Every standard identity substitutes for at least one ability, by default, or more if taken as an additional feature. It’s only for taking actions that the ability it subs for ordinarily covers.
An identity does not sub for that ability for the purposes of coercing a shock meter or making a stress check, unless it has the Resists Shock or Coerces feature respectively.
I’m an X-Ray Technician, of course I can move around the hospital without arousing suspicion, use an x-ray machine, tell you crazy stories about stuff that’s been inside people.
Substitutes for: Knowledge.
Feature: Resists challenges to Helplessness.
Feature: Substitutes for Status.
I’m a Weather Forecaster, of course I can introduce you to everyone at the local news station, identify cloud types, ridicule climate change deniers.
Substitutes for: Knowledge.
Feature: Substitutes for Notice.
Feature: Substitutes for Status.
I’m a Police Officer, of course I can fix your parking ticket, reasonably request entry to most places, find my way around town.
Substitutes for: Pursuit.
Feature: Provides Firearm Attacks.
Feature: Substitutes for Struggle.
I’m an Occultist, of course I can tell the difference between Santería and Satanism, wow the goth kids, cruelly mock the major religions.
Substitutes For: Knowledge.
Feature: Casts Rituals.
Feature: Evaluates Unnatural.
I’m an Electrician, of course I can plausibly demand admission to secure locations, read blueprints, schmooze with union folks and building inspectors.
Substitutes for: Knowledge.
Feature: Build and evaluate electrical devices (unique).
Feature: Repair or demolish electrical devices (unique).
