Burglary

The Burglary skill covers your character’s aptitude for stealing things and getting into places that are off-limits.

In genres that rely on the use of a lot of technology, this skill also includes a proficiency in the related tech, allowing the character to hack security systems, disable alarm systems, and whatnot.

See also: Actions

As stated above, Burglary allows you to overcome any obstacle related to theft or infiltration. Bypassing locks and traps, pickpocketing and filching, covering your tracks, and other such activities all fall under the purview of this skill.

You can case a location with Burglary, to determine how hard it will be to break into and what kind of security you’re dealing with, as well as discover any vulnerabilities you might exploit by creating an advantage. You can also examine the work of other burglars to determine how a particular heist was done, and create or discover aspects related to whatever evidence they may have left behind.

Burglary isn’t used for attacks.

Same here. It’s not really a conflict skill, so there’s not a lot of opportunity to use it to defend.

See also: Stunts (list)

+2 on Burglary rolls made to create an advantage whenever you’re trying to escape from a location.

You can spend a few minutes beefing up security and otherwise creating counter-burglary measures on a particular security element, like a lock, computer system, or devious trap. Whenever someone tries to overcome your security, you’re entitled to resist their attempt with your own Burglary roll (even if you’re not present).

You can use Burglary in place of Contacts whenever you’re dealing specifically with other thieves and burglars.

You can use Burglary instead of Investigation for crime scene.

You can use Burglary to Defend against a trap.

When creating an advantage while casing a location you can place two aspects on the scene both with a free invoke.

You can use Burglary instead of Stealth for Hiding and Skulking.