I got the idea for the mentors thing from my new job, where they put a trainee like me out in the field with an experienced tech to show them the ropes, and the tech tends to be like a big bro to the trainee and a sort of friendship bond is made. So basically thats what I mean, any new rpger would have a built in friend in their mentor. I really like being trained like that and I think it would translate well to rpg.