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Your applied learning and perception.
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Your applied education and professional training. Controlled by [[sense]].
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*'''Interrogate.''' An interrogation is a contest between the interrogator's [[study]] and the suspect's [[perform]]. If the interrogator wins the contest the suspect must hand over any clues possessed and the locations of any discovered cues. Note that the clues and cues may not actually relate to the same mystery. If the interrogator loses then the suspect may choose which if any clues or cue locations to hand over, and may even opt to make up a fraud cue location. The suspect receives a bonus (+2) on any future attempts at interrogation unless a fraud has been discovered and traced back to the suspect. The same contest may be used to check for a lie. In either use, the loser of the contest suffers 1 doubt.
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*'''Inspect.''' Once you own a [[clue]] you may inspect it. You may check against your study score immediately and without cooperation without any time cost at all, or you may use a project to gain a bonus (+2) and accept cooperation normally. If the check succeeds you learn the pointer and whether the clue is a fraud. If the check fails you lose possession of the clue. It is not destroyed, but it falls into the hands of rivals, opponents, authorities, informants, or nobody at all.  
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*'''Inspect.''' Once you own a [[clue]] you may use a project to inspect it. This is a study check that no one may cooperate with. If the check succeeds you may learn the pointer if you don't already know it, or whether or not the clue is a fraud. If the check fails you lose possession of the clue. It is not destroyed, but it falls into the hands of rivals, opponents, authorities, informants, or nobody at all.  
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*'''Knowledge:''' Any knowledge that you the player have, your character also has, or at least has instincts that amount to the same thing. However your character may know something that you don't. When you first encounter something you may ask for a check against your study score to see if you have already learned about it. If the check succeeds the [[referee]] may fill you in on background information, related legends, or even game statistics that your character has learned. [[Obscure]] knowledge gives a penalty (-2) to this check. If you fail, you may not check on the same topic again without using study to [[research]] it.
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*'''Look'''. You eliminate a decoy or discover details if you succeed at a [[study]] check. This requires a snap.  [[Range]], [[cover]], and [[visibility]] all apply normally, and a decoy's owner may contest with [[sneak]]. If the target is behind your [[flank]] or out of line of sight then this becomes '''listen''' instead of '''look''' and suffers a penalty (-2). This snap may also be used to glean extra details (from the referee or introduced by the player) from a location.
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*'''Research.''' It requires a [[project]] to attempt research, and a location with the [[library]] keyword. The information the [[referee]] provides on a successful check against your [[study]] score is limited to what is available from your research books. If the books have nothing relevant a successful check reveals this as well. You may retry research, but once you have achieved success you won't gain any new knowledge unless the books are updated or you try a different library.
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*'''Notice.''' When a [[hidden]] opponent hits you with a [[surprise]] attack you may use a [[defense]] and check against your study score. If you succeed the hit becomes a regular attack, and you may use a [[guard]] to contest it normally. Note that the attacker may contest your attempt to notice with a defense and sneak. Notice is also the check that the referee may ask for (or roll secretly) to determine if you spot an important detail.
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*'''Treat.''' You can use a project to cooperate with a resting and injured individual's [[strength]] check to '''recover'''.
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*'''Research.''' It requires a [[project]] to attempt research, and a location with the [[library]] keyword. The information the [[referee]] provides on a successful check against your [[study]] score is limited to what is available from your research materials. The more appropriate the materials, the more likely your check will produce results. If the materials have nothing relevant a successful check reveals this as well. You may retry research, but once you have achieved success you won't gain any new knowledge unless the materials are updated or you try a different library.
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*'''Understand.''' When you encounter cryptic texts or unknown languages you may check against your study score to decipher meaning. The time required varies based on just how information you are trying to understand. Your failure margin is the number of clues, prompts, or helpers you need before you are allowed to try again.
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*'''Search.''' You search for clues in a specific location. Anyone from the band who is present and searching may roll a cooperative study check. Regardless of the result of the check you will find any accessible clues and be alerted to where inaccessible clues may be potentially located. Instead, the check determines how much information you will gain about the clues without further study. When you find clues in a location you can use 1 success margin on the acuity check to read the pointer for one clue. An '''obscure''' clue requires an extra 2 success margin to read the pointer. You may decide after you've gathered clues in the location which to use your margin on and in which order, but it isn't clear if a clue is obscure or not until you try to read it.
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==Unlock Abilities==
 
==Unlock Abilities==
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
*[[Skill]]
 
*[[Skill]]
 
*[[Operate]]
 
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*[[Sense]]
 
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==Skill Cost==
 
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[[Category:Skill]]
 
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Revision as of 00:59, 27 October 2014

Your applied education and professional training. Controlled by sense.

  • Inspect. Once you own a clue you may inspect it. You may check against your study score immediately and without cooperation without any time cost at all, or you may use a project to gain a bonus (+2) and accept cooperation normally. If the check succeeds you learn the pointer and whether the clue is a fraud. If the check fails you lose possession of the clue. It is not destroyed, but it falls into the hands of rivals, opponents, authorities, informants, or nobody at all.
  • Knowledge: Any knowledge that you the player have, your character also has, or at least has instincts that amount to the same thing. However your character may know something that you don't. When you first encounter something you may ask for a check against your study score to see if you have already learned about it. If the check succeeds the referee may fill you in on background information, related legends, or even game statistics that your character has learned. Obscure knowledge gives a penalty (-2) to this check. If you fail, you may not check on the same topic again without using study to research it.
  • Research. It requires a project to attempt research, and a location with the library keyword. The information the referee provides on a successful check against your study score is limited to what is available from your research books. If the books have nothing relevant a successful check reveals this as well. You may retry research, but once you have achieved success you won't gain any new knowledge unless the books are updated or you try a different library.
  • Treat. You can use a project to cooperate with a resting and injured individual's strength check to recover.
  • Understand. When you encounter cryptic texts or unknown languages you may check against your study score to decipher meaning. The time required varies based on just how information you are trying to understand. Your failure margin is the number of clues, prompts, or helpers you need before you are allowed to try again.

Unlock Abilities

A high score in detect is required for some abilities:

See Also

Skill Cost

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