Sock Matching

Sock-Matching (Domestic) by Taalismn

The art of being able to reunite pairs of socks run through the laundry. This skill teaches pattern recognition, emphasizes patience in sorting through batches of a dozen pairs or more of socks, and informs the student as to the various ways one of every pair of socks may stretch, shrink, tear, bleach, or discolor such as it will appear signifiicantly unlike its original mate. Roll once for every dozen pairs of socks in a laundry batch. A failed save roll the sorter has extra socks with no match, or has been moved to seriously consider disassembling the dryer and lint trap in search of any socks that might have possibly gotten stuck in the workings.

Base Skill: 30 % + 5% per level of experience.

Bonuses: +1 to M.E., +1 to save versus Insanity- Especially those insanities most associated with sock-sorting: Depression (“I’m never going to find socks that match...it’s hopeless.”), Mania (“I”M GOING TO FIND -ALL- THE OTHER SOCKS!!!!!”), Obsession (“I’m going to find the missing sock if it’s the last thing I do in this life.”), Paranoia (“Somebody or someTHING is stealing my socks.”) or any combination thereof (“I will kill whoever is hiding my socks for their own sadistic entertainment.”)