Brawn is a representation of physical power and toughness in general of a character. Characters with a high brawn statistic are better able to withstand assassinations and are better able to withstand damage inflicted in battle and are less prone to injury.
Strength represents the amount of damage a character can cause with a strike.
Agility is a respresentation of nimbleness of a character. Characters with high agility are better able to deflect enemy strikes and can more easily avoid capture.
Polearms represents the ability of a character to wield weapons like spears, lances, pikes, battle-axes, and mauls.
Swordmanship represents the ability of a character to wield weapons like swords, daggers and nagamaki.
Throwing represents the ability of a character to wield weapons like darts and throwing stars.
Shooting represents the ability of a character to wield weapons like bows and firearms.
The riding statistic represents the performance of your character on land. The riding statistic combined with the leadership statistic affects how good a character performs as a cavalry officer.
The sailing statistic represents the performance of your character on sea. The sailing statistic combined with the leadership statistic affects how good a character performs in naval combat.
Raiding represents how effective a character is at stealing or raiding goods and resources from enemy places. It also represents the ability of a character to wield fire and cause destruction to buildings and settlements or to set up ambushes. Characters with a high raiding statistic are good at raiding places and aquire more resources and goods. Characters with a high raiding skill are more stealthy and can more easily remain undetected and are more effective at sabotage or assassination.
Tactics is a representation of cunning of a character. Characters with a high tactics statistic are better able to set up ploys.
Leadership represents how a character performs on the battlefield. This statistic affects the efficiency by which a character performs in combat. Characters with a high leadership statistic are sound tacticians and strategists. Characters with high leadership are better able to organise troops and maintain formation in battle.
Honour represents the respectability and worthiness of a character. Characters with a high honour statistic have higher morale in battle. Characters with a high honour can more easily withstand assassinations.
Healing represents how efficient a character is at improving the health of other characters. Characters with a high healing statistic are better at regenerating troop numbers in an army.
Commerce represents how efficient a character is at developing trade routes. Characters with a high commerce statistic are better at generating money from trade.
Charisma represents how efficient a character is at developing entertainment, or how efficient a character is at converting population to their faith. Characters with a high charisma statistic are better at generating money from entertainment.