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- Fri Nov 25, 2011 8:05 am
- Forum: For Players
- Topic: Noble\Church\Guild membership as a problem
- Replies: 13
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Re: Noble\Church\Guild membership as a problem
Good summaries here. Also, specific loyalties (personal patron/employer) almost always trumphs general loyalties (faction). And usually, the lower your rank within a faction the less responsability you'll have to them. In many ways, factions are not monolithic entities but rather an individual membe...
- Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:39 am
- Forum: For Game Masters
- Topic: Technology in the Known Worlds
- Replies: 29
- Views: 18636
Re: Technology in the Known Worlds
In principle, higher tech (TL4+?) gadgets are illegal in the Phoenix Empire due to the (supposed) corrupting influence it has on souls. However, with the Doctrine of the Privilege of Martyrs grants dispensation for use of higher tech to certain groups. Originally, this included Church clergy only (O...
- Thu Nov 24, 2011 9:31 am
- Forum: For Players
- Topic: Noble\Church\Guild membership as a problem
- Replies: 13
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Re: Noble\Church\Guild membership as a problem
The Patron-client system is quite different from Western individuality-based social structure, but this is (IMHO) one of the strengts of the setting. It should not be too difficult to play this out with a minimum of conflict if you approach the issues of loyalty a little more relaxed. So, you have a...