Investigation is Key : comments [Battles with Integrity]

So, is the skill list fixed, or are the skills player-defined?

And, how do points refresh?

The skill list is fixed, as per this pdf character sheet. Skills refresh between investigations, I believe, or perhaps between scenes. I don't recall which exactly.

Your fighting skills do the same, which means you lose the fight when you can no longer expend points to hit or shoot the other guy. One's Health score is the rating that lowers as you take physical damage, and one's Stability score is the rating that goes down as you take mental damage (from seeing unspeakable horror, for example).

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Are there rules for how to handle extra time spent on research/labwork, or available research/lab materials? For example, it doesn't make much sense for an investigator to get detailed ballistics information without spending time staring into a microscope.

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As I recall, they mention the CSI method of the Dramatically Appropriate Timing of lab results. I"m going to have to dig out the book though, to get more specific.

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That's about what I figured. Maybe I'll just have to break down and buy the thing...

BTW, I ordered a couple of things from Endgame - Green Ronin's "Mythic Vistas" books The Trojan War and Eternal Rome. I don't s'pose I could prevail on you to pick them up for me when they come in?

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No problem.

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Thanks!

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Endgame let me know y'day that the books are in. Can I prevail upon you to pick them up and bring them Sunday? Let me know what the diff is between the final total and the gift cert and I'll bring you a check.

Also, the cover of the Rome book is tweaked, so they're giving me 20% off (I decided to take the refund rather than have them reorder it).

Thanks again!

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