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<blockquote data-quote="Victim" data-source="post: 7638" data-attributes="member: 78">No one acts in a chivalrous, honorable manner because it's much too tempting not to.&nbsp; In a situation without magic, getting the drop on someone is devasting enough.&nbsp; If you can be hasted, improved invisible, and buffed so much before battle that victory is almost assured - and other's can do the same to you if you don't take precautions - then not taking such an advantage is almost suicide.&nbsp; Maybe you want some sort of Geneva convention that would set rules for honorable combat between civilized races.&nbsp; Certain spells could be reserved for use against monster races or in spell-battle, but not general combat.&nbsp; And then the rules would have to be enforced by some reasonably powerful people.&nbsp; Otherwise, the dangers of going without &quot;cheesy&quot; magics would be insane.Foes that haven't agreed to the Convention might be fair game for all out magical attack.&nbsp; Otherwise, harsh punishments would be imposed on violators.&nbsp; Such a convention might make the quasi-medieval assumptions in most worlds more plausible, provide some protection for normal folk from leveled characters, and make the prospect of all out magical war something to be feared.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Victim, post: 7638, member: 78"] No one acts in a chivalrous, honorable manner because it's much too tempting not to. In a situation without magic, getting the drop on someone is devasting enough. If you can be hasted, improved invisible, and buffed so much before battle that victory is almost assured - and other's can do the same to you if you don't take precautions - then not taking such an advantage is almost suicide. Maybe you want some sort of Geneva convention that would set rules for honorable combat between civilized races. Certain spells could be reserved for use against monster races or in spell-battle, but not general combat. And then the rules would have to be enforced by some reasonably powerful people. Otherwise, the dangers of going without "cheesy" magics would be insane. Foes that haven't agreed to the Convention might be fair game for all out magical attack. Otherwise, harsh punishments would be imposed on violators. Such a convention might make the quasi-medieval assumptions in most worlds more plausible, provide some protection for normal folk from leveled characters, and make the prospect of all out magical war something to be feared. [/QUOTE]

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