[BNW] Share Translation Trick

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

Check this out...

Sure, a Translator can readily learn how to speak a language. But she's not 
a Charmer. And who the heck wants to sit around while the Phaser steals 
those papers and has to bring them back to you across town so you can read 
them for the group? So Translators had to develop a way to share their 
knowledge as it were. And as with most things in the universe of Brave New 
World, if there's a need to learn a particular way to use your power, 
someone out there will figure out how to do it.

To use this Trick, the Translator must first have successfully used her 
power to gain a language. Then she must touch an individual with which she 
wishes to share this linguistic knowledge, and make a Smarts roll (TN 5). As 
with almost all Tricks, she needs at least one extra success to succeed.  
For each extra success the Translator achieves, she may give the target one 
skill level in the language (or extend
the duration by a day - see below). She may choose to give out less skill 
levels then the number of extra successes achieved. The Translator cannot 
give out more skill levels then she herself has. The Translator may "share" 
her languages with multiple individuals, and may even share the same 
language multiple times. However, she cannot share more language skill 
levels then her Smarts rating at any given time. Nor can she augment 
someone's skill levels in a language if the target already knows the 
language at any skill level. For unknown reasons, this Trick never works on 
another Translator. There is no range limitation on this Trick once the 
knowledge has been imparted.

Ironically, the more linguistic knowledge a Translator tries to pump into 
someone's head, the less time they can retain it. Subtract the number of 
skill levels "loaned" to an individual from three to determine the number of 
days they retain the skill levels. When making the roll to impart the 
language, the Translator may use extra successes beyond the first to extend 
the duration by one day per extra success used in this manner.

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Steve Crow

"Worm Can Opener Extraordinare"

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