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Message: <blockquote data-quote="apoptosis" data-source="post: 4017196" data-attributes="member: 3226">I am not sure it will be easier but it seems from early information that it will have a social challenge resolution system that is more robust (which is a good thing) compared to earlier versions.But it is not a game I would choose if social challenges and encounters were the bulk of play, that would be using a screwdriver in place of a hammer to pound a nail. It works, just not the best choice.Social challenges are such a volatile subject.  When people talk about rules for roleplaying what they really mean is rules for social situations; though there are rules that can really enhance roleplaying as well..but that is another topic.The strange behavior I notice though is that people want social combat so that they can say sway an NPC, but get very upset if they think that the NPC could use social combat to sway them.  I think that you CANNOT have social challenge resolution unless the PCs can also be negatively impacted by it just like the NPCs can.If you are not going to have it work both ways then social challenge resolution is pretty pointless, it would be like have physical combat but the monsters cant do anything to you.Bascially having social resolution systems do require players to think differently about how they play their characters. Given the more wide-open results that can happen with social resolution, in general I believe stake setting works better than task resolution for social combat but i am pretty sure that 4E will hang on to task resolution for social encounters, which is a shame. Edit..  you could have a stake setting system and a granularized system (say BDtP from TSOY or Duel of Wits from BW) which works very well.</blockquote>

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