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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kalani" data-source="post: 6760188" data-attributes="member: 88085">While I would love if PCs tracked favor with the various factions separately, that is not how it's done. You only earn renown with one faction, and only one faction. While the Zhent's in your above example may look more favorably on the non-Zhent PC in future interactions, this is handled by the adventure sidebars which say "if any of the PCs played X, Y, or Z mission - this NPC knows the PCs and reacts [in this manner]". Renown represents your standing within the faction itself. As such, only members of that faction earn renown with that faction.Sure, your example PC above may be a close ally of the Zhent's (and has favor with them), but they aren't a Zhent. Even the lowliest Zhent grunt is more of a zhent than their allies are.Renown =/= FavorYou can curry favor with anyone (the best example of this is the faction chart in Rise of Tiamat, which tracks how each faction views the actions of the party overall). You can only earn renown with your own faction.</blockquote>