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Why?

Because the number of abilities should be divisible by 5 and 3, so that it divides evenly for all character sheets. Also, because some abilities just aren't that useful; by merging several, you make them more useful. That's the idea, at least.

...This is a work in progress, obviously.

Generic

First, from the perspective of Attribute-based characters, who deal with the arbitrary 'War/Life/Wisdom' division of abilities. This also includes what abilities are merged, where applicable, as well as a brief blurb about what I imagine the ability does.

War

• Athletics (+Dodge): Agility, acrobatics, mobility, perhaps some dodging ability. No longer includes feats of strength.
• Melee (+Martial Arts): Close-range fighting of all varieties.
• Ranged (Archery+Thrown): Ranged fighting of all varieties
• Resistance: Resisting things, as per usual.
• War: Mass combat and war stuff, as per usual.

Life

• Performance: Practiced social interactions involving instruments, dancing, theatre, rhetoric, etc.
• Presence: More traditional social interactions, either honest or dishonest.
• Socialize (+Bureaucracy, +Linguistics): The meta-social ability, involving manipulating social situations on a large scale, such as kingdoms, markets, languages, etc.
• Subterfuge (Larceny+Stealth): Anything sneaky, like moving unseen, picking locks, disguise, etc.
• Travel (Ride+Sail+Survival): For moving long distances, in vehicles, on mounts, etc.

Wisdom

• Awareness (+Investigation): Seeing and observing things, along with corresponding deductive observational skills.
• Crafts: Making things, as usual.
• Integrity: Protecting yourself from mental influences, or supernatural influence.
• Lore (+Occult): Knowledge in all its pure forms, from history to the arcane.
• Medicine: Medicinal knowledge and ability to practice that knowledge.

What's missing: mostly, feats of strength, but I'm fine making that purely a function of the strength attribute. Some of the mergers are kind of dramatic (no dodge, oh my!) but I think it all works. The goal was to not have an ability with only one specific application, even if that application was super important (dodge certainly qualifies here).

Solars/Abyssals/Infernals

I'll just list the Solar versions.

Dawn

• Melee
• Ranged
• War

Zenith

• Integrity
• Performance
• Resistance

Twilight

• Crafts
• Lore
• Medicine

Night

• Athletics
• Awareness
• Subterfuge

Eclipse

• Presence
• Travel
• Socialize

Dragon-Blooded

Air

• Integrity
• Lore
• Ranged

Earth

• Crafts
• Resistance
• War

Fire

• Athletics
• Melee
• Presence

Water

• Awareness
• Socialize
• Subterfuge

Wood

• Medicine
• Performance
• Travel

Sidereals

Journeys

• Ranged
• Socialize
• Travel

Serenity

• Crafts
• Integrity
• Performance

Battles

• Presence
• Resistance
• War

Secrets

• Awareness
• Lore
• Subterfuge

Endings

• Athletics
• Medicine
• Melee