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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tequila Sunrise" data-source="post: 5644535" data-attributes="member: 40398">I totally agree. The thing that's always been missing from social encounters, for me, is a tactical element like combat has. Roll a die, win or lose. Even 4e skill challenges boil down to "Roll a few dice, win or lose."I just recently wrote a set of rules for 4e social combat. They're simple compared to combat rules, but more interesting than the traditional pass/fail way of handling social skills. It works basically like regular combat, in that the social combatants take turns attacking each other to remove Morale Points. But there are big differences, such as the Attitudes that protect combatants from certain social attacks. The idea is to introduce team tactics to social encounters, and reward players for training in more than just Insight.I haven't play tested with my group yet -- I can't wait for my turn to DM to come up again! -- but I've been thinking about running a pbp play test. I don't know how much interest I could get; it would only be a stand-alone encounter with socially stated PCs.</blockquote>