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<blockquote data-quote="Crimson Longinus" data-source="post: 9258543" data-attributes="member: 7025508"><p>So I assume this is basically a measure of one's social rank? One one of my "maybe I do something with this at some point" setting ideas is sort of Celtic/Arthurian dark ages setting, where social rank like this is very important, and I've though it might be good idea to model it in some way. But the issue with stats like these is that they only work for very homogenous societies, and more diverse and multipolar the world is, less sense they make. Like in my current setting of Artra the clans of the desert orcs or the human hunter gatherer's of Xendu really wouldn't give a toss if your father was some super posh noble from Ilum or Marut. Conversely to the Marutians the priestly class is very important, and the nobles that are related to the priest-king himself are held in high esteem as they're though to share his sacred blood. But Marutians wouldn't really care one bit if some orc's ancestor was a honourable and mighty warrior, even though that would be a big deal in the orc society.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crimson Longinus, post: 9258543, member: 7025508"] So I assume this is basically a measure of one's social rank? One one of my "maybe I do something with this at some point" setting ideas is sort of Celtic/Arthurian dark ages setting, where social rank like this is very important, and I've though it might be good idea to model it in some way. But the issue with stats like these is that they only work for very homogenous societies, and more diverse and multipolar the world is, less sense they make. Like in my current setting of Artra the clans of the desert orcs or the human hunter gatherer's of Xendu really wouldn't give a toss if your father was some super posh noble from Ilum or Marut. Conversely to the Marutians the priestly class is very important, and the nobles that are related to the priest-king himself are held in high esteem as they're though to share his sacred blood. But Marutians wouldn't really care one bit if some orc's ancestor was a honourable and mighty warrior, even though that would be a big deal in the orc society. [/QUOTE]
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