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Originally Posted by Joe
If you're the most feared person in town, and this gives you all sorts of benefits in social situations, then surely you ought to pay points for it?
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If you gain your social regard from
fear, then it stands to reason it only aids in items when you are
intimidating someone into helping you. If it does more than this, then yes, it is an Advantage and should be purchased as such.
The feared Chief of Police has more than just Bad Reputation (Brutal, Corrupt, Tyrannical Cop), they'd also have Status and Rank and likely Wealth, and all the social benes that come with those Advantages.
What Curmudgeon is missing is that those results must be tempered by the means used to get them. Instead of the CoP gatting this Reaction from Very Good: "Generally the NPC thinks highly of him and is helpful and friendly. In a potential combat situation, the NPC is friendly to the chief and will find an excuse to let the chief go for now even if they’re sworn enemies."
They get this: "Generally the NPCis terrified of him and is helpful and friendly in order to avoid the Character's wrath. In a potential combat situation, the NPC will flee the situation or surrender even if they’re sworn enemies."
It's a GM call.