Info:
This is the skill of concealing items on your person or on other people (usually with their cooperation).
An item’s size and shape govern its concealability. Some examples:
+4: A BB-sized jewel, a postage stamp.
+3: A pea-sized jewel.
+2: One lockpick, a huge jewel, a dime, a letter.
+1: A set of lockpicks, a silver dollar.
0: Harddrive
-1: A dagger, a slingshot, the tiniest handgun or grenade.
-2: An average handgun (e.g., a Luger), a grenade, a large knife.
-3: A submachine gun, a shortsword, a short carbine.
-4: A broadsword, an assault rifle.
-5: A bastard sword, a battle rifle.
-6: A crossbow, a heavy sniper rifle.
Things that move or make noise give an additional -1 or more to skill.
Clothing also modifies effective skill.
A Carmelite nun in full habit (+5 to skill) could conceal a bazooka or a battle-axe from an eyeball search.
A Las Vegas showgirl in costume (-5 to skill) would have trouble hiding even a dagger. Of course, the showgirl might escape search entirely (unless the guards were bored) because “She
obviously couldn’t hide anything in that outfit!”
Full nudity is -7 to skill.
A proper concealment holster helps conceal a weapon;
Clothing designed specifically to hide things gives a bonus of up to +4.
To spot a concealed item, roll a Quick Contest of Search skill vs. Holdout.