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<blockquote data-quote="Lalato" data-source="post: 6363525" data-attributes="member: 9171">This isn't about what's good for the game at your table. It's about what's good for the town.&nbsp; If I'm a town elder... I don't let merchants with &quot;bodyguards&quot; come into my town.&nbsp; Do you think I'm going to for fall for the banana in the tailpipe trick yet again?&nbsp; Nope... not me.&nbsp; If the merchant with bodyguards wants to gain my trust, he can do so by accepting that I don't let merchants with &quot;bodyguards&quot; into my town... no matter how nice their sample wares are.These are common folk... not idiots.&nbsp; It's not just a matter of saying... &quot;Oh those are adventurers... they can pass because they just want to raid the dungeon up the hill.&quot; It's a matter of having just one so called adventurer make a mistake and kill someone.&nbsp; It's a matter of recognizing that people with weapons are dangerous even if they're the &quot;good guys&quot;.&nbsp; That's not to say that they aren't occasionally useful... like when we hired some to deal with the goblins that were raiding our town.&nbsp; But even then, that one warrior kept on hinting at how easy it would be to just call himself a warlord and use the town as a base of operations.&nbsp; That didn't sit to well with the elders.Anyway, I'm just riffing on what the existence of magic and adventurers would do to a town.&nbsp; I think people would be very much on edge unless they had some way to protect themselves.&nbsp; If the town was under the protection of the Duke then they might act differently... knowing that the Duke's militia will take care of any crazy adventurers.&nbsp; My example was for towns under no such protection... but it also speaks to customs that might develop over time.&nbsp; Things like extending hospitality to strangers might be a big deal in some places, but it might also mean that the strangers have certain responsibilities like... I don't know... not killing anyone in town.&nbsp; People that break these customs would be seen as evil (even if they aren't actually &quot;evil&quot; in alignment).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lalato, post: 6363525, member: 9171"] This isn't about what's good for the game at your table. It's about what's good for the town. If I'm a town elder... I don't let merchants with "bodyguards" come into my town. Do you think I'm going to for fall for the banana in the tailpipe trick yet again? Nope... not me. If the merchant with bodyguards wants to gain my trust, he can do so by accepting that I don't let merchants with "bodyguards" into my town... no matter how nice their sample wares are. These are common folk... not idiots. It's not just a matter of saying... "Oh those are adventurers... they can pass because they just want to raid the dungeon up the hill." It's a matter of having just one so called adventurer make a mistake and kill someone. It's a matter of recognizing that people with weapons are dangerous even if they're the "good guys". That's not to say that they aren't occasionally useful... like when we hired some to deal with the goblins that were raiding our town. But even then, that one warrior kept on hinting at how easy it would be to just call himself a warlord and use the town as a base of operations. That didn't sit to well with the elders. Anyway, I'm just riffing on what the existence of magic and adventurers would do to a town. I think people would be very much on edge unless they had some way to protect themselves. If the town was under the protection of the Duke then they might act differently... knowing that the Duke's militia will take care of any crazy adventurers. My example was for towns under no such protection... but it also speaks to customs that might develop over time. Things like extending hospitality to strangers might be a big deal in some places, but it might also mean that the strangers have certain responsibilities like... I don't know... not killing anyone in town. People that break these customs would be seen as evil (even if they aren't actually "evil" in alignment). [/QUOTE]

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