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If the adventuring party attempts to parley or negotiate with the other side during an encounter and there is no compelling reason for combat, the Game Master may randomly determine the other side's '''reaction'''.

Roll a d% and try to take the circumstances and the overall situation into account. Compare the total result with the entries on the table.

If a party member is the one who speaks first, their reaction bonus (or penalty!) is taken into account.

{{Example|title=The adventuring party encounters tipsy gnomes.
|text=Alrik, Nora, Bryn and Kassandra are taking a stroll among the houseboats in Fix at night. A group of drunk, rowdy gnomes are blocking their way and want to try to persuade Bryn to give them his wine. Bryn (CHA 16) wants to keep his wine and move on with his friends without being bothered, so he starts talking to the gnomes. The Game Master wants to use a reaction roll to determine how the gnomes react to Bryn. She rolls a d% and gets a 9. Since Bryn can be quite likable and convincing, he gets a {{bonus|25%}} on the die roll because of his CHA, for a total of 34. The Game Master also thinks that the gnomes have been rather cheerfully drunk up to now, so she adds another 10 to the roll, for a total of 44: Irritable. The gnomes now stop trying to talk Bryn out of his wine, but are a bit irritable about the way they are being treated here: "We are not some random hirelings that you can boss around, we just wanted to have a nice chat!"}}

Depending on the situation, further modifiers may come into play (see [[loyalty]]).

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