[Discuss] Rules of BM Need to be Stressed More

[Timothy Collett]

On Nov 1, 2007, at 3:54 PM, James wrote:
> But if you're in a realm that does not treat commoners that badly,  
> then
> why should you suddenly change your role play to beat them up (and  
> allow
> that) whenever you can?  If you rp them as looking at you funny, good
> arrest them.  They talk bad to you beat them up.  God forbid they say
> something treacherous, hang them.  But don't change your role play
> simply because they're being played by someone and you can arrest them
> and beat them up without reason.

No; and I wouldn't advocate that.  I still maintain that most  
respectable nobles of the period would *not* have arrested and beaten  
up peasants without any reason.  That's called sadism.

If a peasant looked at them funny, or they heard from their cousin  
that his brother's wife's great-aunt had hear about a peasant who had  
been observed speaking out about rebellion, then sure.  Arrest the  
lout, beat him to a pulp, lop off his head.  He's just a peasant.   
But not *without a reason*.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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