SW Talent In the Know – Improved

Star Wars – Talents of the Galaxy

Active Talent – In the Know – Improved

Specialisations

You can only take this talent once per tier, and it counts as being taken in all other specialisations in that tier.

• Tier 4 Talents – Propagandist

Specialisation – Propagandist (Social)

Based on Star Wars Are of Rebellion – Despirate Allies – Diplomat – Propagandist p 79.

• SW Career Skills – Charm (Pr), Deception (Cun) Knowledge – Warfare (Int), Perception (Cun)
• SR Career Skills – Charm (Pr), Deception (Cun) Knowledge – Corporations (Int), Perception (Cun)
• Starting Character gains one rank in two career skills of their choice.
• These skills become additional Career skills.
• Level 1 Talents – Cutting Question (A), Grit (PR), In the Know (PR), Positive Spin (PR)
• Level 2 Talents – In the Know (PR), Positive Spin (PR), Positive Spin – Improved (A), Toughened (PR)
• Level 3 Talents – Bad Press (A), Confidence (PR), Grit (PR), Well Rounded (PR)
• Level 4 Talents – Confidence (PR), Dodge (AR), Informant (A), Toughened (PR)
• Level 5 Talents – Confidence (PR), In the Know (PR), In the Know – Improved (A), Positive Spin (PR)

(A) Active Talent (P) Passive Talent (R) Ranked Talent

Fantasy Flight Games Rules

• Talent – In the Know – Iproved – 25 XP
  • Activation – Active – Action
  • Ranked – No
  • Trees – Propagandist
  • Once per session, the character may take the In the Know action by making a opposed Deception vs Vigilance check against a chosen NPC (who needs not be present), with the difficulty downgraded once per rank of In the Know. If the character succeeds, they invent one piece of missinformation that they have been spreading, the NPC alread believes that missinformation, and is unaware that it originated from the character.
  • The missinformation must be a false statement of fact and relatively simple (such as a false location of a Rebel Alliane base, the name of a supposed “Traitor” or the overview of a fake battle plan). When the character does this, they must explain how they leaked this falsified information to the NPC who now believes it.

Genesys Rules

In the Genesys system this becomes a Tier 5 talent.

• Talent Tier 5 – In the Know – Improved – 25 XP
  • Activation – Active – Action
  • Ranked – No
  • Once per session, the character may take the In the Know action by making a opposed Deception vs Vigilance check against a chosen NPC (who needs not be present), with the difficulty downgraded once per rank of In the Know. If the character succeeds, they invent one piece of missinformation that they have been spreading, the NPC alread believes that missinformation, and is unaware that it originated from the character.
  • The missinformation must be a false statement of fact and relatively simple (such as a false location of a Rebel Alliane base, the name of a supposed “Traitor” or the overview of a fake battle plan). When the character does this, they must explain how they leaked this falsified information to the NPC who now believes it.

Design Details

Content Updates

• 2022-08-14 – Talent page created, linked into the Propogandist tree.

SW Talents

Tier 1 – Adversary (R), Bacta Specialist (R), Black Market Contacts (R), Brace (R), Bypass Security (R), Command (R), Convincing Demeanour (R), Cutting Question, Defensive Stance (R), Dodge (R), Expert Tracker (R), Fearsome (R), Feral Strength (R), Forager, Frenzied Attack (R), Gearhead (R), Good Cop (R), Grit (R), Galaxy Mapper (R), Hard Headed (R), Hard-Boiled (R),Hidden Storage (R), In the Know (R), Intimidating (R), Iron Body (R), Lethal Blows (R), Machine Mender (R), Outdoorsman (R), Overwhelm Defences (R), Parry (R), Point Blank (R), Positive Spin (R), Precision Strike, Rapid Reaction (R), Rapid Recovery (R), Second Wind (R), Shortcut (R), Side Step (R), Smooth Talker (R), Stalker (R), Speaks Binary (R), Stimpack Specialisation (R), Street Smarts (R), Surgeon (R), Toughened (R), Up the Ante (R)

Tier 2 – Bad Cop (R), Bought Info, Confidence (R), Debilitating Shot, Deft Maker (R), Disorient (R), Durable (R), Eye for Detail (R), Full Throttle, Hunter (R), Jump Up, Jury Rigged (R), Knockdown, Martial Grace, Planet Mapper (R), Positive Spin – Improved, Precise Aim (R), Quick Draw, Quick Strike (R), Second Chances (R), Spare Clip, Strong Arm, SurSwift

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Tier 4 – Blooded (R), Clever Solutions, Contraption, Deadly Accuracy (R), Double or Nothing – Improved, Field Commander – Improved, Hunter’s Quarry, Informant, Let’s Ride, Mind Over Matter, Nobody’s Fool (R), Overbalance, Redundant Systems, Speaks Binary – Supreme, Stim Application – Improved, Stunning Blow – Improved, Tinkerer (R), True Aim (R), Unrelenting Skeptic, Walk the Walk

Tier 5 – Amour Master – Improved, Bring it Down, Coordination Dodge, Crippling Blow, Double or Nothing – Supreme, Hard Headed – Improved, Heroic Fortitude, Hindering Shot, Hold Together, Hunters Quarry – Improved, In the Know – Improved, It’s Not that Bad, MASTER (Doctor, of Shadows), NATURAL (Brawler, Charmer, Doctor, Enforcer, Hunter, Marksmen, Negotiator, Outdoorsman, Rogue, Tinkerer), Reconstruct the Scene, Reroute Processors, Shortcut – Improved, Soft Spot, Stim Application – Surpreme, Superior Reflexes, Supreme Precision Strike, Unrelenting Skeptic – Improved

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