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====== Cunning ======
Cunning is mostly aimed at gaining an advantage over targets, from positioning during combat to traps outside of combat. Cunning contributes to strip attempts, evasion, and counter attacks.

[[character:mara|Mara]] favors Cunning before choosing her advanced attribute.
===== Skills =====
^ Cunning ^ Skill                ^ Tactic        ^ Description ^
| n/a     | Strip Bottoms        | Positioning   | Removes target's lower-body clothes. More effective with higher user Cunning, higher target arousal or lower target stamina. Improved by Double Strip at 30 Cunning to remove two layers of clothing at once. |
| n/a     | Tricky Strip Bottoms | Positioning   | Removes target's lower-body clothes. More effective with higher user Cunning, higher target arousal or lower target stamina. Improved by Double Strip at 30 Cunning to remove two layers of clothing at once. Becomes Forceful Strip Bottoms if [[attribute:power|Power]] is the highest basic attribute. Becomes Charming Strip Bottoms if [[attribute:seduction|Seduction]] is higher than Cunning and greater than or equal to Power. Costs 15 [[mechanic:stamina_arousal_and_mojo|mojo]]. |
| n/a     | Strip Top            | Positioning   | Removes target's upper-body clothes. More effective with higher user Cunning, higher target arousal or lower target stamina. Improved by Double Strip at 30 Cunning to remove two layers of clothing at once. |
| n/a     | Tricky Strip Top     | Positioning   | Removes target's upper-body clothes. More effective with higher user Cunning, higher target arousal or lower target stamina. Improved by Double Strip at 30 Cunning to remove two layers of clothing at once. Becomes Forceful Strip Top if [[attribute:power|Power]] is the highest basic attribute. Becomes Charming Strip Top if [[attribute:seduction|Seduction]] is higher than Cunning and greater than or equal to Power. Costs 15 [[mechanic:stamina_arousal_and_mojo|mojo]]. |
| n/a     | Wait                 | Miscellaneous | User does nothing for one turn. Not available if Focus or Bluff is available to use. |
| 7       | Taunt                | Pleasure      | Requires target to be naked. Deals temptation, reduces [[mechanic:stamina_arousal_and_mojo|mojo]] by 10, and inflicts [[mechanic:status_effects|Shame]] if user is in a dominant position. Costs 5 mojo. |
| 12      | Escape               | Positioning   | Requires user to be in a submissive non-sex [[mechanic:positions|position]]. Attempts to escape that position; failure will increase the subsequent chances of success. If successful and bound, user will break the binding; if being held or pinned, user will return to neutral. |
| 15      | Focus                | Recovery      | Recovers [[mechanic:stamina_arousal_and_mojo|stamina]] and arousal and builds 20 mojo. |
| 16      | Trip                 | Positioning   | Requires target to be standing and in front of user. Knocks down opponent. Can be used while prone. If user is [[character:reyka|Reyka]], deals pain and costs 20 [[mechanic:stamina_arousal_and_mojo|mojo]]. |
| 18      | Sleight of Hand      | Positioning   | Removes all target's clothes. Costs 40 [[mechanic:stamina_arousal_and_mojo|mojo]]. |
| 20      | Maneuver             | Positioning   | Requires user and target to be standing. Moves user behind target. Costs 8 [[mechanic:stamina_arousal_and_mojo|mojo]]. |
| 24      | Reversal             | Positioning   | Requires user to be pinned or submissive in a sex [[mechanic:positions|position]]. User takes dominant position. Costs 15 [[mechanic:stamina_arousal_and_mojo|mojo]]. |
| 30      | Double Strip         | n/a           | Strip Bottoms, Tricky Strip Bottoms, Strip Top, and Tricky Strip Top are improved to remove two articles of clothing at once. |
| n/a     | Bluff                | Recovery      | Learned by [[:trait|Poker Face]] from playing games with [[character:angel|Angel]].  Restores stamina and arousal and hides current status from opponent. Costs 20 [[mechanic:stamina_arousal_and_mojo|mojo]]. |
| n/a     | Determination        | Recovery      | Learned by [[:trait|Fearless]] from playing games with [[character:jewel|Jewel]]. Spends all available [[mechanic:stamina_arousal_and_mojo|mojo]] to restore arousal and stamina. |
| n/a     | Diversion            | Positioning   | Learned by [[:trait|Misdirection]] from playing games with [[character:cassie|Cassie]]. Remove one article of user's clothes (starting with upper body), causes target to become [[mechanic:status_effects|Flat-Footed]], and puts user behind target. |
===== Traps =====
^ Cunning ^ Trap             ^ Description ^
| n/a     | Tripline         | Consumes 1 [[item:consumables|rope]]. Deals pain and knocks down target. |
| 6       | Alarm            | Consumes 1 [[item:consumables|phone]] and 1 tripwire. Alerts all adjacent players when player enters room. Unavoidable. |
| 6       | Decoy            | Consumes 1 [[item:consumables|phone]]. Decoy that draws the attention of players. |
| 9       | Snare            | Consumes 1 [[item:consumables|rope]] and 1 tripwire. [[mechanic:positions|Binds]] target. |
| 10      | Spring Trap      | Consumes 1 [[item:consumables|rope]] and 1 spring. Deals pain and knocks down target. Counts as a [[:trait#skill_lists|low blow]]. |
| 11      | Dissolving trap  | Consumes 1 [[item:consumables|dissolving solution]], 1 tripwire, and 1 sprayer. Removes all of target's clothing. If the trap is disarmed, target gains 1 dissolving solution. |
| 12      | Aphrodisiac Trap | Consumes 1 [[item:consumables|aphrodisiac]], 1 tripwire, and 1 sprayer. Deals temptation. If trap is disarmed, target gains 1 aphrodisiac. |
===== Training =====
Cunning can be permanently increased in the following ways:
  * level up
  * chance to increase by 1 for both characters when [[day:activities:activities|playing games]] with an NPC during the daytime
  * increase by 2 when staying in and choosing to [[night:activities:activities|study Cunning techniques]] on nights off
Cunning can be temporarily increased by the [[item:consumables|Fox Potion]].
===== Other Effects =====
  * Cunning affects the following non-Cunning skills and statuses:
    * [[attribute:submissive|Beg]]
    * [[attribute:submissive|Honey Trap]]
    * [[mechanic:status_effects|Enthralled]]
  * Cunning can be temporarily modified by the following:
    * [[attribute:dark|Drain]]
    * malus from [[mechanic:status_effects|Buzzed]]
    * malus from [[mechanic:status_effects|Shame]]
  * If the user's Cunning is higher than [[attribute:seduction|Seduction]] and greater than or equal to [[attribute:power|Power]], the following skills are changed:
    * [[attribute:seduction|Shining Finger]] becomes Probing Finger
    * [[attribute:seduction|Sensual Handjob]] becomes Teasing Handjob
    * [[attribute:seduction|Passionate Kiss]] becomes Steal Kiss
    * [[attribute:power|Mighty Knee]] becomes Tricky Knee
    * [[attribute:seduction|Smooth Thrust]] becomes Precise Thrust
  * The [[character:player_created_character|player character]] has a chance to notice his increased intelligence in the mornings starting at 15 Cunning.
  * Puzzle box [[night:deployable:caches_types|item caches]] can be opened with a Cunning check.
  * At Cunning 6, potions can be crafted in the [[night:area:kitchen|Kitchen]] and the [[night:area:chemistry_lab|Chemistry Lab]].
  * At Cunning 28, unlocks shortcuts between the [[night:area:library|Library]] and the [[night:area:tunnel|Tunnel]] and between the [[night:area:pool|Pool]] and the [[night:area:workshop|Workshop]].
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