[DitV] Why are relationships so specific?
Neil the Wimp:
Thanks for the reply! That's all clear.
I think the only question I have is about how broad or narrow relationships should be. I take it that relationships have to be with a specific person (e.g. "Br Eli"), a specific institution (e.g. "The Order Set Apart", as distinct from the Faith hierarchy in general), a specific place (e.g. "the alley behind Br Eli's house"), and so on. In other words, a bunch of relationship dice can't apply to more than one "thing". Is that right?
Oh, one other thing, while you're here. "Institution" has several meanings in everyday use. I get that you can have DitV relationships with organisations that have offices and hierarchy and all that. Can you also have DitV relationships with more abstract "institutions", such as marriage, polygamy, church attendance, etc?
Ta,
Neil.
lumpley:
Yes, specific. The Faith is a specific institution, though.
You get your dice with an institution only when you're in conflict with an authority within that institution or when your position with regard to that institution is at stake. Accordingly, non-hierarchical institutions are more limited than hierarchical ones. How often are you going to be in conflict with an authority in the institutions of polygamy, or old men, or going-to-church? Rarely, I think.
-Vincent
Neil the Wimp:
That's great, thanks. Thanks for the explanations.
Neil.
lumpley:
Sure thing! Glad to help.
-Vincent
Motipha:
interesting. This does mean I have to revisit the text and re-evaluate what I think about relationship.
...Which is something I had a need to do anyway, considering I haven't read the core rules in year. And besides, I was a little uneasy about relationships anyway in terms of game balance, but was taking it on faith that there is method to the madness. Turns out there is, and that method is I'm doing it wrong.
Thanks Vincent, Neil, et al for helping to clarify this for me.
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