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40d:Broker skills
Broker skills are the ones used by the outpost broker to conduct trades. They are:
- Conversationalist
- Comedian
- Flatterer
- Intimidator
- Persuader
- Negotiator
- Liar
- Judge of intent
They are gained by:
- Successful trades at the trade depot.
- Finalizing an export agreement.
Notable ways through which they are not gained include:
- Proposing an unsuccessful trade at the depot (except Judge of Intent).
- Offering goods to foreign traders.
- Simply being assigned as the broker noble.
- Sitting around at the depot, whether there are traders there or not.
- Liaison meeting steps that occur before the export agreement.
Judge of intent
This skill is improved by:
- Proposing an unsuccessful trade at the depot
- Meeting with a Liaison
At Novice or better skill, the trade dialog will include an extra line about the traders' mood. The messages are:
- "the merchant seems ecstatic with the trading"
- "the merchant seems happy with the trading",
- "the merchant is pleased with the trading",
- "is willing to trade" (neutral)
- "is rapidly losing patience"
- "is not having much more of this"
- "refuses to trade"
Once the lowest level is reached, the traders will pack up and go home and you can't trade anymore with this caravan.