Orkid
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Post by Orkid on May 14, 2005 19:57:46 GMT -5
What would the cormyrian kingdom response be to attempted murder 1? I ask because my PC had an attempt made on his life , the person's identity is known and is known to follow an evil god. would guards of towns be alerted? would there be any form of man hunt? and while we're at it , if caught what would be the punishment , especially since the person is known to have shapechanging abilities , what kind of precautions are there to prevent him from escaping? i guess we'll just start here and see what else comes up...
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Post by soulfien on May 14, 2005 23:20:04 GMT -5
Well, you have to think about the system. You'll have to prove he did it. Of course, he'll probably have an air tight alibi, witnesses that will say you attacked him a week ago, a 3,000 gold an hour lawyer, and get off on a technicality. Don't ya just love the system?
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Post by Artemisa on May 15, 2005 4:19:49 GMT -5
In this case there was a tavern full with people, including more then just one person who knew who it was. But I'm a bit curious regarding PvP 'manners'. I would never turn down PvP is there is a GOOD (And I mean very good!) reason for it. But I would also expect the other player to send a tell OOC and make sure I accept it. If anyone don't want to engage in PvP they should be given the oportunity to run away (IC). Not all people find it thrilling or fun and that should be respected. My ideal PvP situation: *Bob the Evil Builder and Jenny Brightheart starts to argue about who-knows-what. *Bob is so provoked that he feels the inner urge to bash Jenny. IC he makes the usual threaths and OOC via tell he will ask for consent. AND he will also place Jenny to hostile in the player list. *Now Jenny will either accept or refuse PvP OOC. If she accepts then fine - bash ahead. If she OOC refuses she could IC just run away, cowardly. *Now let's say that Jenny accepts and they fight. But Bob doesn't kill her completely and runs off in the night. A good handful of people were nearby and witnessed the whole scene, including a paladin. (Bob was wearing helmet and had tons of buffs, so no one could directly see it was him with expection for those knowing him) *So Bob escapes. A few days later Bob shows up in town and meets the paladin. The paladin wont react immediatly since he never saw what Bob really looked like. OOC the paladin will do a wisdom check to determine if he will recognize him after all, or not. Comments/views? I'd be interested in hearing them. Another thing regarding what Orkid mentioned about shifter. Is a pure druid able to transform into ANYTHING else then what he tecnically in NWN can? Could he/she ever be able to change into a horse or a bird for example? I don't know how it's looked upon here, but it would be nice to get a clear answer
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Post by Thrym on May 15, 2005 8:39:18 GMT -5
Even if I, as Jandors (the attackers) player, would not like a heavy punishment of course , I think there should be a hard one if they get him. He attacked Hito because he felt insulted by him, which is, for someone normal, no reason for killing someone of course. The attack was very brutal and direct, there are many witnesses, and Jandor definitly does not feel sorry, so I think if they catch him a severe punishment is completely allright. To the question how to prevent him from escaping: Well, that depends if a druid is allowed to transform into more animals then the 5 he can through the game engine. To the wildshape issue: In my opinion you should definitly be allowed to transform into a bird, horse, cat, fish or whatever animal you need for the current RP situation. Just look at the wildshapes, non of them, except the badger perhaps, is a harmless animal you can use to spy/escape etc. They are all combat shapes, but at least the normal animalshapes are completely useless in combat. If you are not allowed to use them to become animals that are usefull out of combat, wildshape is absolutely pointless.
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Orkid
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Post by Orkid on May 15, 2005 11:09:53 GMT -5
First off, i agree with Shazzar , the non-standard NWN forms should definitely beallowed for RP situations. Further he did warn me OOC and although Hito IC did not think/know Jandor would attack , especially in town infront of all the witnesses , i knew full and well that i was going to be attacked OOC and i did except (i think my exact quote to him was "you think i dont know what im doing? im not afraid of you and im not afraid to die"), there was no wrong done in that department , i basically did it to villify Jandor because he was so arrogant and thought he had nothing to fear from anyone , now i just want to make sure that my "sacrifice" wasn't wasted , i would like to see at least that he cant enter Redmist or Isenhold , since he is known to frequent these places , at risk of being attacked by the guard , also there were a handful of upright citizen Adventurers in the tavern that saved Hito from probably becoming Talbot's newest "mystery meat" and i would like to think that if they or their friends saw Jandor they'd try and bring him to justice... any DMs or authority figures wanna weigh in?
This is also kind of an afterthought and not very important , but i do question Jandor's preternatural ability he seems to possess to change the temperature in an area... RP tools are one thing , but yer replicating a spell there that he probably doesnt have yet , and if he does have the level to have it , you should have to sacrifice another spell to acheive that effect...
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Post by Thrym on May 15, 2005 11:57:28 GMT -5
It's a level 3 spell, from the Frostburn book if I am right. Does not allow to change the temperature very much, just a bit, perhaps +/- 10 C°... usually use it to show if Jandor gets angry, as some kind of IC warning. Can leave it be without problems if someone does not like it tough. Just like to use it as it fits him so good. By the way Hito could have known even IC what happened. He knew that Jandor is an evil priest, has a very bad temper, was in bad mood, and Ravenna even told you IC not to throw your live away, as well as Jandor himself telling you that he'll kill you if you annoy him further. For banishing me out of town, no problem, if a DM says the guards don't let me in I'll RP that, even if none of them is online. And one last thing: Jandor does not think he has to fear no one, but Hito, Ravenna and Ilmen are definitly not people he has to fear in his opinion. Would he be that arrogant he would have finished Hito even though Luthian was running towards him.
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Orkid
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Post by Orkid on May 15, 2005 14:17:26 GMT -5
okay , okay , Hito may have known he was angry , but i really did not think you would attack me in the Inn , even when you walked up next to me i figured you were gonna be like "Hito , step outside" or some such , and really i dont care much about the temp. change , i just didnt know where it was coming from
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Post by soulfien on May 15, 2005 14:53:01 GMT -5
well, when you get elemental forms, you can use an earth elemental to passwall- sink into the normal earth (not walls or floors) and escape that way, or air elemental form to fly away, water to swim, etc...
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