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What makes\nconversation different is how often it is not — most of a social scene is\nsettled by what is actually said at the table, and only some of it by a roll.",[14,15,17],"h2",{"id":16},"willing-unwilling-hesitant","Willing, unwilling, hesitant",[10,19,20,21,26],{},"Trying to get a creature to do something is the\n",[22,23],"tooltip",{"label":24,"tooltip-key":25},"Influence","rules\u002Finfluence-action"," action.\nDescribe how you are going about it — a threat, a bargain, flattery, a lie — and\nthe DM sorts what you asked for into one of three cases:",[28,29,30,38,44],"ul",{},[31,32,33,37],"li",{},[34,35,36],"strong",{},"Willing."," The request lines up with what the creature already wants. No\nroll. It does it, in whatever way suits it best.",[31,39,40,43],{},[34,41,42],{},"Unwilling."," The request is repugnant to it, or against everything it\nstands for. No roll. It refuses.",[31,45,46,49],{},[34,47,48],{},"Hesitant."," It might, and it might not. This is the only case that reaches\nthe dice.",[10,51,52],{},"Two of the three never touch a d20, which is worth remembering before reaching\nfor one. 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That\nrule is there to stop the party queueing up to roll the same request until\nsomebody succeeds. It does not stop you trying a different approach, and it does\nnot stop you changing the situation and coming back.",[14,147,149],{"id":148},"attitude-tilts-the-odds","Attitude tilts the odds",[10,151,152,153,157],{},"A creature's ",[22,154],{"label":155,"tooltip-key":156},"attitude","rules\u002Fattitude"," is how it\nregards you before you open your mouth. It moves the check rather than replacing\nit:",[28,159,160,172,179],{},[31,161,162,166,167,171],{},[22,163],{"label":164,"tooltip-key":165},"Friendly","rules\u002Ffriendly-attitude"," — you have\n",[22,168],{"label":169,"tooltip-key":170},"Advantage","rules\u002Fadvantage"," on the check.",[31,173,174,178],{},[22,175],{"label":176,"tooltip-key":177},"Indifferent","rules\u002Findifferent-attitude"," —\nnothing changes. 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