Posted by Some else on April 25, 2000 at 20:30:25:
In Reply to: Re: Imperial Law and how Empire immortals screw citizens. This happened today. posted by ellokraine on April 24, 2000 at 23:35:21:
> > A immortal asked what law 2 was:
> >
> > All Items of Power are the rightful possession of the Emperor
> > and WILL be kept in the throne by the Centurion Omegus. These
> > items include the Imperial Codex, the bloody head of the
> > archmage, the Equation of Entropy, the Orb of Magic, the
> > sapling of a great tree, and the Book of Law. However,
> > either the Emperor or the united Council can deterimine that a
> > specific item may be retained at another cabal. During such a
> > time as another Cabals hold the Emperor's items, they must honor
> > the road-blocks set by the Imperial Centurions.
> >
> > Now, this immortal said citizens were in violation for not reclaiming the items. That is horseshit. Citizens did not take the items, other cabals did. All the other cabals are in violation of Law 2. Before you say anything let me point out law1:
> >
> > Imperial Law supercedes all other laws of Thera and all who
> > dwell within Thera are subject to Imperial Law. Only the will
> > of An Immortal can supercede Imperial Law.
> >
> > Thus, all other cabals violate law 2.
> >
> > Now, according to Law 4, we can attack them all in town.
> >
> > Order must be maintained within the civilized portions of the
> > realm so no one will steal or attack anyone within the Protected
> > Cities of Thera unless the victim is breaking one of the above
> > laws.
> >
> > They break law 2 by taking our items, we can kill them in town. Everyone in Thera falls under law 1, they are breaking law 2 by taking imperial items. Law 4 states we can attack them in them if they break one of the above laws.
> >
> > I would have agrued this with the immortal, but we all know where that will get you. Quit fucking with citizens immortals. Imperial law should be meant to bend in favor of citizens, not to screw them.
> >
> > Now tell me what I just said about imperial law is wrong and I got some ocean front property in Az.
>
> First of all think as to why the immortals are anathemizing a lot of people and making it hard to play Empire. They do this in an attempt to help us roleplay the Empire. What, do you think they just wake up and feel like "well, my wife did not do the dishes so I am going to anath 3 people today??" No. They are trying to teach us to roleplay the best way they can without actually rolling p a character and trying to do things right and possibly not having any of us listen anyway.
> As far as quibbling over the wording of the Imperial Law, and quibbling over this or that, just stop. Roleplay the spirit of the law, what it ought to mean to every Citizen. Do not analyze each word down to its old english root so you can twist it to try to sound as if your whining has a basis. Stop it. If you can not role play a citizen or can not at least learn from what the Imms are trying to teach, then find another cabal.