FFRP:D6 Discussion, Five Wounds of Caspin

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Geminex

Krylo, 2 questions:
You said mediate won't work on the Udrafresk, cause it's a boss. Fair enough. But dingos are acceptable targets, yes? Could I use mediate during battle? Like, as a slow action or something? And would the dingo get any sort of HP bonus when coming over to our side? Or would we have to heal it up again?

Mediator – Passive
A character with this incredible ability is capable of turning even the most bloodthirsty of foes into reluctant allies with the power of persuasion alone. Mediators may attempt to persuade defeated foes to join them for a time – or at least coerce general cooperation – with a successful Negotiation check at an appropriate difficulty.
The Mediator must be able to speak the creature’s language, and Bosses and End Bosses cannot be affected with this ability. Furthermore, upon successfully persuading a monster to assist the party, the character with the Mediator ability forfeits his share of the gil reward for overcoming the creature. This is similar to causing the
Charm status in foes, but the creature retains free will and there is no fixed duration. This ability may only be used once per session.

Secondly, how does alignment work exactly? Like, is it simply a measure of how good/evil my character has been? Is it more of a measure of how likely to act in a good/evil manner he is? Both?
The book really doesn't say much.

It's a measure of how aligned they currently are with the cosmic forces of either shadow or holy.

So neither.