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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 6968028" data-attributes="member: 20564">These seem very much to be &quot;how a hostile encounter plays out&quot; but with social combat instead of, well, combat combat.What I would look for in a social combat framework would be factions, webs of trust, reputation, favor, doing favors, and other long term issues as well.Let's take reputation.&nbsp; Some reputation is useful, some harmful, and really depends on the person listening.&nbsp; Being able to add a negative reputation or tarnish someone's reputation would definitely be a valuable outcome of a social encounter, as much as enhancing you own.Aligning your actions with the goals of factions could make you favored with them - or make you seem their unwitting patsy.&nbsp; Either way can anger those who resist their goals.I'd want something where it's a witty remark is part of a long term build up of position, a thoughtless statement is actually a stab in the back of a &quot;friend&quot;, and trust is a precious commodity.&nbsp; All encoded in the rules.&nbsp; If that's all done by DM fiat, then I trust the DM to do the rest of the RP results by fiat as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 6968028, member: 20564"] These seem very much to be "how a hostile encounter plays out" but with social combat instead of, well, combat combat. What I would look for in a social combat framework would be factions, webs of trust, reputation, favor, doing favors, and other long term issues as well. Let's take reputation. Some reputation is useful, some harmful, and really depends on the person listening. Being able to add a negative reputation or tarnish someone's reputation would definitely be a valuable outcome of a social encounter, as much as enhancing you own. Aligning your actions with the goals of factions could make you favored with them - or make you seem their unwitting patsy. Either way can anger those who resist their goals. I'd want something where it's a witty remark is part of a long term build up of position, a thoughtless statement is actually a stab in the back of a "friend", and trust is a precious commodity. All encoded in the rules. If that's all done by DM fiat, then I trust the DM to do the rest of the RP results by fiat as well. [/QUOTE]

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