Blather

Max: Fellowship Bonus
Tests: Charm to Blather

Called ‘opening your mouth and letting your belly rumble’ in Nordland, or simply ‘bullshitting’ in Ostland, blathering involves talking rapidly and incessantly, or talking volubly and at-length, about inconsequential or nonsense matters, and is used to verbally confuse and confound a target. You use your Charm Skill to Blather. Attempt an Opposed Charm/Intelligence Test. Success gives your opponent a Stunned Condition. Further, for each level you have in Blather, your opponent gains another Stunned Condition. Targets Stunned by Blather may do nothing other than stare at you dumbfounded as they try to catch-up with or understand what you are saying. Once the last Stunned Condition comes to an end, the target finally gets a word in, and may not be best pleased with you — after all, you have been talking about nothing or nonsense for some time. Should you stop talking, your opponent immediately loses all Stunned Conditions caused by your Blather. Generally, you can only attempt to Blather at a character once per scene, or perhaps longer as determined by the GM, as the target soon wises up to your antics.