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<blockquote data-quote="Ovinomancer" data-source="post: 8008262" data-attributes="member: 16814"><p>Then the usual suspects dither and slow roll entering the room to burn off time. Whoever's the culprit arranges allies to step forward first or push rivals to the head of the line so that the PC is out of possible spells before the culprit enters the room.</p><p></p><p>Also, if I were a patron, I'd insist that the staff go first, further burning time. "Make sure the servants are held accountable before me, especially since it's likely one of them!"</p><p></p><p>Finally, I'm not going to be a criminal to submits to questioning from an unknown source. "How can I be sure that these "priests" aren't in on it and going to frame me? I'm not gonna participate unless I can have one of my trusted agents observe. I'm sure I can send a runner to fetch them within a few hours."</p><p></p><p>There are so many ways to make this utterly impossible before anyone even sets foot in the circle.</p><p></p><p></p><p>No, you mistake me, the PCs are going to earn enmity merely because they're shaming criminals and forcing them to answer questions under magical compulsion. I would be furious at being forced to do this, and I don't have nearly the reputation or power of the people you're talking about here. This is a serious violation of privacy for very private and powerful people. The enmity will be there even if the PCs are polite -- they're still forcing questioning under compulsion and that's not something a criminal lord is going to let slide. They might suffer it, but the people that did it to them will be paying.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Cool, at no point in my responses have I assumed the PC is the law or has authority. However, you now have a situation where the criminals can blackmail the priest PC -- he's consorting with criminals in a black market auction, which, if revealed, would embarrass the Pharaoh that one of his courtly advisors consorts freely with common criminal types. The Church may look on it as an embarrassment as well -- Osiris wasn't known for supporting criminals, after all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ovinomancer, post: 8008262, member: 16814"] Then the usual suspects dither and slow roll entering the room to burn off time. Whoever's the culprit arranges allies to step forward first or push rivals to the head of the line so that the PC is out of possible spells before the culprit enters the room. Also, if I were a patron, I'd insist that the staff go first, further burning time. "Make sure the servants are held accountable before me, especially since it's likely one of them!" Finally, I'm not going to be a criminal to submits to questioning from an unknown source. "How can I be sure that these "priests" aren't in on it and going to frame me? I'm not gonna participate unless I can have one of my trusted agents observe. I'm sure I can send a runner to fetch them within a few hours." There are so many ways to make this utterly impossible before anyone even sets foot in the circle. No, you mistake me, the PCs are going to earn enmity merely because they're shaming criminals and forcing them to answer questions under magical compulsion. I would be furious at being forced to do this, and I don't have nearly the reputation or power of the people you're talking about here. This is a serious violation of privacy for very private and powerful people. The enmity will be there even if the PCs are polite -- they're still forcing questioning under compulsion and that's not something a criminal lord is going to let slide. They might suffer it, but the people that did it to them will be paying. Cool, at no point in my responses have I assumed the PC is the law or has authority. However, you now have a situation where the criminals can blackmail the priest PC -- he's consorting with criminals in a black market auction, which, if revealed, would embarrass the Pharaoh that one of his courtly advisors consorts freely with common criminal types. The Church may look on it as an embarrassment as well -- Osiris wasn't known for supporting criminals, after all. [/QUOTE]
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