I'm guessing that Alertness adds to other senses like Awareness, Danger Sense, and Empathy, and any "sense" that normally gives you an IQ roll to notice/analyze it. Any exceptions? -- Troy Guffey ICQ pager: http://wwp.icq.com/1978644 AIM: Pax214 Y!: troyguffey LiveJournal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/troyguffey/ PGP key ID: 0xDCCDF22D