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--- legacy:traits:glean_from_clues [2025/09/01 13:55] – created tailkinker
+++ legacy:traits:glean_from_clues [2025/09/01 14:08] (current) – tailkinker
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   * **Failure**:  You may ask one question from the lists below.  If you are examining a person, they become aware that you are attempting to discover details about them.
-The Director should answer such questions truthfully, but if the information is concealed with a TN higher than 16, they may require a separate roll to actually gain the information.
+The Director should answer such questions truthfully.  Details that may be casually concealed will become obvious, but if the information is concealed with a TN higher than 16, they may require a separate action to actually gain the information.  Even on a failure, however, you will at least be aware of a discrepancy.
+<WRAP box 80% centered>
+As an example, Cywen does a quick examination of the crypt that the party has just entered.  She rolls a 17 on her Investigation skill, and asks:
+  * What is the purpose or function of this place?
+  * Are there people or creatures present?
+  * What unusual sounds, smells, or sensations are present?
+She is informed that the room is a crypt, and that a strong odour of decay prevails.  But the Director has three zombies concealed within the crypt, with a Stealth TN of 18, and informs Cywen, "There are creatures hidden somewhere in here;  you can see footprints in the dust."  If Cywen wants to find the zombies, she will have to [[legacy:rules:actions:Search]] for them.
+</WRAP>
 Once you use this ability on a given person, location or object, you cannot use it on that subject again.  However, universal investigation actions, such as [[legacy:rules:actions:Gather Information]] or [[legacy:rules:actions:Perform an Investigation]], may still be used.