Larceny includes criminal acts such as theft, robbery, trespass, embezzlement, con artistry, receipt of stolen property and many other nefarious underworld practices. Larceny is a broad ability that covers everything from picking locks to concealing stolen goods, from running brothels to organizing drug distribution and often involves interactions with crooked cops, low-level hustlers and players to organized crime syndicates and everything in between.

Most characters obtain this “skill” the hard way, by committing crimes and often paying the price for their mistakes. Some individuals such as government agents, undercover cops and members of the military or radical paramilitarists receive formal training in by-passing security systems and stealing valuable assets. Those outside the government learn their trade by preying on society or each other. Larceny involves many characteristic tricks, deceptions, false promises and pretenses designed to garner the individual the greatest amount of resources with the least amount of work.. The art of a thief and immersion into the seedy underworld of crime are part and parcel of this “skill”. An individual with this ability is a tricky one indeed, navigating themselves thoughout the underworld with accomplished deftness and a relative level of respect all the while avoiding the arms of Johnny Law and the wrath of his or her victims.

This ability grants the possessor with the knowledge of the politics and figures of the City’s Underworld. It is possible to gather somewhat accurate knowledge of whom to bribe, who is to be or can be ignored, who will not be missed and who not to cross. This knowledge encompasses all criminal elements and organizations, ethnic or otherwise, including the Mafias, Triads, Yakuza, terrorist cells and various street gangs.
 

Larceny Ability
Possessed by: B&E Artists, Career Criminals, Con Men, Connected Thugs, Crooked Cops, Drug Cartels, Ethnic Gangs, Extortionists, Federal Agents, Hitmen, Mafia Dons, Mercenaries, Pimps, Terrorists, Thieves, Undercover Cops
Specializations: Cat Burglar, Confidence Schemes, Counterfeiting, Drug Running, Fence, Grand Theft Auto, Grifter, Home Invasion, In & Out Jobs, Loan Sharking, Racketeering, “Repairman”, Slavery, Smash & Grab, Smuggling, White Collar Crimes
 
***** Master - Kingpin; whether behind bars or not, if it’s happening  period, you know it.
**** Expert - Never caught for those big scores, you kknow what’s happening in the City
*** Competent - A career criminal with a rap sheet to prrove it, you know connected people
** Practiced - You’ve worked a couple of hustles, can nname a few prominent gangsters
* Novice - Did a stint in Juvee, watched Scarface aand the Godfather a dozen times.
 
 
 

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