Ability
See Expertise for human Ability.
An ability is any attributes possessed by a roleplaying game character, which serve to define the player character's basic statistics. Abilities are the values from which other of the PC's characteristics are derived. Different systems use different sets of abilities.
Dungeons and Dragons and the D20 System:
- Strength - The character's physical strength
- Dexterity - The character's agility and speed
- Constitution - The character's ability to resist damage and disease
- Intelligence - The character's mental acuity
- Wisdom - The character's intuition and sense of things around himself
- Charisma - The character's force of personality and physical attractiveness
GURPS:
- Strength - The character's physical strength
- Dexterity - The character's agility and speed
- Intelligence - The character's mental acuity and sense of the world
- Health - The character's ability to resist damage and disease
