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  Result = {{D20}} + Ability Score Modifier + (optional) Proficiency Bonus
  Result = {{D20}} + Ability Score Modifier + (optional) Proficiency Bonus


Ability Checks can be based purely on an [[Ability Score]], in which case they can only benefit from the Ability Score Modifier, but not the Proficiency Bonus.
Ability Checks can be based purely on an [[Ability Score]], in which case they can only benefit from the Ability Score Modifier.  More commonly, they will be a '''Skill Check''', where the Proficiency Bonus can be added as well if the creature is [[Proficiency|Proficient]] in the given [[Skill]].


== Skill Check ==
== Skill Check ==


More commonly, the check will be related to a specific [[Skill]].  This determines the Ability Score used for the Modifier, but also lets the creature use its Proficiency Bonus if it happens to be [[Proficiency|Proficient]] in that Skill.  In this case, the check may be called a '''Skill Check''' rather than an Ability Check.
A '''Skill Check''' is a type of Ability Check tied to a [[Skill]] in which a creature may have [[Proficiency]].  The Skill also determines the Ability Score used for the Ability Score Modifier.


For example, when a trap is nearby, the game rolls a Perception Check (or in short, "rolls Perception").  Perception is related to Wisdom, so the creature's Wisdom Ability Score Modifier is applied.  If the creature is Proficient in Perception, then the creature's Proficiency Bonus is also added.
For example, when a trap is nearby, the game rolls a Perception Check (or in short, "rolls Perception").  Perception is related to Wisdom, so the creature's Wisdom Ability Score Modifier is applied.  If the creature is Proficient in Perception, then the creature's Proficiency Bonus is also added.


=== Ability Score Modifier ===
Proficiency in a [[Skill]] can be granted by [[Race]], [[Class]], or a [[Feat]] chosen when leveling up.


Following is the Ability Score Modifier table:
For example, all [[Elf|Elves]] have an innate feature called Keen Senses which grants them Proficiency in Perception.  Wood Elves have an additional feature called Mask of the Wild, which gives them Proficiency in Stealth.  [[Ranger]]s can gain Proficiency in a number of skills based on specific class features they choose: [[Bounty Hunter]] grants Proficiency in Investigation, Keeper of the Veil and Mage Breaker grant Proficiency in Arcana, and so on.


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The [[Skilled]] Feat, if chosen when leveling up, allows a creature to gain Proficiency in any three Skills.
|+ Ability Score Modifier depending on the value of the corresponding Ability Score
! Score !! Modifier
|-
| 1 || -5
|-
| 2-3 || -4
|-
| 4-5 || -3
|-
| 6-7 || -2
|-
| 8-9 || -1
|-
| 10-11 || +0
|-
| 12-13 || +1
|-
| 14-15 || +2
|-
| 16-17 || +3
|-
| 18-19 || +4
|-
| 20-21 || +5
|-
| 22-23 || +6
|-
| 24-25 || +7
|-
| 26-27 || +8
|-
| 28-29 || +9
|-
| 30 || +10
|}
 
=== List of Skills by Ability Score ===


Following is the list of Skills that a creature can be Proficient in, sorted by the Ability Score which the skill is based on:
Following is the list of Skills that a creature can be Proficient in, sorted by the Ability Score which the skill is related to:


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An example of this is the [[Shove]] action, where the creature attempting the Shove must roll Athletics, and the defending creature is allowed to roll either Athletics or Acrobatics to contest the Shove.  If the attacker's roll is higher than the defender's, the Shove succeeds, otherwise it fails.
An example of this is the [[Shove]] action, where the creature attempting the Shove must roll Athletics, and the defending creature is allowed to roll either Athletics or Acrobatics to contest the Shove.  If the attacker's roll is higher than the defender's, the Shove succeeds, otherwise it fails.
== Ability Score Modifier ==
For reference, here is once again the Ability Score Modifier table:
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"
|+ Ability Score Modifier depending on the value of the corresponding Ability Score
! Score !! Modifier
|-
| 1 || -5
|-
| 2-3 || -4
|-
| 4-5 || -3
|-
| 6-7 || -2
|-
| 8-9 || -1
|-
| 10-11 || +0
|-
| 12-13 || +1
|-
| 14-15 || +2
|-
| 16-17 || +3
|-
| 18-19 || +4
|-
| 20-21 || +5
|-
| 22-23 || +6
|-
| 24-25 || +7
|-
| 26-27 || +8
|-
| 28-29 || +9
|-
| 30 || +10
|}
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