Skills

Muscle
The measure of a character's strength. Affects melee damage, carry weight, and intimidation in dialogue.

Speech
Affects a characters ability to talk their way out of, or into difficult situations.

Athletics
Affects Speed, enemy chance to hit, and enemy line of sight.

Defense
Determines how good a character is in a fight. Hit Points, and enemy damage are affected by this.

Smarts
A character's ability to think on their feet. Good smarts can unlock new crafting recipes, help get better prices from shops, and show new ways to solve problems.

Weapons
The ability to shoot a gun, or swing a bat. Affects critical hit chance, damage dealt, and accuracy.