<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=111184.msg4847423#msg4847423">Quote from: meikle on 27-06-2011, 08:30:31</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">what kind of backgrounds are needed to show that a character is recognized + holds position in this Solar Nation of Chiaroscuro?<br/><br/>Presently, my sheet has Influence 3 and Cult 3; not sure what else I ought to take.  Particularly, I'm curious if we expect everyone who expects to be important + powerful in the city to be running around with Backing 5 or something like that (because I would need to plot my stuff accordingly!)<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Backing 5 might be a bit extreme for everyone. :)  I think it depends on exactly you want to with it.  Influence would be good for a character who wants to be well known, and to have people who will follow their commands in a general sense, but don't have a specific organization in mind.  Influence 3 in Chiaroscuro would mean that you have a large following in one part of town or organization- perhaps for your character, you have a lot of pull in the Undercity, though most of this influence is from natural charisma and contacts rather than direct, personal control of an organization.  Backing would represent formal command of an organization in the city.  More makes it more  city wide.<br/><br/>Perhaps more concretely:  Influence 4 will make you king/queen of the city itself.  Influence 5 makes you king/queen of the entire region, including local alliances with outer towns and part of the hinterlands.  Backing 4 would let you run most of the city's affairs.<br/><br/>Perhaps someone should invest in becoming the official head of Chiaroscuro, while someone else should focus on being the Prime Minister, someone should think about taking some dots to run the army, while someone else focuses on running the "unofficial" parts of the city... any other ideas?