Prelude: Subsection III - Skills (Edit)

Century City Unlimited, will begin with two categories of skills. The first category, more of a catchall, will contain basic skills. These skills are usually non-important and will unlikely appear on a "character sheet," a good example of these skills are "Grooming: Basic", "Communication: Basic", and "Reading/Writing."

The second category contains advanced skills; skills that would take time to learn and master. Since these skills are more specialized than "Grooming: Basic" it should be expected to cost a character to learn them.

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I originally had proposed the idea of "gambling" for advanced skills, while this would be entertaining and make you feel a closer connection with your character, I can not implement a system like this because in reality humans are likely to have similar interests, and similar abilities. That said, the way that Century City Unlimited handles assigning skills is slightly complicated.

As you recall, in Prelude: Subsection II - Statistics, you submitted your character attributes to me. Each category of statistics; Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and Spirit were assigned numbers. To assign a skill, you begin with 1 point per statistical category in each attribute. To explain this a little clearer, let us view a sample submission.

Vitals -
Name: Ricardo
Major: Sanskrit

Statistics:
Strength: 14
Dexterity: 12
Intelligence: 10
Spirit: 10

Explanation
Ricardo has a strength of 14, which means he begins his skill stage with 14 points to assign to strength-based skills. Likewise, he has a score of 10 for spirit, and can only assign 10 points to spirit-based skills.

As soon as you assign a point to a skill you are considered trained or knowledgeable in that skill, it's just that simple. However, the more points you feed into a skill the more often you will succeed when attempting something that pertains to that skill. For example let us refer back to Ricardo and observe what might happen with his skills during a night of studying.

Ricardo chooses to split his Intelligence score evenly between Research and Linguistics: Ancient Sanskrit equaling five a piece. Ricardo finds an antique book in the CCU library, it's written in a very old style of Sanskrit, and it intrigues him enough to spend some time reviewing the writings within.

Ricardo finds a comfy seat at one of the many reading cubes within the library and spends the first half-hour delicately handling the pages, examining the basic flow the writing to determine if he can identify the variance the takes place in some of the lettering. By not rushing and using his reasonable level of Linguistics: Ancient Sanskrit in concert with his skills in Research and the massive collection of writings housed within CCU's computers he is able to determine that the writing originates from the lower nations and seems to date back nearly four thousand years. [Resulting in a +10 to his attempt to uncover more information from this book.]

Where does the +10 modifier come from? Since Ricardo has two skills that can aid him in his research, Research and Linguistics: Ancient Sanskrit he is able to take the full benefit from one (in this case Linguistics: Ancient Sanskrit) and add half (rounded down) of the other skill, resulting in +7. In addition, Ricardo receives a +1 for each of the following situational enhancers; "Peace and Quiet" (from the library), "Comfort" (from the chair), and "Tool Advantage" (from the computer).

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Skills:

Strength:

Body-building

Climbing

Combat: Pugilism

Combat: Aikido

Combat: Judo

Combat: Jujitsu

Combat: Karate

Combat: Kendo

Combat: Ninjitsu/Tai-Jutsu

Combat: Teng-jutsu

Combat: Zanji Shinjinken-Ryo

Combat: Kickboxing

Gymnastics

Run

Swimming

Dexterity:

Combat: Blades

Combat: Clubs

Combat: Firearms

Combat: Thrown Weapons

Dice Rolling

Dodge

Driving

Safe-Cracking

Surgery: Major

Surgery: Minor

Thief: Pick Locks

Thief: Pick Pockets

Tumble

Intelligence:

Anthropology

Archeology

Assess Mechanical Quality

Astronomy

Balloon Animal Making

Biology

Cartography

Chemical Engineering

Chemistry

Civil Engineering

Computer Engineering

Computer Hacking

Computer Networks

Computer Programming

Ecology

Economics

Electronics

Entomology

First-Aid

Geology

Horticulture

Linguistics: {player's choice}

Lip Reading

Locksmith

Mathematics

Mechanical Engineering

Medicine

Nuclear Chemistry

Nuclear Physics

Paleontology

Physics

Psychology

Research

Zoology

Spirit:

Astrology

Awareness

Begging

Concentration

Fasting

Leadership

Listening

Meditation

Mystic Herbology

Negotiation

Philosophy - Eastern

Philosophy - Western

Public Speaking

Search

Streetwise

Subterfuge

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If you can think of any additional skills, please submit them via the chat section and I'll quickly add them. Also, if you feel that a skill may be mis-categorized, please let me know and I may reconsider.

Edit:
1 Just a heads up, when you submit your skills to me (either within the comments or via email) could you please categorize them for me. You may submit them in whatever format you want; columns, commas, or whatever - but just make it clear. And remember, if you don't see a skill on the list ask me about it and I'll add it.
2 I've made an addition to the dex skills, anyone interested in adding "Driving" to their character and reworking their dex skills is welcome to.