Otome Row: Appendices
Stats
Melee
Melee is used to hit or block things using martial arts, melee weapons or plain old brawliness. It is an important combat attribute at Close and Too Close range where guns can potentially be inconvenient and also serves as part of your health pool. Even gunslingers will find it very useful when caught up close. It can also stand in for strength or be used to break things in addition to people if fire or explosions aren't practical for the job.
Physique
Physique determines what a person can do with their body and how well tuned it is to do things usual or unusual. It is most important in dodging bullets and moving about but also forms part of your health pool, initiative, and can be used to throw things. Countless tasks that require physical reflexes often use or can use Physique as do ones that require precision (assuming Tech isn't more suitable).
Shoot
Shoot is the common person's superpower provided, of course, that you have a gun. It is the dominant offensive combat attribute from Short to Long range and usually works just fine up Close as well. Owing to cinematics, reloading is generally automatic.
Charm
Charm is the subtle aspect of social interaction that is useful for getting what you want without giving away what it is or who wants it. Seduction, subterfuge and trickery converge here. It can also stand in for Smarts for perception in a social context, though results may return as feelings of what to do rather than anything specific.
Presence
Presence covers performance, leadership and overall social forcefulness. Whether it is fast-talk, extracting favors from contacts, intimidating folks into a protection racket or defeating zombies with rock'n'roll, the target of a presence roll usually realises what is going on. Remember, respect is everything. Having a strong presence also lets you be stubborn as a brick.
Smarts
This is your perception, mental dexerity, quickness, cleverness and natural intelligence stat. It is also half of your initiative rating alongside Physique and the main contribution to one's social defenses.
Tech
This stat in practice will probably be mostly technology but can apply for any learned field with ivory tower potential, from mechanics to computer hacking to religious and occult literature. Many of the tasks related to it will have very high thresholds (such as aforementioned occult literature) when attempted without a supporting skill.
Example Skills
These are only examples. You can make up your own so long as they fall into the same level of specificity. Note that arranging this stuff under stats is largely artificial - you can roll any skill with any stat in the right situation.
Melee
Fencing (<style>)
Jujutsu – A skill that originated from the close combat techniques of samurai. It is a soft martial art that allows grapples and throws.
Kagura – A martial art derived from the shrine maidens' sacred dance. It is a hard martial art centered around acrobatics and kicks and allows the fighter to dart in and out of range.
Karate – A fighting skill born right here in Ryunan. Karate allows the fighter to deal a lot of damage and break things, mostly with their bare hands.
Kenjutsu
Pro Wrestling – Unlike in real life, this shit actually works for some reason.
Physique
Acrobat
Biker – The kind with a motor on it, naturally.
Blowpipe – Why the fuck not?
Breakdancer
Driver
Parkourist – The art of quickly traversing urban terrain on hand and foot. Actually called a traceur but nobody knows that.
Stealth
Throwing Knives
Shoot
Revolvers
Pistols
Machine Pistols
Assault Rifles
Rocket Launcher
Shotguns
Sniper Rifles
Charm
Actor
Animal Friendship – You never know when you'll need to calm a tiger in the back seat.
Art Sense (<type>)
Empathy
Etiquette
Fashion
Musical Sense
Presence
Cosplay
Fast Talk
Gang Signs
Intimidation
Leadership
Performer (<type>)
Smarts
Art Sense (<type>)
Concealment
Cook
Investigator (<type>)
Tactician
Tech
Car Chopper
Chemist - A euphemism, naturally.
Electronics
Explosives
Hacker
Heavy Weapons
Particle Physicist - Never know when an understanding of the Vatican Large Hadron Collider will come in handy!
Software Engineer
Surgeon