Navigation?

[Soulclaw]

Is there a skill already in the game that people use for Navigation rolls, either by map or stars at sea or on land?

[Tomcat]

I would use a combination of Lore, Insight, and Survival.

Lore for knowing the land and understanding maps; Insight to judge whether the PC is on the right path along with Survival to keep to it.

[The Tatterdemalion King]

Finding your way around this rock you're on: Survival.

Finding your way to the next country (and knowing what it's called): Lore.

[Fugazi Grrl]

I looked and was surprised that there was no Order Ability for Navigating in the Mariner Order.

A skill specialty like Lore (Map Reading) could be appropriate. But, I really think for Mariners an Order Ability is in order. Something to the effect of.

Navigator: You know the seas, and coastlines of Middle-Earth, and have studied not only the charts but the stars themselves. A Mariner with this ability gains a +4 bonus to all attempts to navigate a ship using any Lore or Survival skill with the appropriate specialty.

[Soulclaw]

I finally decided to add a specialty to Sea Craft called Navigation, and use Survival for land navigation. I like the suggested order ability too.

[Fugazi Grrl]

I like the specialty, since it can apply to anyone who knows how to navigate a boat or a ship. Aragorn, for example, knew how to navigate Anduin but wasn't a mariner.

And Anduin is a powerful enough river it might need some navigation to keep a small Elvish boat going in the right direction.