Diplomat / Negotiator / Face

AX.C.07.05

A social specialist who resolves conflicts, opens doors, and shapes outcomes through persuasion, authority, and organizational relationships. This Profession is most effective in campaigns with significant social and political dimensions.

Dominant Attribute: Wit
Favored Save: Wit Save (Wit + Resolve)
Power Access: No

Progression Track

Once per session, invoke your Profession's formal credentials or recognized standing to bypass one standard access barrier without a roll, a locked professional door, a guarded entry requiring identification, a bureaucratic checkpoint that would normally require paperwork. The bypass must be plausible given your Profession's actual authority in the setting.

Limit: Once per session.

Genre Note: A Fantasy Guild Envoy bypasses a noble's gatekeepers. A Modern Corporate Negotiator bypasses a secure facility checkpoint. A Sci-Fi Diplomatic Attache bypasses a station's customs hold.

Once per scene, before an ally within Near range makes a roll, declare Coordinate. That ally gains +2D on that roll. Must be declared before dice are rolled, cannot be applied retroactively. For the Diplomat, this most commonly represents expert coaching before a critical social exchange, feeding an ally key information, or positioning an ally as the authoritative voice in a negotiation.

Limit: Once per scene.

Call in a significant organizational favor, one that requires the organization to spend real resources or take real risk. Scale is proportional to your Stage 3 standing: backup personnel (2–4 NPCs), a cache of specialized equipment, an intelligence briefing on a current threat, or an official intervention that changes the legal or political status of a situation.

Limit: Once per Full Rest. The organization remembers this was called in. Overuse degrades your standing.