Posted by buckanked on May 18, 2000 at 07:46:32:
In Reply to: The Oath, The Anathema, and the Wardrobe posted by Smirk on May 18, 2000 at 07:29:59:
> I'm about as sick as everybody else is about hearing about the boot quest, but I just figured I'd have to toss in my opinion.
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> To me, an Imperial Citizen has had two lives. Pre-oath, and Post-oath. Pre-oath a citizen should not be held responsible for, post-oath he should. Let me explain, one need not be evil in order to take the oath and I would assume that a storm giant who took the oath would not be anathemad for saving the elf when he was good. I would also assume that the a chaotic dark-elf who took the oath would not be made anathema for becoming a hardened criminal when he was a chaotic.
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> Basically, a character has not necessarily bought into the dogma of the Empire until he has taken the oath, so anything he does before taking that oath should be exempt from punishment. Now granted, the person was not acting in a wholly evil fashion when he saved the elf, but becoming anathema is not the correct punishment for the "crime" because the person wasn't a bloodoath or citizen at the time. Think of it as being like a grandfather clause.
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> Becoming anathema does not fit the crime. Becoming neutral without hope for reconciling with your evilness would be. If you want to put the two together, lovely, but anathema alone doesn't make sense. It also doesn't make sense that an evil battlerager hopeful or an evil arbiter get off, because their actions go against their alignment just as much as those of the Empire.
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> A lowbie-friendly evil quest should be installed(more than likely there already is one) that gives a completely different item, either with the same inherent ability or with a different one.