Driving
Name
Driving
Skill Attribute & Difficulty
Dex A
Defaults
5+Dex, 5+Int
Prerequisites
None.
Description
This is the ability to drive a specific type of ground vehicle. Make an Int-based Driving roll for
basic map reading, to diagnose simple malfunctions, or to recall rules of the road.
You must specialize:
Specializations
| Specialization | Description | Defaults |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Automobile | Any vehicle with three or more wheels that weighs less than 5 tons and does not move on rails. | Heavy Wheeled - 2<br><br>Or other Driving at -4 |
| Construction Equipment | Any kind of bulldozer, crane, plow, etc. | Other Driving at -5. |
| Halftrack | Any vehicle that moves on tracks and either wheels or skids. | Tracked-2<br><br>Or other Driving at -4 |
| Heavy Wheeled | Any vehicle with three or more wheels that weighs 5 tons or more and does not move on rails. | Automobile-2<br><br>Or other Driving at -4 |
| Hovercraft | Any kind of air-cushion vehicle. | Other Driving at -5 |
| Locomotive | Any vehicle that moves on conventional or maglev rails. | Other Driving at -5 |
| Mecha | Any kind of legged, bouncing, rolling, or slithering vehicle. | [[Environment Suit - Starfire\|Battlesuit]]-3<br><br>Or other Driving at -5 |
| Motorcycle | Any powered one- or two-wheeled vehicle, including those with sidecars. Large motorcycles often have a minimum Strength requirement. | Other Driving at -5 |
| Tracked | Any vehicle that moves on tracks. | Halftrack-2<br><br>Or other Driving at -4 |
Note that the ability to “drive” a team of animals is not Driving, but [[Teamster - Starfire]].
Modifiers
-2 or more for bad driving conditions; -2 or more for a vehicle in bad repair; -2 for an unfamiliar control system (e.g., an automatic when you are used to a manual -4 or more for a vehicle of an unfamiliar type within your specialty (e.g., a race car when you are used to stock cars).
