Physical Skills
- claw
- combat
- tooth
- hunting
- paw
- movement, including running, jumping, and climbing
- hide
- endurance and resistance
- voice
- communication
A cat's way is a specialized skill that they focus on. It is their primary method of contribution to their community.
They always take the form of a phrase: way of the (descriptor) (category). For example, Carp Star's Way of the Sandy Claw represents his proficiency at fighting in sandy terrain, while a Way of the Wooded Track might describe a cat skilled at tracking through forest.
Categories
Mental Skills
- eye
- observation
- track
- tracking
- path
- navigation
- lore
- knowledge and memory
- thread
- reasoning, and pattern recognition
Community Skills
- song
- divination, reserved for the starbound: travelers and tellers
- root
- plants and herbs
- nest
- survival, shelter, and maintenance, not necessarily the camp
Descriptors
Trait
- solitary
- alone
- paired
- in a team
- silent
- quiet or soundless
- quick
- swift moving
- strong
- physically powerful
- sharp
- intelligent or cunning
- patient
- slow and deliberate
- bold
- direct or confrontational
- hidden
- concealed
- guiding
- leading or instructing others
- guarding
- protective or defensive
- short
- close quarters, short distance
- distant
- ranged, long distance, in the future
- faded
- old or from the past
- fresh
- new and from the present
Terrain / Conditions
- watered
- streams and riverbanks
- deepwater
- large and deep bodies of water like lakes and rivers
- wooded
- forest
- thorned
- dense brush or brambles
- bordered
- territory edges and boundaries
- stone
- mountainous or rocky
- ashen
- charred or volcanic
- marshy
- swamp and floodplains
- sandy
- beach or sand
- windswept
- open grassland
- frozen
- ice or snow
- sodden
- muddy or rainy
- skyward
- vertical or otherwise high up, such as cliffs or trees
- shadowed
- underground or otherwise unlit
- ancient
- ruins of human civilization
- dawn
- early morning
- dusk
- late afternoon
- sunlit
- during the day
- moonlit
- during the night
Creatures
- prey
- any prey animal, such as a mouse or rabbit
- hunter
- any predator, such as a badger, fox, or wolf
- stray
- a cat living outside of the tribes
- ancients
- the long-forgotten and mysterious humans that lived there hundreds of years ago
- bound
- a cat living among the tribes
- spirit
- an ancestor of the valley cat's
- kit
- young cats
- winged
- birds, bats, and aerial animals
- burrowing
- underground prey and dens
- swarming
- insects or other pack animals
- scaled
- reptiles, fish, or amphibians
- nightborn
- nocturnal creatures
- sickened
- diseased or unnaturally behaving
Concepts / Misc.
- star
- constellations and celestial bodies
- earth
- the natural world below the sky
- green
- plants and herbs
- sound
- anything audible
- scent
- anything smellable
- rain
- weather or clouds
- shadow
- night and darkness
- rune
- carved symbols with assigned meanings
- sight
- dreams, visions, or just what is visible
- breath
- meditation and reflection
- heart
- emotion, love, and loyalty
- known
- familiar concepts, creatures, objects, or facts
- unknown
- unfamiliar concepts, creatures, objects, or facts
- bone
- physical remains of the dead
- blood
- kinship and ancestry