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	'''Good Old Whatsisname.''' You seem awfully familiar to people. Maybe you just have an unusually average face. Maybe you subconsciously imitate the word choice and accent of those you hear around you. In any event, peopel are always mistaking you for distant cousins, old high school acquaintances, long-ago frat buddies, ''etc.''		'''Good Old Whatsisname.''' You seem awfully familiar to people. Maybe you just have an unusually average face. Maybe you subconsciously imitate the word choice and accent of those you hear around you. In any event, peopel are always mistaking you for distant cousins, old high school acquaintances, long-ago frat buddies, ''etc.''

	'''Hunches.''' Here's a simple one. If you make a successful roll, you get a [[hunch]]. Unfortunately for you, you can't do this ''in'' combat—though an existing hunch is valid when combat starts.		'''Hunches.''' Here's a simple one. If you make a successful roll, you get a [[Unknown Armies:hunch\|hunch]]. Unfortunately for you, you can't do this ''in'' combat—though an existing hunch is valid when combat starts.

	'''Play Dumb.''' You're real good at convincing people that you're about as sharp as a sack of wet mice. This means they're likely to underestimate you as a threat and often put the best interpretation on your actions. ("Aw, the poor retard just wandered into a restricted area. Show him out and kick his ass a little, but don't bother writing it up.") It can also be used to get people to tell you more than they meant to in the process of explaining what they ''do'' want you to know.		'''Play Dumb.''' You're real good at convincing people that you're about as sharp as a sack of wet mice. This means they're likely to underestimate you as a threat and often put the best interpretation on your actions. ("Aw, the poor retard just wandered into a restricted area. Show him out and kick his ass a little, but don't bother writing it up.") It can also be used to get people to tell you more than they meant to in the process of explaining what they ''do'' want you to know.

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	==Soul skill examples==		==Soul skill examples==
	'''A Friend in the Family.'''		'''A Friend in the Family.''' You have a buddy who's a mobster. (Or a forensic pathologist, or an expert in the occult, or whatever.) Your buddy helps you out on minor matters without a roll. ("Hey Rocco, can you spot me a twenty until payday?") Activities involving risk or considerable effort will not only require a roll, but an explanation. ("Hey Rocco, can you help me bury the body of this dead senator I got in my trunk?") You lose points off this skill if you only see your pal at ''your'' convenience; after all, who likes a friend who's only around when he needs something?

	'''Aura Sight.'''		'''Aura Sight.''' Even though you're not trained in a school of magick, you're aware of auras. If you make a conscious effort, you can roll to pick up information about someone's magickal aptitude, health, physical capabilities, mood, and general state of metaphysical health. Demon possession and astral parasite infestation are easily detectable. Only living things have auras, however, so you can't tell if an item is magickal or if a car was last driven by a werewolf.

	'''Commanding Presence.'''		'''Commanding Presence.''' You come across as someone who should be obeyed, regardless of whether you actually have any authority or not. You're the kind of guy who can direct people to the lifeboats in a calm and orderly fashion, tell people convincingly that the situation is under control, and get them to answer questions on the flimsiest of pretexts.

	'''Good Old Whatsisname.'''		'''Good Old Whatsisname.''' You seem awfully familiar to people. Maybe you just have an unusually average face. Maybe you subconsciously imitate the word choice and accent of those you hear around you. In any event, peopel are always mistaking you for distant cousins, old high school acquaintances, long-ago frat buddies, ''etc.''

	'''Hunches.'''		'''Hunches.''' Here's a simple one. If you make a successful roll, you get a [[hunch]]. Unfortunately for you, you can't do this ''in'' combat—though an existing hunch is valid when combat starts.

	'''Play Dumb.'''		'''Play Dumb.''' You're real good at convincing people that you're about as sharp as a sack of wet mice. This means they're likely to underestimate you as a threat and often put the best interpretation on your actions. ("Aw, the poor retard just wandered into a restricted area. Show him out and kick his ass a little, but don't bother writing it up.") It can also be used to get people to tell you more than they meant to in the process of explaining what they ''do'' want you to know.

	'''Vocal Imitation.'''		'''Vocal Imitation.''' You have a knack for recreating sounds with your voice. Not only is this a useful skill for doing duck calls and spicing up your Bill Clinton jokes at parties, it can be remarkably useful for fooling people over the telephone.

	'''Sing the Blues.'''		'''Sing the Blues.''' You may not be musically trained (or maybe you were) but you can sing a decent blues riff or karaoke along to "Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)" without sounding like a jackass.

	==Do-it-yourself Soul skills==		==Do-it-yourself Soul skills==
	Persuasion, Acting, Getting Sympathy, Painting, Intimidation, Seduction, Cadging Drinks, Getting Bank Loans, Dancing, Social Worker.		Persuasion, Acting, Getting Sympathy, Painting, Intimidation, Seduction, Cadging Drinks, Getting Bank Loans, Dancing, Social Worker.

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 '''Lying 15%.'''  Sometimes you have to lay it on thick for the sake of the greater good&mdash;or just to get out of a traffic ticket.  Most people can't do it without looking around nervously, blushing, nervously over-elaborating their stories, ''etc.''
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	==Free Soul skill: Lying==		==Free Soul skill: Lying==
			'''Lying 15%.''' Sometimes you have to lay it on thick for the sake of the greater good—or just to get out of a traffic ticket. Most people can't do it without looking around nervously, blushing, nervously over-elaborating their stories, ''etc.''

	==Soul skill examples==		==Soul skill examples==
	'''A Friend in the Family.'''		'''A Friend in the Family.'''

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 '''Charm 15%.'''  You have to make a good impression sometimes&mdash;maybe with Miss Congeniality down at the pub, maybe in a job interview, maybe with the high priestess of the cult you're trying to infiltrate.
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	==Free Soul skill: Charm==		==Free Soul skill: Charm==
			'''Charm 15%.''' You have to make a good impression sometimes—maybe with Miss Congeniality down at the pub, maybe in a job interview, maybe with the high priestess of the cult you're trying to infiltrate.

	==Free Soul skill: Lying==		==Free Soul skill: Lying==
	==Soul skill examples==		==Soul skill examples==

Admin at 16:57, 11 September 2006

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These are skills based on interaction and intuition rather than on mental acuity. Any social skill is a [[Unknown Armies:Soul|Soul]] skill, as are most artistic skills.

If you're an adept, your school of magick is a Soul skill. But don't just write down "Magick" by itself—include ths school title, like Magick: Entropomancy, Magick: Cliomancy, and Magick: Dipsomancy. If you're not sure yet, go ahead and write down "Magick" on the character sheet. Just make sure and change it to the name of your school of magick once you know what it is.

Another rule for adepts: Your school of Magick is your obsession skill, you get Cherries. These are special effects triggered whenever you roll a successful match on your Magick roll. You assign a cherry to each match, so that 11 has its cherry, a 33 has its cherry, and so on.

==Free Soul skill: Charm==
==Free Soul skill: Lying==
==Soul skill examples==
'''A Friend in the Family.'''

'''Aura Sight.'''

'''Commanding Presence.'''

'''Good Old Whatsisname.'''

'''Hunches.'''

'''Play Dumb.'''

'''Vocal Imitation.'''

'''Sing the Blues.'''

==Do-it-yourself Soul skills==
Persuasion, Acting, Getting Sympathy, Painting, Intimidation, Seduction, Cadging Drinks, Getting Bank Loans, Dancing, Social Worker.