Fame/Infamy

[Inoryu]

Would be cool if we started a Fame/Infamy system and the adjacent reasons of why you're famous or infamous in our character bios/ profiles. Fame can be built by people seeing heroic acts, or selfless acts or outstanding characteristics of the person, and infamy can be built by committing crime, horrendous acts, bounties, murders etc. 

Something like this? 

Fame
0-499 // Only a close circle of friends know about you
500-999 // Your entire villages's ninja community has heard of you 
1000-1499 // Your considered a Hero of the village (Possible nickname) 
1500+ // Your considered a legend in the shinobi from all over have heard of you, even non shinobi; Can Achieve the title of Sannin 

Infamy
-100// You are shunned by your village
-300 // You are considered a criminal and have a warrant out for your arrest
-500 // The Bounty doubles and you are a class C criminal.
-700 // You are a class B criminal and the bounty raises. You are wanted by your own villages ANBU.
-900 // You are a class A Criminal and the bounty raises. You Are wanted by ANBU from all villages 
-1000 // You are considered a class S criminal. Your bounty is extremely high. You are wanted everywhere. 

[Y]

While I don't like the idea of making it numerical like this, I would like a point where I can roll checks about people more easily. I mean come on. Realisitically, everybody has heard of Solus' character by now.

[Runeska]

The only problem I see is that this seems like a miniature bingo book. Corvus and I tried to something like this implemented in mist before. The thing that bothers me is the infamous listing. Obvious things that make you a famous hero at home can make you an infamous criminal or wanted man elsewhere. So how would a person fit on separate spectrums of something like this?

Like the idea, btw

[Y]

yeah, actually, I'm with rune on that bit.

Gosei is an infamous villain whose name is uttered as a curse in Yukigakure.

Elsewhere, he may be a hero.

[Runeska]

Double post

Actually Y it's not that uncommon not to hear about a particular hero, celebrity, or criminal. That why you have to have a bingo book updated to hunt. Arguably if someone's deeds are widespread enough, a current events check via one of the culture or history skills might be useful. But just knowing about someone thats not from your village or alliance could be perceived as metagaming

[Y]

I more meant that I shouldn't need as high a skill to have heard of somebody who has done great things than a normal person. Esepcially Kages.

[👺 Usiel]

No, not going to go with this. Just because a person ooc knows about a character doesn't mean they know the person IC. Rarely do I see people talking about characters IC unless they are right there.

[Inoryu]

Ok

[Aimi Kaguya]

We already have a system in place for this anyways.

It's the Bingo Book. When a character hits B rank, they automatically get put into it. When they do something of note that warrants a raise on their bounty, the Bingo Book is updated. Every village has a Bingo Book, so everyone can know who's famous and who's not that way.

[Y]

Doesn't the BINGO book no longer work that way? Somebody actually has to put up the bounty now, IIRC.

[👺 Usiel]

Yes, someone, people have to actively put people into the Bingo. But that doesn't mean everyone is going to know a person or not. Everyone knows the Doctor because he's talked about, does that mean he's known IC? Nope. No one even really discusses character in general unless the person is actually there, that is why I'm still saying no to this.

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

At a glance I believe a current affairs check would suffice for a lot of this:


Unskilled
Major developments (wars, well-publicized events) occurring in their local area, local rumors.
Novice
Names and faces of prominent local citizens, major local developments (i.e. 10 mile radius)
Average
With whom local citizens associate and how frequently; major developments over a large area (i.e. about 50 mile radius)
Advanced
Political leanings/alliances of prominent local citizens; major developments over a great area (i.e. about a 200-mile radius)
Expert
Political leanings/alliances of prominent citizens of the kingdom; major developments over a huge area (approx. 600-mile radius)
Master
Political learnings/alliance of prominent citizens throughout the civilization world; major developments in the whole known world

[Runeska]

Yeah, that seems like it'd so it for the most part. Might have to stretch a bit for particular details, unless a village or group is specifically keeping a list of what's going on and who's doing what