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Forensics Expert

You are the fucking CSI of the Afterfall.
You've seen so many corpses, you have dealt with so many different causes of death, and you've also seen so many people killing each other, that you've become some kind of expert on the subject.
By careful observation and study, you've come to learn a lot about death.
You can perform the following feats, each one requiring a Smarts & Healing roll:

You can analyze wounds and bruises to determine the most likely weapon that caused them, and how strong the assailant was.
You can analyze blood splatters to determine the most likely course of action of the perpetrator of a violence scene, with or without a body.
Determine approximate date of death of a body, by taking note of stiffing, rotting, smell and larvae.
Determine the most likely cause of death after a 5 min inspection. This is not conclusive, it only considers the obvious.
Perform a full blown autopsy, to identify the cause of death. It takes 3 hours. You can get all sorts of details, like diseases, old traumas, identify hidden wounds and bruises, signs of overt poisoning, at the GM's judgement. Nontheless, always remember, this is the Afterfall, you do not have the proper equipment and reagents to identify subtle poison, for example.