[Discuss] A few Issues

[Robert Croson, Jr]

On 16 Apr 2008 at 19:06, Marlon Dane wrote:

> Who says so?

Tom.

> Why can you not RP that you DO in fact use the resources
> of the realm to create a colony with a different government?

Because the game mechanics restrict you from doing so, and RPs cannot 
contradict game mechanics.

This is the exact reason why you can't freely change the name of your realm 
whenever you want, and that you can't freely change the name of your 
character, your family, your guild, your religion, etc., why you can't just stop 
being a hero whenever you feel like it once you have declared that you are one, 
and why you can't just decalre your badlands region as it's own sovereign 
realm: Game mechanics don't allow you to do so.

BattleMaster is not a free-for-all, where you can do whatever you want, 
whenever you want, just because you feel like doing so. There is a defined set 
of rules within which you must make your actions conform. As broad as this rule 
set is, there are still times when it will conflict with what you may want to do.

> You guys
> try to put so much limitation on RP it is unbelievable!

We don't restrict RPs. Game mechanics restrict RPs. You can RP all you want 
that the colony you formed from a Republic is really a Theocracy. But it won't 
change the fact that your colony is still a Republic, and that you have to vote 
every month on a new ruler.

The only one that can change this is Tom. He will eventually see your posts and 
give the official ruling. I doubt that he will agree with you.

> I thought on
> Dwilight we are supposed be like hardcore RP-ers but to me it seems
> you are better off with a limited imagination.

Thanks for the ad hominem insults. They really add to the appeal of your 
argument.

You posted here asking a question, I gave you my opinion and explanation of 
the situation. It just so happens that my opinion on this particular issue agrees 
with the game mechanics. That's not always the case, but in this one it is.

There's no call for you to get all pissy with me for stating my opinion.

> You said that after the American Colony seceded from the British Empire...

I also said that the "American Colony" was not a colony in the BattleMaster sense of the 
word.

> Well you know, in BM a Colony can not secede,

Of course it can't. It's never truly a proper duchy of the parent realm. There's 
nothing to secede from.

> so as a compensation it
> should be allowed to change the government system if they wish. 

Compensated? For what? You make it sound like colonies are insufferably 
handicapped because they can't choose their own form of government. You are 
completely ignoring all the other benefits that CTOs have over secession.


-- 
Rob

$> cd /pub
$> more beer




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