[Discuss] Serious Medieval Atmosphere - Duels

[Julian Bailey]

On 4/10/08, Loren Schmidt <loren.schmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Robert Croson, Jr <robert at arcm.com>
> wrote:
> > On 10 Apr 2008 at 15:39, Loren Schmidt wrote:
> >
> >  > *shrug* We disagree then, but we're supposed to allow everyone else
> to
> >  > let him just be a coward and not say a word?
> >
> >  Good lord, no! Raise a stink about it. Make sure that everyone knows
> that he's a
> >  coward that refused a duel of honor.
>
>
> And then promptly have the judge ban me for insulting him, for
> refusing my duel.  No thanks.
>
>
> >  *I'm* not saying that you should just roll over and play dead. I'm
> saying that
> >  this doesn't sound like a case of a violation of SMA.
>
>
> People are just ignoring matters of honor like it's water under a
> bridge.  That just simply doesn't happen in a SMA.
>
>
> >  > Perhaps so, but the point remains that he did refuse a duel, and is
> >  > facing zero consequences even though there's clearly enough doubt
> >  > about it to cause this big a stir on the D-list.
> >
> >  Then make sure that he pays IG for it.
>
>
> How do you propose I go about doing that while still in the realm?  He
> won't accept my duel, I can't go back to being an infiltraitor with
> the honor/prestige loss of moving.  I could try to convince other
> realms to do something, but when the powers that be in the realm are
> turning a blind eye to cowardice and dishonorable behavior what are
> you to do?  There's nothing you can do, and it's quite frustrating
> that people are letting it happen.  All for the sake of "we need a
> duke right now b/c we want to expand"
>
>
>
> >  > Let us not forget the difference in the family fame/power though.  If
> >  > there were actual assassins out there, and this Duke refused to duel,
> >  > the family could've simply thrown a lot of money at this and the duke
> >  > would be dead.  As it is, we don't like killing characters so we make
> >  > it really hard to do.  The game and the players are just failing to
> >  > make actual court intrigue possible here.
> >
> >  So call for family suport and put a bounty on him. Or hire your own
> assassin.
> >  There are some available, even on Dwilight.
>
>
> Already done, but it's not going to solve the problem of the
> atmosphere in that realm.  And if that realm grows, then it's going to
> be a big realm full of those problems.
>
>
> /Loren
>
> Okay, a few things here;
1. This is the first incident in the realm where someone has insulted
someone else's honour. You can't say we are always going ot ignore
this stuff based on one incident as we are still setting up the realm.
2. Like I said, we're just starting! Unlike other places such as
Everguard we didn't spen a lot of time before hadn writing up
everything from the history to culture. We're develping it as we go.
If you don't like it, then leave.
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