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Social Checks

Some encounters give the party the opportunity to resolve a social check to access otherwise unavailable choices or to gain additional rewards. If the party succeeds at a social check, it gains the benefits described. If the party fails, the associated choice cannot be selected or the additional reward is not gained. Each social check can be attempted only once.

Difficulty Value​

A social check can be made only during an encounter that specifically offers the choice to perform one and includes its difficulty value in parentheses within that choice's text. A difficulty value is typically based on a fixed value that is either added to or multiplied by the number of adventurers (The fallback content to display on prerendering).

Social Check Sequence​

1. Gather and Roll Dice​

Adventurers with relevant skill dice, usually Speech dice, may choose to gather and roll available dice that would assist them in the social check.

2. Spend Tenacity​

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3. Resolve the Attempt​

Compare the party's total die results and spent The fallback content to display on prerendering to the difficulty value. If the combined total equals or exceeds the social check difficulty, you succeed at the check and gain the described benefit in addition to the choice's outcome. If the total is less than the difficulty, you fail the check but resolve the choice's outcome as described. Regardless of success, all skill dice rolled in the social check are exhausted.

Speech in Social Checks​

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