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The actions you can perform with a given skill are sorted into those you can use untrained and those that require you to be trained in the skill, as shown on Table 4–1: Skills, Key Abilities, and Actions. The untrained and trained actions of each skill appear in separate sections within the skill’s description. 

Anyone can use a skill’s untrained actions, but you can use trained actions only if you have a proficiency rank of trained or better in that skill. A circumstance, condition, or effect might bar you from a skill action regardless of your proficiency rank, and sometimes using a skill in a specific situation might require you to have a higher proficiency rank than what is listed on the table. For instance, even though a barbarian untrained in Arcana could identify a construct with a lucky roll using Arcana to Recall Knowledge, the GM might decide that Recalling Knowledge to determine the spells used to create such a construct is beyond the scope of the barbarian’s anecdotal knowledge. The GM decides whether a task requires a particular proficiency rank.

Improving Skills

As your character advances in level, there are two main ways their skills improve: skill increases and skill feats. Your class lists the levels at which you gain each of these improvements.

Skill Increases

Skill increases improve your proficiency in skills of your choice. You can use these increases to become trained in new skills or increase your proficiency rank in skills you’re trained in (from trained to expert at any level, expert to master at 7th level or higher, and master to legendary at 15th level or higher). Unlike when you first become trained at a skill, if two different abilities would make you an expert, master, or legendary in a skill, you don’t get to choose a second skill to become expert in—the redundant benefit simply has no effect.

Skill Feats

Skill feats are a type of general feat that often grant you a new way to use a skill or make you better at using a skill in a particular way. Skill feats always have the skill trait. These feats appear in Chapter 5.

Table 4–1: Skills, Key Abilities, and Actions

Skill	Key Ability	Untrained Actions	Trained Actions
Acrobatics	Dexterity	Balance [one-action] Tumble Through [one-action]	Maneuver in Flight [one-action]  Squeeze E
Arcana	Intelligence	Recall Knowledge G [one-action]	Borrow an Arcane Spell E Decipher Writing E, G  Identify Magic E, G  Learn a Spell E, G
Athletics	Strength	Climb [one-action] Force Open [one-action]         Grapple [one-action]          High Jump [two-actions]       Long Jump [two-actions]  Shove [one-action]          Swim [one-action]          Trip [one-action]	Disarm [one-action]
Crafting	Intelligence	Recall Knowledge G [one-action]    Repair E	Craft D  Earn Income D, G  Identify Alchemy E
Deception	Charisma	Create a Diversion [one-action]           Impersonate E         Lie	Feint [one-action]
Diplomacy	Charisma	Gather Information E         Make an Impression E  Request [one-action]
Intimidation	Charisma	Coerce E         Demoralize [one-action]
Lore	Intelligence	Recall Knowledge G [one-action]	Earn Income  D, G
Medicine	Wisdom	Administer First Aid [two-actions]  Recall Knowledge G [one-action]	Treat Disease D Treat Poison [one-action]  Treat Wounds E
Nature	Wisdom	Command an Animal [one-action]      Recall Knowledge G [one-action]	Identify Magic E, G Learn a Spell E, G
Occultism	Intelligence	Recall Knowledge G [one-action]	Decipher Writing E, G  Identify Magic E, G  Learn a Spell E, G
Performance	Charisma	Perform [one-action]	Earn Income D, G
Religion	Wisdom	Recall Knowledge G [one-action]	Decipher Writing  E, G Identify Magic E, G Learn a Spell E, G
Society	Intelligence	Recall Knowledge G [one-action]        Subsist D, G	Create Forgery D  Decipher Writing E, G
Stealth	Dexterity	Conceal an Object [one-action]          Hide [one-action]          Sneak [one-action]
Survival	Wisdom	Sense Direction E Subsist D, G	Cover Tracks E  Track E
Thievery	Dexterity	Palm an Object [one-action]          Steal [one-action]	Disable a Device [two-actions]  Pick a Lock [two-actions]

^D This skill action can be used only during downtime.
^E This skill action is used during exploration.
^G This is a general skill action.