[Discuss] Honor/Prestige

[John P. Murphy]

On Aug 6, 2007, at 2:37 PM, Nate Shupe wrote:

> Now, don't get me wrong- I love the idea of finding new ways to get  
> honor and prestige; however, I don't see this as being able to  
> work.  Every battle produces a battle report, which would include  
> all the details of who was there.  If one were to buy a claim that  
> they were there, anyone with that report could simply just look at  
> it and say, "No, you weren't."  The only way to make it work would  
> be to do so like with buying titles- it TELLS you that you fall for  
> it; again, this probably won't work.
>
> While it might be easy for somebody to go unnoticed whil in a big  
> battle, I just don't think people on a large scale would agree to  
> play this out.  IF your idea is to not make it known to nobles,  
> then what's the point?
>

I'd agree (and in fact I thought of this) but there's never an  
announcement when someone gets honor or prestige; they just do, by  
word of mouth.  There's an understanding that a lot of petty NPC  
nobles are involved, people who can be easily fooled, and PCs in  
other realms.  In other words, no, there would be no notification to  
other nobles unless the attempt failed and the fellow got caught.

And the fact is, I've never seen anyone ever look at a battle report  
to check and see if someone who claimed to be there really was (in  
later discussion or on the wiki).  I'm sure it has happened, but it's  
pretty rare -- and that rarity, I think, is encapsulated in the  
ability to fail automatically.

> How about something more like, pay some people to exagerate your  
> and gossip about your performance in battle.  Again, you have  
> people thinking that you did something heroic in battle, but this  
> way they casn't just look at a report and say "You were'nt even  
> there."  They'd just be more like, "Wow, I fought with THAT guy?"

This is also workable.  Maybe an ability to publicize one's actual  
deeds would be interesting as well.

John