General

This skill will stop any poison or disease that affects the character.

This skill is not latent and the character has to call this skill when they are affected by a poison or disease. If a character has another defense against the effect they must call their Dwarven Resist skill first. If a character is out of Dwarven Resist skill uses for that Tag Cycle they do not have to call another defense against the poison or disease effect.

The character must call “Dwarven Resist” when they use this skill. This skill will not work if the character is unconscious.

This skill allows the character to curse another character when they are killed. The curse is enacted when the character leaves their body after being at the Brink of Death. The player should announce the curse to the offending character and the effect is immediate. There is no defense to this skill except for the Resist or Resist Curse abilities.

The curse can be removed by the character or by a clan’s leader. Otherwise, the character must find a way to remove the curse. As with other curses, this curse will stay with the character even if they are killed. Below are the curses a character can use. They can choose a curse for their level or any lower level.

---Previously Called "Gypsy Curse" this skill is still under that name in the pdf rules for 4th Edition LAIRE---

This skill will stop the following charm effects: any Charm School spell even if augmented with the Total Power skill, any charm effect Spell Song, any charm effect Nature Magic spell, sorcery charm effect and friendship charm effects. This skill will not stop the Hypnosis skill, Vampiric Domination, alchemical items, demonic charms or draconic Charms.

This skill is not latent and the character has to call this skill when they are affected by one of the listed effects. If a character has another defense against the charm effect they must call their Elven Resist skill first. If a character is out of Elven Resist skill uses for that Tag Cycle they do not have to call another defense against the charm affect.

This skill will not work if the character is unconscious.

This skill allows the character to extend and retract sharp claws. The character must use approved LAIRE claws in combat dealing 1 point of damage with each blow. The claws are part of the character’s body and may not be coated with poison and doing so would poison the character. Even if the character were immune to the poison, the poison would be expended when applied. The character’s claws take damage and any damage dealt to the claws is taken from the character’s Body Points.

Damage Bonuses and special weapon attacks, like the Slay, Stun, Waylay, Assassinate, etc. skills, with the exception of the Speed skill and Inspire and Heroism spell songs, may not be used with the Natural Claws skill. However, the character’s Strength Bonus does add to the damage.

The prerequisite for this skill is being a member of a race that has claws. It is normally not available to characters outside these races

This skill allows the character to spit a dose of contact Paralysis poison at a target character. This effect is exactly the same as the poison of the same name.

The poison from this skill cannot be collected, stored or dissected by anyone in any way. It cannot be placed on a weapon, and can only be thrown.

The character must call “Poison Spit” when they use this skill.

This skill causes the character to enter into battle frenzy. The character will gain the following benefits while raging:

• Double their Body Point stat

• +2 Strength Bonus

• Immune to Waylay

• Immune to Torso Stun

There are some disadvantages to raging; they are as follows:

• The character cannot cast any magic

• The character will attack their enemies first, then nonHighlanders or Celts, and Highlanders or Celts last

• While under the affects of a rage, the character cannot use any skill that requires free will

To invoke this skill, the character should roleplay getting angry then call their clan’s name. During the rage, the character should roleplay being angry and out of control and periodically shout out the name of their clan.

The rage will end after the duration or if the character falls unconscious for any reason. Other Highlanders or Celts can end a rage if they roleplay talking the raging character down for 1 minute

This skill will allow the character to negate the effects of any one low magic spell, Spell Song, Sorcery ritual, or Warlock augmented spell.

This skill will not stop Nature Magic spells. This skill is not latent and the character has to call this skill when they are affected by one of the listed effects. If a character has another defense against the spell effect they must call their Resist Spell skill first. If a character is out of Resist Spell skill uses for that Tag Cycle they do not have to call another defense against the affect.

This skill will not work if the character is unconscious.

This skill works just like the Stun skill, except the limb is removed. The head is not a limb for this skill. The character should suffix their normal damage called with “Sever Limb”. Anything held in the hand or on the arm should be dropped to the ground next to the target character. This skill has no effect if the character is struck in the torso, a limb must be targeted for this skill to work. Removal of the limb does not influence death system status.

This skill requires the character to have a +3 Strength Bonus to learn and use. This can either be a natural racial bonus or from some other source, such as a magic item. However, the bonus must be a continuous bonus, not one that has a duration or is invoked for a duration. Therefore, a Strength Potion does not count towards this prerequisite.