Editing Skill Descriptions (section)

==ESCAPE ARTIST== 
DEX, MANIPULATION
You’re trained in escaping bonds and other restraints.
Check: Make a check to escape from restraints or to squeeze through a
tight space.
RESTRAINT DC
Ropes Opponent’s Dex bonus +20
Snare Snare’s rank +20 (see Snare, page 99)
Tight space 30
Grapple Opponent’s grapple check
• Tight Spaces: For a tight space, a check is only called for if your head
fits but your shoulders don’t. If the space is longer than your height,
such as in an airshaft, the GM may call for multiple checks. You can’t
fit through a space your head doesn’t fit through. You can also reach
through a tight space your hand fits through but your arm normally
does not by making an Escape Artist check.
• Escaping Grapples: You can make an Escape Artist check opposed
by an opponent’s grapple check to get out of a grapple or out of a
pinned condition. Doing so is a standard action. If you escape being
pinned, you are still being grappled. If you escape the grapple you
can move in the same round.
Try Again: Yes.
Action: Making a check to escape from ropes or other restraints requires
one minute. Escaping a grapple is a standard action. Escaping a snare is
a full-round action. Squeezing or reaching through a tight space takes at
least one minute, maybe longer, depending on the distance.
Special: You can take 10 on an Escape Artist check. You can take 20 if
you are not actively opposed, such as when being grappled or pinned.
==GATHER INFORMATION== CHA, INTERACTION
You know how to make contacts, collect gossip and rumors, question informants,
and otherwise get information from people.
Check: By succeeding at a skill check (DC 10) you get a feel for the major
news and rumors in an area. This assumes no obvious reasons exist why information
would be withheld. The higher the check result, the more complete
the information. Information ranges from general to protected, and the DC
increases accordingly for the type of information, as given on the table.
TYPE OF INFORMATION DC
General 10
Specific 15
Restricted 20
Protected 25
General information concerns local happenings, rumors, gossip, and the like.
Specific information usually relates to a particular question.
Restricted information isn’t generally known and requires you to locate
someone with access to the information.
Protected information is even harder to come by and might involve some
danger, either for the one asking the questions or the one providing
the answers.
There’s a chance someone takes note of anyone asking about restricted
or protected information. The GM decides when this is the case. In some
situations, opposed Gather Information checks are appropriate to see if
someone else notices your inquiries (and you notice theirs). If you accept
a –20 modifier on your check total, your inquiries avoid any notice.
• Finding People: You can use Gather Information to track down someone
in a community. Make a Gather Information check to pick up your target’s
trail and another for each hour you search, or when the trail becomes difficult
to follow, such as when it moves to a different area of town. The DC
and number of Gather Information checks required to find your target
depend on the size of the community, as given on the table. For every 5
points you exceed the DC, you reduce the required number of checks by
one, to a minimum of one. So a Gather Information result of 35 allows
you to locate anyone in a vast metropolis in an hour’s time.
The DCs on the table assume the subject isn’t making any special
effort to hide. People trying not to be found add their Knowledge
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(streetwise) or Stealth bonus to the DC to find them so long as they
keep a low profile.
COMMUNITY SIZE DC CHECKS REQUIRED
Village 5 1
Town 10 2
City 15 3
Metropolis 20 4
Try Again: Yes, but it takes additional time for each check, and you may
draw attention to yourself if you repeatedly pursue a certain type of information.
Action: A Gather Information check takes at least an hour, possibly several,
at the GM’s discretion. You can cut the time for a Gather Information
check in half by taking a –5 penalty.
Special: You can take 10 when making a Gather Information check, but
cannot take 20.