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<blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 4144967" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>Just because the world gets around to dealing with threats that happen to be PCs doesn't mean that threats don't exist. You seem to be assuming that there's a finite amount of "threat" in the world, and once it is gone, then everything becomes bunnies and roses.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You seem to be making a bunch of assumptions here. The most important being that the second individual who identified himself as an Arbiter actually <em>is</em> an Arbiter, and that his discussion with the PCs is actually bona fide, and that his offer to the PCs is actually one which is consistent with his own authority. None of these things are necessarily true.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That's another huge assumption. How do you know that there aren't a couple dozen other Arbiters spread through the kingdom who would join togeher to bring justice to those who attacked and murdered one of their own (how much effort do policemen put into catching cop-killers)? Or that there aren't other parties of heroes looking to pick up a reward? You simply assume that there aren't any others, based upon no evidence of any sort.</p><p></p><p>And I dispute your "they haven't acted evilly" claim. They have engaged in two very clearly evil acts, one of which was directed at the government itself. You keep making the claim that the PCs haven't acted evilly, when it is pretty clear they have, and (your moral contortions and unwarranted assumptions notwithstanding), that pretty much eliminates any credibility you might have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Storm Raven, post: 4144967, member: 307"] Just because the world gets around to dealing with threats that happen to be PCs doesn't mean that threats don't exist. You seem to be assuming that there's a finite amount of "threat" in the world, and once it is gone, then everything becomes bunnies and roses. You seem to be making a bunch of assumptions here. The most important being that the second individual who identified himself as an Arbiter actually [i]is[/i] an Arbiter, and that his discussion with the PCs is actually bona fide, and that his offer to the PCs is actually one which is consistent with his own authority. None of these things are necessarily true. That's another huge assumption. How do you know that there aren't a couple dozen other Arbiters spread through the kingdom who would join togeher to bring justice to those who attacked and murdered one of their own (how much effort do policemen put into catching cop-killers)? Or that there aren't other parties of heroes looking to pick up a reward? You simply assume that there aren't any others, based upon no evidence of any sort. And I dispute your "they haven't acted evilly" claim. They have engaged in two very clearly evil acts, one of which was directed at the government itself. You keep making the claim that the PCs haven't acted evilly, when it is pretty clear they have, and (your moral contortions and unwarranted assumptions notwithstanding), that pretty much eliminates any credibility you might have. [/QUOTE]
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