Empathy

Empathy allows characters to work out the motivations and emotions of those they interact with, and manipulate those feelings to their advantage. This Skill is just as useful for those who want to make friends as it is for those who want to profile serial killers.

• Empathy 1: Sensitive to the emotional cues of others. The character can usually tell when someone is hiding something, if they are paying attention.
• Empathy 3: The character can easily spot lies and read between the lines, and is talented at knowing just what to say and when.
• Empathy 5: A human lie detector who can assemble a full psychological profile for an individual based on the merest of clues.