Arelith

Durvayas wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:10 am

TimeAdept wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2019 4:36 am

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weird, it's almost like Drow actually do care about nobility.

There is a lot of drow lore we don't use, and like the above, it has virtually ZERO bearing on how the drow operate on Arelith.

Permadeath is not a thing, which means that PCs don't just die. There is upward mobility and downward mobility, and the roleplay on arelith has long since adapted to compensate. Nobility by birth is not something Arelith's drow recognise. Among drow here nobility is wholly ephemeral, and codifying it mechanically would never work. Houses are noble one day, and fallen the next; their members go from being nobles to commoners as soon as that happens. Then they join new or existant houses, and they might become nobles again, or they might never reach the rank ever again in their lifetime. Its always changing, because the PCs don't just rank up and then die permanently when their house collapses.

Nobility on the surface is a lot more stable, but also more varied. You have Sembian and Amnian merchant noble families, then you have cormyran feudal nobles, and other such. Being born in the proverbial purple means a lot more on the surface of Arelith than it ever will in the underdark.

Durvayas wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2019 4:40 pm Sort of like how Kiaransalee's followers like undead a little too much in the lore but we happily keep that theme (mostly) off the server

Red Ropes wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:49 am i regret this thread, please lock

Sea Shanties wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:03 pm The point that nobility is different with various race and cultures is a good one. It makes me think the reward could be "Highborn" or something instead of "nobility", to say your character is a lucky one born into whatever family or faction has some sort of power, fame or influence attached to their name. Doesn't have to mean you do or don't have a noble title that means anything, you could also just be Kardashian born of famous parents or who's somehow attained their own fame early in life. Basically it seems like the purpose (which is kind of supported already) would be to have mechanical backing if you want to play a character who can say "don't you know who I am?" right off the bat.

Mr_Rieper wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:12 am How about:

Gift of riding
Gift of wealth
Feat: Courteous Magocracy

all bundled into one. Seems nice for a reward. Lore and Spellcraft are universally useful, makes sense for flavor and +2 doesn't impact anything too drastically. It also reflects a background of higher-than-normal education.

At the same time, we're making use of less desirable gifts/feats and packaging them in a way that helps you to get into character.

Just please, no special name or description tags.

Durvayas wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2019 1:07 pm

Mr_Rieper wrote: Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:12 am How about:

Gift of riding
Gift of wealth
Feat: Courteous Magocracy

all bundled into one. Seems nice for a reward. Lore and Spellcraft are universally useful, makes sense for flavor and +2 doesn't impact anything too drastically. It also reflects a background of higher-than-normal education.

At the same time, we're making use of less desirable gifts/feats and packaging them in a way that helps you to get into character.

Just please, no special name or description tags.

Silver palm might make more sense than courteous magocracy. Or they could be given both.