[Newworlds]

This is almost exactly the same in NWA in that many weaker characters are toted as much more powerful because of the way they handle themselves. While a player may know his own stats, others certainly do not and it makes for good posturing (even comically) in social settings .

I'm curious if some of your players get offended by you involving yourself so heavily in their roleplay or do they enjoy the interference/assistance?

In NWA the staff normally stays out of the player's way in terms of following them or controlling their RP. Only in the broadest sense, with specific storyline, or very important reasons would the staff get involved or add to a person's roleplay as we've found the players like the control themselves. We use a lot of INPC's (interactive non playing characters) like nobles, orcs, dogs, etc., run by staff to enhance odd occurances.