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-[[http://wiki.white-wolf.com/exalted/index.php/Tickless_Social_Combat Democritus' Tickless Social Combat]]
+[[http:/Tickless_Social_Combat Democritus' Tickless Social Combat]]
-[[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=327007 Similarian's Social Combat Revision]]
+[[http:/showthread.php?t=327007 Similarian's Social Combat Revision]]
 ''Democritus and Similarian have graciously given permission for their material to be reproduced and modified here.''
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-Please use [[http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=340664| THIS THREAD]] on rpg.net for comments - thanks!
+Please use [[http:/showthread.php?t=340664|THIS THREAD]] on rpg.net for comments - thanks!

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 If the two are based on different Virtues, then Virtue channels may be both gained and lost.  For example, the character may have the Intimacy: Chaste (Temperance) and be suffering from an Emotion: Lust (Compassion).  If he refrains from participating in the ongoing Cynis orgy, he may gain a Temperance channel but must lose a Compassion channel.  If he indulges, then vice versa.
-However, if the two are based on the same Virtue, then the relative strengths of the Intimacies/ Influences come into play.  Treat the strength of each as a dice pool; roll that number of dice for each in an opposed test.  Whichever gets more successes is the Intimacy/Influence which has the effect on Virtue Channels.  An Overwhelming Influence will automatically beat any non-Overwhelming Influence without a roll.  A 'Strength 0' Influence will automatically lose to any non-zero Influence without a roll.  Note that the player must decide which way to act before rolling the dice to see what happens to his Virtue Channels.
+However, if the two are based on the same Virtue, then the relative strengths of the Intimacies/ Influences come into play.  Treat the strength of each as a dice pool; roll that number of dice for each in an opposed test.  Whichever gets more successes is the [[IntimacyStrangelooper/SocialConflict1]]-1/Influence which has the effect on Virtue Channels.  An Overwhelming Influence will automatically beat any non-Overwhelming Influence without a roll.  A 'Strength 0' Influence will automatically lose to any non-zero Influence without a roll.  Note that the player must decide which way to act before rolling the dice to see what happens to his Virtue Channels.
-Regardless of the outcome of the roll, the Strength of each of the conflicting Intimacies/Influences is affected as normal by the character’s chosen actions (ie acting against it will reduce its strength by 1, and acting in accordance with it may increase it’s strength by 1).  Also, if the character acts against an overwhelming Influence, he accrues a point of Limit regardless of the outcome of the opposed roll.   The opposed roll only determines whether the character gains or loses a Virtue channel as a result of his conflict.
+Regardless of the outcome of the roll, the Strength of each of the conflicting [[IntimaciesStrangelooper/SocialConflict1]]-1/Influences is affected as normal by the character’s chosen actions (ie acting against it will reduce its strength by 1, and acting in accordance with it may increase it’s strength by 1).  Also, if the character acts against an overwhelming Influence, he accrues a point of Limit regardless of the outcome of the opposed roll.   The opposed roll only determines whether the character gains or loses a Virtue channel as a result of his conflict.
 For example:  A monk with Conviction 3 has the belief: Immaculate Philosophy (Conviction) at strength 2.  However, a persuasive Eclipse has instilled the belief: Worship the Unconquered Sun (Conviction) at strength 3. The Eclipse asks the monk to join him in prayer to the Unconquered Sun.
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 At the start of Social Conflict, the character with the highest Join Debate roll will initially have the Floor.
 The speaker may start roleplaying a conversation, and may speak as long as they wish.  This is considered a Monologue Action (see Social Actions, below).  Others may chime in with brief comments at will, but they may neither interrupt the player who has the Floor nor take any Social Actions other than Seize Debate.  At any point , the character who currently has the Floor may decide to make a Social Attack or take other Social Actions.  The speaker should declare when he is making the actual Social Attack, which should be a brief summation or final statement.  The speaker may not be interrupted with a Seize Debate action after declaring a Social Attack.  Similarly, the speaker may not avoid a declared Seize Debate action by announcing a Social Attack.
 == Social Actions ==
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 '''Seize Debate (1 Composure, MDV-1)'''
 By interrupting the speaker, another character may cut him off and Seize the Debate, taking The Floor by skill and force of personality.  The attempt may only be made by a character who does NOT currently have The Floor.  It must be declared before the declaration of a Social Attack, not during.  It costs 1 Composure to attempt to Seize Debate, and it applies a –1 MDV penalty to the interrupter.
-The speaker may willingly concede by Relinquishing The Floor to the interrupter, for strategic reasons and/or to reduce his own MDV penalties (see Relinquishing The Floor, below). In this case there is no roll, and the interrupting character automatically gains The Floor.
+**Importantly, the MDV penalty for the Seize Debate action is applied AFTER everyone's MDV refreshes by 1 point for the Floor changing hands.
-If the speaker resists the interruption and attempts to keep talking, then the interrupter must roll Appearance + Socialize against a Parry MDV chosen by the speaker.  Excellencies and other Charms may be applied by either or both the interrupter and the speaker.  If the interrupting character beats the speaker’s PMDV, then he has Seized The Floor and may begin speaking and making Social Attacks – the original speaker must trail off and let the new speaker talk.  If he resists and loses The Floor, the original speaker does NOT lower his MDV penalty by 1.
+The speaker may willingly concede by Relinquishing The Floor to the interrupter, for strategic reasons and/or to gain Composure (see Relinquishing The Floor, below). In this case there is no roll, and the interrupting character automatically gains The Floor.
 Nothing prevents the character who just lost the floor from making a Seize Debate roll right away. In fact, many social conflicts consist of rapid fire exchanges with the initiative passing from one character to another. Players had best be careful however, because they can not make meaningful arguments if they spend all their Composure trying to Seize Debate. Such rapid-fire debates can easily devolve into pointless screaming matches in which nothing is accomplished.
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 If more than one character attempts to Seize Debate at the same time, each interrupter must pay 1 Composure and take a –1 MDV penalty. All players then roll at the same time. The character who gets the highest number of successes Seizes the Floor (as long as they beat the PMDV of the speaker, should he resist).  If there is a tie, whoever has the higher Appearance takes the Floor. If Appearance does not resolve the issue, use the highest Socialize ability, then the highest Permanent Essence to determine who takes the floor.
-'''Relinquish The Floor''' (0 Composure, cancels –1 of MDV penalty)
+'''Relinquish The Floor''' ('Grants' 1 Composure, +/- 0 MDV)
-This action may only be taken by the speaker.  The speaker may willingly gives up the floor, which allows him to reduce his own MDV penalties by 1.  This action is most often taken after a Social Attack has been resolved or after a Seize Debate action is declared by another character; however, the speaker may Relinquish The Floor at any time except during the resolution of his Social Attack(s).
+This action may only be taken by the speaker, and only during or after a [[MonologueStrangelooper/SocialConflict1]]-1/Study action.  The speaker may willingly gives up the floor without making a Social Attack.  This gains him credibility in the eyes of his audience, allowing him to gain 1 Composure.  The speaker may take this action of his own initiative, or he may take it in response to a Seize Debate declaration.
-If this action is taken in response to someone who has declared a Seize Debate action, then that character automatically takes The Floor (in this way, someone may ‘gift’ The Floor to an ally by Relinquishing upon their Seize Debate action).    If this action is taken after an Investigation Attack, then the target of the attack automatically has The Floor and may begin speaking (often answering the query if the Investigation Attack was successful).  If The Floor is Relinquished after a Performance or Presence attack, then make a new Join Debate roll for everyone except for the speaker.
+If this action is taken in the absence of a Seize Debate attempt, then all those present except the speaker should roll Join Debate to see who gets The Floor.  If this action is taken in response to someone who has declared a Seize Debate action, then that character automatically takes The Floor with no roll necessary - however, the character Seizing Debate still must spend 1 Composure and take a -1 MDV penalty.  In this way, someone may ‘gift’ The Floor to an ally by Relinquishing upon their Seize Debate action.
 '''Hold The Floor''' (1 Composure, MDV +/- 0)
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 A character should not attempt to Hold The Floor after a successful Investigation attack, or the target will be unable to answer and the attack will have been wasted.
-'''Monologue/Study''' (0 Composure, MDV –1).
+'''[[MonologueStrangelooper/SocialConflict1]]-1/Study''' (0 Composure, MDV –1).
 This action may only be taken by the speaker.  This is similar to the “Aim” action in physical combat.  The speaker tells a story, makes a digression, relates an anecdote, etc. with the goal of supporting his eventual Social Attack.  This action applies a –1 MDV penalty to the speaker, but grants an extra die on a subsequent Social Attack.  If the speaker loses The Floor before he gets a chance to make his Attack, then the bonus die is lost, but the MDV penalty remains.
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 In addition to the bonus from ‘Steeling’ oneself against a theme of attacks (see above), other factors affect MDVs.  Attacks that support or conflict with any of the defender’s Intimacies, strong Virtues (at 3+) or Motivation will apply penalties to MDV. Repeated attacks after failing at least once will provide a cumulative bonus to the target’s MDV, as they become skeptical. Finally, there is a situational modifier based on how mild, sensible, severe or ludicrous the attempted Influence happens to be.
 || ||'''Aligned'''||'''Opposed'''||
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 ||Normal||Obvious ideas||Common knowledge|| - ||-1||
 ||Unusual||Lust / like, Plausible Idea, Inconsequential Duty or Taboo||Intimacy, Strong Virtue||-||0||
-||Inappropriate||Dislike / respect, Inconvenient Duty or Taboo||Gossip||Laudable/Expected||+1||
+||Inappropriate||Dislike / respect, Inconvenient Duty or Taboo||Gossip||[[LaudableStrangelooper/SocialConflict1]]-1/Expected||+1||
 ||Dangerous||Unusual idea, Onerous Duty or Taboo||Confidential information||Normal||+2||
 || - ||Love / hate, Dangerous / silly idea, Dangerous Duty or Taboo||Motivation, Dangerous information||Inappropriate||+4||
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 ) Decide whether a Presence or Performance attack seeks to instill and Emotion, Intimacy, or a Compulsion.  Investigation attacks are always Revelations.
-) Calculate Attack Dice Pool (Charisma or Manipulation  + Performance or Presence or Investigation), + bonuses for stunts, Charms, channeling Virtues for dice, and prior Monologue/Study actions.
+) Calculate Attack Dice Pool (Charisma or Manipulation  + Performance or Presence or Investigation), + bonuses for stunts, Charms, channeling Virtues for dice, and prior [[MonologueStrangelooper/SocialConflict1]]-1/Study actions.
 ) Calculate MDV: either Dodge MDV, or any Parry MDV.  Apply MDV modifiers for personality, multiple attempts, and situational modifiers.  Excellencies and some other Charms with the “Social” keyword may be used to enhance MDV.

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 If the two are based on different Virtues, then Virtue channels may be both gained and lost.  For example, the character may have the Intimacy: Chaste (Temperance) and be suffering from an Emotion: Lust (Compassion).  If he refrains from participating in the ongoing Cynis orgy, he may gain a Temperance channel but must lose a Compassion channel.  If he indulges, then vice versa.
-However, if the two are based on the same Virtue, then the relative strengths of the Intimacies/ Influences come into play.  Treat the strength of each as a dice pool; roll that number of dice for each in an opposed test.  Whichever gets more successes is the Intimacy/Influence which has the effect on Virtue Channels.  An Overwhelming Influence will automatically beat any non-Overwhelming Influence without a roll.  A 'Strength 0' Influence will automatically lose to any non-zero Influence without a roll.  Note that the player must decide which way to act before rolling the dice to see what happens to his Virtue Channels.
+However, if the two are based on the same Virtue, then the relative strengths of the Intimacies/ Influences come into play.  Treat the strength of each as a dice pool; roll that number of dice for each in an opposed test.  Whichever gets more successes is the Intimacy[[/Influence]] which has the effect on Virtue Channels.  An Overwhelming Influence will automatically beat any non-Overwhelming Influence without a roll.  A 'Strength 0' Influence will automatically lose to any non-zero Influence without a roll.  Note that the player must decide which way to act before rolling the dice to see what happens to his Virtue Channels.
-Regardless of the outcome of the roll, the Strength of each of the conflicting Intimacies/Influences is affected as normal by the character’s chosen actions (ie acting against it will reduce its strength by 1, and acting in accordance with it may increase it’s strength by 1).  Also, if the character acts against an overwhelming Influence, he accrues a point of Limit regardless of the outcome of the opposed roll.   The opposed roll only determines whether the character gains or loses a Virtue channel as a result of his conflict.
+Regardless of the outcome of the roll, the Strength of each of the conflicting Intimacies[[/Influences]] is affected as normal by the character’s chosen actions (ie acting against it will reduce its strength by 1, and acting in accordance with it may increase it’s strength by 1).  Also, if the character acts against an overwhelming Influence, he accrues a point of Limit regardless of the outcome of the opposed roll.   The opposed roll only determines whether the character gains or loses a Virtue channel as a result of his conflict.
 For example:  A monk with Conviction 3 has the belief: Immaculate Philosophy (Conviction) at strength 2.  However, a persuasive Eclipse has instilled the belief: Worship the Unconquered Sun (Conviction) at strength 3. The Eclipse asks the monk to join him in prayer to the Unconquered Sun.
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 '''Relinquish The Floor''' ('Grants' 1 Composure, +/- 0 MDV)
-This action may only be taken by the speaker, and only during or after a Monologue/Study action.  The speaker may willingly gives up the floor without making a Social Attack.  This gains him credibility in the eyes of his audience, allowing him to gain 1 Composure.  The speaker may take this action of his own initiative, or he may take it in response to a Seize Debate declaration.
+This action may only be taken by the speaker, and only during or after a Monologue[[/Study]] action.  The speaker may willingly gives up the floor without making a Social Attack.  This gains him credibility in the eyes of his audience, allowing him to gain 1 Composure.  The speaker may take this action of his own initiative, or he may take it in response to a Seize Debate declaration.
 If this action is taken in the absence of a Seize Debate attempt, then all those present except the speaker should roll Join Debate to see who gets The Floor.  If this action is taken in response to someone who has declared a Seize Debate action, then that character automatically takes The Floor with no roll necessary - however, the character Seizing Debate still must spend 1 Composure and take a -1 MDV penalty.  In this way, someone may ‘gift’ The Floor to an ally by Relinquishing upon their Seize Debate action.
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 A character should not attempt to Hold The Floor after a successful Investigation attack, or the target will be unable to answer and the attack will have been wasted.
-'''Monologue/Study''' (0 Composure, MDV –1).
+'''Monologue[[/Study]]''' (0 Composure, MDV –1).
 This action may only be taken by the speaker.  This is similar to the “Aim” action in physical combat.  The speaker tells a story, makes a digression, relates an anecdote, etc. with the goal of supporting his eventual Social Attack.  This action applies a –1 MDV penalty to the speaker, but grants an extra die on a subsequent Social Attack.  If the speaker loses The Floor before he gets a chance to make his Attack, then the bonus die is lost, but the MDV penalty remains.
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 ||Normal||Obvious ideas||Common knowledge|| - ||-1||
 ||Unusual||Lust / like, Plausible Idea, Inconsequential Duty or Taboo||Intimacy, Strong Virtue||-||0||
-||Inappropriate||Dislike / respect, Inconvenient Duty or Taboo||Gossip||Laudable/Expected||+1||
+||Inappropriate||Dislike / respect, Inconvenient Duty or Taboo||Gossip||Laudable[[/Expected]]||+1||
 ||Dangerous||Unusual idea, Onerous Duty or Taboo||Confidential information||Normal||+2||
 || - ||Love / hate, Dangerous / silly idea, Dangerous Duty or Taboo||Motivation, Dangerous information||Inappropriate||+4||
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 ) Decide whether a Presence or Performance attack seeks to instill and Emotion, Intimacy, or a Compulsion.  Investigation attacks are always Revelations.
-) Calculate Attack Dice Pool (Charisma or Manipulation  + Performance or Presence or Investigation), + bonuses for stunts, Charms, channeling Virtues for dice, and prior Monologue/Study actions.
+) Calculate Attack Dice Pool (Charisma or Manipulation  + Performance or Presence or Investigation), + bonuses for stunts, Charms, channeling Virtues for dice, and prior Monologue[[/Study]] actions.
 ) Calculate MDV: either Dodge MDV, or any Parry MDV.  Apply MDV modifiers for personality, multiple attempts, and situational modifiers.  Excellencies and some other Charms with the “Social” keyword may be used to enhance MDV.

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 If the two are based on different Virtues, then Virtue channels may be both gained and lost.  For example, the character may have the Intimacy: Chaste (Temperance) and be suffering from an Emotion: Lust (Compassion).  If he refrains from participating in the ongoing Cynis orgy, he may gain a Temperance channel but must lose a Compassion channel.  If he indulges, then vice versa.
-However, if the two are based on the same Virtue, then the relative strengths of the Intimacies/ Influences come into play.  Treat the strength of each as a dice pool; roll that number of dice for each in an opposed test.  Whichever gets more successes is the Intimacy[[/Influence]] which has the effect on Virtue Channels.  An Overwhelming Influence will automatically beat any non-Overwhelming Influence without a roll.  A 'Strength 0' Influence will automatically lose to any non-zero Influence without a roll.  Note that the player must decide which way to act before rolling the dice to see what happens to his Virtue Channels.
+However, if the two are based on the same Virtue, then the relative strengths of the Intimacies/ Influences come into play.  Treat the strength of each as a dice pool; roll that number of dice for each in an opposed test.  Whichever gets more successes is the Intimacy/Influence which has the effect on Virtue Channels.  An Overwhelming Influence will automatically beat any non-Overwhelming Influence without a roll.  A 'Strength 0' Influence will automatically lose to any non-zero Influence without a roll.  Note that the player must decide which way to act before rolling the dice to see what happens to his Virtue Channels.
-Regardless of the outcome of the roll, the Strength of each of the conflicting Intimacies[[/Influences]] is affected as normal by the character’s chosen actions (ie acting against it will reduce its strength by 1, and acting in accordance with it may increase it’s strength by 1).  Also, if the character acts against an overwhelming Influence, he accrues a point of Limit regardless of the outcome of the opposed roll.   The opposed roll only determines whether the character gains or loses a Virtue channel as a result of his conflict.
+Regardless of the outcome of the roll, the Strength of each of the conflicting Intimacies/Influences is affected as normal by the character’s chosen actions (ie acting against it will reduce its strength by 1, and acting in accordance with it may increase it’s strength by 1).  Also, if the character acts against an overwhelming Influence, he accrues a point of Limit regardless of the outcome of the opposed roll.   The opposed roll only determines whether the character gains or loses a Virtue channel as a result of his conflict.
 For example:  A monk with Conviction 3 has the belief: Immaculate Philosophy (Conviction) at strength 2.  However, a persuasive Eclipse has instilled the belief: Worship the Unconquered Sun (Conviction) at strength 3. The Eclipse asks the monk to join him in prayer to the Unconquered Sun.
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 At the start of Social Conflict, the character with the highest Join Debate roll will initially have the Floor.
 The speaker may start roleplaying a conversation, and may speak as long as they wish.  This is considered a Monologue Action (see Social Actions, below).  Others may chime in with brief comments at will, but they may neither interrupt the player who has the Floor nor take any Social Actions other than Seize Debate.  At any point , the character who currently has the Floor may decide to make a Social Attack or take other Social Actions.  The speaker should declare when he is making the actual Social Attack, which should be a brief summation or final statement.  The speaker may not be interrupted with a Seize Debate action after declaring a Social Attack.  Similarly, the speaker may not avoid a declared Seize Debate action by announcing a Social Attack.
 == Social Actions ==
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 '''Seize Debate (1 Composure, MDV-1)'''
 By interrupting the speaker, another character may cut him off and Seize the Debate, taking The Floor by skill and force of personality.  The attempt may only be made by a character who does NOT currently have The Floor.  It must be declared before the declaration of a Social Attack, not during.  It costs 1 Composure to attempt to Seize Debate, and it applies a –1 MDV penalty to the interrupter.
-**Importantly, the MDV penalty for the Seize Debate action is applied AFTER everyone's MDV refreshes by 1 point for the Floor changing hands.
+The speaker may willingly concede by Relinquishing The Floor to the interrupter, for strategic reasons and/or to reduce his own MDV penalties (see Relinquishing The Floor, below). In this case there is no roll, and the interrupting character automatically gains The Floor.
-The speaker may willingly concede by Relinquishing The Floor to the interrupter, for strategic reasons and/or to gain Composure (see Relinquishing The Floor, below). In this case there is no roll, and the interrupting character automatically gains The Floor.
+If the speaker resists the interruption and attempts to keep talking, then the interrupter must roll Appearance + Socialize against a Parry MDV chosen by the speaker.  Excellencies and other Charms may be applied by either or both the interrupter and the speaker.  If the interrupting character beats the speaker’s PMDV, then he has Seized The Floor and may begin speaking and making Social Attacks – the original speaker must trail off and let the new speaker talk.  If he resists and loses The Floor, the original speaker does NOT lower his MDV penalty by 1.
 Nothing prevents the character who just lost the floor from making a Seize Debate roll right away. In fact, many social conflicts consist of rapid fire exchanges with the initiative passing from one character to another. Players had best be careful however, because they can not make meaningful arguments if they spend all their Composure trying to Seize Debate. Such rapid-fire debates can easily devolve into pointless screaming matches in which nothing is accomplished.
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 If more than one character attempts to Seize Debate at the same time, each interrupter must pay 1 Composure and take a –1 MDV penalty. All players then roll at the same time. The character who gets the highest number of successes Seizes the Floor (as long as they beat the PMDV of the speaker, should he resist).  If there is a tie, whoever has the higher Appearance takes the Floor. If Appearance does not resolve the issue, use the highest Socialize ability, then the highest Permanent Essence to determine who takes the floor.
-'''Relinquish The Floor''' ('Grants' 1 Composure, +/- 0 MDV)
+'''Relinquish The Floor''' (0 Composure, cancels –1 of MDV penalty)
-This action may only be taken by the speaker, and only during or after a Monologue[[/Study]] action.  The speaker may willingly gives up the floor without making a Social Attack.  This gains him credibility in the eyes of his audience, allowing him to gain 1 Composure.  The speaker may take this action of his own initiative, or he may take it in response to a Seize Debate declaration.
+This action may only be taken by the speaker.  The speaker may willingly gives up the floor, which allows him to reduce his own MDV penalties by 1.  This action is most often taken after a Social Attack has been resolved or after a Seize Debate action is declared by another character; however, the speaker may Relinquish The Floor at any time except during the resolution of his Social Attack(s).
-If this action is taken in the absence of a Seize Debate attempt, then all those present except the speaker should roll Join Debate to see who gets The Floor.  If this action is taken in response to someone who has declared a Seize Debate action, then that character automatically takes The Floor with no roll necessary - however, the character Seizing Debate still must spend 1 Composure and take a -1 MDV penalty.  In this way, someone may ‘gift’ The Floor to an ally by Relinquishing upon their Seize Debate action.
+If this action is taken in response to someone who has declared a Seize Debate action, then that character automatically takes The Floor (in this way, someone may ‘gift’ The Floor to an ally by Relinquishing upon their Seize Debate action).    If this action is taken after an Investigation Attack, then the target of the attack automatically has The Floor and may begin speaking (often answering the query if the Investigation Attack was successful).  If The Floor is Relinquished after a Performance or Presence attack, then make a new Join Debate roll for everyone except for the speaker.
 '''Hold The Floor''' (1 Composure, MDV +/- 0)
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 A character should not attempt to Hold The Floor after a successful Investigation attack, or the target will be unable to answer and the attack will have been wasted.
-'''Monologue[[/Study]]''' (0 Composure, MDV –1).
+'''Monologue/Study''' (0 Composure, MDV –1).
 This action may only be taken by the speaker.  This is similar to the “Aim” action in physical combat.  The speaker tells a story, makes a digression, relates an anecdote, etc. with the goal of supporting his eventual Social Attack.  This action applies a –1 MDV penalty to the speaker, but grants an extra die on a subsequent Social Attack.  If the speaker loses The Floor before he gets a chance to make his Attack, then the bonus die is lost, but the MDV penalty remains.
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 In addition to the bonus from ‘Steeling’ oneself against a theme of attacks (see above), other factors affect MDVs.  Attacks that support or conflict with any of the defender’s Intimacies, strong Virtues (at 3+) or Motivation will apply penalties to MDV. Repeated attacks after failing at least once will provide a cumulative bonus to the target’s MDV, as they become skeptical. Finally, there is a situational modifier based on how mild, sensible, severe or ludicrous the attempted Influence happens to be.
 || ||'''Aligned'''||'''Opposed'''||
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 ||Normal||Obvious ideas||Common knowledge|| - ||-1||
 ||Unusual||Lust / like, Plausible Idea, Inconsequential Duty or Taboo||Intimacy, Strong Virtue||-||0||
-||Inappropriate||Dislike / respect, Inconvenient Duty or Taboo||Gossip||Laudable[[/Expected]]||+1||
+||Inappropriate||Dislike / respect, Inconvenient Duty or Taboo||Gossip||Laudable/Expected||+1||
 ||Dangerous||Unusual idea, Onerous Duty or Taboo||Confidential information||Normal||+2||
 || - ||Love / hate, Dangerous / silly idea, Dangerous Duty or Taboo||Motivation, Dangerous information||Inappropriate||+4||
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 ) Decide whether a Presence or Performance attack seeks to instill and Emotion, Intimacy, or a Compulsion.  Investigation attacks are always Revelations.
-) Calculate Attack Dice Pool (Charisma or Manipulation  + Performance or Presence or Investigation), + bonuses for stunts, Charms, channeling Virtues for dice, and prior Monologue[[/Study]] actions.
+) Calculate Attack Dice Pool (Charisma or Manipulation  + Performance or Presence or Investigation), + bonuses for stunts, Charms, channeling Virtues for dice, and prior Monologue/Study actions.
 ) Calculate MDV: either Dodge MDV, or any Parry MDV.  Apply MDV modifiers for personality, multiple attempts, and situational modifiers.  Excellencies and some other Charms with the “Social” keyword may be used to enhance MDV.