Diplomat
The Diplomat dedicates their time to trying to solve problems with words and treaties instead of force and violence. The Diplomat ties the galaxy together using Promises and Favors. They seek to create Deals that are beneficial to both parties. The Diplomat is not against using underhanded means, as long as they keep their reputation squeaky clean, because a Diplomat's promises are nothing if their reputation is poor.
Base Abilities
- Promise: The Diplomat can use a Promise as their contribution to a Deal they are negotiating. If the Deal is agreed upon, the Diplomat must fulfill the Promise at a certain point, or they will lose a point of Reputation. If a Diplomat's Reputation is negative, they cannot use a Promise as their contribution.
- Favor: The Diplomat can use a Favor as their compensation to a Deal they are negotiating. If the Deal is agreed upon, the Diplomat can use the favor as a bargaining chip in another Deal, or they can call in the Favor themselves at a future point.
- Desire Detection (Level 1): The Diplomat is attuned to the desires of others. By spending 1 Motivation, the Diplomat can roll a Perception + Insight roll against the target's Confidence + Emotional Control. If they succeed and one of the target's Flaws is Avarice, the Diplomat can tell either the type of Avarice (Envy, Greed, or Gluttony) or what it is that they want. If the target does not have Avarice as a Flaw, the Diplomat has their Motivation refunded.
Ultimate Ability
- Wait, Stop!: The Diplomat has learned how to intercede in a hostile, even violent situation at least long enough for them to appeal to a target's emotions or logic. By spending 3 Motivation, a Diplomat can cause all those in hearing distance (5 squares) from engaging in combat until after they've heard the Diplomat out (2 Rounds of pause).
Knowledge
- Haggling: The Diplomat has learned the art of haggling and can use the Negotiation skill to argue down the price of something.
Motivators
- Let's Make a Deal: Every time the Diplomat makes a Deal, they gain 1 Motivation. Deals can include effort or expenditures in exchange for Favors, either delivered or Promised.
- A Promise Kept: Every time the Diplomat spends at least 10 minutes talking to people or working to make good on a Promise that they made, they gain 2 Motivation.
Knowledge: Haggling
The Diplomat knows how to get the best deal due to their constant study of people. Whenever a Diplomat is trying to buy goods or services, they can roll their Haggling Skill in addition to their Negotiation skill dice.
For every uncanceled Critical Hit, the Diplomat can gain another 5% price change in their favor!
Reputation
The Diplomat has a Reputation that they use to negotiate deals. The Reputation can be positive or negative. If it is positive, then it becomes a bonus die that the Diplomat can use with the Negotiation skill to attempt to make a Deal.
If the Reputation is negative, then it becomes additional resistance that an NPC gains to resist making a deal (Defense Die).
Each time the Diplomat makes a Deal and keeps their Promise, their Reputation increases by 1 to a maximum of 5. Each time they break a Promise, their Reputation decreases by 1, to a minimum of -5.
Hit Points
The Diplomat's Hit Points increase by 1 per level.
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Talent Tree(s)
- Influence (x6): The Diplomat earns Influence in a Realm of Power.
- Culture Familiarity (x10): The Diplomat becomes more Familiar in one of the Cultures of the Galaxy.
- Increased Charisma: The Diplomat gains 1 permanent Charisma point.
- Increased Confidence: The Diplomat gains 1 permanent Confidence point.
- Increased Intelligence: The Diplomat gains 1 permanent Intelligence point.
- Increased Perception: The Diplomat gains 1 permanent Perception point.
- Loves Own Voice: Whenever the Diplomat spends at least 10 minutes speaking, uninterrupted, they gain 2 Motivation.
- Winning Smile: When you are attempting to make a character like you via the Charm skill, you can reroll up to 2 dice. Your teeth (if you have any) are so white they practically sparkle!
- Friendly Warning: You have learned the art of threatening people in a way where they aren't able to retaliate. An implied threat smoothed over with a smile and a wink. When you roll your Confidence + Intimidation to attempt to Frighten or Intimidate another character, you may spend 1 Motivation. If you do, the character can not attempt to retaliate while in this "safe haven," that you've designated. This ability can also work if an ally performed the Intimidation within the last 1 minute.
- Let's Make a Deal: Whenever the Diplomat is rolling either a Negotiation Skill Check or the Negotiation Challenge Die, they can spend 3 Motivation. If they do, they can reroll all the dice involved.
- Backhanded Compliment: The Diplomat has learned how to lay on the charm while also being relentlessly insulting. By spending 1 Motivation, the Diplomat can say something incredibly Insulting but have the people around them think it a joke or a harmless ribbing, even if the target is seething with rage by the end of it. This ability can also work if an ally performed the Insulting within the last 1 minute.
- Charismatic Host: The Diplomat knows how to show others a good time. By spending 1 Motivation, they can ensure that any Charisma + Carousing check they are present for can reroll 1 die. In addition, if the Diplomat sacrifices a Favor, they can double the Disposition Improvement of all partygoers at the party, by having exactly what they like.
- Plausible Deniability: When the Diplomat is involved in a confidence play using Deception, they can spend 1 Motivation to ensure that their personal reputation is not sullied no matter how the con goes down. This ability can also work if an ally performed the Deception within the last 1 minute.
- Extra Favor: When the Diplomat has struck a deal, the target somehow owes them two Favors instead of one.
- False Promise: The Diplomat can create a Deal with a Promise that they have no intention of keeping. By spending 1 Motivation, the Diplomat can prevent this betrayal from harming their Reputation, however they must perform an Intelligence + Logic check against the target's Intelligence + Logic (doubled if the target is Logical). If they get at least one uncancelled Hit, they've created a loophole in their Promise that allows them to technically keep it while still reneging on the spirit of it. This ability can only be used once a month (session) or it really will hurt their Reputation.
- Favor Conversion Rate: The Diplomat can normally call in a Favor from a given character to solve a specific social problem that Influence could solve, converting it into a monetary amount is tantamount to bribery, and is not what you're about. However, sometimes a conversion needs to happen. To do this the Diplomat must spend 1 point of Motivation, and the Favor is converted into 100x that character's value in EXP as credits. The Diplomat has found a loophole to turn a Favor into credits that doesn't violate any ethical protocols.
Influence
The Diplomat has earned some Influence in one of the realms of power, and can use that Influence to grease the wheels and bypass the bureaucracy:
- Government
- Military
- Commerce
- Popular Culture
- Science & Technology
Each point of Influence in an area adds 1 die for Bureaucracy skill checks when interacting with those in that realm of power. The same realm of Influence can be selected multiple times.
Culture Familiarity
The Diplomat can become familiar with the dialects and idiosyncrasies of various sections of Galactic Society. When dealing with a familiar culture, the Diplomat can reroll 1 die for each Etiquette or Languages skill check, or the Communication Challenge Die once per challenge.
- Colonists
- Corporate Sector
- Great Houses
- Insurgents
- Merchants Guild
- Mid-Rim Work World
- Religious Acolytes
- Spacers
- Syndicates
- Techno Union
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