Bribery

Skill · Thief level 23 · (obscure)
(21% per practice)
Requires: case
Usage
  • bribe guards <action> [optional gold amount]
  • bribe <character> <action> [optional gold amount]

Action:

  • pass <direction>  : bribe to allow you to pass
  • pass group <direction>  : bribe to allow group to pass
  • information  : bribe for information
  • quest  : bribe to advance a quest

Bribery can be a very useful skill, both for spreading rumors, changing public opinion, and allowing you to gain quiet access to places that would otherwise require violence to enter. Naturally, having a high charisma helps with this, and being of similar alignment is an advantage.

The 'pass' modes allow you to bribe a guard or set of guards, to allow you or your group entry into a place that would otherwise require slaying of the guards in question. To bribe an entire group of guards at once, use the 'guards' keyword instead of an individual guard name.

To see an approximation of how much gold will be required for a given bribe, use a gold amount of 0 or don't specify any gold amount.

The bribe command cannot be used untrained, except for the 'quest' action.