[Discuss] Adventurer questions

[James]

J. Stephens wrote:
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> I understand that they can become actual nobles but it would seem to 
> me that something as simple as acquiring H/P doesn't mean anything to 
> the noble characters.  They have no knowledge of your exploits as a 
> worthless Sack o'Crap that goes around killing undead and monster 
> packs.   The local region lord doesn't know that adventurer Bob just 
> spent 16  hours chasing a pack of hungry monsters around his region, 
> he just knows that there are no monsters around.  And he doesn't 
> really care who did it because he's off fighting a war somewhere or 
> he's in bed with whatever young lass he could get there.  The only 
> reason a noble cares about a adventurer is when they pester them to 
> buy something the adventurer calls a "special item" otherwise they are 
> well beneath their status to mingle with or talk to.  And if the 
> adventurer can do enough of a 'sales job' to the noble, the noble 
> might be feeling very generous and bestow a recommendation upon said 
> adventurer...but these should be very few and far between.
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> Most interaction I've seen from adventurers to nobles go something 
> like this:
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> Bob: hey, region lord.  you wanna buy an item from me for <xx> gold? 
> And give me a recommendation for selling it to you?
> RL: I should have you thrown in prison for talking to me that way.
> Bob: well if you don't want to buy it, just say so.  OR   Ok, how 
> about for a bit less gold?  And a recommendation would be great.
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> And since my RL character can't immediately remove the head of said 
> Sack o'Crap and keep the special item, the SoC merrily goes on his way 
> to swindle some other RL out of a recommendation.
H/P isn't just in the eyes of other nobles.  I could name you countless 
lists of "commoners" that had enough prestige that nobles did in fact 
care about them.  You are correct, a commoner talking to a noble first 
SHOULD be thrown in prison.  When I sold my items I always had a 
"messenger" go through the region advertising it and let the nobles 
contact me, directly, first.  Locking up and beheading the Hero of 
<region name> wasn't always the best thing to do.  Heroes born of common 
blood tended to be very near and dear to the peasants.  It is something 
that they remembered for a LONG time.  With enough recognition it would 
have been nearly impossible to do it without a large scale revolt 
(nobles may not have cared about individual peasants, but they certainly 
cared about a large scale revolt involving the military).  And you are 
talking as if they are common commoners, they do in fact have a tie to 
nobility which makes them different.  As this guy got more prestigious 
you probably would have seen more nobles saying "hey this guy is a cut 
above the common folk, maybe his claim is something we should take 
seriously".