Gambling

Time Required: Length of a game

Description: A gambler knows how to play various games of chance, understands odds and spreads, and (sometimes) has the ability to influence a game, especially those involving cards, dice, or wheels (or other elements that involve some amount of skill to win). A character who successfully cheats at a game can alter the outcome in favor of anyone involved, including (and especially) himself.

If a character attempts to cheat (no matter whether he is successful or not), allow all others involved in the game to make Perception rolls. Anyone who rolls higher than the character’s gambling total (the one he made to determine whether he successfully cheated) notices the character’s efforts to alter the game’s outcome.

Action	Difficulty
Know game rules	Easy
Familiar with game probabilities and statistics	Moderate
Influence game (cheat)	Difficult

Skills
System Book	Acrobatics • Anatomy • Arcane Lore • Assume Identity • Balance • Blindfighting • Cartography • Computer Operations • Contacts • «Creative Ability» • «Creature» Riding • Customs of «Region or Cultures» • Diagnose Malady • Etiquette • Forgery • Gambling • Haggling • Healing • Heraldry • History of «Area» • Identify «Subject» • Information Gathering • «Instrument» • Jumping • Law • Library Use/Database Use • Lockpicking • Meditation • «Melee Weapon» • «Missile Weapon» • Navigation • Public Speaking • Read/Write «Language» • Scaling • «Science» • Secret Societies • Shadowing • Sneak • Speak «Language» • Swimming • Theatrics • Theurgy • Tracking • Traps • Urban Geography • «Vessel» Piloting • «Weaponless Fighting Style»
Adventure	Acrobatics • Artist • Business • Command • Con • Dodge • Fighting • Flying • Forgery • Gambling • Hide • Intimidation • Investigation • Jumping • Know-how • Languages • Lifting • Lockpicking • Marksmanship • Melee Combat • Mettle • «Missile Weapon» • Persuasion • Piloting • Repair/Craft • Riding • Running • Scaling • Scholar • Search • Security • Sleight of Hand • Sneak • Stamina • Streetwise • Survival • Swimming • Throwing • Tracking
Space	Acrobatics • Artist • Business • Command • Con • Dodge • Fighting • Flying • Forgery • Gambling • Hide • Intimidation • Investigation • Know-how • Languages • Lifting • Melee Combat • Mettle • «Missile Weapon» • Persuasion • Riding • Running • Scholar • Search • Security • Sleight of Hand • Sneak • Stamina • Streetwise • Survival • Swimming • Throwing
Fantasy	Acrobatics • Artist • Command • Con • Dodge • Fighting • Flying • Gambling • Healing • Hide • Intimidation • Investigation • Jumping • Know-how • Lifting • Lockpicking • Marksmanship • Melee Combat • Mettle • «Missile Weapon» • Persuasion • Repair/Craft • Riding • Running • Scaling • Scholar • Search • Sleight of Hand • Stamina • Streetwise • Survival • Swimming • Throwing • Tracking • Traps