Subterfuge

Name	Subterfuge
Cost	8 points
Prerequisites	Scoundrel
Key Words	Archetype / Once per day
Description	Using this skill requires two minutes’ roleplay mentally preparing/rehearsing, after which the character may specify (to a referee) a single untrue statement. For one hour thereafter, when under any effect that would force them to tell the truth (e.g. drinking a truth potion or under magical compulsion), they may answer as though the prepared statement were true, e.g. after stabbing King Cole to death and preparing the statement “I was in the Algaia camp cooking stew when King Cole was murdered,” they can tell such lies as “I did not stab King Cole” or “This is my blood, I cut myself cooking.”