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Sleight-Of-Hand (Deceive)

Properties

Base(s): Deceive
Usage: substitution(main-act) -> chk(sleight-of-hand)= +M -> set(PC)= 8+M
Description: A quick move to lift, plant or conceal an item.

This technique tests whether your hand really is quicker than the eye. It can determine success in activities like:

  • planting an object on someone
  • lift an item off them
  • concealing an object on your person

The main application of the skill is through a substitution on Deceive

Sleight-Of-Hand technique usage

substitution(main-act) -> chk(sleight-of-hand)= +M -> set(PC)= 8+M

You can use this technique either making a sleight-of-hand check to overcome an observer's psv(Insight), or you can set a Perception Challenge (PC) for all observers.

All rolls are unmodified as long as you are performing Sleight-Of-Hand in a manner that does not look out of place. For example being close enough to the target of your Sleight-Of-Hand to plant an item on them is easy while standing next to them on a crowded train, but near impossible if you are the only two people on a flat desert plain, and you are strangers to each other.