Buzz K[ir]ill wrote: ↑Sun Sep 23, 2018 1:02 pm
I think the greatest barrier to good noble RP is the thematic learning curve: understanding how nobles should (in general) behave, what to expect, how they can involve themselves, what they should reasonably know, etc. You put effort into an app and a character concept, but once you're on grid, it can be very difficult to find themely RP, or you may make a huge misstep because you weren't aware of something thematic tucked away in some helpfile somewhere.
So my first suggestion is to round up all those EXTREMELY USEFUL HELPFILES in one place. Right now they're spread out all over. Here's a short list off the top of my head:
- help courtesy
- help noble power (super informative, but not necessarily easy to digest or put in practice)
- help titles
- help precedence
- help sumptuary
- help prestige
- help nobles
- help social nobility
- help noble marriage
- help noble rights
- help noble projects
- maybe even help great lord
- help ALL THE LITHMORRAN RACE FILES, and all your own race files, if you're not a Lithmorran noble and you're new to the game
Beyond that, I think we need a HELP THINGS TO DO for nobility. Because it's just not obvious, once you're on grid, what your role should be -- especially given that you're away from your domain. Here are some ideas to get that list started, in no particular order:
- Meet up with the city's other nobles, get to know your peers
- Host a tea party or an evening of sampling fine smokes and/or brandy
- Visit the historic Queen's Inn and Tavern and be seen by the locals
- Co-host a public event with another guild (ball, auction, play, ceremony, etc.)
- Organize a hunt through the King's Forest
- Get involved in politics (join Council, pester Seneschal)
- Rally support for a project
- Increase your support base (helps with projects)
- Involve yourself in a charitable cause
- Become a patron (sponsor an artist or musician, etc.)
- Hire PC servants and employees
- Build a grand villa one room at a time or purchase from Real Estate Office, host parties there
- Pay PCs to run errands for you
- Hire an informant who can go places you can't
- Use the bounty system to get back at people who offend you, or
- Have offenders publically whipped
- Subvert your rivals
- Offer your support to fellow nobles or guildleaders you like
- Surround yourself with expensive luxuries (pets, NPC retainers, etc.)
- Have a hobby or two (another luxury)
- Post rumors about what you're up to, or what your goals are, to hook others
- Sire a bastard (or use a background connection to invite one into play)
- Start a new (themely) fashion trend or tradition from your home domain
Finally, a last bit of advice I would offer any new noble:
DO NOT WAIT around for the RP to come to you. You're going to be terribly disappointed. Be proactive and go involve yourself. Nobles are in a unique position to insert themselves into city politics, which is a great avenue into RP.