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or work on a construction crew for anything from searching, but could potentially see something out of place
a house to a high-rise. or unusual. Investigation is a Skill that the character actively
uses to find clues and information and create a more concrete
••• Experienced: A character at this level is a very picture of the situation.
talented builder or architect. He can design and Sample actions: Examine a crime scene (Wits +
build a house from the ground up, completely Investigation), Identify a pattern (Wits + Investigation), Solve
rebuild a car, and handle industrial electrical and a riddle (Intelligence + Investigation)
plumbing for office complexes. Sample Specialties: Crime Scenes, Cryptography,
Dreams, Forensic Accounting, Riddles
•••• Expert: This character can build just about any Sample contacts: Conspiracy Buff, Medical Examiner,
design she can imagine. She can weld just about Private Investigator
anything, build a new car from scratch, or machine
precision parts. Levels:

••••• Master: This character can repair anything, • Novice: The character is a good armchair detective
or build working devices from the scraps other and excels at puzzles, riddles, and brainteasers.
people throw out. He is a da Vinci, able to draw •• Professional: At this level, a character is very good
stunningly realistic diagrams or design fantastic at putting details together to form a larger picture.
devices.
Someone who works as a coroner or crime lab
attendant is probably at this level.
Investigation
••• Experienced: The character has an excellent eye
Investigation is a character’s ability to find and put to- for details that most would overlook, impressing
gether clues and solve mysteries and puzzles. It represents even experienced detectives. He fills out crossword
the ability to think laterally and make useful intuitive leaps, puzzles in pen and solves riddles without breaking
find meaningful patterns in confusion, and draw conclusions a sweat.
from the available data.
Using this Skill is different than the Perception Attribute •••• Expert: A character at this level of Investigation has
task that can be found under Wits and Composure. abilities that seem almost supernatural. She can see
Perception is typically checked when a character is not actively connections between details that seem completely

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