leverage list of role ability combos
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7/27/2019 Leverage List of Role Ability Combos
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Hacker + Agility
Execute something at a very precise time; Coordinate two simultaneous events; Perform
delicate hardware work.
Hacker + Alertness
Given a huge amount of data, figure out which information is relevant; Detect outside
interference or unanticipated security.
Hacker + Intelligence
Carry out operations based on your experience, education or analysis; Outsmart another
Hacker and run an exploit based on factual knowledge.
Hacker + Strength
Continue hacking even when physically constrained.
Hacker + Vitality
Continue hacking even when physically exhausted; Perform repetitive tasks.
Hacker + Willpower
Overcome software created by a rival Hacker; Overcome current ongoing counteractions by a
rival Hacker; Deliberately keep your own trademark ego signatures out of an otherwise routine
operation.
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Hitter + Agility
Fencing; Throwing a knife to pin an opponents shirt to the wall; Sneaking up behind a guard to
knock them out.
Hitter + Alertness
Hitting a heavily-armored opponent in just the right spot; Finding the weak point in a wall to
punch through.
Hacker + Intelligence
Choosing the leader of a group of enemies in order to frighten the rest by defeating the best;
Identify a combat style to guide a crew member.
Hitter + Strength
Seriously?
Hitter + Vitality
Harry a mark by chasing them down like a prey animal; Let your opponent get exhausted by
blocking every blow for a while.
Hitter + Willpower
Withstand torture to intimidate enemies; Fight after being up all night.
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Thief + Agility
Sneaking around; Picking locks; Picking pockets; Other general Thief-like activities.
Thief + Alertness
Spot other Thieves doing Thief things; Case a location for the best point of entry; Notice
something valuable; Size up a mark for their personal security; Open an old-fashion tumbler
lock.
Thief + Intelligence
Analyze crime-scene reports, floor plans and anything else that depends heavily on recalling
knowledge of operations.
Thief + Strength
Climbing, leaping, pushing and pulling; If its more about muscle than being quick and nimble,
use Strength.
Thief + Vitality
Hiding in one place for a long time; Holding your breath while moving through an air shaft filled
with gas; Faking someones voice print or body type; Picking a lock while upside down and
twenty-four hours without sleep.
Thief + Willpower
Conduct a repetitive multi-step procedure; Shrug off excessive external stimuli; Engage in a
face-off with another Thief when it is less about skill and more about style.
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Grifter + Agility
Sleight-of-hand cons; Bunko games; Card tricks; Palming coins; Other subtle physical scams.
Grifter + Alertness
Spot another Grifter in action; See through a disguise; Cold read a Mark; Count cards; Notice
that you are being conned yourself.
Grifter + Intelligence
Financial or money-related cons; Number games; Memory-based scams; Countering the same
kinds of games; Recalling or referencing the fine details of another Grifters successful scam.
Grifter + Strength
Intimidation scams; Arm-wrestling or other muscle-based cons; Any action where your ability to
lift, press of break something is useful in fooling a Mark.
Grifter + Vitality
Physical cons that depend on your apparent state of health or physical appearance; Staged
accidents; Seduction relying purely on appearance; Disguises that rely on body language or
fitness.
Grifter + Willpower
The mental con, where you put your own confidence, arrogance, assurance or (faked)
ignorance into the mix to elicit trust or approval from the Mark; One of the most common
combos and definitely useful in cons relying on dialogue and bluffs, or to resist the same.
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Mastermind + Agility
Execute a critical piece of the plan that requires precise timing or grace; React to a sudden
strategic event; Defuse an explosive device that relies on patterns or puzzles.
Mastermind + Alertness
Sense the weak points in an environment, system or situation; Get a quick read of someone
elses plan from discrete cues; Pick out patterns or ciphers in a garbled piece of audio or video.
Mastermind + Intelligence
Most analytical- or logic-based plan decisions; Explain a complicated plan to someone else;
Decipher a schematic or blueprint; Fill in the blanks in a corporate document or military
briefing; Recall an important historical event related to an ongoing plan.
Mastermind + Strength
Apply or teach a detailed physical regimen; Use force against a previously-determined weak
point in a structure to achieve a sequence of cascading events; Seize the advantage in the midst
of a fistfight.
Mastermind + Vitality
Self-diagnosis of symptoms; Stay focused and alert on a stakeout or other strategic objective;
Clear your head when gripped with pain or physical trauma; Motivate a room full of tired and
exhausted people.
Mastermind + Willpower
Improve the morale of those following your lead; Assert your own authority in an organization
or structured environment; Subtly adjust a plan or strategy on the spot without being noticed;
Reign in a chaotic group or crowd.