The Tome Of Drow Lore.pdf - RoseRed

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a campaign of lies and innuendo similar to a Smear
Campaign, the aggressor House sets the two targets against
one another, weakening two rivals while simultaneously
leaving the aggressor House free to go about its business
unimpeded.
Influence Requirement: 4,000
Power Requirement: 0
Cost: 2,000 gp per Rank of each of the targets; 1,000
Influence per Rank of each of the targets
Time: One month
Skill DC: Bluff (DC 25 +1 per level or Hit Die of each
target), opposed by target’s Sense Motive
Success Result: If the attacker’s Bluff skill check result
beats one target’s Sense Motive skill check result, that
target will consider the other target a rival. If the attacker’s
Bluff skill check result beats the Sense Motive skill check
results of both targets, both targets will regard one another
as enemies and begin to move against each other.
Failure Result: If the attacker’s Bluff skill check result
fails to beat the Sense Motive skill check result of either
target, both targets will be aware of the attacker’s action
and will consider the attacker an enemy.
Troop Movements
Moving forces from one area to another can be a tricky
thing if you want to keep your actions quiet. This action
is used to move your forces without being discovered by
others – you do not need to bother with this action if you
choose to move your forces openly. Whether you use this
action or not, it takes one week to move troops from one
area to another, as long as both areas are within the same
city.
Influence Requirement: 1,000 per 5,000 Power worth of
troops moved
Power Requirement: None
Cost: 100 gp per 1,000 Power equal to the troops being
moved
Time: One week (so long as all troops are moved within
the same city). For movement from one city to the next,
Games Masters should assign a time.
Skill DC: Hide (DC 10 + 5 per 1,000 Power being
moved)
Success Result: If this check succeeds, you move your
troops quietly from one area to another without being
spotted.
Failure Result: Your forces are easily seen moving through
the city and all other Noble Houses know where you have
moved them.
Vandalism
Vandalism involves hiring groups of thugs to tear up
a block or other area of the city under the control of an
opposing Noble House in order to damage their ability
to make money. This can be devastating against Houses
that are overextended, but can backfire as vandals turn on
their owners (after coercion by the enemy) and start tearing
things up in the ‘wrong’ territory.
Influence Requirement: 500
Power Requirement: 2,000 + 1,000 per area to be
vandalised
Cost: 200 gp + 100 gp per area to be vandalised; 500 Power
per area to be vandalised
Time: One week
Skill DC: None. This requires an opposed Rank check at
the current bonus of the attacker and defender.
Success Result: If the aggressor’s Rank check exceeds the
defender’s Rank check by ten or more, the entire area has
been so heavily damaged it provides no income for the next
three weeks and requires 1d6 x 1,000 gp of repair work
before it can generate more than 30 percent of its original
income. If the Rank check succeeds by less than ten, the
area provides only 50 percent of its normal income for 1d4
weeks, after which the damage is repaired and the area
provides its normal income once again.
Failure Result: When the aggressor’s Rank check fails by
ten or more, the vandals are turned against the aggressor
and attack one of his territories. This is treated exactly as if
the defender had hired the vandals to attack the aggressor,
but does not use one of the defender’s actions for the round.
A group of vandals cannot be turned more than once during
a single action. If the aggressor’s Rank check fails by less
than ten, the vandalism attempt fails, but there are no other
repercussions.
Wrest Control
The only sure way to keep a rival down is to take away his
territories and control them yourself. This risky action is
designed to steal an area from a rival. This action cannot be
taken in areas in which your target has any Power invested
– you must first either defeat his force in an assault or
otherwise get them out of the area you wish to seize.
Influence Requirement: 5,000
Power Requirement: 1,000
Cost: 10,000 gp, 5,000 Power
Time: One month
Skill DC: None. This requires an opposed Rank check at
the current bonus of the attacker and defender (DC 15).