Social Skills

1. Diplomacy

• Description: This skill involves negotiation, mediation, and bartering, focusing on positive-sum interactions where all parties can benefit. It encompasses the art of making deals, resolving conflicts, and fostering cooperative relationships.
• Associated Emotional Target: This skill aligns with the emotional target of isolation vs community, as it promotes harmonious interactions and mutual benefit.
• Alternate Names:
  • Mediation
  • Negotiation
  • Conciliation

2. Deception

• Description: This skill covers persuasion through falsehoods, manipulation, and acting. It involves presenting information in a misleading way to influence others' perceptions or actions.
• Associated Emotional Target: Deception is linked to the emotional target of guilt and the sense of self, as it pertains to the integrity of information shared and the trustworthiness of the individual.
• Alternate Names:
  • Subterfuge
  • Guile
  • Duplicity

3. Authority

• Description: This skill involves intimidation, leadership, and commanding respect. It is the ability to assert power and enforce rules or norms within a social context.
• Associated Emotional Target: Authority corresponds to the emotional target of isolation vs community, as membership in the community is contingent on obeying.
• Alternate Names:
  • Command
  • Dominance
  • Leadership

4. Support

• Description: This skill encompasses empathy, pacification, and inspiration. It focuses on providing emotional support, fostering inclusion, and motivating others.
• Associated Emotional Target: Support aligns with the emotional target of isolation vs community, as it involves offering assistance and encouragement to those in need.
• Alternate Names:
  • Compassion
  • Morale
  • Uplift

5. Faith

• Description: This skill represents the ability to inspire or draw strength from deeply held beliefs or ideals. It involves motivating others through shared values and convictions.
• Associated Emotional Target: Faith is directly tied to the emotional target of helplessness and the sense of faith, as it provides a foundation for hope and resilience.
• Alternate Names:
  • Conviction
  • Devotion
  • Piety

6. Debate

• Description: This skill involves engaging in structured arguments, formal disputes, and conflict resolution through intellectual discourse. It is the ability to present and defend ideas logically and persuasively.
• Associated Emotional Target: This is completely logical, but winning a debate often gives a sense of self, while losing can be a minor sense of shame.
• Alternate Names:
  • Rhetoric
  • Logic
  • Disputation