Thread: On being Feared
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Old 09-18-2018, 05:23 PM   #44
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I think Social Regard (Feared) would make it much harder to enjoy true emotional intimacy and healthy close relationships between equals with subordinates, which might be a significant drawback to a character whose position in a group with a terrifying reputation does not reflect his personality, but this would not represent a game-mechanical limitation of the utility of the Advantage or any hirelings that the character might hire.

Any hireling with a high Loyalty score might love his master, but that love would be fundamentally different if the bonus that led to the high Loyalty score came at least partially from Social Regard (Feared) than if it was the result of positive Appearance, Charisma and good treatment.

As far as game-mechanical utility goes, the servant who loves and fears his Master as he loves and fears the Lord ought to be every bit as helpful and useful to the character who paid for positive Reactions (inc. Loyalty rolls) as a servant who loves his master as an old retainer (with shades of a familial relantionship), regards his master as a true friend and confidant or perhaps loves his master in a hopeless romantic way, but obviously, the characterisation and interactions with the master will be lightyears apart depending on how the high Loyalty score is justified.
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