Investigate
This broad skill provides a character with the training and ability to
examine things systematically through observation and inquiry. Unlike
Awareness skills, Investigate takes time. It can be used when a
character tries to apply logic and reason to reach a conclusion or
deduce the solution to a problem.
Investigate Situation Modifiers
| Task | Modifier |
| :— | :— |
| Using just the broad skill | +1 step |
| Fast investigation (1 time unit) | +3 steps |
| Moderate investigation (2-3 time units) | +1 step |
| Careful investigation (4+ time units) | -2 steps |
| Fresh investigation site | -2 steps |
| Recent investigation site | 0 steps |
| Cold investigation site | +2 steps |
| Old investigation site | +4 steps |
| Character has a related skill: | |
| at rank 1-4 | -1 step |
| at rank 5-8 | -2 steps |
| at rank 9-12 | -3 steps |
| Hidden or concealed clue | +3 steps |
| Small clue | +3 steps |
| Large clue | -1 step |
| Character knows what he’’s looking for | -1 step |
| Tracking a single target | 0 steps |
| Tracking a group of characters/creatures | -2 steps |
| Tracking on soft ground | -1 step |
| Tracking on hard ground | +1 step |
| Tracking in urban setting | +3 steps |
Interrogate
The Interrogate skill represents a character’’s ability to ask the
right questions in order to gain information from a specific
target character. That character’’s Will resistance modifier is his
protection from the probing questions of a skilled interrogator.
The skill covers the sort of interrogation that might be conducted
by a seasoned journalist, a law officer, a lawyer, or a trained
torturer—anyone who asks tough questions as a matter of course. It
may include a hint of violence or actual pain-inducing techniques,
but it usually just involves calm and reasonable debate, rhetoric,
and trick questions to cause the target to slip up.
Search
This specialty skill enables a character to develop his eye for
detail and his ability to spot hidden objects. Search is used when
a character wants to look for clues in a specific area, find a
particular object or person he knows is in the area, or hunt for
important objects in as fast and systematic a fashion as possible.
The degree of success achieved on a skill check determines what
the character spots after a certain amount of time spent
searching, ranging from a single small item or piece of
information on a short search to several small items or a major
piece of information on a long search.
Track
This specialty skill allows a character to improve his ability to
follow a person, creature, or land vehicle by noting the tracks it
leaves in its wake.
Tracks can be anything\
\ from actual footprints to telltale signs such as broken
branches, discarded litter, obvious waste material, or other
evidence of passage. A tracker may not necessarily be following
physical\
\ evidence; he may be using detective skills, interview
techniques, sensors, or other special equipment.
Track is used to locate and follow a trail, either a physical one
or a trail of\
\ information. Once a character spots his prey, Stealth—shadow can
be used to follow closely without being spotted.