Li Merit's Portable Library
Overview
Li Merit has constructed a portable library that he hauls around in a waterproof wagon.
Party members are welcome to use it during puttering, but please let the GM's and Li Merit know when you do so. For now, Li Merit is pretty protective of the library, and sticks around during your research.
To keep things sane, please don't use it more than once per puttering except in cases of emergency. Please don't feel *compelled* to use it, because we don't want to overdo it. Once per puttering is an easy rule of thumb.
The library has shticks and stuff, but the highlights are:
- Roll for 8's instead of 9's for skills you don't have that a library could plausibly help with.
- Rolls for 7's instead of 9's for skills you don't have that this library covers.
- +15 skill on INT rolls for things the library covers
- +12 INT on INT rolls for things the library covers (remember the stat doubling cap)
"Things the library covers" are listed below, one skill per shtick, as "Focus."
It does other things, too, and I'm open to requests if you can think of other skills it should cover or other shticks it should contain.
Skill Foci
- Accounting
- Administration
- Architecture
- Art History
- Bureaucracy
- Calligraphy
- Concelment
- Cryptography
- Economics
- Event Planning
- Forgery
- Go
- Heraldry
- History
- Imperial History
- Intelligence Analysis
- Interpret Omens
- KS: Demons
- KS: Dragon Army
- KS: Martial Arts
- KS: Metal
- KS: Sorcery
- KS: Spirits
- KS: Undead
- KS: Underworld
- Language: Senatali
- Language: Torghut
- Law (12 Kingdoms)
- Logistics
- Magic Items
- Necromancy Stories
- Poison
- Propaganda
- Psychology
- Puzzles
- Research
- Spirit/Demon Law
- Spycraft
- Strategy
- Tactics
- Writing
Books
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Book Title +1 skill for INT with Accounting Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Accounting |
Compiled Research Notes of Dai Yanjiu Generate ritual research points once per run Power 5, Freq 2, 12 li Focus: KS: Sorcery |
The Organized Librarian -2 difficulty for things the library covers Power 6, Freq 3, 40 li Focus: Strategy |
The Exalted Poetry of Qifa +7 INT for rolls on topics the library covers Power 5, Freq 4, 48 li Focus: Intelligence Analysis |
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Administration +1 skill for INT with Administration Power 1, Freq 2, 0.4 li Focus: Administration |
Art of Ritual Generate ritual hint Power 5, Freq 2, 12 li Focus: Interpret Omens |
The Lost Poetry of Qifa +5 INT for rolls on topics the library covers Power 4, Freq 4, 31 li Focus: Spycraft |
Purposeful Meditation +7 skill for rolls on topics the library covers Power 5, Freq 4, 48 li Focus: Magic Items |
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Architecture +1 skill for INT with Architecture Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Architecture |
Secrets of the Receptive Mind Spend skill points on a thing the library covers Power 4, Freq 3, 20 li Focus: Research |
Associations & Synergy +5 skill for rolls on topics the library covers Power 4, Freq 4, 31 li Focus: Psychology |
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Asymmetric Warfare +1 skill for INT with Asymmetric Warfare Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: Asymmetric Warfare |
Mathematics of Philosophy Verify hypothetical information on a topic the library covers Power 3, Freq 3, 10 li Focus: Tactics |
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Botany +1 skill for INT with Botany Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: Botany |
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Bureaucracy +1 skill for INT with Bureaucracy Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Bureaucracy |
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Ceremonies +1 skill for INT with Ceremonies Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: Ceremonies |
Lessons of Gu +5 skill for INT rolls with Poison Power 3, Freq 3, 10 li Focus: Poison |
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Cryptography +1 skill for INT with Cryptography Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Cryptography |
Printer's Manual +3 skill for rolls on topics the library covers Power 3, Freq 3, 10 li Focus: Forgery |
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Drawing +1 skill for INT with Drawing Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: Drawing |
Hidden Wall Dojo +5 skill for INT rolls with Concealment Power 3, Freq 3, 10 li Focus: Concealment |
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Economics +1 skill for INT with Economics Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Economics |
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Feng Shui +1 skill for INT with Feng Shui Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: Feng Shui |
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Heraldry +1 skill for INT with Heraldry Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Heraldry |
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Herbalism +1 skill for INT with Herbalism Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: Herbalism |
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History +1 skill for INT with History Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: History |
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Imperial History +1 skill for INT with Imperial History Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Imperial History |
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KS: Demons +1 skill for INT with KS: Demons Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: KS: Demons |
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KS: Dragon Army +1 skill for INT with KS: Dragon Army Power 1, Freq 2, 0.4 li Focus: KS: Dragon Army |
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KS: Martial Arts +1 skill for INT with KS: Martial Arts Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: KS: Martial Arts |
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KS: Schemes +1 skill for INT with KS: Schemes Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: KS: Schemes |
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KS: Spirits +1 skill for INT with KS: Spirits Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: KS: Spirits |
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KS: Undead +1 skill for INT with KS: Undead Power 1, Freq 2, 0.4 li Focus: KS: Undead |
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KS: Underworld +1 skill for INT with KS: Underworld Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: KS: Underworld |
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Law (12 Kingdoms) +1 skill for INT with Law (12 Kingdoms) Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Law (12 Kingdoms) |
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Linguistics +1 skill for INT with Linguistics Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: Linguistics |
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Logic +1 skill for INT with Logic Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: Logic |
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Logistics +1 skill for INT with Logistics Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Logistics |
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Music +1 skill for INT with Music Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: Music |
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Propaganda +1 skill for INT with Propaganda Power 1, Freq 2, 0.4 li Focus: Propaganda |
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Puzzles +1 skill for INT with Puzzles Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Puzzles |
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Spirit/Demon Law +1 skill for INT with Spirit/Demon Law Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Spirit/Demon Law |
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Weather Forecasting +1 skill for INT with Weather Forecasting Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: Weather Forecasting |
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Writing +1 skill for INT with Writing Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Writing |
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Ancient Stories +1 skill for INT with Ancient Stories Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: Ancient Stories |
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Art History +1 skill for INT with Art History Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Art History |
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Calligraphy +1 skill for INT with Calligraphy Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Calligraphy |
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Event Planning +1 skill for INT with Event Planning Power 1, Freq 2, 0.4 li Focus: Event Planning |
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Go +1 skill for INT with Go Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Go |
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KS: Metal +1 skill for INT with KS: Metal Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: KS: Metal |
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KS: Old Masters +1 skill for INT with KS: Old Masters Power 1, Freq 2, 1.1 li Focus: KS: Old Masters |
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Language: Senatali +1 skill for INT with Language: Senatali Power 1, Freq 2, 0.4 li Focus: Language: Senatali |
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Language: Torghut +1 skill for INT with Language: Torghut Power 1, Freq 2, 0.4 li Focus: Language: Torghut |
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Sculpture +1 skill for INT with Sculpture Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Sculpture |
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Pandas +1 skill for INT with Pandas Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Pandas |
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Memorization +1 skill for INT with Memorization Power 1, Freq 3, 1.1 li Focus: Memorization |