Shadow of the Raven Research

Research Mechanics

• Research happens in 8 hour increments, with one roll per increment, its Difficulty based on the topic being researched.
• Research Rolls are made using either Read/Write, Charm or Command
  • Character with the Appropriate Academic Knowledge gain +10 to the roll.
  • Characters without an appropriate Academic Knowledge check take a -20 to the roll.
  • Characters with Search Trained gained +10 to the Research Roll.
• Research Assistant: Istvan can act as a Research Assitant for one character. He grants the following benefits
  • The PC's may ignore the penalty for lacking an Academic Knowledge skill.
• Duplicate Topics: If you unlock a topic that you had alread unlocked, you gain 2 free shifts in that topic.
• Unsupervised Research
  • Each Concealment or Disguise check grants 4 hours of Unsupervised research.
  • Multiple Failed checks may result in the characters expulsion from the House of Wisdom.
  • Research Checks may be made the Search or Read/Write.
• Research Fatigue: A character may only engage in a number of Hours of Research equal to the lower of 1/4 their Toughness or Will Power. For each hour of research past that they must make Willpower check to stay focused.
  • Fatigue (Level 1):Receive a -10 penalty to all checks.
  • Fatigue (Level 2):Receive a -20 penalty to all checks.
  • Fatigue (Level 3):Research increments take 25% longer due to distraction, nodding off, etc.
  • Fatigue (Level 4):Research increments take 50% longer.
  • Fatigue (Level 5):Research increments are doubled.