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<br>'''<font style="color: White; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 46pt; text-shadow: #674a4f 4px 2px 2px">Streetwise</font>'''<br><br>
 
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Characters possessing this Skill know how life on the streets works and are adept at surviving by its harsh rules. Streetwise characters can gather information, make contacts, buy and sell on the black market, and otherwise make use of the street's unique resources. The Skill is also important for navigating urban dangers, avoiding the law, and staying on the right side of the wrong people.<br><br>
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''In full daylight, the spraypaint would have had a distinctly neon glare. In the dim light of the streetlight's periphery, it was dull and heavy. Nonetheless, the young man in gang colors was studying it intently. "Yeah, I know that tag," he finally said. He shook his head. "That's a badass marker. The Green Nails. Vietnamese. The kind of gang you never hear about on the damn cop shows, but the ones nobody in their right mind fucks with."''
  
Possessed by: Criminals, gangsters, homeless people, private investigators, and police officers.<br><br>
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''The older man, his impeccable suit very out of place in the alleyway, merely nodded. "Yes, precisely. And very, very suitable for our purposes."''
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Specialties: Black Market, Gangs, Rumors, and Undercover Operations.<br><br>
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The streets can provide a lot of information or money to those who know the language. '''Streetwise''' allows you to blend in unobtrusively with the local scene, pick up gossip, understand slang or even dabble in criminal doings.
  
Dramatic Failure: Your character completely misreads the situation, committing an error that could have fatal consequences. He might try to sell guns to an undercover cop, he convinces a real gun dealer that he's a cop, or he flashes the wrong sign to the gangbangers on the corner.<br><br>
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Failure: Your character has no luck hooking up with any of his street associates, or of convincing the locals that he's legit.<br><br>
 
 
 
Success: Your character hooks up with someone who can provide what he needs.<br><br>
 
 
 
Exceptional Success: Not only does your character find someone who can help him, that person turns up at just the right time to provide something quick and cheap.<br><br>
 
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| {{dots|2|0}} || Practiced: You're accorded respect on the street. <br />
 
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|*So you want to play a character that knows how the streets? Well, here are some things you should know!
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| {{dots|3|0}} || Competent: You could head your own gang. <br />
*The following abilities are generally useful for Street Concepts:
 
**Empathy,
 
**Intimidation,
 
**Investigation,
 
**Larceny,
 
**Medicine,
 
**Persuasion,
 
**Stealth,
 
**Streetwise,
 
**Subterfuge.
 
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| {{dots|4|0}} || Expert: You have little to fear in even the worst neighborhoods. <br />
 
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| {{dots|5|0}} || Master: If you haven't heard it, it hasn't been said. <br />
* Be sure to check out the [[Setting/Criminal|Criminal Page]]
 
* +Streetwise/map Downtown
 
* +streetwise/map Harbor
 
 
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* Possessed by: Criminals, homeless people, reporters, detectives, vice squads, Sabbat
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* Specialties: Fencing, illegal drugs, illegal weapons, rumors, gangs, pickpocketing, local slang
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* Join the Streetwise channel: '''addcom str=Streetwise'''
|*Don't forget to set your '''&Position''' for '''+roster Street'''
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* +bbpost your arrival to the IC Streetwise board: '''+bbpost 43/(title)=(what people on the street might know about you)'''
*Additionally you'll need to add ''<nowiki>[[category:Streetwise PC]]</nowiki>'' to be listed here.
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* Add '''<nowiki>[[Category:Streetwise PC]]</nowiki>''' to your character's wiki page
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* Join the +roster:
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** '''+roster/optin Street'''
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** '''&position me=(what people on the street might know about you)''' (up to 40 characters)
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See also: [[Setting/Criminal|Crime]]
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|Among the things that those with streetwise might know is who is selling drugs of various sort. Two of the more lucrative drugs on the streets of prospect are [[Drug_Ice|Ice]] and [[Drug_Jade|Jade]].
 
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Latest revision as of 13:08, 23 August 2015

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In full daylight, the spraypaint would have had a distinctly neon glare. In the dim light of the streetlight's periphery, it was dull and heavy. Nonetheless, the young man in gang colors was studying it intently. "Yeah, I know that tag," he finally said. He shook his head. "That's a badass marker. The Green Nails. Vietnamese. The kind of gang you never hear about on the damn cop shows, but the ones nobody in their right mind fucks with."

The older man, his impeccable suit very out of place in the alleyway, merely nodded. "Yes, precisely. And very, very suitable for our purposes."

Streetwise-02.png

The streets can provide a lot of information or money to those who know the language. Streetwise allows you to blend in unobtrusively with the local scene, pick up gossip, understand slang or even dabble in criminal doings.

Dot-filled.png Novice: You know who sells drugs.
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Practiced: You're accorded respect on the street.
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Competent: You could head your own gang.
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Expert: You have little to fear in even the worst neighborhoods.
Dot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.pngDot-filled.png Master: If you haven't heard it, it hasn't been said.
  • Possessed by: Criminals, homeless people, reporters, detectives, vice squads, Sabbat
  • Specialties: Fencing, illegal drugs, illegal weapons, rumors, gangs, pickpocketing, local slang

Post-approval tips

  • Join the Streetwise channel: addcom str=Streetwise
  • +bbpost your arrival to the IC Streetwise board: +bbpost 43/(title)=(what people on the street might know about you)
  • Add [[Category:Streetwise PC]] to your character's wiki page
  • Join the +roster:
    • +roster/optin Street
    • &position me=(what people on the street might know about you) (up to 40 characters)

See also: Crime

Active PCs

To make a character wiki page show up here, add: [[Category:Streetwise PC]] and [[Category:Active PCs]]