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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 9623182" data-attributes="member: 1465">I was just gonna say the same...It's not wrong to have realistic factions but the downside could be sameness. My usual preference is actually organized religions, for me they make the best factions because they can have wacky over-the-top borderline purposes (I mean... Ghaunadaur?) with fanatic focus and endless possibilities. However I also understand that having only religious factions can also be boring so I definitely want room for other more &quot;earthly&quot; groups. Sometimes, classes have been used as a pivot for factions: a Rogues guild, a Paladin order, a Rangers lodge, a Wizards academy... while power and wealth are probably always part of the equation, increasing the relevance of their defining activities can be actually their main purpose. A Wizards faction may want magic to become more forefront in society, a Rangers faction may want the values of forestry and hunting with respect to nature to foster, but rival factions may want the opposite (such as safekeeping magic from everybody else). Then you could also look at backgrounds to create similar factions.in general though, what I think makes factions relevant in the game is a combination of the following: <ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">clear identity and long-term purpose</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">short-term goals that can generate quests for the PCs</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">a list of relationships with others (enemies or allied)</li>
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[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 9623182, member: 1465"] I was just gonna say the same... It's not wrong to have realistic factions but the downside could be sameness. My usual preference is actually organized religions, for me they make the best factions because they can have wacky over-the-top borderline purposes (I mean... Ghaunadaur?) with fanatic focus and endless possibilities. However I also understand that having only religious factions can also be boring so I definitely want room for other more "earthly" groups. Sometimes, [I]classes[/I] have been used as a pivot for factions: a Rogues guild, a Paladin order, a Rangers lodge, a Wizards academy... while power and wealth are probably always part of the equation, increasing the relevance of their defining activities can be actually their main purpose. A Wizards faction may want magic to become more forefront in society, a Rangers faction may want the values of forestry and hunting with respect to nature to foster, but rival factions may want the opposite (such as safekeeping magic from everybody else). Then you could also look at [I]backgrounds [/I]to create similar factions. in general though, what I think makes factions relevant in the game is a combination of the following: [LIST] [*]clear identity and long-term purpose [*]short-term goals that can generate quests for the PCs [*]a list of relationships with others (enemies or allied) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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