Posted by Ponderer(VIP) on November 11, 1999 at 14:08:47:
In Reply to: Re: Cabals, fairness or the lack thereof (long) posted by The Adversary on November 11, 1999 at 13:03:30:
Setting roleplay aside for a moment, because let's face it, roleplayers are in the minority...the simple fact that you can bs your way through an interview makes you 200% better in pk'ing situations against an uncaballed. I think the only thing to do to even this playing field is to either grant uncaballeds an extra bonus, or make caballed people forfeit something. Perhaps instead of giving the bonuses I suggested to uncaballed, you'd do just the opposite to caballeds. For example, decrease the attacks per round of a caballed. Strip caballed magi of spellcraft. Halve the duration of clerical communes of caballed people. *shrug* Now as per roleplay. You'd have to do an awful good job to convince me that caballed people roleplay more/better than non-caballed people. If anything, a caballed character tends towards a cookie-cutter role. Hence you have orphaned villagers whose home was destroyed by mages...and so forth. Just because roleplay is directed or specific, does not better roleplay make.