ESCAPE ARTIST
Work Experience, Military Education, Self Taught
This skill allows the user to make a test against restraints placed upon him. The character uses his knowledge of weak points and his own flexibility to escape from his restraints. The GM should apply modifiers depending on the strength of the restraints, how much room the person has to move, ect.

FORENSICS
Higher Education, Military Education, Self Taught
The ability to analyze the aftermath of a scene and deduce what took place and often the order of actions.

HAGGLING
Work Experience,Self Taught
The ability to bargain with people to increase the price someone pays the character for items or to reduce the price the character pays for items.

HERALDRY
Military Education, Higher Education, Self Taught
The ability to discern information about a person, family or organization based upon is symoblic markings such as a Coat of Arms, Japanese mon, or Scottish Kilt.

HYPNOSIS
Higher Education, Military Education, Self Taught
The ability to place a person in a trance. This skill allows interrogation within reason and can be used to bypass fears or inhibitions in the target's psyche. In most cases the target cannot be hypnotized to perform actions contrary to their nature. This skill requires that the hypnotist have the full attention of the target.

INCANTATION
Self Taught, Bureau Special Skill
Prerequisite - Magic- White, Grey, or Black 10
This skill allows any non-psionic mortal, mage or mundane, to attempt to cast spells from a prepared spellbook (which must itself have magical power in order to fuel the spell) by reciting the incantions according to the instructions of the book. The incanter must make an incantation skill check, followed by an appropriate Magic skill check (Magic - White, Grey, or Black) and, if needed, a Ritual skill check (see skill Rituals). Should the Incatation skill fail the spell misfires (actual results depend on the GM, usually the incanter suffers some sort of physical drain or affliction), However if the Incatation skill succeeds but the Magic skill check fails the spell will go horribly wrong (the actual result is once again up to the GM but he is encouraged to be nasty to the PC, magic is not for the un-trained).
NOTE: spells cast in this manner may be snap cast, BUT snap casting cause all checks to be made with the snap casting penalty and often leads to even more dangerous misfires.

KIRLIAN ANALYSIS
Higher Education, Self Taught
The ability to interpret Kirlian auras and determine the scanned being's physical and emotional status, and the being's true nature. Also may be used to "track" and aura less than 2 hours old and can be used on a body to determine type of death (violent, sudden, peaceful, suicide, ect) if the person has died in the last 6 hours.

LIP READING
Higher Education, Military Education, Self Taught
The ability to understand what a person is saying without actually hearing the words spoken. To use this skill the character must be able to clearly see the targets lips move and must understand the language that the target speaks.

MEDITATION
Bureau Special Skill, Self Taught, Higher Education
Meditating allows a person to relax themselves to a point near sleep, while remaining aware of their surroundings. A meditating person can go into a light (partial awareness of surroundings) or heavy (almost no awareness) meditative state.

MYTHOLOGY
Higher Education, Self Taught
The study of legendary beings and events detailed in the history of a culture.

QUICKSILVER CONTROL
Bureau Special Skill, Self Taught
Checked to activate Quicksilver gland without psychological stimulus. A successful check allows the gland recipient to activate the gland at will, activate it to cover only certain areas or to exude quicksilver onto an object.

RITUALS
Self Taught, Bureau Special Skill
Prerequisite - Magic- White, Grey, or Black 10
The ritual skill allows mundane mortals and mages alike to attempt to correctly execute rituals associated with spell casting. Most rituals are used when calling upon an outside source of power such as magical spellbook, ancient scrolls, divine teachings, ect. The ritual skill is often used in conjunction with the Incantation skill. The user performs the ritual according to the instructions but does not check his/her skill until the actual spell being cast is checked (thus the user has know way of learning ahead of time if he/she performed the ritual wrong or right). Rituals should NOT be hurried, should a charater insist on rushing a ritual, he will discover that attempts to rush a ritual will result in failure of the ritual 90% of the time (no modifiers allowed other than Divine or Infernal influences), usually with unfortunate consequences.

SELF CONTROL
Bureau Special Skill, Self Taught, Military
This skill can be checked against to remain calm. Often used to resist fear effects or control reflexive actions.

SPATIAL GEOMETRY
Technical School, Military Education, Self Taught
The ability to visualize the path of an object through three-dimensional space and predict what objects will affect its course and how to use or avoid the obstacles. Although useful in only a few combat situations that require bouncing projectiles, this skill is often used in billiards and pinball machines.

SPEED READING
Technical School,Military Education, Self Taught
The ability to skim quickly through printed text and retain the information read. The higher the skill level of the character the better his/her recall of the printed information.

STEALTH
Military Education, Self Taught
The art of remaining unnoticed while tracking or being tracked. Can be used to achieve silent or unseen movement (within limits) or to travel in such a way as make tracking difficult.

TRACKING
Military Education, Self Taught
The ability to follow the trail left by a person or object as it travels. Weather conditions and terrain limit this skill.

TRIVIA
Self Taught
The accumulation of odd, little known and often useless facts. Often used by game show contestants.