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; '''''Active Skills'''''
 
; '''''Active Skills'''''
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: These Skills do special things for you in-game with no attached Energy cost.
 
: These Skills do special things for you in-game with no attached Energy cost.
; Detection
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'''Detection'''
: Detection abilities must be used close enough that you could reach an arm out and touch the target.
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''Upon reaching Level 4 of Detection the timer for Detection skills is reduced by 1/3.''
: Level 1) ''Type of Damage'' - You may ask what type of damage caused a target's wounds. Use the sig call: "Detection: What harmed you?" Answers must be vague "Claws" is fine, but "Werewolf claws" is not. This can be used on any target.
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: Level 1) {{SkillTip|Type of Damage}}, No Cost, Other, 15 seconds
: Level 2) ''Conscious Search'' - Maintain a conversation with another character for 10 minutes. At the end of this period, you may use the sig call “Detection: Where are your tagged items?” - the target must tell you how many tagged items are on their person, including those in containers, and clearly point to the locations where these items are located.
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: Level 2) {{SkillTip|Conscious Search}}, No Cost, Other, 60 seconds
: Level 3) ''Keen Eye'' - You may ask a target if they are carrying any hidden weapons - use the call: "Detection: are you armed?" - the target must answer if they have any In-Game weapons on them - tagged or otherwise. Please note that thrown weapons and ammunition will cause a yes answer.
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: Level 3) {{SkillTip|Keen Eye}}, No Cost, Other, 15 seconds
: Level 4) ''You're Sure Acting Funny'' - With a brief study of a target and direct eye contact you may determine if they are under a Mental effect. Maintain eye contact with the target for 10 seconds, then use the sig call: "Detection: are you under a Mental effect?"
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: Level 4) {{SkillTip|You're Sure Acting Funny}}, No Cost, Other, 15 seconds
: Level 5) ''Forensics'' - Upon discovering an unconscious, dying, or dead target you may spend 30 seconds examining a scene, then you may ask the target what happened during the last minute before they fell. Use the sig: "Detection: Tell me what happened" - the answers should not be exact - "Bob stabbed me" isn't okay, but "I was walking, I stopped to talk to someone and was stabbed in the chest" is fine.
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: Level 5) {{SkillTip|Forensics}}, No Cost, Other, 15 seconds
; Medicine
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: Make a silent count in your head, and use the sig call whenever health is granted. Medicine may only be used on a target other than yourself. You may not use the same prop for any levels of Medicine except Practice and Bandage.
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'''Medicine'''
: Level 1) ''Assess & Bandage'' - Using the "Asses" call after a 30 count while examining the target you may ask the target "what are your current health levels?", "are you dying?", and "how long do you have left on your death timer?". Bandages or other "first aid" props are required for healing. Apply a bandage to a target, healing them for 1 health every 30 seconds. Bandages can never heal the target to more than 2 below their maximum health. Bandages cannot bring a character that has fallen to 0 or fewer health back from Dying or Dead. Sig call: "Bandage."
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''Upon reaching Level 4 of Medicine the timer for Medicine skills is reduced by 1/3.''
: Level 2) ''Assess 2 & Practice'' - Using Assess, you may now alternatively ask "Are you currently under the effects of a drug?" You may alternatively ask all questions up to this level of Assess after a 60 count while examining the target. Practice allows you to bandage after a 15 second count, rather than 30 seconds. Sig call: "Bandage"
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: Level 1) {{SkillTip|Healing}}, No Cost, Other, 30 seconds, 1 health, bandage prop & {{SkillTip|Assess}}, No Cost, Other, 15 seconds, ("What are your current health levels?" & "how long do you have left on your death timer?")
: Level 3) ''Assess 3 & Stabilize'' - Using Assess you may now alternatively ask "Are you affected by a disease?" - this does not require physical contact. You may alternatively ask all questions up to this level of Assess after a 60 count while examining the target. To use Stabilize pantomime life-saving actions on a dying target (please don't actually perform them - that's painful) - the target's death timer will freeze as long as you continue to pantomime these actions. Maximum of 10 minutes. Use the count call "Stabilize" and maintain a count as long as you continue.
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: Level 2) {{SkillTip|Healing}}, No Cost, Other, 15 seconds, 1 health, bandage prop & {{SkillTip|Assess}}, No Cost, Other, 15 seconds, "Are you under the effects of a drug?"
: Level 4) ''Assess 4 & Advanced Healing Arts'' - The count for Assess is reduced to 20. Using Assess you may alternatively ask "Have you taken Aggravated Damage?" You may alternatively ask all questions up to this level of Assess after a 60 count while examining the target. Advanced Healing Arts requires the use of false suture needles, splints, or other advanced "medical" props. Pantomime medical techniques such as suturing, providing medication, or setting bones. While doing this you may heal a target for 2 health every 20 seconds. Advanced Healing Arts can never heal the target to more than 2 below their maximum health. Advanced Healing Arts cannot bring a character that has fallen to 0 or fewer health back from Dying or Dead. This level of Medicine can remove the Aggravated Damage effect. Sig call: "Medicine".
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: Level 3) {{SkillTip|Stabilize}}, No Cost, Other, variable & {{SkillTip|Assess}}, No Cost, Other, 15 seconds, "Are you under the effects of disease?"
: Level 5) ''Assess 5 & Savior'' - Using Assess you may alternatively ask "Have you been poisoned?" You may alternatively ask all questions up to this level of Assess after a 45 count while examining the target. In order to use Savior you must have a boffer knife or other tool with which to perform "surgery" - pantomime the actions of surgery for a minimum of 2 minutes - if the target's death timer has not expired at the end of this time you may restore 2 health to them, removing them from the Dying state. As with other levels of medicine, you cannot restore a target to more than 2 below their maximum health. Sig call: "Surgery"
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: Level 4) {{SkillTip|Healing}}, No Cost, Other, 30 seconds, 2 health, medical tool prop & {{SkillTip|Assess}}, No Cost, Other, 15 seconds, "Have you taken aggravated damage?"
; Meditation
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: Level 5) {{SkillTip|Surgery}}, No Cost, Other, 60 seconds, 2 health, medical tool prop & {{SkillTip|Assess}}, No Cost, Other, 15 seconds, "Have you been poisoned?"
: You may use each of the following effects once per day: Regain your level in Meditation in Willpower (1-5). Reduce all of your taint levels by 1 per level of Meditation you possess. If human, regain 2 times your level in Meditation (2-10) to your Essence pool. To use any of these effects, find a place to meditate for 10 minutes uninterrupted.
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'''Meditation
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''Upon reaching the 4th level of Meditation the timer for Meditation is reduced by 1/2.''
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: Level 1) {{SkillTip|Meditation}}: 1, No Cost, Self, 10 minutes
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: Level 2) {{SkillTip|Meditation}}: 2, No Cost, Self, 10 minutes
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: Level 3) {{SkillTip|Meditation}}: 3, No Cost, Self, 10 minutes
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: Level 4) {{SkillTip|Meditation}}: 4, No Cost, Self, 10 minutes
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: Level 5) {{SkillTip|Meditation}}: 5, No Cost, Self, 10 minutes

Revision as of 18:46, 6 July 2017

Crafting Skills
These allow you to make items of some sort at check-in, or to repair items during game. For tradeskills that allow you to craft 1 item per game per level, those enter a pool that you may use to craft any item you can make, not just the items from that skill. Unless explicitly specified any crafted item counts as 1 item. You may craft 1 item per game per level of crafting skills. Purchasing these skills grants access to crafting of the appropriate level, as detailed in the Equipment and Equipment Costs sections. The list of Crafting skills is:
Weaponsmithing / Armorsmithing
Carpentry / Fletching
Gunsmithing / Ammosmithing
Herbalism
Locksmithing
Active Skills
These Skills do special things for you in-game with no attached Energy cost.

Detection Upon reaching Level 4 of Detection the timer for Detection skills is reduced by 1/3.

Level 1) Type of DamageType of Damage: Examine a target. You may ask what type of damage caused a target's wounds. Use the sig call: "Detection: What harmed you?" Answers must be vague "Claws" is fine, but "Werewolf claws" is not. This can be used on any target., No Cost, Other, 15 seconds
Level 2) Conscious SearchConscious Search: Maintain a conversation with another character. At the end of this period, you may use the sig call "Detection: Where are your tagged items?" - the target must tell you how many tagged items are on their person, including those in containers, and clearly point to the locations where these items are located., No Cost, Other, 60 seconds
Level 3) Keen EyeKeen Eye: Examine a target. You may ask a target if they are carrying any hidden weapons - use the call: "Detection: are you armed?" - the target must answer if they have any In-Game weapons on them - tagged or otherwise. Please note that thrown weapons and ammunition will cause a yes answer., No Cost, Other, 15 seconds
Level 4) You're Sure Acting FunnyYou're Sure Acting Funny: With a brief study of a target and direct eye contact you may determine if they are under a Mental effect. Maintain eye contact with the target, then use the sig call: "Detection: are you under a Mental effect?", No Cost, Other, 15 seconds
Level 5) ForensicsForensics: Upon discovering an unconscious, dying, or dead target you may spend the described time examining a scene, then you may ask the target what happened during the last minute before they fell. Use the sig: "Detection: Tell me what happened" - the answers should not be exact - "Bob stabbed me" isn't okay, but "I was walking, I stopped to talk to someone and was stabbed in the chest" is fine., No Cost, Other, 15 seconds

Medicine Upon reaching Level 4 of Medicine the timer for Medicine skills is reduced by 1/3.

Level 1) HealingHealing: Use the count call "Medicine" to heal the target after a count. The count, amount, and any required props are provided on the power descriptor line. Pantomime treating the character with the prop while you count. This skill can never heal the target to more than 2 below their maximum health or bring a character at 0 health back from Dying or Dead., No Cost, Other, 30 seconds, 1 health, bandage prop & AssessAssess: Perform a 30 second silent count while examining the target. Afterward, use the sig call: "Asses:" you may now ask the target the question provided on the descriptor line., No Cost, Other, 15 seconds, ("What are your current health levels?" & "how long do you have left on your death timer?")
Level 2) HealingHealing: Use the count call "Medicine" to heal the target after a count. The count, amount, and any required props are provided on the power descriptor line. Pantomime treating the character with the prop while you count. This skill can never heal the target to more than 2 below their maximum health or bring a character at 0 health back from Dying or Dead., No Cost, Other, 15 seconds, 1 health, bandage prop & AssessAssess: Perform a 30 second silent count while examining the target. Afterward, use the sig call: "Asses:" you may now ask the target the question provided on the descriptor line., No Cost, Other, 15 seconds, "Are you under the effects of a drug?"
Level 3) StabilizeStabilize: To use Stabilize pantomime life-saving actions on a dying target (please don't actually perform them - that's painful). The target's death timer will freeze as long as you continue to pantomime these actions. Maximum of 10 minutes. Use the count call "Stabilize" and maintain a count as long as you continue., No Cost, Other, variable & AssessAssess: Perform a 30 second silent count while examining the target. Afterward, use the sig call: "Asses:" you may now ask the target the question provided on the descriptor line., No Cost, Other, 15 seconds, "Are you under the effects of disease?"
Level 4) HealingHealing: Use the count call "Medicine" to heal the target after a count. The count, amount, and any required props are provided on the power descriptor line. Pantomime treating the character with the prop while you count. This skill can never heal the target to more than 2 below their maximum health or bring a character at 0 health back from Dying or Dead., No Cost, Other, 30 seconds, 2 health, medical tool prop & AssessAssess: Perform a 30 second silent count while examining the target. Afterward, use the sig call: "Asses:" you may now ask the target the question provided on the descriptor line., No Cost, Other, 15 seconds, "Have you taken aggravated damage?"
Level 5) SurgerySurgery: Use the count call "Surgery" to heal the target after a count. The count, amount, and any required props are provided on the power descriptor line. Pantomime the actions of surgery while you count. If the target's death timer has not expired at the end of this time you may restore 2 health to them, removing them from the Dying state. Surgery can never heal the target to more than 2 below their maximum health., No Cost, Other, 60 seconds, 2 health, medical tool prop & AssessAssess: Perform a 30 second silent count while examining the target. Afterward, use the sig call: "Asses:" you may now ask the target the question provided on the descriptor line., No Cost, Other, 15 seconds, "Have you been poisoned?"

Meditation Upon reaching the 4th level of Meditation the timer for Meditation is reduced by 1/2.

Level 1) MeditationMeditation: You may use each of the following effects once per day: Regain the described amount in Willpower (1-5). Reduce all of your taint levels by the described amount. If Mortal, regain 2 times the described amount in Essence. To use any of these effects, find a place to meditate for 10 minutes uninterrupted.: 1, No Cost, Self, 10 minutes
Level 2) MeditationMeditation: You may use each of the following effects once per day: Regain the described amount in Willpower (1-5). Reduce all of your taint levels by the described amount. If Mortal, regain 2 times the described amount in Essence. To use any of these effects, find a place to meditate for 10 minutes uninterrupted.: 2, No Cost, Self, 10 minutes
Level 3) MeditationMeditation: You may use each of the following effects once per day: Regain the described amount in Willpower (1-5). Reduce all of your taint levels by the described amount. If Mortal, regain 2 times the described amount in Essence. To use any of these effects, find a place to meditate for 10 minutes uninterrupted.: 3, No Cost, Self, 10 minutes
Level 4) MeditationMeditation: You may use each of the following effects once per day: Regain the described amount in Willpower (1-5). Reduce all of your taint levels by the described amount. If Mortal, regain 2 times the described amount in Essence. To use any of these effects, find a place to meditate for 10 minutes uninterrupted.: 4, No Cost, Self, 10 minutes
Level 5) MeditationMeditation: You may use each of the following effects once per day: Regain the described amount in Willpower (1-5). Reduce all of your taint levels by the described amount. If Mortal, regain 2 times the described amount in Essence. To use any of these effects, find a place to meditate for 10 minutes uninterrupted.: 5, No Cost, Self, 10 minutes