Ability to hold and follow an in-depth discussion between three or more people, calmly and deliberately with reason and (hopefully) sensitivity. With each side hearing and putting across their points. Debates are often used to air views and come to some end objective, usually they end in a form of stalemate. If a participant becomes emotional and/or disruptive then the debate has broken down into an argument. All conferences use debates to discuss the issues that are pertinent.

In opposed situations each participant rolls against their Ratings but it is not over until someone retires from the debate, is convinced or runs out of debate rolls. Each Debate Rating may re-roll for every 5% of debate skill Rating. All re-rolls are simultaneous, then if one participant has re-rolls left they may continue to debate and therefore get in the last viewpoint.

Critical successes give an extra re-roll. Critical failures lose the next re-roll. If at any time a participant fails while the other side succeeds then they lose that round, if they lose the next three attempts then they lose the debate. Ties cancel each other out with neither side gaining any advantage.