The Wordsmith's Forge

I enjoy looking for what my characters do well or poorly, where their challenges lie. Sometimes there's a broad field of skills they suck at -- Fala is good at most wilderness skills but poor at most domestic skills. Other times there will be a particular skill within a favored field that the character just isn't as good at. Then again, a character who is highly competent may run into problems with other people refusing to acknowledge her skills and/or pestering her about something. Another interesting example is when a skill or other resource suddenly declines; Shahana used to have access to a great deal more divine magic than she does now, and has had to find ways of compensating.