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The Next D&D Book is JOURNEYS THROUGH THE RADIANT CITADEL
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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8810700" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Heh, this discussion reminds me of a player I had who absolutely lost his poop when he learned that in Waterdeep, self defense is not a justification for killing a citizen. There are no legal defenses in Waterdeep for killing a citizen, full stop. Your punishment might change due to circumstances, but, if you kill a Waterdhavian citizen, and get caught for it, you will be punished, regardless of circumstance.</p><p></p><p>He absolutely lost his poop over this. Couldn't even imagine a society where that could possibly be true. When it was pointed out that there are numerous societies where this actually is true - to varying degrees - he still couldn't wrap his head around it.</p><p></p><p>This is the same thing. Gift societies exist. They really do and they function. I made a comment way upthread about going to church. Let's see you skip the collection plate a couple of times at service and see what happens. Absolutely not against the law, but, guess what, no one does it. Or, at least, no one does it twice. </p><p></p><p>Having lived in a gift giving culture for years now, it's still astonishing to me the lengths people will go to to give gifts. You cannot travel anywhere in Japan without coming back with boxes of gifts for everyone. My students constantly are giving me little boxes of cookies or whatnot every time they go away pretty much anywhere and come back. And I'd be in deep doo doo if I didn't do the same.</p><p></p><p>Not everyone is American. There are other cultures in the world. Heck, even in the States, where you have tipping culture. Let's see you regularly go to the same restaurant and not tip. People might bitch about tipping, but, guess what, they do it. Because, that's what's done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8810700, member: 22779"] Heh, this discussion reminds me of a player I had who absolutely lost his poop when he learned that in Waterdeep, self defense is not a justification for killing a citizen. There are no legal defenses in Waterdeep for killing a citizen, full stop. Your punishment might change due to circumstances, but, if you kill a Waterdhavian citizen, and get caught for it, you will be punished, regardless of circumstance. He absolutely lost his poop over this. Couldn't even imagine a society where that could possibly be true. When it was pointed out that there are numerous societies where this actually is true - to varying degrees - he still couldn't wrap his head around it. This is the same thing. Gift societies exist. They really do and they function. I made a comment way upthread about going to church. Let's see you skip the collection plate a couple of times at service and see what happens. Absolutely not against the law, but, guess what, no one does it. Or, at least, no one does it twice. Having lived in a gift giving culture for years now, it's still astonishing to me the lengths people will go to to give gifts. You cannot travel anywhere in Japan without coming back with boxes of gifts for everyone. My students constantly are giving me little boxes of cookies or whatnot every time they go away pretty much anywhere and come back. And I'd be in deep doo doo if I didn't do the same. Not everyone is American. There are other cultures in the world. Heck, even in the States, where you have tipping culture. Let's see you regularly go to the same restaurant and not tip. People might bitch about tipping, but, guess what, they do it. Because, that's what's done. [/QUOTE]
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