Abilities
Wits
Wits noun - The basic human power of intelligent thought and perception.
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Like the title character of Captain Blood: His Odyssey, Paul is a man of science with a New Testament first name who's taken out of his normal life by happenstance and forced to claw his way to the top of a new field using his wits and abilities.
Source: Video Game / Quantum Break -
Guile Hero: Sanderson is fond of clever characters, and many of his heroes rely as much on their wits as their physical abilities.
Source: Creator / Brandon Sanderson - Oberon's daughters also come to exemplify this trope in so far as getting into situations that require them to make use of their wits, martial arts acumen and, of course, their Alterien abilities.
Source: Literature / Alterien
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