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<blockquote data-quote="Tian Zi" data-source="post: 3650003" data-attributes="member: 47011">1:&nbsp; Social standing does have a place IMC.&nbsp; One PC is a priestess of a rare goddess, essentailly a sect, and she wields great power.&nbsp; She also seems to fit many prophecies, and that gives her more social power.&nbsp; She sits on the Ruling Council, rebuffed the &quot;president's&quot; advances, and was greated as an angel by the &quot;Indians&quot; who shared the same prophecies.&nbsp; One PC is the leader of his Dwarf clan (all 12 of the remaining survivors.&nbsp; Another Dwarf PC was a nobody in his clan, until his adventuring garnered him social standing.&nbsp; He later managed to use his Forgery ranks to fleece the humans, and was then elevated further to Ambassador.&nbsp; Another is a general of the human army (but he's now a NPC) who advanced by marriage into a noble family.&nbsp; The last PC is a mercenary angel (Aasimar) who cares little for the affairs of the mortals.2:&nbsp; I try to do a give and take w/ PC's or my DM.&nbsp; Generally on the low side w/ in-game development.3:&nbsp; Nothing firm, but often will award skill points like Craft or Profession.&nbsp; One DM in our group assigns a NPC class depending on background.&nbsp; We frequently use the Wealth rules from Game of Thrones.&nbsp; Mostly we just dislike nitpicky paperwork (What?&nbsp; No chalk on your character sheet?)4:&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; Usually minor.5:&nbsp; Yes, but we don't get very political in our games, so even if a prince, we'd steer clear of court drama.&nbsp; A Prince that kills dragons...***Edit:&nbsp; More important is the social TIES in our game.&nbsp; The social PC's have a social tie to some extent.&nbsp; Priestess has a flock and a few paramours.&nbsp; Dwarf Clan Chief has his clan, a wife, and twins.&nbsp; The General has a young wife and a newborn... plus a meddling father-in-law.&nbsp; The Aasimar has his angel buddies.&nbsp; The former lowly dwarf has his Clan Chief.&nbsp; All the social ties work into the game and provide role-playing opportunities...&nbsp; like when the Forgery Dwarf dropped his bomb on the Ruling Council... which blind-sided the other PC Priestess.&nbsp; Wow that was some role-playing.&nbsp; And evil, evil girl-hate eyes at the Dwarf's player.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tian Zi, post: 3650003, member: 47011"] 1: Social standing does have a place IMC. One PC is a priestess of a rare goddess, essentailly a sect, and she wields great power. She also seems to fit many prophecies, and that gives her more social power. She sits on the Ruling Council, rebuffed the "president's" advances, and was greated as an angel by the "Indians" who shared the same prophecies. One PC is the leader of his Dwarf clan (all 12 of the remaining survivors. Another Dwarf PC was a nobody in his clan, until his adventuring garnered him social standing. He later managed to use his Forgery ranks to fleece the humans, and was then elevated further to Ambassador. Another is a general of the human army (but he's now a NPC) who advanced by marriage into a noble family. The last PC is a mercenary angel (Aasimar) who cares little for the affairs of the mortals. 2: I try to do a give and take w/ PC's or my DM. Generally on the low side w/ in-game development. 3: Nothing firm, but often will award skill points like Craft or Profession. One DM in our group assigns a NPC class depending on background. We frequently use the Wealth rules from Game of Thrones. Mostly we just dislike nitpicky paperwork (What? No chalk on your character sheet?) 4: Yes. Usually minor. 5: Yes, but we don't get very political in our games, so even if a prince, we'd steer clear of court drama. A Prince that kills dragons... ***Edit: More important is the social TIES in our game. The social PC's have a social tie to some extent. Priestess has a flock and a few paramours. Dwarf Clan Chief has his clan, a wife, and twins. The General has a young wife and a newborn... plus a meddling father-in-law. The Aasimar has his angel buddies. The former lowly dwarf has his Clan Chief. All the social ties work into the game and provide role-playing opportunities... like when the Forgery Dwarf dropped his bomb on the Ruling Council... which blind-sided the other PC Priestess. Wow that was some role-playing. And evil, evil girl-hate eyes at the Dwarf's player. [/QUOTE]

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