[Discuss] "roleplaying island"

[Matt Runyon]

James wrote:
> Matt Runyon wrote:
>>
>> I like the idea of roleplaying police, personally...
>>
>> But the problem with the buy title issue is that our CHARACTERS (or, 
>> at least the ones "in the know" who will proceed to inform the rest 
>> of everyone) know that there is one and only one way that person 
>> could have grabbed the title without being appointed by someone.  
>> Someone before suggested converting it to having a claim on the 
>> region, which makes a great deal more sense, especially if we get 
>> random claims popping up as well (especially in, say, the region with 
>> your family mansion, or that you've been a Knight in).
>> We know OOC it's forged.  But is it really unreasonable to assume our 
>> characters aren't idiots, and recognize the facts of the matter?
>>
>>
> An exert of a message sent by Tom to our realm "/It would be obvious 
> if documents were forged /
>
> No, it would not. The very nature of (good) forgeries is that it is 
> *not obvious* that it is a forgery. There are enough famous paintings 
> who were in a museum for many years before it was discovered they were 
> forged."
>
> And he is absolutely right.  Role playing is about being able to 
> separate yourself from a character.
Yes, it is about separating from our characters.  The point is that 
whether we can spot them as forgeries or not, we will know that the 
person was not appointed by the Ruler or relevant Duke.  Giving that, 
and after asking around, everyone will tell you the same thing, that 
there is only one possible way to obtain the title to a region besides 
being appointed.  Our characters aren't idiots.  Unless there is some 
possible way to get a region other than being appointed or buying the 
title, how exactly are our characters supposed to just roll over and say 
that everything is fine?  My characters believe what they are told by 
certain members of the realm.  And when my mentor informs me that the 
only way to get a region other than being appointed is by buying the 
title, my character believes said mentor.  So if someone were to obtain 
the title without being appointed, my character is going to assume that 
the person bought the title.  How is this not roleplaying?


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