Help a beginner to understand character creation - Obozaya skills modifier

[francescog]

Hi, this is my first post to the forum. I have looked around but have been unable to find an answer, feel free to point me to the relevant discussion if I missed something.

Now, to the question.

I am creating some PC and gave a look to the pre-generated character sheets available to be sure that I got everything right.

Take Obozaya. She's a soldier with 8 INT (-1), 16 STR (+3), 10 WIS (+0), 10 CHA (+0).
Thus she gets 4 + INT modifier = 4-1 ranks to spend on her skills.

At level 1 she has the following skills:
1) Athletics +6
2) Intimidate +4
3) Survival +4

This fits with my understading: only 3 skills for her below avg INT, and a +4 modifier since Intimidate and Survival are class skills but the relevant CHA and WIS modifier are +0.

What I don't get is Athletics: this is based on STR and so I was expecting 1 + 3 (for class) + 3 (for STR) = 7 and she gets 6 instead.

Since I am sure that the pre-gen is right and I am wrong, what am I missing?

Thanks,
Francesco

[Lethallin]

Your equipped armor likely has an armor check penalty of -1, which is being applied to your Athletics. Otherwise you have the right of it.

[Pantshandshake]

Is there perhaps an armor check penalty of -1?

[The Ragi]

Level 1 Obozaya has a troop cerimonial plate on, which gives her a -3 armor check penalty, but she's a vesk, so that penalty "is 1 less severe than normal"

Athletics +6: +1 rank +3 class +3 strength +1 mercenary theme -2 armor check penalty

[francescog]

Thanks everybody, it's clear now. The Ragi was very helpful pointing me in the detailed calculation (+1 mercenary theme -3 armor check penalty +1 vesk racial feature).