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== Goals == | == Goals == | ||
| − | Create a system that allows GM's and players to create organizations that have clearly described game systems for interacting with them, both in a antagonistic and in a support role in relation to the PC's. These organizations should take minimal work to describe when first created but be able to grow in complexity and importance within a campaign as required. GM's should be able to use them as antagonists and in this role they should ease the creation of an adventure or campaign centered around fighting/destroying them. GM's should also be able to use them as groups supportive of | + | * Create a system that allows GM's and players to create organizations that have clearly described game systems for interacting with them, both in a antagonistic and in a support role in relation to the PC's. |
| + | * These organizations should take minimal work to describe when first created but be able to grow in complexity and importance within a campaign as required. | ||
| + | * GM's should be able to use them as antagonists and in this role they should ease the creation of an adventure or campaign centered around fighting/destroying them. | ||
| + | * GM's should also be able to use them as groups supportive of PC goals (or even in need of the PC's help) and in this role they should give clear guidelines as to what kind of help such an organization needs, what kind of rewards they would be willing to pay and what kind of favors they could bestow. | ||
| + | * Players should be able to use them as sources of background flavor and supplemental character power. | ||
| + | * Some campaigns or adventures could be constructed entirly around rising in the ranks of an organisation, with all the adventuring that might entail. | ||
| + | * Partially as a side effect this system could allow people to create homebrew organizations for use in others campaigns. | ||
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| + | == Affinity Score == | ||
| + | === General Explanation === | ||
| + | This number represents a members general standing within the organization. It shows how high others members of the organization regard him or her and as such is not an innate, independent property of the member that someone could measure from just the member itself. It depends on (within the organization) freely available information about the properties, opinions and deeds of the member. | ||
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| + | === Increasing/decreasing the score === | ||
| + | In here comes: | ||
| + | * ways to influence your Affinity score | ||
| + | * a list of ways that can be assumed to work in most organizations, to ease creation and give some default assumptions players can make | ||
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| + | === General Effects === | ||
| + | In here comes: | ||
| + | * a list of the general effects having a certain reputation has: | ||
| + | ** default NPC attitudes | ||
| + | ** requesting/ordering assistance of supplies from other members | ||
| + | ** getting such requests/orders yourself | ||
| + | ** being (wel)known within the org | ||
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| + | === Ranks === | ||
| + | In here comes: | ||
| + | * what ranks are | ||
| + | * their effect on characters | ||
| + | * how to get/change them | ||
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| + | == Relations == | ||
| + | In here comes: | ||
| + | * how are different ranks connected | ||
| + | * connections between individuals and between groups | ||
| + | * different kinds of connections | ||
| + | ** one or two way | ||
| + | ** direct or indirect (ie: do the two members meet in person or through some communications device) | ||
| + | ** hidden or overt | ||
== Inspiration == | == Inspiration == | ||
* Affiliations chapter in PHB 2 page 164 | * Affiliations chapter in PHB 2 page 164 | ||
| − | * | + | * [http://hillcantons.blogspot.nl/2011/04/nurturing-octopus-in-your-sandbox.html Social network sandboxing] and [http://hillcantons.blogspot.nl/2011/04/network-linkages-in-conspiracy-sandbox.html the links in that network] ([http://hillcantons.blogspot.nl/2011/04/character-based-sandbox-campaigns.html this] is also useful) |
* The Red Hand of Doom campaign | * The Red Hand of Doom campaign | ||
| + | == Example organisations == | ||
| + | * a country, with farmers and soldiers and the king | ||
| + | * the army of the Red Hand | ||
| + | * a large thieves guild | ||
| + | * an large (interplanar) trading empire | ||
| + | * the greater kobolt tribes conglomorate | ||
| + | * the dragons of argonessen | ||
| + | * church of 'generic sun god' | ||
| + | * mage of the arcane order org | ||
| + | * the organisations described in many 3.5 books, e.g. the various organisations that fight/support Binders from Tome of Magic | ||
| − | == Design Notes == | + | == Design Notes / ToDo == |
Things I want to add: | Things I want to add: | ||
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* the way ranks interact with the social network system | * the way ranks interact with the social network system | ||
* randomly determining wheter an org has supporters in a given city | * randomly determining wheter an org has supporters in a given city | ||
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* sub-organisations | * sub-organisations | ||
* merging/splitting orgs | * merging/splitting orgs | ||
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Contents
Introduction/Motivation
While looking for inspiration for the (more sandbox-like) follow-up of a Red Hand of Doom campaign I realized that two systems I read about (see Inspiration) could be combined very nicely and even expanded with self written material. Both of these systems gave Organizations and the way PC's interacted with them a little more mechanics which would really help me when populating a world with groups of good and bad guys. So here we are!
Goals
- Create a system that allows GM's and players to create organizations that have clearly described game systems for interacting with them, both in a antagonistic and in a support role in relation to the PC's.
- These organizations should take minimal work to describe when first created but be able to grow in complexity and importance within a campaign as required.
- GM's should be able to use them as antagonists and in this role they should ease the creation of an adventure or campaign centered around fighting/destroying them.
- GM's should also be able to use them as groups supportive of PC goals (or even in need of the PC's help) and in this role they should give clear guidelines as to what kind of help such an organization needs, what kind of rewards they would be willing to pay and what kind of favors they could bestow.
- Players should be able to use them as sources of background flavor and supplemental character power.
- Some campaigns or adventures could be constructed entirly around rising in the ranks of an organisation, with all the adventuring that might entail.
- Partially as a side effect this system could allow people to create homebrew organizations for use in others campaigns.
Affinity Score
General Explanation
This number represents a members general standing within the organization. It shows how high others members of the organization regard him or her and as such is not an innate, independent property of the member that someone could measure from just the member itself. It depends on (within the organization) freely available information about the properties, opinions and deeds of the member.
Increasing/decreasing the score
In here comes:
- ways to influence your Affinity score
- a list of ways that can be assumed to work in most organizations, to ease creation and give some default assumptions players can make
General Effects
In here comes:
- a list of the general effects having a certain reputation has:
- default NPC attitudes
- requesting/ordering assistance of supplies from other members
- getting such requests/orders yourself
- being (wel)known within the org
Ranks
In here comes:
- what ranks are
- their effect on characters
- how to get/change them
Relations
In here comes:
- how are different ranks connected
- connections between individuals and between groups
- different kinds of connections
- one or two way
- direct or indirect (ie: do the two members meet in person or through some communications device)
- hidden or overt
Inspiration
- Affiliations chapter in PHB 2 page 164
- Social network sandboxing and the links in that network (this is also useful)
- The Red Hand of Doom campaign
Example organisations
- a country, with farmers and soldiers and the king
- the army of the Red Hand
- a large thieves guild
- an large (interplanar) trading empire
- the greater kobolt tribes conglomorate
- the dragons of argonessen
- church of 'generic sun god'
- mage of the arcane order org
- the organisations described in many 3.5 books, e.g. the various organisations that fight/support Binders from Tome of Magic
Design Notes / ToDo
Things I want to add:
- the way ranks interact with the social network system
- randomly determining wheter an org has supporters in a given city
- usage guides for GM's and players
- sub-organisations
- merging/splitting orgs
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