Convince Another of an Untruth

Time Required: 1 minute
Skill: Deception

You can talk another being into believing a false statement. This is a Deception skill check vs. Foresight, with a modifier to your roll according to the table below.

Condition	TN
The lie is simple, well thought out, or very hard to fact check	+3
The lie is somewhat complex or not entirely believeable	+0
The lie is very complex or hard to believe	-3
The lie flies in the face of known facts	-6
The subject wants to believe the lie	+3
The subject has reason to be suspicious of the liar	-5
Per each failed Deception roll prior	-2†

†Cumulative penalty until the end of the current encounter.

Success: The mark buys your lie.
Failure: The mark is not convinced. As mentioned in the table, you suffer a -2 penalty to any further attempts on this action until the end of the encounter.

Nobody in the party is trained in Deception, but Sir Roland has the best Charisma, and so he is sent to convince the Prior of the Canton Abbey that the party are all members of the Imperial Temple. Given that he is untrained, Sir Roland suffers slight on his skill check. He rolls two fours and a ten, and must discard the ten due to slight; his total roll is 11. This is not enough to convince the Prior, and the party are ejected from the Canton Abbey.