Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lazarous" data-source="post: 2446709" data-attributes="member: 23561">The situations i wish i had some sort of social combat system are generally not mechanically complex in terms of rules i can apply to them, but with RAW they feel like a bit of a letdown with the default skill system.  An example - my players were following someone they had evidence was involved in some sort of large-scale secret plot, with orders to discover said plot.  One of my PC's, a brazen monk who wanted to be a bard (don't ask) decided that instead of skulking around he'd just go and try to make friends with the person they were following - worm his way into the target's confidence, then find out what he needed to know.  I ran that as essentially a complex skill check, but it felt arbitrary to everyone involved.Another example - same characters, further into the plot.  They've found that one person might have the information they're looking for, which they can get through any number of means as its likely this person has records.  The bard wannabe decides to try a disguise and a persuasion.  Now, the character they're trying to get information from is a fairly accomplished diplomat/statesman so they are elaborate in their prepearations of a cover story and background for the ruse - yet when it comes down to it, there is essentially one opposed check that decides the whole matter, which feels anti-climactic.</blockquote>