Lower the stat/skill required for gossip

I feel like the "gossip" mechanic should be open to more players. There's been a lack of interesting bartender chatter lately and I wonder if it's because not enough PCs have the stats/skills to get the bartender to accept their juicy piece of gossip. Bartenders in the Mix should accept chatter as long as you're not ugly as sin. If I'm not mistaken, the GMs already go through and choose the player-submitted gossip they want to add to the system, so there will still be some quality control.

By svetlana at Feb 11, 2023 10:56 PM

How about setting up a specific NPC, Kenny Aspin, with a gossip threshold of any PC under three months. This would let new players test the system and seasoned players use immigrants to relay data to the domes biggest gossip: Kenny!

This would have to come with an expectation that Kenny rumors wouldn't be repeated with the same level of clout as a seasoned chatterbox talking to Rychek. How do we manage that? Is it entirely on the GM triage level?

By ReeferMadness at Feb 11, 2023 11:07 PM

I've made some changes to make this easier and more accommodating for lower CHR players. See the release note in the updates thread for more info.

By Slither at Feb 16, 2023 5:36 PM

-	baewulf	2m
-	shoesanti	31s
-	AdamBlue9000	8m	Rolling 526d6 damage against both of us.
-	Treble	2m
-	Kangarat	1m
-	Emily	45m	I lost myself, in the dark charade.
And 15 more hiding and/or disguised

Lower the stat/skill required for gossip "What's the chatter?" "Nothing new."

Lower the stat/skill required for gossip
"What's the chatter?" "Nothing new."