knacks [Reunion]

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======Knacks======
Character abilities in Reunion come from Knacks - short statements about your character's capabilities. At game start you will have 8 of these; 2 from your backgrounds, 3 from the Mental or Physical lists and 3 from the Insider or Outsider lists.

Knacks are permissions - if someone has a knack they can just straight-up do the thing. If you don’t have a knack, you can still do the thing but the GM is free to give you a cost (//you can do it if you use up this/you can do it but it’ll do this back to you//) or a compromise (//you can’t do that but you can do this//).

===Physical - your speed, your strength, your stamina===
  * I can punch through bricks.
  * I can draw a gun quickly and aim perfectly.
  * I can lift tremendous weights.
  * I barely feel the effects of drugs, illness or exhaustion.
  * I’m double-jointed and can contort through tight gaps.
  * I can scale walls and leap large gaps.
  * I have extensive self-defence or martial art training.

===Mental - your knowledge, skills and smarts===
  * I can improvise first aid in the field and given time and resources can nurse people back to health.
  * I have in-depth knowledge of...
    * Cutting-edge science.
    * Pop culture and celebrities.
    * History and folklore.
  * I have an innate sense of direction and intuitively know the layout of any area I travel through.
  * I speak dozens of languages, and am able to pick up more with only a few day’s exposure.
  * I’m quick-thinking and can react faster than pretty much anybody else.

===Insider - privilege, wealth and power===
  * I can get a meeting with whoever’s in charge.
  * I can easily find out who pulls the strings of any authority figure.
  * I’m a connoisseur of art, able to identify or get a viewing to any piece of culture.
  * I have a crew of workers and assistants I can delegate minor tasks to.
  * I’m famous - maybe a leading politician, a rock star, or an athlete.
  * I’ve been initiated into a secret society, and can use their connections and resources at a price.
  * I can usually command respect by invoking my profession. 

===Outsider - street smarts, hard life experiences, criminal enterprise===
  * I can pick locks and crack safes.
  * In any new city I can find a friendly contact among the destitute.
  * I can blend into a crowd.
  * I know the hidden paths to travel through cities without being seen.
  * With a few hard luck stories I can make anyone sympathetic to me.
  * I can spin a story that’ll keep anyone’s attention so long as I keep talking.
  * I live off the grid, and can’t be found on any official database.
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