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====== Inquisitive ======
A detective searching for hidden truths

  * 2 Perceive, 1 Study or Consort
  * Earn xp when addressing a challenge with deduction or guile

===== Abilities =====

==== Super Sleuth (Starting)====
When you investigate clues using Perceive or Study, take +1d. On a successful roll, you may ask the question "who might benefit from this?"

//When you ask your own question, you learn the answer to that,
as well as to the question “who might this benefit?”//

==== Sharn Irregulars ====
You gain +1d to Consort when you gather information on a target for a score.
You get +1d to the engagement roll for that operation.

//Your wide network of working folk and street people can find out intel on just about anyone.//

==== All Part of the Plan ====
Once per caper, you may take an Acquire Asset downtime activity without spending an initial Cred (You may still spend Cred to increase the result as normal).  

//You may take this action just before a caper, or any time during it as a free flashback.//

==== Moral Compass ====
You gain an additional xp trigger: //You did the right thing at a cost to yourself or your companions.//

//Potential 'costs' can include a missed opportunity, increased danger or stakes, lost wealth or reputation, or reduced efficiency.//

==== Backup ====
An ally’s push costs 1 stress (not 2) on any action you set up or assist.

//The set up and assist actions (see page 158) still grant their
bonus dice or effect as usual.//

==== Elementary, my Dear ====
You can push yourself to roll your Study or Perceive rating while performing
a different action. Say how you learned the knowledge or skill that's helped you perform this action.

//Each time you use this ability we learn a little bit more
about your past. Consider introducing your contacts in these
discoveries, if appropriate.//

====Gone Legit====
When you finish a caper without breaking any laws, you may gain +2 Rep.

//If you can avoid the attention of the Watch completely, you start to earn a reputation as someone who can get things done above-board.//

==== Every Last Detail ====
You may check your Special Armor to push yourself to study or investigate clues, or to resist a consequence you incurred by taking your time.

//When you use this ability, tick your Special Armor box. If you use this ability to push yourself, you get one of the benefits (+1d, +1 effect, act despite severe harm) but you don’t take 2 stress. Your special armor is restored when you select your load at the start of a job.//

====Analyst====
During downtime, you get two ticks to distribute among any long term project
clocks that involve investigation or learning a new formula or design plan.

==== Jack of All Trades ====
When rolling the action you have the fewest ranks in, it only costs 1 stress to push yourself.

//Pushing yourself still grants only +1d or +1 effect, but it's cheaper to do it in your lowest Action rating. If you have more than one tied for the lowest, it applies to all of them.//
==== High Functioning ====
When you indulge your vice, you may adjust the dice outcome by 1 or 2 (up or
down). An ally who joins you may do the same.

//If you indulged your vice and rolled a 4, you could increase the result to 5 or
6, or you could reduce the result to 3 or 2 (perhaps to avoid overindulgence).
Allies that join you don’t need to have the same vice as you, just one that could
be indulged alongside yours somehow.//

===== Inquisitive Items =====
**Fine Light Blade (1 Load):** A well-made rapier, shortsword, cutlass, or saber (or similarly-sized weapon).

**Fine Forensics Tools (1 Load):** A notebook and pencil. A magnifying glass. Empty vials and small pouches to store physical evidence. A fingerprint-dusting kit. Sticks of chalk.

**Inquisitive's Hat (0 Load):** A deerstalker hat, fedora, or similar head covering. Signifies you as an inquisitive to normal people. Looks cool, especially when you take it off or put it on dramatically.

**Inquisitive's License (0 Load):** You have a license to investigate crimes or consult with law enforcement for your clients. This gives you a working relationship with the Watch and other governmental institutions. //But if you break the rules too often or too greatly, you could lose it.//

**Fine bottle of whiskey (1 Load):** A rare distillation from your personal collection, potent both in its alcohol and its ability to impress.