Etiquette

Adventurers granted the honor of standing in the company of important dignitaries or nobles must mind their manners. Heroes who behave badly at court soon find themselves tossed out the castle gate or locked in the dungeon.

Etiquette confers knowledge of social customs, the correct forms of address for local rulers, and which fork to use at a Sultana’s dinner table, for example. Etiquette also covers knowledge of modern clothing fashion and how to behave towards those of higher station. In polite conversation at court, which topics would the nobles find interesting, and which would they perceive as lowly gossip? Which jokes are currently making the rounds in the Horas’ Realm? What is the best way to insult the baron while keeping up the appearance of good manners, yet at the same time making sure everyone else know exactly what you mean?

Check: SGC/INT/CHA
Applications: Fashion, Manners, Rumors, Small Talk
Encumbrance: No
Quality: the hero makes a good impression and is remembered in a positive light.
Failed Check: the hero forgets some important rules of etiquette and makes a bad impression.
Critical Success: the hero’s manners, wit, and charm are the talk of the party.
Botch: the hero’s boorish behavior insults an important personage.
Improvement Cost: B

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