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| ====== Research (Skill) ====== | ====== Research (Skill) ====== | ||
| - | Created Saturday 27 July 2013 | + | ===== RESEARCH (INT) ===== |
| + | Use this skill to learn information from books, the [[Grid]], or other standard sources. Research allows you to navigate a library, an office filing system, a newspaper morgue, or the information resources of the interstellar Grid. It doesn't include talking to people and asking questions; that's handled by [[Gather Information (Skill)|Gather Information]] or role-playing encounters. | ||
| - | === RESEARCH (INT) === | ||
| - | Use this skill to learn information from books, the [[Grid]], or other standard sources. Research allows you to navigate a library, an office filing system, a newspaper morgue, or the information resources of the interstellar Grid. It doesn't include talking to people and asking questions; that's handled by [[Gather Information (Skill)|Gather Information]] or roleplaying encounters. | ||
| Readily available information, whether clearly referenced in a book or easily found on a public Grid node, requires no Research check. | Readily available information, whether clearly referenced in a book or easily found on a public Grid node, requires no Research check. | ||
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| **Check:** Researching a topic takes time, skill, and some luck. The GM determines how obscure a particular topic is (the more obscure, the higher the DC) and what kind of information might be available depending on where you are conducting your research. | **Check:** Researching a topic takes time, skill, and some luck. The GM determines how obscure a particular topic is (the more obscure, the higher the DC) and what kind of information might be available depending on where you are conducting your research. | ||
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| Information ranges from general to protected. | Information ranges from general to protected. | ||
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| Given enough time (usually 1d4 hours) and a successful skill check, you get a general idea about a given topic, such as the latest news in an area, the public history of an old building, or a few facts about a well-known individual. This assumes that no obvious reasons exist why such information would be unavailable, and that you have a way to acquire restricted or protected information. | Given enough time (usually 1d4 hours) and a successful skill check, you get a general idea about a given topic, such as the latest news in an area, the public history of an old building, or a few facts about a well-known individual. This assumes that no obvious reasons exist why such information would be unavailable, and that you have a way to acquire restricted or protected information. | ||
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| The higher the check result, the better and more complete the information. If you want to discover a specific fact, date, map, or similar bit of information, add +5 to +15 to the DC. | The higher the check result, the better and more complete the information. If you want to discover a specific fact, date, map, or similar bit of information, add +5 to +15 to the DC. | ||
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| **Try Again?:** Yes. | **Try Again?:** Yes. | ||
| - | **Special:** You can take 10 or take 20 on a Research check. A character with the [[Studious (Feat)|Studious]] feat gets a +2 bonus on all Research checks. | ||
| - | [[Computer Use (Skill)|Computer Use]] can provide a +2 [[Systems|synergy bonus]] on a Research check when searching computer records or the Grid for data. | ||
| - | **Time:** A Research check takes 1d4 hours. | ||
| - | Type of Information DC | + | **Special:** You can take 10 or take 20 on a Research check. |
| - | //General// 10 | + | |
| - | Major corporations with offices on a par-ticular planet. Address of an individual. | + | |
| - | //Specific// 15 | + | |
| - | The meaning of an obscure alien symbol. Court testimony from a trial. | + | |
| - | //Restricted//* 20 | + | |
| - | The Maximum range of a new class of Concord dreadnaught. Results from a confi-dential experiment. | + | |
| - | //Protected//* 25 | + | |
| - | Autopsy data from secretly captured Kicks. The identity of a spy. | + | |
| - | * Usually requires access to a restricted infor-mation source, such as a secure Grid site or a private archive, before a check can be made. | + | |
| - | @skills @intbased @synergy | + | A character with the [[Studious (Feat)|Studious]] feat gets a +2 bonus on all Research checks. |
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| + | [[Computer Use (Skill)|Computer Use]] can provide a +2 [[Systems|synergy bonus]] on a Research check when searching computer records or the Grid for data. | ||
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| + | **Time:** A Research check takes 1d4 hours. | ||
| + | * **Type of Information** **DC** | ||
| + | * //General// 10 | ||
| + | * Major corporations with offices on a particular planet. Address of an individual. | ||
| + | * //Specific// 15 | ||
| + | * The meaning of an obscure alien symbol. Court testimony from a trial. | ||
| + | * //Restricted//* 20 | ||
| + | * The Maximum range of a new class of Concord dreadnaught. Results from a confidential experiment. | ||
| + | * //Protected//* 25 | ||
| + | * Autopsy data from secretly captured Kicks. The identity of a spy. | ||
| + | * Usually requires access to a restricted infor-mation source, such as a secure Grid site or a private archive, before a check can be made | ||
| + | {{tag>skills intbased synergy}} | ||
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