I once had a pretty good arc going with Zhavi and a player playing a yellowjacket character. Zhi's a petty criminal, but her shenanigans eventually drew the ire of the jack, and eventually she wound up getting caught and jailed. Due to her help with another crime, she got boosted out of jail. We played it a little fast and loose because we don't know the exact penal code for Limsa, but you know -- it wasn't all doom and gloom. I had a lot of fun with it.
Another thing to remember is that not everyone wants to get your character turned over to the law -- or necessarily even knows a crime is being committed. Once upon a time Zhi and her partner-in-crime convinced a man that this other guy had done some bad, bad stuff to zhi, and convinced the player character to beat and almost kill the dude, who was innocent.
When he found out, he wound up beating Zhi pretty thoroughly and then extorting her, so she had to lay low for a long time (I actually had someone ask me oocly if I wanted them to step in icly when the beatdown was happening, haha).
I had lots of those with Zhi. My point is that all you gotta do is just work with the people you're playing with. You can have a character who is a total piece of shit, have them do bad things and get away with some of those bad things, and get caught on other things. It's a matter of give and take, like with all rp. Your character doesn't have to go away forever, or get killed. There are innumerable varieties of consequences and possibilities! Don't be afraid to explore them.
Another thing to remember is that not everyone wants to get your character turned over to the law -- or necessarily even knows a crime is being committed. Once upon a time Zhi and her partner-in-crime convinced a man that this other guy had done some bad, bad stuff to zhi, and convinced the player character to beat and almost kill the dude, who was innocent.
When he found out, he wound up beating Zhi pretty thoroughly and then extorting her, so she had to lay low for a long time (I actually had someone ask me oocly if I wanted them to step in icly when the beatdown was happening, haha).
I had lots of those with Zhi. My point is that all you gotta do is just work with the people you're playing with. You can have a character who is a total piece of shit, have them do bad things and get away with some of those bad things, and get caught on other things. It's a matter of give and take, like with all rp. Your character doesn't have to go away forever, or get killed. There are innumerable varieties of consequences and possibilities! Don't be afraid to explore them.
