You know how to make things go BOOM, usually without blowing yourself to bits in the process. This perilous specialty becomes especially important in the new millennium, when Improvised Explosive Devices are weapons of choice and opportunity. Such Knowledge confers a working familiarity with explosive chemistry and tech, an understanding of common designs, a knack for figuring blast patterns and effects, and – at its higher levels – the expertise to defuse many explosive devices too. What it does not do is provide foolproof explosive technology. Once things explode, chaos always takes over.

• Novice: Model kits, fireworks, and you.

•• Practiced: Anarchy!

••• Skillful: You’ve trained with explosive compounds, devices, and precautions.

•••• Expert: “Stand back – I’m a professional.”

••••• Master: A master of disasters, you can defuse, as well as create, a wide range of explosive devices.

Possessed By

Mythbusters, Terrorists, Counterterrorists, Radicals, Survivalists, Spies, Pyrotechnicians, Military Specialists, YouTube Stars, Kids With More Enthusiasm Than Sense

Suggested Specialties

IEDs, Bomb Disposal, Stage Effects, Fireworks, Car Bombs, Improvised Materials, Magickal Enhancement, Building Demolition, “Watch This!”