GURPS Social Engineering - Keeping in Contact

Contents
Introduction
	Recommended Books
	Publication History
	About the Author
	About GURPS
1. Who’s Connected?
	Contact Advantages
		Contacts
			Unusual Connections
		Contact Group
			Organized and Disparate Groups
		Contact, Ally, or Patron?
		Contacts!
		Modular Abilities
		Cheaper Connections: Budget Options
		Sharing the Load
		Favors
		Cheaper Connections: Optional Rules
		Contact Modifiers
			New Special Enhancements
			New Special Limitations
		The Perks and Quirks of Connections
	Other Connected Traits
		Advantages
		Disadvantages
		Connections Without Contacts
2. How to Connect
	The Benefits of Contacts
		Inside Information
			Secret Information
			Convenient Information
			Information Synthesis
			Organized Knowledge
		Do Me a Favor
			Quick vs. Taxing
			Nonhazardous vs. Dangerous
			Inexpensive vs. Costly
			Alternative to Rejection
			Repeated Requests
			Unexpected Difficulties
		Types of Favors
			Authorization
			Covert Assistance
			Material Aid
			Protection, Rescue, and Warning
			Skilled Help
			Social Privilege
			Complementary Skills
			Surveillance
			Technical Assistance
			Transportation
			Violence
	Putting Numbers on a Relationship
		Skills, Effectively
			What’s in a Skill Name?
			It’s Not What You Know . . .
			Boosting Skill
			Penalties
		Getting in Touch
			Now Appearing . . .
			Contact Convenience
		Trust Issues
			Move Along or Move Bodies?
			Managing Risk
	Contacts in Play
		Managing Relationships
			Tit for Tat
			Contacts in Distress
			Building Connections
			Improving Contacts
			From Contact to Ally or Patron
3. What Makes a Contact
	Understanding the Contact Categories
	Common Skills
	Common Individual Skills
	Common Group Skills
	The Categories
		Advocacy
		Aid
		Artistic/Entertainment
		Business/Commercial
		Criminal/Street
		Cultural/Ethnic
		Enforcement/Security
		Fraternal
		Government
		High Society
		Hobby
		Investigative
		Low Class
		Martial Arts
		Medical
		Military
		News
		Occult
		Outdoors
		Powered
		Regional
		Religious
		Research
		Secret and Voluntary
		Teaching
		Technical/Trade
	Special Cases
		Current Affairs
		Expert and Professional Skills
		Research
		Teaching
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