Skills

Skills are abilities that can be learn by the player character in Call Of Cthulhu. Players can earn Character Points to spend on skills to increase specific abilities. Skills can affect the players ability to unlock doors, find hidden objects, or even persuade NPC's.

List of Skills

 * Spot Hidden - Allows the player to detect hidden items within close range. After the items have been found, the detection icon will turn grey.


 * Eloquence - Improves the character's ability to influence those he talks to through the power of speech. Increase this skill for a higher chance of using manipulation or convincing successfully.


 * Psychology - Represents the character's knowledge of human behavior. Improving this skill increases his chances of understanding the motivations of a person, based on his or her behavior or on the analysis of objects.


 * Strength - Increases the character's chance of forcing doors or mechanisms. Strength is also used for acts of violence (physical or verbal) during active discussions.


 * Investigation - Increases the character's chance of understanding past events by analyzing a crime scene or an object. Also helps with picking locks.


 * Occultism - Represents the character's knowledge of the occult sciences. Improving this skill increases his chances of determining the use and origin of occult artifacts, and of expressing his knowledge of the myth.


 * Medicine - Represents the character's knowledge. Improve this skill to increase the chance of determining the correct dosage of a drug, of making a diagnosis, or expressing the understanding of a medical problem.
 * Mental Strength - Increase the characters mental strength, Improve this skill to reduce the sanity decrease