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.

 

[bookwyrm]

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.

When people aren't suspicious, those tasks are normal or easy, but when they are suspicious or know what to look for, then the tasks are more difficult.

I'm a trusting kind of person in real life, but getting burned/conned/tricked a time or two can make one somewhat careful when necessary. Also, some occupations require some training to see through the deception/acting/forgery/ect., so either training or experience can make things more difficult. And the reverse is true. Someone who is trusting and finds it hard to consider that there might be people who would take advantage of them would be easier to be taken advantage of. Hmm, then there are those even rarer few who have intuition or a sixth sense about these things, not to mention that those who are doing the deception can make themselves look more trustworthy and/or honest.

It's a difficult world both in RL & RPG.

 

[Condottiere]

Basically, it could be that most people are willing to take you at face value, until what you claim has an effect on them.

Assuming a noble and his entourage enter an off planet branch of Tiffany's.

The manager will have done facial recognition, and tried to ping any electronic identification devices.

It would be up to his judgement, to place any purchases on the noble's tab, if his identity remains unconfirmed.

 

[bookwyrm]

Basically, it could be that most people are willing to take you at face value, until what you claim has an effect on them.

Assuming a noble and his entourage enter an off planet branch of Tiffany's.

The manager will have done facial recognition, and tried to ping any electronic identification devices.

It would be up to his judgement, to place any purchases on the noble's tab, if his identity remains unconfirmed.

Kind of like how the Emperor is known all across the Imperium while a Knight might either be barely known on their 'home' planet or known across a handful of systems while performing duties for a higher Noble.

This is an interesting thing to keep in mind for fleshing out Nobles.

 

[Condottiere]

Well, his portrait is on the money.

 

[Dragoner]

Basically, it could be that most people are willing to take you at face value, until what you claim has an effect on them.

Assuming a noble and his entourage enter an off planet branch of Tiffany's.

The manager will have done facial recognition, and tried to ping any electronic identification devices.

It would be up to his judgement, to place any purchases on the noble's tab, if his identity remains unconfirmed.

Also this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almanach_de_Gotha

 

[Spenser TR]

A little late, but I love this topic and once upon a time put a fair amount of thought into the idea of the Imperial identity doc, so of course I want to share it here

This is a Wayback link to a ridiculously long article about the Imperial ID, as I've neglected my blog and it went away.

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A couple years ago in London, my sweetie was looking at shoes. I was people-watching on a bench outside wondering what an Imperial ID ( IID ) would look and feel like. I could feel my own passport in my pocket, and as I observed the diverse shoppers of Camden, I wondered about their passports and IDs.

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"

In a nutshell, IMTU there's an official IID and there are lots of little ways it can work into game sessions, or not.