(TFT) Risqué Talents from Interplay #8

["John Linzy" <juzjohn@sbcglobal.net>]

While looking through the different magazines and what not for
talents/spells to add I came across this article which included the
following new talents:



IQ LEVEL 8

STREET WALKER (1): Prerequisite: SEX APPEAL and appearance of 8 or better.
This talent allows a character to make money soliciting, (selling their
bodies) on the streets or in a brothel.  Also gives character access to
certain rumors and information that most adventurers would not find readily
available.  A street walker can allocate experience points to his/her
appearance, as if it were another attribute.  Characters without this talent
can attempt streetwalking but the dangers are increased and the money is
decreased.



IQ LEVEL 11

COURTESAN (2): Prerequisite: STREETWALKER and appearance of 10 or better.  A
Courtesan is capable of seducing members of the opposite sex as if they have
the NEW FOLLOWERS talent.  Roll 3 dice vs. your IQ if the character is of
your race; 4 dice vs. IQ if the character is of another race; 5 dice if the
character is of a hostile race.  A successful roll turns that character into
a follower of the Courtesan.  The number of followers allowed by a Courtesan
is half her IQ rounded down, but there will be a problem with jealousy.

 If her new boyfriends are aware of each other she must roll once per day
vs. her IQ on 3 dice for each follower that is aware of one or more of her
other followers.  Failure means the follower will attack the other
follower(s) and fight to the death over the Courtesan.  You do not need the
CHARISMA talent for this talent.



IQ LEVEL 14

HOURI (3): Prerequisite: COURTESAN and an appearance of 12 or better.  This
ability includes the CHARISMA Talent.  If you already have the CHARISMA
talent this ability costs you only 2 IQ points.  A Houri can make a love
potion like a chemist. (SEE New Potion).  Also a Houri can gain aid from
bystanders if she should need it.

 If she petitions for help, any male within sight and sound of her must save
on 4 dice vs. IQ.  Any of these males failing their roll will immediately
forego their previous intentions or loyalties, leap to the Houri's side and
form a protective barrier between her and any assailants, even their own
party members.  They will fight to the death to protect her or until the
danger is past.  A Houri knows the Prostitutes Cant at no IQ cost.



IQ LEVEL 15

PROCURESS (3) Prerequisite: HOURI.  A person with this talent can open an
efficiently run a house of ill repute (bordello, geisha house, etc.).  This
talent also includes BUSINESS SENSE and COURTLY GRACES.  If you already have
one of these abilities you pay only 2 IQ points for this talent.  If you
have both of these talents, Procuress costs you only 1 IQ point.  A
Procuress can have as many girls working for her as she has IQ points.  Also
she can make simple poison, weapon poison and sleeping potion as if she were
a chemist.



STREET WALKER and COURTESAN seem balanced and fair to me but the IQ level
for HOURI and PROCURESS seem really high: IQ15 makes Procuress the highest
IQ talent Ive ever seen, so my thought was to decrease HOURI to IQ 12 and
PROCURESS to IQ 14.



Just wondering what the group thought about this.

john
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