Forbidden Lands Players Handbook

determine the chance of you being recognized
and can affect social conflicts.
Your Reputation score only tells you how
well known you are, not if you are feared or admired
– that depends on the type of deeds for
which you are known. Your starting Reputation
score depends on your age (see the table below).
roll for Reputation for each PC. Instead, roll
only for the adventurer with the highest Reputation
score. The roll applies to the entire group.
NPCS can also have a Reputation score. When
you meet such an NPC, roll dice in the same
way as outlined above to determine if you have
heard of this person.
AGE STARTING REPUTATION
Young 0
Adult 1
Old 2
MANIPULATION
When you try to MANIPULATE someone, your
respective Reputation scores can affect the
outcome. Read more about the MANIPULATION
skill in Chapter 3.
BEING RECOGNIZED
When you arrive at a new settlement in the
Forbidden Lands, there is a chance that the
people there have heard of you. You must be
introduced by name or have a truly distinctive
appearance for this to happen.
Roll a number of D6 equal to your Reputation
score. If you roll one or more sixes (the
x symbol on the custom dice), your Reputation
precedes you and people have heard of you
and your deeds. Whether they react negatively
or positively depends on which deeds you are
known for, and is for the GM to decide.
KIN: If the settlement you visit is primarily populated
by another kin than your own, your Reputation
score counts as two steps lower than normal.
THE GROUP: When an entire fellowship of adventurers
arrives at a new settlement, you don’t
GROWING YOUR REPUTATION
During the game, your Reputation score will
increase. After a game session in which you
have performed one or more great or terrible
deeds of some kind, one which was made known
to the world and will be spoken of for years to
come, your Reputation score increases one
point. What counts as a “great or terrible deed”
is up to the GM, but here are some examples:
✥✥
A prominent NPC was killed, or saved from
certain death.
✥✥
A feared monster was slain.
✥✥
A legendary treasure or artifact was found
or stolen.
✥✥
The deed permanently altered the overall
situation in an adventure site.
✥✥
The deed will have significant consequences
for one of the major powers in the Forbidden
Lands.
✥✥
You have built a certain function in your
stronghold (see page 160).
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