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 '''Leadership (Socials)'''
-Leadership is the ability or capacity to lead others. Leadership allows you to tell people to do things. Specifically, you can add things to the "to-do" list of others. Leadership lets one get NPC to do what one wants, and the maximum number of Ghoul Retainers one can safely have is equal to one's Leadership Traits. Presence utilizes Leadership. The skill that opposes Leadership is Intimidate.
+Leadership is the ability or capacity to lead others. Leadership allows you to tell people to do things. Specifically, you can add things to the "to-do" list of others. Leadership lets one get NPC to do what one wants, and the maximum number of Ghoul Retainers one can safely have is equal to one's level in Leadership. Presence utilizes Leadership. The skill that opposes Leadership is Intimidate.
 '''Lore (Mentals) '''

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 '''Crafts (Mentals)'''
-Crafts is actually a number of skills, listed below. Craft allows one to create and repair things within their field of crafting. It also allows one to determine how well-crafted or manufactured it is. Craft can also be used to gauge the condition an item is in. Crafts are most frequently opposed by static challenges. The creation of specific items and devices is in the Item Crafting section. You can repair items, using the craft skill no matter what your focus is so long as it is a non-supernatural craft. You get a specialty at 4 like with all abilities. These provide traits.
+Craft allows one to create and repair things. It also allows one to determine how well-crafted or manufactured it is. Craft can also be used to gauge the condition an item is in. Crafts are most frequently opposed by static challenges. The creation of specific items and devices is in the Item Crafting section. You can repair items, using the craft skill no matter what your focus is so long as it is a non-supernatural craft. Craft makes weapons and Armor. If you want to make skill items see Expression.
 '''''Note''''' Discipline-specific crafts have been removed.
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 '''Expression (Socials or Mentals)'''
-Expression is used to convey or represent any thought or idea in words, art, music, movement, poetry, singing or any other kind of performance. Expression is used by Melpomene. It is opposed most frequently in challenges by Expression. When you take the skill you must define what form your expression takes.
+Expression is used to convey or represent any thought or idea in words, art, music, movement, poetry, singing or any other kind of performance. Expression is used by Melpomene. It is opposed most frequently in challenges by Expression. When you take the skill, you must define what form your expression takes.
-Expression may be used to craft equipment just like the skill Craft: Equipment can be. The difference between the two is aesthetic. Expression items tend to provide their bonus psychologically by looking and feeling a certain way, whereas craft: equipment items provide assistance in performing the task. Example: Drive. Expression creates a set of gloves that make the wearer believe they are better at driving because they look the part. Craft: Equipment creates a better wheel, that actually improves the driver's capacity.
+Expression is also used to create items that provide bonus traits on abilities. It cannot be used to create weapons or armor. See Crafting for more information.
 '''Finance (Mentals) '''

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 '''Scrounge (Mentals or Socials)'''
-Scrounge is the ability to obtain something by begging or borrowing with no intention of reparation, or by salvaging or foraging. Scrounge allows you to obtain $300 worth of illegal items, Scrounge is also valuable for appraising objects. The magnitude of a Scrounge challenge is equal to the [Resources + 2]*5 value of the thing with [Resources + 2] retests against. Scrounge also covers all things involving with or coming out of sewers. This is typically a mental or social challenge. Scrounge is most frequently opposed by Stealth.
+Scrounge is the ability to obtain something by begging or borrowing with no intention of reparation, or by salvaging or foraging. Scrounge allows you to obtain $300 worth of illegal items, Scrounge is also valuable for appraising objects. The magnitude of a Scrounge challenge is equal to the [Resources + 2]*5 value of the thing with [Resources + 2] retests against. Scrounge also covers all things involving with or coming out of sewers. This is typically a mental or social challenge. Scrounge is most frequently opposed by Stealth. If you have Scrounge 4 with a Specialty in Labs, you can make two Labs per one action.
 '''Security (Physicals or Mentals)'''

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 Brawl is, simply put, the ability to successfully engage in fisticuffs. It is used to hit someone without a weapon unless that weapon is specifically designed for use with Brawl (spiked/brass knuckles, etc.). Brawl can also be used to size up an opponent at the expenditure of one Brawl retest. Brawl is opposed by, Defense, and occasionally by Subterfuge (when sizing someone up).
-'''Computers'''
+'''Computers (Mentals)'''
 It's the 80's. While today literally everyone and their mother knows the basics of how computers work. In 1984 this is not true. Computers is used to program, Search, Hack, and build computers. It is also used to interact with the burgeoning "Internet"

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 Awareness is the supernatural perception of one's environment and the spiritual changes around them. It can be used to sense a magical change in one's self or on the room in general. In challenges, Awareness is most often opposed by the Occult skill. All Supernatural creatures can recognize any other Supernatural, not tell what type they are or anything merely the presence or absence of being supernatural with the expenditure of an awareness retest per person observed.
-'''Brawl (Physicals or Mentals for sizing up)'''
+'''Brawl (Physicals or Mentals for sizing up[[The Mountain|)]]'''
 Brawl is, simply put, the ability to successfully engage in fisticuffs. It is used to hit someone without a weapon unless that weapon is specifically designed for use with Brawl (spiked/brass knuckles, etc.). Brawl can also be used to size up an opponent at the expenditure of one Brawl retest. Brawl is opposed by, Defense, and occasionally by Subterfuge (when sizing someone up).

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 Science is the study of the nature and behavior of the physical universe, based on observation, experimentation and measurement. Science allows one to use grand-scale weaponry as well as invent, create and identify devices and processes. Science lets one utilize technological devices. Science is most frequently opposed by Science.
-There are two science skills; Life Sciences (Biology, Ecology, Anatomy) and Physical sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy). Science allows one to lower the difficulty of any check in the game by one, so long as the character has at least a minute to think about the check before making it, except for when it interacts with any bluebook action where it takes an additional action. The character makes a science check, at one lower difficulty than the challenge they are facing. If successful, the difficulty of the original challenge is reduced by one. This can be used on any challenge in the game if the character has the time. (remember willpower must be spent to refresh skills between each scene.)(The science check must be made anew each time they want to lower the difficulty, even if the character has faced the same or similar challenges in their life.)
+There are two science skills; Life Sciences (Biology, Ecology, Anatomy, etc) and Physical sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, etc). Science allows one to lower the difficulty of any check in the game by one, so long as the character has at least a minute to think about the check before making it, except for when it interacts with any bluebook action where it takes an additional action. The character makes a science check, at one lower difficulty than the challenge they are facing. If successful, the difficulty of the original challenge is reduced by one. This can be used on any challenge in the game if the character has the time. (remember willpower must be spent to refresh skills between each scene.)(The science check must be made anew each time they want to lower the difficulty, even if the character has faced the same or similar challenges in their life.)
 '''Scrounge (Mentals or Socials)'''