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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bluenose" data-source="post: 6125834" data-attributes="member: 49017">One option is to avoid vague statements about "Mercy" or "innocent", to use your examples. A rule that the only interaction you can have with goblins or hobgoblins is to kill them or die trying isn't vague. A rule that you can't kill or allow someone else to kill people who surrender to you isn't vague. A rule not to eat fish except at religious ceremonies is only vague if there's some argument about what a fish is. Or you can be strict. The Code says you have to show mercy, then you show as much mercy as you can. There's a joke in Gloranthan circles about a particular cult and their beliefs/geases. What is going on when you see three people with the relevant holy symbol on display standing in the middle of the path with their swords drawn? They're ambushing you. Because one of the common geases is not to participate in an ambush, and that's the best way they can think of to be sure they aren't. Not participating in an ambush is vague in the sense that it doesn't define an ambush, or what it means to participate in one. So don't take any chances about what you're doing.</blockquote>