### Social Standing Social standing is how respected a person is based on their place in society. While not every society has a clear class structure, any large enough group of humans will develop some sort of social hierarchy; this represents ones relative position within that hierarchy. Because of cross cultural communication, those of high standing in one society are often given similar respect in another society. Though there may be times where a GM may choose to invert social standing, allowing those with a lower stat to gain a better modifier then one with a higher stat. Such as when a group of nobles are interacting with a group of peasants, or a Church official with a group of atheist.