Organizational Management

Diplomatic

Memory

Reasoning

Self Discipline

Short Description

Direct teams, streamline operations, and ensure systems run efficiently across organizations.

Success Criteria

Roll d100 against DR 100

Effects

Success allows you to:

- Obtain knowledge on how to get access, basic information and so on.

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- Whenever you are asked for papers, need a mpp, require resources or need the cooperation of someone, you can roll to see if this is something you would have know to procure. If successful, you possess the required items, keyword, etc. The DR for rare items, passwords, keys etc. should be very high (+30-+60)

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Failure...

Might just really get you in trouble

Modifiers and Restrictions

-20 to DR if acting within a familiar organization

-20 to DR in simple organizations

+20 - +40 to DR in complex organizations.

+20 - +40 if acting cross-culturally or across factions

+10 for strong hierarchy, -10 for chaotic structures

Action Examples

While embedded in a foreign faction, you navigate their bureaucratic maze to secure special clearance for your team allowing you to meet with an important NPC that can provide insights on a topic of interest.

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Upon trying to enter a finer area of the city, you are stopped by the guard, who asks to see your permission to enter. You ask the GM to roll for Organizational Management to see, if you knew this would happen beforehand. The GM rules that this is standard knowledge and allows you to roll against DR 100. If successful, you came prepared with the needed permission and are allowed to enter.

Long Description

Organizational Management represents the ability to oversee personnel, coordinate logistics, and maintain effective workflows within structured environments - be it a rebel cell, corporate branch, starship crew, or interplanetary agency. It is the cornerstone skill for characters who manage operations, resolve administrative bottlenecks, and keep projects on track under pressure.

This skill covers everything from preparing expeditions and acquiring permits to issuing orders in crisis and maintaining cohesion in chaotic systems. It rewards clarity of mind, command presence, and procedural expertise.

Sequencing

Hard to sequence.

Potential Counters

No real counters.

How to use this page

All the information above is intended as a guide to help you navigate the many situations that can arise during your game. Since it's both impossible—and frankly uninspiring—to plan for every possible outcome, players are encouraged to think creatively when using their skills. Game Masters, in turn, are encouraged to embrace and support that creativity.

Whenever possible, aim to resolve situations through narrative choices, logical thinking and role playing. If that’s not feasible, agree on a Difficulty Rating (DR) using the provided Success Criteria and Modifiers. These are not rigid rules, but suggestions - starting points to help you find the right level of challenge. The player describes their intended action, and the Game Master proposes a DR. This should be open to brief discussion at the table, ideally resulting in consensus. If not, the Game Master has the final say.

It’s important to emphasize that all suggested effects, modifiers, and action examples are exactly that: suggestions. If you’re unsure how to resolve something, they offer a reliable fallback—but wherever possible, we encourage you to push boundaries. That’s where some of the most memorable and exciting moments in play are born.

Sequencing and Potential Counters are far from exhaustive. With hundreds of skills, spells, and tech modules in the game, the possibilities are too vast to list. You’re encouraged to explore combinations that make sense in your story and setting and in the situations that arise in your game. Sequencing and countering are core to Cosmic Odyssey - they’re where strategic depth meets dramatic flair, and where legendary moments often take shape. Even if no sequencing and counters are mentioned, some certainly exists and can be smartly utilized.

So explore boldly, improvise wisely, and enjoy the game as it unfolds around your choices.