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<blockquote data-quote="Korgul79" data-source="post: 6451826" data-attributes="member: 6783260">I see mainly 3 reason for this.1.Because most of this exceptions are setting-dependent, not rules-dependent. 2.Because it's not possible to make rules so extensive and precise to cover all the consequence of being arrested, so it's better to just declare the bare minimum fact and let circumstances and good sense to take care of details.(By the way, the table accounts in some way for the effect of fame and power. You add your level, which is quite reasonably linked to your fame, to the result, so the more powerful you are the less likely you are being arrested. I find it quite elegant.)2.Because the main purpose of the table is to provide&nbsp; inspiration to play. If you find out that your pg is about to being arrested and you would avoid it, what would you find more fun? To play out the event, trying to escape, to bribe the guard, to use your influence, contact and eloquence, or to have a complex mathematical formula that gives you the outcome after accounting for your wealth, level, and the square root of the number of acquaintances your character has plus 3 times the number of his friends?Alas, I must add that a rule left intentionally vague is different for a poorly worded one (as the puzzling bit about the castle construction without supervision). But errors happen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Korgul79, post: 6451826, member: 6783260"] I see mainly 3 reason for this. 1.Because most of this exceptions are setting-dependent, not rules-dependent. 2.Because it's not possible to make rules so extensive and precise to cover all the consequence of being arrested, so it's better to just declare the bare minimum fact and let circumstances and good sense to take care of details. (By the way, the table accounts in some way for the effect of fame and power. You add your level, which is quite reasonably linked to your fame, to the result, so the more powerful you are the less likely you are being arrested. I find it quite elegant.) 2.Because the main purpose of the table is to provide inspiration to play. If you find out that your pg is about to being arrested and you would avoid it, what would you find more fun? To play out the event, trying to escape, to bribe the guard, to use your influence, contact and eloquence, or to have a complex mathematical formula that gives you the outcome after accounting for your wealth, level, and the square root of the number of acquaintances your character has plus 3 times the number of his friends? Alas, I must add that a rule left intentionally vague is different for a poorly worded one (as the puzzling bit about the castle construction without supervision). But errors happen. [/QUOTE]

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