<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=104036.msg4742725#msg4742725">Quote from: TheGlyphstone on 05-06-2011, 06:09:34</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">See, that does nothing to help us, though, because we all have the same penalties initially. Darius has a +10 for weapons, making his total penalty -20. Sarah has a +10 for starship components, making her penalty -20. The rest of us have a -30 penalty, so the lowest in the group is -20...if we all spend an acquisition on the same item, our total penalty is still -20. By that wording, we wouldn't be able to pool Haggle attempts either, since they affect our individual effective Profit Factors.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Wait... are you sure that's how it works?  (and I do apologize for asking)  The wording on the combining of acquisition tests could be read to mean that you can add different bonuses together.  You use one character's profit factor, but you can apply the bonuses for each "acquisition special ability" to it.  Can't you?  Why would you have the ability to combine acquisition abilities if that doesn't actually provide a benefit?  If, for example, Sarah and Cortez wanted to get something together, and they have the same relative haggle skill, why would they have any reason to work together if they couldn't add multiple bonuses from different characters to the same test?<br/><br/>On a related note, TGT, do you mean that Darius cannot use his +10 bonus to acquire arms and armor to starship weapons (and starship armor), for any tests, or just as an additive to someone else's?<br/><br/>AKA, are you saying his bonus does not apply to "Starship" arms and armor, but instead applies only to personal arms and armor?  (which makes sense... although it's a bit sad for the power gamer in me) or are you saying that various character's special bonuses cannot be added together when making acquisition tests, and only the best character's modifier would count?<br/><br/>Although, from your wording, (as you didn't say Baromir and Cortez could not add their +10 bonuses to getting us starship weapons) I'm guessing it's just that Darius cannot use his bonus for Starship stuff (and his Arch-militant bonus is for personal arms and armor only... or something along those lines... if so, could you define "arms and armor" a tiny bit better?  Can he use his bonus to get a tank?)<br/><br/>Of course, I could be wrong in my assumptions!<br/><br/>So... the main question is simple... can Sarah use her bonuses to get a +25 to getting poor quality starship weapons, let Barimor use 100 achievement points to get her a +10, and Cortez use his skills to give her another +10, to make a total +45 to the acquisition test?  Or does Sarah have to use her +25 by itself?<br/><br/>Heck... do haggle tests from different characters stack, or do you just use the best roll if multiple people try and haggle?  Inquiring minds want to know.