CLOSE COMBAT SPECIALTIES[ +- ] BRAWLER
Gives you a +1 modifier to CLOSE COMBAT rolls in unarmed close combat.
[ +- ] MELEE
Gives you a +1 modifier to CLOSE COMBAT rolls for all hand-to-hand combat weapons, such as knives, bayonets, and clubs
[ +- ] KILLER
You can kill an incapacitated person outright without suffering any negative effects,
[ +- ] MARTIAL ARTIST
Your unarmed close combat attacks have a crit threshold of 3 instead of 4.
[ +- ] MACHINEGUNNER
Gives a +1 modifier to HEAVY WEAPONS rolls for firing all types of machine guns.
[ +- ] LAUNCHER CREW
Gives a +1 modifier to HEAVY WEAPONS rolls for firing grenade launchers and missile launchers.
[ +- ] REDLEG
Gives a +1 modifier to HEAVY WEAPONS rolls when firing mortars and howitzers.
[ +- ] VEHICLE GUNNER
Gives a +1 modifier to HEAVY WEAPONS rolls when firing vehicle-mounted cannons
[ +- ] BUILDER
Gives you a +1 modifier to STAMINA rolls made for base building.
[ +- ] LOAD CARRIER
You can carry four additional encumbrance units in your combat gear and four more in your backpack.
[ +- ] NBC
Gives a +1 modifier to STAMINA for all infection rolls, even those triggered by radiation or chemical agents. Also lets you identify nuclear, biological, and chemical weapon effects to personnel and equipment.
[ +- ] RANGER
Gives you a +1 modifier to STAMINA rolls made for marching, resisting hypothermia, and other hardships.
[ +- ] SERE TRAINING
Gives you a +1 modifier to STAMINA rolls made to resist interrogation, Psy Ops, bluffing, and torture effects.
[ +- ] BIKER
Gives a +1 modifier to DRIVING all motorcycles and bicycles, on or off-road.
[ +- ] BOATMAN
Gives a +1 modifier to DRIVING rolls for piloting boats, including sail and rowed boats.
[ +- ] PILOT
Gives a +1 modifier to DRIVING rolls for flying fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft.
[ +- ] RACER
Gives a +1 modifier to DRIVING all wheeled vehicles except motorcycles.
[ +- ] TANKER
Gives a +1 modifier to DRIVING all tracked vehicles.
[ +- ] DIVER
Gives a +1 bonus to MOBILITY rolls when swimming, both across the surface and under it. Includes use of SCUBA gear.
[ +- ] MOUNTAINEER
Gives a +1 bonus to MOBILITY rolls for rappelling, ascender-climbing, and knot-tying.
[ +- ] PARATROOPER
Gives a +1 bonus to MOBILITY rolls for skydiving, as well as for reducing damage from falling.
[ +- ] PITCHER
Gives a +1 modifier to MOBILITY rolls for thrown weapons, including knives and grenades.
[ +- ] RIDER
Gives a +1 bonus to MOBILITY rolls for riding fast and performing maneuvers on horseback. Also negates the negative modifier for shooting from horseback.
[ +- ] RUNNER
Gives a +1 bonus to MOBILITY rolls for running.
[ +- ] ARCHER
Gives a +1 modifier to RANGED COMBAT rolls for bows and crossbows.
[ +- ] RELOADER
Gives a +1 modifier to RANGED COMBAT rolls made to reload your firearm.
[ +- ] RIFLEMAN
Gives a +1 modifier to RANGED COMBAT rolls for firing assault rifles, carbines, submachine guns, and shotguns.
[ +- ] SIDEARMS
Gives a +1 modifier to RANGED COMBAT rolls for firing revolvers and pistols.
[ +- ] SNIPER
Gives a +1 modifier to RANGED COMBAT rolls for firing sniper rifles and hunting rifles.
[ +- ] COMBAT AWARENESS
When drawing initiative (page 54), you may draw two cards instead of one and choose which one to act on.
[ +- ] FORWARD OBSERVER
Your RECON skill level counts as one step higher when directing indirect fire.
[ +- ] HISTORIAN
Roll RECON when you arrive at a new location. If you succeed, the Referee can tell you something significant that has happened here in the past (if anything ever did).
[ +- ] INFILTRATOR
Gives you a +1 modifier to RECON rolls when trying to remain undetected.
[ +- ] INTELLIGENCE
Roll RECON when you spot enemy troops, vehicles, and weapons. If you succeed, the Referee should tell you their stats.
[ +- ] INVESTIGATOR
Roll RECON when you spend a stretch or more investigating the scene of a crime or a battle. If you succeed, the Referee should give you some useful information about what has happened and when.
[ +- ] SCOU
Gives you a +1 modifier to RECON rolls for spotting others and avoiding ambushes.
[ +- ] COOK
Gives you one additional ration of food when you or someone else in your group successfully forages, hunts or fishes.
[ +- ] FARMER
Gives a +1 modifier to SURVIVAL rolls for farming.
[ +- ] FISHER
Gives a +1 modifier to SURVIVAL rolls for fishing.
[ +- ] FORAGER
Gives a +1 modifier to SURVIVAL rolls for foraging to find food.
[ +- ] NAVIGATOR
Gives a +1 modifier when using SURVIVAL rolls for navigation.
[ +- ] HUNTER
Gives a +1 modifier to SURVIVAL rolls for hunting to obtain food.
[ +- ] QUARTERMASTER
Gives you a +1 modifier to SURVIVAL rolls for making camp and establishing a home base.
[ +- ] SCROUNGER
Gives a +1 modifier to SURVIVAL rolls for scrounging.
[ +- ] BLACKSMITH
Gives a +1 modifier to TECH rolls for metalworking, forging, casting, molding, and smelting.
[ +- ] CHEMIST
Gives a +1 modifier to TECH rolls for distilling grain alcohol for fuel. Also lets you identify chemical substances correctly.
[ +- ] COMBAT ENGINEER
Gives a +1 modifier to TECH rolls for placing and disarming mines and explosive devices, and to RECON rolls to avoid mines.
[ +- ] COMMUNICATIONS
Gives a +1 modifier to TECH rolls for maintaining contact on radios, boosting a signal, using Morse code, setting up antennae, and using encryption equipment.
[ +- ] COMPUTERS
Gives a +1 modifier to TECH rolls for using or tampering with computers and ancillary devices.
[ +- ] ELECTRICIAN
Gives a +1 modifier to TECH rolls for wiring, soldering, disabling, and repairing electrical devices.
[ +- ] GUNSMITH
Gives a +1 modifier to TECH rolls for repairing firearms.
[ +- ] IMPROVISED MUNITIONS
Gives a +1 modifier to TECH rolls for making zip-guns and IEDs.
[ +- ] LOCKSMITH
Gives a +1 modifier to TECH rolls for picking locks, cracking safes, and disarming alarms.
[ +- ] MECHANIC
Gives a +1 modifier to TECH rolls for repairing engines, vehicles, generators, and pumps.
[ +- ] SCIENTIST
Roll TECH when you come across a phenomenon of any sort that requires knowledge of physics, biology, geology, or any other natural science. If you succeed, the Referee must give you some useful information about it.
[ +- ] FRONTLINE LEADER
Gives a +1 bonus to COMMANDrolls for helping someone who is incapacitated by stress Does not affect unit morale.
[ +- ] LOGISTICIAN
When building a base, you can roll COMMAND instead of any listed skill, but only if you have help by at least one person.
[ +- ] TACTICIAN
Roll COMMAND when you spot an enemy force. If you succeed, the Referee must tell you something useful about their current organization and objectives.
[ +- ] COMBAT MEDIC
Gives a +1 modifier to MEDICAL AID rolls for helping an incapacitated character get back up. No effect on treating critical injuries.
[ +- ] COUNSELOR
Gives a +1 modifier to MEDICAL AID rolls for counseling a person suffering from long-term mental trauma.
[ +- ] FIELD SURGEON
Gives a +1 modifier to MEDICAL AID rolls for treating critical injuries.
[ +- ] GENERAL PRACTITIONER:
Gives a +1 modifier to MEDICAL AID rolls for treating disease, poison, and NBC.
[ +- ] VETERINARIAN
Gives a +1 modifier to MEDICAL AID rolls for working on animals.
[ +- ] LINGUIST
You know another language of your choice, well enough to be taken as native on a successful PERSUASION roll.
[ +- ] MUSICIAN
Gives a +1 bonus to PERSUASION rolls in situations where singing or playing an instrument is helpful. The Referee has final say.
[ +- ] INTERROGATOR
Gives a +1 bonus to PERSUASIONrolls for extracting information from a prisoner.
[ +- ] PSY OPS
Gives a +1 bonus to PERSUASION rolls for changing someone’s mind about a particular issue.
[ +- ] TEACHER
Gives a +1 bonus to PERSUASION rolls for teaching someone a specialty.
[ +- ] TRADER
Gives a +1 bonus to PERSUASION rolls when negotiating the price of an item.
