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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kaptain_Kantrip" data-source="post: 137332" data-attributes="member: 546">Noble Title [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You were born a member of a noble family or havebeen knighted as a lord of a noble house.     Prerequisite: Aristocrat or Noble level 1+ or anycharacter class level 4+     Benefit: You bear a noble rank, its title dependenton how many levels of this stackable feat you possess.Each successive level raises you in rank one title (seethe chart below).     In addition, each rank grants you a +1 bonus toDiplomacy checks among other nobles, even those ofrival houses. This bonus is stackable with eachsuccessive rank.     Nobles have the right to impress any serf beholdento them into temporary combat service. Most serfs arepoor combatants, however, and will usually run froma fight the first chance they get.Nonetheless, they mayprovide an adequate vigilante posse for hunting downescaped criminals. If the impressed serf is killed insuch service, the noble must pay a weregild to hisfamily, although this rarely costs more than threeyears of that serrf’s wages (average of 10 gp).     Gaining this feat without first taking levels in theAristocrat or Noble class requires GM permission anda good roleplaying reason (usually representingbattlefield knighting, which is extremely rare).     1st feat = Knight/Dame     2nd feat = Baronet     3rd feat = Baron/Baroness     4th feat = Earl or Marquis/Marquessa     5th feat = Count/Countess     6th feat = Duke/DuchessThere is one higher title for each house: thePrince/Princess, the head of the entire household.Such a rank must be gained through arduousgameplay--the Machiavellian schemes necessary tosupplant a current Prince/Princess are practicallyunimaginable.Passage Contract [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You have a permanent favor from a church, guild ornoble house: free passage on any outbound ship.Benefit: Thanks to some preexisting arrangementwith one of the above entities, you do not have toworry about booking passage on ships. Of course,accommodations may not always be the best, and theship may make a number of stops along the way, butis (mostly) a sure thing.     You may bring along a number of people for freeequal to your Charisma modifier (if positive). Anyother people will have to pay for passage.     Special: This feat is stackable to gain betterquality accommodations.     1st feat = Tramp freighter. You ride with thecargo.     2nd feat = Stateroom. Made for two, it has beenknown to hold eight or more.     3rd feat = Luxury liner. The best. Meals included.Peasant Hero [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You are known to stand against tyrants in defense ofthe common man.     Benefit: You gain a +2 bonus to Diplomacy andGather Information checks when dealing withpeasants. Additionally, you may more easily be ableto convince them to hide you (and your cronies) fromthe authorities.Persuasive [Social][Adapted from Song & Silence]You have a way with words and body language.Political Favors [Social][Adapted from Spycraft d20]You have put critical information in front of powerfulindividuals in the past. Now they owe you.     Benefit: You receive a +1 bonus to allCharisma-based skill checks targeting bureaucratsand politicans and on all attempts to gain governmentintervention. Once per game session, if you cancontact someone who owes you, you can have allcriminal charges against you dropped (GM’sdiscretion), or gain access to a secure (but not secret)government facility. Purgation [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You can harangue the faithful into confessing theirsins.Prerequisite: Wis 13+, Sect Affiliation.Benefit: Even the most libertine noble or guildmember has doubts about the state of his immortalsoul. You can exploit these doubts and verballyharangue a person into confessing his sins.     Once per day, you can extract a confession fromsomeone. The subject of condemnation must be amember of your religion and you must spend at leasta full round condemning him for his sins. He canmake a Will save against a DC equal to yourCharisma modifier + your level; he gets a +2 bonus ifhe is not of your sect.     If he fails, he confesses to a petty sin (“I lustedafter the Duchess!”). If he fails by more than 5 points,he confesses to a greater sin (“I wanted to kill therector!”). If he fails by more than ten points, heconfesses to a horrible sin (“I killed the knight andburied his body in the coal mines! Sob!”). Of course,if he has committed no horrible sin, he will notconfess to one, but instead beg for an act of penancefrom you for his sin. Appropriate penance varies withreligion, but might consist of seeking forgivenessfrom the person he wronged, go on a pilgrimage to aholy site and there reflect upon his sins, or performsome charitable deed for the church.Rabble Rouser [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You can rouse peasants and crowds into riotousaction.     Prerequisite: Cha 15+, Enthrall.     Benefit: You can exploit existing discontentamong the lower classes and fan it into a blaze ofanger. You must first go to a place where peasantsgather, such as at the local inn. You then orate tothem, playing on their hopes and fears to arouse theminto action against a particular type of evil: a tyrantlord, a scheming merchant, a lying priest, etc. Youmust make a Perform check, as described in theEnthrall feat. Any who fail their Will saves followyour lead onto the streets, wielding whateverweapons are handy. They can be directed at anexample of whatever evil you orated against. If youpoint to a merchant and decry him as a usurer (forexample), they’ll descend on him with sticks and beathim senseless, perhaps to death.     This feat does not grant you legal or moralabsolution for your actions. The local guard mayattempt to arrest you as a rabble-rouser. The angrymob is certainly not exempt from punishment--someof them may even be hanged as rioters, to provide anexample to others. Their families may blame you andtake action themselves to gain revenge. What’s more,the victim of your aroused mob--assuming hesurvived--may make it his life’s goal to avengehimself upon you.Racial Ally [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You are a known friend and ally to a particular raceother than your own.     Prerequisite: Xeno-Empathy, Cha 13+     Benefit: When dealing with members of the raceto which this feat applies, you gain a +2 bonusDiplomacy and Gather Information bonus.      The race chosen must be intelligent andfree-willed (e.g., no golems, oozes or zombies). Youmust specify how you came to be held in such highesteem by the race chosen.     Special: This feat may be taken multiple times.The effects do not stack; each time this feat is taken,a different race must be chosen.      Common choices for this feat are: drow, duergar,dwarf, elemental (one element), elf, gnome,goblinoid, halfling, giant, gnoll, human (choosenation), lizardfolk, merfolk, ogre, orc, outsider(choose one type, such as celestial, devil or slaad) orundead (choose one type, such as ghouls). The DMhas the right to veto any choice he feels isinappropriate.  Refuge [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You have some place you can go where you will bewelcomed and safe.     Benefit: Your refuge might be a noble’s castle, ahidden monastery, a guild safe house, a rentedapartment or just a cave you outfitted yourself.     Special: This feat is stackable to increase thesafety and size of the refuge or to add additionalrefuges.     1st feat = Cave, cheap apartment, small farm     2nd feat = Guild safe house or Church monastery     3rd feat = CastleRetainer [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You have a devoted servant or friend who will followyou to the ends of the earth.     Benefit: Whether it is the loyal seneschal who hasalways served your family or the childhood friendwho keeps his blood-brother oath through thick andthin, your retainer is devoted to you.     Your retainer is a 1st-level Expert trained inwhatever line of work he needs to best serve you. Hegoes up in level one level for every two levels yourise. He is considered to have whatever outfit isneeded for his work, but you must pay to equip himwith weapons and armor.     Additional hired help can be gained with moneyduring game play, but they don’t exhibit the fierceloyalty your retainer does. In other words, when themoney runs out, they’re gone, but the retainer alwaysstays.Righteous Sermon [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You can inspire others with passages from yourgospels.     Prerequisite: Perform 6+.     Benefit: By reading from your church gospels(either from memory or from the book itself), you caninspire courage in allies who share your religion.Each person to be affected must hear at least one fullround of sermons. The effect lasts as long as thesermons are read, and for five rounds thereafter.During the oration, you may make melee or rangedattacks but cannot cast spells.     Allies receive a +1 morale bonus to saving throws,attack rolls and weapon damage rolls. Only allieswho believe in your religion gain the bonus.Righteous Sermon is an extraordinary ability.Saddleback [Social][Adapted from Forgotten Realms]You are as comfortable riding as walking. Youengage in many social events involving mounts, suchas jousting tournaments, riding competitions orhunting parties.Saint [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You have achieved sainthood in the eyes of manypeople, who treat you like messiah.     Prerequisite: Any character class level 18+     Benefit: You are considered holy by a certainsegment of the population. Whether it is theircollective belief that makes it true or some personalvirtue recently awakened, you do indeed exhibit holypowers.     Once per day, you may perform a miracle. Youmake a Wisdom check and compare the result againstthe DC. The effect and extent of this is ultimatelydetermined by the GM.      See Fading Suns d20, p. 104 for more informationon this feat.Savior-Faire [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You have a certain flair, dashing style or bravura thatmarks you as someone special.     Prerequisite: Cha 15+.     Benefit: Everything you do is done with style,whether it be entering a room and turning heads,carving your initials into a tapestry with your rapier,or even savoring a meal at a banquet to impress thehost.     You can intentionally attempt to impress otherswith your style in any task. You make any requiredchecks normally, but if your result is 5 or more pointshigher than the required DC to succeed, you haveperformed the deed with stunning flair. The GM isfree to dictate any rules effects from this, but possibleoutcomes are: You gain an initiative bonus onsuccessive actions or a bonus to Charisma-basedskills to further impress those who witnessed yourdeed.     It is very hard to embarrass you, for you can turneven a pratfall into an elegant dance. Anytime youfail very badly at something, you can make a Bluffcheck as a free action to mitigate the failure and makeit look intentional. The DC depends on the nature ofwhat you’ve done wrong, but it is usually DC 15 or20. The higher your result, the better your reaction toyour familiar appears.     As a free action, you may make a Diplomacycheck to oppose anyone trying to embarass you, evenif you are unaware of what’s going on (the GM canmake the roll for you).Secret [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You know something that most others do not.     Benefit: The secret you know can range fromblackmail on a minor noble to the location of aforgotten treasure. The GM should work closely withyou to ensure your secret fits into the game he wantsto run.     Special: You can take this feat multiple times. Itdoes not stack. Instead, each time this feat is taken, anew secret is learned.Secret Agent [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You are a spy working for an intelligence agency,gathering information or sabotaging rival’s works.     Prerequisite: Rogue level 1+, or any characterclass level 4+.     Benefit: You bear a commission as an intelligenceagent, its rank dependent on how many levels of thisstackable feat you possess. Each successive levelraises you one in rank by one title (see the chartbelow).     In addition, each rank grants you a +1 Innuendobonus when communicating with fellow agents ortrying to read the secret signs of rival agents. Thisbonus is stackable with each successive rank.     1st feat = Recruit     2nd feat = Agent     3rd feat = Field Agent     4th feat = Supervisor     5th feat = SpymasterIn addition, the secret agent chooses his affiliation.Each agency specializes in some role that allowsagents to gain bonuses to certain skills. The GM isfree to create other affiliations using the three belowas a model.     Covert Intel: Experts in covert informationgathering: +2 bonus to Open Lock skill.     Rat Squad: Experts in rooting out treason: +2bonus to Gather Information.     Undercover Ops: Experts in sensing other’sweaknesses: +2 bonus to Sense Motive. Secret Society Membership[Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]You have allies in a secret society, and thus haveaccess to training and potential aid from persecution.     Benefit: Secret societies may be commercial,political or religious criminal or terrorist groups,witch’s covens or other cults, but the one thing theyall have in common is the condemnation of the rulingauthorities, church and/or society. Its members usecode words or signs to signal meetings. You canrecognize the signs and codes for the particular groupto which you belong, and thus answer the call to ameeting or convene one yourself.     The details of your secret society should beworked out with the GM. Sect Affiliation [Social][Adapted from Fading Suns d20]The character is a member of a church sect or order.Each sect/order member undergoes special trainingthat provides a bonus to a skill, based on the domain chosen. This skill becomes a class skill, if it is not already.      Not all churches will have all of the followingsects/orders available, and the GM is free to inventothers to suit his campaign. Most deities will haveone sect/order for each domain in its portfolio ofpowers.     Air: +2 bonus to Balance checks.     Animal: +2 bonus to Handle Animal checks.     Cavern: +2 bonus to Intuit Direction checks.     Chaos: +2 bonus to Bluff checks.     Charm: +2 bonus to Diplomacy checks.     Craft: +2 bonus to one Craft skill of your choice.     Darkness: +2 bonus to Hide checks.     Death: +2 bonus to Knowledge (Undead) checks.     Destruction: +2 bonus to Knowledge (War)      checks.     Drow: +2 bonus to Move Silently checks.     Dwarf: +2 bonus to Search checks      Earth: +2 bonus to Knowledge (Nature) checks.      Elf: +2 bonus to Climb checks.     Evil: +2 bonus to Intimidate checks.     Family: +2 bonus to Knowledge (hearth wisdom)      checks. See Sword & Fist for description.     Fate: +2 bonus to Spot checks.     Fire: +2 bonus to Intimidate checks.     Gnome: +2 bonus to Perform (Jokes) checks.     Good: +2 bonus to Sense Motive checks.     Halfling: +2 bonus to Hide checks.     Hatred: +2 bonus to Intimidate checks.     Healing: +2 bonus to Heal checks.     Illusion: +2 bonus to Disguise checks.     Knowledge: +2 bonus to one Knowledge skill.      Law: +2 bonus to Sense Motive checks.     Luck: +2 bonus to any one of your class skills.     Magic: +2 bonus to Knowledge (Arcana) checks.     Mentalism: +2 bonus to Sense Motive checks.     Metal: +2 bonus to one Craft (involving      metalworking) skill.     Moon: +2 bonus to Hide checks.     Nobility: +2 bonus to Knowledge (Nobility)      checks.     Ocean: +2 bonus to Profession (Sailor) checks.     Orc: +2 bonus to Intimidate checks.     Planning: +2 bonus to Knowledge (War) checks.     Plant: +2 bonus to Knowledge (Nature) checks.     Portal: +2 bonus to Search checks.     Protection: +2 bonus to Listen checks.     Renewal: +2 bonus to Heal checks.     Retribution: +2 bonus to Intimidate checks.     Rune: +2 bonus to Forgery checks.     Scalykind: +2 bonus to Climb checks.      Slime: +2 bonus to Move Silently checks.     Spider: +2 bonus to Handle Animal (spiders)      checks.     Spell: +2 bonus to Spellcraft checks.     Strength: +2 bonus to Intimidate checks.     Storm: +2 bonus to Listen checks.     Suffering: +2 bonus to Concentration checks.     Sun: +2 bonus to Spot checks.     Time: +2 bonus to Sense Motive checks.     Trade: +2 bonus to Appraise checks.     Travel: +2 bonus to Wilderness Lore checks.     Trickery: +2 bonus to Bluff checks.     Tyranny: +2 bonus to Diplomacy checks.     Undeath: +2 bonus to Knowledge (Undead)      checks.     War: +2 bonus to Knowledge (War) checks.     Water: +2 bonus to Swim checks.Seduction [Social][Created by Kaptain Kantrip]You know how to “vamp it up” to get what you want.This feat is different than The Look, in that you arenot necessarily strikingly attractive, but you knowhow to use what you have to your best advantage.       Benefit: You receive a +2 bonus to Bluff (notfeint) and Diplomacy checks made to influence NPCswho would normally be attracted to your gender.Sidekick [Social][Adapted from Pulp Heroes d20]You have an individual follower of some ability.     Prerequisite: 6th level.Silver Palm [Social][Adapted from Forgotten Realms]You are well-versed in haggling and brokering deals.Silver Tongue [Social][Adapted from Spycraft d20]You have a knack for making even the unthinkablesound not only possible, but very appealing.     Benefit: You receive a +2 bonus to all Bluff (notfeint) and Diplomacy rolls to convert, seduce or swayan NPC to do something they know they shouldn’t.Further, your threat range for such attempts isincreased by 2 (e.g., 19-20 becomes 17-20).</blockquote>

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