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[WomanTheatre]

I've been through a few fortresses that upon building the Trade Depot it tends to 'adopt' a random dwarf in my group as the broker - it has never been the one Dwarf I gave leadership skills to before embarking.

Can this be changed?  What influences the system's choice?  Should I designate the Study/Office I built to this chosen dwarf so he has a chance at raising the appraise skill?

Thanks!

[Untelligent]

Press the (n) button for the Nobles screen. You can replace the Trader (as well as the Manager and Clerk) there.

[pushy]

From what I've seen, it's pretty random as to who gets the positions at the start of the game. It'll generally be someone with social skills who gets it, but it's not guaranteed.

Press 'n' to access the nobles screen and you can change the manager, broker and bookkeeper to whoever you wish. The only one that can't be changed is the expedition leader.

Also, an office won't increase a dwarf's appraisal skill - they'll only gain this via trading. Doesn't matter much, anyway. Odds are that on your first trade whoever does the trading will gain enough appraisal skill to gain a few levels. I don't bother giving dwarves any appraisal skill at the start of the game because of this; from my experience it's extremely rare for my trading dwarf to be lower than Skilled Appraiser after the dwarven caravan arrives in the first Autumn.

[WomanTheatre]

Thanks for the help - we'll see if it works out next autumn...