[Discuss] "roleplaying island"

[Brian Hendricks]

On 6/25/07, Matt Runyon <m.runyon at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> > 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?
>
>
Disputing the claim that someone else has is also roleplay.  It seems to me
that if you are going to buy a title, you better be willing to roleplay
whatever comes your way, in the form of accusations and so forth.

Heck, you could just roleplay that someone who was appointed a title got it
by other means.  You could say that they actually forged documents.

You just need some willing participants in the whole discussion.

Brian
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