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[enigma74]

What's the exact formula for strength of argument in a trial case?  Obviously law skill is important but I can't remember if persuasion, intelligence, and charisma have some influence.  Was it Law + (Persuasion/2) or something like that?

[Stargrasper]

Did some quick source diving.  The equation used for legal self-representation appears to be as follows:

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defensepower=5*(g.skill_roll(SKILL_PERSUASION)-3)+10*(g.skill_roll(SKILL_LAW)-3);


[enigma74]

Thanks, much appreciated.  Unfortunately I ended up doing the same thing myself as the Bay12 forums crashed for a few hours after I posted my question.  I'd like to add to what you posted above, regarding the justice system if anyone is still curious.

Major spoilers follow:

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When hiring a court appointed attorney, his power is a random number from 1-71.  A sleeper lawyer power is 1-71 + 2*Law + 2*Persuasion.  Thus a sleeper lawyer is always equal or better to the court appointed attorney.  And as listed above, self-defense has a power equal to 10*Law + 5*Persuasion.  Since self-defense has no random component, it's probably really useful if you have even moderate amounts of law.

[Jonathan S. Fox]

Note that skill rolls are themselves somewhat random, and return results on a bell curve centered on your skill plus a bit of the corresponding attribute; the average roll should be approximately equal to your skill level, up to around 9 skill, and then it starts to get diminishing returns.