Talking

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{{Capacity
| mechanoid name = Communication
| default base value = 1
| to string style = PercentZero
| description = A [[characters|character]]'s capacity of speech. Directly affected by consciousness.
}}{{#set:Effective Maximum = {{#expr: {{Q|Consciousness|Effective Maximum}} * 1.25 + 0.5 }} }}
Talking is a factor of all social stats. Talking capacity is reduced by a damaged or missing [[Table of Human Body Parts#Jaw|jaw]]. [[Dementia]] also impairs talking.

{{Hover title|Version/1.4.3901|At the time of writing}}, the maximum possible talking capacity is {{%|{{P|Effective Maximum}} }} for a pawn with [[sensory mechanites]], a [[bionic jaw]], and the maximum possible consciousness of {{%|{{Q|Consciousness|Effective Maximum}} }}. There is however no advantage of a talking capacity above 100%.

== Effects ==
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Talking has a number of unique interactions with other mechanics, beyond the traditional effects on [[stats]].

Pawns with 0% Talking:
* Do not ramble and inflict a mood penalty when they have the [[disturbing]] trait.{{AnomalyIcon}}
** Pawns with 0% talking can suffer the Insane Rambling mental break, and will talk during it.

== Affected stats ==
{{#ask: [[Talking Importance::+]]
| ?Health Type = Type
| ?Talking Importance# = Weight
| ?Talking Limit# = Max
| ?description
| format = broadtable
| limit = 100
| mainlabel = Name
| headers = plain
| sort = Health Type, Name
}}

== Factors ==
Pawns need a talking capacity above '''0%''' in order to socially interact with other pawns, trade, tame/train animals, and hold speeches.
=== Base factors ===
The following factors affect Talking:
* [[Consciousness]]: [[Consciousness Importance::1|100%]] importance, no allowed defect. [[Consciousness Limit::-|No]] Max
* Jaw part efficiency. 100% importance, no allowed defect. No Max (effectively 125%).
** [[Denture]]: '''80%''' part efficiency, resulting in {{--|20%}} Talking
** [[Bionic jaw]]: '''125%''' part efficiency, resulting in {{+|25%}} Talking
** Tongue part efficiency. 100% importance, no allowed defect. No Max (effectively 100%).
*** [[Bionic tongue]]: '''100%''' part efficiency, resulting in no changes in capacity.

=== Offsets ===
The following offsets affect Talking:
* [[Anesthetic]]:
** Woozy: {{--|20%}}
* [[Dementia]]: {{--|25%}}
** Note, that as dementia also inflicts a {{--|15%}} Consciousness penalty, this is effectively a {{--|40%}} to Talking (assuming no other factors are involved)
* [[Sensory mechanites]] (Any severity): {{+|50%}}

===Post factors===
The following factors affect Talking. They are applied after the offsets.
* [[Food poisoning]]:
** Major: {{Bad|x0.8}}
*** Note that food poisoning also penalizes Consciousness, so the effective penalty is greater than this would suggest.
* [[Ghoul]]:{{AnomalyIcon}}: {{Bad|x0}}

=== Cap Modifiers ===
The following factor restricts the maximum Talking value:
* [[Trauma savant]]: '''0%'''

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