Steve Jackson Games Forums - [Basic] Skill of the week: Public Speaking

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Originally Posted by RogerBW (Post 2038624)

I think of this as the "swaying the crowd" skill, as distinct from the standard Influence skills, and I don't seem to have a lot of crowds in my games. I should probably do something about that.

Well, it's an intermediate form of that. Swaying really large populations uses Propaganda, or maybe Psychology (Applied) for psy-ops.

Public Speaking is also an art skill, good for telling stories or jokes, or for the recital part of verse (unless it's been set to music, which uses Singing).