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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9288207" data-attributes="member: 2209">Actual social interactions and first person roleplaying and riffing are a big part of the fun so I like to emphasize those aspects as a player and a DM. I do a bunch of politicking and interactions in my games and I usually take this with just either first or second person sometimes with a die roll for second person, sometimes just back and forth with no mechanics.I am OK with going with some prompts such as from die results or whatever, but I have zero interest in trying to enforce stats on a sheet as a constraint on roleplay characterization or policing how players play their characters or driving them to play their sheets. I much prefer characterization from a player's concept and what develops at the table on the spot in game. Balance I am concerned about mechanics for combat, not roleplaying stats. I want everybody to engage in combat and exploration and social pillars of the game, I do not want participation siloed. I trust in the general balance of 5e for combat, not for the mechanics of the social and exploration pillars.As a second person type of thing where things are just sketched out in approaches a die roll mechanic can be useful for randomly deciding results with some character mechanic impacts, for a more in-depth type of thing I am OK with a skill challenge type of mechanic, multiple actions from different directions to build up to a resolution.I like how 5e's aid another for advantage and bound accuracy encourages players to tag team participate in social interactions and figure out a way to help to get the benefit for big bonuses even if they are not a face character or do not have the exact social skill mechanics for the situation. More participation is better, and two players working together is great.I really disliked 3e's skill system incentives to build one face character for the party, have them handle every social interaction, and actively discourage other PCs from interacting socially.I am kind of intrigued by <a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/348180/doctors-and-daleks-player-s-guide?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Doctors & Daleks</a> turning social stuff into hps as well so you can logic or fast talk someone into submission, but I have not gotten it yet. It might encourage more player social interactions or be dry mechanics only.In the 3e era I got Dynasties & Demagogues from Atlas Games as I really enjoy politics and debates and courtroom scenes in my games, and it provides d20 system rules for handling those types of things mechanically, but in the end I have barely cracked open the PDF, I just handle most of those things on the spot with loose mechanics if desired.</blockquote>

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