Touch

Locate Danger
Skill Ability
Standard Action [REC 1]
Effect: You take a moment to observe your environment, scouting for danger or other oddities. Make a Sensory Skill check (i.e. Listen, Spot, etc). If your check exceeds the DC for any dangers or curiosities in the environment, you become aware of them.
Locate Hidden Opponent
Skill Ability
Standard Action [REC 1]
Effect: You attempt to determine the location of a creature who has Concealment or is Hidden from you. Make a Sensory Skill check (i.e. Listen, Spot, etc) versus the opponent's Stealth. If you succeed the check, you are able to determine the hidden creature's location (though you still suffer attack penalties from Concealment or Cover as normal). If you fail the check, you remain unaware of your opponent's location.
Touch – Intelligence & Wisdom
Sensory Skill

The Touch Skill represents a character's ability to use his tactile sense to identify the movements of creatures or objects, typically by sensing the vibrations in the ground or air. The Touch skill is restricted for most creatures, and is only usable by races with particularly sensitive somatic senses. Such creatures are able to determine the location of a stealthing creatures by the vibrations their movement or breathing makes and can sometimes even use it to determine the shape of their environment (by sensing changes in vibrations due to the density of materials). Creatures without the Touch Skill may still have a sense of touch, but it is not strong enough to be used actively.

For creatures with access to the Touch Skill, their Skill Rank in Touch adds to their Awareness score.

Common Uses of the Touch Skill
  • Use Locate Danger to determine the presence of unfamiliar creatures or objects nearby.
  • Use Locate Hidden Opponent to feel for vibrations made by a creature who is Hidden or who has Concealment.
Things that Modify Touch Checks
Each 10ft of distance from opponent or object
(for opponents, does not overlap with distance bonus to Stealth)		-1
Moving or Unstable Environments-5 or more