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| − | You can also use this skill to steal an opponent's attention. Make a Taunt check opposed by their Virtue check. If your result exceeds theirs, they look your way with great annoyance. Size their gaze is fixated on you, they take a −2 penalty to Perception checks made to realize someone is pickpocketing them. | + | You can also use this skill to steal an opponent's attention. Make a Taunt check opposed by their Virtue check. If your result exceeds theirs, they look your way with great annoyance. Size their gaze is fixated on you, they take a −2 penalty to Perception checks made to realize someone is [[Thievery|pickpocketing]] them. |
You can also use this during combat to turn someone's violence toward yourself. This is extremely useful when a comrade is surrounded by too many foes, or to distract an opponent so someone can get the drop on them. If your opponent rolls a [[Critical Failure]], they gain the ''wide-eyed'' condition for the first attack from anyone but you. | You can also use this during combat to turn someone's violence toward yourself. This is extremely useful when a comrade is surrounded by too many foes, or to distract an opponent so someone can get the drop on them. If your opponent rolls a [[Critical Failure]], they gain the ''wide-eyed'' condition for the first attack from anyone but you. | ||
Revision as of 21:10, 7 July 2019
Typically used with: Persuasion.
In short: provoke. Taunt is similar to Intimidate in certain regards. Instead of an imposing demeanor, a character with ranks in Taunt uses a litany of verbal jeers and jabs to upset opponents. While intimidation instills fear, taunting entices anger, which quickly leads to slip-ups.
Taunting another character in combat takes 4 AP. You may taunt any bestial, elemental, humanoid, or legendary creature. Failed Taunt checks can be retried at a cumulative −2 penalty each time.
Tormenting
During combat, you can use Taunt to incite rage from a single opponent, increasing their chances of mistakes and carelessness. Make a Taunt check opposed by the opponent's Virtue check. If your result is highest, your rude gestures and stinging comments hit their mark, and they're pissed. You impose a −2 penalty on all of their rolls during the encounter. A single opponent can only be intimidated in this manner once per encounter.
Taunt and Intimidate are incompatible: you're either frightening a person, or you're ridiculing them, so the penalties do not stack.
Signaling
You can also use this skill to steal an opponent's attention. Make a Taunt check opposed by their Virtue check. If your result exceeds theirs, they look your way with great annoyance. Size their gaze is fixated on you, they take a −2 penalty to Perception checks made to realize someone is pickpocketing them.
You can also use this during combat to turn someone's violence toward yourself. This is extremely useful when a comrade is surrounded by too many foes, or to distract an opponent so someone can get the drop on them. If your opponent rolls a Critical Failure, they gain the wide-eyed condition for the first attack from anyone but you.
Alienating
A good insult can make bitter enemies out of close friends. Make a Taunt check opposed by their Mind Control check. If your result is highest, you may worsen their Disposition toward you. For each 5 points of difference, you worsen the creature's Disposition by one level. You can only attempt this once per day per person.
