DF2012:Broker

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Broker

Room requirements
Office	None
Quarters	None
Dining room	None
Tomb	None
Furniture requirements
Chests	None
Cabinets	None
Weapon racks	None
Armor stands	None
Other
Mandates	None
Demands	None
Arrival conditions
Appointed on the nobles screen.
Function
Trade Visibility of Item Values Display of Fortress Wealth on z-Status Screen

The Broker is a useful noble with no Demands or Requirements. They have several duties in the running of an organised fortress.

If the broker has the Appraiser skill, they will allow you to see the count of your fortresses Wealth in the Status screen (z). The exactness with which this can be seen is determined by the duties of the Bookkeeper. Your broker should also have the Judge of intent skill to see how traders react to trade offers.

At the trade depot, you can specify that only the broker may Trade with visiting caravans. The advantage of this is that the broker gains skill in appraisal as he trades, which both allows the display of fortress wealth and helps with getting the best deals in your trading efforts.

Relevant skills

Of the social skills, those in bold are known to change the effectiveness of a Broker:

Judge of Intent	Liar	Conversationalist	Intimidator
Appraiser	Comedian	Persuader	Pacifier
Negotiator	Flatterer	Consoler

Raws
[POSITION:BROKER] [NAME:broker:brokers] [SITE] [NUMBER:1] [RESPONSIBILITY:TRADE] [APPOINTED_BY:EXPEDITION_LEADER] [APPOINTED_BY:MAYOR] [PRECEDENCE:170] [DO_NOT_CULL] [COLOR:5:0:0] [DUTY_BOUND]

Nobles
Appointed Nobles	Bookkeeper - Broker - Chief medical dwarf - Hammerer - Manager
Military Ranks	Militia captain - Militia commander - Sheriff - Captain of the Guard
Elected Nobles	Mayor - Expedition leader - Champion
Aristocrats	Monarch - Baron - Count - Duke
Others	Captain - Diplomat - General - Lieutenant - Outpost liaison