Encourager

This Special Character Role is designed to provide support and encouragement to LightRaiders that they might be ever stalwart in carrying forth the Good News of the OverLord's love.

The Encourager may boost Character Strengths, Abilities or any skill score of any TwiceBorn other than himself. This is done by forming a compliment based on a Sacred Scroll reference.  To be successful, the encouragement must have a Difficulty Level that is at least as high as the Sword of the Spirit rating of the Encourager. The encouragement must be a sincere and applicable statement of support for the TwiceBorn but does not have to be memorised.

When properly done, the encouragement adds a temporary bonus for all Success Rolls made with that Character Strength, Ability or skill. The bonus is equal to a +1 for every point of Sword of the Spirit held by the Encourager. The bonus only affects the targeted Character Strength, Ability or skill; the LightRaider may not recalculate any Ability or skill score that draws on that Character Strength or Ability.

If used to boost a Character Strength (LOve, JOy, PEace,...) the bonus will last for one day, or until the Character Strength has been damaged a number of points equal to the bonus, which ever comes first. If used to boost a Character Ability or skill (BWS, CO, RFI, WM,...) the bonus will last until the rating has failed a number of Success Checks equal to the bonus.

This special ability may be used a number of times a day equal to the Encourager's Merciful Compassion rating, and only one such bonus may reside on an individual LightRaider at a time. When the encouragement bonus lapses, the Encourager may attempt to boost the same or a different score, of the same LightRaider.

There is one additional limitation...the same scripture reference may be used only once per gaming session as an encouragement, so the player would do well to begin to collect a notebook of such encouragements, probably logged by Character Strength, Ability, or skill. WordRune references may not be used as encouragements.

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