| Anatomy (R) |
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| Ammeni knowledge of bodily functions is the most extensive of the nations of Near. This Ability can be used for surgery, torture and bizarre piercing arts sometimes inflicted on decorative servants. Practitioners tend to be respected and wellpaid craftsmen. |
| Assassination (I) |
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| The art of silent, sudden death. The Ability is not so much concerned with martial skill as it is with a compartmentalized mind necessary for cold-blooded killing. An encyclopedic knowledge of the instruments of murder follows. Use this Ability for any exotic, pre-meditated killing, such as leaking poison into a sleeping person’s mouth via a string. |
| Bladework (I) |
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| This Ability is used for all sorts of intricate knife skills from tricks to fighting to crafts. It is typical to both high and low classes in Ammeni, where men display bravado with knives and women are expected to hide their protective blades intimately. The Ability may support in many sorts of social, craft and violent situations and even be the main Ability of a focused turning-point. |
| Sex (I) |
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| Ammeni culture takes sex somewhat seriously as a craft and art form. Practice is not entirely egalitarian; women, especially house slaves and professional entertainers, are expected to be better at it. The Ability is useful accompaniment for CHARM (I) in seduction, and in general usable as a sort of artistic and knowledge Ability related to sexual performance, reproduction biology and sexual hygiene. Despite their purposeful sensuality, Ammeni are no smarter than others over what sex means; expression ranges all over the place, even more so than in less sensual cultures. |
| Dance (I) |
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| Others may know how to dance, but the Ammeni entertainers are the best there is. The Ability is useful as an artistic thing, which, as we know, means that the player needs to make it useful by playing towards that sort of content. |
| Bamboo Warrior (V) |
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| Most weapons and armor in the metal-poor Ammeni are made of bamboo, a flexible, common material in the area. This Ability is good for creating weapons and armor out of bamboo, as well as using polearms and such made of the light material effectively. Originally this was a peasant art of defense, but today independent peasants are few and bamboo is cut for professional soldiers. |