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Originally Posted by whswhs
Does all this make any sense? Am I on the right track in saying that Feared can't just be "turned off" when it's not wanted?
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I'd agree that Social Regard can't be "turned off."
I'm picturing hirelings kinda like Renfield. Tied to the master, eager to please him, unfortunately loyal.
Or Anne Hathaway in Devil Wore Prada. There are lots of benefits to working for someone like her boss, ones that could outweigh the persistent fear. As long as those hold true, they put up with it.
Or that old saw from Machiavelli. "From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both: but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved." If the Prince thinks it can work...
I see lots of room for hirelings that can work under the mantle of the necromancer's Social Regard.