Skill rolls are very straight-forward; they follow the method of resolution listed above. Making attacks and casting spells are also considered skill rolls and they follow the same basic rules. Combat and Magic rolls will also often have additional effects or factors involved, and those are explained in the respective chapters on each.

Characters may always attempt a skill roll, even if they have no ranks in the skill. In such cases, the character still receives any associated Stat Bonus. Skills that involve any sort of lore or knowledge may have their difficulties increased by 1 or 2 rating levels. There is always the chance that the character overheard some tidbit of knowledge and then forgot about it, but retrieving that knowledge that they don’t really know that they have should always be more difficult than retrieving knowledge from lessons learned.

There will be times when the character will want to resist some sort of effect; such as poisons, diseases, certain skills or actions, and/or spells. To resist these effects the player has to make a Saving Throw for his character. All Saving Throws have a base TN of 15. Exceptional rolls in using the skill or casting the spell may increase this TN. Additionally, certain things, such as poisons, diseases or traps, will have preset TNs that may be higher than the base of 15.

In all cases, resolving the Saving Throw is similar to resolving any other skill roll. The player makes a standard (explosive) 2d10 roll, and adds in his bonus for the Save. Usually, this is the stat bonus of the relevant stat plus 5, but it is possible for other modifiers to be included as well. If this roll meets or exceeds the TN of the Saving Throw, then the character has made his Save, and whatever he was Saving against does not affect him or he receives a reduced effect of some sort, depending upon what the Save was against. There are some effects, such as poisons, where a successful Save results in half damage. In such cases, the GM should always round down when halving the effects of something.

Since Saving Throws are explosive, just like other rolls, there is always the chance for characters to earn Boon or Snag Points. For any Snag Points earned, the player should choose options from the Snags table. For Boon Points, the player can spend 1 Boon Point to gain a +1 to all Saves of the same type (i.e. same Stat) that he makes within the next 24 hours. He may also use Boon Points to extend that duration by an additional 24 hours. He may also spend Boon Points to gain Fate Points, trading 2 Boon Points from a Saving Throw for 1 Fate Point.

There are times when a character’s rolls will be opposed by another character. This can sometimes be done through the use of another skill for a skill vs. skill roll.

For skills that are opposed by another skill, the character opposing that roll will be required to make a skill roll against a TN of 18 + 1 for every 5 points above the TN that the initial skill roll was.

A character may also always use Boon Points to increase the TN of the opposing roll. Additionally, there may be other modifiers that can apply, based upon the conditions and the actual skills to be used.