I can see the problem some may have with this idea. However, how often do you see a shrieking vampire with a approved character? How often do you see a Approved character that is devoid of common sense? Unless they created the that way, they would be acting out of line of their character. This new rule would only affect characters that were directly approved, not the general amount of bad criminals that do not have their characters approved.
One other thing, you all state "People can get away with god RP and Vampirism". This rule would not protect them if they were to murder someone, or be a vampires, as the Regalian Law book allows guards to kill both murderers and vampires alike when caught. I'm not suggesting all approved characters are Immune to death, but that the guards be more lenient towards characters people have spent time and effort on getting approved. I agree with the guards on may points, if a character is found killing people he should die, as he was being a moron. But when your character is arrested for simply stealing, and then executed because of that fact. It becomes frustrating for the RP, and downright damages the relationship between RPers and the Guards as a whole.
It's also quite frustrating for guards and roleplayers in general to have to deal with people abusing the fact that you can't really kill someone's roleplay character without their permission (Provided you didn't give up that permission by being an idiot in front of guards.) and going in front of six or so orcs and begin insulting them, then just walking away because 'lolno u cant kill chractr'.
If their character has been surrounded by orcs, I assume they must have done something akin to murder, which this new rule wouldn't protect them if the did that. Approved or not, any high ranking crime from treason, vampirism, or murder are all under the death penalty of the Regalian Law book. Plus, insulting a guard would likely result in death before the Purge anyway.
Yes, and to add to this: When I am arresting people, they feel as if it is a good idea to casually come up and assault a Crimson Inquisitoner / Noble. PEOPLE, if you WANT your character to live, HAVE COMMON SENSE. If you're an OBVIOUS vampire, we are going to find you and kill you. Especially if your some shrieking fool or walking right into the sun! Vampires, they should have common sense during these times meaning to STAY OUT of public. It's simple! I do not understand, in the least, what is so hard about this. It is so easy. It is so very frustrating when things like that happen, and especially when we try to arrest you and you hit a guard and just run off. PERFECT way to get killed, friend. I am not just speaking and ranting for myself, but under the rest of the guards too. It is very irritating when we try to do our jobs and people go "oh plz k wsnt obv n u no se me k". Sorry to say, but that isn't how it works, you know? The Purge is a good idea for just everything so the criminals, vampires and heretics will just cower so they do not get caught and killed. Simple.
I highly agree with everything you said, the problem with your statement is this: Vampires, even if this rule were to be passed, aren't protected by guard RP anyway. Assaulting a Crimson or Noble, or being a Vampire, all result in death in the Regalian Law book, which is what this rule would inforce upon Approved characters. Furthermore, if someone is that obvious of a criminal, how likely is it that they have a Approved character that acts so obvious? Really, this idea only protects Approved characters, against death from Minor Crimes. Major crimes would still result in their death, so I don't see how the purge will be affected that much. You make a great point, but the problem is that you're focusing on the effects this would have on Vampires and Assaults, which are still treated with death under this rule as well.
Making it so you can't kill without permission is basically opening the floodgates for stupid crimes and god RP. This allows people to start running around saying, -stabz sord tru dis guys hed- and running away, because hey, they can't have their characters be killed. Not only does allowing people to kill your character add a sense of realism, it also teaches people to use common sense. Let's be honest here, does the general population of Massive REALLY act like people did in medieval times? No. So honestly, if their character dies, they deserved it for acting like stupid morons.
The problem here is, this will only protect against people who do not commit major crimes, and have their character approved. "-stabz sord tru dis guys hed-" Wouldn't be treated any differently as they are now, the guards have free rule to all kill people (Even if this rule were to exist) IF they commit a major crime like murder, treason, or vampirism. When you say "Stupid Morons", when someone is caught putting their hand to a door, then dragged into the prison to be shot in the face with a cannon, was this so called "criminal" acting like a stupid moron? I don't think so, I believe you are saying "stupid morons" to refer to A. Obvious vampires, B. Those who attack or assault others, or C. Those that continually commit crimes. Group A and B, would always be in danger of death from Guard RP. Group C, while possibly a problem, could be easily stopped by adding a small tweak that allows repeat criminals to be executed, regardless of approved status.
I think most of this thread has been misunderstood, I don't know why this is, but I just want to say that; I am happy that you have all made quick and informative feed back. However, there is a few facts some people bring up that don't exactly relate to these new rules. If I wasn't clear on anything, please let me know as the examples for why this rule shouldn't exist, don't really relate to the rule itself.
