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1) Presumably there *will* be Rich and Poor cultures.

Why? There weren't ever Poor cultures in 1e even though the Standard of Living level already existed, and the only Rich culture were Dwarves, which are only Prosperous in 2e.

Most of the major RPGs actually put the focus on Calling (or Class, or whatever you want to call it) with Culture (or race etc.) being basically flavour with a few mechanical differences. One Ring does it in reverse by making Culture the primary 'chunk', and in my opinion it fits Tolkien really well...

I personally like Messenger a lot, as it caters to Hobbit postmen and Elven ambassadors alike.

Hello, First up, I'd like to say that in general the 2e Alpha looks really great, and I can't wait for the finished product to drop! I'd also like to say that this isn't really a complaint or anything like that - the new Reward and Virtue structure seems to work very well and if it doesn't change at...