Source GM Core pg. 200
Reputation and Favor determine how factions and organizations respond to player characters across the Starfall Galaxy. Earn Favor to unlock unique equipment, learn skills and archetypes, enlist allies, and command respect—or lose them and trigger perilous consequences. Thresholds reflect your standing —from Hated outcast to Revered icon —and affect story arcs and tangible rewards.
Earn Favor by completing missions, advancing interests, diplomacy, roleplay, or defending the faction’s goals.
Lose Favor (Disservice) via betrayal, sabotage, repeated failure, or taking hostile actions. Often, negative Favor brings new story complications, rival enforcers, or higher costs.
Repairing Reputation: Players may undertake redemption quests or negotiate to restore standing. Clever negotiation and dramatic heroics often open doors, even at rock bottom.
Type | Minor | Moderate | Major |
|---|---|---|---|
Favor | +1 Favor | +2 Favor | +5 Favor |
Disservice | -1 Favor | -2 Favor | -5 Favor or more |
Reputation Level | Favor Range | Faction Attitude | Example Access and Boons |
|---|---|---|---|
Hunted | –30 or less | Pursuit/Deadly | Faction deploys hunters, assassins, or bounty squads. All privileges revoked, ongoing peril. |
Hated | –29 to –15 | Actively opposed; sabotage, subversion, or open warfare. No boons; heavy penalties. | |
Disliked |
| Double costs, restricted interaction. Basic services only, distrustful social modifiers. | |
Ignored/Neutral | –4 to 4 | Standard access, no special privileges or boons. | |
Liked | 5 to 14 | Access to entry-level boons and favors; moderate support. | |
Admired | 15 to 29 | Welcoming | Significant boons unlocked: higher trust, discounted services, and access to elite hirelings. |
Revered | 30+ | Influential | Faction VIP: access to all boons, leadership roles, legendary gear, or support. |
Characters spend Favor with factions for specific boons:
Faction Equipment: Access to purchase/crafting of advanced or unique gear.
Archetypes/Feats: Gain instruction and approval for special abilities.
Hirelings/Experts/Masters: Recruit NPCs by rank.
Social Status: Earn titles, voting rights, command authority, or be invited to secret missions.
Project Sponsorship: Become the face of major undertakings.
Favor spent reduces current reputation but can be regained through new acts of loyalty. Dropping below certain thresholds may lock access or trigger consequences.