Feb 27, 2018, 9:41 PM

@thenomain said in Social 'Combat': the hill I will die on (because I took 0 things for physical combat):

You know, here’s a case where the D&D Alignment Grid may actually make sense.

Maybe you could come up with an expanded version that mixed alignments with something like the old WoD virtues. Give characters simple ratings in things like loyalty, compassion, courage, selflessness, justice, and a few others. There's some limit so you can't be a saint across the board.

Every trait could work both ways - a high compassion means you can't be persuaded into harming someone but it means you're a sucker for a sob story. I dunno. I still prefer coop/consent, but if you're going to have PVP politics as a core facet of your setting I can see the need for a more codified system. And even if you do have a consent-oriented or opt-in system, some more detailed measure of personality could help keep people honest.