Survival Lore
From Amar RPG
Survival Lore
This skill covers the gathering of food such as herbs and small animals without special equipment. It also covers such things as making a fire, provide cover for the night, etc. It does not cover hunting with weapons. It does include fishing. If you want to survive in the wilderness, you hunt and you use your survival lore. One roll is made every day. If successful a days ration is found. An unsuccessful roll means no food that day. You get an extra days ration per 5 above the DR. The difficulty rating for the various terrains are:
DR | Terrain |
0 | Much food and water, jungle, flourishing forest with many small animals and fish to catch |
1 | Prospering forest, small animals and fish |
3 | Normal forest in summer |
6 | Open grassland / forest in winter |
7 | Mountainland / grassland in winter |
8 | Dry grassland / mountain with little vegetation |
10 | Dry grassland / forest in winter |
12 | Desert with some vegetation |
15 | Desert with “no” vegetation |
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