[Discuss] Question: Friendly character claiming bounty

[Rob Croson]

On 30 Jul 2007 at 21:24, John P. Murphy wrote:

> Personally, I think that this (friendly inf. attacks for the bounty)
> ought not be considered abuse with the RP that they're just faking the
> wound and lying low.  In this case, the danger is that the sleeping
> draft would be an overdose -- something that people might actually
> risk in the name of getting a cut of a thousand gold!  This sort of
> thing seems entirely in-character so long as it's properly RPed. 
> Doing it properly allows other players to decry the "victim" as a
> cheat (or admire a brilliant con) and rulers to find better ways to
> take revenge on their foes. 

You cannot RP something that directly contradicts game mechanics. In 
order to collect a bounty, you *must* inflict a serious wound on the 
target, or actually kill them (death duel, hero killed in combat). 
There is no way to just pretend to do it. You can't say you are just 
pretending to assassinate someone. You have to actually inflict a 
serious wound, or you don't get the bounty.

> If you want to talk about abuse with infiltrators, let's talk about
> the agreement on Atamara not to target rulers... 

There's nothing abusive about that at all. It's an IC agreement 
between the various realms to not send assassins after council 
members. Infiltrators are still free to do it, and it has happened 
several times. That's how the prior RedSpan/Darka war started. When 
AJ (from RedSpan) hit Mr_Jones (Darka's banker), no one went OOC and 
accused RedSpan of violating the rules. It was handled IC, which is 
perfectly fitting, as it was an IC agreement.

If you don't like the IC agreement, then ignore it. Find a realm with 
the guts to back you up, and hit all the council members you want. Or 
just ignore the agreement and do it anyway.

--
Rob
Guess I'll be 'off'... Who needs mor 'ons'?




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