Alertness
Ability
This is your basic knack for noticing things that go on around you, even when you’re not actively looking for them. Alertness describes the attention you pay to the outside world, whether otherwise occupied or not. This Talent is typically paired with Perception, and is best used when sensing physical stimuli (as opposed to moods or clues).
• Novice: You’re no mindless drone.
•• Practiced: Habitual eavesdropper
••• Competent: You keep a sharp eye on your surroundings.
•••• Expert: Whether from paranoia or good sense, you are rarely caught off-guard.
••••• Master: Your senses are on par with those of a wild animal.
Possessed by
Hunters, Bodyguards, Security Personnel, Journalists, Burglars
Specialties
Noises, Eavesdropping, Fine Details, Hidden Weapons, Crowds, Forests, Animals
See also 2
Abilities & Attributes
- Perception shared/trait/attribute/perception
- Security shared/trait/secondary_ability/security
Referenced by 60
Bestiary
- Aelida, Lady of Feathers mage/creature/npc/aelida-lady-of-feathers
- Aigamuxa mage/creature/npc/aigamuxa
- Amira the Storyteller (Amira al-Kadhaab) mage/creature/npc/amira-the-storyteller-amira-al-kadhaab
- Anuk Ite mage/creature/npc/anuk-ite
- Ape or Gorilla vampire/creature/ghoul/ape-or-gorilla
- Atlas Units mage/creature/npc/atlas-units
- Bats vampire/creature/ghoul/bats
- Beat Cop mage/creature/npc/beat-cop
- Big Cats vampire/creature/ghoul/big-cats
- Bioenhanced Field Agent mage/creature/npc/bioenhanced-field-agent
- Black Snakes mage/creature/npc/black-snakes
- Black Suit mage/creature/npc/black-suit
- Cleaners mage/creature/npc/cleaners
- Common “Steelskin” Cyborg mage/creature/npc/common-steelskin-cyborg
- Eloko mage/creature/npc/eloko
- Erinyes (Entropy and Hubris) mage/creature/npc/erinyes-entropy-and-hubris
- Extraordinary Scientist mage/creature/npc/extraordinary-scientist
- Ghosts mage/creature/npc/ghosts
- Government Agent mage/creature/npc/government-agent
- Grinders (Technology Minions) mage/creature/npc/grinders-technology-minions
- Grootslang mage/creature/npc/grootslang
- HIT Mark X – “The Invisible Soldier” mage/creature/npc/hit-mark-x-the-invisible-soldier
- HIT Marks mage/creature/npc/hit-marks
- Hedge Magician mage/creature/npc/hedge-magician
- Homeless Survivors mage/creature/npc/homeless-survivors
- Hounds vampire/creature/ghoul/hounds
- Inkanyamba mage/creature/npc/inkanyamba
- Jiangshi mage/creature/npc/jiangshi
- Kijimuna mage/creature/npc/kijimuna
- Kongamato mage/creature/npc/kongamato
- Miengu mage/creature/npc/miengu
- PDC Aberration Hunter mage/creature/npc/pdc-aberration-hunter
- Professional Badass mage/creature/npc/professional-badass
- Rats vampire/creature/ghoul/rats
- Shisa mage/creature/npc/shisa
- Snakes vampire/creature/ghoul/snakes
- Swipe (Mind and Correspondence or Data) mage/creature/npc/swipe-mind-and-correspondence-or-data
- Talos mage/creature/npc/talos
- Taniwha mage/creature/npc/taniwha
- Thorn Gorgers mage/creature/npc/thorn-gorgers
- Thug mage/creature/npc/thug
- Tiny Warriors mage/creature/npc/tiny-warriors
- Tzitzimimeh mage/creature/npc/tzitzimimeh
- Urban Shamanic Musician mage/creature/npc/urban-shamanic-musician
- Witch-Hunter mage/creature/npc/witch-hunter
- Wolf vampire/creature/ghoul/wolf
- Yazid al-Ghul mage/creature/npc/yazid-al-ghul
- Zombies mage/creature/npc/zombies
- al-Ghadib, the Mad Warrior mage/creature/npc/al-ghadib-the-mad-warrior
Merits & Flaws
- Danger Sense shared/trait/merit/danger-sense
- Death Grip shared/trait/merit/death-grip
- Eidetic Memory shared/trait/merit/eidetic-memory
- Hypersensitivity shared/trait/merit/hypersensitivity
Paths & Numina
- Illusion mage/power/sorcery_path/illusion
- Maelstroms mage/power/sorcery_path/maelstroms
Rotes & Procedures
- Invisibility or Silence mage/power/rote/invisibility-or-silence
- Secure the Scene mage/power/rote/secure-the-scene
- Witnesses and Recording Devices mage/power/rote/witnesses-and-recording-devices