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Post by hathegkla on Apr 26, 2009 4:46:36 GMT -5
Howdy folks. Not sure how alive this forum is now, but here goes with a question...
I'm looking at a certain type of Talent and I'm not sure how they are meant to be used in-game. A Talent that typifies this is Personal Magnetism. The rules are very vague on how that Talent would be used in practice. The only thing we really know is that if you "have" the Talent (you have a score of at least 1 in it?) then you get a +2CS on NPC reaction rolls. As written it sounds like there is no real benefit in putting anything more than a score of 1 in it.
We could also imagine a set of general Talents that are all to do with influencing NPCs (e.g. Seduce, Intimidate). And then they all allow the player to roll against their Talent score and use the colour result to shift a Reaction roll?
Alternatively, we I just stick with Personal Magnetism (and not introduce any new Talents I mean) and use it as hinted at - i.e. in a scrape the player can use it to check whether a previously neutral NPC nearby suddenlt reveals their admiration of the player's character. That could elevate a previously somewhat 'weak' Talent into a genuinely advantageous one. Would introduce some interesting roleplaying opportunities too!
It does mean that having a score of 1 in the Talent isn't significantly better than having a score of 0, but that's actually the main weakness of the system as far as I can see it anyway.
Anyway, I'd love to hear what others think about this idea.
Ben
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Post by markkrawec on May 8, 2009 19:02:24 GMT -5
I had always assumed that Personal Magnetism worked along the lines you suggest as an alternative - that it's a talent you can bust out when you need to charm, seduce, command or frighten an NPC. When determining random reaction checks, it provides the +2CS on a check against Fame/General Perception, but when you set out to provoke a particular reaction from an individual, you would make a check against its rating instead.
Kind of a fine distinction, I realize, but it's what comes to mind off the top of my head.
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