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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2369480" data-attributes="member: 13966">Something to keep in mind too, is that not everyone is helpful in the same way, or friendly in the same way.  A self-absorbed or prideful person is limited in how much they're willing to help people, because some things would be beneath them, or impugn their dignity or family honor or something, or might get them dirty (and what creampuff noble wants to get their hands dirty for a bunch of strangers, no matter how charming and needy they seem?  They ain't his/her king, after all.).  A decent fellow is going to be more helpful, an Evil or self-absorbed or busy person less so.One-Eyed Jack may help ya for a hefty sum of gold and the assurance that he won't have to get past any lawmen, but Patrick the saintly old geezer might help ya out for free just because you seem like such upstanding people.  Not that Patrick the farmer's likely to be much help compared to One-Eyed Jack the professional thug and sneak.Just consider that helpful doesn't mean free, or beyond the scope fo the NPC's personality or means; Bob the Hobo isn't going to give you that shiny stone he found last week unless you wring it from his cold, dead hands after a long and difficult chase throught he streets and sewers he could run through perfectly even if he were blindfolded.  Hobo Bob doesn't give a rat's behind that the shiny stone is the Sacred Gem of Saint So-and-so that has the power to destroy the world if it were corrupted by someone evil getting their hands on it.  Hobo Bob will keep that shiny stone until he can sell it for gads of cash so he never has to eat garbage again.  Hobo Bob may be just cowardly enough to hand over the gem if you put a sword to his throat and look like the sort of no-mercy bad-arses who would actually slit his throat for disobeying, but that's about the only way you'd get him to turn over a something valuable he found.Even helpful people are likely to want money or favors for their help, most of the time (if some cool, charismatic guy walked up to you out of the blue and asked you to help him against a Russian Mafia boss, do you honestly think you'd help him without some severe hesitation and qualms about "what if they find out I helped this guy, and come to get me?"  How do you know the guy will succeed and avoid getting you in trouble with them, and how do you know he isn't really just looking for fools who would rat out his Mafia, or looking for the Mafia so he can sell them some new guns and drugs to make life for folks on the street even worse?  Now if you were in D&D and asked to help against the evil overlord, or the thieves' guild......).  Someone who's friendly or helpful is not going to treat you like a second brother, and they might even be a generally nasty fellow, so they might just be willing to help you because they expect a hefty payday out of you.</blockquote>

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