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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 3898632" data-attributes="member: 9037">It is not a double standard both the captain of the guard and the wind walking cleric were in the wrong.  I think the guard was less in the wrong because he had no way of knowing if A the cleric was a vampire or B if the cleric was being controlled by a vampire. I think where the guard was wrong was not keeping his cool when the second cleric went off on him after telling him to stop firing. Though no one has told us what they were actually yelling about.I keep saying that it was the OP character that really mishandled the sitaution. He should have used his influence to calm things down not cause things to become more heated. And you are right it is always possible for anyone to fail their will save and become under the vampire's power so I would think that if that is what the others thought was why the miltia was firing on the cleric then it would be even more important to keep a cool head and assess what is really going on.This is just not about a commoner giving a lord lip with no provocation or a DM having a NPC act in an irrationale manner there were some really good reasons to have the NPC act this way. It is about how the OP's character handled the situation he wants to know if he handled it like a lord or a tryant.  IMO he handled it poorly may be not as a tryant but he could have handled the situation with more finesse. One way to rule is to treat everyone of a lessor rank than you with little respect for their feelings and weild an iron fist and expect unwavering obedience. You may get it but the people who follow you do do out of fear not loyalty. You can also choose to rule and expect obedience by showing some respect for others and compassion for them. To use kindess and understanding. To understand that if you have a man's heart you get his loyalty and obedience and they are freely given. The op could have choosen to play that kind of leader one who understood that dignity is something that everyone needs and he could have done so much to allow all involved a chance to keep their dignity. At the point that he came in no one was totally in the wrong.</blockquote>

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