Alpha Dawn - Star Frontiersman

EMPATHY
Success rate:
10% + skill level
Empathy allows a character to get a general
impression of the mood and intentions of individuals
or groups. In order to use this skill, the specialist
must be able to see or hear the individual or group.
The information that a character gains by using this
skill is very vague and non-specific. The referee
should use descriptions like hostile, curious,
cautious, helpful, neutral, etc.
Empathy can be used by a character only once per
encounter. If two characters in the group have
Psycho-Social skill, each can try to use their
empathy subskill.
PERSUASION
Success rate:
10% + skill level
Persuasion lets a character try to convince a person
or group to follow a reasonable course of action
suggested by the character. The character must
explain his plan to the group or person being
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persuaded. If the character must use a translator,
he has a -10% modifier.
A character can try to persuade a group or individual
only once. If the character misses his roll by 50
points or more, his audience will get mad and might
try to do something that is the opposite of what the
character wanted.
COMMUNICATION
Success rate:
40% + skill level
This subskill can be used when a character must
communicate with a creature whose language he
does not speak or understand. If the character uses
this subskill successfully, he can communicate using
very simple messages. The referee might force
players to use simple messages by restricting them
to two-word phrases.
HYPNOSIS
Success rate:
15% + skill level
In order to hypnotize a character, the hypnotist
must be able to speak to the subject in a common