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<blockquote data-quote="Jürgen Hubert" data-source="post: 3353167" data-attributes="member: 7177">Only insofar that I have the firm opinion that nothing the PCs do happens in a vacuum.While they are still relatively weak, they are often at the mercy of the local authorities - so some sort of accomodation is neccessary, either through paying taxes or hiding the loot.When they get stronger, they can either seek more favorable accomodations (certainly not impossible - power brokers will know the value of having powerful adventurers as allies, and as long as both sides come to some sort of unwritten agreement, the PCs will be able to get more out of such occasions - though even then that means they will be peripherally involved in politics) or make a statement that they feel the government's rules do not apply to them (which is, of course, even more political).But then again, high-level PCs can't help but getting involved in politics unless they travel from place to place all the time, and this is just one more reason why this should be so. Once they have become powerful enough to take charge of their destinies, the world will take notice and wonder how they fit into the grand scheme of things. And the PCs should better answer that question for themselves - before someone else decides it for them and labels them as threats.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jürgen Hubert, post: 3353167, member: 7177"] Only insofar that I have the firm opinion that nothing the PCs do happens in a vacuum. While they are still relatively weak, they are often at the mercy of the local authorities - so some sort of accomodation is neccessary, either through paying taxes or hiding the loot. When they get stronger, they can either seek more favorable accomodations (certainly not impossible - power brokers will know the value of having powerful adventurers as allies, and as long as both sides come to some sort of unwritten agreement, the PCs will be able to get more out of such occasions - though even then that means they will be peripherally involved in politics) or make a statement that they feel the government's rules do not apply to them (which is, of course, even more political). But then again, high-level PCs can't help [i]but[/i] getting involved in politics unless they travel from place to place all the time, and this is just one more reason why this should be so. Once they have become powerful enough to take charge of their destinies, the world will take notice and wonder how they fit into the grand scheme of things. And the PCs should better answer that question for themselves - before someone else decides it for them and labels them as threats. [/QUOTE]

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