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If something was perceived as broken that is bounty-worthy, i.e a law, policy, or belief (if strong, justifiable enough), then they can bounty again.
Death is meaningless in this game anyways, not sure why anybody is worked up over people dying or not dying or dying extra. That's my pet peeve - people seem to be forgetting lately that this is a game.
Flashforward to BL leadership learning about it, they say "too bad, they made a deal with citizens who weren't the leaders. We disagree and think there was foul play, they're getting punished." The citizens didn't promise them no repercussions, just that they wouldn't interfere with Giliand claiming the bounty.
A lot of presumption on Giliand's part in thinking that was more than it was.
So there's no need to fix anything because it looks like it's just another resource for conflict in a conflict-centric game.
Also, this all could have been avoided if Angel Refuge weren't so awfully overpowerd.
They each got 1/3 of the gold of the bounty, and Giliand got the joy of the kill.
It's that simple.
Giliand explained this to The Keeper in a letter, and in tells(With absolutely zero response to any of them) as Giliand has never done anything against Bloodloch that deserved being enemied. In the letter, she also sent back the remaining 1/3rd of the gold, and requested that the enemy status be removed, as Giliand enjoys free movement and shopping wherever she likes.
Certainly wasn't forced to return the gold. That makes me laugh.
The keeper is lying to citizens. Hope that stops. Good luck to you!
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Giliand was never contacted by any Bloodloch leadership. Guess I didn't make that clear in my post.
It's not a huge deal, obviously, just a bit of a pet peeve because the conversation goes the same way every single time, and it's pointless, but I'm also too much of a donkey to just let it sit when it's brought up.
I've had that same conversation with people, too, and it totally gets my goat when people refuse to believe that a dictionary isn't a rule book about how you're supposed to use words, but rather an informational compendium about how they are already being used. The eye-twitching gets severe sometimes.
If someone wants to go by the old, defined use of the word, well I don't really see much of an issue on that, especially since it may be the way they have been using that word for the past who knows how many years. If they want to use a newfangled definition? Well alright. Unless I just think they don't understand the word, or are clearly using the wrong one. Like conductive when they mean conducive, or vice versa.
*edit to clarify post-Church's-amusing-post-without-elongating-conversation-unnecessarily: This conversation generally happens around me IRL, but occasionally during RP, I've somewhat surprisingly never had the conversation come up in regards to crafting before!
I think the issue might become more tricky when one involves non-native speakers, as idioms and dialectical uses of words can cause misunderstandings. Hence the need for some kind of baseline when communicating over a medium where people from different regions are involved.
Don't get me wrong, I love dialects and find new uses of words fascinating, but then I'm a fellow word-nerd and teacher. For others it might be more difficult, which means they, and perhaps others who know/feel their plight, rely heavily on said baseline and structure.
Just my two Swedish öre. Not sure how they measure up against the dollar, though.
Hi.
As far as language stuff goes? Yes. Aetolia is pretty inconsistent when it comes to things named after stuff that exists in the real world or strongly based in regional languages. We have kimonos, and we can have haori shirts, but katanas are not a thing, and sushi is not a term you can use. We have tamales and tequila, but can't have drinks called daquiris or mojitos.
And y'know what? That's fine by me. It just means you need to get CREATIVE. Yeah. Heaven forbid you need to power some extra brain cells to coin your own terms or make up something catchy.
I tried designing a mimosa drink not long ago since mimosas are actually the name of a flower. It was ruled that it was a no-go, but you know what I did? I changed it. The name became Morning Marigold instead, and it actually fit better.
tldr GIT GUD PEONS
I mean, if you want us to fix that, we'll delete them. It won't go the other way.
Edit: Also calling things by their proper names gives players an easier frame of reference, especially if they need to go to Google to understand what it looks like/what it is. Just saying.
It's not hating fun, it's wanting to present a consistent world to interact in. Yes, some people like those things and want them, but we're not a sandbox, we're a living world with lore and its own cultures. While we want to give players the ability to create their own bits, we don't want to be Second Life.
M'Stormlord
I mean wasn't there already thought projects on how to link all the IRE games, and if so, would it not be somewhat similar to this thought here?
Edit: To clarify, I don't mean the objects themselves pass through and more that inspiration comes and is drawn from the power of thoughts/ideas that slip through dimensions.
Maybe in a different crafter's world, some stuff can only be acceptable if it's used in/restricted to Delve and not in the Victorian/Edwardian era Sapience?