[Discuss] Duels.

[Gloria Santos]

On 9/3/07, James <TheKobald at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
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> I know Tom has said in the past he does not want people to be forced to
> duel.


Refusing a duel to death should be an inalienable right, IMHO.


Too many people in the game, however, talk to their superiors (and I've
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had characters who have done this as well) as little more then trash.
> If someone higher position then you challenged you to a duel, you would
> be a fool not to accept (unless they were clearly mad, if they had a
> legitimate reason it would be a huge offense to decline).  People do not
> seem to grasp that in game.


If it is a duel to death, and your character does not want to die, and she
knows she does not have the skill of the challenger, I think common sense,
whether you are a honourable noble or not, forces you to refuse the
challenge.

On the other hand, if such character does have the skill, and kills the
superior challenger, then the winning challenged will be hated by everyone
else for killing him.

I think the consequences of refusing or accepting a duel should be enough.
You need to trust the other people a little bit and believe that they will
roleplay those consequences accordingly.

I think it is unfair for a character to lose honour/prestige only because
its player does not want to kill it yet, and has not had the gold and time
to train with the sword.



Here is what I propose.  It will be sort of like vulgarity option, but
> only go to people in your realm (as it would be impossible for someone
> outside of the realm to know if there was a true offense).  When someone
> declines a duel random people from the realm will be questioned asking
> was noble A offended by noble B.  If the answer is yes, noble B would be
> given the choice of dueling the person or suffering an honour/prestige
> loss, which is bigger depending on if noble A is higher rank then noble
> B and if noble B has a history of doing this.
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> There are of course alternatives to dueling the person, you can move to
> a different region, so you are both not in the same place for the duel,
> this was actually common or take the h/p loss.  So it is not forcing you
> to duel the person, but it is forcing you to act according to the role
> of a noble.
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I dislike the vulgarity option in the first place.  I do not want more like
those added.
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