Moderation - Liaisons
The following is general information about liaisons, and applies to both independent parties and Alliances. There are two types of liaison, Organisation Liaison and Quest Liaison.
An Organisation Liaison applies to an Alliance that fulfils all the requirements to receive moderation. The liaison is a member of the designated Organisation.
As only Alliance parties can work with an Organisation the term Quest Liaison applies to the person that is handling a non-Alliance Special Quest (SQ).
A party can contact a Quest Liaison from anywhere in the game world, this was decided upon to make the game easier to play as the requirement of constantly having to travel to the Quest Liaison's location would make carrying out a SQ too time consuming for a party.
Contacting a Quest Liaison with moderation information about a SQ is a Free Action (FA). Contacting a Quest Liaison about something that does not relate to the SQ the party is on is not allowed, doing so can result in disciplinary action being taken by the GM, such as the SQ being cancelled.
When passing on information to a Liaison:
It can only be information that has been carried out; you cannot pass on information about plans, unless the Liaison specifically asks for your plans. This is not to be confused with the idea of asking the liaison about a plan, which as a question will cost a SA.
You need to be specific, but also as with all Moderation actions the information needs to be as short and clear as possible. You cannot say for example: 'Tell the liaison what happened.' See the numerous examples in this book about how to carry out actions, and in particular the Alliance Examples.
Only pass on relevant details. If you received an action try not to just copy the results directly, it would be better for yourself if you rewrite the results in to something short and clear, then it will be easier for you to keep track of what a Liaison has been told. The following is what is allowed:
If it is one result then directly copying the result is allowed, as it is quicker for the player.
If more than one result is being passed on then you need to summarise the actions. You cannot send several directly copied actions they have to be summarised.
If you want to pass on information that is wrong, then it will cost a SA to lie to the Liaison. You have to clearly say on the action what you want to do, and also what the truth is.
A party that does not have a SA cannot ask the Quest Liaison for more information about a SQ, or any topic.
A player can ask the GM, not a Quest Liaison, questions. For questions that the rulebook clearly explains the player will likely be pointed to the appropriate section to read as GM time is very precious.
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