Experiences with Social Engineering

[Sindri]

Originally Posted by johndallman

I don't use it in any especially interesting ways, so I didn't feel it worth commenting. But if you're trying to be comprehensive...

Thank you. Everyone, please do comment no matter how not particularly interesting you may consider your experiences. I'm trying to get some perspective on the forum community as a whole, rather than just the people who post in Social Engineering rules related threads.

[GM Joe]

Sorry for the misattribution, Sindri. Of course it was you, not weby, who started this thread. :)

[apoc527]

Excellent post, Mailanka--that's exactly the kind of example that makes it really clear to other people how to use SE. Love it.

[Sindri]

Originally Posted by GM Joe

Sorry for the misattribution, Sindri. Of course it was you, not weby, who started this thread. :)

Don't worry about it. It's nice to see my thread given new life.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by Sindri

Thank you. Everyone, please do comment no matter how not particularly interesting you may consider your experiences. I'm trying to get some perspective on the forum community as a whole, rather than just the people who post in Social Engineering rules related threads.

Probably my own most frequent use of Social Engineering is as a checklist for character creation; I look at the new perks and techniques, especially, and ask which of them a character might have. It's also useful as a guide to playing scenes of characters visiting unfamiliar places. I have a lot of those in my current GURPS campaign, which is a bronze age fantasy world where a group of merchant adventurers are seeking new markets.