Comments on: Citizen: a skill? http://www.lategaming.com/2008/06/02/citizen-a-skill/ staying up late, playing games Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:13:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: matt http://www.lategaming.com/2008/06/02/citizen-a-skill/comment-page-1/#comment-5802 matt Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:53:35 +0000 http://www.lategaming.com/?p=420#comment-5802 Would professional competence not be a result of their reputation from using their skills? And there's a difference between 'ability' and 'recognition'. Someone might have Medicine: Veteran and the Quality: Good Reputation. They therefore have a reputation for being a good doctor. A person with Citizen: Veteran is a excellent citizen. They fulfill their civil functions. In our terms they vote, participate in councils and campaigns, always pick up litter, would promote community events (if not be the actual organiser. It's the skill at being a politician....or the skill Politicians should have. As for fine grained? That's something for the player to describe. Would professional competence not be a result of their reputation from using their skills? And there’s a difference between ‘ability’ and ‘recognition’.

Someone might have Medicine: Veteran and the Quality: Good Reputation. They therefore have a reputation for being a good doctor.

A person with Citizen: Veteran is a excellent citizen. They fulfill their civil functions. In our terms they vote, participate in councils and campaigns, always pick up litter, would promote community events (if not be the actual organiser. It’s the skill at being a politician….or the skill Politicians should have.

As for fine grained? That’s something for the player to describe.

]]> By: Eamon http://www.lategaming.com/2008/06/02/citizen-a-skill/comment-page-1/#comment-5801 Eamon Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:07:22 +0000 http://www.lategaming.com/?p=420#comment-5801 Citizen Skill - I'm thinking that someone will be recognised for their professional* competence, rather than their citizenship. Granted, professional competence may not reflect community standing, but perhaps that can be abstracted out to either a reflection on quirks and flaws or a social stat of some kind. * Professional doctor, politician, teacher, homemaker, whatever... A Citizen Skill would, however be a pretty nice thing for a quick NPC generation system. Citizen Quality - I think this isn't fine-grained enough. What do you think of Notable: Famous Family; Notable: Profession; etc...? BTW, the above may be ERIS: Incomprehensible. Many years of RPG privation and having reference books half a planet a way can do that... Citizen Skill – I’m thinking that someone will be recognised for their professional* competence, rather than their citizenship. Granted, professional competence may not reflect community standing, but perhaps that can be abstracted out to either a reflection on quirks and flaws or a social stat of some kind.

* Professional doctor, politician, teacher, homemaker, whatever…

A Citizen Skill would, however be a pretty nice thing for a quick NPC generation system.

Citizen Quality – I think this isn’t fine-grained enough. What do you think of Notable: Famous Family; Notable: Profession; etc…?

BTW, the above may be ERIS: Incomprehensible. Many years of RPG privation and having reference books half a planet a way can do that…

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