is there a solid system you use for determining which class is active or passive? or does it make sense to you which is which?

I’m still trying to figure out how the exploit/allow behavior works and how the scale is structured, exactly. I’m beginning to suspect some archetypes lean Active, ie: Both the Active and Passive Class tend towards behaving more Actively (Fairies, Outlaws, Magicians), while others tend towards behaving more Passively (Royalty, Servants, Prophets).

All on the individual though, of course, and it’s only a vague sense I currently have and haven’t really figured out in a way concrete enough that I’d be happy explaining/espousing the view. Just goes to show how much I’m still trying to figure it out, myself.

I think an Active class will tend towards exploiting, and a Passive class will tend towards allowing/inviting. If you’re looking for a hard rule, it seems to me like Active classes will almost always act to benefit themselves, while Passive classes act to benefit others. As such, they tend to be coded as Selfish/Selfless respectively.