Extortionist

is a trait in Streets of Rogue. It gives the player the "shake down" option when talking to business owners which has a chance to make all owners of the building submissive, otherwise they become hostile. Getting business owners health low will also make them submissive regardless of their current alignment towards the player.

The chance of successfully extorting a business increases based on how threatening the player is. The type of Weapon the player and his party are holding and the number of party members affect the chance.

For every successful Extort the players "revenue" increases by $10 for the first three successful Extorts, this decreases to $5 after the first three for the rest of the level. When the player moves to the next floor, they are given money equal to their revenue. If the business owner is killed then the revenue is lost and the player loses 100 XP, if the player killed them then any other owner of the property will become hostile.

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When upgraded it becomes Extortionist +, the players revenue increases by $20 for every successful extort.