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Introduction:

The purpose of this page is to list out the various usages for skills outlines in the various books.

Source Books:

BoNS = Book of Nine Swords CAdv = Complete Adventurer CW = Complete Warrior DoU = Drow of the Underdark Epic = Epic Level Handbook ExPH = Expanded Psionics Handbook HoB = Heroes of Battle MoI = Magic of Incarnum OA = Oriental Adventures PHB = Player's Handbook RoD = Races of Destiny RoDR = Races of the Dragon RoS = Races of Stone RoW = Races of the Wild SandS = Spells and Spellcraft SW = Stormwrack ToM = Tome of Magic

Skill Name	Usage	Description	Source
Appraise	Antique Bluff	You can use this skill and minor creation or major creation to create fake merchandise and antiques.	SandS
Appraise	Appraise Performance	You can evaluate the quality of a performance.	RoS
Appraise	Detect Magic	You can sense magical auras in objects.	Epic
Appraise	Evaluate an Item	You can estimate the value of an item.	PHB
Appraise	Fast Appraise	You can appraise an item quickly at +5 DC.	CAdv
Appraise	Identify Dwarven Craftwork	You can identify whether an item is dwarvencraft or made by dwarves.	RoS
Appraise	Sense Magic Auras	You can sense if an item has a magical aura.	Epic
Autohypnosis	Damage Reduction	Gain DR 2/-.	Epic
Autohypnosis	Gain Hit Points	You can grant yourself temporary hit points.	Epic
Autohypnosis	Ignore Caltrop Wound	You can ignore the movement penalty for stepping on caltrops.	ExPH
Autohypnosis	Ignore Dying	You can continue taking actions when at negative hit points.	Epic
Autohypnosis	Ignore Poison	You can avoid making a secondary save for poison.	Epic
Autohypnosis	Memorize	Memorize a long string of numbers or long passage or verse.	ExPH
Autohypnosis	Resist Dying	You can stop yourself from dying.	ExPH
Autohypnosis	Resist Fear	You can shrug off a fear effect.	ExPH
Autohypnosis	Shrug Off Mind Effects	You can reroll a save against mind-affecting effects.	Epic
Autohypnosis	Tolerate Poison	You can substitute your Autohypnosis check for your poison save.	ExPH
Autohypnosis	Willpower	You can take a normal action at 0 hit points and not lose a hit point.	ExPH
Balance	Accelerated Movement	You can walk across a precarious surface more quickly at a -5 penalty.	PHB
Balance	Epic Balance	You can balance on very small surfaces, including hair-thin. You can eventually balance on liquids or clouds.	Epic
Balance	Improved Concentration	You gain a +2 bonus to Concentration checks with 5 ranks of Balance if an uneven or narrow floor is causing the check.	SandS
Balance	Improved Grease	You gain a +2 bonus to save DC of any grease spell you cast.	SandS
Balance	Move along unstable Surfaces	You can move along a pitching or unstable surface.	RoW
Balance	Move through Trees	You can move horizontally along a branch or tree trunk.	RoW
Balance	Negotiate a Precarious Surface	You can walk on a precarious surface.	PHB
Balance	Negotiate a Precarious Surface	You can walk on a precarious surface.	SW
Balance	Resist Trip	You can make a Balance check at -10 to resist a trip attempt if you have 10+ ranks in Balance.	CAdv
Balance	Sprinting Balance	You can run across a narrow surface at a -20 penalty.	CAdv
Bluff	Create a Diversion to Hide	You can distract observers to allow you to hide.	PHB
Bluff	Deliver Secret Message	Get message across without third parties understanding.	PHB
Bluff	Deliver Secret Message	Substitute Dex for Cha if you and recipient know Drow Sign Language	DoU
Bluff	Disguise Surface Thoughts	You can fool spells by displaying false surface thoughts.	Epic
Bluff	Display False Alignment	You can fool alignment-sensing effects.	Epic
Bluff	Feint in Combat	You can make an opponent flat-footed.	PHB
Bluff	Heckle	You can hinder the Performance checks of a performer.	RoS
Bluff	Influence Target	You can get the target to act as you wish for a short time.	PHB
Bluff	Instill Confidence in Troops	You can grant troops a +2 bonus on their next morale check in exchange for a -2 penalty on all subsequent morale checks.	HoB
Bluff	Instill Suggestion	You can instill a suggestion in a target.	Epic
Bluff	Lie	You can successfully lie or convince someone of something not true or unbelievable.	PHB
Climb	Accelerated Climbing	You can climb more quickly at a -5 penalty.	PHB
Climb	Catch Characters Falling out of Trees	You can catch yourself or others falling out of trees.	RoW
Climb	Catch a Falling Character	You can catch a falling character within reach while you are climbing.	PHB
Climb	Catch Yourself when Falling	You can catch yourself when you fall.	PHB
Climb	Climb on Ships	You can climb up parts of a ship.	SW
Climb	Climb Trees	You can climb trees.	RoW
Climb	Climb Unclimbable Surfaces	You can climb perfectly smooth flat vertical surface or overhangs.	Epic
Climb	Combat Climb	You can retain your Dex bonus to AC while climbing with a -20 penalty to Climb checks.	CAdv
Climb	Negotiate Inclines	You can climb walls and other inclines.	PHB
Climb	Rapid Climb	You can climb at your full speed at a -20 penalty.	CAdv
Climb	Rappel	You can use a rope to rappel down inclines.	RoS
Concentration	Cast while Grappled	You can cast spells with somatic components while grappled.	Epic
Concentration	Gain Psionic Focus	You can regain your psionic focus.	ExPH
Concentration	Ignore Heckling	You can ignore hecklers during your performance.	RoS
Concentration	Maintain Concentration	You can maintain concentration or cast spells under adverse conditions.	PHB
Concentration	Maintain Concentration	You can maintain concentration or manifest powers under adverse conditions.	ExPH
Concentration	Maintain Concentration	You can maintain concentration or shape a soulmeld or bind a chakra under adverse conditions.	MoI
Craft	Alchemy	You can craft various new alchemical items such as ditherbombs, bitterleaf oil, fire beetle lamps, and sundark goggles.	RoDR
Craft	Alchemy	You can craft various new alchemical items.	DoU
Craft	Blacksmithing	You can repair or construct siege weapons at a -5 penalty.	HoB
Craft	Boatbuilding	You can build boats.	SW
Craft	Create Augmented Substance	You can create alchemical items with greater potency or areas of effect.	Epic
Craft	Poisonmaking	You can refine raw materials into poisons.	CAdv
Craft	Poisonmaking	You can refine raw materials into poisons and magic-infused poison.	DoU
Craft	Quick Creation	You can voluntarily increase the DC of crafting an item by any multiple of 10.	CAdv
Craft	Quick Identification	You can identify a substance more quickly.	Epic
Craft	Siege Engine	You can repair or construct siege weapons.	HoB
Craft	Various	You can construct or fashion certain items.	PHB
Craft	Various	You can author books, plays, and other works of art.	RoS
Craft	Weaponsmithing	You can repair or construct siege weapons at a -5 penalty.	HoB
Decipher Script	Decipher Scroll	You can decipher a scroll without using read magic.	Epic
Decipher Script	Read Script	You can glean the meaning of unknown or esoteric scripts.	PHB
Decipher Script	Write in Code	You can create a secret code.	CAdv
Diplomacy	Change Attitude	You can influence reactions by changing the attitude of others.	PHB
Diplomacy	Gain Fanatic Follower	You can turn a person into a fanatic follower.	Epic
Dilomacy	Haggle	You can try to convince someone to lower his prices.	CAdv
Diplomacy	Lead Troops in Battle	You gain a +2 bonus on rally checks with 5 or more ranks.	HoB
Diplomacy	Mediate	You can mediate disputes between two parties.	CAdv
Disable Device	Bypass Trap	You can incorporate a bypass element into a trap you encounter.	CAdv
Disable Device	Disable a Trap	You can render a trap harmless.	PHB
Disable Device	Quick Disable	You can render a trap harmless more quickly, but with +20 to the DC.	CAdv
Disable Device	Quicker Disable	You can render a trap harmless even more quickly with even greater penalties.	Epic
Disable Device	Rig Simple Devices	You can rig simple devices to fail after a time.	PHB
Disable Device	Sabotage Siege Engine	You can sabotage siege engines.	HoB
Disguise	Change Appearance	You can change your appearance.	PHB
Disguise	Change Appearance More	You can change your apparent height and weight more than normal.	Epic
Disguise	Create Fake Corpses	You can attempt to appear to be dead.	HoB
Disguise	Disguise Object	You can change the appearance of an object.	RoD
Escape Artist	Escape from Bindings	You can wriggle out of bindings, including manacles.	PHB
Escape Artist	Extremely Tight Space	You can squeeze through extremely tight spaces.	Epic
Escape Artist	Grappling	You can escape from a grapple.	PHB
Escape Artist	Pass Wall of Force	You can pass through a wall of force.	Epic
Escape Artist	Quick Escape	You can escape from manacles, bindings, and grapples faster than normal or squeeze through tight spaces more quickly at +10 to the DC.	CAdv
Escape Artist	Tight Space	You can squeeze through tight spaces.	PHB
Forgery	Detect Forgeries	You can detect forgeries.	PHB
Forgery	Fake Documents	You can forge documents so that they look authentic.	PHB
Forgery	Forge Credentials	You can forge credentials, granting a bonus on specific Bluff, Diplomacy, or Intimidate checks.	CAdv
Forgery	Forge Document without Sample	You can forge a document without seeing a sample.	Epic
Forgery	Forge Nautical Documents	You can forge various nautical documents.	SW
Gather Information	Avoid Suspicion	You can avoid suspicions caused by your Gather Information check by accepting a -20 penalty.	Epic
Gather Information	Gather Information	You can gather information.	PHB
Gather Information	Learn about Battlefield	You can scout a battlefied to grant a strategic advantage to your forces.	HoB
Gather Information	Understand Organization	You can understand an organization's structure.	RoD
Handle Animal	Handle an Animal	You can command an animal to perform a task it knows.	PHB
Handle Animal	Handle Other Creatures	You can handle creatures other than animals.	Epic
Handle Animal	New Uses for Existing Tricks	You can have an animal that knows PHB tricks use them in new ways.	RoS
Handle Animal	Push an Animal	You can command an animal to perform a task it does not know.	PHB
Handle Animal	Rear a Wild Animal	You can raise a wild animal so that it becomes domesticated and can be taught tricks.	PHB
Handle Animal	Reduce Teaching/Training	You can accelerate the process of teaching or training a creature by adding to the DC.	Epic
Handle Animal	Teach an Animal a Trick	You can teach an animal useful tricks.	PHB
Handle Animal	Train an Animal for a Purpose	You can train an animal for a specific purpose.	PHB
Handle Animal	Train Draconic Animals	You can train draconic animals just like other magical beasts.	RoDR
Handle Animal	Train Vermin	You can train vermin a limited number of tricks with the Vermin Trainer feat.	DoU
Heal	Extended Aid	You can help an unconscious creature return to consciousness more quickly.	HoB
Heal	First Aid	You can save a dying creature.	PHB
Heal	Investigate Death	You can determine what killed a dead creature.	CAdv
Heal	Long-Term Care	You can help recovery of hit points and ability scores.	PHB
Heal	Makeshift Badages	You can apply makeshift bandages to stabilize a creature 2 rounds later.	HoB
Heal	Perfect Recovery	You can allow a subject to regain hp in a single hour instead of a full week.	Epic
Heal	Quicken Recovery	You can allow a subject to regain hp in a single hour instead of a full day.	Epic
Heal	Treat Disease	You can allow a disease victim to use your Heal check as its save.	PHB
Heal	Treat Poison	You can allow a poison victim to use your Heal check as its save.	PHB
Heal	Treat Wound	You can mitigate the effects of certain specific wounds.	PHB
Hide	Blend into a Crowd	You can blend into a crowd.	CAdv
Hide	Camouflage Netting	You can use camouflage netting to hide in terrain having neither cover nor concealment or to hide objects.	HoB
Hide	Hide	You can remain unseen.	PHB
Hide	Hide Another	You can hide an adjacent subject.	Epic
Hide	Move between Cover	You can try to dash from cover to cover without being seen.	CAdv
Hide	Sneak Up	You can try to sneak up on someone.	CAdv
Hide	Snipe	You can make one ranged attack and attempt to Hide.	PHB
Hide	Tail Someone	You can try to follow someone while remaining unseen.	CAdv
Iaijutsu Focus	Iaijutsu Duel	You can attempt to prevail in a iaijustu duel to do extra damage when you initiate melee.	OA
Intimidate	Boss Lower-Ranking Soldiers	You can add the difference in commander ratings to your Intimidate checks.	HoB
Intimidate	Demoralize Opponent	You can make an opponent shaken.	PHB
Intimidate	Duel of Wills	You can confront a potential enemy in the moments before a fight breaks out and attempt to crush his will, while he does the same to you.	BoNS
Intimidate	Fear Effect	If you have 5 ranks in Intimidate you gain a +2 bonus to save DC of fear-based spells.	SandS
Intimidate	Influence Others	You can influence the attitude of others.	PHB
Intimidate	Rally Checks	You gain a +2 bonus on rally checks with 5 or more ranks.	HoB
Jump	High Jump	You can make a vertical leap.	PHB
Jump	Hop Up	You can jump up onto an object as tall as your waist.	PHB
Jump	Jump Down	You can ignore the first 10 ft of falling damage.	PHB
Jump	Launch into Air	If your high jump out of water clears the water you can begin flying.	SW
Jump	Long Jump	You can make a horizontal leap.	PHB
Jump	Water Jump	You can jump out of the water using your swim speed (long jump, high jump).	SW
Knowledge	Arcana	Identify ancient mysteries, magic traditions, arcane symbols, cryptic phrases, constructs, dragons, magical beasts.	PHB
Knowledge	Arcana	Identify answers about incarnum.	MoI
Knowledge	Architecture and Engineering	Reveal weak spots in a fortress defense.	CW
Knowledge	Architecture and Engineering	Identify buildings, aqueducts, bridges, fortifications.	PHB
Knowledge	Architecture and Engineering	You know the sicence of naval architecture and can design large vessels.	SW
Knowledge	Dungeoneering	Identify aberrations, caverns, oozes, spelunking.	PHB
Knowledge	Geography	Identify lands, terrain, climate, people.	PHB
Knowledge	Geography	You can set a course.	SW
Knowledge	Geography	You can pilot a naval craft.	SW
Knowledge	History	Recall details of historic battle when on or near the battlefield.	CW
Knowledge	History	Understand how a particular army organizes itself.	CW
Knowledge	History	Gain strategic advantage in battle.	HoB
Knowledge	History	Identify royalty, wars, colonies, migrations, founding of cities.	PHB
Knowledge	Local	Identify martial practitioners and traditions.	BoNS
Knowledge	Local	Idenfity a military unit or noble family by heraldry if it hails from the local area.	CW
Knowledge	Local	Identify legends, personalities, inhabitants, laws, customs, traditions, humanoids.	PHB
Knowledge	Nature	Identify animals, fey, giants, monstrous humanoids, plants, seasons and cycles, weather, vermin.	PHB
Knowledge	Nobility and Royalty	Learn something about heraldry of far-off lands.	CW
Knowledge	Nobility and Royalty	Identify lineages, heraldry, family trees, mottoes, personalities.	PHB
Knowledge	Nobility and Royalty	Discover details of bureaucracy.	RoD
Knowledge	Planes	Identify Inner Planes, Astral Plane, Ethereal Plane, outsiders, elementals, magic related to the planes.	PHB
Knowledge	Planes	Identify spirits.	OA
Knowledge	Planes	Identify answers about incarnum.	MoI
Knowledge	Psionics	Identify ancient mysteries, psionic traditions, psychic symbols, cryptic phrases, astral constructs, psionic races.	ExPH
Knowledge	Religion	Identify gods and goddesses, mythic history, ecclesiastic traditions, holy symbols, undead.	PHB
Knowledge	Religion	Discover details of religious institutions.	RoD
Listen	Defeat Illusion	You can detect an illusion with an auditory component.	Epic
Listen	Determine Distance	You can determine how far away a noise is.	RoS
Listen	Hear at Sea	You can hear over the noise of the seas or underwater.	SW
Listen	Hear in Crowd	You can make out a conversation in a crowd.	RoD
Listen	Hear Noises	You can hear noises.	PHB
Listen	Pinpoint Location	You can pinpoint the location of an invisible creature.	Epic
Martial Lore	Identify Maneuvers and Disciplines	Identify maneuvers and disciplines used by a combatant.	BoNS
Move Silently	Move Quietly	You can move without making noise.	PHB
Open Lock	Open Locks	You can open locks without a key.	PHB
Open Lock	Quick Lockpick	You can try to open a lock more quickly than normal at +20 to the DC.	CAdv
Open Lock	Quicker Lockpick	You can try to open a lock as a free action at +50 DC.	Epic
Perform	Act	You can perform comedy, drama, mime.	PHB
Perform	Comedy	You can perform buffoonery, limericks, joke-telling.	PHB
Perform	Dance	You can perform ballet, waltz, jig, other dances.	PHB
Perform	Keyboard Instruments	You can play harpsichord, piano, pipe organ, other key instruments.	PHB
Perform	Oratory	You can perform epic, ode, storytelling.	PHB
Perform	Percussion	You can play bells, chimes, drums, gong, other percussion instruments.	PHB
Perform	String Instruments	You can play fiddle, harp, lute, mandolin, other string instruments.	PHB
Perform	Weapon Drill	You are skilled in quick, flashy movements of a weapon and can put on a display that shows off your prowess in combat.	CW
Perform	Wind Instruments	You can play flute, pan pipes, recorder, sawm, trumpet, other wind instruments.	PHB
Perform	Sing	You can perform ballad, chant, melody.	PHB
Perform	Sway Attitude	You can sway an audience's attitude with your performance.	Epic
Profession	Mining	You can excavate mines and tunnels.	RoDR
Profession	Sailor	You can serve on a ship.	SW
Profession	Sailor	You can steer a ship.	SW
Profession	Sailor	You can keep a vessel from foundering.	SW
Profession	Sailor	You can sail in high winds.	SW
Profession	Sailor	You can steer in fast currents.	SW
Profession	Siege Engineer	You can aim indirect-fire siege engines.	HoB
Profession	Various	You can ply a trade.	PHB
Psicraft	Address Power Stone	You can address a power stone to see what powers it contains.	ExPH
Psicraft	Determine Discipline	You may determine the psionic discipline while using detect psionics.	ExPH
Psicraft	Identify Powers	You can identify powers as they are being manifest or are in effect.	ExPH
Psicraft	Identify Psionic Tattoo	You can identify a psionic tattoo.	ExPH
Ride	Attack from Cover	You can attack and cast spells while using your mount as cover.	Epic
Ride	Control Mount in Battle	You can attempt to control in battle a mount not trained for battle.	PHB
Ride	Cover	You can use your mount as cover while riding.	PHB
Ride	Fast Mount or Dismount	You can mount or dismount as a free action.	PHB
Ride	Fight with Warhorse	You can make your own attacks when your horse attacks.	PHB
Ride	Guide with Knees	You can steer your mount with no hands.	PHB
Ride	Leap	You can get your mount to leap obstacles.	PHB
Ride	Leap into Water	You and your mount can leap into water.	SW
Ride	Ride Aquatic Mount Underwater	You can stay on a fast-swimming mount underwater.	SW
Ride	Soft Fall	You can try to take no damage when falling from your mount.	PHB
Ride	Spur Mount	You can make your mount move faster.	PHB
Ride	Stand on Mount	You may stand on your mount while moving and fighting.	Epic
Ride	Stay in Saddle	You can stay mounted under adverse conditions.	PHB
Ride	Swim a Horse	You can ride your horse into water and stay mounted as it swims.	SW
Ride	Unconscious Control	You can control your mount in battle as a free action.	Epic
Search	Search	You can find hidden objects and traps.	PHB
Search	Sense Magic	You can sense the presence of any active magical effects in the area being searched.	Epic
Sense Motive	Assess Opponent	You can ascertain how tough a challenge an opponent poses for you.	CAdv
Sense Motive	Discern Alignment	You can discern alignments.	Epic
Sense Motive	Discern Secret Message	You can detect a hidden message being transmitted via the Bluff skill.	PHB
Sense Motive	Detect Surface Thoughts	You can read the surface thoughts of a subject.	Epic
Sense Motive	Hunch	You can make a gut assessment of a social situation.	PHB
Sense Motive	Iaijustu Duel	You can attempt to win an iaijutsu duel.	OA
Sense Motive	Identify a Bluff	You can determine when someone is bluffing you.	PHB
Sense Motive	Judge of Character	If you have 5 ranks in Sense Motive you gain +2 to the save DC of any lie-detecting or truth-inducing spell.	SandS
Sense Motive	Sense Enchantment	You can tell if someone is being influenced by an enchantment effect.	PHB
Sleight of Hand	Avoid Notice	You can cast spells with verbal or somatic components without being noticed.	RoS
Sleight of Hand	Disappear	You can make a willing creature or an object that is adjacent "disappear" while in plain view.	Epic
Sleight of Hand	Hide Object	You can conceal an object on your person.	PHB
Sleight of Hand	Lift Weapon	You can lift a sheathed weapon from another and hide it on your person.	Epic
Sleight of Hand	Palm Dagger	You can surprise an opponent who thinks your off hand is empty to gain a flat-footed attack during melee.	CW
Sleight of Hand	Perform	You can perform tricks of legerdemain, juggling, and the like.	PHB
Sleight of Hand	Pick Pockets	You may steal an item from someone.	PHB
Speak Language	Battle Signals	You may use hand signals or semaphore to communicate in battle (each is a separate language).	HoB
Speak Language	Drow Sign Language	You gain a +2 to Spellcraft attempts to ID spells being cast with somatic components, your spells are harder to ID (+2 DC), may communicate using dancing lights	DoU
Spellcraft	Decipher Spell	You may decipher a spell on a scroll.	PHB
Spellcraft	Determine School	You may determine the school of magic while using detect magic.	PHB
Spellcraft	Draw Diagram	You may draw a magical diagram.	PHB
Spellcraft	Identify Glyphs and Symbols	You may identify glyphs and symbols when using read magic.	PHB
Spellcraft	Identify Magic Items	You may inspect and identify the properties of a magic item.	Epic
Spellcraft	Identify Potions	You may identify a potion.	PHB
Spellcraft	Identify Rune Circle	You may identify the effects of a rune circle when using read magic.	RoS
Spellcraft	Identify Shaped Soulmelds	You may identify shaped soulmelds.	MoI
Spellcraft	Identify Spells	You can identify spells as they are being cast or are in effect.	PHB
Spellcraft	Learn Spells	You can learn a spell from a spellbook or scroll.	PHB
Spellcraft	Prepare Spells	You can prepare a spell from a borrowed spellbook.	PHB
Spot	Count Troops	You can make a rough estimate of the number of creatures in a formation.	HoB
Spot	Defeat Illusion	You can detect an illusion with a visual component.	Epic
Spot	Locate Waterbourne	You can see things on or over the water.	SW
Spot	Notice Invisible	You can notice the presence of invisible creatures or objects.	Epic
Spot	Pronounce Unfamiliar Language	You can parrot the speech of an observed creature.	Epic
Spot	Read Lips	You can read lips.	PHB
Spot	Read Lips while Moving	You can read lips while moving	Epic
Spot	See Things	You can see objects or creatures.	PHB
Spot	Locate Artillery	You can guage the approximate range to any sort of artillery firing into the battlefield.	HoB
Spot	Locate Commander	You can pick out an officer or commander.	HoB
Survival	Create Trail Signs	You can leave brief messages for anyone following your route.	RoW
Survival	Discern Direction	You can always locate north.	PHB
Survival	Find Trail Signs	You can find trail signs left by another.	RoW
Survival	Find Way in City	You can keep from getting lost in the streets.	RoD
Survival	Follow Tracks	You can follow tracks with the Track feat.	PHB
Survival	Follow Tracks in Urban Environment	You can follow tracks in urban environments.	RoD
Survival	Get Along on the Sea	You can survive at sea without provisions.	SW
Survival	Get Along in Urban Environment	You can find food and water in an urban environment without paying.	RoD
Survival	Get Along in the Wild	You can hunt and forage in the wild, avoid getting lost, and avoid natural hazards.	PHB
Survival	Get Along in the Wild at Full Speed	You can hunt and forage in the wild, avoid getting lost, and avoid natural hazards while moving at full speed.	Epic
Survival	Identify Tracks	You can identify the race/kind of creatures by tracks with the Track feat.	Epic
Survival	Ignore Terrain Penalties	You travel at full overland speed regardless of terrain.	Epic
Survival	Locate Shelter	You can find a relatively warm and dry place to stay in an urban setting.	RoD
Survival	Predict Weather	You can predict the weather.	PHB
Survival	Read Trail Signs	You can accurately read trail signs that you have found.	RoW
Survival	Severe Weather	You automatically succeed on all Fort saves against severe weather and can extend this to others.	Epic
Survival	Survive Underground Hazards	You gain a +2 bonus to Fort saves agaist natural underground hazards if you move at one-half overland speed, +4 if you are stationary. You can grant this bonus to others depending on the check result.	RoS
Survival	Trailblazing	You can attempt to hasten your group's progress in difficult terrain.	CAdv
Swim	Accelerated Swimming	You can try to swim more quickly at a -10 penalty.	CAdv
Swim	Dive	You can dive from a height without taking damage.	SW
Swim	Speed Swimming	You can try to swim even faster at a -20 penalty.	Epic
Swim	Swim	You can navigate in and under the water.	PHB
Swim	Swim up Waterfall	You can swim up an angled or vertical surface.	Epic
Truespeak	Speak Truename	You can speak truenames to evoke the power of truename magic.	ToM
Tumble	Accelerated Tumbling	You can try to tumble past or through enemies quicker than normal at a -10 penalty.	PHB
Tumble	Climb Vertical Surface	You can climb up a short vertical surface.	Epic
Tumble	Extreme Tumbling	You can move 10 ft as a "5 ft step" with a DC 40 Tumble check.	OA
Tumble	Fall	You can treat a fall as if it were shorter.	PHB
Tumble	Free Stand	You can stand up from prone as a free action.	CAdv
Tumble	Increased Dodge Bonuses	You gain increased AC bonuses when fighting defensively or using total defense.	Epic
Tumble	Ignore Falling Damage	You can treat a fall as 10 ft shorter for every 15 points of a Tumble check.	CAdv
Tumble	Move Past Foes	You can move past or through foes without incurring attacks of opportunity.	PHB
Tumble	Sprinting Tumble	You can tumble while running at a -20 penalty.	CAdv
Use Magic Device	Activate Blindly	You can activate an item without knowing the command phrase.	PHB
Use Magic Device	Decipher Written Spell	You may decipher a spell on a scroll.	PHB
Use Magic Device	Emulate an Ability	You may emulate an ability score requirement.	PHB
Use Magic Device	Emulate an Alignment	You may emulate an alignment requirement.	PHB
Use Magic Device	Emulate a Class Feature	You may emulate a class feature requirement.	PHB
Use Magic Device	Emulate a Race	You may emulate a race requirement.	PHB
Use Magic Device	Use a Scroll	You may use a scroll.	PHB
Use Magic Device	Use a Wand	You may use a wand.	PHB
Use Psionic Device	Activate Blindly	You can activate an item without knowing the command phrase.	ExPH
Use Psionic Device	Address a Power Stone	You may address a power stone.	ExPH
Use Psionic Device	Emulate an Ability	You may emulate an ability score requirement.	ExPH
Use Psionic Device	Emulate an Alignment	You may emulate an alignment requirement.	ExPH
Use Psionic Device	Emulate a Class Feature	You may emulate a class feature requirement.	ExPH
Use Psionic Device	Emulate a Race	You may emulate a race requirement.	ExPH
Use Psionic Device	Use a Dorje	You may use a dorje.	ExPH
Use Psionic Device	Use a Power Stone	You may use a power stone.	ExPH
Use Rope	Animate Held Rope	You can command a rope you hold as the animate rope spell.	Epic
Use Rope	Bind a Creature	You may attempt to securely bind a creature.	PHB
Use Rope	Quick Knot-Tying	You can try to tie a knot more quickly at a -10 penalty.	CAdv
Use Rope	Quick Splicing	You can splice two ropes together as a move action.	Epic
Use Rope	Rappel	You can use a rope to rappel down inclines.	RoS
Use Rope	Secure a Grappling Hook	You may secure a grappling hook to an object.	PHB
Use Rope	Splice Ropes	You can splice two ropes together.	PHB
Use Rope	Tie Knot	You can tie a firm knot or various special knots.	PHB
Use Rope	Tie Unique Knot	You can tie a know that only you know how to untie.	Epic

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