NPC Interactions

Every NPC has a Permanent Disposition (how they feel about you generally) and a Temporary Attitude (their current mood).

• Permanent Disposition: Provides a baseline Ease (-) or Hinder (+) to the Task Level.
• Temporary Attitude: Determined by the Drift Roll at the start of a scene.

Interactions

• A typical NPC will start at indifferent when meeting an NPC.
• Based on society and faction expectations adjust the relationship.
• Relationships changed based on the interactions.
• When interacting with an NPC any checks should be eased or hindered by the indicated amount.

First Interaction: When encountering an NPC for the first time start at indifferent and adjust your relationship based on society and faction expectations. This is where your character will start the relationship.

Following Interactions: Roll 2d6.

This is a temporary state and will only last for this scene unless you make a drastic change in the relationship status and it changes permanently. For any modifiers in social interactions use the original disposition, only their current attitude towards you is changed as their mood has.

At Character creation, any player NPCs and factions will start with a relationship already established.

• For factions start at Indifferent then you may move the starting relationship one step in any direction.
• For NPCs start at Indifferent then you may move the starting relationship up to two steps in any direction.

The Conversation

You are more than welcome to write/play out actual dialog and have a conversation with your NPCs. Or if you aren't feeling like a novelist or story teller today you can opt to choose a more mechanical method below.

Pick a Pathway.

Pathways

If you approach the NPC first:

Use the following results for the NPC Interactions

If the NPC approaches you first:

Use the following results for the NPC Interactions