GM as Patron (or other social ability)?

[thulben]

I thought I'd read some alternate rule where instead of an NPC being the PC's Patron that it was possible to have the GM be the Patron instead (as kind of a metagame ability). To further muddy the waters, it may not have been the Patron Advantage, but some other social advantage. Does this sound familiar to anyone? It's driving me mildly nuts.