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<blockquote data-quote="Garthanos" data-source="post: 7524430" data-attributes="member: 82504"><p>Here is an example and no it's not the specialist. My groups have smaller numbers of players ie having a specialist is far from guaranteed. </p><p></p><p>Mechanically a Malediction invoker (*Witch in fiction) worst skill is her bluff skill sounds weird but no damnit she isn't the deceiver she is a revealer (she is actually somewhat better at athletics and has high stamina) if at 6th level she were forced by circumstances to bluff past the mayor she could pull it off reasonably mechanically (say the difficulty is still the 15 because I am too lazy) It would be a challenging roll of 13 to succeed and fun if she didnt succeed even as it would highlight that hating lying thing rather well ie its not bad story to branch in a significant way. </p><p></p><p>At level 23 she would in fiction be about 1.5 tiers away (perhaps it doesn't matter much that she is now Chosen of the Goddess or does it?) and even though she still hates lying has masses more confidence and knows far more what is plausible nope no training specifically in bluffing but has the endowments of adventuring life experience and would based on pure mechanics in 4e still succeed on a roll of 3 ie she would have a 90 percent chance (with some minor variations by choices) of getting through it. </p><p></p><p>At level 23 I wouldn't have even considered it being the Mayor with his DC15 she "needed" to bluff past because it's no longer matching the fiction for that to be an obstacle, but it also just wouldn't have mechanical backing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garthanos, post: 7524430, member: 82504"] Here is an example and no it's not the specialist. My groups have smaller numbers of players ie having a specialist is far from guaranteed. Mechanically a Malediction invoker (*Witch in fiction) worst skill is her bluff skill sounds weird but no damnit she isn't the deceiver she is a revealer (she is actually somewhat better at athletics and has high stamina) if at 6th level she were forced by circumstances to bluff past the mayor she could pull it off reasonably mechanically (say the difficulty is still the 15 because I am too lazy) It would be a challenging roll of 13 to succeed and fun if she didnt succeed even as it would highlight that hating lying thing rather well ie its not bad story to branch in a significant way. At level 23 she would in fiction be about 1.5 tiers away (perhaps it doesn't matter much that she is now Chosen of the Goddess or does it?) and even though she still hates lying has masses more confidence and knows far more what is plausible nope no training specifically in bluffing but has the endowments of adventuring life experience and would based on pure mechanics in 4e still succeed on a roll of 3 ie she would have a 90 percent chance (with some minor variations by choices) of getting through it. At level 23 I wouldn't have even considered it being the Mayor with his DC15 she "needed" to bluff past because it's no longer matching the fiction for that to be an obstacle, but it also just wouldn't have mechanical backing. [/QUOTE]
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