>>And above all, make the shop stealable.

>>This is always going to be a problem on M'Riss/Mer'Kresh due to the island's lore but that's something for a seperate thread.

That's disappointing to hear. I'd never expect Mer'Kresh to be like Muspar'i but making it at least somewhat viable to train stealing would be great even if it were still more difficult than other areas. What exactly is the lore that supports making the new shop non-stealable? I always figured the only reason I couldn't effectively train stealing out here was lack of shops, not that there was some lore dictating that shops be non-stealable.

~Minstrel Ascot, Bladesinger of M'riss

Short Story -- M'Riss is run by smugglers who many consider more ruthless then the pirates who sail the Reshal Sea, even Hara's baron doesn't cross them. They don't abide anyone dipping their hands in the Council's profits even though the council has their hands in many of the mainland pies.




GM Alvy

>>Short Story -- M'Riss is run by smugglers who many consider more ruthless then the pirates who sail the Reshal Sea, even Hara's baron doesn't cross them. They don't abide anyone dipping their hands in the Council's profits even though the council has their hands in many of the mainland pies.

Sounds like fun potential RP or possibly unique clan-style justice but it doesn't seem to really explain flat out no-steal. Given the current justice system in Mer'kresh and the fact that most of the current Mer'kresh shops are stealable I'd like to again request that the new weapon shop be stealable. Unless of course the new shop will be located on the actual island of M'riss in which case I understand that there is a mechanical limitation in the justice system that wont allow it.


~Minstrel Ascot, Bladesinger of M'riss

<<its all very hush-hush. If YOU were a smuggler would you alert the citizenry to the fact?

Uh...most Rissans are well aware of what their siblings, cousins, and families do for a living. Just because they don't necessarily engage in the practice themselves doesn't mean they aren't familiar with it.

> If your main form of income was stealing from others would you want them stealing from you?

No one wants to be stolen from, but the shops in Crossing are still stealable.

>No one wants to be stolen from, but the shops in Crossing are still stealable.

Apples and oranges. Crossings main form of income is taxation and (for shops) sales. They aknowledge and punish thieves.

I would imagine shops of a fashion Alvy is describing are run by enterprising pirates, cuthroats, and thieves. And getting caught would result in summary execution, possibly forced penal-colony or long-term institutionalization, and/or harsh torture.

Generally speaking, things which would be loathesome to inflict on players, to the point where, if enacted, people would complain it made enabling stealing in those shops pointless, was too harsh, etc. etc. etc.

Alternate theory: all the goods are locked in cages with the shopkeeper, and you can't get near the goods without getting in the cage.

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So would teaching stealing be considered illegal on Mer'Kresh?

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