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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 2189254" data-attributes="member: 27957">Been a little while since I read the Sharn book, but going from memory....Since it's mostly rich noble types there, I can see four major catagories.  1) Those who aren't interested in the PCs, and so don't matter.  2) Those who seek to score points by upstaging and mocking the rude and clumsy adventurers, good for minor flavor antagonists.  3) Those who seek to score points by being friendly with the exciting adventurers so they can pick up new anecdotes, good for minor flavor allies.  4) Those who see this as an opportunity to advance their goals.You can use 2 & 3 to put together minor social encounters.  How does a PC handle someone who tries to twist everything they say into a put down?  How does a PC handle someone who wants to drag them around and introduce them to everyone, monopolizing their time?  Or pull out the classics, like the couple on the outs where one of the two starts flirting with a PC to make the other jellous.It's the ones with the goals that are the real ticket, they'll let you dangle potential plots in front of your players.  If the PC's are getting attention, maybe someone with a new Skyway eatary tries to offer them a free meal (cause they'd be a publicity getter).  You've got a warforged juggernaut, with all those social penalties, who makes an easy target for anyone who wants to make a public example to prove their dislike of warforged.  Since they've been announced as Merrix's allies, his other allies are going to want to know who they are, his hangers on are going to want to know who the competition is, and his enemies are going to want to mark who their new targets are.  What's the halfling's background, are people going to assume that she's connected to the Boromar Clan?  Is the Boromar Clan going to start trying to make connections?That's what I can think of now.  If you sketch out a little more about the PC's background and interestes, it'd be easier to tailor suggestions.</blockquote>

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