Posted by Shokai(IMM) on February 3, 2000 at 13:50:19:
In Reply to: One Prediction posted by Johnny Dangerous on February 3, 2000 at 00:55:36:
> Either this insane fire gets toned down, or everyone flocks to the Maran. Come one. 2 20th rank go at each other, and the maran can dish out this damage? No offense, Kerisha, but that's the only reason you've done what you've done. A simple example of a sick power not yet toned down. But it will be. Tone it down...hmm, I would think that me regulating who gets it (there are maybe 6? 7? people with it) as well as built in checks and balances that haven't been figured out yet is enough....yes it is a nasty thing, Marans are asked to do a nasty job....and they die a lot for it, so they have something that if played well enough helps them out. Before it's forgotten let me also hasten to point out Shokai's followers are a group of religous people who by following Shokai more or less rule themselves out of being in a cabal, yet they get no cabal bonus for doing so....allow me to show you what I mean: DAWN: this is the cabal that one would assume it is easiest to be a Maran in, right? Perhaps....though I've yet to have a tattoo'd (Maran) follower that was in Dawn while tattoo'd. Kinda hard to run around healing everyone and offering aid, while trying to kill evil and let nothing interfere with that. BATTLE: There are evils in your cabal, and unless you get a sanction to kill your cabal mates, this doesn't fly....also killing good mages is pretty shakey ground. MASTER: There are evils in your cabal, and unless you get sanction to kill your cabal mates, this doesn't fly. SYLVAN: Hard to be devoted to the forests AND devoted to stomping all evils you see, without crossing lines. EMPIRE: *rofl* SCARAB: (see EMPIRE) ARBITERS: Not around, but when they were...well, being a lawful Maran is tough, being one that kills fellow goods for killing evils doesn't fly at all. ENTROPY: Group of individuals, could probably work...again ala Master/Battle evils in your cabal, would need sanction to kill cabalmates. TROUPE: Hard to allow anyone to come into the bar and rest and relax, when you have a raving desire to kill anything evil. I doubt Poetry, Amaranthe, Stellyx, or Jacynth would look highly on you poisoning the drinks of evils. KNIGHT: Nope, not around, and this isn't foreshadowing...relax. Hard to be totally devoted to killing evils by any means nessacary, and also devoted to honor above everything else (yes I can think of ways it could work, but since they don't exist, it's something of an irrelevant point now isn't it?) I think that pretty much covers the cabals, and reasons that Maran are generally a group of uncaballed pc's with one additional ability. As for everyong going Maran....please, don't make me laugh.