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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 6420006" data-attributes="member: 2">So, there were some interesting player reactions last game in the other high-lvl game I run. That group belongs to the Gray Guard, imperially-sanctioned monster hunters, and they've risen quite high up in the organization's hierarchy (as you'd expect for lvl 15 PCs.) They're currently in disguise in a western province, investigating a Grey Guard member who has broken her vow of &quot;hold no office&quot; and after a quick coup declared herself ruler and Empress. That province is in crisis, and when the group surreptitiously met the new Empress she — thinking them anonymous adventurers — conscripted all but one party member into her army. The group went along with it to get more information. But MAN. The look on their faces when they went through training. &quot;This is your uniform. Wear it.&quot; &quot;But we have magical armor…&quot; &quot;These are your shield, spear and short sword. Use them.&quot; &quot;But we have magical weapons!&quot; Practicality ran up against conformity in a big way. Getting dressed down by a lvl 4 dwarven sergeant screaming at them was something of a new experience. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I'm pleased to say that with a few Persuade checks to help calm things down, they managed not to kill their (temporarily) superior officer, but man was it close. Fun game, interesting reminder of power dynamics and the entitlement of power.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 6420006, member: 2"] So, there were some interesting player reactions last game in the other high-lvl game I run. That group belongs to the Gray Guard, imperially-sanctioned monster hunters, and they've risen quite high up in the organization's hierarchy (as you'd expect for lvl 15 PCs.) They're currently in disguise in a western province, investigating a Grey Guard member who has broken her vow of "hold no office" and after a quick coup declared herself ruler and Empress. That province is in crisis, and when the group surreptitiously met the new Empress she — thinking them anonymous adventurers — conscripted all but one party member into her army. The group went along with it to get more information. But MAN. The look on their faces when they went through training. "This is your uniform. Wear it." "But we have magical armor…" "These are your shield, spear and short sword. Use them." "But we have magical weapons!" Practicality ran up against conformity in a big way. Getting dressed down by a lvl 4 dwarven sergeant screaming at them was something of a new experience. :D I'm pleased to say that with a few Persuade checks to help calm things down, they managed not to kill their (temporarily) superior officer, but man was it close. Fun game, interesting reminder of power dynamics and the entitlement of power. [/QUOTE]

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