Wayfinding

Navigate planetary surfaces, chart unknown routes, cross trackless waste.

Wayfinding covers orienting yourself, navigating familiar terrain, charting unknown routes, pushing through sensor-blind weather or magnetic storms, crossing trackless waste, and pinpointing hidden locations on a planetary surface. The surveyor, the scout, the freight-runner hauling across unmapped basins, the lone prospector who walks into the back of beyond and walks back with a claim. Where Astrogation plots between stars, Wayfinding plots between rocks. Failure by 5+ in a trackless waste can lose the party for 1d4 days and burn supplies. Planetary surfaces only; FTL plotting is Astrogation.

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Armor Check Penalty	false
Key Ability	WIS
Trained Only	false
Untrained Use	Works on marked trails and known terrain only; featureless/storm/sensor-blind auto-fail.
Key Ability	WIS

Notes

Special: Planetary surfaces only (FTL is Astrogation). Failure by 5+ in trackless waste loses the party 1d4 days. DC 30 pinpoint reveals a hidden location to within meters.

Special: Wayfinding governs planetary surfaces only; FTL plotting is Astrogation. Failure by 5+ in a trackless waste can lose the party for 1d4 days and burn supplies. A successful pinpoint at DC 30 reveals a hidden cache, bunker, or ruin to within a few meters of its true location.

Untrained: Anyone can read a map and follow a marked trail at the listed DCs. Untrained Wayfinding fails automatically in featureless terrain, sensor-blind weather, or storm, where a compass and a gut feeling are not enough.

Descriptors

dc: 10

Field	Value
dc	10
task	Orient yourself in known terrain

dc: 15

Field	Value
dc	15
task	Navigate familiar terrain confidently

dc: 18

Field	Value
dc	18
task	Chart an unknown route

dc: 22

Field	Value
dc	22
task	Navigate sensor-blind or through a storm

dc: 25

Field	Value
dc	25
task	Cross a trackless waste

dc: 30

Field	Value
dc	30
task	Pinpoint a hidden location

Synergy

bonus: 2

Field	Value
bonus	2
from	Survival
threshold	5

bonus: 2

Field	Value
bonus	2
from	Perception
threshold	5

Synergies

bonus: 2

Field	Value
bonus	2
ranks	5
skill	Survival

bonus: 2

Field	Value
bonus	2
ranks	5
skill	Perception

Uses

application: Orient yourself in known terrain

Field	Value
application	Orient yourself in known terrain
dc	10
failure	You pick a wrong heading; lose 1 hour.
success	You know where you are; pick the next leg with confidence.

application: Navigate familiar terrain confidently

Field	Value
application	Navigate familiar terrain confidently
dc	15
failure	One mishap; you lose 1d4 hours.
success	Full travel pace; no mishap roll needed.

application: Chart an unknown route

Field	Value
application	Chart an unknown route
dc	18
failure	Route is flawed; party makes half pace.
success	Route plotted; party moves at full pace.

application: Navigate sensor-blind or through a storm

Field	Value
application	Navigate sensor-blind or through a storm
dc	22
failure	Course drifts; party wanders off-route.
success	You hold the line; party stays on course.

application: Cross a trackless waste

Field	Value
application	Cross a trackless waste
dc	25
failure	Lost 1d4 days; supplies strained.
success	Crossing clean; supplies hold.

application: Pinpoint a hidden location

Field	Value
application	Pinpoint a hidden location
dc	30
failure	You walk past it; the place stays hidden.
success	You find the place to within a few meters.