[Discuss] Serious Medieval Atmosphere - Duels

[Josiah Allen]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Marlon Dane <lady.kutya at gmail.com> wrote:
> I highly doubt each character carries the fame of the entire family. With
> this logic you could say that all Adventurers should be treated nicely
> because he/she is part of the family (at least half-way).
> A family has an overall fame yes but that does not mean characters can not
> gain negative fame and thus be infamous. Also, Nobles are not obliged to
> accept any claims of a Noble if they never _actually_ met or lived on the
> same island. And no, I am not talking about family members living on the
> same island but the involved characters.
>  Comparing this family fame to the fame of real life celebrities is faulty
> at its core. There is no "media" in BM that spreads the news how famous Duke
> David Beckham is, etc, among all continents. Each continent, and each
> character operates on its own. I can not use my Belu character to threaten
> another player's character on a different island. These are individual
> "people" and thus should be treated that way. Characters acknowledge fame
> and not families. So if 1 of my characters does not think he is famous well
> too bad, that is how I RP it.


Adventurers are shunned by their own family, for mixed blood or other
reasons.  The family would deny the connections, or not be aware of
them.

There is an IC medium in BM.  The NPC nobles, like everyone's aunt
when they visit their family estate.  These nobles know all the
families, and would in turn gossip to your character.  Part of
roleplaying a noble is roleplaying this fact.  You are your family
more than yourself in feudal times, because your rights derive from
your family.  If one character has a bad reputation, it should bring
down the reputation of all characters.  This may not seem fair, but
noble life is not fair.

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