This isn't considered a full replacement, but tasks and support have been removed, and in their place is a new command called 'work'. Spending action points allows you to generate resources by making a check based on the type of resources you're attempting to generate: command/war for military, charm/diplomacy for social, intellect/economics for economic.

'Social clout' is a new stat that represents a character's overall social influence and is used to modify the roll and its results. Using a protege for the roll adds their clout to yours and uses their skills/stat for the roll itself. The protege also gets some resources, but isn't taken from the amount you receive.