Favor

Favor is a mundane social Advantage [variable cost, see Pricing below] working like a one-shot Ally, Contact, Contact Group, or Patron.Basic Set: Characters, p.55 In essence, someone "owes you one". Perhaps this character saved someone's life, kept an important secret, or did some service that was promised compensation.
== Rapid Application ==
* To avoid overdoing the math during play, simply use 1 point to represent a Favor by a single, modestly-powerful person, one who's otherwise not easy to get ahold of.
** If they're already your friend, they may as well just be a 5-point Ally!
* Starting characters with long reputations might have about three fairly open-ended Favors without getting too ridiculous.
* Favors that can be called in quickly"Hey Jimmy, you still got that dynamite from the dig site? I need it by tomorrow."or with a lot of power"Vito, you said I could ask you for a single favor after the Incident. Well, there's this guy messing with my business, and I'm gonna need some muscle." are 2 points.
* Magical Summons, such as a "Horn of Summoning Some Minotaur Dudes" or "Signal Flare of Pyromancer Assistance", work nigh-instantly. This costs 3-5 points. These still should be cheap since they're essentially quest items gained in play, such as a Scroll of Calling,Dungeon Fantasy 6: 40 Artifacts, p.21 or the favor of Wun Fre BeetinPyramid 3/75: Hero's Jackpot, p.9
== Pricing ==
For comparison: Limited Use, Once Ever is worth -80%.
This ability is slightly different: it is 1/5
By being 1/5 cost rather than -80% this emulates other approaches like:
*Alternative Advantages
*Duplicate Advantages
*Internal Advantages
*CPPA
Also similar is Potential Advantages (1/2 cost rather than -50% which effectively gives -50% though)
Using "once per day" Limited Use for social advantages is kinda cloudy to begin with.
==Supers==
Pg 114 gives TWO variables for 1/5 cost:
*Character Point-Powered Abilities like seen in PU8
*1/5 cost in general like Favor
== See Also ==
* Allies
* Contact and Contact Group
* Patron
== Notes ==
== References ==
Category:Advantages
Category:Mundane Traits
Category:Social Traits