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*All adventurers are always in one of three mindsets: <tt>CAUTIOUS</tt>, <tt>ANALYTICAL</tt>, or <tt>PEDANTIC</tt>. | *All adventurers are always in one of three mindsets: <tt>CAUTIOUS</tt>, <tt>ANALYTICAL</tt>, or <tt>PEDANTIC</tt>. | ||
*Debate attacks all employ one of three styles: <tt>PETTIFOGGERY</tt>, <tt>PONTIFICATION</tt>, or <tt>PASSION</tt>. | *Debate attacks all employ one of three styles: <tt>PETTIFOGGERY</tt>, <tt>PONTIFICATION</tt>, or <tt>PASSION</tt>. | ||
*When one adventurer debates another, the outcome is determined by comparing style to mindset. | *When one adventurer debates another, the outcome is determined by comparing the debater's style to mindset target's. | ||
**Each mindset is weak, neutral or immune to a different style | **Each mindset is weak, neutral or immune to a different style. | ||
**If accosted in a style your mindset is | **If accosted in a style your mindset is weak to you will take a major blow to your ego. A neutral style will still cause you a small ego loss. However, if you are immune to their style, your opponent will be knocked down a peg; taking ego damage as if you had attacked them with a style they are weak to. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|Mindset↓ Style→||Pettifoggery||Pontification||Passion | |Mindset↓ Style→||Pettifoggery||Pontification||Passion | ||
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==Advanced Rhetoric== | ==Advanced Rhetoric== | ||
[[Dramatics]] introduces 3 attitudes (Lawyerly, Saintly, Zealotry) and 3 fast-talk afflictions (DebateHurry, DebateCircuitous, DebateLoophole). | |||
*Each attitude cures and defends against one of the afflictions. | *Each attitude cures and defends against one of the afflictions. | ||
*Each affliction weakens the afflicted's use of a particular mindset. | *Each affliction weakens the afflicted's use of a particular mindset. | ||
*You can only maintain one attitude at a time. | *You can only maintain one attitude defence at a time. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
!Attitude | |||
!Cures | |||
!Empowers | |||
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|Lawyerly||Loophole||Pettifoggery | |Lawyerly||Loophole||Pettifoggery | ||