"Bare-fanged unarmed violence — claws, teeth, horns, hooves. The coliseum tradition and the back-alley one. Distinct from Athletics (the running body) and Intimidation (the threat unspoken) — this is the application of natural-weapon force."),
new("build_read","Build-Read","STR",
"Sizing up another creature's physical capabilities at a glance. Cross-clade body diversity makes this nontrivial — a Mustelid's frame lies about its strength, a Cervid's stillness lies about its speed. The dockside boxer's eye for who can fight."),
"Vehicle and mount control under pressure. Caravan-work, Hare-courier carts, riding a clademorphic beast over broken ground, navigating a contested street at speed."),
new("endurance","Endurance","CON",
"Sustained applied effort. The act of doing hard work for a long time — forced marches, all-night hauls, rowing the canal-shift, the long chase. What you put out, hour after hour."),
new("force","Force","STR",
"Applied violence on objects. Doors, chains, shutters, locked chests, walls that shouldn't be there anymore. The Bulwark's quiet talent and the Claw-Wright's last resort."),
new("fortitude","Fortitude","CON",
"Resisting what you swallow. Ingested poison and contagion, spoiled rations, foreign cuisine, the Goat-Folk welcome of rotted cheese, the dockside whiskey flight, the ritual draught you cannot politely refuse."),
new("hardiness","Hardiness","CON",
"Withstanding external conditions. Temperature extremes, smoke and dust, thin mountain air, the slow attrition of weather. The Polar Bear-Folk's cold tolerance, the Coyote-Folk's heat-of-the-day shift, the herd-wall holding under blizzard."),
new("haulage","Haulage","STR",
"Bearing weight under distance. Porter discipline, stretcher-craft, shouldering an unconscious packmate up a switchback. The Bovid wagon-train's daily reality and the battlefield medic's quiet requirement."),
"Sustained vocalization and breath-control. The physical basis of Muzzle-Speaker oratory, the diver's stillness underwater, the smoke-tolerant veteran's projection across a coliseum without shredding the throat."),
new("marksmanship","Marksmanship","DEX",
"Accurate ranged weapon use — bow, crossbow, sling, javelin, thrown blade. The skill that lets prey-clade militias hold a wall against predator charge, and the Shadow-Pelt's clean answer at distance."),
"Function while wounded. Holding the line bleeding, finishing the sentence with a knife in your shoulder, performing surgery on yourself. The hybrid medical-mistrust skill — the one you use when the doctor isn't an option."),
"Deliberate pheromone communication — the unspoken half of every Theriapolis conversation. Broadcasting calm, threat, deference, lineage, trust. The Scent-Broker's craft, the passer's nightmare, the perfumer's living. Distinct from Insight (which reads the scent) — this is the active emission."),
"Quiet fingers — pickpocketing, palmed coins, the swap performed under another's nose. Useful in markets and courtrooms alike."),
new("stealth","Stealth","DEX",
"Movement unseen and unsmelled. Wind-checking, scent-suppression, the slow weight-shift on a creaking floor."),
new("survival","Survival","WIS",
"Field-craft beyond the wall: tracking, foraging, fire-making, knowing which run-off is safe to drink and which carries the upstream butcher's leavings."),