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Message no. 1
From: Lars M Ericson <lericson@***.EDU>
Subject: Some skill questions...
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 11:55:25 CST
I have a character who wants to get an intimidation skill as
well as another character who wants to get a seduction skill. Would
these be new skills? Or would they be concentrations of
perhaps...Interrogation, Negotiation, Etiquette, Leadership (for
Intimidation); or Negotiation (for Seduction)?


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Message no. 2
From: steven mancini <mancinis@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Some skill questions...
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 14:36:58 EST
In response to Lars M Ericson:
]
] I have a character who wants to get an intimidation skill as
] well as another character who wants to get a seduction skill. Would
] these be new skills? Or would they be concentrations of
] perhaps...Interrogation, Negotiation, Etiquette, Leadership (for
] Intimidation); or Negotiation (for Seduction)?
]
Intimidation is a general skill, according to SR I.


General: Psychology
Concentration: Individual
Specialization: Seduction

Da Minotaur

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Message no. 3
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Some skill questions...
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 16:10:42 -0500
On Fri, 25 Feb 1994, Lars M Ericson wrote:

> I have a character who wants to get an intimidation skill as
> well as another character who wants to get a seduction skill. Would
> these be new skills? Or would they be concentrations of
> perhaps...Interrogation, Negotiation, Etiquette, Leadership (for
> Intimidation); or Negotiation (for Seduction)?

I'd suggest that you use the Charisma attribute, and ask your
players to role-play it.
An old girlfriend of mine once told me that the only difference
between seduction and rape was salesmanship. She then told me I was a
good salesman...but it was all charisma and teenage hormones. =^> For
anything else, I'm really no good at sales.
Understand my point?

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Message no. 4
From: Michael Garoni <Michael_Garoni@****.INTERSOLV.COM>
Subject: Re: Some skill questions...
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 09:38:00 LCL
Lars M Ericson:
:] I have a character who wants to get an intimidation skill as
:]well as another character who wants to get a seduction skill. Would
:]these be new skills? Or would they be concentrations of
:]perhaps...Interrogation, Negotiation, Etiquette, Leadership (for
:]Intimidation); or Negotiation (for Seduction)?

How about psychology ?

Mind you, I know that War Hammer uses Negotiation for Seduction! Mind you, in
Dream Chipper (I think) one of the NPCs had seduction chipped - I think it was
from psychology. I can't remember - the character was the rigger who thought
she was Cleopatra.

I also saw a PC once who started with a skill chip in Psychology - Deviant
Behavior. Personally I would find that intimidating.

-Obi Wan
Message no. 5
From: Warlok <EHULTGRE@******.BITNET>
Subject: Re: Some skill questions...
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 22:07:49 EST
Woah, is War Hammer a book or module, 'cause if you're thinking of the game,
they have a seduction skill(along with a lot of similar ones, all Fellowship
based.)

-Warlok
Message no. 6
From: Michael Garoni <Michael_Garoni@****.INTERSOLV.COM>
Subject: Re[2]: Some skill questions...
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 15:55:00 LCL
Warlok:
:]Woah, is War Hammer a book or module, 'cause if you're thinking of the game,
:]they have a seduction skill(along with a lot of similar ones, all Fellowship
:]based.)

Smoke:
Sorry for the confusion. In the game War Hammer FRP, they have two distinct
areas - Skills and Tests. Skills do not constitute a test and tests do not
constitute a skill. You are correct - Seduction is a skill, but to use it you
need to make a successful bargain, gossip or (help - I forgot the other test)
test. There is no standard seduction test, you have to lead into it, and then
the target has to fail a Willpower test. Unless this has been changed in a new
release that I didn't hear about, which is possible given the ease of obtaining
WH FRP stuff down here.

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