May
require multiple checks for larger texts.
Crit Success: You understand the true meaning of the text.
Success: True meaning, or General meaning if a cipher.
Failure: You can’t understand the text, -2 to retry attempts.
Crit Failure: You think you understand, but you’re wrong.
GATHER INFORMATION
SECRET
Use Diplomacy to canvass the area to learn about a specific
individual or topic. DC and amount of time vary, typically 2
hours. Consider things like bribes/gifts/drinks, etc for both.
Success: You collect info. The GM determines the specifics.
Crit Failure: You collect incorrect information, instead.
Sample Tasks
Untrained: talk of the town
Trained: common rumor
Expert: obscure rumor, poorly guarded secret
Master: well-guarded or esoteric information
Legend: info known to select few/extraordinary beings.
IDENTIFY ALCHEMY (CRAFT) Trained MAKE AN IMPRESSION (DIPLOMACY)
CONCENTRATE SECRET
Requirement: alchemist’s tools
Use Craft to take 10 minutes to identify an alchemical item. If
interrupted, you must start over.
Success: You identify the item and means to activate it
Failure: You fail, but can try again
Crit Failure: You misidentify the item as something else
IDENTIFY MAGIC (VARIES) Trained
CONCENTRATE SECRET
Once you know an item/location/ongoing effect is magic,
you can spend 10 minutes to identify the particulars with
the appropriate skill:tradition combo (if no specific tradition,
any Skill). If interrupted, you must start over. GM sets the DC,
and cursed or esoteric subjects might even be impossible to
identify. Heightened spells aren’t harder to identify.
Crit Success: You learn all the attributes of the magic.
Success: For item/location you get a sense of what it is and
how to activate it. For effects, you learn its name and what it
does. You can’t retry for a Crit Success.
Failure: You fail, and can’t retry for 1 day.
Crit Failure: You misidentify the magic as something else.
IMPERSONATE (DECEPTION)
CONCENTRATE MANIPULATE SECRET
Use Deception & usually a disguise kit to pretend you’re
something that you’re not. Assembling an actual disguise
takes 10 minutes. Creatures usually don’t get a roll against
you. If you interact with someone, GM rolls your Deception
vs Perception DC, +/- circumstances. If impersonating some-
one specific, rolls might be required without interacting.
Success: You trick them until your behavior changes.
Failure: They know.
Crit Failure: They know, and recognize you if seen before.
LEARN A SPELL (VARIES) Trained TRACK (SURVIVAL)
CONCENTRATE
Requirement: spell is on your tradition’s list.
Use the skill relevant to the spell’s tradition to learn a new
spell. You can learn from someone who knows that spell, or
from a spellbook/scroll. You must:
• Spend 1 hour/level studying the person/book/scroll
• Have materials to pay the learning price
• Attempt a skill check. Uncommon/Rare have higher DCs
If you have a spellbook, you add it to your book. If prepared
from a list, add it to the list. If you have a repertoire, you can
select it when you add/swap spells.
Crit Success: Only expend half the materials to learn it.
Success: expend the materials to learn the spell.
Failure: Materials not expended, and can retry next level.
Crit Failure: As failure, but expend half the materials.
Costs and Starting DCs
0th-1st: 2gp, DC 15 2nd: 6 gp, DC 18 3rd: 16gp, DC 20, 4th: 36gp,
DC 23 5th: 70gp, DC 26 6th: 140gp, DC 28 7th: 300gp, DC 31
8th: 650 gp, DC 34 9th: 1500 gp, DC 36 10th: 7000gp, DC 41
AUDITORY CONCENTRATE LINGUISTIC MENTAL
Spend 1 minute to make a good impression. Diplomacy vs
Will DC of 1 target +/- circumstances. Impressions usually
only last for the current situation, GM can decide otherwise.
Crit Success: Their attitude improves two steps
Success: Their attitude improves one step
Crit Failure: Their attitude decreases one step
REPAIR (CRAFT)
MANIPULATE
Requirement: alchemist’s tools
With a repair kit and the Crafting skill, you fix a damaged
item. Spend 10 minutes. GM sets difficulty, usually same as
crafting the item in the first place.
Crit Success: you restore 10 HP, plus 10 per Rank in Craft.
Success: you restore 5 HP, plus 5 per Rank in Craft.
Crit Failure: You deal 2d6 damage to the item (- hardness).
SENSE DIRECTION (SURVIVAL)
SECRET
Use the stars, sun, geography, flora, or fauna to get a sense
of where you are or determine the cardinal direction. 1/day
attempt Survival (GM determines DC and time required).
Unusual/unfamiliar locations may have higher DC. Take a -2
penalty if you lack a compass or other orienteering gear.
Crit Success: Excellent sense of where you are, and direction
Success: Avoid becoming lost, a sense of cardinal direction.
SQUEEZE (ACROBATICS) Trained
MOVE
Use Acrobatics to contort yourself to squeeze through a
space you can barely fit through. Most tight spaces are just
Difficult Terrain. Trained: shoulders-size. Master: head sized.
Crit Success: 10’ of squeezing per minute.
Success: 5’ of squeezing per minute.
Crit Failure: You’re stuck. Can spend 1 minute to retry.
Trained
CONCENTRATE MOVE
Move 1/2 speed to find and follow creatures’ tracks with Sur-
vival. Successful checks provide 1 hour of tracking, unless
trail significantly changes. GM sets the difficulty.
Success: You find the trail, or continue correctly.
Failure: You lose the trail, can try again after 1 hour delay.
Crit Failure: You lose the trail, can’t try again for 24 hours.
TREAT WOUNDS (MEDICINE) Trained
HEALING MANIPULATE
Requirement: Healer’s tools.
You spend 10 minutes to treat a living creature’s wounds.
Target is immune to Treat Wounds for 1 hour. Make DC 15
(+/- circumstances) Medicine check (20 @ Expert for +10 HP,
30 @ Master for +30 HP, 40 @ Legend for +50 HP).
If you succeed, you can take an hour instead to 2x HP healed.
Crit Success: Target regains 4d8 HP and Wounded removed.
Success: Target regains 2d8 HP and Wounded removed.
Crit Failure: Target takes 1d8 damage instead.
 Downtime Actions
CRAFT Trained
Requirement: Your level or lower, a formula, tools, raw
materials equal to half the price, possibly extra feats
Spend 4 days working on 1 item, 4 consumables, or a batch
of ammunition. Then make a Craft check vs DC determined
by GM based on level, rarity, etc.
Crit Success: Success, each additional day reduces cost
based on level + 1 and proficiency, per Earn Income.
Success: Success, each additional day reduces cost based
on level and proficiency, per Earn Income.
Failure: Failure, but you salvage all the raw materials
Crit Failure: Failure, you ruin 10% of the materials
CREATE FORGERY (SOCIETY) Trained
Requirement: writing materials, possibly a sample
GM determines time required (1 to 7 days, usually). After you
spend that time, GM makes a secret DC 20 Society check.
Gain +4 bonus if handwriting isn’t specific to a person and
you’ve seen similar documents before.
Success: the forgery is immune to passive detection
Failure: can be detected via passive Perception/Society DC
Observers can choose to scrutinize the forgery, attempting a
Perception/Society check vs your Society DC.
EARN INCOME (VARIES) Trained
Phase 1 -- Looking for work:
GM selects a task representing most lucrative job available.
You can opt to look for higher/lower jobs after, taking time
and Gather Information/Research/Socializing.
Phase 2 -- Your first day:
GM secretly sets the DC, and you roll the skill check, earning
income (see table on pg 236 for usual earnings).
• Crit Success: Paid as if +1 level for your proficiency
• Success: Paid at the job’s level for your proficiency
• Failure: Shoddy work, paid the failure wage instead,
usually reducing the time you can keep working
• Crit Failure: Earn nothing, you’re fired, and your reputa-
tion suffers making it harder to find another job
Phase 3 -- Keep working:
You can continue to work (using your previous roll), earning
the same amount each day. GM determines max time you
can work on this opportunity (2 weeks is a normal)
Sample Tasks
Trained: bartend, do legal research
Expert: curate drink selection, present minor court cases
Master: run a large brewery, present important court cases
Legend: run international franchise, present a case in Hell
LONG-TERM REST
Spend an entire day and night resting.
Regain HP equal to Con mod (min 1) times twice your level.
RETRAINING
Alter your character choices by switching certain options.
Can’t do ancestry/heritage/background/class/ability scores.
GM determines whether you can get sufficient training to do
so. In some cases you may have to pay an instructor.
When retraining, only take things you could have taken at
that level.
Feats:
Takes 1 week of downtime to swap to a comparable feat.
Skills:
Take 1 week to swap skill increases to one of equal/lower
level (i.e. you can’t drop a Trained skill to gain an Expert)
Class Features:
GM determines how long it takes to swap class features.
SUBSIST (SOCIETY / SURVIVAL)
Note: you can subsist after 8 hours or less, but at a -5 penalty.
Try to provide food and shelter for yourself (+ maybe others).
GM determines DC based on the location, and may require a
minimum proficiency rank.
Crit Success: Provide for yourself and one other, or improve
your own to a Comfortable living.
Success: Provide for yourself with a Subsistence living.
Failure: Become Fatigued until you attain food and shelter.
Crit Failure: You attract trouble, eat something you
shouldn’t, or otherwise worsen your situation. You get -2
circumstance penalty to Subsist checks for 1 week. You find
no food, and at risk of starving/thirsting if you have none.
TREAT DISEASE (MEDICINE) Trained
Requirement: Healer’s tools
Spend at least 8 hours caring for a diseased creature. Med-
icine vs disease DC. After, you can’t retry until after target’s
next save vs the disease.
Crit Success: Grant +4 circumstance bonus to next save
Success: Grant +2 circumstance bonus to next save
Crit Failure: Cause -2 circumstance penalty instead
MISC ACTIVITIES
Work with your GM for other ways to spend downtime. You
might acquire property, manage a business, join a guild or
group, curry favor, take command of an army, take an ap-
prentice, start a family, minister to a flock of the faithful, etc.