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Provides the character with deceptive social skills, ensuring the character will be liked and treated with respect by potential employers and members of a committee, who are there to decide upon the viability of the character as a candidate.  Effectively, the character is able to talk themselves into the desired position, thereafter becoming a functional member of the organization.
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'''Find Place''' is an amateur ability that enables the character to beguile others, so as to become popular with others. By means of this deception, the character is able to get hired, join a coterie of persons with shared interests or tastes, or become a welcome part of a congregation — even if the character lacks the necessary skills or is not a believer in the group's doctrine.  Put another way, the character is a good talker ... and is able to dupe others into thinking he or she is a good person, deserving to be one of their number.
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Thus the character is able to work his or her way into an organization, thus meeting persons in minor positions of authority and learning the operation's function from the inside out.  It's possible, if the right actions are taken, for the character to rise within the organization's power structure, despite the chicanery, pretense and outright lying involved.  This would require the character's separation from the party, however ... so it's practical only if the character is free to retire permanently or temporarily from the campaign, leaving the character's [[Henchfolk|henchfolk]] to carry on.  In fact, the character possessed of the sage ability could be one of the main player character's henchfolk.
  
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This presumes a certain amount of pretense, artifice and outright lying, as the character says what's required to conform to the circumstance — and therefore any break in the dissimulation would ultimately expose the character as a fraud.  This said, the character's ability to fit in ensures that, after an appropriate time, depending on the institution, that the character could rise to considerable influence in the organization.
 
  
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The ability also allows for the character to be easily liked by persons in minor positions of authority and especially amongst those who manage taverns, inns and theatres.  The character, through convivial efforts, is usually able to obtain two or three free drinks, the best rooms, the best seats, and be welcomed as a friend after having visited such establishments only one time before.  It is not unusual for thieves and assassins to use false names in such instances, and to cleverly use a tavernkeeper as an alibi or as a character reference, such is the strength of the deception.
 
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See [[Guile (sage study)|Guile]]
 
See [[Guile (sage study)|Guile]]
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Revision as of 05:30, 19 September 2021

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Find Place is an amateur ability that enables the character to beguile others, so as to become popular with others. By means of this deception, the character is able to get hired, join a coterie of persons with shared interests or tastes, or become a welcome part of a congregation — even if the character lacks the necessary skills or is not a believer in the group's doctrine. Put another way, the character is a good talker ... and is able to dupe others into thinking he or she is a good person, deserving to be one of their number.

Thus the character is able to work his or her way into an organization, thus meeting persons in minor positions of authority and learning the operation's function from the inside out. It's possible, if the right actions are taken, for the character to rise within the organization's power structure, despite the chicanery, pretense and outright lying involved. This would require the character's separation from the party, however ... so it's practical only if the character is free to retire permanently or temporarily from the campaign, leaving the character's henchfolk to carry on. In fact, the character possessed of the sage ability could be one of the main player character's henchfolk.


See Guile

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