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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaculata" data-source="post: 8965131" data-attributes="member: 6801286">I once designed a pretty elaborate social encounter for my players. They were at a gathering of nobility to pick the next city regent. They had to talk to everyone to try to sway votes. Each npc had a topic they cared strongly about (such as trade) and a topic they did NOT care for (such as poverty). The players had to discover this by interacting with them. Whenever they tried to sway an npc with uncompelling arguments, they would need to overcome a DC which was unique for each one.And to make things more interesting, one npc was easily swayed by his wife, so they really needed to change HER mind, not his. And there also was a bishop, as a representative of the crown, who was rather conservative and didn't want a female regent.So the players had to carefully dance around all these obstacles. To top it off, an adversary of the party was also at the gathering, and making his bid to be the next regent. So the players definitely wanted to make sure it wouldn't be him, while also seizing the opportunity to slip him some poison.</blockquote>