Merchant
Name
Merchant
Skill Attribute & Difficulty
Int - Average
Defaults
5+Int, Finance-6, Market Analysis-4
Prerequisites
None
Description
The skill of buying, selling, and trade of goods. Merchantile activities may include things such as bargaining and sales. As well as understanding the practice of trade.
Whilst the merchandise involved can be nearly any assortment of things, most merchants rely on one particular specialty goods that they specialize in.
Skill rolls may be used to ascertain or judge the value of commonplace goods, learn where commodities might be traded, or even find the market value of more commonly traded goods and commodities.
As this skill provides merchantile knowledge, you may also use this skill to haggle. A contest of skill is initiated, the victor adds or subtracts 10% of the market value, depending on the intention of trade, be it to buy or sell.
Specializations
The list of goods is too long to procure.
Modifiers
-3 if the goods are of the illegal variety (This can be counteracted if you have the streetwise skill at 12 or higher. Or if your merchant specialization is focused on selling such goods.)
-2 if trading in unfamiliar areas, this lasts until you are familiarized with the local market conditions. Cultural familiarity moddifiers apply.
