Everyman Tasks

You like skills? Everyone likes skills, and everyone's got them. These are Everyman Skills, skills that (almost) everyone has, and it's useful to know them, as you should probably put them on your character's sheet.
Unless otherwise stated, all of these skills are at +5
== Dexterity ==
Skill 	Description
Climbing 	
Cycling (Bicycling) 	
Driving 	
Grab and Run (Filch/Pickpocket)	
Hunt and Peck (Typing) 	
Lobbing (Throwing/Dropping) 	
Mending (Leatherworking/ Sewing)	
Move Unobtrusively (Stealth) 	
Sex (Erotic Art) 	
Social Dancing (Dancing) 	
Write or Print (DX-based Artist)	Uses +6 instead of standard +5
== Intelligence ==
Skill 	Description
Advertising (Propaganda) 	
Arithmetic (Accounting/Math (Applied/Statistics)) 	
Computer Use (Computer Operation) 	Uses +4
Concealment (Camouflage) 	Uses +4
Cultivating a Persona (lots of skills) 	Uses Acting+5; Performance+3, or other skills in specific contexts, including Leadership+3, Politics+3, Psychology (Applied)+3, Religious Ritual+3, and Teaching+3.
Deception (Acting) 	
Dogma 	Philosophy or Theology at +6
Driving 	same as Driving in Dexterity
Familiar Places (Area Knowledge) 	Uses +4
Follow Orders (Crewman/Soldier) 	Uses +4
Going Through Channels (Admin/Law/Politics) 	
Handyman (Electrician/ Electronics Repair/ Mechanic) 	
Improvise Tools 	Can use Machinist+5, Scrounging+0, Survival+0
Loading Small Vehicles (Freight Handling/ Packing) 	
Lore or General Knowledge 	Uses Expert Skill (Bardic Lore), Naturalist or other Expert Skill, all at +6
Manners (Savoir-Faire) 	Uses +4
Paperwork (Admin/ Merchant) 	
Read 	Puzzle out a hastily-scrawled note. Professional Skill (Scribe)+5 or (History, Intelligence Analysis, Literature, Research) at +5
Respond To Questions (Public Speaking) 	
Rhyming (Poetry) 	
Shutterbug (Electronics Operation (Media)/ Photography)	
Sketch Maps (Cartography) 	
Tutor (Teaching) 	
== Health ==
Skill 	Description
Avoid Contagion 	Hazardous Materials (Biological)
Famine Foods 	Urban Survival
Group Singing (Singing+4)	Uses Soldier+4 for marching songs.
Wading (Swimming) 	Uses +4
== Perception ==
Skill 	Description
Detect Spoiled Food (Housekeeping) 	Uses +4
Find Mislaid Item (Search) 	
Judge Weather (Meteorology) 	
Notice Illness or Injury (Diagnosis) 	Uses +6
Notice Lifeform (Naturalist/ Survival)	
== Will ==
Skill 	Description
Dream Recall (Dreaming) 	Uses +6
Peace of Mind (Meditation)	Uses +6
Poker Face (Acting) 	
Waking Up (Dreaming) 	Uses +6
==References==
*Pyramid 3/65: Alternate GURPS III, p.27-29
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