Skill and Touch

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Skill noun - Subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something.

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Touch is a synonym for skill. In some cases you can use "Touch" instead a noun "Skill".

Nearby Words: skilled, skillfully, skilful, skilly

Touch noun - The state or fact of being able to exchange information regarding one's current situation.

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Skill is a synonym for touch in ability topic. Sometimes you can use "Skill" instead a noun "Touch", if it concerns topics such as manner.

Nearby Words: touched, touchy, touching, toucher, touchable

good	good skill	good touch
physical	physical skill	physical touch
special	special skill	special touch
similar	similar skill	similar touch
Other adjectives: common, right, single, great, little, personal, unique, final, deadly, extra, magical.

Cinque's Inherent Skill in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS is the ability to transmute any metal into high-grade explosives on touch.

Source: Having a Blast
Oblivion partially averted this by making Absorb Health a touch-only effect, but in a sense compensated for that by moving it to Restoration (thus giving all the more reason to invest in said skill).

Source: Dump Stat
Played with a bit in GURPS — when it comes to magic, "standard" spells work best on things the caster can, indeed, touch, and the chance of success then drops off fairly quickly with distance (effective skill is -1 per yard between caster and target, in a 3d6-roll-under-skill system).

Source: The Magic Touch

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