General Universal Personality Profile and Identity Fraud

[Dragoner]

You might be able to tell, such as if they display their custom .357 magnum: "My family brought this from Old Terra, you verminous little worm!"

 

[bookwyrm]

My take on this is if you're on a party and someone introduces himself as a Knight or a Baron, which one would be your attitude?:

1. answering "Pleaased to meet you, Sir" and treating him with deference
2. challenging him to proof he really holds this title

To keep with the analogy, if you're stopped by someone on police uniform while driving who asks for your driver's licence, which one would be you attitude?

1. drawing it from your wallet and presenting it to him, while saying "Here you are, Sir. Have I done anything wrong?"
2. challenging him by saying "Of course, Sir, just after you show me your credentials as pocileman"

Again, spoiler: I'd chose 1 in both cases

Most people trust the 'system', so they would choose 1 in both cases. For those rare & few cases where a person was conned/taken advantage of by someone impersonating a Noble and/or a Police Officer, 2 would be the safe question to ask.

 

[kilemall]

Most people trust the 'system', so they would choose 1 in both cases. For those rare & few cases where a person was conned/taken advantage of by someone impersonating a Noble and/or a Police Officer, 2 would be the safe question to ask.

So if you are using deception, acting or forgery task to get by, difficulty is going to be how serious the ask is to determine the level of scrutiny and suspicion.