(02-11-2015, 06:29 PM)Melkire Wrote:(02-11-2015, 06:19 PM)Flashhelix Wrote:(02-11-2015, 02:12 PM)Erik Mynhier Wrote: Secure in the knowledge both IC and OOC that my character is far and away better armed and armored.Â
Not always true.
This. Some authority figures are little more than officially-sanctioned Joe Schmoes who don't always have that luxury. See: run-of-the-mill swordsman vs. thaumaturge.
"Mr. Mage, please cooperate. Uh, pardon, ser, I didn't catch that. You'll set me on fire and kill me where I stand if I interfere? Uh...."
In some cases (in other games, that is, I've yet to really experience it here, thankfully) people who RP guards/other forces of the law tend to adopt the mentality of 'I am the lawman here, therefore when I enter a situation, I can't be outsmarted or outfought' which nobody would fault you for if you're say, carrying a couple drunk peasants or street thugs out of the Quicksand, but the problem is when they apply that same mentality to the five halberd-wielding, heavily armored knights around the table, or the arch-wizards over in the corner, and try to dominate everybody.Â
Not that Homeless Joe should be able to bust out the Hokuto Shinken and fight off three Brass Blades, but the law can't win every battle.
