Posted by Imbrogno on July 8, 2000 at 13:51:09:
In Reply to: maybe I read it wrong but Arbiters CAN flag Cabal mate that are .... posted by Eric Prothero on July 8, 2000 at 13:20:18:
From one of the books in the Hall "On occasion, a criminal will try and hide in their cabal. Arbiters may chase the criminal inside, forcing their way in if necessary, but members of that cabal are allowed to defend their territory. This means that if the Arbiter or his guards come under attack while inside the foreign Cabal, the Arbiter may not brand the attacker as a criminal. It is always a crime to provide direct assistance to a criminal, however, no matter the location. Thus, if the criminal's cabal-mates provide direct assistance to him or her(such as healing, rescuing, re-equipping while still flagged, etc.) they are also to be branded as criminals. Note that standing at a cabals outter guardian, whether in combat or not, constitutes being inside and falls under the above exceptions." As you can plainly see, a cabalmate can not be flagged for protecting his territory unless he provides direct assistance. In the case of the ragers this might include a defender using field dressings on the criminal and so on. A person can NOT be flagged simply for attacking an arbiter that is attacking their outer guardian. Kopentol's policy used the fact that the above clause makes it clear that those provisions are only in effect when there is a criminal hiding in the cabal. Therefore, he made it so that an Arbiter could flag, say a rager for example, for defending the massive giant if the Arbiter was trying to retrieve the book.