(09-12-2013, 12:34 AM)Siobhain Wrote:(09-12-2013, 12:33 AM)DAISHI Wrote: Mind you, it's within your right as a roleplayer to deny another roleplayer the claim. They might say they killed THE PRIMAL, but that doesn't mean you have to believe it, or acknowledge it. In fact your role as a roleplayer may be to call that person making the claim simply insane.
I don't think I agree with this mindset at all.
I'm actually on DAISHI's side here, if the claim is outlandish and contradictory to lore and we're talking about IC responses (calling another RPer crazy OOC is never a good move
). An example would be, "I killed Ifrit -- the only Ifrit, and he's not coming back ever, because he's dead permanently." That's a claim that's clearly contradictory to lore, since a major element of the story of the Scions is trying to figure out exactly how to deal with the Primals; killing them clearly doesn't work, since they can always be resummoned (being constructs of Aether and belief). About the only IC response you can have to someone claiming that they've permanently eliminated a Primal is, "You're nuts." You always have the OOC option of walking away, of course, but either way, productive RP ends. Accepting the claim is, I suppose, an option, but then you're rapidly deviating from lore to the benefit of another player -- that's a huge imposition with far-reaching impacts. It's better that one not make claims such as in this first place.To a larger point, I think there's some confusion on this thread between destroying a Primal and destroying a Primal permanently. The former is supported in lore for elite adventurers (i.e., PCs) and large companies of relatively mundane warriors (i.e., the Immortal Flames). The latter is clearly out of bounds, as it stomps on a major element of the game's story and other players' stories.
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