Negotiate

Typically used with: Persuasion.

Diplomats, lawyers, politicians, and merchants are master Negotiators. This skill represents the ability to haggle and discuss a topic with another creature, in an attempt to lighten its disposition towards you.

Difficulty

There is no set DL for negotiate checks, as they are opposed between two people. The difference from the roll determines a character's new disposition. If the target gets the bigger roll, its mood is worsened. If the character performing the check gets a higher roll, the target's mood is improved.

Roll Difference	Disposition
−25 to −16	Down two
−15 to −6	Down one
−5 to 5	No change
6 to 15	Up one
16 to 25	Up two
26 to 35	Up three
36 to 45	Up Four

Hostile

A hostile creature will go out of its way to harm you. In fact, it will most likely disregard its own safety to bring you pain.

Malign

A malign creature generally wishes you ill will, but won't attack you without provocation.

Neutral

A neutral creature has no disposition towards you; it doesn't wish you harm, nor does it wish to help you.

Benign

A benign creature is amicable and pleasant to you, and will lend aid, but won't help in any overly inconvenient way.

Friendly

A friendly creature will go out of its way to give you aid. Sometimes, it will help you at dire consequences to itself.

A character can roll this check more than once to improve another's mood consecutively, but the roll could take a minute or more each time. Also, some may refuse to listen to any more banter after a certain point. Attempting to Negotiate with a target that has reached this point will be sure to automatically reduce their mood one step.

If you manage to improve a merchant's mood to friendly, you might get goods at wholesale, or services at cost of materials, but never for free. Hostile merchants may throw their wares at you, but certainly won't sell to your kind.

Opposed Rolls

Negotiate attempts are always opposed by Discern with Insight as the key ability.

Time

Each Negotiate check takes a minute or more (GM's call).

Retry

Negotiate attempts can be retried, but each occurrence takes time.