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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Mormegil" data-source="post: 7650559" data-attributes="member: 6688783">It's... kinda plain. I understand the importance of rationalizing stuff you (as a DM) do instinctively to make sure you gain all the possible benefits from them, but this IS relatively minor as a system. It is basically DM fiat. Unless you start building the campaign world well in advance or write modules, at which point the Trust "gates" make more sense, but in my experience that kind of preparation always goes to waste since PCs mess everything up. What happens to the Trust-based plotline if the PCs explode the castle with the baron inside it? What if they manage to convince a red dragon to take down the orc fortress, without any way to prove they did? No Trust advancement, big mistake, sucks to be them?If you put too much forethought and use it too deterministically, it's probably going to backfire. If you don't, it basically amounts to "go with what you feel is correct", only with a bit of rationalization. I don't think it's a bad system, it just... isn't much of a system. It has basically no rules impact and doesn't offer guidelines on how to handle things (unless you count the guidelines you self-impose as instructed by the Trust system).Meh. Just my 2 coppers.</blockquote>