Profession (forensic investigator)?

[Nekyia]

Hey everyone,

I was just wondering what a good name for a use of the Profession skill centered around forensic investigation would be ('forensic investigator' sounds anachronistically modern) or even if such a skill could be better represented by other skills.

What do you all think?
Thanks in advance.

[OmegaZ]

Best I could get is "evidence examiner."

[jocundthejolly]

Perhaps coroner. That office, though obviously it has changed a lot, has existed in Britain for nearly 1000 years. In Hamlet the Gravedigger mentions coroner's (in)quest when he talks about Ophelia's strange death, so that goes back 400+ years.

[John Templeton]

Perception to find evidence. Heal to identify trauma. Knowledges. Spell craft for magic stuff. Survivial.

[tumbler]

There is an investigation skill in d20 modern that covers those things. If you want it to be commonplace, I'd make it a skill. Otherwise, use the skills above.

[Nekyia]

jocundthejolly wrote:

Perhaps coroner. That office, though obviously it has changed a lot, has existed in Britain for nearly 1000 years. In Hamlet the Gravedigger mentions coroner's (in)quest when he talks about Ophelia's strange death, so that goes back 400+ years.

Aha! Thanks, I can't believe I'd managed to miss that.

Thanks everyone!

[Helaman]

Modern forensics are not what you can attempt but if you make a Dc20 check when investigating, maybe a bonus to perception and sense motive checks

[Magicdealer]

yeah, don't be surprised if you get slapped down for trying to wrap perception, heal, knowledge: everything, survival, into one skill.

[nerdorking]

Magicdealer wrote:

yeah, don't be surprised if you get slapped down for trying to wrap perception, heal, knowledge: everything, survival, into one skill.

I would slap that down hard.

[Ross Byers]

Profession (Detective)?