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johndallman · 09-06-2014, 08:36 AM

Body Language is the ability to interpret facial expressions and body postures to gauge feelings. Since this combines the abilities of the Empathy advantage and the Detect Lies skill, although only on a person you can see, it's an arguably better buy than Detect Lies at any TL that doesn't have telephones or radio. It's also a useful complementary skill to Observation, or almost any social skill. Unsurprisingly, Social Engineering has quite a lot about it.

Madness Dossier covers Body Language as part of its neuro-linguistic hacking. Lands Out of Time has TDMs for Neanderthals, Proto-humans and Lizard Men. Martial Arts applies Evaluate bonuses to it, allows its active use for spotting Feints and makes it part of a few styles; Technical Grappling makes it part of the unusual Passive Restraint style and Tactical Shooting reminds us of its usefulness when watching a group of people.

Have you used Body Language with Detect Lies and/or Empathy? What have you done with it that was cool, or funny?

09-06-2014, 08:36 AM	#1
johndallman Night Watchman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cambridge, UK	[Basic] Skill of the week: Body Language Body Language is the ability to interpret facial expressions and body postures to gauge feelings. Since this combines the abilities of the Empathy advantage and the Detect Lies skill, although only on a person you can see, it's an arguably better buy than Detect Lies at any TL that doesn't have telephones or radio. It's also a useful complementary skill to Observation, or almost any social skill. Unsurprisingly, *Social Engineering* has quite a lot about it. *Madness Dossier* covers Body Language as part of its neuro-linguistic hacking. *Lands Out of Time* has TDMs for Neanderthals, Proto-humans and Lizard Men. *Martial Arts* applies Evaluate bonuses to it, allows its active use for spotting Feints and makes it part of a few styles; *Technical Grappling* makes it part of the unusual Passive Restraint style and *Tactical Shooting* reminds us of its usefulness when watching a group of people. Have you used Body Language with Detect Lies and/or Empathy? What have you done with it that was cool, or funny?