Rules / Talents / Society Talents
Society Talents
Nobility, connections, languages and codes.
| Talent | Tier | Requirements | Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Courtly Graces | 1 | 1+ ranks in Society | Use Society to Make an Impression on nobles, and to pass yourself off as a generic noble. |
| Connections | 2 | Courtly Graces; 2+ ranks in Society | Where you have contacts, use Society to arrange a meeting with an important figure or ask a favor (owing one later). |
| Multilingual | 1 | 1+ ranks in Society | Learn two new languages you have access to (common, uncommon or others available in the setting), plus one more at 5+ Society ranks and another at 9+ ranks. |
| Legendary Linguist | 2 | Multilingual; 9+ ranks in Society | Improvise a pidgin to communicate basic ideas with any creature that has a language, once you've identified how it communicates. |
| Read Lips | 1 | 1+ ranks in Society | You can read the lips of a creature you can clearly see, in a language you know. |
| Sign Language | 1 | 1+ ranks in Society | Know the sign languages for the languages you know (usually two-handed, and hard to use in combat or low visibility). |
| Streetwise | 1 | 1+ ranks in Society | In a settlement you know well, Gather Information with Society instantly (at a higher DC). |
| Legendary Codebreaker | 1 | 9+ ranks in Society | Decipher Writing with Society at reading speed. With the normal time, a success counts as a critical success and a critical success gives near word-for-word understanding. |
Courtly Graces
Tier 1
Skill
Requires: 1+ ranks in Society
Use Society to Make an Impression on nobles, and to pass yourself off as a generic noble. Impersonating a specific noble still uses Deception.
Connections
Tier 2
Skill
Requires: Courtly Graces; 2+ ranks in Society
Where you have contacts, use Society to arrange a meeting with an important figure or ask a favor (owing one later). The GM sets the DC.
Multilingual
Tier 1
Skill
Requires: 1+ ranks in Society
Learn two new languages you have access to (common, uncommon or others available in the setting), plus one more at 5+ Society ranks and another at 9+ ranks. Each time you take it again you learn more languages.
Special: this talent can be taken multiple times.
Legendary Linguist
Tier 2
Skill
Requires: Multilingual; 9+ ranks in Society
Improvise a pidgin to communicate basic ideas with any creature that has a language, once you've identified how it communicates.
Read Lips
Tier 1
Skill
Requires: 1+ ranks in Society
You can read the lips of a creature you can clearly see, in a language you know. At your leisure this is automatic. In an encounter, or when it's difficult, you must focus on the speaker: each round you do, you are Fascinated and Off-Guard and must succeed at a Society check (GM sets the DC) to understand. If you are deaf or hard of hearing, you also recognize the spoken forms of your languages by their lip movements and can speak them clearly enough to be understood.
Sign Language
Tier 1
Skill
Requires: 1+ ranks in Society
Know the sign languages for the languages you know (usually two-handed, and hard to use in combat or low visibility).
Streetwise
Tier 1
Skill
Requires: 1+ ranks in Society
In a settlement you know well, Gather Information with Society instantly (at a higher DC). If you fail, you can still gather normally.
Legendary Codebreaker
Tier 1
Skill
Requires: 9+ ranks in Society
Decipher Writing with Society at reading speed. With the normal time, a success counts as a critical success and a critical success gives near word-for-word understanding.