[SE] Cutting Out technique

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by whswhs

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.

Yeah, okay that works. Accept, I'm not down with the character making the 'same' skill roll twice and getting bonuses from himself.

If another character made the first roll as an Aid Another/Team Player thing... yeah, that I'm okay with. Unless I'm running a solo game, then I'd consider letting one person give themselves bonuses.

Also, that's clearly a 'Cut Out', so... not sure how I missed that.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

Yeah, okay that works. Accept, I'm not down with the character making the 'same' skill roll twice and getting bonuses from himself.

That's exactly how it's supposed to be used. The bonus works just like the standard one from approachability: You pause to look over the crowd or the small group, taking a base time of 10 minutes. Then you roll to spot a suitable target. If you succeed, you get a more favorable reaction than if you picked someone at random. Or, if you choose to use an Influence skill, you get a bonus to the skill, but that's secondary to the reaction bonus.