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Description
The Begging skill serves two primary purposes. On land, players may beg non-player characters for a chance to receive very small amounts of gold. At sea, players may use the Begging skill to motivate their crewmembers, increasing their combat effectiveness.
Summary
Players can use the Begging skill on NPC vendors to receive 5 gold on a successful beg
Players may at most successfully beg once from each vendor in a 24 hour window
Cooldown for the Begging skill is 5 seconds
Vendors carry 50 gold per day
Players can now use the Begging skill on NPC Ship Crewmembers who will live in various town and wilderness housing locals to acquire them (they become a Ship Crewmember deed that may then placed into a ship deed)
Players are only allowed to make one begging attempt on a Ship Crewmember per day
Motivating
Players may now use the Begging skill on Ship Crewmembers onboard a ship to "motivate" them and improve their combat effectiveness for a limited duration
Motivated ship crewmembers receive a damage bonus equal to (25% * (Player Begging Skill / 100)) for 5 minutes
Motivated ship crewmembers receive a bonus to their Wrestling skill equal to (12.5% * (Player Begging Skill / 100)) for 5 minutes
Use of the Begging skill while aboard a ship will automatically motivate all crewmembers and will not provide a targeting reticle.
Only the captain of a ship can motivate crewmembers
Players should now be able to gain Begging skill by motivating Crew Members on ships