====== RUNNING PERCEPTION ======

Consider the Adventurers' **Awareness** or perceptions using a common, simple model of the senses.

☐ **Sight** \\
Is vision obscured or enhanced?

☐ **Sound** \\
Is hearing prevented by environmental noises or headgear?

☐ **Smell** \\
Is the sense of smell overpowered or blocked? \\
Does a smell trigger a memory?

☐ **Touch** \\
Is it warm or cool? \\
Is it still or vibrating? \\
Is it pressing gently or sharply? \\
Is it pressing lightly or hard? \\

☐ **Taste** \\
Is it salty? sweet? bitter? \\
What sense of smell could associate as well?

☐ **"Sixth" Sense** \\
How does the situation make the Adventurer "feel"? \\

For greater variety, include some of the dozens of additional, less commonly-considered senses, such as a "sense of hunger."

===== Awareness Skills =====

☐ **Animal Handling** \\
**Awareness** extends to empathy and judgement of an animal's current state.

☐ **Espionage** \\
**Awareness** can engage multiple senses depending on the **Espionage** task at hand.

☐ **Fishing** \\
**Awareness** of the particular body of water, the habits of the local wildlife, and fish habits as well as patient watching.

☐ **Forward Observer** \\
**Awareness** combined with **Ingenuity** to spot and report troop movements, as well as of the prevailing conditions for calling artillery missions and more. 

☐ **Gambling** \\
**Awareness** helps judge the "tics" and state of the gambler's opponents, but does not help when gambling against machinery.

☐ **Horsemanship** \\
**Awareness** of the horse temperament as a specialized form of **Animal Handling** which can affect working with the horse to resolve specific rider tasks.

☐ **Hunting** \\
**Awareness** of the terrain, prevailing weather or conditions, seasonal vagaries, and much more supports the ability to successfully find, trap, stalk, or hunt wildlife.

☐ **Investigation** \\
**Awareness** of the situation or the "hunches" felt when questioning someone drive successful investigations.

☐ **Listen** \\
**Awareness** focused on hearing and possibly **Willpower** to quieten the mind to truly hear what may be there.

☐ **Photography** \\
**Awareness** of the subject and its surrounding and situation help capture the best images.

☐ **Prospecting** \\
**Awareness**, especially "reading the land" can make all the difference between a successful hunt for resources and a dry well.

☐ **Reading (Lips)** \\
**Awareness** of the nuances of speech, combined with ability to focus without distraction on the speaker can enhance this already useful still.

☐ **Scouting** (include Reconnaissance) \\
**Awareness** hones the scouts' ability to observe, gather, and report the important details of an area of interest.

☐ **Searching** \\
**Awareness** improves the ability to methodically explore an area for hidden details.

☐ **Sense Motives** \\
**Awareness** can provide insight into the possible hidden agendas behind seemingly innocent conversation or actions.

☐ **Sneaking** (Stealth) \\
**Awareness** of the surroundings and their personal situation within them enables an Adventurer to pass through an area with less chance of detection.

☐ **Sniping** \\
**Awareness** of prevailing conditions and a subject's movements allow a sniper to choose the opportune method and moment to strike most effectively.

☐ **Spotting** \\
Like **Forward Observer**, **Awareness** drives the spotter's ability to accurately pick out the points of interest, monitor them, and report accordingly.

☐ **Streetwise** \\
**Awareness** of surroundings and the background of an area can avoid trouble or enable opportunities that others could miss.

☐ **Surveillance** (includes Shadowing) \\
**Awareness** focused on a specific subject allows gathering additional detail and clues.

☐ **Surveying** \\
**Awareness** helps more accurately collect and gather the details and relationships of a measured area.

☐ **Tracking** (Animal) \\
**Awareness** of the terrain, surroundings, food, water, and other details important to an animal help an Adventurer track down that type of animal.

===== Salvage Space: Perception =====

◢ [[:salvage_space:perception|Salvage Space: Perception]]

▲ [[:Chronology:]] :: ◢ [[:Chronology:references#skill_and_sfx_resolution_04.s|References: Skill and SFX Resolution]]

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