<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/89/42ada9a315e4e96568a6eec853cc9af0.png)</div><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/82/Ebony_Elfmaid.png)</div><strong>Chocolate</strong>(https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=337106.msg16058615#msg16058615)<br/><br/>"You're doing great," Chocolate replied.  "Look at your background."<br/><br/>Outlander (https://www.dndwiki.io/backgrounds/outlander)<br/><br/>So, look on the sheet.  Right here it says Proficiency Bonus.  This is a universal number that modifies everything your character has become good at in some way.  The number is  function of your level.  At level 3, it's +2.  In a few more levels, it'll be +3.  This is one of the major ways we track how your character improves across your career.<br/><br/>“Mark +2 right there.<br/><br/>“Now look at your background again.  Outlander says you gain two skill proficiency.  Athletics and Survival.  You'll see the list of skills at the top of the second page.  It says, “X, Skill, Att, And Check.”<br/><br/>“X means mark an X in the box next to that skill if you're proficient.  Skill is the name of the skill.  Att is the Attribute the skill is tied too—like Acrobatics is tied to the attribute dexterity.  If you do something acrobatic on your adventure—like try and keep your balance on a tight rope—you roll a twenty sided dice and add the modifier you see in “Check.”  The number you record there is the modifier for that ability score if you aren't proficient.  If you are proficient, add 2 to that number.<br/><br/>“Clear as mud?”<br/><br/>Thanos (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ci7g6yFcuBXI3gLCGI-rn1QrXQYQFR7ssZRRjP4_gCs/edit)