Estimating monetary value, auditing books, and spotting embezzlement or forged financial records.

Genuine charisma and likability used to influence someone favorably without deception or intimidation.

Scaling walls, cliffs, and other vertical or steep surfaces without proper equipment.

An investigator's standing wealth and financial reputation, set during character creation rather than rolled. Governs what they…

Altering appearance, mannerisms, and dress to pass as someone else or avoid recognition.

Evading an incoming attack instead of absorbing or blocking it. Base chance is derived from the investigator's DEX rather than a…

Operating a car competently, including under pressure — chases, poor road conditions, or a vehicle that's seen better days.

Diagnosing and fixing electrical wiring, fixtures, and period-appropriate equipment.

Talking someone into a snap decision through misdirection and pressure before they have time to think it through. Effects tend to…

Unarmed combat and improvised melee weapons. The default skill for a desperate scuffle.

Accurate use of pistols and revolvers. Investigators without formal training rely on this base chance alone.

Stabilizing an injury in the field — stopping bleeding, splinting a break, keeping someone alive long enough to reach real…

Recalling documented historical events, periods, and figures — the mundane record, not occult lore.

Coercing cooperation through threats, physical presence, or implied consequences.

Knowledge of statutes, courtroom procedure, and what will and won't hold up with the authorities.

Efficiently locating a specific fact, document, or book within an archive, library, or filing system — the investigator's primary…

Noticing and interpreting sounds — a footstep in the next room, a whispered conversation, something moving where nothing should…

Formal medical training: diagnosis, treatment, surgery, and interpreting a body's condition — well beyond what First Aid covers.

General knowledge of plants, animals, weather, and terrain — enough to survive in and read the natural world.

Familiarity with mysticism, folklore, and esoteric practice as understood by ordinary occultists — distinct from Cthulhu Mythos,…

Convincing someone through honest, reasoned argument over time — the patient counterpart to Fast Talk and Intimidate.

Reading a person's emotional state and likely intentions from behavior — useful for spotting a lie or a person about to break.

Palming, planting, or lifting a small object without being noticed.

Noticing a visual detail that isn't obvious — a hidden door, a discrepancy in a room, something the culprit forgot to clean up.

Moving, hiding, or acting without drawing attention.

Staying afloat and making progress through water, including under adverse conditions like currents or exhaustion.

Following physical signs left by a person, creature, or vehicle over time or terrain.