Skill Guide
Combat Skills
- Assault Rifles: Increase accuracy and damage with assault rifles. Costs 2 survival points.
- Bladed Weapons: Increase accuracy and damage with bladed weapons. Costs 2 survival points.
- Blunt Weapons: Increase accuracy and damage with blunt weapons. Costs 2 survival points.
- Brawling: Gain more attacks per round in hand-to-hand combat. In addition, close combat kills double your experience. Costs 2 survival points.
- Energy Weapon: Increase accuracy and damage with energy weapons. Costs 2 survival points.
- Handguns: Increase accuracy and damage with handguns. Costs 2 survival points.
- Heavy Weapons: Increase accuracy and damage with heavy weapons. Costs 2 survival points.
- Shotguns: Increase accuracy and damage with shotguns. Costs 2 survival points.
- Sniper Rifles: Increase accuracy and damage with sniper rifles. Costs 2 survival points.
- Submachine Guns: Increase accuracy and damage with submachine guns. Costs 2 survival points.
General Skills
- Animal Whisperer: Influence animals and get them to join your side. A single animal can only be charmed once. Charmed animals give you a +1 benefit in an attribute depending on the animal (ie a chicken gives +1 Luck). Costs 2 survival points.
- Brute Force: Increase the likelihood of smashing or breaking objects. Costs 2 survival points.
- Barter: Get better discounts when dealing with merchants. Costs 2 survival points.
- Hard Ass: Unlocks more intimidate options in conversations. Hard Ass options will appear on dialogue screens with a high enough rank. Costs 2 survival points.
- Kiss Ass: Unlocks new dialogue options that allow you to influence other characters. Costs 2 survival points.
- Leadership: Leaders provide bonuses to those around them. Charisma determines the radius of that effect. Costs 2 survival points.
- Outdoorsman: Allows a character to easily avoid encounters on the world map. Costs 2 survival points.
- Perception: Use this skill in an area to focus on objects or traps. Costs 2 survival points.
- Smart Ass: Unlocks new dialogue options in conversation in which you use intelligence to your advantage. Costs 2 survival points.
- Weaponsmithing: Modify and repair weapons. Costs 2 survival points.
Knowledge Skills
- Alarm Disarming: Disable alarms on doors and other items.
- Computer Science: Hack computers or get enemy robots to join your side. Costs 2 survival points.
- Demolitions: Increase accuracy with TNT, grenades, and other explosives. Costs 2 survival points.
- Field Medic: Use medical items to heal and remove negative status effects. Costs 2 survival points.
- Lockpicking: Use lockpicks to open doors and chests. Costs 2 survival points.
- Mechanical Repair: Repair mechanical items. Costs 2 survival points.
- Safecracking: Gain the ability to open safes and vaults. Costs 2 survival points.
- Surgeon: Gain the ability to revive party members. Costs 2 survival points.
- Toaster Repair: Repair toasters, which sometimes have useful items. Costs 3 survival points.
