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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5903369" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>you've sold me on not changing the pay rate.</p><p></p><p>I think the last problem is the crime-temptation of a small village whacking the PCs while they sleep and taking their stuff because the 100+GP worth of loot they carry is worth so much to them (pretty much all the evaluations show that the starting cash a PC gets is significant to a poor person, ceteris paribus.</p><p></p><p>One way to rein in rampant PC-jacking is to emphasize the law enforcement angle. PCs are like rich/noble people. The local nobles cannot afford to have the poor people getting the idea that they can whack a rich person and take their stuff. Once you start whacking PCs, it's a short mental hop to do the same to the local nobles. So on report of any such theft, the local police would take it seriously, and given a lack of search and detention protection laws, they probably could search a village quickly and find the stolen goods before they could be sold.</p><p></p><p>the main deterrant is the likelyhood of getting caught, rather than the punishment from being caught. A small village is not going to have the means to pawn off stolen hi-tech gear (compared to what a village normally has), so they have to hide it or send it out to be sold, in which case, the villager who is missing in the morning is the guy who's running to the city to pawn it. So a search or a headcount will pretty much solve the mystery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5903369, member: 8835"] you've sold me on not changing the pay rate. I think the last problem is the crime-temptation of a small village whacking the PCs while they sleep and taking their stuff because the 100+GP worth of loot they carry is worth so much to them (pretty much all the evaluations show that the starting cash a PC gets is significant to a poor person, ceteris paribus. One way to rein in rampant PC-jacking is to emphasize the law enforcement angle. PCs are like rich/noble people. The local nobles cannot afford to have the poor people getting the idea that they can whack a rich person and take their stuff. Once you start whacking PCs, it's a short mental hop to do the same to the local nobles. So on report of any such theft, the local police would take it seriously, and given a lack of search and detention protection laws, they probably could search a village quickly and find the stolen goods before they could be sold. the main deterrant is the likelyhood of getting caught, rather than the punishment from being caught. A small village is not going to have the means to pawn off stolen hi-tech gear (compared to what a village normally has), so they have to hide it or send it out to be sold, in which case, the villager who is missing in the morning is the guy who's running to the city to pawn it. So a search or a headcount will pretty much solve the mystery. [/QUOTE]
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