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Intimidation
This skill entails most attempts to bully,
browbeat, frighten, or coerce others into submission
or obedience, inspiring a sense of inferiority.
Often, intimidation is an attempt through threats
and/or violence to compel others to action or inaction.
In any case, it is a reduction to a state where
the spirit is broken or all courage lost. Some men
attempt rape after intimidating women to allow the
man to have his way with her; oftentimes, if this
fails, the man changes tactics and attempts a Wrestling
skill check, hoping to overbear her. Aside from
Wrestling, if any of the above is attempted, an Intimidation
skill check must be made.
Check: Roll 3d10 and apply the average of
the modifiers from the Physique sub-ability and the
Charisma ability. The character to be intimidated
must also make an Intimidation skill check. If they
are restrained physically, then they suffer - 15 to their
roll. If they are outnumbered at least 3-to-1, then
they suffer - 10 to their roll. Compare the height of
the 2 characters. For each inch of difference, the
character attempting Intimidation adjusts their skill
check by 1, in whichever direction is appropriate.
Finally, the Strength scores of the 2 characters are
compared. For each 5 points of difference in subability,
the character attempting Intimidation adjusts
their skill check by 1, in whichever direction is appropriate.
If the intimidator has the higher roll,
then Intimidation is successful. Intimidating masses
of characters instead of individuals is a different matter,
best determined by the Aedile.
Juggling
The skill of juggling is the art of keeping
multiple objects in the air at the same time through
precise throwing and catching. Anytime this is attempted,
a Juggling skill check must be made.
LC: Initially with each type of object there
is a - 13 LC, though it improves by 2 per month if
practiced daily.
Check: Roll 3d10 and apply the modifier
from the Hand-Eye Coordination sub-ability.
Higher results correspond to better and longer performances.
The table below assumes that the objects
to be juggled are simple, such as apples. More
difficult objects, such as knives, incur penalties. For
example, juggling throwing knives or 2 hand axes
often incurs a - 10 penalty. From the table below,
the Aedile should determine the number of objects
and duration, and not inform the player. If dangerous
items are juggled and failure occurs or the objects
are juggled longer than allowed by the table,
then a 2 nd juggling skill check must be made to determine
whether or not the juggler is harmed. For
a 2 nd check, a juggler must pass a skill check at TH
17 or be injured by a random number of the objects
juggled. Consult the table below:
TH
Result
29
May juggle (1d4 + 1) objects for 2d6
minutes
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