Negotiate

Tiered Skill — Charisma

Character Disposition

Disposition	Example of action
Enraged	Will put self in great danger for even a chance to injure
Hostile	Will attack
Malicious	Will destructively mislead
Unfriendly	Will be rude, deny service, report behavior to authorities
Neutral	Won't go out on a limb either way
Friendly	Will help a little bit beyond normal circumstances
Helpful	Will go out of their way to help, but not at great personal risk
Infatuated	Will accept great personal risk to aid in any way
Fanatic	Will willingly die at merest whim

The Negotiate skill governs how characters interact with each other when they don't see precisely eye to eye. The skill shifts character's disposition towards other characters up and down on the table seen to the right.

Specific Uses

Diplomacy

Diplomacy is used specifically when a character tries to use reason to convince others to agree with him.

The base DC for the check is 25. Succeeding this check means that the characters' dispositions shift one category in the direction the negotiator wishes. For every additional 10 points that the negotiator's check exceeds this DC, the character's dispositions shift an additional category.

Bluff

Bluff is used when a negotiator is trying to convince other characters of a lie. The negotiator's check is opposed by the other characters' Negotiate(Sense Motive) checks.

The negotiator takes the following modifiers to his check depending on the veracity of his bluff.

Circumstance	Negotiate mod
Target is Infatuated	+10
Target gains from the information	+5
Target isn't affected one way or the other	+0
The target is put at slight personal risk	-5
The target is put at great personal risk	-10

If the targets succeed their Negotiate(Sense Motive) checks, they do not believe the bluff and become Unfriendly (or lower if that was their original state). If the targets succeed by 5 or more, they realize the negotiator's intention behind them believing the bluff.

Intimidate

Intimidate is used when a negotiator wishes to frighten a character into submission. It is opposed by the defending character's check,

Resist Intimidate Check: d20 + Character Level + Wisdom"

If the negotiator succeeds, the defender is considered "Helpful" for the purposes of helping the negotiator. For every 10 points the negotiator's check exceeds the defender's check, the defender's effective Disposition increases by an additional step. If the defender is made to be a Fanatic through this method, the defender will remain a fanatic until convinced otherwise.

In other cases, a defender's disposition falls to Unfriendly or one step worse than they were previously 1d10x2 minutes after the negotiating character is out of sight.

For every 10 points of damage taken as part of intimidation, a defender must make a Will Save equal to 20 + 2 for every previous will save, or suffer a cumulative -2 penalty on all Negotiate checks and checks made to oppose negotiate checks. This penalty lasts for 1d4+2 days from the last damage. Healing allows more damage to be done without lessening the penalty.

Sense Motive

Wisdom

Sense Motive is used to see through the Bluff action, above, but it also has other uses.

Action	DC
Sense Disposition	20
Sense Intent	25
Discern Plans	35

Sense Disposition — If a character makes this check, he determines which disposition category the target is in towards a specific character or specific group. A separate check must be made for each group or character.

Sense Intent — If a character makes this check, he gains a general understanding of what the target is going to do next. If the target is planning to attack soon, the character that made this check gains a +4 bonus to his initiative if the target attacks within then next five minutes.

Discern Plans — If a character makes this check, he can get a general idea of the target's next few actions.

Skill Tiers

This skill starts out at tier zero. The upgrade cost of skill tiers is (4 + (current tier x 2)).