Autumn Course 437

How Not to be Seen: Stealth

Thief (stealth), taken by a Character who has not already learned any part of the Thief skill set at all, has the following costs to a Character already in play:

Base Cost (starting times five!)

50 HP

per AP at FC 5

30 HP

This is not the best time to be linking the Thief (stealth) skill to an Attribute, so we can presume a neophyte to the thiefly skillset might spend

140 HP

to add

Thief ( @[stealth](article:375bbcf2-8941-442c-9ccd-2f98e5f2cf6b) ): 03, FC 3

to the Skills box on their character sheet. The word "stealth" becomes a direct link to the article about this particular subskill.

A Character who already has one of the other Thief subskills does not need to pay the Base Cost provided that he spends enough Hero Points to pick up stealth at the same AP rating as the existing subskill. Amythyst, for example, has the option with this class to purchase 4 APs worth of Thief (Stealth) -- it would cost him

120 HP

-- and edit the Skills box on his character sheet to say

• Thief 4 (Security Systems, Stealth)

In the future, his FC for Thief with two subskills would be

4

.