⚡ Actions Compendium

Combat actions, standard reactions, skill activities, and special maneuvers.

304 Total Actions

⚡ Action System & Check Format

Actions define activities characters can perform in and out of combat encounters:

Check The d20 check required to execute the action, combining relevant ability modifiers, skill ranks, and situational factors.

Action Time & AP The Action Point (AP) cost required. Standard turns provide AP to allocate between movement, attacks, and defense reactions.

Implements & Range Equipment, tools, or somatic faculties required, along with tactical range and target areas.

AP Boosts Extra Action Points spent during execution to enhance check bonuses, damage, duration, or tactical effects.

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Action Name ▼ Z-A	Category ↕	AP Cost / Time ↕	Check ↕	Description	Action
Control Transformation	Special Creature	Reaction or full round	d20! + Lycanthropic Control skill + Wis mod + PAM vs. DC	You either try to resist an involuntary transformation or to trigger a voluntary one.\nAs a lycanthrope, you may involun...	View →
Construct Trap	General	Var	d20! + Crafting (Trapmaking) skill + Int mod vs. DC	You use this skill to craft a mechanical trap.	View →
Construct Item	General	Var	d20! + Crafting skill + Int mod vs. DC	You use this skill to craft one or more (non-magical) objects.	View →
Conflagration	Other Supernatural	(5 + PP cost) AP	d20! + Area Attacks skill + Dex mod + MAM vs. Ref	You create a massive burst of fire around yourself.	View →
Communicate	Social	Var	d20! + Linguistics skill + Int mod vs. DC	You try to communicate somehow using a language that you know. This covers verbal discussions, writing of a letter, read...	View →
Command Troops	General	5 AP	d20! + Warfare skill + Cha mod vs. DC	You give a command to allies within range who have a readied action to "obey the leader's command". Those allies who are...	View →
Command Item Activation	Equipment	6 AP	—	You activate a magic item with a verbal command.	View →
Command Ally	General	x AP (up to Warfare skill level / 2)	—	You use commands and maneuvers to help an ally act faster or better. The AP you spend are effectively transferred to the...	View →
Combat Casting	Other Supernatural	See Akimbo Attack action	As per Akimbo Attack action	When using the Akimbo Attack action, you can also cast a single spell as one "attack". If the spell has no S, M, or F im...	View →
Cloaking Dance	Defense	5 AP	d20! + Stealth skill + Dex mod + PAM vs. base DC 25	You whirl your cloak in a distracting way or use some other optical trick and movement to conceal your position.	View →
Cloaker Shadows	Special Creature	6 AP	—	You use shadows to achieve one of these effects:\nConcealment for 1d4 rounds.\nIllusory Double (as per spell; up to 6 PP...	View →
Cloaker Moan	Special Creature	6 AP	d20! + Body & Mind skill + Cha mod + PAM vs. Fort	You emit a subsonic moan with one of the following effects:\nUnnerve: 12 sq spread; -2 on attack and damage rolls. After...	View →
Climb	Movement	Depends on race	d20! + Athletics skill + Str mod + PAM + EP vs. DC	If your race has the climbing trait, this action can be used to scale a cliff, a wall, or a steep slope.\nYou need both...	View →
Charge Attack	Special Attack	As per attack + 1 MP per sq moved	As per attack	You move two or more squares directly towards an opponent in line of sight and then make a melee attack with a +2 damage...	View →
Change Shape	Special Creature	9 AP	—	You alter your shape, according to the limitations given by your ability.	View →