Abilities: Streetwise

Streetwise is the talent for thriving (or at least not dying) in an urban environment. In a city of millions of inhabitants, it is impossible for the average person to know—or be known by—everybody. This feeling of isolation often forces people to form tribes and cliques of like-minded individuals to foster a sense of security and community. These groups protect themselves with complex systems of tradition, customs, and values to distinguish who can be trusted, and who cannot. A character with the Streetwise talent can intuit the boundaries that mark one urban faction from another, discern hierarchies of power between leaders and their followers, and navigate in an urban setting without becoming a target or marked as an outsider.

Ability Levels:

0	Abysmal: Urban environments are a mystery to you. You stick out wherever you go.
1	Novice: You know the basic precautions when visiting a city to make your stay less dangerous.
2	Practiced: You like living in a city and know how to identify most of the local factions.
3	Competent: You have traveled to numerous cities and colonies and you can identify which gangs and movements are local, and which ones have interplanetary reach and appeal.
4	Expert: You understand the insignias, rhetoric, and political affiliations of most urban factions.
5	Master: The streets are your playground. You can travel to nearly any city or colony and blend in with little effort.

Possessed by:

Arcanes, Cops, Gangstas, Traveling Business Men, Street Vendors, Mutants.

Sample Specialties:

Identifying Gangs, Civic Organizations, Power Dynamics, Urban Customs, Blending In.

Players may choose a specialty at level 4 and gain a second specialty at level 5.