Evolving Disposition

[coldwind]

I thought I had this part of the Intrigue system figured out, but re-reading the section has me wanting clarification.

1. A character cannot worsen his disposition on an exchange if he was successfully influence last exchange.
- Does this only refer to the Influence action, or would a successful Shield of Reputation also prevent worsening a disposition?
- Does the influence damage done need to be greater than zero for the Influence attempt to be considered successful, or is equaling the Intrigue Defense enough, even if the current Disposition's DR is enough to reduce Influence done to 0?

[Zeroed]

Shield of Reputation raises the opponent's Disposition by one, so in effect, I would rule personally that the person has been successfully influenced by this special action, even though he was not technically "influenced" as per the Influence action. Otherwise, that particular action would become worthless: you increase the opponent's Disposition and he simply lowers it back down on his turn. That would be kind of dumb, in my opinion...

As far as the Influence damage goes, I have always thought that someone needs to suffer Influence damage to prevent him from lowering his Disposition. When you do not deal any Influence damage because of the DR, your words seemed empty and unconvincing, so I think he could drop his Disposition in that case.

[Zorbeltuss]

page reference?

[Zeroed]

Shield of Reputation on p.145 (PDF v1.1)

Evolving Dispositions on p.141-142 (PDF v1.1)

[Zorbeltuss]

okay.

I would say that beating intrigue defence and succeeding on shield of reputation both equals "successfully influence target".