Panhandling
Default: IQ-4, Fast Talk-2, or Public Speaking-3.
This is the art of effective begging: who to approach, how to approach them, and how to avoid legal entanglements. Roll once per hour of begging.
On a success, you net $2.00 times your margin of success. On a critical success, you get some sort of unexpected bonus – perhaps someone buys you dinner or gives you a useful or saleable item (e.g., a raincoat or a new pair of shoes). On a failure, you receive nothing. On a critical failure, you are assaulted or have a run-in with the law.
Modifiers: Any bonus for Charisma; +3 for Pitiable; -1 to -4 for Shyness. You may, if you wish, apply the opposite of your usual appearance modifier – that is, a penalty for being attractive or a bonus for being unattractive – unless you are Horrific or Monstrous. The GM may assign a bonus if there is a lot of foot traffic in the area, or a penalty if there is no one around.