Characteristics

Star Crusade uses six characteristics of three types, Body, Mind and Social.

Body Characteristics

Body characteristics represent a character's physical self; tasks involving the character's resilience, power or agility will all be based on the appropriate Body characteristic.

Dexterity

The Dexterity characteristic measures a character's agility, reaction time and nimbleness.

Strength

Strength is the measure of a character's muscle power and resilience; it's used to deal and resist damage and determines how much a character can lift.

Mind Characteristics

Mind characteristics represent a character's mental prowess and force of personality.

Wits

Mental quickness, intelligence, and reasoning. Characters with high Wits can solve puzzles, learn new things and examine situations quickly.

Resolve

Willpower, mental resilience and force of personality. Characters with high Resolve can resist mental influence, shrug off pain and stick to their convictions in the face of opposition.

Social Characteristics

Social characteristics represent outward-facing "social intelligence", giving characters the ability to influence and understand their fellows.

Intuition

Characters with high intuition process their perceptions and are able to make quick, intuitive leaps based upon them. They are in tune with the mental and emotional states of others and often excel at creative tasks.

Presence

Charisma, social confidence and extroversion. Characters with high Presence are able to affect others, appearing charming, likable and persuasive.