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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Committed Hero" data-source="post: 2766230" data-attributes="member: 15341">AutopsiesMy gut(!) says use Investigate, since it is one of the most narrowly defined skills in the game - this gives it another application.  Also, as the skill is unique to forensic-type people, you won't have the odd character with good Search or Treat Injury cutting into cadavers at the drop of a hat.  I would cetainly consider synergy with Treat Injury, K(life sciences) and even C(chem/pharm), but I might not disclose those to the player if you want to keep the cause of a death mysterious. Maybe a feat which activates the use of the skill would help, like Survival & tracking.Why not Treat Injury?  For starters, the coroner is not as concerned with preserving the body (to paraphrase Dennis Miller, "what's the coroner's idea of a bad day?  He gained one on the table?").  Also, consider that the cause of death/reason for autopsy may not involve an actual injury.  And finally, Treat Injury is not trained only.</blockquote>