03-12-2015, 09:04 AM | #1 |
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[SE] Cutting Out technique
The prerequisites for the Cutting Out technique (SE pg81) list "any Per-based social interaction skill." AFAIK the only Per-based social interaction skills are Body Language and Detect Lies. Is this technique intended to be allowed for only those two skills, or could one learn it for other social interaction skills that have been floated to Per(i.e. a Per-based Diplomacy roll?)
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03-12-2015, 10:00 AM | #2 |
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Re: [SE] Cutting Out technique
It reads to me like your first suggestion, but I could be wrong. Maybe Bill can clarify his intent?
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03-12-2015, 11:37 AM | #3 | |
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It's just important that we state the "Per-based" part, because that's what the technique is bought up from. Remember that every single skill in GURPS can be floated to another attribute where that makes sense. So if you have Intimidation, you also have Per-based Intimidation (and DX-based Intimidation, HT-based Intimidation, and so on).
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03-12-2015, 12:45 PM | #4 | |
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03-12-2015, 01:35 PM | #5 |
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No, it's not. Approachability specifies that you can't use it to single one person out of a tight-knit small group, as they will all have the same reaction. Cutting Out bypasses this limit, letting you single out one particular person as the one who can be detached from the group—the teacher calling on one student, the sergeant glaring at one recruit, the flirt catching the eye of one potential target. This is a harder task and is done at -4.
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03-12-2015, 02:11 PM | #6 |
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03-12-2015, 02:18 PM | #7 |
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You pick out the one guy in a close-knit group who's a little more vulnerable to intimidation. You try to intimidate him, at +1 to your Intimidation roll. This doesn't intimidate his mates.
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03-12-2015, 02:39 PM | #8 | |
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Are there any guidelines for deciding when a group should be labeled small or large? Additionally, in the Influence Skills section, it mentions the GM including a negative modifier for inappropriate Influence skill usage. For a character with multiple Influence skills, would making a similar Per-based skill roll help the character to decide which skill would be most well-received by in a certain situation, or would this be covered better by the mechanics in the Motivation section? |
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03-12-2015, 04:23 PM | #10 | |
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IQ-based Guns comes up a lot, and it's not to shoot people by thinking really hard about it.
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