v0.31: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
None
Function
Template:L Visibility of Item Template:Ls Display of Fortress Template:L on z-Template:L Screen

The Broker is a useful Template:L with no Template:Ls or Template:L. They have several duties in the running of an organised fortress.

If the broker has the Template:L skill, they will allow you to see the count of your fortresses Template:L in the Template:L screen (z). The exactness with which this can be seen is determined by the duties of the Template:L.

At the Template:L, you can specify that only the broker may Template:L with visiting Template:Ls. 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.

There is a certain set of Template:L that are relevant for a Broker, there are also certain Template:L that influence if experience is gained in the skill whatsoever, furthermore there are Template:L that affect the Skills and other Skills that affect the same Attributes Template:L, the ones relevant for a Broker are as follow:

Skill (relevant for Broker)		Personality Trait (needed to gain Social Skill)		Attribute (affected by Social Skill)
				Body	Soul
Administrator	Appraiser				Analytical Ability
					Intuition
					Memory
Social	Comedian	Self-consciousness	< 76	Agility	Creativity
					Kinesthetic Sense
					Linguistic Ability
	Conversationalist	Gregariousness (Reserved)	> 39		Linguistic Ability
					Empathy
					Social Awareness
	Flatterer	Straightforwardess	< 61		Linguistic Ability
					Empathy
					Social Awareness
	Liar		< 40		Creativity
					Linguistic Ability
					Social Awareness
	Intimidator	Cooperation	< 61	Agility	Kinesthetic Sense
					Linguistic Ability
	Judge of intent				Intuition
					Empathy
					Social Awareness
	Negotiator				Linguistic Ability
					Empathy
					Social Awareness
	Persuader	Assertiveness	> 39		Linguistic Ability
					Empathy
					Social Awareness

The better match with the table Skills, Traits and Attributes the better Broker the Dwarf will be, try to avoid Traits that halt experience gain for a relevant Skill, otherwise time will be lost training a Dwarf that will never get better a that Skill.

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]

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Entourage	Tax collector • Hammerer • Dungeon master
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