Actions

Actionicon_overcome.png Overcome
"Overcome" actions are the miscellaneous endeavours you apply a skill to, like getting past an obstacle or attempting to gather information. If you're not attacking, defending, or trying to create an aspect, you're most likely performing an Overcome action--though only ones with chances of failure and interesting results if you succeed or fail are going to require a skill check. Depending on the situation, the opposition to your Overcome checks could be either passive (i.e. a difficulty arbitrarily assigned by the GM) or active (another character, or an inanimate object that functions like a character, is rolling against you and adding an appropriate skill or bonuses to their check value).