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made. If you succeed, the trap will go off on

time. If you fail, the trap will go off before you

intended it to. If you critically fail, the trap

goes off immediately.

This is the timer. Use the + and - buttons to

adjust the time. Press DONE when the time is set

to your satisfation. Press CANCEL to not set the

timer on the explosive. Once you start a timer,

you cannot stop the explosive from detonating.

You can use an explosive to trap a door or

container item. Simply use an explosive that is

not currently on a timer on the door or container.

The game will roll your Traps skill and, if things

go well, the next person to open that door will get

a major case of concussion and blast damage.

Science - This skill is really used in two different

ways. The active use of this skill is mostly used

on computers and hi-tech pieces of equipment. This

skill is also used passively to determine whether

or not your character can understand or notice

something scientific. This skill covers all the

different types of scientific fields. Using this

skill generally takes no game time.

This skill often needs to be used before the

Repair skill. It will give you a general idea of

what is wrong.

Repair - Use this skill to fix something that is

broken, or break something that is fixed. Using

the proper tool for the job will help increase the

chance of success. The use of this skill will really

depend on the situation you come across in the game.

Some items may be easier than others to fix.

Speech - This skill is only used in extended

dialogues (see page 66.) Besides being used to

present a convincing argument, and getting the NPC

to agree with you, it is used to present a

convincing lie and getting the NPC to agree with

you. The difference between an argument and a lie

is that if you blow the argument, the NPC generally

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