Make A Request

You ask an NPC to perform a specific action, provide assistance, or grant a concession. The Director should consider the target's interests, capabilities, existing relationship with the character, and the consequences of complying.

Roll+CHA. You gain favour if you offer a fair trade or have a positive reputation. You suffer slight if the request is dangerous to the target or violates their principles. You suffer an additional instance of slight if the Director believes that the request is beyond what they would consider reasonable. If the NPC cannot grant the request at all, the best possible result you may achieve is failure. (You still have to roll, however, because complete failure remains a possibility.)

• Complete Success: Yes, and… The target agrees to your request. In addition, choose one Good Thing from the list below.
• Success: Yes. The target agrees to your request as stated.
• Partial Success: Yes, but… The target agrees to your request, but you must choose one Bad Thing from the list below.
• Failure: No. The target declines your request. It's a flat refusal, and you cannot try again with this target on this particular subject.
• Complete Failure: No, and… The target is insulted or offended by your request. They decline, and you must choose one Bad Thing.

• The target performs the task with exceptional enthusiasm or speed.
• The target offers additional help or information you didn't ask for.
• Your target is impressed by the deal, and your Affinity with the target is permanently improved one step. The Director may veto this choice if the request was trivial.

• The target demands a significant favour or payment in return, or as tribute for such an outrageous request.
• If the target agrees to perform the request, they do so poorly or with a visible grudge.
• Your relationship with the target is strained; your Affinity with the target is permanently reduced one step.
• The target agrees, but the process draws unwanted attention, particularly from the very people you'd rather not know about it…