Streetwise

Key facts

Category

social

Overview

Streetwise is knowing how a city works underneath the version on the map: which corner belongs to whom, where to sell something that cannot be sold legally, which bar will not call the police, and what a particular silence means. It is knowledge and contacts together, and it goes stale if you stop using it. For Kindred it is the most reliable hunting skill there is. The people nobody reports missing, the districts with no cameras, the party that will still be going at four: all Streetwise. It is also the counterpart to Politics. One tells you who runs the court, the other tells you who runs the block the court has never visited.

How it works

Common Rolls:

• Charisma + Streetwise: Making underworld contacts
• Wits + Streetwise: Reading dangerous situations
• Intelligence + Streetwise: Knowledge of criminal operations Local Knowledge: Streetwise is tied to places you know. A specialty in one city gives you nothing in another until you have spent real time on its streets. Specialties: Gangs, Drug Trade, Black Market, Fences, Safe Houses, Specific Cities

Tips and playstyle

Character Concepts: Dealer, fence, gang member, outreach worker, crime reporter, an Alleycat who has hunted the same six blocks for thirty years. Synergies: The Contacts background turns Streetwise knowledge into named people, Larceny handles what you find behind the doors it opens, and the Alleycat predator type runs on this skill.

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