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[falcc]

It was an epic brawl: my legendary warrior against Ufsmat Wastegutter the Massive Controller. A battle worthy of legend all by itself, and it probably will be, but one of the more extreme moments will be lost. One of my NPCs faithfully charged into battle, lost an arm to a hydra bite, and still stabbed it in response. It probably didn't help, but getting an attack in against a legendary monster that goes on someone important's kill list ought to still qualify someone for bragging rights. Especially since it can be told "X attacked Y" followed by "Y attacked X" and the wound itself is tracked. People with wounds from important battles could get more play in taverns, and the player can try to work out whether the guy that got scratched up by a kobold is more or less capable than the one missing an arm from this hydra fight. Generally three-limbed fighters are missing out on some of their esteem and chances for further glory.

Briefly: getting a scar from an important battle ought to qualify as a story that can be told even if it only gets the person esteem because they're a good story teller. Once there's lying and more depth in the story telling mechanic people should also be able to argue over who *really* slew the dragon, and who was just kill stealing.

[Shonai_Dweller]

I reckon we'll see some "group recognition" come out of the new party system. But yeah, recognition for more than just the one guy who threw his sock in panic causing the fatal blow would be good. It's hard for rumour-spreaders who weren't there to judge who did what in a battle though.

So you'd need to be able to spread rumours about how your bragging wannabe hero ranger companion actually hid behind a rock the whole time...

[therahedwig]

Yes, this makes sense.