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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7275384" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>What's the commonality between all the places you listed? </p><p></p><p>They're all modern day places that are big enough that I recognized the names. It's not like Sharon Springs, N.Y. (for example) is on that list (and while Sharon Springs has a small town feel to me, it's population is MUCH larger than 70, and certainly not everyone knows each other). Crime in small towns is much less common than in a big city, in large part because of the close knit community such places naturally encourage. That applies far more in a medieval-esque setting, since in such a world you can't just hop into your car and head to the big city for a few hours. You're isolated, and highly dependent on your neighbors for survival. </p><p></p><p>Killing for the money and remaining in town is a bad idea because if you've killed someone then you've weakened the town's ability to survive as a whole (and you are part of that whole). You can't even spend the money to improve your lot significantly, since word gets around in a small town and therefore if you spend it everyone will know what you did.</p><p></p><p>Killing for the money and leaving is a bad idea because then everyone will know what you did. Assuming there is any kind of system of justice, once word gets out you're likely to be in real trouble. You could maybe hide out in the woods, but you can't spend the money there and your life is going to be significantly worse than if you'd never stolen the money in the first place.</p><p></p><p>It could occur as a crime of passion, but that's going to be rare. People who are willing to kill a friend or family member over something like $10,000 are the exception rather than the rule. Based on my personal experiences, that's likely doubly so for small town folks, because from what I've seen they care about how they are regarded by their community. While crimes of passion aren't rational, they are heavily driven by our passions. You might be angry at the elder for not giving you more of the money, but those emotions are likely to be tempered by fear of the community's reaction if you were to step over the line. You're not being tempered by your rational mind, but rather by your passions themselves.</p><p></p><p>That's my take on it anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 7275384, member: 53980"] What's the commonality between all the places you listed? They're all modern day places that are big enough that I recognized the names. It's not like Sharon Springs, N.Y. (for example) is on that list (and while Sharon Springs has a small town feel to me, it's population is MUCH larger than 70, and certainly not everyone knows each other). Crime in small towns is much less common than in a big city, in large part because of the close knit community such places naturally encourage. That applies far more in a medieval-esque setting, since in such a world you can't just hop into your car and head to the big city for a few hours. You're isolated, and highly dependent on your neighbors for survival. Killing for the money and remaining in town is a bad idea because if you've killed someone then you've weakened the town's ability to survive as a whole (and you are part of that whole). You can't even spend the money to improve your lot significantly, since word gets around in a small town and therefore if you spend it everyone will know what you did. Killing for the money and leaving is a bad idea because then everyone will know what you did. Assuming there is any kind of system of justice, once word gets out you're likely to be in real trouble. You could maybe hide out in the woods, but you can't spend the money there and your life is going to be significantly worse than if you'd never stolen the money in the first place. It could occur as a crime of passion, but that's going to be rare. People who are willing to kill a friend or family member over something like $10,000 are the exception rather than the rule. Based on my personal experiences, that's likely doubly so for small town folks, because from what I've seen they care about how they are regarded by their community. While crimes of passion aren't rational, they are heavily driven by our passions. You might be angry at the elder for not giving you more of the money, but those emotions are likely to be tempered by fear of the community's reaction if you were to step over the line. You're not being tempered by your rational mind, but rather by your passions themselves. That's my take on it anyway. [/QUOTE]
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