Arcanos desenterradosCONTACTOSEste sistema codifica un fenómeno común en la mayoría de los casos. Campañas a largo plazo: el camarero amistoso, el armero brusco, o sabio distraído que apunta a los PJs en la dirección correcta, transmite pistas importantes, u ofrece habilidades inusuales y conocimiento. Con esta variante, los PC tienen uno o más contactos sin nombre marcados en sus hojas de personaje para su uso posterior. Un jugador puede: definir un contacto para su personaje en cualquier momento durante el juego, dando al PC acceso a un NPC amistoso. Esta variante es particularmente apropiado en campañas que presentan misterios, intriga y mucha interacción con los personajes. Es especialmente efectivo en manos de un DJ al que no le importa improvisando nuevos NPC de improviso en el momento. For example, when a character needs an inscription translated from the Skoran language, an invitation to the Lord’s Pageant, or the services of a master in Oficio (gemcutting), the player tells the GM that he wants to define one of his character’s contacts for the purpose. Then the GM describes how the contact came about, from the character’s point of view: “You buy your lute strings from Dormendo Vedrai, who is the husband of a Skoran woman, Thiang. She remembers you as one of the musicians who performed at their wedding feast, and is happy to do you a favor.” In game terms, Teryeth has a friendly attitude toward the PC that continues unless the character does something to change the relationship. She is willing to translate the inscription, and she may perform a similar service on other occasions as time goes on. The player notes on the character sheet that one of his character’s contacts has been defined as Thiang Vedrai, a speaker and writer of the Skoran language. Mesa: Contactos
OBTENCIÓN DE CONTACTOSPlayer characters automatically gain contacts as they rise in level; see Tabla: Contactos. Cuando un PC obtiene un nuevo contacto potencial, debe seleccionar qué tipo de contacto es (información, influencia, or habilidad), but doesn’t define it further until it’s needed.A multiclass character gains contacts according to his class level in each of his classes, regardless of what his character level is. For example, a 3rd-level bardo/2nd-level bárbaro gains a new contact when he reaches 6th level if he takes 4th level in bard, but not if he takes 3rd level in barbarian. NPCs Y CONTACTOSWhile all defined contacts are friendly NPCs, that doesn’t mean that all friendly NPCs are defined contacts. The contact variant is intended to supplement, not replace, other social interactions with noncombatant NPCs. It gives a player a chance to insert a minor character into the ongoing drama.Los contactos definidos deben estar entre los más importantes de la campaña. personajes estables. A menos que los personajes sean completamente obtusos o tienen una desgracia notable, los personajes secundarios que definen como Los contactos no van a ninguna parte. Por lo general, son dondequiera que vivan, y por lo general tienen la tiempo e inclinación para ayudar a su amigo el PC. NPC Mayor los personajes —los definidos enteramente por el DJ— son fuera de los límites como contactos. Un jugador no puede simplemente decir: "Yo quieren definir a la reina como un contacto". Un contacto no arriesgará su vida o su sustento en el El PJ lo dice, pero un contacto hace algunos sacrificios por un amigo. Por ejemplo, un contacto quemará el aceite de medianoche traducir un texto antiguo o sacar a escondidas la llave de la despensa el castillo (siempre y cuando esté de vuelta por la mañana). Hay una relación inversa entre el la importancia del contacto en la campaña en curso y la cantidad de ayuda que ella puede proporcionar. En otras palabras, si eliges al alcalde como tu contacto, a veces está demasiado ocupado para verte en un en un momento dado, pero es muy útil cuando te pones una audiencia. Tallin el zapatero, por otro lado, prácticamente vive en su tienda en River Street, lo que lo pone a disposición de día o de noche, pero las formas en que Él puede ayudarte son más limitado. TIPOS DE CONTACTOSContacts come in three varieties: Contactos de información, influencia Contactos, and Contactos de habilidades.Contactos de informaciónInformation contacts are useful for what they know. They’re the ones who hear all the rumors — and they can discern which ones are true. Some just have an uncanny sense of what’s going on in their neighborhood or town, such as the grumpy bartender, the talkative fruit merchant, and the watch captain who has seen it all. Other information contacts have more focused interests, such as the army sergeant who knows all about troop movements, the fence who is privy to every major theft in the city, or the scribe assigned to write down every utterance of the high cleric-prophets.An information contact is generally a plebeyo or an expert with one-third the class levels of his PC friend. It’s okay to give such a character a few levels in another class such as hechicero, pillo, or luchador if it’s reasonable for someone in the contact’s position to have this experience. Most information contacts spend their skill points on interaction skills such as Diplomacia, Reunir Información, and Motivo de sentido. Contactos de influenciaInfluence contacts are useful because of who they know or who they are associated with. While a player can’t define the queen as his character’s contact, he can define one of her chambermaids as a contact. The maid doesn’t have a broad store of information, and she doesn’t have any skills the PCs might need. But she might be able to put in a good word with the queen, and she can certainly make introductions between the PC and the rest of the queen’s domestic staff. The purpose of an influence contact is to enable and smooth talks with more important, but less friendly, NPCs.Un contacto de influencia tiene una cuarta parte de los niveles de clase de su Amigo de PC, casi siempre en una clase NPC (experto, aristócrata, plebeyo, experto, or guerrero) a menos que el carácter se encuentra en un entorno como una academia de magos donde Casi todo el mundo tiene niveles de clase específicos. Habilidad ContactosSkill contacts are useful for what they do. Some skills — especially categories of Oficio, Profesión, and Conocimiento — are rarely possessed by PCs. Skill contacts have those skills in abundance, so they’re useful when characters need a smith to repair a lance, an honest broker to appraise a giant pearl, or a herald who can identify the helmed knight displaying a two-headed wyvern on her standard. A special category of the skill contact is the linguist, who can tell you what “Bree-Yark!” means in Goblin.A skill contact is generally an experto with half as many levels as his PC friend. He has maximum ranks in the skill he is best at, and his highest ability score is in the key ability for the skill in question. A skill contact always has the Enfoque de habilidad feat related to his field of specialty. |
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