I'm pulling out of my driveway. We all know what that means. It's time for other drive to work.

Okay, so today is based on an article I did a little while ago called Faction Pact.

I was talking about why and how we make factions, and then I went through all the sets that had factions,

and graded them to talk about how efficient their faction was it being a faction.

So first, let me start by talking about what is a faction. Let's define what a faction is.

Okay, so a set has elements mechanically and flavorfully that represent different groups.

The idea of a faction essentially is that you are subdividing things

and that they represent something.

They represent something mechanically, they represent something flavorfully.

So each group has a mechanical identity.

It means that how it plays, you know, how it interacts.

Sometimes it'll have a mechanic assigned to it, sometimes how it interacts with the know, how it interacts. Sometimes it'll have a mechanic assigned to it,

sometimes how it interacts with the mechanic, but it definitely has an identity that's a clean,

clear mechanical identity. It also has a creative identity. It has a certain look and feel to,

and it represents a group. Like in story, it's always representative of a group,

a group that does something. Now, different worlds, what that groups mean can change a lot.

Sometimes it's a civilization. Sometimes it's a part of a civilization. Sometimes it's a certain kind

of creature. There's a lot of different things that can represent different factions.

The most important thing is that the relationship between the groups defines the set.

That that's important about a faction set is that the relationship between the groups means something.

And as you'll see as I go through the various sets that have had factions, some have been very successful and it's very clear who the factions are.

Some of the less successful and it's less clear what the factions are. And some of the sets I will name, you might not even think of it as a faction set.

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