Rhetorical Devices (Class: Orator)

The voice is a weapon. This is best known by generals, naturally, but the more genteel Orator employs it just the same - if not far more cuttingly. Training in this manner means one is normally destined for politics or academia. If you are a skilled Orator and end up as a sellsword (selltongue?), then surely you are ill-starred. THE ORATOR+1 Language and +2 Modes per Template. Starting Skill: Oratory (naturally), and 1) Geography 2) Cosmology 3) History 4) PoliticsStarting Equipment: Fine Crossbow, Expensive Clothing, and three other Orator’s Possessions. A - Presence, +1 Bonus to all Reaction Rolls when Present B - KairosC - Hendiadys, NoemaD - Meiosis, EthopoeiaPresence Your voice is clear like a bell, musical, and pleasant to listen to. You can speak in the softest, most charming whisper, or boom out to echo round the whole damn dungeon. You can speak over anyone but other Orators, and dragons, whose Presence is naturally ever superior to your own. To affect people with your…