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Forgery
The act of falsely and with fraudulent intent
making or altering a writing or copying a signature,
this skill can be dangerous to practice. In order
to make a Forgery, a character must be literate,
and therefore practiced with the use of the quill.
Whenever this skill is practiced, a Forgery skill check
must be made.
Check: Roll 3d10 and apply the average of
the modifiers from the sub-abilities of Hand-Eye
Coordination and Language. If the forgery is in a
language foreign and unfamiliar to the forger, then
a - 10 penalty is incurred. Higher results correspond
with better forgeries. The Aedile will declare the
TH necessary for the specific Forgery.
Gambling
The act of playing a game and consciously
risking money or other stakes on its outcome, gambling
is a skill of risk. Whenever a bet is placed, a
Gambling skill check is made.
Check: Roll 3d10 and apply the average of
the modifiers for the sub-abilities of Math and Common
Sense. Higher results correspond with better
odds of winning. If the gambler is playing House
of Fortune (see below), then the following adjustments
are made, otherwise the following adjustment
applies to the odds of other games:
TH
Adjustment
to Odds
House of Fortune
< 14 - 10%
If a 2 or 12 is rolled, then
the result is 7.
14
- 5%
If a 2 is rolled, then the
result is 7.
17
- -
21
+ 5%
If a 7 is rolled, then the
result is 2.
> 29 + 10%
If a 6 or 7 is rolled, then
the result is 12.
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