FEG903 Party Synergy

FEG903: Party Synergy

Successful adventuring is a cooperative exercise. Parties who cannot work together,
or do not at least have complementary skills and abilities, do not often last. However,
the d20 System provides few rules which actually allow for in-game modifiers based on
cooperative actions.

Party Synergy provides rules for many specific situations in which characters can
cooperate (called synergy maneuvers), with specific game effects. It takes the
concept of skill synergy to a new level. When characters perform certain actions in
concert, they receive benefits that exceed the simple sum of the parts.

The central mechanic of the party synergy system is the new Share Knowledge skill.
This skill, in addition to giving access to the various synergy maneuvers, allows one
character to coach and train another in a particular skill, giving the other character a
bonus that lasts several rounds, or even allowing the other character to increase his
ranks in the skill – without having to advance a level.