(02-11-2015, 01:27 PM)Gegenji Wrote:(02-11-2015, 01:15 PM)Melkire Wrote: I think how far an authority figure could step before a civilian/citizen would object also depends on the city-state/region in question.
Along this line of thought, do you think the level of when lethal force is authorized is equally variant? How far would someone have to go in these areas before someone in a position of authority is allowed to draw live steel and mete out impromptu justice? I'm sure plenty of it can occur behind closed doors and in other cloak and dagger forms, but I'm sticking mainly to open actions within city walls and the like.
Also, how open is the knowledge of authority figures to do this, if they can at all? Going back to the original topic of "Showing and Bowing to Authority", I would think that - ICly - knowing someone can cut you down without legal repercussion would be quite the powerful knowledge to possess. Both in the hands of the wielder ("I can kill you where you stand and no one could do anything about it.") and those of the normal citizen/bandit ("Oh god, it's the XXX, I'm gonna DIE."). In both cases, too... because citizens might be a bit more brazen in their acts if they feel like they could avoid immediate repercussion at the blade of a Blade.
I've played by Elder Scrolls logic for this, I just realized: You commit crimes, you get arrested. You resist arrest, alright, fine, you forsake all of those protections to due process and whatever the Eorzean equivalent is. If someone straight-up tries to murder someone, I would expect authority figures are permitted to subdue that assailant by whatever means they deem necessary. Someone angrily threatening someone with a knife isn't the same level of threat as an enraged roe wielding an axe in full plate.
Admittedly, I've clearly got my biases on this subject. I can only count on one hand how recently this has come up, but it's still a big deal to me.
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