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At the {{L|Depot}}, you can specify that only the broker may {{L|Trade}} with visiting {{L|caravan}}s. The advantage of this is that the broker gains skill in appraisal as he trades, which both allows the display of fortress wealth and helps with getting the best deals in your trading efforts.
 
At the {{L|Depot}}, you can specify that only the broker may {{L|Trade}} with visiting {{L|caravan}}s. The advantage of this is that the broker gains skill in appraisal as he trades, which both allows the display of fortress wealth and helps with getting the best deals in your trading efforts.
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There is a certain set of {{L|Social Skills}} that are relevant for a Broker, there are also certain {{L|Personality Traits}} that influence if experience is gained in the skill whatsoever, furthermore there are {{L|Soul Attributes}} that affect the Skills and other Skills that affect the same Attributes {{L|Cross Training}}, the ones relevant for a Broker are as follow:
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{| {{prettytable}}
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|- style="background:#ddd"
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! rowspan="2"            style="width:1em" | Social Skill (relevant for Broker)
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! rowspan="2" colspan="2"                  | Personality Trait (needed to gain Social Skill)
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!            colspan="2"                  | Attribute (affected by Social Skill)
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|-
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!                        style="width:1em" | Body
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!                        style="width:1em" | Soul
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|-
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| rowspan="3"                  | Comedian
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| rowspan="3" style="width:1em" | Self-consciousness
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| rowspan="3" style="width:1em" | < 76
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| rowspan="3"                  | Agility
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|                                Creativity
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|-
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|                                Kinesthetic Sense
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|-
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|                                Linguistic Ability
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|-
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| rowspan="3" | Conversationalist
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| rowspan="3" | Gregariousness (Reserved)
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| rowspan="3" | > 39
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| rowspan="3" |
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|              Linguistic Ability
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|-
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|              Empathy
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|-
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|              Social Awareness
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|-
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| rowspan="3" | Flatterer
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| rowspan="6" | Straightforwardess
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| rowspan="3" | < 61
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| rowspan="3" |
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|              Linguistic Ability
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|-
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| Empathy
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|-
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| Social Awareness
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|-
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| rowspan="3" | Liar
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| rowspan="3" | < 40
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| rowspan="3" |
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|              Creativity
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|-
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|              Linguistic Ability
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|-
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|              Social Awareness
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|-
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| rowspan="2" | Intimidator
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| rowspan="2" | Cooperation
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| rowspan="2" | < 61
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| rowspan="2" | Agility
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|              Kinesthetic Sense
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|-
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|              Linguistic Ability
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|-
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| rowspan="3" | Judge of intent
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| rowspan="3" |
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| rowspan="3" |
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| rowspan="3" |
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| Intuition
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|-
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| Empathy
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|-
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| Social Awareness
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|-
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| rowspan="3" | Negotiator
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| rowspan="3" |
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| rowspan="3" |
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| rowspan="3" |
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| Linguistic Ability
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|-
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| Empathy
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|-
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| Social Awareness
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|-
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| rowspan="3" | Persuader
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| rowspan="3" | Assertiveness
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| rowspan="3" | > 39
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| rowspan="3" |
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| Linguistic Ability
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|-
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| Empathy
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|-
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| Social Awareness
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|}
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The better match with the table Skills, Traits and Attributes the better Broker the Dwarf will be, try to avoid Traits that halt experience gain for a relevant Skill, otherwise time will be lost training a Dwarf that will never get better a that Skill.
  
 
{{gamedata|[POSITION:BROKER]
 
{{gamedata|[POSITION:BROKER]

Revision as of 08:56, 27 March 2011

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Broker
Room requirements  
Office None
Quarters None
Dining room None
Tomb None
Furniture requirements
Chests None
Cabinets None
Weapon racks None
Armor stands None
Other
Mandates None
Demands None
Arrival conditions
None
Function

The Broker is a useful Template:L with no Template:Ls or Template:L. They have several duties in the running of an organised fortress.

If the broker has the Template:L skill, they will allow you to see the count of your fortresses Template:L in the Template:L screen (z). The exactness with which this can be seen is determined by the duties of the Template:L.

At the Template:L, you can specify that only the broker may Template:L with visiting Template:Ls. The advantage of this is that the broker gains skill in appraisal as he trades, which both allows the display of fortress wealth and helps with getting the best deals in your trading efforts.

There is a certain set of Template:L that are relevant for a Broker, there are also certain Template:L that influence if experience is gained in the skill whatsoever, furthermore there are Template:L that affect the Skills and other Skills that affect the same Attributes Template:L, the ones relevant for a Broker are as follow:

Social Skill (relevant for Broker) Personality Trait (needed to gain Social Skill) Attribute (affected by Social Skill)
Body Soul
Comedian Self-consciousness < 76 Agility Creativity
Kinesthetic Sense
Linguistic Ability
Conversationalist Gregariousness (Reserved) > 39 Linguistic Ability
Empathy
Social Awareness
Flatterer Straightforwardess < 61 Linguistic Ability
Empathy
Social Awareness
Liar < 40 Creativity
Linguistic Ability
Social Awareness
Intimidator Cooperation < 61 Agility Kinesthetic Sense
Linguistic Ability
Judge of intent Intuition
Empathy
Social Awareness
Negotiator Linguistic Ability
Empathy
Social Awareness
Persuader Assertiveness > 39 Linguistic Ability
Empathy
Social Awareness

The better match with the table Skills, Traits and Attributes the better Broker the Dwarf will be, try to avoid Traits that halt experience gain for a relevant Skill, otherwise time will be lost training a Dwarf that will never get better a that Skill.

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