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<blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8563425" data-attributes="member: 10148">Hmm, your first rule eliminates the immediate two options I would suggest - either replacing social skills with &quot;social combat&quot; in parallel with physical combat, or remodeling physical combat to resemble social skills (victory through high skill checks). I have my own homebrew system I've been fiddling with on and off for years that kind of tries to do both, but it's very hard to get it right. (Sounds like you're considering something along the same lines.)If we're sticking with only adding things... perhaps some kind of &quot;social HP&quot; (extrapolated from Wisdom instead of Con?) that can be depleted by various social attacks (either based on existing social skills or new ones, like insults or public humiliation or the like), and once it's depleted your morale or spirit or whatever is broken. &quot;Healing&quot; that HP could come from compliments, others defending you against bullies, etc.There's probably room to add &quot;social maneuvers&quot; akin to combat maneuvers as well, associated with various social skills. Could connect to the previous.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JEB, post: 8563425, member: 10148"] Hmm, your first rule eliminates the immediate two options I would suggest - either replacing social skills with "social combat" in parallel with physical combat, or remodeling physical combat to resemble social skills (victory through high skill checks). I have my own homebrew system I've been fiddling with on and off for years that kind of tries to do both, but it's very hard to get it right. (Sounds like you're considering something along the same lines.) If we're sticking with only adding things... perhaps some kind of "social HP" (extrapolated from Wisdom instead of Con?) that can be depleted by various social attacks (either based on existing social skills or new ones, like insults or public humiliation or the like), and once it's depleted your morale or spirit or whatever is broken. "Healing" that HP could come from compliments, others defending you against bullies, etc. There's probably room to add "social maneuvers" akin to combat maneuvers as well, associated with various social skills. Could connect to the previous. [/QUOTE]

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