Everything can be incorporated into your character's RP - pets, artifacts, clothing, curios, skills. They're all available as hooks or platforms to develop your narrative. I love interacting with people's pets, personally, and by default I consider …
Oh whoops, good call. Turns out yes, designs in SUBMIT or REJECT status count towards the 25 you can have in an "unapproved" state in a given cartel. But it should still be on a per-cartel basis.
The only limit on designs in "SUBMIT" status should be the annual cap on each cartel's public and private slots. And you can have 25 WIP designs in each cartel at a given time. Doesn't matter who's trademaster when the designs are requested.
You'll get a little message when you've gotten your "tolerance tic" for the day. Something like "you feel yourself growing more tolerant to alcohol." After that point, you won't increase your tolerance by drinking more until the next day. I'm not su…