Diplomacy

Step

 * Rank+CHA

Action

 * Sustained

Strain

 * 0

Skill Use

 * Yes (Novice)

Description

 * The adept mitigates disputes and influences the development of mutual interests by making a Diplomacy test against the negotiating target’s Social Defense. If successful, the negotiator’s Attitude towards his opponents improves by one degree for a number of hours equal to the adept’s Diplomacy rank.
 * While this might not necessarily settle a dispute or prompt the target to sign a contract, the use of Diplomacy usually helps to get the parties working together to approach the matter from a mutual perspective.