Skills in Baldur's Gate 3 are talents that determine how good your character is at executing and passing certain tasks. Skills are usually categorized into two groups, active and passive. Active Skills are usually used during exploration or in battle, while passive skills are additional buffs or effects that are added to the player or party's different stats. All skills roll a 20 sided dice.
Skills in Baldur's Gate 3 are related to one of the 6 available Abilities.
All Baldur's Gate 3 Skills
Arcana
Arcana is knowledge of magic and its applications, useful for interacting with enchanted items or powerful spells.
History
History is everything you know about Faerûn's past, allowing you to recognize notable names and unusual items.
Religion
Religion encompasses knowledge about deities in the world of Abeir-Toril, including their domains, clergy, and holy rites.
Investigation
Investigation is the art of deduction and extracting information, whether from objects or people.
Athletics
Athletics is skill in physical movement, such as climbing, jumping, or swimming.
Nature
Nature is expertise on flora and fauna, as well as the primal rhythms and patterns of the world around you.
Acrobatics
Acrobatics is everything from balance to backflips — useful for showing off and getting away.
Sleight of Hand
Sleight of Hand improves manual dexterity, whether for picking someone's pocket or untying a rope around your wrists.
Stealth
Stealth is the ability to sneak, using silence and cover to avoid undesired attention.
Animal Handling
Animal Handling is equal parts empathy and knowledge, allowing you to gain the trust of wild creatures. You also make a Wisdom (Animal Handling) check to control your mount when you attempt a risky maneuver
Insight
Insight allows you to read people and situations, piercing through lies and other forms of deceit.
Medicine
Medicine is knowledge and training that can be used to heal wounds and diagnose disease.
Deception
Deception is the art of manipulating truth, allowing you to mislead others.
Perception
Perception is how your senses work together, detecting the details of your environment and anything out of the ordinary.
Persuasion
Persuasion is the art of convincing others to do your bidding and securing favors.
Survival
Survival is knowledge of tracking, foraging, and hunting, and familiarity with natural hazards.
Intimidation
Intimidation is the use of threats in speech, forcing others to break under your will.
Performance
Performance is the ability to act, play instruments, and otherwise entertain audiences of all sizes.
Anonymous18 total skills, 18 C 2 combinations = 153 unique pairs of skills = 153 different customizable backgrounds. I look forward to seeing each pairing named
- Anonymous
How about some sort of mention of how often or not a skill comes up in the game?
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
Skill Checks Act 1 EA as of 1/1/23 (according to neoseeker):
Skill # Min Max
Acrobatics 2 10 12
Animal Handl. 37 5 20
Arcana 57 0 20
Athletics 8 10 20
Deception 147 0 20
History 41 5 20
Insight 53 0 19
Intimidation 209 0 20
Investigation 25 5 20
Medicine 20 5 15
Nature 38 0 15
Perception 27 5 15
Performance 44 5 20
Persuasion 293 5 25
Religion 18 5 15
Sleight Of H. 19 5 20
Stealth 6 5 10
Survival 5 5 15
It's weird to me how some skills don't belong to multiple ability scores with a "use whichever is higher" ruling.
Like certainly intimidation should be "Charisma OR Strength, use whichever is higher"
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