Contacts
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A Contact is a single individual whom the character knows, and who has a certain degree of Loyalty towards the character, and is willing to help the character in certain ways, according to what his specialty is (slighly secret information, Insider/Mole information or Gossip, or various forms of skilled aid), but who will not adventure with the character or take any great risk (the Mole being the minor exception to this).
There are 8 kinds of Contacts, and a few more will perhap be added later. The average player character will have several Contacts.
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Contact Types
| Contact type | Base cost | Loyalty | Skill | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gossip | 3 PP | 2 | 3 | Can provide the latest gossip on everyone in a Village-sized (Ex0) or somewhat larger area |
| Information | 15 PP | 4 | 4 | Can provide basic and not-really-secret information from inside an organization |
| Mentor | 10 PP | 4 | - | Will give the character advice, according to his own worldview and biases (a Mentor is never a spokesperson for the GM!). Useful if the character is confused, lost or bewildered. |
| Mole-B | 30 PP | 2 | 4 | Provides very secret information from inside organization (version B is being Blackmailed by the character, while version F is a Friend doing it due to high Loyalty) |
| Mole-F | 30 PP | 5 | 4 | |
| Teacher | 15 PP | 4 | 5 | Will Teach or Train the character in a small (or slightly larger) number of Skills. Use the Trainer(C) version for a contact that can train the character in combat skills |
| Trainer | 15 PP | 4 | 5 | |
| Trainer(C) | 30 PP | 4 | 5 | |
| Skilled | 15 PP | 4 | 4 | Will give one kind of skilled aid to the character, e.g. medical aid, or firearm customization, but like all other Contacts will never go adventuring with the character. |
| Trader | 10 PP | 3 | - | Is willing to trade with the character, in spite of cultural, religious and racial or species differences, and may even give slightly fabourable deals. |
| Supplier | 10 PP | 3 | 4 | Has rare items in stock, such as high-Quality weapons or armour which are otherwise only made to order |
| Dealer | 15 PP | 2 | 4 | Sells items that are illegal or highly disapproved of, such as poisons |
Contact Levels
| Contact Level | Cost |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2 PP |
| 2 | 4 PP |
| 3 | 6 PP |
| 4 | 8 PP |
| 5 | 10 PP |
| 6 | 12 PP |
| 7 | 14 PP |
| 8 | 16 PP |
| 9 | 18 PP |
| 10 | 20 PP |
| Contact Level | Cost |
|---|---|
| 11 | 23 PP |
| 12 | 26 PP |
| 13 | 29 PP |
| 14 | 32 PP |
| 15 | 35 PP |
| 16 | 38 PP |
| 17 | 41 PP |
| 18 | 44 PP |
| 19 | 47 PP |
| 20 | 50 PP |
| Contact Level | Cost |
|---|---|
| 21 | 54 PP |
| 22 | 58 PP |
| 23 | 62 PP |
| 24 | 66 PP |
| 25 | 70 PP |
| 26 | 74 PP |
| 27 | 78 PP |
| 28 | 82 PP |
| 29 | 86 PP |
| 30 | 90 PP |
| Contact Level | Cost |
|---|---|
| 31 | 95 PP |
| 32 | 100 PP |
| 33 | 105 PP |
| 34 | 110 PP |
| 35 | 115 PP |
| 36 | 120 PP |
| 37 | 125 PP |
| 38 | 130 PP |
| 39 | 135 PP |
| 40 | 140 PP |
| Contact Level | Cost |
|---|---|
| 41 | 146 PP |
| 42 | 152 PP |
| 43 | 158 PP |
| 44 | 164 PP |
| 45 | 170 PP |
| 46 | 176 PP |
| 47 | 182 PP |
| 48 | 188 PP |
| 49 | 194 PP |
| 50 | 200 PP |
| Contact Level | Cost |
|---|---|
| 51 | 207 PP |
| +1 | +7 PP |
Contacts can be improved, in terms of Skill (except those types that don't have Skill) and Loyalty, and in other ways, during character creation. Each such improvement cost one or more Contact Levels. Total up all the Contact Levels for each Contact to find the Perk Point cost. This PP costis added to the base PP cost of the Contacto find the total PP cost.
As an example, a Gossip has a base cost of 3 PP. If improved with 7 Contact Levels, which coss 14 PP, the total cost of this Gossip is 17 PP.
Contact Skill
Note that the Mentor and the Trader Contact type have no Skill level, and so cannot be improved in this way.
b denotes the base Skill level, that which is included in the base cost of the Contact. - denotes that this Skill level is unavailable for htis Contact type, either because it is less han the base Skill level, or because it is impossibly high. Skill level 8 is boldfaced throughout this table, for ease of reference.
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gossip | b | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 28 | - |
| Information | - | b | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 35 |
| Mole(B/F) | - | b | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 33 | - | - | - |
| Teacher | - | - | b | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 30 | - | - | - |
| Trainer | - | - | b | 4 | 9 | 16 | 24 | 35 | - | - | - |
| Trainer(C) | - | - | b | 5 | 11 | 19 | 31 | - | - | - | - |
| Skilled | - | b | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 35 | - |
| Supplier | - | b | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 35 |
| Dealer | - | b | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 35 | - |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Contact Loyalty
- again denotes a Loyalty value that is unavailable, either because it is lower than base or because it is too high. b benotes base Loyalty, the level that is inluded in the base PP cost of the Contact. The Loyalty 5 column has been boldfaced, for ease of reference.
| Loyalty | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gossip | b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Information | - | - | b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mentor | - | - | b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mole(B) | b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mole(F) | - | - | - | b | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teacher | - | - | b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Skilled | - | - | b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trader | - | b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supplier | - | b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dealer | b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Loyalty | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Other Contact Improvements
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Please note
After the 50th Contact Level, the cost goes up by 7 PP per CL continously, it does not continue to escalate (i.e. 100 Contact Levels would cost 550 PP). Also note that the vast majority of Contacts will have modest amounts of Contact Levels, perhaps from 5 to 20.
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