Contacts

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A Contact is a single individual whom the character knows, and who has a certain degree of Loyalty towards the character, and is willing to help the character in certain ways, according to what his specialty is (slighly secret information, Insider/Mole information or Gossip, or various forms of skilled aid), but who will not adventure with the character or take any great risk (the Mole being the minor exception to this).

There are 8 kinds of Contacts, and a few more will perhap be added later. The average player character will have several Contacts.

Contact Types

Contact type	Base cost	Loyalty	Skill	Notes
Gossip	3 PP	2	3	Can provide the latest gossip on everyone in a Village-sized (Ex0) or somewhat larger area
Information	15 PP	4	4	Can provide basic and not-really-secret information from inside an organization
Mole-B	30 PP	2	4	Provides very secret information from inside organization (version B is being Blackmailed by the character, while version F is a Friend doing it due to high Loyalty)
Mole-F	30 PP	5	4
Teacher(C)	15 PP	4	4	Will Teach or Train the character in a small (or slightly larger) number of Skills. The C simply indicates that it is a Contact.
Trainer(C)	15 PP	4	4
Mentor	10 PP	4	-	Will give the character advice, according to his own worldview and biases (a Mentor is never a spokesperson for the GM!). Useful if the character is confused, lost or bewildered.
Skilled	15 PP	4	4	Will give one kind of skilled aid to the character, e.g. medical aid, or firearm customization, but like all other Contacts will never go adventuring with the character.
Trader	10 PP	3	-	Is willing to trade with the character, in spite of cultural, religious and racial or species differences, and may even give slightly fabourable deals.
Supplier	10 PP	3	4	Has rare items in stock, such as high-Quality weapons or armour which are otherwise only made to order
Dealer	15 PP	2	4	Sells items that are illegal or highly disapproved of, such as poisons

Contact Levels

Contact Level	Cost
1	2 PP
2	4 PP
3	6 PP
4	8 PP
5	10 PP
6	12 PP
7	14 PP
8	16 PP
9	18 PP
10	20 PP

Contact Level	Cost
11	23 PP
12	26 PP
13	29 PP
14	32 PP
15	35 PP
16	38 PP
17	41 PP
18	44 PP
19	47 PP
20	50 PP

Contact Level	Cost
21	54 PP
22	58 PP
23	62 PP
24	66 PP
25	70 PP
26	74 PP
27	78 PP
28	82 PP
29	86 PP
30	90 PP

Contact Level	Cost
31	95 PP
32	100 PP
33	105 PP
34	110 PP
35	115 PP
36	120 PP
37	125 PP
38	130 PP
39	135 PP
40	140 PP

Contact Level	Cost
41	146 PP
42	152 PP
43	158 PP
44	164 PP
45	170 PP
46	176 PP
47	182 PP
48	188 PP
49	194 PP
50	200 PP

Contact Level	Cost
51	207 PP
+1	+7 PP

Contacts can be improved, in terms of Skill (except those types that don't have Skill) and Loyalty, and in other ways, during character creation. Each such improvement cost one or more Contact Levels. Total up all the Contact Levels for each Contact to find the Perk Point cost. This PP costis added to the base PP cost of the Contacto find the total PP cost.

As an example, a Gossip has a base cost of 3 PP. If improved with 7 Contact Levels, which coss 14 PP, the total cost of this Gossip is 17 PP.

Contact Skill

A	B	C
1	2	3

Gossip Information Mole(B) Mole(F) Mentor Teacher(C) Trainer(C) Skilled Trader Suppplier Dealer

Contact Loyalty

Other Contact Improvements

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Please note

After the 50th Contact Level, the cost goes up by 7 PP per CL continously, it does not continue to escalate (i.e. 100 Contact Levels would cost 550 PP). Also note that the vast majority of Contacts will have modest amounts of Contact Levels, perhaps from 5 to 20.

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 == Contact Skill ==
+{|style="margin: 2px;"
+! A !! B !! C
+|-
+| 1 || 2 || 3
+|}
+Gossip
+Information
+Mole(B)
+Mole(F)
+Mentor
+Teacher(C)
+Trainer(C)
+Skilled
+Trader
+Suppplier
+Dealer
 == Contact Loyalty ==