====== Make a Request ======

**Time Required**:  1 minute\\
**Skill**:  Varies

You make a request of the subject.  This might be a plea for aid, a request for an item or asking permission to do something.

Roll [[unbound:skills:Diplomacy]] or [[unbound:skills:Intimidation]] vs. the subject's Charisma defence.  Your roll is modified by the subject's temporary [[unbound:rules:affinity|Affinity]], but the character cannot Make a Request of a creature that is Hostile or Enraged.  If the subject is a member of a faction towards which you have Prestige, you may add your Prestige to your skill check.

In addition, the nature of the request will modify your Skill check.

^Condition  ^  Modifier  ^
|The request would be trivial for the subject to grant  |  +3  |
|It would be in the interest of the subject to grant the request  |  +4  |
|The request would be difficult for the subject to grant  |  -3  |
|Granting the request would not be in the subject's best interest  |  -4  |
|Granting the request would cause the subject harm, or significant risk of harm  |  -8  |

  * **Success**:  The subject grants the request.
  * **Failure**:  The subject either refuses, or they respond with a request of their own.  You may expend one point of an appropriate Prestige to turn this into a **success**.

**Special**:  If you used Intimidation on the attempt, the subject's temporary Affinity towards you drops one step immediately upon completing this action.

===== Equipment =====

No special equipment is required to Make a Request.  However, if you are using Diplomacy in the attempt, you may expend [[unbound:equipment:consumables#Luxury Items]], to a maximum of 15sp, to improve your chances.  The amount of gift items you spread out determines the bonus you receive for doing such, as described below.

^Amount  |  1sp  |  3sp  |  6sp  |  10sp  |  15sp  |
^Bonus   |  +1   |  +2   |  +3   |   +4   |   +5   |

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Aria wants access to some obscure documents, and approaches the curator of the priory's abbey to request access.  She has +1 Academic Prestige, and the Director agrees that this is an appropriate Prestige.  The curator has a Charisma defence of 12.  

Aria is not trained in Diplomacy, and so suffers slight to her skill check.  She rolls a three, a four and a seven, and must discard the seven, leaving her with a total (with her +0 Charisma and +1 Prestige) of eight.  Even though the request would be trivial for the curator to grant, he instead asks her to retrieve a stolen document from a band of goblins before he accedes to her request.
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