Posted by Ancient Thief on January 8, 2000 at 18:13:56:

In Reply to: That is you... more.. posted by Koe on January 8, 2000 at 16:41:41:

Is unique--sometimes even what some might
consider "overboard"--roleplaying fun? Yes.
Is it productive to the game? Oftentimes,
yes. Was your character concept a neat one?
I think it was looking sort of interesting.

The problem is that, short of a few major
powers like Arbiters' "wanted flag," there's
very little harm anyone can do to another
character without them putting up a fight, or
at least having some chance at avoiding it.
That's what the problem was with this
scenario. It would have been fine to have
decided to, say, attack every fellow arbiter
you could. Or slay every guard in the city.
But placing a wanted flag on people basically
amounts to abusing the fact that Arbiters can
flag people without retribution. And that's
why it gets you denied when you do it.

I understand what you're saying about wanting
to make an impression, and wanting to carve
out a dramatic role for your character...that
is fine, in my opinion. But what you're
effectively doing is screwing over other
peoples' characters in the process, without
them getting a chance to retaliate. And that
is why it doesn't get my stamp of approval
(not that that's necessarily anything you
should be striving for).

On a VERY tangential note, does anyone know
if Jaemaen lost his flag because he prayed to
Bria about it? If so, that be bull.

-Ancient Thief

Follow Ups:

• Caught with my hand in the cookie jar...or not. Jaemaen 21:44:48 1/8/2000 (0)
• Well... Koe 20:14:35 1/8/2000 (0)
• About the Jaemaen bit.. Jagaub 18:45:33 1/8/2000 (2)
  • here's the deal... Shokai(IMM) 001:50:21 1/9/2000 (1)
    • Capish... *smile* Koe 001:58:005 1/9/2000 (0)
• My char was wanted for a real reason and didn't say anything about getting it taken away but got it taken away automatically n/t Some guy 18:19:38 1/8/2000 (0)

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