awareness and danger sense

[earcaraxe]

i would like to ask for the mechanic (definition) of these two talents. From the info i could gather, they seem a bit overlapping. And they are also available at 1st circle, and would like to use them, but cant make a good enough guess.

Awareness is the new talent for "lets everyone roll a perception test", right? Danger sense seems like trap initiative and *something that helps in an ambush*. But prior to 3rd ed, perception was used against ambushes, wasnt it?

[Mataxes]

Awareness is the general "enhances Perception" talent, kind of like Search but without the Strain cost.

Danger Sense works pretty much like Trap Initiative (and is based on Dexterity), but broadened to include any kind of surprise situation where reaction time could make a difference.

The intention is that Danger Sense adds a layer of protection in case that initial Perception/Awareness test doesn't succeed -- the talent allows the adept to react fast enough to (potentially) avoid the danger.

[earcaraxe]

thank u!

[earcaraxe]

[Mataxes]

Kira the windling Thief is headed into a situation where an assassin is going to take a shot at her from a rooftop.

She makes an Awareness test to see if she notices the killer lurking on the rooftop. If the test succeeds, she is aware of the ambush, makes an Initiative test and may act as normal. Regardless of the comparative Initiative, she does not suffer from any surprise penalties (as she noticed the ambush and is not surprised).

If the Awareness test fails, then she doesn't notice her rival. When the shot is made, the assassin makes an Initiative test, and Kira makes a Danger Sense test. If the Danger Sense test beats the assassin's Initiative result, then Kira is magically twigged to the attack, enough to take action and not suffer from surprise. If the Danger Sense test does not beat the attacker's Initiative, then Kira is surprised, with all that goes along with that.

[Baravakar]

Can Awareness or Danger Sense be taken as skills or are they only Talents?

[Mataxes]

Both Awareness and Danger Sense can be learned as skills.

[earcaraxe]

thanks!