Forbidden Lands Players Handbook

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You ask for something valuable or dangerous.
Your opponent has nothing to gain by
helping you.
You are having trouble understanding each
other.
The range between you is SHORT or longer.
REPUTATION
Your chances of MANIPULATING someone are
also affected by your own and your opponent’s
Reputation scores (see page 40). If your Reputation
is higher, your roll is modified by +1 for
every point of difference. If your Reputation is
lower, your opponent instead gets +1 for every
point of difference.
MANIPULATE A GROUP
When you want to MANIPULATE a whole
group, you usually address the group’s leader
or spokesperson. Remember that your roll
is modified by –1 if your opponent has more
people on his side. If you reach an agreement
with the leader, the rest of the group usually
follows. If there is no given leader it’s harder –
every single opponent acts individually.
RANGE
To MANIPULATE someone, you usually need
to be in NEAR range – but if it is applicable
to the situation, the actions can be used at
SHORT or even LONG range. The GM modifies
your roll negatively if she deems that the
range impairs your negotiating position (see
above).
ARTIFACTS
Some valuable or very impressive artifacts can
give a Gear Bonus to your MANIPULATION roll.
WEAPONS
As an adventurer, you always want a weapon
close at hand – you never know where danger
lurks. The tables and images on the following
pages show various kinds of common weapons
in the Forbidden Lands. Unique and powerful
artifacts are described in Chapter 6 in the
Gamemaster’s Guide.
WEAPON FEATURES
The features used in the weapon tables are explained
below.
GRIP indicates if you need one or two hands to
wield the weapon. A two-handed weapon can’t be
combined with a shield, and some critical injuries
will prohibit the use of two-handed weapons.
BONUS indicates how many Gear Dice you can
roll when using the weapon. Remember that
the Gear Bonus can be reduced if you push your
roll – the bonus decreases by one for every l
you have rolled (see page 50). If the Gear Bonus
is reduced to zero, the weapon breaks and needs
to be fixed using the CRAFTING skill.
DAMAGE indicates your base Weapon Damage,
i.e., how many points of damage to Strength
your opponent suffers if your attack is successful.
If you roll extra x, you deal additional damage.
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