Social characters part two

Last time I talked about how the social character could adapt combat situations in vampire the masquerade. This time I'm going to talk about how a social character can thrive in a proper, in my opinion, vampire the masquerade game. As always if more specific examples would be appreciated please ask in the comment thread on the blog, as I am often unable to deeply check into my social media threads that this blog gets shared too.

So it's gonna sound crazy but social characters really only thrive in a social environment. You're going to want to try and push people into actual role-playing situations more for both for your personal benefit and for the benefit of game. Of course this will have to be done with the light touch as nobody likes being overtly manipulated.

Strictly speaking as to how I would go about doing it, which is not necessarily the best way, or the only way. I would go about interacting with the characters asking them what their personal goals, wants, and needs are. It is best to leave all assumptions at the door and actually get down to the bare bones of these questions at this point. Once you've learned the answer to these questions, or at least gotten the player to think about it, you can start building the foundation of your powerbase.

Find the people who are willing to work with others and stitch them together with their like minded counterparts. You can start with discussion about the future changes the group needs to cover its survival. Everyone likes having their opinion heard, and you are the glue that holds them together. Find the time to talk with them.

More details to come...