v0.34:Broker

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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
Appointed on the nobles screen.
Function
Valuation of items at Depot Visibility of item values Display of fortress wealth on z-status screen

The Broker is a useful noble with no demands or requirements. They have several duties in the running of an organised fortress.

If the broker has the appraiser skill, they will allow you to see fortress wealth and trade information on the status screen (z). The exactness with which this can be seen is determined by the duties of the bookkeeper. Your broker's appraiser skill is also used to determine whether to display item values, in general and at the trade depot.

At the trade depot, you can specify that only the broker may trade with visiting caravans. The advantage of this is that the broker gains appraiser skill by opening the trade window for the first time, which allows the display of item values at the depot, and gains social skills by trading, which improves returns on your trading efforts. The disadvantage, however, is that convincing your broker to go to the trade depot in a timely manner can at times be frustratingly difficult. Once your broker has gained the appraiser skill and your fortress has plentiful trade goods, allowing other dwarves to trade will spread out the experience gains and ensure a prompt response. Your traders also use the judge of intent skill to see how merchants react to trade offers.

Relevant skills

Of the social skills, those in bold are known to change the effectiveness of a Broker:

Judge of Intent	Liar	Conversationalist	Intimidator
Appraiser	Comedian	Persuader	Pacifier
Negotiator	Flatterer	Consoler

Raws
[POSITION:BROKER] [NAME:broker:brokers] [SITE] [NUMBER:1] [RESPONSIBILITY:TRADE] [APPOINTED_BY:EXPEDITION_LEADER] [APPOINTED_BY:MAYOR] [PRECEDENCE:170] [DO_NOT_CULL] [COLOR:5:0:0] [DUTY_BOUND]

V · T · E Nobles
Appointed Nobles	Bookkeeper • Broker • Chief medical dwarf • Hammerer • Manager
Military Ranks	Militia captain • Militia commander • Sheriff • Captain of the guard
Elected Nobles	Champion • Expedition leader • Mayor
Aristocrats	Baron • Count • Duke • Monarch
Other	Captain • Diplomat • General • Lieutenant • Outpost liaison