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 //The key to a successful negotiation is compromise. I needed a gun that could kill a god and she wanted my soul in exchange. In the end, I got a single bullet for the job and she got a husband.// //The key to a successful negotiation is compromise. I needed a gun that could kill a god and she wanted my soul in exchange. In the end, I got a single bullet for the job and she got a husband.//
  
-A Negotiator's weapons are words, and the class has several useful tricks that let them get what they want without ever having to resort to violence (unless they want to). The class is a very low-tech, easily-justified one for inclusion in almost any campaign setting imaginable.+A Negotiator's weapons are words, and the archetype has several useful tricks that let them get what they want without ever having to resort to violence (unless they want to). The archetype is a very low-tech, easily-justified one for inclusion in almost any campaign setting imaginable.
  
 ^[[#Negotiator]] ^^Make deals. | ^[[#Negotiator]] ^^Make deals. |
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 |{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#First Impression]] |Improve reaction checks. | |{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#First Impression]] |Improve reaction checks. |
 |{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#Good Faith]] |Credibility and lasting respect. | |{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#Good Faith]] |Credibility and lasting respect. |
 +|{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#Size Up]] |Learn how tough a target is. |
 |{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#Truce]] |Make peace, not war. | |{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#Truce]] |Make peace, not war. |
-|{{fa>caret-right?24}} |[[#Reverse Psychology]] |Manipulate them with anti-suggestion. | +^ ^^^ 
-^[[#Enterprises]] ||Negotiator School |+ 
 +Know if somebodys gonna betray your deal 
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 +Leave loopholes in signed contracts that can be retroactively declared
  
 ====== Negotiator ====== ====== Negotiator ======
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 ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^
-^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Grease Palms:** You are an expert in the giving of bribes. By spending 1 point of Supply, you can compel most creatures to perform any minor favor for you. A given creature's definition of “minor favor” will vary greatly depending on the creature in question- a criminal thug might be willing to kill a bystander in exchange for your bribe, while an honest judge might not be willing to do anything more than give you correct instructions for navigating a bureaucracy. \\ \\ {{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Acceptable Price:** No matter how powerful the target of your bribery (in terms of level or social status) they never ask for more than 1 Supply as a bribe. You don't need to spend time haggling over this. \\ \\ {{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Plausible Deniability:** If the favor you want is too large or too risky for a bribe to cover, the target never becomes offended by your crass attempt to buy them off. They simply refuse to do it, your Supply is returned to you, and everything is forgotten. |+^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Grease Palms:** You are an expert in the giving of bribes. By spending 1 point of Dosh, you can compel most creatures to perform any minor favor for you. A given creature's definition of “minor favor” will vary greatly depending on the creature in question- a criminal thug might be willing to kill a bystander in exchange for your bribe, while an honest judge might not be willing to do anything more than give you correct instructions for navigating a bureaucracy. \\ \\ {{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Acceptable Price:** No matter how powerful the target of your bribery (in terms of level or social status) they never ask for more than 1 Dosh as a bribe. You don't need to spend time haggling over this. \\ \\ {{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Plausible Deniability:** If the favor you want is too large or too risky for a bribe to cover, the target never becomes offended by your crass attempt to buy them off. They simply refuse to do it, your Dosh is returned to you, and everything is forgotten. |
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-^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**You Seem Trustworthy:** When you or your party encounters another group and a reaction check occurs, attitude is adjusted +1 step higher than it would otherwise be For example, if a check would normally cause an encountered creature to be Suspicious towards you this ability automatically makes it Neutral instead. | +^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**You Seem Trustworthy:** When you or your party encounters another group and a reaction check occurs, attitude is adjusted +1 step higher than it would otherwise be. For example, if a check would normally cause an encountered creature to be Suspicious towards you this ability automatically makes it Neutral instead. | 
-|{{fa>caret-right?24}} ^{{fa>star?24|Alternative}} |{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Come Bearing Gifts:** You can further improve reaction check results by as many additional attitude shifts as you want. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Expensive Gifts:** For every additional +1 attitude adjustment, you must spend 1 Supply. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Moments Pass:** You can freely choose to spend Supply to improve a reaction check after rolling the check, but once you actually start interacting with whatever you encountered their reaction is what it is and you can only change their attitude towards you the old-fashioned way. |+|{{fa>caret-right?24}} ^{{fa>star?24|Alternative}} |{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Come Bearing Gifts:** You can further improve reaction check results by as many additional attitude shifts as you want. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Expensive Gifts:** For every additional +1 attitude adjustment, you must spend 1 Mojo. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Moments Pass:** You can freely choose to spend Mojo to improve a reaction check after rolling the check, but once you actually start interacting with whatever you encountered their reaction is what it is and you can only change their attitude towards you the old-fashioned way. |
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 ^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Credible:** When you make an offer during a negotiation, a promise to deliver something later is considered just as good as delivering on the spot. You don't need to give anything more than your word. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Deceiver:** If you renege on the deal, Credible no longer functions on the same target in the future or on any other party who knows that you're a dirty debt-dodger unless you can convince them it wasn't your fault. | ^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Credible:** When you make an offer during a negotiation, a promise to deliver something later is considered just as good as delivering on the spot. You don't need to give anything more than your word. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Deceiver:** If you renege on the deal, Credible no longer functions on the same target in the future or on any other party who knows that you're a dirty debt-dodger unless you can convince them it wasn't your fault. |
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-^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Fair And Square:** Whenever you successfully make a deal (such as to get a target to agree to do something for you or make a deal of some kind) it is considered a positive experience for both you and the target, no matter what terms were eventually negotiated. You can make a friendship roll with any target negotiated with in this way. |+^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Fair And Square:** Whenever you successfully make a deal (such as to get a target to agree to do something for you or make an exchange of some kind) it is considered a positive experience for both you and the target, no matter what terms were eventually negotiated. You can make a friendship roll with any target negotiated with in this way. |
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-====== Truce ======+====== Size Up ======
  
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-^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Smooth Over:** You have a calming effect on people. As an action, you can calm down somebody who is angry or upset about something. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Not Your Enemy:** If the target is specifically upset at you or otherwise blames you personally for their current troubles, calming them down costs 1 Supply in addition to the normal action. | +^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Are You Strong?** By taking an action to analyze any creature you can see you learn their total level, the allocation of their three combat skills (Melee, Remote, Whelm), and what archetypes they have training in. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Generally:** You don't necessarily know exactly which abilities your target has learned, just which archetypes they have. |
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-^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Everybody Be Cool:** If neither you nor any of your allies took any offensive actions during a combat round, you can choose for Escalation to not increase at the end of that round. Actions taken by the opposing side are irrelevant. | +
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-^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Time Out:** As an action, you can attempt to end a battle you are involved in peacefully by convincing your opponents to try diplomacy instead. If successful, everybody stops fighting and agrees to hear you out. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Language Dependent:** If you cannot communicate with your opponents meaningfully, then you cannot attempt to call a truce. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Supply Cost:** Attempting to call a truce costs a point of Supply to show your sincerity and willingness to sacrifice. If you have no Supply remaining, you cannot use this ability. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Truce Check:** Calling a truce doesn't always work- once the weapons are out and battle's been joined, it can be hard to stop it. Roll a trigger die: if the result is a 9+, then combat ends (for now). If not, nobody pays any attention to you and the Supply used in the attempt is wasted. You can try again by spending more Supply, though. \\ \\ {{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Give Peace A Chance:** If your side has not yet taken any purely offensive actions (dealing damage or inflicting conditions) or your side obviously outclasses your enemies in some way, you only need a 5+ to succeed on the truce call. If both conditions are true, the truce call succeeds automatically with no check required at all.|+
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-====== Reverse Psychology ======+====== Truce ======
  
 ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^
-^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Just Don't Throw Me in the Briar Patch:** You know how to get what you want with even those who refuse to negotiate. If you tell any party that personally dislikes you to do something, roll a trigger die. If the result is a 5+, they will always do the opposite without even taking time to think about it. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Opposition:** In order to use reverse psychology on a subject, the subject must have some form of animosity or dislike for you. Neutral or friendly types are immune to this type of manipulation. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Not An Idiot:** The referee might rule some reverse psychology attempts to automatically fail if they proscribe actions which would clearly help you or hurt the target (“I sure hope you don't untie me and give me my gun back” or “Hey, I bet you're too chicken to jump in that oven” are two such examples). Successfully tricking a subject in a way that immediately reveals it was a trick might also make the subject immune to further reverse psychology, at least for a while. \\ \\ {{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**An Idiot:** On the other hand, subjects that hate you a whole lot and are really, really stupid can be reverse-psychology manipulated into pretty much anything. | +^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Unrustled Jimmies:** You have a calming effect on people. As an action, you can calm down somebody who is angry or upset about something. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Not Your Enemy:** If the target is specifically upset at you or otherwise blames you personally for their current troubles, calming them down costs 1 Mojo in addition to the normal action. | 
-|{{fa>caret-right?24}} ^{{fa>star?24|Alternative}} |{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Rephrase:** If you fail to reverse-psychology a target, you can retry your check if you'd like. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Supply Cost:** Every time you retry a reverse psychology check, you must spend 1 Supply. |+^ ^^^ 
 +^{{ra>eye-shield?48|Protection}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Everybody Be Cool:** If neither you nor any of your allies took any offensive actions during a combat round, you can choose for Escalation to not increase at the end of that round. Actions taken by the opposing side are irrelevant. | 
 +^ ^^^ 
 +^{{ra>two-hearts?48|Social}} ||{{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Time Out:** As an action, you can attempt to end a battle you are involved in peacefully by convincing your opponents to try diplomacy instead. If successful, everybody stops fighting and agrees to hear you out. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Language Dependent:** If you cannot communicate with your opponents meaningfully, then you cannot attempt to call a truce. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Mojo:** Attempting to call a truce costs 1 Mojo to show your sincerity and willingness to sacrifice. If you have no Mojo remaining, you cannot use this ability. \\ \\ {{fa>minus-circle?24&align=left}}**Truce Check:** Calling a truce doesn't always work- once the weapons are out and battle's been joined, it can be hard to stop it. Roll a trigger die: if the result is a 9+, then combat ends (for now). If not, nobody pays any attention to you and the Mojo used in the attempt is wasted. You can try again by spending more Mojo, though. \\ \\ {{fa>plus-circle?24&align=left}}**Give Peace A Chance:** If your side has not yet taken any purely offensive actions (dealing damage or inflicting conditions) or your side obviously outclasses your enemies in some way, you only need a 5+ to succeed on the truce call. If both conditions are true, the truce call succeeds automatically with no check required at all.|
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-====== Enterprises ====== 
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-^Negotiator School |The settlement hosts an institution that teaches the secrets of this class for a small fee. Keystones of this class can be purchased here: the first such keystone per session costs 1 Supply, the second 2, the third 3, and so on. | 
  
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