Streetwise

Streetwise
Use: Unskilled
use penalized. Normally used as a macro skill.
Sample specializations: Specific
urban location, street gangs, criminal organizations, survival, black markets
Streetwise is used
to get information, goods and/or make contacts in urban areas large enough to
support a “shadowy” side of life. It can also be used like the survival skill for
finding food, water and shelter in urban areas. When attempting to gain
information with the streetwise skill,
the difficulty is based on the size of the city the character is in and modified
by the legality of the information being sought:
STREETWISE CHART
Condition Difficulty/modifier
Large
city 8
Small
city 10
Town
12
Small
town 13
Very
small town 15
Legal
information -5
Semi-legal
-2
Illegal,
but generally inoffensive (asking how big of a bribe is appropriate for local
law enforcement) +0
Illegal
(seeking out a pickpocket) +2
Very
illegal (seeking out a safecracker) +4
Highly
illegal (seeking an arms smuggler) +7
Strict
law enforcement +5
Moderate
law enforcement +4
Light
law enforcement +2
Little
enforcement of the law +0
Corrupt
law enforcement -