Rising Sun Eternal: Character Creation - Revision history

Pstjmack at 18:04, 27 September 2022

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Pstjmack: /* Skills */

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Skills

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Pstjmack: /* Survival (Type) */

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Survival (Type)

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	Knowledge of the natural world. Use it to plan an expedition, predict weather, recognize when fauna or flora are unusual, use the environment to gather other information, or find food, water, and shelter. Each type of Survival is its own skill. Common types are ~~Desert~~, ~~Jungle~~, ~~Tundra, Urban~~.		Knowledge of the natural world. Use it to plan an expedition, predict weather, recognize when fauna or flora are unusual, use the environment to gather other information, or find food, water, and shelter. Each type of Survival is its own skill. Common types are Mountains, Urban, Wilderness.

	==== ''Swim'' ====		==== ''Swim'' ====

Pstjmack: /* Scavenge */

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Scavenge

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	The world is full of useful items, although most people don’t know where to go looking for the good stuff. Use this skill to loot a battlefield or locate valuable resources like food and water. Anyone can find items in places where they are likely to be found (e.g., food in a larder); use this skill to find things in places where nobody else would think to look.		The world is full of useful items, although most people don’t know where to go looking for the good stuff. Use this skill to loot a battlefield or locate valuable resources like food and water. Anyone can find items in places where they are likely to be found (e.g., food in a larder); use this skill to find things in places where nobody else would think to look.

	Depending on the game setting and the scarcity of the item being sought, the difficulty of Scavenge tests and the quality of the items unearthed by successful rolls may vary~~. See '''SCROUNGING''' starting 36~~.		Depending on the game setting and the scarcity of the item being sought, the difficulty of Scavenge tests and the quality of the items unearthed by successful rolls may vary.

	Note that efforts to rummage for information rather than items is handled by the Research skill instead.		Note that efforts to rummage for information rather than items is handled by the Research skill instead.

Pstjmack: /* Research */

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Research

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	The ability to find specific information in a large repository or buried in files, records, or scrolls. Use this skill to navigate a ~~library catalogue system~~, pull out buried details in account records, or otherwise locate whatever relevant information lies buried.		The ability to find specific information in a large repository or buried in files, records, or scrolls. Use this skill to navigate a jumbled archive of ancient scrolls, pull out buried details in account records, or otherwise locate whatever relevant information lies buried.

	Note that this is different to the Scavenge skill, which is used to locate physical resources or items rather than information.		Note that this is different to the Scavenge skill, which is used to locate physical resources or items rather than information.

Pstjmack: /* Reassure */

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Reassure

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	You cannot use Reassure on yourself.		You cannot use Reassure on yourself.

	~~Using Reassure to aid someone who suffered exposure to Unnatural forces might cost the reassuring character SAN; see '''THREATS TO SAN''' on page 41.~~

	==== ''Regional Lore (Type)'' ====		==== ''Regional Lore (Type)'' ====

Pstjmack: /* Persuade */

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Persuade

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	Changing another’s deeply held decision or desire. Use Persuade to get your Protagonist’s way when the subject is so stubborn, what your Protagonist wants is so valuable, or the deception is so flagrant that Charisma isn’t enough.		Changing another’s deeply held decision or desire. Use Persuade to get your Protagonist’s way when the subject is so stubborn, what your Protagonist wants is so valuable, or the deception is so flagrant that Charisma isn’t enough.

	With Persuade, your Protagonist might convince a witness that what she saw was innocuous and not unnatural, talk a ~~compound leader~~ into helping you cover up an outbreak to avoid a mass panic, or draw useful information out of an unwilling subject. This skill also allows your Protagonist to resist persuasion and interrogation in opposed Persuade rolls ~~(see '''OPPOSED TESTS''' on page 47)~~.		With Persuade, your Protagonist might convince a witness that what she saw was innocuous and not unnatural, talk a ward head into helping you cover up an outbreak to avoid a mass panic, or draw useful information out of an unwilling subject. This skill also allows your Protagonist to resist persuasion and interrogation in opposed Persuade rolls.

	==== ''Pilot (Type)'' ====		==== ''Pilot (Type)'' ====

Pstjmack: /* Occult */

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Occult

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	The study of the supernatural as understood by human traditions, including things like magick, folklore, and secret societies. Use Occult to examine and deduce the intent of a ritual, or to identify occult traditions, groups, grimoires, tools, symbols, or legends.		The study of the supernatural as understood by human traditions, including things like magick, folklore, and secret societies. Use Occult to practice sorcery, to examine and deduce the intent of a ritual, or to identify occult traditions, groups, grimoires, tools, symbols, or legends.

	==== ''Peoples'' ====		==== ''Peoples'' ====

Pstjmack: /* Medicine */

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Medicine

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	The study and treatment of injury and illness. Use it to diagnose the cause of an injury, disease, or poisoning, identify abnormalities such as toxins or diseases, identify the cause and approximate time of death, identify a dead person’s last meal, or prescribe proper long-term care. By comparison, First Aid keeps a patient alive until healing is possible~~. (See '''HEALING''' on page 47)~~.		The study and treatment of injury and illness. Use it to diagnose the cause of an injury, disease, or poisoning, identify abnormalities such as toxins or diseases, identify the cause and approximate time of death, identify a dead person’s last meal, or prescribe proper long-term care. By comparison, First Aid keeps a patient alive until healing is possible.

	==== ''Melee Weapons'' ====		==== ''Melee Weapons'' ====

Pstjmack: /* Insight */

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Insight

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	Insight obtains information about a person — especially information the subject would rather conceal — through observation, conversation, or examining patterns of behavior and relationships. Use Insight to recognize signs of dishonesty from verbal cues and body language, gauge attitude and intentions, cultivate sources of information about a subject, determine what it would take to get a subject to cooperate, or recognize clues of what a subject wants to conceal.		Insight obtains information about a person — especially information the subject would rather conceal — through observation, conversation, or examining patterns of behavior and relationships. Use Insight to recognize signs of dishonesty from verbal cues and body language, gauge attitude and intentions, cultivate sources of information about a subject, determine what it would take to get a subject to cooperate, or recognize clues of what a subject wants to conceal.

	Insight can notice signs of mental illness but Reassure would be needed to assist with a specific malady. A subject who deliberately tries to deceive your Protagonist can attempt an opposed test comparing their Persuade against your Protagonist’s Insight ~~(see '''OPPOSED TESTS''' on page 47)~~.		Insight can notice signs of mental illness but Reassure would be needed to assist with a specific malady. A subject who deliberately tries to deceive your Protagonist can attempt an opposed test comparing their Persuade against your Protagonist’s Insight.

	==== ''Knowledge (Type)'' ====		==== ''Knowledge (Type)'' ====