Operate Heavy Machinery

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 Operate Heavy Machinery (01%) 

Required to drive and operate a tank, backhoe, steam shovel, or other large-scale construction machine. For very different sorts of machines, the Keeper may decide to raise the difficulty level if the problems encountered are mostly unfamiliar ones; someone used to running a bulldozer, for instance, will not be quickly competent with the steam turbines in a ship's engine room.

Opposing skill/Difficulty level:


 * Regular difficulty: operate a crane or a road digger
 * Hard difficulty: manipulate the machinery to achieve some delicate or specific task, such as unearthing delicate dinosaur eggs with a mechanical digger without breaking them.

Pushing examples: going step-by-step with the operating manual; taking time to practice; seeking a teacher.

Sample Consequences of failing a Pushed roll: you're driving the bulldozer, but get overconfident, and lose control so it veers into a brick wall (the wall comes down on you, or perhaps worse).


 * If an insane investigator fails a pushed roll, they may believe they are tasked with unearthing or building a temple to the old ones.