As 5E made the noble a run of the mill background everyone can take I wonder how do you handle PC nobles in the game?
Historically being a noble gave you a lot of power. Nobles had a lot more rights than peasants. Depending on the culture they could kill disrespectful peasants at will (Japan), but even in a tribal setting where the gap between serf, freeman and noble wasn't as pronounced they were a better breed of people.
At the same time, they also had several responsibilities normal people had not and were also under greater scrutiny by others.
How much are you using those things in your game? Do you ignore them completely? Do you restrict the noble background? Something else?
Historically being a noble gave you a lot of power. Nobles had a lot more rights than peasants. Depending on the culture they could kill disrespectful peasants at will (Japan), but even in a tribal setting where the gap between serf, freeman and noble wasn't as pronounced they were a better breed of people.
At the same time, they also had several responsibilities normal people had not and were also under greater scrutiny by others.
How much are you using those things in your game? Do you ignore them completely? Do you restrict the noble background? Something else?