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Old 05-04-2013, 10:13 AM   #9
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Default Re: Indirect Influence (Text) and Time Taken

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh View Post
Greetings, all!

Several Influence Skills are fully effective through text. They can even get an extra +2 from Calligraphy. However, RAW doesn't say anything specific about another factor that can affect the persuasiveness of a letter: the amount of time/effort spent on composing it. As in, what is the default time required to write a letter that counts as an unmodified Influence Attempt? Does Time Spent affect the skills in the usual way, or should there be a custom progression?

Related: why is Calligraphy an option, but not Writing? Writing seems like a good complimentary skill for a more convincing wording of a request. Also, Calligraphy is kinda dead when you communicate through fixed-width non-formatted text.

Thanks in advance!
You might also consider that tweets and texts can also be quite persuasive, but only take a few seconds to write.
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