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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolv0rine" data-source="post: 3361535" data-attributes="member: 9045">1) Well, there are really only 3 reasons I cas honestly think of to take teh Poor or Middle Class feats:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"></li> </ul> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For the skill bonues that comes with them</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">To have a better chance of getting along with the everyday people one should often be likely to be walking among, especially at lower levels</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">For Role-Play reasons</li> </ul>2) Currently there's nothing to keep everyone from doing just that, DM adjucation aside.  That's why the note in there wonders if the higher class feats should require multiple feat slots.Hmm, the biggest problems I can see with that system are;1) 'Influence' as a name implies something one supposes that PCs will aquire as they adventure (Influence, as opposed to connections be they monetary or political).  Granted this is very minor.2) This assumes that those with levels in the Aristocrat class aren't pompus arses (while I wouldn't imply they should all be, or even most, some inevitably are, and it looks like this system eliminates that possibility by giving them all influence boosts by merit of their levels).  Again, this isn't huge.It's not a bad system you've got working, it's simple and obviously gets done what you want it to do.  What you want it to do isn't exactly what this system is trying to accomplish though (although it does brush against some of it).I am looking for ways to push players toward the lower end, of course, because everyone can't be royalty.  And if they can't swing (or can't justify the expense of) the higher Social Class feats and don't want to go for the lower class feats, there is that section that says that any character without a SC feat automatically falls into Middle Class.  I figured that was marginally fair to give if someone didn't want to blow a feat, but I wanted the system to be in use.  But yes, I do want to find a good way that fits in to make the higher SC feats less accessable.</blockquote>

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