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Jane Austen/Regency flavor to throw into an adventure?
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<blockquote data-quote="dbm" data-source="post: 9189155" data-attributes="member: 8014"><p>We love some <em>Austen</em> in our house. A very strong feature of her work is society, its rigours and constraints. The savage cut and thrust of popular opinion and the realities of wealth and the obligations / privileges that creates. Patronage is a big thing.</p><p></p><p>To have a strong Austen feel I would have prominent cliques based on wealth and the possibilities of patronage. If the PCs are outsiders then they would become a curiosity to the local society and be inspected to see if they were important, entertaining, exploitable and so on. Objectionable behaviour would result in ostracisation by more gentle groups (traditionally, ladies or clergy) or perhaps a duel if they annoy more militant types (though any kind of violence is very rare in Austin to my recollection).</p><p></p><p>D&D wouldn’t be my first system in mind for this sort of thing, it doesn’t have an extensive range of relevant skills out-of-the-box. But you could certainly do some light adaption with skills for dancing, playing the piano-forte, singing, needlework, painting, estate management and so on. Social status should definitely be prominent; wealth alone is not a guarantee of status in this stratified society. Appearance is also extremely important, with well made and fashionable clothes being one indicator of prestige. If the PCs are new to the local area then they may need to visit the outfitters to get suitable attire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dbm, post: 9189155, member: 8014"] We love some [I]Austen[/I] in our house. A very strong feature of her work is society, its rigours and constraints. The savage cut and thrust of popular opinion and the realities of wealth and the obligations / privileges that creates. Patronage is a big thing. To have a strong Austen feel I would have prominent cliques based on wealth and the possibilities of patronage. If the PCs are outsiders then they would become a curiosity to the local society and be inspected to see if they were important, entertaining, exploitable and so on. Objectionable behaviour would result in ostracisation by more gentle groups (traditionally, ladies or clergy) or perhaps a duel if they annoy more militant types (though any kind of violence is very rare in Austin to my recollection). D&D wouldn’t be my first system in mind for this sort of thing, it doesn’t have an extensive range of relevant skills out-of-the-box. But you could certainly do some light adaption with skills for dancing, playing the piano-forte, singing, needlework, painting, estate management and so on. Social status should definitely be prominent; wealth alone is not a guarantee of status in this stratified society. Appearance is also extremely important, with well made and fashionable clothes being one indicator of prestige. If the PCs are new to the local area then they may need to visit the outfitters to get suitable attire. [/QUOTE]
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