Skills List

The Skills List is compiled for use with Classic BattleTech RPG (also known as MechWarrior, Third Edition). In cases where multiple sources are listed for the same skill, either additional subskills were added after the primary source's introduction of the skill or the secondary source has provided additional rules expansion for that skill. Refer to the sources for detailed descriptions and rules for use. The list is currently updated only as far as the references indicate.

A

 * Academics subskills: various
 * Arts subskills: various

B

 * Bureaucracy subskills: various, by region

C

 * Careers subskills: various
 * Computers subskills: Operations, Programming, Hacker

E

 * Environmental Combat subskills: Wilderness (Steppes) (BOD/WIL), Arctic (BOD/STR), Forest (BOD/INT), Desert (STR/WIL), Jungle (BOD/WIL), Mountains (STR/BOD), Hostile Atmosphere/Vacuum (BOD/RFL), Aquatic (BOD/RFL)
 * Note: The Engineering skill offers countless specializations, including the following: all of the Technician subskills, AeroSpace Fighters, BattleMechs, Conventional Aircraft, DropShips/Small Craft, Hovercraft, JumpShips, Naval Vessels, Tracked Vessels, VTOLs, Wheeled Vehicles and WarShips.

G

 * Gunnery subskills: Ballistic (DEX/RFL), Laser (DEX/RFL), Missile (DEX/INT), Orbital Bombardment (?/?)
 * Note: Each of the three subskills of Ballistic, Laser and Missile fall within a specific category by the way the weapon is mounted. The categories are: AeroSpace (Aero), Conventional (Conv.), Humanoid, ProtoMech (Proto) and Space.

H

 * Hunting/Tracking subskills: Humanoids, Mammals

I

 * Interests subskills: varies

L

 * Languages subskills: various (character's native language is not considered difficult)

M

 * Martial Arts subskills: Aikido, BattleMech, Battlesuit, Gung Fu/Crane, Gung Fu/Dragon, Gung Fu/Leopard, Gung Fu/Praying Mantis, Gung Fu/Snake, Gung Fu/Tiger, Gung Fu/Wing Chun, Karate, Kashima Shinryu (Kenjutsu), Military, Ninjitsu (Bujinkan), Quick Death, Systema, Tae kwon do
 * Note: Though not indicated in the respective titles, both Martial Arts/Quick Death and Martial Arts/Systema are rated Difficult.

N

 * Navigation subskills: Air, Ground, Jump Drive, Naval, Space
 * Note: The Negotiation skill offers specializations in the following: Commercial, Legal and Political.

P

 * Piloting subskills: Aero, Aircraft, 'Mech, Battlesuit, Hover, Jump, Naval, Proto, Quad, Spheroid, Sub, Tracked, VTOL, Wheeled
 * Protocol subskills: various, by region
 * Note: Piloting offers specializations within the various subskills: Aero (Space operations, atmospheric operations, NOE flight, docking, landing), Aircraft (NOE flight, landing), Jump (Docking, WarShip operations), Spheroid (Space operations, atmospheric operations, landing, docking, hovering).

S

 * Security System subskills: Electronic, Mechanical
 * Streetwise subskills: various, by region

T

 * Tactics subskills: Air, Air Support, Anti-BattleMech, Ground, Infantry, 'Mech, Naval, Proto, Space'''
 * Technician subskills: Aeronautics, Ballistics, Comms, Electronics, Fusion, ICE, Interplanetary, Jet, Jump Drive, Lasers, Mechanics, Missile, Myomer, Rotor, Support
 * Note: The Technician skill offers countless specializations, including the following: AeroSpace Fighters, BattleMechs, Conventional Aircraft, DropShips/Small Craft, Hovercraft, JumpShips, Naval Vessels, Tracked Vessels, VTOLs, Wheeled Vehicles and WarShips, as well as particular specializations in subgroups of equipment (ex: Technician/Ballistics/Ultra Autocannon and Technician/Missile/Recoilless Rifles).

Legend

 * Bold: indicates skills considered to be Difficult
 * * : when following a Skill name, indicates the Skill represents groups of related subskills.


 * Link Attributes:
 * BOD: Body
 * CHA: Charisma
 * DEX: Dexterity
 * EDG: Edge
 * INT: Intelligence
 * RFL: Reflexes
 * SOC: Social Standing
 * STR: Strength
 * WIL: Willpower


 * Sources:
 * AT2: AeroTech 2/AeroTech 2 Revised Edition
 * CBTC: Classic BattleTech Companion
 * Clan: MechWarrior's Guide to the Clans
 * CovOps: A Guide to Covert Ops
 * HBHD: Handbook: House Davion
 * HBHM: Handbook: House Marik
 * HBHS: Handbook: House Steiner
 * ISP: Interstellar Players
 * ISP2: Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2
 * LosTech: LosTech: The MechWarrior Equipment Guide
 * MW3: Classic BattleTech RPG/MechWarrior, Third Edition
 * Sol: MechWarrior's Guide to Solaris VII