Empathy

Description: 

Specialties: Strangers, Surfacers, Podmates.
 * Oceanborn grow up in societies where little is said, yet much is sincerely and passionately felt, making a truth of the saying that still waters run deep.
 * Oxygen should never be carelessly wasted and sound travels many times farther in the Deep than on the surface. Because of this, laconism is admired in Oceanborn society.
 * There are also depths which pods may travel to, where speaking may be difficult owing to pressure conditions.
 * Any two strange Oceanborn that come across each other will be able to know far more about each other from their initial body language, than two Surfacers could ever hope to after a lengthy introduction.
 * Almost every Pod develops a series of instinct signs or gestures that only they understand, and only made possible by intimate understanding.
 * The closest podmates can have entire conversations by simply holding hands.
 * Oceanborn receive +1D when using empathy with stranger Oceanborn, +2D when dealing with those from the same Mother Ship, and +3D when empathizing with their podmates.