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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 9623211" data-attributes="member: 19675">In this direction, I’m reminded of IamRageSparkle‘s tale of the seemingly innocuous neoNazi getting immediately booted from the crustpunk bar.While the tale-teller was initially confused, the bartender instantly recognized the new guy for what he was- the thin end of the wedge; the foot in the door- and took appropriate action.In a campaign setting, the low-key representatives of such a reviled organization might merely be shunned or studiously ignored by those in the know.&nbsp; That kind of ostracism might even disarm the party who might not realize there’s a GOOD REASON why others are avoiding that person.&nbsp; That the target isn’t part of some unfairly downtrodden group.Hell- if the reason was long enough ago, most people might not remember WHY you don’t deal with _________, only that “it’s always been that way, and always will be”.I did something along those lines in an unused 3.5Ed homebrew.&nbsp; In it, I used seshayans as a race that had once had an enormous Underdark empire so dangerous that most of the other races had banded together to destroy them.&nbsp; While their species had survived, almost all records of the empire had been successfully erased from history.&nbsp; Even the seshayans themselves had no stories of their ancestors’ wicked domination, and Iived among the others mostly as cowering servants.…then someone found some ruins not so thoroughly destroyed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 9623211, member: 19675"] In this direction, I’m reminded of IamRageSparkle‘s tale of the seemingly innocuous neoNazi getting [I]immediately[/I] booted from the crustpunk bar. While the tale-teller was initially confused, the bartender instantly recognized the new guy for what he was- the thin end of the wedge; the foot in the door- and took appropriate action. In a campaign setting, the low-key representatives of such a reviled organization might merely be shunned or studiously ignored by those in the know. That kind of ostracism might even disarm the party who might not realize there’s a GOOD REASON why others are avoiding that person. That the target isn’t part of some unfairly downtrodden group. Hell- if the [I]reason[/I] was long enough ago, most people might not remember WHY you don’t deal with _________, only that “it’s always been that way, and always will be”. I did something along those lines in an unused 3.5Ed homebrew. In it, I used seshayans as a race that had once had an enormous Underdark empire so dangerous that most of the other races had banded together to destroy them. While their species had survived, almost all records of the empire had been successfully erased from history. Even the seshayans themselves had no stories of their ancestors’ wicked domination, and Iived among the others mostly as cowering servants. …then someone found some ruins not so thoroughly destroyed. [/QUOTE]

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