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 Diplomacy or Intimidation vs. the subject's Charisma defence. Your roll is modified by the subject's temporary 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 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 |
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.