Post by Father on Jul 29, 2019 10:45:27 GMT 1
Marrying a maid from one of the wealthiest houses in all the seven kingdoms brings with it the promise of windfall, but the dowry must be agreed upon, and Lord Rowan is a seasoned negotiator, a marriage contract for his niece is nothing compared with the treaty bringing Dorne into the Seven Kingdoms. Fortunately, Lord Rowan is not as stingy as The Pennypincher of Red Lake.
Challenge:
There are two negotiation approaches available, both involve a series of opposed tests, counting the difference in DoS between the Starkwood negotiators and Lord Rowan to determine where they go. Lord Rowan's DoS are noted below. One Starkwood character may make these tests, two may offer assistance. Assists not allowed on Awareness (Empathy).
Negotiate by raven:
Audience Test TN 18 (4 DoS)
Cunning (Logic) TN 12 (3 DoS)
Language (Bargain) TN 12 (3 DoS)
Negotiate in person:
Awareness (Empathy) TN 20 (Lord Rowan's DoS depends on negotiator's passive deception)
-A success would neutralize Lord Rowan's adept negotiator benefit, reducing his total DoS by 1.
Audience Test TN 18 (4 DoS)
Cunning (Logic) TN 12 (3 DoS)
Simple Intrigue (Bargain) TN 12 (4 DoS)
Resolution:
-Critical failure: -3 DoS
-The Base Dowry is 36 points, each DoS by Lord Rowan decreases it by 3 points, each DoS by Starkwoods increases it by 3 points. It can at most be reduced to 18.
Dowry points may be allocated as follows:
-10 points: +1 DoS count towards Raising Wealth by one point.
-5 points: +1D which may be allocated towards any House Fortunes tests to raise Wealth.
-3 points: +1 coffers.
-1 points: +1 reserves.
-At most half the points should go to coffers/reserves.
Special:
-For each point of base influence with bargain below 5, suffer -1b (as training penalty) to all tests.
-Knightly/Lordly Chivalry reduces Lord Rowan's DoS by 2.
-Each point of influence spent grants +1D to any one test (once per test, does not apply to empathy)
-Can spend a single House Blood point for +1D to all tests except empathy.
Benefits/Drawbacks
-Adept Negotiator grants +1D to all tests, in person, this is neutralized for the remaining three tests if the empathy test is successful (works both ways)
-Anointed reduces Lord Rowan's DoS by 2.
-Attractive grants +1 to all tests (except empathy) in person.
-Charismatic grants +1 to all tests in person.
-Courteous grants +1D to all tests (except empathy) in person.
-Bastard Born inflicts -1 on all tests
-Proud must be tested for after rolls have been made (with choices of assist), failed self-control invalidates assists where applicable.
Among the NPC's, Maester Ronnel is by far the best choice to take point (4D on Audience, 4D+2B on everything else that is relevant, Stone Faced, Adept Negotiator, Proud, does 5 influence with bargain)
Assists available from NPC's:
Status: +2 (Ulbert, Allyria)
Cunning: +2 (Ronnel, Allyria), +1 (Ulbert)
Language: +2 (Ronnel), +1 (Ulbert, Allyria)
Persuasion: +2 (Ulbert, Allyria)
Challenge:
There are two negotiation approaches available, both involve a series of opposed tests, counting the difference in DoS between the Starkwood negotiators and Lord Rowan to determine where they go. Lord Rowan's DoS are noted below. One Starkwood character may make these tests, two may offer assistance. Assists not allowed on Awareness (Empathy).
Negotiate by raven:
Audience Test TN 18 (4 DoS)
Cunning (Logic) TN 12 (3 DoS)
Language (Bargain) TN 12 (3 DoS)
Negotiate in person:
Awareness (Empathy) TN 20 (Lord Rowan's DoS depends on negotiator's passive deception)
-A success would neutralize Lord Rowan's adept negotiator benefit, reducing his total DoS by 1.
Audience Test TN 18 (4 DoS)
Cunning (Logic) TN 12 (3 DoS)
Simple Intrigue (Bargain) TN 12 (4 DoS)
Resolution:
-Critical failure: -3 DoS
-The Base Dowry is 36 points, each DoS by Lord Rowan decreases it by 3 points, each DoS by Starkwoods increases it by 3 points. It can at most be reduced to 18.
Dowry points may be allocated as follows:
-10 points: +1 DoS count towards Raising Wealth by one point.
-5 points: +1D which may be allocated towards any House Fortunes tests to raise Wealth.
-3 points: +1 coffers.
-1 points: +1 reserves.
-At most half the points should go to coffers/reserves.
Special:
-For each point of base influence with bargain below 5, suffer -1b (as training penalty) to all tests.
-Knightly/Lordly Chivalry reduces Lord Rowan's DoS by 2.
-Each point of influence spent grants +1D to any one test (once per test, does not apply to empathy)
-Can spend a single House Blood point for +1D to all tests except empathy.
Benefits/Drawbacks
-Adept Negotiator grants +1D to all tests, in person, this is neutralized for the remaining three tests if the empathy test is successful (works both ways)
-Anointed reduces Lord Rowan's DoS by 2.
-Attractive grants +1 to all tests (except empathy) in person.
-Charismatic grants +1 to all tests in person.
-Courteous grants +1D to all tests (except empathy) in person.
-Bastard Born inflicts -1 on all tests
-Proud must be tested for after rolls have been made (with choices of assist), failed self-control invalidates assists where applicable.
Among the NPC's, Maester Ronnel is by far the best choice to take point (4D on Audience, 4D+2B on everything else that is relevant, Stone Faced, Adept Negotiator, Proud, does 5 influence with bargain)
Assists available from NPC's:
Status: +2 (Ulbert, Allyria)
Cunning: +2 (Ronnel, Allyria), +1 (Ulbert)
Language: +2 (Ronnel), +1 (Ulbert, Allyria)
Persuasion: +2 (Ulbert, Allyria)
