Gameplay
Society positions define the political and philosophical positions of
societies. Societies are groups who join together in order to change the
world in different ways, the noparticipate option for societies allows you
to create societies which have no such ambitions for the world, but
generally people would not even form a society if they were not interested
in such and simply continue on as individuals, or join a society they don't
believe in just for the support and protection and pay. Similar to how
normal people frequently work in jobs they don't believe in for the pay.
Societies without any real goals, or with goals that would be pursued by
people even if the group did not exist, have a hard time attracting backing
from the wider supernatural community, similar to how a political party
might not get many donations if they had no manifesto or their manifesto was
for people to people to shower regularly.
Pro-Supernatural:
These societies want to make things better for supernatural people compared
to mundanes. It might be that they believe supernaturals currently have
things worse and their efforts are to try and balance things out, but
especially at higher levels of belief, is more often about wanting to make
mundanes more of a second class citizen. They may encourage shadow
supernatural governments that manipulate the mundane government, or endorse
supernatural laws that make using powers against mundanes legal.
Anti-Supernatural:
The inverse of the pro-supernatural groups these want to make things better
for mundanes compared to supernaturals. Sometimes because they think
they're worse off, other times because they just want humans to be better
off. They typically try to endorse supernatural laws that strictly prohibit
the use of supernatural abilities on normal people, and may even want to
keep watch lists of supernaturals and treat them as criminals.
Spiritual:
These groups typically want to see technology play a smaller role in
people's lives compared to more traditional or spiritual activities. They
are generally opposed to dense urban centers and want significant
restrictions or oversight on new technological development. They are also
often opposed to free market capitalism, and industrial development.
Material:
These groups usually want more technological and industrial development.
They are usually for free market capitalism and want less hurdles in the way
of scientific and financial progress. While they are not necessarily
anti-environment they usually promote more planned, scientific approaches to
environmental problems.
Combative:
These groups want to see combat or direct conflict resolve differences.
This usually means less complicated laws with people having more
responsibility to protect themselves as well as not prohibiting violence as
a means of conflict resolution in the supernatural world. Combatively
powerful individuals are usually given more important positions within the
shadow governments they form. Their shadow governments are also usually
very martial in design.
Manipulative:
These groups want to see combat used less for conflict resolution and
instead have legal procedures, diplomacy or social manipulation used. They
tend to have harsher rules against open violence, but more evolved
procedures for dealing with problems or attacking enemies with legal, social
or diplomatic measures. Clever and cunning individuals are usually given
more important positions within the shadow governments they form.
Corrupt:
These groups believe in and support inequality, with more privileges and
power going to a select few, either certain types of people or members of
that society and their allies. They believe it is the right of the strong
to rule over and do with the weak as they wish and that it is the role of
the weak to help support the strong. Their shadow governments typically run
on the back of what is effectively slavery and what laws the do have will
only exist to protect their chosen few from the masses and never the
reverse.
Virtuous:
These groups support equality, they tend to fight for efforts to ensure all
people have the same basic rights and protections and that laws and systems
are put in place to ensure that the weak and vulnerable are protected from
being preyed upon. They often influence their territories to be more
socially progressive.
Autocratic:
These groups support inequality in government, generally supporting
dictatorships, oligarchies, aristocracies and similar systems of
determination in which a few decide for the many.
Democratic:
These groups support equality in decision making, generally supporting
various types of democracy both in their own organizations and in the
territories they control.
Anarchistic:
These groups tend to support very little law, both in the supernatural world
and the territories they control. Usually very anti-regulation and
supporting of smaller governments with more individual freedom and
determination.
Lawful:
These groups tend to support very robust legal systems and regulations both
in the supernatural world and in territories they control. This might still
mean that in a corrupt society mundanes and weaker individuals have no
rights or legal protections, but it will mean those that do have legal
protections will have very stringent and robust forms.
Neutral:
When a society is neutral on a particular position that means they wish
things to stay as they are. They will generally fight against efforts to
change things by either other side and will work to establish infrastructure
that makes that change more difficult.
Roleplaying Society Positions
Society positions define the political and philosophical positions of
societies. Societies are groups who join together in order to change the
world in different ways, the noparticipate option for societies allows you
to create societies which have no such ambitions for the world, but
generally people would not even form a society if they were not interested
in such and simply continue on as individuals, or join a society they don't
believe in just for the support and protection and pay. Similar to how
normal people frequently work in jobs they don't believe in for the pay.
Societies without any real goals, or with goals that would be pursued by
people even if the group did not exist, have a hard time attracting backing
from the wider supernatural community, similar to how a political party
might not get many donations if they had no manifesto or their manifesto was
for people to people to shower regularly.
Pro-Supernatural:
These societies want to make things better for supernatural people compared
to mundanes. It might be that they believe supernaturals currently have
things worse and their efforts are to try and balance things out, but
especially at higher levels of belief, is more often about wanting to make
mundanes more of a second class citizen. They may encourage shadow
supernatural governments that manipulate the mundane government, or endorse
supernatural laws that make using powers against mundanes legal.
Anti-Supernatural:
The inverse of the pro-supernatural groups these want to make things better
for mundanes compared to supernaturals. Sometimes because they think
they're worse off, other times because they just want humans to be better
off. They typically try to endorse supernatural laws that strictly prohibit
the use of supernatural abilities on normal people, and may even want to
keep watch lists of supernaturals and treat them as criminals.
Spiritual:
These groups typically want to see technology play a smaller role in
people's lives compared to more traditional or spiritual activities. They
are generally opposed to dense urban centers and want significant
restrictions or oversight on new technological development. They are also
often opposed to free market capitalism, and industrial development.
Material:
These groups usually want more technological and industrial development.
They are usually for free market capitalism and want less hurdles in the way
of scientific and financial progress. While they are not necessarily
anti-environment they usually promote more planned, scientific approaches to
environmental problems.
Combative:
These groups want to see combat or direct conflict resolve differences.
This usually means less complicated laws with people having more
responsibility to protect themselves as well as not prohibiting violence as
a means of conflict resolution in the supernatural world. Combatively
powerful individuals are usually given more important positions within the
shadow governments they form. Their shadow governments are also usually
very martial in design.
Manipulative:
These groups want to see combat used less for conflict resolution and
instead have legal procedures, diplomacy or social manipulation used. They
tend to have harsher rules against open violence, but more evolved
procedures for dealing with problems or attacking enemies with legal, social
or diplomatic measures. Clever and cunning individuals are usually given
more important positions within the shadow governments they form.
Corrupt:
These groups believe in and support inequality, with more privileges and
power going to a select few, either certain types of people or members of
that society and their allies. They believe it is the right of the strong
to rule over and do with the weak as they wish and that it is the role of
the weak to help support the strong. Their shadow governments typically run
on the back of what is effectively slavery and what laws the do have will
only exist to protect their chosen few from the masses and never the
reverse.
Virtuous:
These groups support equality, they tend to fight for efforts to ensure all
people have the same basic rights and protections and that laws and systems
are put in place to ensure that the weak and vulnerable are protected from
being preyed upon. They often influence their territories to be more
socially progressive.
Autocratic:
These groups support inequality in government, generally supporting
dictatorships, oligarchies, aristocracies and similar systems of
determination in which a few decide for the many.
Democratic:
These groups support equality in decision making, generally supporting
various types of democracy both in their own organizations and in the
territories they control.
Anarchistic:
These groups tend to support very little law, both in the supernatural world
and the territories they control. Usually very anti-regulation and
supporting of smaller governments with more individual freedom and
determination.
Lawful:
These groups tend to support very robust legal systems and regulations both
in the supernatural world and in territories they control. This might still
mean that in a corrupt society mundanes and weaker individuals have no
rights or legal protections, but it will mean those that do have legal
protections will have very stringent and robust forms.
Neutral:
When a society is neutral on a particular position that means they wish
things to stay as they are. They will generally fight against efforts to
change things by either other side and will work to establish infrastructure
that makes that change more difficult.