Tenebrous Maxi Skirt
Ankle-length dark skirt with hidden thigh-holster capacity. ☉ 43 from Carmuna. Cold Read +2 (the biggest single Cold Read boost in clothing), Technoflex -1.
Stats
| Slot | Pants |
| Price | ☉ 43 |
| Vendor | Carmuna Pessoa |
| Cold Read | +2 |
| Technoflex | -1 |
Strengths
- +Strongest single Cold Read boost in clothing (+2)
- +Concealment flavor — fits sneak-coded plays
Costs
- −Technoflex -1 hurts electronics-leaning builds
- −Expensive (☉ 43)
Description
Game flavor: "A no-nonsense ankle-length skirt, dark as night. Twin thigh-holsters could be worn underneath and the world would be none the wiser."
The strongest single-stat Cold Read boost in clothing: **+2**. That's the same level of [Cold Read](/wiki/skills/cold-read) bonus you'd get out of the [Faux Fur Coat](/wiki/items/faux-fur-coat) (which gives +1) plus another point.
The trade-off is [Technoflex](/wiki/skills/technoflex) -1. Technoflex is the Intellect-cluster skill for tools, devices, and the techno-procedural side of tradecraft. If your build leans on it for things like the Protypo 909 stereo or any electronics-coded check, the skirt hurts.
The thigh-holster flavor is a Quisach detail. The skirt is built to hide weapons, in a Bazaar full of street-level surveillance and informal economy operators. That's also a Cold Read +2 in functional terms — the better you read other people's surveillance, the better you hide your own.
At ☉ 43, this is a real budget commitment — almost double what Hershel starts with after the stipend. For Cold-Read-focused builds, the +2 is worth it. For everyone else, [Brown Sweatpants](/wiki/items/brown-sweatpants) at ☉ 11 do similar work for the slot.
Acquisition
Buy from [Carmuna Pessoa](/wiki/characters/carmuna-pessoa) at the Bootleg Bazaar in [Quisach](/wiki/locations/quisach). ☉ 43.
Builds & playstyles
Cold Read Intellect builds (dialogue-investigation play)
Concealment / sneak-coded runs