The 'Inverted' 2e S&P Skills Chart

  One of the things that bugs me (and my players!) about 2e S&P is the mechanics of doing s skills check. Want to hit a Hobgoblin? High is good! Wnat to save vs. dragon breath? High is good? Want to make a skill check?
  Low is good!
  So I finally, after a decade or so, reversed the numbers so that now when you check a skill - high is good! Below is the alphabetical list of the skills from S&P and S&< with one or two skills form my campaign. CP costs are listed, as are the abilities and sub-abilities. To get your target number do this
[[(base number listed) - (ability modifier from S&P) = target number].
  So a low INT/rea score will make your target number for the Administration non-weapon proficiency higher than your base score but a high INT/rea will make your Administration target score lower than the base score. To make a non-weapon proficiency a skill check roll a d20 and if you get the target number or higher you succeed. Just like with saves and 'to hit' rolls.

  NOTE: the background formatting of the blog page may interfere with your ability to see the chart. Printing in black and white or doing a cut and paste into a text editor should fix that.

  The notes on the chart are particular to my campaign, but I included them for your comments, too!

Skill	Type	CP Cost	Base Number	Ability	Note
Administration	Priest	3	12	INT/rea
Agriculture	General	3	14	INT/kno
Alchemy	Wizard	5	15	INT/kno
Alms	Priest	3	13	CHA/lea
Anatomy	Priest, Wizard	4	16	INT/kno, WIS/int
Ancient History	Priest, Wizard, Rogue	3	15	WIS/int, INT/kno
Ancient Languages	Priest, Wizard	4	16	INT/kno
Animal Handling	General	3	14	WIS/wil
Animal Lore	Warrior	3	14	INT/kno, WIS/int
Animal Training	General	4	16	WIS/wil, CHA/lea
Appraising	Rogue	2	13	INT/rea, WIS/int
Aquatic Fighting	Warrior	4	-	STR/mus, DEX/bal
Arcanology	Wizard	4	16	INT/kno
Armorer	Warrior	5	16	INT/kno, STR/mus
Astrology	Priest, Wizard	3	16	WIS/int, INT/rea	1
Blacksmithing	General	4	15	STR/mus, INT/kno
Blind Fighting	Rogue, Warrior	4	-	WIS/int, DEX/bal
Boat Piloting	General	2	15	STR/mus, INT/rea
Bookbinding	Priest, Wizard	3	13	INT/kno
Bowyer/Fletcher	Warrior	5	15	WIS/int, Dex/aim	2
Brewing	General	3	13	INT/kno
Bureaucracy	Priest	3	13	INT/kno
Carpentry	General	3	14	STR/sta, INT/kno
Ceremony	Priest	2	14	WIS/int
Cobbling	General	3	14	DEX/aim, INT/kno
Concentration	Priest, Wizard	5	15	WIS/wil
Cooking	General	3	14	INT/rea
Cryptography	Rogue, Wizard	3	15	INT/rea, WIS/int
Dancing	General	2	15	DEX/bal, CHA/app
Deep Diving	General	2	16	DEX/bal, CON/hea
Diplomacy	Priest	3	15	CHA/lea
Disguise	Rogue	4	16	WIS/int, CHA/lea
Dowsing	Wizard	3	16	WIS/int
Endurance	Warrior	2	18	CON/fit
Engineering	General	4	16	INT/rea, WIS/int
Etiquette	General	2	13	CHA/app, WIS/int
Fire Building	General	2	13	WIS/int, INT/rea
Fishing	General	3	15	WIS/int, INT/kno
Forgery	Rogue	3	16	DEX/aim, WIS/wil
Gaming	General	2	16	WIS/int, INT/kno
Gem Cutting	Rogue, Wizard	3	15	DEX/aim
Glassblowing	Wizard	2	14	DEX/aim
Healing	Priest	4	16	WIS/int, CHA/lea
Heraldry	General	2	13	INT/kno
Herbalism	Priest, Wizard	3	15	INT/kno, WIS/int	2
Hunting	Warrior	2	14	WIS/int
Hypnotism	Wizard	4	15	CHA/lea
Investigation	Priest	4	15	INT/rea, WIS/int
Juggling	Rogue	3	14	DEX/aim
Jumping	Rogue	2	13	STR/mus, DEX/bal
Law	Priest	3	14	INT/kno
Leather Working	General	2	14	INT/kno, DEX/aim
Local History	Priest, Rogue	2	13	INT/kno, CHA/app
Mental Resistance	Priest, Wizard	3	16	WIS/wil
Mining	General	5	16	WIS/int, STR/sta	3
Modern Languages	General	2	12	INT/kno
Mountaineering	Warrior	4	14	STR/sta, WIS/wil
Musical Instrument	General	2	14	CHA/lea
Navigation	General	3	15	INT/kno, WIS/int
Observation	Priest	3	14	INT/rea, WIS/int
Omen Reading	Priest, Wizard	3	16	WIS/int, INT/rea	1
Oratory	Priest	3	14	Cha/app
Orienteering	General	3	14	INT/kno, WIS/int
Painting	General	2	14	DEX/aim, WIS/int
Papermaking	Priest, Wizard	2	13	INT/kno
Persuasion	Priest	3	16	CHA/lea
Pottery	General	3	14	DEX/aim
Prestidigitation	Wizard	3	14	DEX/bal
Reading Lips	Rogue	3	14	INT/kno, WiS/int
Reading/Writing	Priest, Wizard	2	13	INT/kno
Religion	Priest, Wizard	2	15	WIS/int
Research	Wizard	3	15	INT/rea
Riding, Airborne	General	4	16	WIS/wil, DEX/bal
Riding, Land	General	2	13	WIS/wil, DEX/bal
Riding, Water	General	4	14	WIS/wil, DEX/bal
Rope Use	General	2	13	DEX/aim, WIS/int
Running	Warrior	2	16	STR/sta/CON/fit
Sage Knowledge	Priest, Wizard	4	16	INT/kno	4
Scribe	Priest, Wizard	2	14	DEX/aim
Sculpting	General	2	16	DEX/aim, WIS/int
Seamanship	General	3	13	WIS/int, DEX/bal
Set Snares	Rogue, Warrior	3	15	Dex/aim, WiS/int
Singing	General	2	16	CHA/lea
Spellcraft	Priest, Wizard	3	14	INT/rea
Stonemasonry	General	4	16	STR/sta, WIS/int
Survival	Warrior	3	15	INT/kno, WIS/wil
Swimming	General	2	12	STR/sta
Tactics of Magic	Wizard	3	15	INT/rea
Tailoring	General	3	14	DEX/aim, INT/rea
Thaumaturgy	Wizard	3	16	INT/rea
Throwing	Rogue	2	13	DEX/aim, STR/mus
Tightrope Walking	Rogue	3	16	DEX/bal
Tracking	Warrior	4	14	WIS/int
Tumbling	Rogue	3	14	DEX/bal, STR/mus
Undead Lore	Priest	3	15	INT/kno
Ventriloquism	Rogue	4	16	INT/kno, CHA/lea
Weaponsmithing	Warrior	5	16	INT/kno, Dex/aim
Weather Knowledge	General	2	14	WIS/int
Weaving	General	3	15	INT/rea, DEX/aim
NOTES:
1 only available to specialist Diviners or clerics with major access to the sphere of Divination
2 a successful check grants a +2 on Healing checks
3 Gnomes have a +1 bonus to this skill, Dwarves have a +2 bonus
5 a specific specialty must be chosen; different specialties are separate skills