Posted by The Pumpkin King on December 14, 2000 at 10:00:04:
In Reply to: Oh brother.. try again hero posted by The First Apostle on December 14, 2000 at 09:47:51:
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> > Second of all, cabal powers come from cabal items. That's the way it works. That way, if you lose the item, you lose your powers. Dawn is a cabal.
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> And you are explaining this to me for what reason?
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> > Dawn was not given an item, because they weren't supposed to run around involved in cabal wars.
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> You have *no* idea what you're talking about. Do you think the VIP flag gives you license to talk
> out your ass? That's not how it works. When Dawn was originally created, as it was explained to me,
> Dawn was about serving the lightwalking theran populace. I took that and ran with it. *I* felt that
> a new lightwalking cabal would be perceived as the second coming of the Knights of Thera. I made sure
> to push the idea that our mission was to help people *first*.. as it was explained to me. We didn't
> want people running off to raid *insert evil cabal here* when they should be doing what Dawn's charter
> states. This doesn't mean the Dawn have to be sheep... it doesn't mean Dawn has to bury their collective
> heads in the sand everytime conflict arises. Rituraaj has been wreaking havoc on his pk range. I've
> been a unwilling notch on his pk belt. The Maran and Dawnies were tired of it and decided to take it
> out on him. Rituraaj happens to be sitting in his cabal (as we've seen for very good reason), so they
> raid, and get the tar beat out of them. Why does this all of a sudden warrant them getting an item and
> having to defend it. Did you ever have to deal with screaming
> newbie lightwalkers (oh wait you were an arbie.. think you can relate). How difficult would be to be
> the "beacon of Hope" in Thera when you are constantly loosing your item?
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> > Fine with me. However, they do spend their time raiding other cabals. Now it's unfair.
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> How is this different from the uncaballed who constantly raid. Their powers aren't worth it.
> How is it unfair exactly? What.. it's unfair because they can communicate accross a cabal
> channel while a group like the Maran can't? Golden aura, succor, altruism?? These are worth
> having an item? These are formidable weapons in a pk situation? How about we dumb down the
> entire cabal system.. take away *all* of the pk powers thus we can take away all of the
> items. How fun would that be?
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> Do Troupe members ever raid? They should have an item. That storytelling skill is way overpowered.
> > I don't care how marginal their powers are; they come from a source, and that source was something different, something special, at first - because Dawn was an exception of a cabal.
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> The idea being they come from a different source.. a power that allows them to continue their
> mission even during Thera's "darkest hours". Not to sound condescending, but why is this difficult
> for you to grasp?
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