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<blockquote data-quote="Ralts Bloodthorne" data-source="post: 2156193" data-attributes="member: 6390"><p>Let's see here, if I have this right...</p><p></p><p>PC's: Wounded, good characters, just got thier butts kicked pretty bad, but pulled through.</p><p></p><p>Spiderhaunt Woods, a bog.</p><p></p><p>Little resources.</p><p></p><p>Tied up Zent mage.</p><p></p><p>Tied up Zent NCO.</p><p></p><p>Tied up Zent private.</p><p></p><p>Mage invokes name of Bane, get's throat slit. OK, that's tough luck for him. He shoulda kept his flopping mouth shut.</p><p></p><p>NCO refuses to give data. PC cuts throat. medievally, that's OK. Sure, we shy away from it, with modern morals and expectations. If <strong>I</strong> had been captured, I wouldn't have expected it, and I never did that to any prisoners I took in several theaters...</p><p></p><p>How to stop THAT from ever happening? One word: Revenant.</p><p></p><p>The PC's violated a rule of warfare. They didn't even give hiim a chance at ransom or parole (a long standing practice), he could have even been released on his own honor.</p><p></p><p>BUT: Was it a mercy? Was he too wounded to survive being released?</p><p></p><p>The Private: They sentenced him to death, plain and simple, realistically. Even if he gets out of the woods, his leaders will kill him.</p><p></p><p>He will blame the party for it.</p><p></p><p>My solution?</p><p></p><p>I would have had the private come back as a revenant and the NCO come back as a fairly nasty undead.</p><p></p><p>I think it wasn't handled too good, but I'd also like to say this...</p><p></p><p>As a former US soldier, with multiple theaters under my belt...</p><p></p><p>Tell your group, for me, to eat a bag of manure. I've NEVER tortured or executed prisoners. I'm a professional, not a vigilante.</p><p></p><p>Then have the two revenants rip thier PC's lungs out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ralts Bloodthorne, post: 2156193, member: 6390"] Let's see here, if I have this right... PC's: Wounded, good characters, just got thier butts kicked pretty bad, but pulled through. Spiderhaunt Woods, a bog. Little resources. Tied up Zent mage. Tied up Zent NCO. Tied up Zent private. Mage invokes name of Bane, get's throat slit. OK, that's tough luck for him. He shoulda kept his flopping mouth shut. NCO refuses to give data. PC cuts throat. medievally, that's OK. Sure, we shy away from it, with modern morals and expectations. If [b]I[/b] had been captured, I wouldn't have expected it, and I never did that to any prisoners I took in several theaters... How to stop THAT from ever happening? One word: Revenant. The PC's violated a rule of warfare. They didn't even give hiim a chance at ransom or parole (a long standing practice), he could have even been released on his own honor. BUT: Was it a mercy? Was he too wounded to survive being released? The Private: They sentenced him to death, plain and simple, realistically. Even if he gets out of the woods, his leaders will kill him. He will blame the party for it. My solution? I would have had the private come back as a revenant and the NCO come back as a fairly nasty undead. I think it wasn't handled too good, but I'd also like to say this... As a former US soldier, with multiple theaters under my belt... Tell your group, for me, to eat a bag of manure. I've NEVER tortured or executed prisoners. I'm a professional, not a vigilante. Then have the two revenants rip thier PC's lungs out. [/QUOTE]
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