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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5987245" data-attributes="member: 6669384">Yes and no.In that example, yes, but in the general sense it's more complicated.You're laughing, gossiping, buying a few drinks and losing a few coppers in a card game.&nbsp; In short, you're using Gather Information.&nbsp; (It isn't always direct questioning, you know.)You notice that the bartender is spending a lot of time in a whispered conversation with a one-handed man at the far end of the bar.&nbsp; You get a bad feeling.Or perhaps you get the creeps when he brings you a drink that you didn't order, and decide that it's better to spill a lot more than you consume.Was he Bluffing you?&nbsp; No.Was he doing things that made you feel like something was up?&nbsp; Like he wasn't a man to be trusted?&nbsp; Absolutely.Like I said, it's a far more general skill than some would play it, and absolutely is applicable to situations other than detecting Bluff checks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5987245, member: 6669384"] Yes and no. In that example, yes, but in the general sense it's more complicated. You're laughing, gossiping, buying a few drinks and losing a few coppers in a card game. In short, you're using Gather Information. (It isn't always direct questioning, you know.) You notice that the bartender is spending a lot of time in a whispered conversation with a one-handed man at the far end of the bar. You get a bad feeling. Or perhaps you get the creeps when he brings you a drink that you didn't order, and decide that it's better to spill a lot more than you consume. Was he Bluffing you? No. Was he doing things that made you feel like something was up? Like he wasn't a man to be trusted? Absolutely. Like I said, it's a far more general skill than some would play it, and absolutely [B]is[/B] applicable to situations other than detecting Bluff checks. [/QUOTE]

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