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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 7291761" data-attributes="member: 25619">This is a great post.  I agree 100% with the parts I quoted.Where I differ is on the use of rules for Reputation, Influence, etc.  I do that strictly through role playing.  The PC’s influence in my campaign is based on a combination of:1) What they have done on adventures, that the NPCin question knows about.Think of Biblo’s influence in Rivendell.  An example in my campaigns is a PC who challenged an ancient undead hero who was renowned in a saga to a 1:1 duel that he won, but spared the undead.  This got appended to the saga, making the PC famous where recognized, which has good and bad impacts in role playing.  Since he is a hostile country, he is now traveling under a pseudonym, like Mr. Underhill.2) Social class and who they know.  Think of Legolas, Gimli, Aragorn, Faramir, Boromir. Or any Game of Thrones character.  Your social class and family connections can matter more than character class in political interactions.Examples in my campaigns include a PC who  is the daughter of a bishop, a PC who is the son of a noble, and a PC whose father was the Captain of the Guard but who was expelled from the Guard for assaulting an officer.  All this is just backstory the players chose, but it integrates their characters and party’s to the campaign world.3) Role playing interactions with NPC’s.Doing this is a lot of work for the DM and players, and requires a well-played cast of NPC’s, but it’s highly rewarding.</blockquote>

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