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the police force is interested solely in what is best for the
House. Obviously, trying a Frame Up against a House
in control of the police force is impossible. Likewise, a
House in control of the police force can organise a Frame
Up for half of the cost stated below.
Influence Requirement: 3,000
Power Requirement: 2,000
Cost: 1,000 Influence per Rank of the target Noble House;
1,000 gp + 500 gp per Rank of the target Noble House
Time: One month
Skill DC: Gather Information (DC 25). This is opposed by
the target’s Sense Motive skill.
Success Result: For every ten full points by which the
aggressor’s skill check exceeds the skill check result of the
defender, the defender’s effective Rank is decreased by one
for one month (beginning at the end of the month in which
this action is taken). This does not decrease the Power or
Influence of the defender, only their ability to take actions
and their bonuses for defence or offence.
Failure Result: The aggressor Noble House has its own
effective Rank decreased by one for one month, beginning
at the end of the month in which the action is taken.
Intelligence Gathering
There are times when it is best to simply sit tight and
figure out what everyone else is doing and how what they
are doing impacts you. This action enables you to try and
figure out what actions are directed at your Noble House
and what immediately threatens your forces.
Influence Requirement: 1,000
Power Requirement: None
Cost: 500 gp, 1,000 Influence
Time: One week
Skill DC: Gather Information (DC 20)
Success Result: If this check succeeds, you discover one
action that will occur in the next month and is targeted at
your Noble House or your areas of control. For every five
points by which your result exceeds the DC of this skill
check, you learn of another plot. If this action is used more
than once in the same time period, different actions will be
discovered by each use if there are additional actions to be
discovered.
Failure Result: You discover one false action targeted
against you.
Knowledge is Influence
The drow understand that knowledge is a powerful weapon
and within the Game of Bones, it is a tool for gaining
Influence. By hiring the services of a knowledge broker
or similar organisation, such as the Seekers of na’Koth, a
player can learn about previously unseen happenings and
opportunities in a target area, providing him a boost to his
Influence score.
Influence Requirement: 3,000
Power Requirement: None
Cost: 2,000 gp per target area; 2,000 Influence per target
area
Time: Three months
Skill DC: Gather Information (DC 25)
Success Result: If this skill check succeeds, the player will
gain additional insight into the target area, enabling him to
begin a campaign of increasing his Influence there through
carefully selected actions. At the end of three months, if at
least half his actions were successful, he gains an additional
500 Influence in the area.
Failure Result: If this skill check fails, the player will gain
false insight into the target area. He may still begin his
three-month campaign of actions, but will have nothing but
wasted time and money to show for it at the end.
Poison Pill
Putting a spy into the House of an opposing noble is a
powerful way to gain advantage over him. The poison
pill’s ability to remain in the House for an extended period
of time makes him an important asset – the longer you can
keep a spy in place, the greater the benefit he provides.
On the other hand, a spy turned against you when he is
discovered can cause a great deal of trouble for your House.
Being misled into attacking a supposed weak point can be
deadly.
Influence Requirement: 5,000
Power Requirement: 1,000
Cost: 500 Influence per Rank of the target Noble House;
1,000 gp per Rank of the target Noble House
Time: Two months
Skill DC: Sense Motive (DC 25). This is opposed by the
target’s Gather Information skill.
Success Result: If the aggressor succeeds, they have
planted a spy in the Noble House or organisation. This
spy provides a +2 bonus to the aggressor when making any
actions against the target House. This bonus increases by
+1 for every three months the spy remains in place. The
above skill check must be made at the end of every month
in which the spy was in place. If the defender wins the
skill check, the spy is suspected and the current bonus he
provides is reduced by one. If the aggressor wins, the spy
stays in place. If the bonus a spy provides is ever reduced
to zero, the spy is discovered and the failure result, below,
immediately goes into effect.