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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8125919" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dungeon Issue 7: Sep/Oct 1987part 4/5Samurai Steel: Our Oriental Adventure this issue is a political one that seems all too relevant to modern events. The PC's are accosted by a large number of Samurai, who will respond to the slightest disrespect by apprehending them with considerable brutality. If they're smart enough to kowtow, they'll find themselves roped into a political intrigue, as the ruler of the town is growing increasingly paranoid and despotic, jumping at shadows, and engaging in the kind of repression which ensures that if there weren't plots against his rule before, there sure as hell are now. If they want to be able to leave town alive, they need to figure out what's caused his change of heart and fix the problem. But Y'know, by working within the system rather than smashing it and rebuilding it, otherwise you'll lose honor points. So this is a story of the stresses of trying to be the good guys within a corrupt system, facing enemies who use the rules against you without being bound by them themselves. Not saying it's bad, but it's definitely way too close to home for me to run as escapism in the current political climate. If you can, or you're reading this in a better future and want to run it to remind yourself how easily authoritarian injustice can start up again, more power to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 8125919, member: 27780"] [b][u]Dungeon Issue 7: Sep/Oct 1987[/u][/b] part 4/5 Samurai Steel: Our Oriental Adventure this issue is a political one that seems all too relevant to modern events. The PC's are accosted by a large number of Samurai, who will respond to the slightest disrespect by apprehending them with considerable brutality. If they're smart enough to kowtow, they'll find themselves roped into a political intrigue, as the ruler of the town is growing increasingly paranoid and despotic, jumping at shadows, and engaging in the kind of repression which ensures that if there weren't plots against his rule before, there sure as hell are now. If they want to be able to leave town alive, they need to figure out what's caused his change of heart and fix the problem. But Y'know, by working within the system rather than smashing it and rebuilding it, otherwise you'll lose honor points. So this is a story of the stresses of trying to be the good guys within a corrupt system, facing enemies who use the rules against you without being bound by them themselves. Not saying it's bad, but it's definitely way too close to home for me to run as escapism in the current political climate. If you can, or you're reading this in a better future and want to run it to remind yourself how easily authoritarian injustice can start up again, more power to you. [/QUOTE]

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