[Discuss] Rules of BM Need to be Stressed More

[Charlie Leverett]

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From: Tom Vogt [mailto:tom at lemuria.org] 
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 12:49 PM
To: discuss at news.battlemaster.org
Subject: Re: [Discuss] Rules of BM Need to be Stressed More

Luca Kaceem Butler Masters schrieb:
>> I don't know the majority of the realms I'm in have no rules for or 
>> against it.  One of my characters routinely beats adventurers up for 
>> talking to her without her addressing them first.  She recently had one 
>> arrested and hung for plotting a rebellion, with very little proof.  I 
>> wouldn't say it's a majority.
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> I certainly don't know if it's a majority, but in both Eston, Atamara 
> and Ibladesh, East Continent, people are fined for arresting adventurers 
> without just cause. In Eston, part of the fine is supposed to go to 
> restitution of the adventurer (1 gold per day in jail).
>
> I cannot tell you how offensive my characters found this, and they 
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I can't even begin to tell how offensive I find that, as a player and GM.

Setting them free again, ok.
Talking to the noble in question if he's doing it purely for 
entertainment, well ok.

But "restitution"???

That judge is positively insane, and I don't mean as in "funny", I 
really mean as in mentally ill. In modern terms that's like breaking 
into the zoo (happens), setting the animals free (happens, rarely) and 
giving them money so they can take the next place home (insane).
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Once again I'll state the fact that the judge had nothing to do with this,
it was the people of the realm who decided this with the kings backing, in
fact the judge doesn't even like the idea.