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<blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 5825960" data-attributes="member: 9037"><p>At the start of the game the DM gave handouts on how things worked. She talked about how nobility worked, how the King of the land rules by divine right. She talked about how in her game if you serve an evil god you can't be one step removed on the evil axis to neutral. That by using the god's fell power you are tainting your soul with evil.</p><p></p><p>The evil churches are not tolerated and do not practice in the open and that the law is very harsh with followers of evil gods that getting caught in the service of one is a death sentence. The Knights of the Rose were crated to stomp out these evil churches and had a full authority to act as judge, jury and executioner. They act in the King's name and have a lot of leeway on that. If they can they are encouraged to bring the evil doers to the city for public execution to reinforce the seriousness of the crime but they are to use their best judgement and if that judgement is that it is better to deal with the evil clerics right then and there they have the support of the King and all the good churches. </p><p></p><p>Everyone agreed to this at the table. Now when it came up at the table it was obvious some didn't agree. The DM told them look if you want to play your characters differently and you feel that the Knights have to much power that is fine I am not going to tell you that you are playing your character wrong. But don't tell me that I am DMing my game wrong by not penalizing the cleric and making him have to atone.</p><p></p><p>There is a big difference between characters disagreeing and players disagreeing with the DM. It is one thing for Airn to say to Tristran I think what you did was cold blooded murder. I don't know if I can respect you your god or your king. It is another for Sean to say to Linda ,Mark broke his alignment and he needs to be penalized. And then when Linda pulls out the hand out and shows Sean the part about evil clerics and Knights of the Rose and he still says well I don't agree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elf Witch, post: 5825960, member: 9037"] At the start of the game the DM gave handouts on how things worked. She talked about how nobility worked, how the King of the land rules by divine right. She talked about how in her game if you serve an evil god you can't be one step removed on the evil axis to neutral. That by using the god's fell power you are tainting your soul with evil. The evil churches are not tolerated and do not practice in the open and that the law is very harsh with followers of evil gods that getting caught in the service of one is a death sentence. The Knights of the Rose were crated to stomp out these evil churches and had a full authority to act as judge, jury and executioner. They act in the King's name and have a lot of leeway on that. If they can they are encouraged to bring the evil doers to the city for public execution to reinforce the seriousness of the crime but they are to use their best judgement and if that judgement is that it is better to deal with the evil clerics right then and there they have the support of the King and all the good churches. Everyone agreed to this at the table. Now when it came up at the table it was obvious some didn't agree. The DM told them look if you want to play your characters differently and you feel that the Knights have to much power that is fine I am not going to tell you that you are playing your character wrong. But don't tell me that I am DMing my game wrong by not penalizing the cleric and making him have to atone. There is a big difference between characters disagreeing and players disagreeing with the DM. It is one thing for Airn to say to Tristran I think what you did was cold blooded murder. I don't know if I can respect you your god or your king. It is another for Sean to say to Linda ,Mark broke his alignment and he needs to be penalized. And then when Linda pulls out the hand out and shows Sean the part about evil clerics and Knights of the Rose and he still says well I don't agree. [/QUOTE]
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