Posted by Fta'er on April 15, 2000 at 20:24:21:
In Reply to: Re: Conversation with an Arbiter... no fighting posted by A past arbiter on April 15, 2000 at 10:54:58:
> > Was trying to picture the reaction of a bunch of normal townspeople if a 14 foot tall red giant came in and started smashing things... everyone would want to be protected from it.
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> That's an interesting take on it, but I think you already realized that as far as Arbiters are concerned, everyone (from the head-smashing fire giant to the pipe-smoking gnome) is protected exactly the same way under law.
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> Irhomqoi tried to explain that to you in that way, and your character (rightly so) seemed baffled by this. It was a good interaction in character, but out of character, you do understand what's going on here, right?
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> Oh, and as for citizens vs. mobs, if mobs were protected 'citizens', virtually every character on the mud would be wanted at some time or another. It's just a matter of logistics.